Jump to content

CleverNickname

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    951
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by CleverNickname

  1. I helped an old lady down the street clear her driveway and make it so the postman can deliver mail. I figure I'm good on karma for the next 10 to 15 years.
  2. No "emerged, it's a dry run for an EMP attack!" Surly, I'm disappointed.
  3. And yo Austinz get your airtraffic controllers straight https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/02/two-plane-near-collision-averted-at-austin-bergstrom-airport-what-we-know/
  4. Fwiw I love my corded reciprocating saw with a pruning blade. I use it all the time at the ranch (home of the hole) and it works great for fallen branches. I noticed Cedar Park Home Depot was "out" of blades up in the saw blade section, but in the front of the store they had a ton of 2-packs (9" and 12").maybe for spring?
  5. He can't be in Austin, because he needs working elevators. That's not a slam or a joke, just a practical observation.
  6. It's not clear to me if the $6500/yr rollover has to be limited to the kiddos earnings or what. More clarity should emerge soon. If it is limited to earnings, it's not a huge help (rich people have been putting up to annual limit in a roth under their kids name since their first job at the country club since roths began).
  7. This was my chinquapin oak. I loved it.
  8. I do Ohio's 529. It's just vanguard. And fwiw, the new tax changes allow for 529 to $35k rollover into your kiddos Roth. Needs to be a 15 year old account. Just think of what $35k could be worth after 45 years. 6x is very reasonable.
  9. Trees out here (Spicewood & 183) are peeled like bananas. Can't imagine the apocalypse it would have been if '21 hadn't already decimated the ash and thinned out the rest.
  10. A few years ago (10?) I was taking the 183 South flyover from 45 after midnight, whilst rocking out (Fun "All Alone") when my glasses flew off my head into the backseat. Things seemed dire but I was able to make a peep with myself fingers on my left hand, slow down, and drive with one near-sighted eye until I could pull over. They never made a second album.
  11. The Decker Lake thing is a 20 car pileup. They aren't sure if the 2 who were thrown off the flyover are pedestrians or passengers, but it seems like they at least know where they are. Over on Ben White they've got a 10 car pile up with a dead pedestrian.
  12. They shut down 183A. Over on 130 (i think near Decker Lake?) they think two people were ejected off a flyover.
  13. Anyone else having the county trying to fuck them on a wildlife ag plan? Not sure why a plan that was fine for a decade is suddenly no good. They now want >300ac for white tail management. I sort of get it, but if nobody <300 gives a damn about the deer, it's going to screw hunting for lots and lots of folks.
  14. Have a a pretty basic Canyon (SLE, v6, tow package). Would totally get a Maverick or whatever future GM/Chevy or Toyota model in thay nich, provided that (a) one was actually available, (b) I'm reasonably convinced that an Escape platform based trucj has 80% of the long term reliability of a ladder frame pickup with an excessively heavy duty transmission & engine. In my experience non-truck unibody SUVs just don't last like a real truck.
  15. First set is in! Hanging bolts set. Lagged two short sides.
  16. My first generic rounds. Otherwise have eagles and junk. These are... fine? I think I'd prefer a mint mark. I like eagle more, but the current mark up is too painful. Maybe when I have some deep stacks I'll trade for weirder stuff.
  17. Fwiw the first batch of coins shipped for the monthly plan thing mentioned above (money metals). Had to sign. Seems to have worked out.
  18. Go much wider and mine engineering says you need 8x8s and a spreader dividing it in half. Already I probably should be doing 6x6s, but that starts to get both expensive and too heavy to handle for one person. As it is 2.5x4 ID is attested as workable in hobby drift mines. Just big enough to have a decent haul bucket (maybe 30 gal) and hoist system, with room for a ladder and air/electric. I'm hoping to go down maybe 20 to 24 feet. One nice thing about 30" width is I could put 29" baker scaffolding in, once I get as deep as I'd like. Then I want to go lateral.
  19. I think this one has a bullet, but it was fairly straight so I bought it anyway. Ill chop the last 21" or so anyway.
  20. Went ahead and bought 4 more 4x6s. Half of them are crap. Such a pain the ass to even fine 4 that I can use part of. Here's hoping they don't twist to hell as they dry out.
  21. Modest progress. I knocked out the concrete framing and out in some metal lathe with garden staples. Hoping it will help stabilize dirt. I tried drilling holes for the hanging bolts, but I think I need a portable drill guide (ordered). Deciding if I need to scrap the ones that I fucked up. My progress has been slow, but I think once I get this first set of timbering in, I'll be able move faster. Considering pouring concrete between the frame and the walls. Might help water penetrtion and critters. That would be a hard day. Small batch concrete by hand always sort of sucks. Might put rull rubber or pond liner n the outside of the lagging. A little extra, but might keep the wood from rotting. Another thought is just a shit ton of expanding foam. Maybe foam and pond liner? Suggestions?
  22. Just took down Xmas lights with a kn95 mask.
×
×
  • Create New...