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PTINS

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  1. These are probably true statements. If you frequent any area ~ 30 miles west of I-35, you'll see the extreme opposite of the statistics. I would think +70% of vehicles in the Hill Country are trucks and the majority are used "off road" and for hauling stuff on a regular basis. Never using the trucks for hauling and frequently using the trucks for shopping are not mutually exclusive, as shopping for and hauling a 1000 lb of corn & protein is a pretty frequent occurrence. Though some truck drivers ... Saw this 2021 F250 while waiting for service, a cool $119,357 + TT&L. The little dick douche that bought this is the left-lane hogging, over-the-line parking, never on a dirt road, tailgating, SOB we all have to deal with.
  2. There was a thread early yesterday, got purged later in the day.
  3. Love the guy on the 30 yd line pulling a hammie' chasing VY.
  4. Chief, Avatar & User Name Hall of Fame!
  5. Cut & Paste newbie ... "RC's recruitment pitch was powerful. This was back before kid's had internet, ... RC got in their living room and preached; I mean old tyme gospel hour preached, values to their parents. But that turned to hypocrisy after what happened and many HS coaches refused to even meet with him. It can't be discussed much more on TexAgs without getting deleted and i may have already said too much."
  6. Smart kid. Gotta cultivate the Tesla connection and get some Elon money into the program. Ok, I see it's the same VW used? car guys, but it's a start.
  7. Thank you all for your posts, they help crystallize this for me... The social justice changes in my ~60ish years is a significant inflection point in our beliefs and behaviours in our 250 year US history. The age of the internet and high technology is a similar societal step change in a much shorter period of time. The life of the average american changed significantly from before and after WW1, it changed significantly from before and after WW2, and the dramatic changes in the internet age are ongoing. For the average Russian, which I'll define as the non-ruling Elite, it is hard for me to comprehend their everyday life. The concept of the spoils of war have existed since the first dispute. For Russians in Ukraine, it means a toilet, a bathtub or a stove. Are you kidding me? It's the miners from Chernobyl, "I'm wearing my fucking hat". It's hard to imagine when it wasn't that way for them, because its always been that way for them. Y'all rag on Katy any time you get the chance, but drop Katy anywhere in Russia, and other than climate, it would be a Top 10 city in the whole country. We see the lifestyle differences as reality, Russians see it as fantasy or entertainment. "‘what do the Russian people know?" They know what they are told to know. They stick their heads in the sand. That's who they are, and what they have always done, and it hasn't changed for 100's and 100's of years. If you've never left Russia, what do you really know? "They are predisposed to except accept all kinds of shit that a western populace would not take." They act like they don't know any better. Whether they do or not is academic. They are groomed since birth to believe what the state tells them, and it's your patriotic duty to do what are told to do do. Whether or not they do the former, they still do the latter. "Not only do Russians not care what happens to other countries or people, they appear not to give a shit what happens to other Russians. Like all people, they care about their family and their friends." The caring for family is expected. The cavalier attitude for any other human life is ... also incomprehensible. From what I have seen and read of Russian behavior over the past 335 days, I think, "...why prolong it, just "turn 'em into glass." Okay..., breath..., relax, ... patience grasshopper. "Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley: What do you think? Maj. Wolenski : Well, sir. I'm regular Army. I don't get into beefs between colonels. But I'll tell you what some of my stir-crazy men Surly Horns thinks. They think we got a great opportunity here. We got a chance to wipe out Germany Russia. Just wipe it clean off the map. Knock everything down, every city, every castle, all the bridges, all the roads. Everything. Don't leave two stones standing together. Just wipe the slate clean. Turn Germany Russia into a prairie, then ship over a few buffalo and let them start from scratch. Now, what do you think of that, colonel?" Time to fire up the Abram's, the Leopard's, and the other NATO toys and go Ralphie on their asses.
  8. Went looking for a 911 in '86. Bought a 944S off the truck instead. Sales guy said the 911 is quicker and faster, but it will beat you up. The 944S is a touring car. You can drive it 500 miles/day back to back and enjoy the experience. Not the same in a 911. It was a great driving car. "Drive it like you stole' it." Marvel of Engineering, and a maintenance nightmare. If you have property in the country, you need a truck.
  9. The Rio Grande River headwaters in Colorado are from the San Juan Mountains & Rio Grande Forest. Wolf Creek Pass gets ~ 400" of snow/year, or about 46" of precipitation and 133 precipitation days per year. Houston gets 52" and has 104 precipitation days/yr. Austin gets 36" and has 86 days. The Rio Grande Gorge south of the CO/NM state line is 800 feet deep. I think the water use Colorado has from the Rio Grande are well within the water that originates there.
  10. Great article, thanks for posting. Thank you Surly, again, for a forum for others to share information. Too many people and not enough water. A lot of hands out for a dwindling water resource, with more hands coming and less water every day. New Mexico has one big lake on the Rio Grande about twice the volume of Lake Travis. Seasonal water makes it south to El Paso. Kudo's to Kay Bailey Hutchinson for facilitating construction of a desalination plant for El Paso & Ft. Bliss. Get some of that Federal money. "Mexico" uses too much water, but it's really US Ag companies in Mexico using water they don't have the "rights" too. Surprise, surprise. Municipalities in the RGV have water rights, so they take their "share" of the water and use it to water the grass. Literally taking water and pouring it out on the ground so others don't have anything to drink. Too much? As the orchards are replaced by development, the water rights go to the municipalities. It's a "use it or lose dilemma", will they make people water the grass more often, or will they monetize "their water rights." “We’re praying for a hurricane,” Darling said, then corrected himself, sensitive to the region’s traumatic hurricane history. “For a benevolent tropical storm.” New band name, Benovolent Storm.
  11. Passive safety and nuclear reactions sounds like a great idea!
  12. No horses, no cavalry; just foot soldiers.
  13. if your skinny dipping memories include the smell of chlorine ... so sad
  14. My older brother got his first guitar in 1967, and thanks to him, I grew up thinking Jeff Beck was it. He was THE guitar player, the virtuoso. One of the bad boys of rock-n-roll. I saw Jeff Beck 3 times in the early 70's, and was fortunate to see him about every 10 years since then, most recently at the Paramount. He never ceased to amaze me, and to reaffirm those beliefs from my youth. Forever bending strings and making the guitar sing. We lost a great one. RIP Jeff (oh...Jeff on the left, brother on the right)
  15. Don't most first posters follow this trend?
  16. Boom!
  17. Texas needs to cut to the chase and hire the guy recruiting WR to Wyoming.
  18. CEO (retired) of Fortune 500 company Went to work for his company because I wanted to work for him. Played baseball @ TCU. Great person, best hand shake + eye contact person I ever met. I sent him an email this morning.
  19. "... you reap what you sow ..." Perhaps your letting you alligator mouth overload your hummingbird ass?
  20. Never heard of him until he committed to Texas. When I saw this pic, wow!!! That's a keeper. Look how high his hips are from the ground, and how small the ball looks in his hand. Is there any doubt he's gonna tomahawk that mofo through the hoop? That's Clyde Drexler, jump over somebody, NBA HOF stuff. When he decommitted, I felt the same way I did when Billy Sims committed to OU? Now, who was Quinn Ewers supposed to throw to? Just leave it @ Tom Herman. A Texas offense that ran the QB 10-15 times a game would not appeal to a top WR. Shit assistants. Immature prick. Undisciplined team. Quentin Johnson: 6’4” 215 lbs, 4.4 40 time, 42” vertical. Randy Moss w/ more spring in his legs. Can you see it... ... now ... what if he played for Texas!!! ... talk about jumpin' like a jackrabbit ... Fuck you Tom Herman!!! That's a Bingo! Results matter. 4* & 5* don't mean shit. Jevon Sheppard & Quentin Johnson were both highly recruited 4*. Yes it will impact Texas, and I absolutely want TCU to win. Because they Deserve it. Texas stepped on its Dick, and TCU didn't. TCU winning a National Championship will not hurt Texas, but HS players that go to TCU means they didn't go to LSU, Alabama, Georgia, etc. Texas needs to win. That's all we need, and all we have control of. Well said. TCU is a feel good story and has been a solid, quality program for a long time. They did that with a roster, for the most part, that we wouldn't look at twice. They are fun to watch because they do whatever it takes to win, not pretty football, but roll up your sleeves, get down in the dirt, and go get it. I want the SEC! SEC! SEC! bullshit to get stomped on, and TCU is the one to do it.
  21. Re: CB & tackling 1. Deion Sanders was one of the worst tackling CB's in the NFL. (he funny) 2. Prime Time was also the best cover corner in the history of the NFL. (Hall of Fame) One of those skills is a dime a dozen. Tackling can be taught. If you find the other, keep it. Either you got it or you don't. Not saying any of our players/prospects are either, particularly if they're still teenagers.
  22. You’re a real piece of shit work. Comparing the equivalent of a true freshman who missed his Senior year of high school to 5 multi-year starting Seniors and VY is really a fair comparison. Not one of them walked on the campus with the idea that I am the leader and this is my team. I saw VY play 3 years in high school and there was no way he was ready to lead Texas as a true freshman. I’m pretty sure fresh off the ranch young Colt did not have any illusions that he was the leader of the team and not VY. I don’t recall too many freshman, if any, that came to Texas with the idea that they are “it.” Not Earl, not Ricky, not VY, not Quinn. Quinn appears to be humble young man thankful for the opportunity to play at his dream school, especially given that Tom Herman almost doomed him to being a buckeye for life. He knows that missing his senior year of high school hurt him. “Now it's up to you, Charlie, but you might consider cuttin' the kid a little slack.”
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