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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
CleverNickname replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
is this the best twitter day since the 2015 DeAndre Jordan saga? -
Somewhere in Nigeria Gabe Mouneke is watching and calling SGA a punk ass bitch.
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Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
CleverNickname replied to 52-80's topic in Business and Markets
moneymetals.com I'm sure their are plenty of similar providers. I picked them because they had options for low dollar baller cheapskates like me. I do silver buffaloes. -
All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
CleverNickname replied to UTPhil2006's topic in Business and Markets
Anyone else hoping to downsize significantly in retirement? I have the ranch/hole, so I can still live my rural junkyard dreams. But a tidy 2/2 condo we can lock and leave sounds delightful. All I want is a washer/dryer, 2 parking spaces, and not hear the neighbors through the wall too much (well, prjmary on main to age in place). The kids can stay in a hotel or VRBO when they visit. Or if they have kids, we will stay in a hotel while they have the place. We can do yearly vacation rentals over the summers. I'll gladly given the kids the equity amd well enjoy the cheaper insurance, taxes, and upkeep. -
Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
CleverNickname replied to 52-80's topic in Business and Markets
My $100/mo silver buillof plan delivered the 100th buffalo. I bumped it to $125/mo, given current elevated prices. I bought a nice little plastic container that holds 5 tubes. If the silver:gold ratio gets back down to ~80 I'll swap some out. -
Markets still falling like whoa
CleverNickname replied to Llano Estacado's topic in Business and Markets
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My (teacher) wife may get a huge bonus, and it may put us over the Roth cap. A nice problem to have, I guess. But still annoying. For now we are ramping up 403b/457 savings to adjust MAGI lower. Next year we may just skip Roth IRAs altogether and stuff the 457 Roth option, but I hate it's not in Vanguard. I dislike Empower (employers vendor) a great deal. Normally at our income pre-tax savings is the way to go, but we will have pensions so there might not be a super low post retirement income. We hope we can never touch our Roth savings, and thay would be what we plan to pass down or help kods out of.
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Conclave 2025: All of the Smoke, None of the Brisket
CleverNickname replied to GopherRock's topic in Daily Texan
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I'd actually be interested is something like this. My ranch has electric, but no well. I do rainwater collection (1550 gal tank) off about 1000 sq ft of roof. I have a rural electric coop with a minimum monthly charge. Even with a fridge constantly running, my bill often does exceeds the minimum. I think I'd prioritize (1) low low maintenance; (2) cost efficiency. Basically I'd leave it running at the ranch cabin when I'm not there, and capture the drainage like my existing rainwater system. I don't need filtering or UV. I can spike with bleach. I think anything below 1kwh per day is basically free for me. Another thought is a pure 12v system than can run direct on whatever cheap panels I can scrounge up. Even 2 gallons a day would be pretty cool, if the price was right. A little 100 or 200 gallon tank would be easy to set up, and I could find a use for it.
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Did I want to fuck around with a wet hole? A dirty, wet hole. That was the question. I did. Scooped about 10 gallons of water and muck out. Got out the big boy tool, and started jackhammering away at that dirty dirty wet hole. Penetration was hard, but I was able to get about 8 inches deep. Hopefully such that if more rain somehow migrates down it will gather in one wet sport, rather than across the whole hole. Once I get down a bu5 in one spot, it's easier to widen. I moved some spare plywood amd metal panels around. Hopefully that will help channel water away. Maybe one day I'll sort of French drain or trench around to better divert surface runoff. I really want to concrete all the way from the bottom up, and pour a good sloped pad. Really manage the water better. Might be fun to make it a little storage hut, with a trap door.
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Hunting 24/25: big bucks and a lot of ducks!
CleverNickname replied to markstanco's topic in Hobbies
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woah!
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Sometimes there are crickets and Sometimes there are crickets. And tiny frogs that maybe eat crickets. And one time I found a snakeskin shef from a snake who probably eats frogs. But I think I have it sealed better now, and that doesn't seem to happen much. I'm always worried some dumbass deer is gonna fall in and die. But if I leave the plywood on, it gets too humid.
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Went up last night. Ran the extensi9n cord and got things ready for the morning. Wall needed trimming. spreader it: other side: Dangling noodle. Happens. While I was in the hole is started storming. I figured, safe place to be. Byt the plywood cover caught some flow of the roof and channeled right on my head. You can see it in the first photo. Ugh. So that was it for today. Got out maybe 7 buckets. I need to around and raise the lowest level by abiut 3 inches but it was kinda wet so I left it for now.
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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
CleverNickname replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
will it be a total loss? Old Mr Johnsons house is a total loss.
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