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Samson's Wig

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  1. I'm sorry you had to go through that. I have a sister who fits the same mold and has ruined my parents' lives. I managed to get away from it and know exactly what you mean about the fog lifting, but they're stuck until the end, it seems. It's ugly and painful. I think what others have been pointing out is that it's been obvious that you went through something like that based on your response to this story, and based on some of the other posts in this thread, I don't think you're alone. Relying on anything released by PR firms or attorneys is never a way to find the truth of any situation. Any of that nonsense is designed to manipulate, including and especially the court filings. No objective truth exists in these situations, not even for the two main players involved, at least no truth that can possibly be determined. If it upsets you, as it seems to have done, I recommend you walk away and avoid any press about this until it blows over. It's not worth dredging up your own shit over what a couple of inconsequential people you don't know are feuding over.
  2. The people upstream must get at least a little chuckle watching the hoity toits downtown have to deal with even a little bit of a drop in the water level. Do Lake Austin next!
  3. So sorry, Brisket. Thank you for sharing with us about your dad. He sounds like an awesome man.
  4. Reynolds is Canadian. Someone wants to subsume Canada. It's not difficult to connect these dots.
  5. I'm reasonably sure it has surpassed baseball as the national pastime.
  6. I too have family, friends, and employees who lost their homes or have been displaced during this mess. It's a tragedy. To be clear, I wasn't arguing for lower density, just pointing out that the only thing that can potentially contain a wildfire like that is fire breaks, and when housing is piled up that becomes nearly impossible unless they're built into development plans.
  7. I don't think those upgrades would have made one lick of difference to the big picture, as you could have had one hundred times the volume of available water, and it wouldn't have meant jack shit in fires like that (although perhaps a few more houses may have been saved). If anything, the only thing that would have helped was lower housing density with planned fire breaks. I'm confident, though, that the LAT wouldn't miss an opportunity to dunk on everyone's favorite boogieman (NIMBYs).
  8. You sound just like an AMWAY salesman.
  9. Has Guadaloopy chimed in on the salute yet?
  10. Thanks. That's sounds about like what I thought.
  11. That letter reads like it was written by someone who failed hard at parenting multiple children. And, oh yeah, a fucking communist.
  12. Does crypto really count towards net worth, or is it just the modern equivalent of inflating the value of real estate so you can borrow more money? How fungible is Bitcoin, really? I'm genuinely asking as I know absolutely nothing about it and have operated under the assumption it's just part of the Web 3.0 scam that those grifting tech assholes have been running for a few years, along with NFTs and most of the current AI bullshit.
  13. Since no one else did, I'll point out that your thick-headed comments about Musk overshadowed your even more ignorant implications regarding autistic people. My kid has high-functioning autism and a higher IQ than probably everyone on this board (including me, but especially you), and guess what? He's only 12 yet he knows what a nazi salute is and understands the implications of making such a gesture, particularly in that setting. Musk may well be on the spectrum, and people on the spectrum often say and do things that make folks with bland neurological makeup uncomfortable, but Musk knew exactly what he was doing when he threw that arm out there. Having autism doesn't make you stupid. More often than not it's the opposite. It's a major reason I know you're not autistic. Get fucked.
  14. Checking in to find out if we collectively decided whether or not Hawaii even has senators.
  15. I think you may be falling for the oldest robot trick in the book.
  16. Agreed. It's the bozos on those podcasts and AM radio programs constantly belittling education and experts that have caused Joe T. Dumbass to lose trust in the hard sciences. I think evangelicalism plays an outsized role as well, but all of these kind of go hand in hand in terms of their target audience.
  17. The two of you just destroyed my blissful ignorance. Thanks a heap.
  18. Thanks for the clarification and the compliment.
  19. I don't have a clue whether or not opening up the road to traffic in the evenings is a good idea, although I agree with others who have said it worked just fine in the past. Those fucking bicycle lanes, though. Holy shit, Austin. I wish I had a better understanding of the money trail involved in this city building out hundreds of miles of useless and unused bike lanes. The only thing that makes sense there is graft of some sort. At least on 6th it might provide a place for dumabass tourists to ride those goofy scooters, but they'll likely still just run people off the sidewalk as usual.
  20. https://x.com/MoralesTalks/status/1880068760285085854
  21. That's a devil's triad if there ever was one, but Waco is the armpit of Texas and the worst of the three with a bullet. I could see him end up at Baylor, though. His "mental health issues" was a fist fight with Marcel Reed. I feel bad for the kid, as it seems clear he couldn't handle the spotlight and scrutiny. More likely to wash out than anything else, but I hope he lands on his feet somewhere.
  22. Despite having been read on the Internet, this is correct. One of the first things you should do if there is a fire nearby is to turn off your HVAC system. We live in pretty much the absolute worst spot in Austin for this type of fire to happen and have folks out to the neighborhood annually for fire prep and training. This is one of the number one things they bring up every time. The other major one is to not have wooden fencing touching your house. Fires spread on them like a little highway through the neighborhood. If you have a wood fence near the structure, go knock it down before you get out of dodge.
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