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  1. 1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    do we want a separate thread for the UTD campus action going down at this moment?

    the thread is titled "UT"

    the UT Dallas campus has blown up in the last hour

    it's live on all DFW local tv

    Probably a few more ruffians at UTD vs UT Austin I imagine.  I had soccer practice at UTD when i was a kid in mid 80's, Classic League played most of the games there and it was a windy ass patch of grass that place was built on,  3rd and 4th year only college back then.  All grown up now, protests and everything

  2. 6 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    Another round of protests expected today at UT.

    From the AP:

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    I say let em protest away.  When it crosses the line in to impeding others,  break it up.  Tent city comes back, break it up, stop me from entering the PCL, break it up.  I just hope the demonstrators have done their homework on who they are cheering for.  

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  3. Finished this last night.  Pulitzer finalist from a few years ago.  1800's teens to 20's or so,  story about an immigrant from Sweden and his quest to journey from CA to NYC to find his brother.  Has elements of Cormac from Blood Meridian in the descriptive way he portrays the West, though not that difficult to read.  Not long, pretty quick read, really enjoyed it.

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  4. Circles with Claire (sp) Danes is awful.  Terrible plot and it has some big actors in it, but they play really stupid characters.  Made it through 3 ep and threw in the towel for the Baby Reindeer show.  Stay away from Circles or be warned, one.

    The Reindeer show is pretty interesting so far, but i would have told her to get lost a long fucking time ago, but I suppose I can see & understand why/how he didnt.  He makes a lot of brutal mistakes along the way trying to tip toe around things.

  5. On 4/22/2024 at 4:24 PM, Napoleon said:

    The olds are out in full force today!

     

     

    I feel like I should soil myself or apply some salve after reading those three posts. 

    Just make a Bill in Sinton or Rpongett call out and we'll know you are one of the olds like us from Hornfans

  6. 23 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    oh jhorn, there are quite a few nurses that have "travel buddies" that take contracts together and room together (and 69 and whatnot according to my imagination).  There's certainly a market for something larger than a single. 

    We’re hoping for that. We have a 3 BR, but now we’re thinking to making 3rd BR into an office, catch all room, etc… but we have been told the contract nurses may come in pairs 

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  7. 23 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

     

    Thanks Bear. 

    Yeah, I had what is essentially a walk-out basement that had been used as a game room, with a pool table and pinball machine that nobody used.    It's a hair over 400 sq ft.

    I built out a nice bathroom and kitchenette.  The bathroom has a big shower, and a big sinktop with nice cabinetry.  Kitchen is Ikea stuff...12 or 13 cu. ft. fridge/freezer with ice maker,  a microwave/convection combo, an induction hot plate, service for 4 in dishes and glassware, etc. Roomy countertop with a good-sized sink.   I also installed a mini-split heat pump, so it's cool or toasty as the occupant wishes. It's got a separate driveway, so parking is about 5 feet from the private entrance (which is at a lower level than the rest of the house).  It's pretty private, but not too isolated.  It's got a nice patio with a cover, so we bought a bistro set and a grill for them to use.   Our laundry room doubles as the pool bathroom, so it has it's own entrance, so laundry isn't an issue for the tenants.  I offer them exclusive use of the laundry room on a day of their choosing, or, they can just merge with the rest of us and throw in a load when they need to.   I hung a nice smart TV (and put our Netflix, amazon, and the rest on that TV for them), give them fast wifi, etc.  

    We furnished it with pretty high-grade stuff.   A nice bed, cotton sheets, nice towels, etc.   The GF decorated it "cute"*  I put it on furnished finder for $1900/mo.  Within a week, I got a cute nurse originally from Canada (with WA driver's license) that took a 120 day contract at one of the hospitals.   She moved in and liked it well enough that she extended her contract.   Their contracts are capped so they can't stay forever.  

    Anyway, she was cool as shit and we were sorry to see her go, but within a few days of re-listing, I got a nice gal from SAT.  She worked the same hospital and stayed 6 months.  After feedback from nurse 1, I upped the rent to 2,000.    Like the first gal, when this one left, she wrote us a beautiful note and left us a gift basket. 

    So, I listed it again.  This time, I got a call from a guy in his 20's.   He's in the IBEW, and serving an apprenticeship at a local contractor.  His family home is about 100 miles away.  He came over, found the place perfect for him, and took it.  He loves the fact that his truck is right outside the door (instead of in a motel parking lot), etc.   He's been here 7 months or so.  This stage of his apprenticeship ends in July, and he's really hoping to stay with this company for the next stage, or find another contractor in this area and continue to rent here.   BTW,  North San Diego is a fuckload nicer than where he's from, so I understand why he wants to stay.   Truthfully, we like this young man as a tenant better than we liked the nurses.  This guy leaves early and comes home late.  He's 50 hrs/week minimum working, and gone a lot more than that.    The nurses worked 3 12-hour shifts per week, and a lot of that was at night.  Meaning, I didn't want to make a lot of noise during the day while they were sleeping.  So, mower/weed whacker/chain saw time was restricted. 

    Of course, I told the nurses that they were free to use the pool at any time :)

    All 3 of them are wonderful people, and both the nurses know that if they want to come back for a long weekend, they can have one of the spare bedrooms in the house for no charge.   

    I'm sure if and when "Mike" leaves I'll get another nurse, and that's fine with me. 

    r/travelnursing is a pretty good forum for finding out wants and needs.  

    I've found that the most important thing for the women is to feel safe.   Both of the nurses mentioned how safe they felt in their goodbye notes.  

     

    * as to the "cute" decor, when Mike checked the place out, he said "yeah...I don't really need all these throw pillows...can you store these somewhere?".  I knew right then I liked the guy. 

     

    Somewhere in this long post, I deleted the part about being within 10 miles of 3 big hospitals.  Location is important. 

    This is great!  Thank you.  My wife has great taste so the furnishings will be good/high quality, but we’ll keep ROI in mind too. We won’t skimp. 
     

    I’ll keep the thread posted as we get closer to going to market with the property…we fell ass backwards into the medial overlay district.  

  8. Anyone have any experience with STR to traveling nurses?  We bought a small house recently with intention of a flip, paid $110K cash for a 3/1.  Needs a new roof, interior paint, flooring (LVP) and some cosmetic improvements, nothing major, new woodwork on front large front porch.  Corner lot, no neighbors next to or behind.  We know the owner of those lots.  Last week we found out it's in a medical overlay district 2-3 blocks from a growing regional hospital.

    We had planned on flipping it, but once we found out about the Medical Overlay, we thought about renting it to a medical oriented practice , but after contacting a staffing (for lack of better word) company for nurses, we think it may draw $3K a month.  We are in the process of acquiring furniture.  Mrs JDHorn is a realtor so we are privy to many people looking to unload furniture.  We have acquired a 40" Samsung, 4 beds and we generally have an attic full of stuff she uses for staging.

    Does anyone have thoughts on renting to nurses?  My limited research shows they do extended runs at hospitals, 90 days-  6 mos and sometimes longer if they like the gig. 

    The place is 30 min to the gulf of mexico, couple hours to New Orleans or FL panhandle beaches...not a bad area, a little rural but im thinking $3K would be the number if we got 2 or maybe 3 nurses (would be tight with 1 bathroom), though I imagine there are facilities at the hospital too? 

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  9. On 4/16/2024 at 8:37 AM, Esque said:

    I strictly follow the US10Y.  Wild to see it back up at 4.70% this morning.  Seems like it wants to head to 5.00%.  We're only in April and no cuts on the horizon until late summer / early fall.

    Also, I despise this is the market real estate market now.  Everyone is obsessed with the Fed and the key rate because everyone is putting rate bets on.  Need to end pretend and extend, wash out the losers, reset values, and move on.

    Yeah I watch the US10Y closely as well.  Put a chunk of an inheritance in Vanguard Inflation Protected Fund several years ago thinking it would just keep pace with inflation and protect the principle.  Deposited the funds and forgot about it.  First time in my life to put $$ in a "Bond" fund.  Went to look at it recently and i'm down $40K and further research indicates it's all tied to the 10yr.  That's what I get for deviating from my Index stock fund strategy.  Got to wait it out now, its all in an inherited IRA anyway, but got to start taking money soon.

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  10. 9 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

    He was describing the lashings once, I don’t remember the other two exactly.  He does this four times that day for the other services I’m guessing.  It was just so fake. 

    Your girlfriend needs a new Church.  Fake crying in the middle of the sermon is sketchy as fuck.  Id come up with something else to do on Sundays  if i were you, but i know, undefeated.

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  11. 1 hour ago, bolverk said:

    I don't pretend to understand the internal workings of Russia. Putin's regime is already plenty cruel, but voices in the know are saying the mistreatment of the alleged concert hall terrorists points to the Kremlin getting even worse.

    “We are seeing the possible beginning of the new Great Terror,” the group said, referring to the purges by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin of the 1930s. “There must be no illusions — the developments follow a very bad scenario and the slide is rapidly accelerating.”

    https://apnews.com/article/russia-concert-hall-attack-moscow-putin-torture-a59085c6fe690ea55d43d132ea628eb2

    It’s truly a dystopian society.  Post fall of the wall and pre-Putin, they had a chance.  Now I fear only a revolution will flip the script.   
     

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  12. 54 minutes ago, locodos said:

    Fifth floor of the Supreme Court Building... didn't believe it...  but there it is in Wikipedia

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_Building

    The Supreme Court Building includes:

    • The basement, which houses maintenance facilities, garage, and the on-site mailroom
    • The first floor, which includes the public information office, the clerk's office, the publications unit, exhibit halls, the cafeteria, the gift shop, and administrative offices
    • The second floor, which includes the Great Hall, the courtroom, the conference room, and all of the justices' chambers except Justice Sotomayor.
    • The third floor includes the office of Justice Sotomayor, the office of the Reporter of Decisions, the legal office, the offices of the law clerk, and the justices' dining room and reference library
    • The fourth floor includes the U.S. Supreme Court Library
    • The fifth floor includes the U.S. Supreme Court gym, which includes a basketball court named the "Highest Court in the Land".[23]

    When i was at Texas in late 80's , we found a bball court in an old building on campus.  This building was an academic building, not one of the 6-pack or the Union, but it had to be of that era/age.  It was pretty cool, we had  a Tuesday night game going for a few months.  Had to be on the 3rd floor or so of a 4 story building, and the ceilings seem to stretch another floor high.  It was like finding an Easter Egg, that basketball court in the middle of campus in an old building.

  13. 14 hours ago, tokamak said:

    What the fuck is a "shot bar"? Don't all bars serve shots?

    Only one I remember was the Schnapps bar on 6th St in the late 80's.  Can't recall the name exactly, maybe Touchees'?  Same side of the street as Maggie Maes, but down a block or so, across from Wileys & 606 iirc, that general area.

  14. 13 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    Wasn't it that kid from UNC? Tez Walker? Or maybe it was because of his multiple transfers? I don't remember. I just remember he was ineligible for some reason.

    Im not 100% but i think he was on his 3rd transfer, not a grad, but the 2nd time he didn't enroll, then went to UNC due to a medical deal with his family, NCAA finally acquiesced

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