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drt

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    Port Aransas

    We are headed down this weekend. Not planning on eating out, goal is to be at the beach or at the house. Our kids haven't had much experience with dining out recently because of covid and asking them to be patient with the inevitable crowds, waits, and service just seems like a disaster by design. Feel bad about not supporting the locals but we need a break and some relaxation.
  2. That is the weirdest shit I've read in a very long time.
  3. Shockingly most of Europe has figured out how to get the majority of their utilities underground with more constraints and less room than what we have. All my coworkers from Germany look at our telephone poles for power and shake their head every time they visit. It’s not that hard. Just costs more.
  4. Similarly our power never went out in February because we have a Wastewater pump station less than 400 yards from the house. But realistically it sounds like even that might not insulate us this summer.
  5. I should probably ask this on the solar thread over in CYHMWT, but isn't that one of the selling points on the residential battery systems (Tesla, Kohler, etc)? In jurisdictions like Austin can't you draw first from your battery stores, rather than automatically selling all production first to Austin Energy? This has the side effect of allowing you to keep power on when grid goes down? I really need to get some solar quotes and ask these questions to them. Shit is expensive though.
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    Euro 2020/2021

    Also, Germany's attacking movement sucks. All that talent and they're not working together, at all.
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    Euro 2020/2021

    Jesus. Dude is fast.
  8. There is a practical limit to effectiveness of personal responsibility at scale, unless you're suggesting everyone should have wind, solar, or a backup generator ready to go. As you said, we need a smarter grid (among other things). I'd argue we need to add the word decentralized too, and make massive investments at both public an private level to make smarter, decentralized power grids a thing. How we do that securely, I don't know. There's a lot of shit to figure out, and unfortunately I don't have a lot of confidence in our leadership, the power producers, o
  9. You must not be as sensitive to Waterlox as I was if you're thinking of doing that final coat indoors. It's been a few years, but pretty sure I used a respirator when I applied it because the fumes were not pleasant. Looks great btw.
  10. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/9-year-old-son-of-triple-murder-suspect-sought-drivers-help-after-shooting-police-say Not worthy of your admiration, he crashed his car to trap his ex-wife and family in the driveway and opened fire. Then fled, and was found in Manor the next day. I believe the suspicion was he walked home overnight. And he is accused of sexually assaulting the step-daughter he killed IIRC. As well as being a former sheriff's deputy. He's just an all around great guy.
  11. Sounds like the shithead in Austin that killed those folks in Northwest Hills and then walked his ass home 20 miles away overnight. But don't worry. They had a perimeter!
  12. Unfortunately none of that is surprising. Hope it helps get his license revoked and the family involved paid.
  13. The energy use of water utilities being 30-40% of a community's total consumption was kinda mind blowing as well. Seems like there's a good bit we just take for granted.
  14. Yeah, you can do other things if you're going to vent the attic and don't have soffits, but most likely they'll have unvented attics. Code is moving that way when mechanicals are in the attic, and Austin is a little further along than most jurisdictions in Texas.
  15. Roof overhangs 2' or under do not count against setback requirements in CoA. That's just the aesthetic (and it can have advantages for air sealing, as it makes the roof/wall intersection less complicated to detail)
  16. I saw this article linked today so I gave it a read and it reminded me of this thread The importance of improving water infrastructure and security Coupled with the other thread on ransomware, I thought there were a few interesting quotes: There's also an earlier section that details with aging infrastructure, the stimulus bill, etc. With the strain our water infrastructure has in Central Texas due to the population boom, I'm guessing we have more issues sooner rather than later. Zebra mussels infused water sure is going to be nice on the patio later this summer though.
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    Pizza

    Goddamnit. Had the best Neopolitan style in the city IMO. Any other recs?
  18. Sounds like schizophrenia. As well as a fucked up family that the mom was looking for her kids since mid April and hadn’t called the cops.
  19. I’ve only known one Mindy, and she was a real bitch.
  20. If you can fake signatures in the electronic or IR spectrum, what makes you think you can’t fake them in the visual spectrum?
  21. I want to believe in Arteta. But I'm in a wait and see. And this is why. From a Jimmy and Joes point of view, we just don't have the players needed.
  22. Warfare. Which is what this is. Public or private we better get better at it. Quickly.
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    Bourbon

    Ya. Buddy got the email, not me. He asked my opinion because it wasn’t high on his list, I told him he should snag it and trade for something he does want. Seems to be the prevailing opinion.
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    Bourbon

    Old forester 150 anniversary batch proof. Opinions and experiences? Seems steep at $180
  25. Yup. Spaced out of course, and the outdoor area looked nice. Only weird thing is that you have to use a QR code reader on your phone to look at the menu. I gather that tons of places do that now (we haven’t been out since pre-pandemic), it’s just weird at a nice date spot to have your phone out. We normally have a no phones rule at dinner.
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