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  1. Water distribution requires big pipes as I noted above. City of Austin used about 112k acre-ft of water in 2024 (slightly down from historical numbers) from the LCRA. Thats 3.65 x 10^10 gal/yr or 100mm gpd or 65k gpm which requires a 48” pipe to flow with a velocity of 10 ft/s. Big pipes flowing round the clock just to keep up with usage demand, never mind trying to top off a lake.
  2. I bet you’re low by $2-3B to get a project like that done. Look at the Integrated Pipeline Project by Tarrant Regional Water Authority pipelining water from Lake Palestine and tying into pipelines from Cedar Creek and Richland Chamber to Benbrook. Some of it was a new 108” section and they spent $2.5B for a shorter distance and easier digging terrain. https://www.trwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IPLQuarterlyExecutiveSummary-202409_FINAL_web-compressed.pdf
  3. Red dots and gold dots are two of my favorite things
  4. Needs more copper
  5. Most likely your sale will transact after COB on Monday based on Monday’s close prices and show up in your account in the new fund on Tuesday. I moved two 401k’s from S&P 500 and Large cap funds to cash/treasuries last week on Tuesday and Wed. On my account screens I changed my allocations for existing funds to 0% and set the cash fund to 100%. They both processed the respective nights and showed up the next business day. We had been needing to do some asset reallocation and getting those done before Thursday ended up saving us a significant amount.
  6. I would easily ignore a gap in employment if your resume included a handsome picture of yourself next to a tree.
  7. More early 80s F150 to me
  8. Are you wanting to fix the gps to use it or rescue the gps coordinates? You might could solder an external triple battery holder into the +/- terminals and get the thing to turn in. Use whatever cable to download a waypoint file off the unit. Might not be usable in that condition but you might could save your data. Once you have the data you can upload to a gps app on your phone and use that. You might be able to upload directly into Garmin Explore. And yeah, Garmin pretty much owns the non-commercial marine and aviation markets.
  9. Was it full auto or had it been de-miled?
  10. So this probably got lost in an old boating accident on the Mississippi, didn’t it? And not packed away in cosmoline somewhere with a couple thousand rounds of mil-surp 7.9x57?
  11. Sounds like a good way to turn your mineshaft into a well.
  12. If you are going to buy a complete new roof, Go for RVArmor or equivalent spray on roof.
  13. When was the last time y’all had the bearings repacked? If you haven’t done them in a while, at least have parts to repack a hub. If your axles are the kind with a grease fitting in the end, you can give them a few pumps of the grease gun. You’re supposed to Jack up the axle and spin the tire while pumping grease but that rarely happens. If you get too heavy with the grease gun you can blow out the seals and fill your hub/brakes with grease which isn’t good. I carry grease, seals and a set of bearing for one hub. I also carry a cold chisel to be able to cut off a galled bearing race if needed. Make sure y’all have a good spare and air pump to air up any low tires. A patch kit is also a good thing to have. A good bottle jack and impact gun can also make tire changes a minor inconvenience.
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