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  1. Question: I have an 8th grader. I guess at some point in next few years we need to do campus tours? What do you do on a tour? Is the summer a bad time to go since there are no srudenrs around? I did UT with minimal backup plans. I'm clueless. 

  2. 2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    What age for stuffed animals to get the axe? 

    For my daughter  - again, mercenary af - we "bought" her old toys and then donated them. So like a buck or two per plushy, offers for old dolls etc. Worth every damn penny. 

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  3. Hell, my daughter was far too mercenary and pragmatic to believe after like kindergarten. I remember she asked me if we would take in grandma's cat if grandma died. I told her yes, and told granny to watch her back.

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  4. My daughter does lacrosse. Frankly, they need bodies to fill out a squad. They are always recruiting - not one of those sports where you need to start in the 2nd grade. She likes it, and has done summer camp. Counts as PE in high school. Club sport, but earn that letter jacket, etc.

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  5. 57 minutes ago, ChickenNuggets said:

    does water drain in through the sides on wet days? 

    Well... I think it "worked" for a certain definition. But it bowed and pooled between rafters. I'm going to have to put up actual metal panels, or else basically do a plywood deck. Probably in the next couple of weeks. Not this coming week. I'm picking up a kawasaki mule, so ranch toy budget is depleted. But Jan 1 is a whole new year! And I also will build a shed roof for the mule. But at least this canopy made me confident I can that pretty easily. 

  6. My brother is likely homeless in Austin right now. Not totally sure... sometimes my mother gives him money or pays for an extended stay motel. He is mentally ill (no diagnosis but probably bipolar or schizoid), a drug user, and did 11 years in prison. He had a condo my parents bought him  in the 90s. He sold it 3 years ago without telling us, and has pretty much spent down the 90k proceeds (it was a dump). 

    My solution/theory: What this country (and Austin) needs are cheap cinder block single room occupies like the tenements that existed in NYC in the early 20th century. If the rent was ~600 and we just needed to give him money for rent and food, I could swing it on his behalf. I cannot swing $2.5k/mo to keep a roof over his head. He is too obnoxious to live with me or my mom or really any roommate. I'm tempted to find a shack or rv in the country to lease, but he has no car. I could probably convince my mom to buy him a wagon or van or whatever, but a decent one is like $20k and he has no license. He also refuses my free phone. 

    Anyway. It sucks. It is very hard to help some people, especially those who don't really want help.

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  7. Well shit. Ordered a bandit for myself and the traxxas slash kit for the boy. I hope putting together a kit is a good learning experience. I remember my hornet turnbuckles making my thumbs bleed in '89.

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  8. 38 minutes ago, locodos said:

    Oh they're big bad in clown town.  I'd love it if the playoff committee had announced the runner up and it was Georgia.

     

    Didn't the ACC join some alliance that prevented earlier playoff expansion?  I seem to recall resistance to CFP expansion was ACC/PAC/BIG.

    Someone here needs to summarize all the dumb shit that has happened because somebody was pissed off and irrational at/because Texas. The "Alliance" delaying the playoff expansion by 1 year only for it to blow up in their faces is just one of the most recent.

    (And I'm still mad we never got HS football on the Longhorn Network.)

  9. On 9/7/2023 at 5:58 PM, KeysPhoneWallet said:

    Anybody into the rc rock crawler toys or heard of a Facebook page/company mofo rc??

    I had a gmade swwback for a while. Got rid of it. Replaces with 3 1/24 mini crawlers. I regret that. I will say, for those with young kids, crawlers are great. Slow speeds means they wint send a missile into the curb at 30mph. Some newer ones have 2 speed gearing, so there is some potential for a little cutting loose.

    Thinkin of getting a buggy for the ranch. I could probably make a dirt track and use a scaffold as a riser for the driver. I love building new, but I see a lot of used traxxas bashers and those parts are easy to find.

  10. IIRC he was drunk as hell but sang the right words, save for the 10 mins he disappeared mid set to the general confusion of the band. But he did return, and all in all I'd say it was the full Shane experience. A+

  11. 54 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said:

    About 30 years more than anyone would have thought.  I finally saw him in 2010, I believe, at Stubbs with The Pogues. Was a lot of fun and glad I got the chance.  

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  12. 33 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

    iPad for a kid... yay or nay?  at what age?

    watching cocomelon on a spare phone is a crutch for ours.  sometimes he'll hold it too close to his eyes, or demand that we prop it up for him, etc.  thinking a small/mini ipad in a childproof case with a stand is a better replacement.

    Amazon Fire in kid proof case. About 90% as good for 25% the price. 

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