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  1. Sunday I put in some post bases. 

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    Om Weds & Turkey Day I put in the posts. 

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    So next time I'm up I'll out up 3 or 4 purlins across the top, and 1 or 2 middle joist. The whole frame is 10x12 and I'll put on 12x12 of roof panels. Probably clear poly in the center, so the hole ain't too dark. The materials are pushing $300 already and the panels will be another $200 (and another $50 in lumber). Wife not super happy with the credit card statement, but sometimes you gotta put a roof over your hobby hole. 

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  2. 34 minutes ago, Jimbob said:

    Can’t one of you attorneys decipher this for the 3 of us on surly who aren’t lawyers?  
     

    Seems like a lot of DUI and public defender types around here, bound to be a contract lawyer or 10 who are used to reading bullshit and making sense of it. 

    Lawyer here. I draft and comment on insurance policies. I can't make definitive heads or tails of the tie breaks. If it was a contract, all I can say is that the ambiguity should be resolved against the drafter. I honestly think there could be an injunctive hearing if it does not come out cleanly. 

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  3. It's been wet. I flipped over the to and let things air out.

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    I'm a little concerned how moist things get. To that end l cut off 18" from my sophisticated playset head-frame. I immediately bumped my head on it. My plan is to construct a 12x12 or so shed roof. I'm hoping that will shield enough water. Also I could maybe put in some diverters (maybe out of dryrock?) to diverts surface water. 

  4. 8 hours ago, Kwix said:

    To be fair. Greg Davis won this award,

    In 2005 it seemed like every play was run out of the same personnel and formation. Maybe it was a bit like air raid, in that the very lack of variability made it somehow unpredictable. No tendencies to track. Nothing to give a play away. Like GD had somehow solved offense with one magic set of 4 plays. 

    (But mostly it was an elite NFL roster and a singular genius mobile QB just torching everything.)

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  5. 35 minutes ago, troph said:

    3 inches! Now that's exciting!

    llano is already coming back down, but it would be nice to get a foot or two out of this that would be something.

    Oct 26 2023 9:23AM

    Short term lake level forecasts for Buchanan and Travis:

    Buchanan
    A rise of 1-2 feet is expected over the next 24-48 hours.

    Travis
    A rise of 1-2 feet is expected over the next 24-48 hours.

    https://hydromet.lcra.org/riverreport

    So not a lot but maybe the ground is saturated and the cold front will bring its own rain.

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  6. Re: kids and money. We've been enjoying Greenlight. Prepaid Mastercard, basically. With app move money around and see every transaction. I even set up my 75 yo mom as user, in case she needs a backup card. I have my own child account, to use at shady gas stations so if I get skimmed ain't nothing to steal. The kids can use it for middle school volleyball tickets, online purchases, etc.

  7. 4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

    Fake.  Probably a lighter or something similar.  See the screws under what would normally be the slide and one near the bottom of the grip that has no opening to accept a magazine.  

    Still get you shot if you pull it on someone armed in a dark alley.  Stupid to have.

    You were correct (a lighter). Goes well with the bag of meth. 

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  8. I had a sort of unspoken oberservation that young folks were increasingly ambivalent about Isreal and sympathetic to the bleak circumstances of Palestinians. And this just sort of destroys all that goodwill in a day. I don't get people.

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  9. Kitties
    Penn State (easter Mountain Lion) 
    Northwestern (Wildcat)
    Houston (Cougar)
    Kansas State (Wildcats)
    Kentucky (Wildcats)
    Arizona (Wildcat)
    BYU (Cougars)
    Auburn (Tigers)
    LSU (Tigers)
    Missouri (Tigers)

    Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Bovine
    Maryland (Testudo)
    Florida (Gators)
    TCU (Horned Frogs)
    Iowa (Hawks)
    Kansas (Jayhawks)
    Texas (Longhorns)
    Colorado (Buffalo) 
    The Maryland/Florida/TCU makes for a neat trifecta. Those are the core. Fewer birds than you might expect, but maybe one day Illinois will join them. Colorado/Texas make for a pair.

    Furry friends
    Wisconsin (Badgers)
    Minnesota (Gophers)
    Michigan (Wolverines)
    Baylor (Bear)
    Georgia (Bulldogs)
    Mississippi State (Bulldogs)
    Cincinnati (Bearcats) - not a cat, apparently! 
    So many critter teams - I decided to go with "fur" as a theme. Is a bearcat snuggleable? I dunno. But I bet a Mountaineer could make a jaunty hat out of it, so let's put em here. 

    Jobs/Occupations
    Purdue (Boilermakers)
    Nebraska (Husker)
    Indiana (Hoosiers)
    Oklahoma (Sooner)
    Oklahoma State (Cowboys)
    WVU (Mountaineers)
    Texas A&M (aggies, but also Reveille) 
    People, its made of people. 

    Warmongers
    Vanderbilt (Commodores)
    Tennessee (Volunteers)
    Michigan State (Sparty)
    Texas Tech (Red Raider)
    UCF (Knights)
    Ole Miss (Rebels)
    One could argue some of the Jobs pod could be here, but we've got to have some balance. 

    Other
    Ohio State - Buckeyes
    Illinois (formerly Illini, possibly belted kingfisher?)
    Iowa State (Cyclone, but also Jack?)
    Alabama (Crimson Tide, but also elephant)
    Arizona State (Devils)
    Utah (Utes)
     

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  10. Any advice? For summer '24. Loading the family truckster and hitting the road.

    We've done a lot of road trips, but we haven't gone to GSMNP. Tentatively thinking 2 day ls driving from Austin to Gatlinbilurg or Pigeon Forge. Long days but not 12 hours on the road. Any cool pitstops? When the kids were little they did the Arky diamond mine. Not sure I'd youngins give a dam about Memphis or blues or Elvis. 

    Might do 3 days on the west side and then 2 nights in Brevard or Bryson City to cover NC side. Focus on reasonable length day hikes and occasional dips in swimming holes. I like old ghost towns and such, my kids are sort of meh. Usually wake fairly early to do trails in the cooler morning, with swimming or scenic drives in the afternoon. 

    Might swing by southern route on the way back for a day at Gulf Shore or similar beach.

  11. Maybe I had the wrong takeaway from that article... but is roughly $100k plus some spending money a decent target to shoot for re college savings? Thats... not as bad as I have been afraid of. 

    Since this thread is also about baring your soul, or at least the fruit of one's gonads... One daughter (13) who has a legit shot at top 6% at a notorious public hs crucible. If she doesn't get auto admit, she'll probably have great scores, APs, IB, etc. I will encourage her to go out of state, to avoid regressive abortion politics. Sorry, not sorry. Son is 11, smart and will study, but not the perfection seeker his sister is. So he won't make top 6%, but with his charm and manner will probably make more money and be naturally be hapoy wherever he lands. He'll probably end up and Tech or whatever.  I bet he'll enjoy a school with div1 athletics to watch and a weekend party scene.

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