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Gladeite

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  1. The GT4 is a bad boy. It really comes alive at the track. SW has/had one for sale in the past month that I drooled a little bit on.
  2. That Toyota is awesome. The professional hunters in Africa all love the Toyota. They all drive them. Mostly the four door pickup like the white one above. Then they install front/rear winches and various racks for hauling trackers/clients/game.
  3. Improvement to habitat is beneficial. We emphasis CRP grass, make sure there is adequate water and have built some artificial shelters in the CRP. We spread milo in the winter to help with their access to food. What we have found that works best is rain at the correct times. Rain at the right time so the native grasses grow tall and thick. Rain at the right time so there are plenty of grasshoppers for the chicks to eat. Rain at the right time so the grasses remain tall and thick. Not too much rain at any of those times to decimate the population. So, in reality, we have spent a ton of money trying to improve our quail habitat with very little to show for it. We buy 500-1000 birds per year, feed them all summer and fall, have them in a flight pen and have their water/food raised so they have to fly to eat/drink. There are fox, bobcat, coyotes that roam around the exteriors of the pens so the birds get a lot of flight time. The predators can't get in because we have 2 strands of 50 mile fence encircling the pen. That fence will kill every rattlesnake and any juvenile predator. It really pops. We put the birds out in the CRP when the wild quail are not worth hunting, which seems to be more often than not.
  4. Sorry, you will not have any of the pen raised birds survive. They will not be savvy to the ways of the wild and predators, mostly hawks and a few fox/bobcat/coyote will kill them all in very short order. We buy quail every year for our place and I have never seen one survive till spring. We are high fenced but the hawks leave little piles of feathers all over the CRP in just a couple of days.
  5. It is hard to imagine that Israel is similar to the size of: Dallas to Houston from north to south Waco to Tyler east to west. I have been all over Israel. It is pretty easy to travel around for a U.S. citizen. Just have to be wary of A, B or C zones. Don't act weird in public places, don't carry a Torah in the West Bank, don't carry a large bag to the Western Wall. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tiberius all have great restaurant and shopping districts. There is a really nice resort on the Dead Sea. Jericho has interesting historical artifacts. I enjoyed the old shipping ports along the Mediterranean as well as Megiddo.
  6. As stated, it is impossible to get to the $10MM level without some sort of equity boost via inheritance, company equity conversion, investment that paid off in spades, lottery, etc... I'm 57 and nearing the end of the work party. Been an entrepreneur my whole career and have started/sold 3 businesses as well as venture capital exposure in 4 software companies. There is a tremendous amount of luck having it all go correctly. I planned for the possibility of each venture failing and lived as frugal as possible. It helps having grown up in a small town with poor parents who never had anything. At my age now, it is time to go conservative. I don't have the time to start over. I have. very little stock market exposure(only dividend stocks),ladders of tax free municipal bonds and tranches of private equity exposure.
  7. Lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon. Watched The Upside at the theater, came home and cracked a bottle of wine with the wife and watched a few episodes of Bordertown. A Finnish mystery series. We liked it.
  8. I have been 11 times to Argentina and absolutely love it. My favorite combo: Fly from DFW or Houston to Santiago. Arrive in the morning and take bags to Hotel Aubrey. Have a driver take you on tours/lunch for the day. Dinner reservations at Como Agua Para Chocolate. Fly next morning to BA. Stay for a day. Shop on Florida Avenue, eat at a steakhouse that serves grilled cheese and a nice hotel(I like Four Seasons) Travel over to regional airport for trip to Bariloche. Stay at LLao LLao resort. Spend a day or two shopping, hiking, etc.. Then drive north thru the lakes to San Martin. Stay at Tipiliuke ranch for a few days of fly fishing, hiking, red stag and quail hunting, etc.... Airport in San Martin will get you back to BA. Have also flown into Delores/Merlo from BA and pigeon hunted and winery thing. Chartered a plane from there to Cafayate and spent a week visiting vineyards, desert, acoustical chamber, and stayed at some really nice resorts. Flew back to BA via Salta. Beautiful country.
  9. Saw The Green Book last night. Knew nothing about Dr. Shirley or his driver. It is a pretty good movie.
  10. the 992 Carrera S is 430 hp and 0-60 in 3.3 seconds. Base price $113,000. Laps the ring 5 seconds faster than 991. Technology/innovation is a wonderful thing. I want one.
  11. Its be interesting to see where those countries rank on immigration and racial relations. What is interesting is that all of these countries are so much smaller than the U.S. The largest on the list is 1/10 the size of the U.S in regards to population. Yes, if the U.S. were the size of Dallas/Fort Worth then there are a lot more things that can be done socially and economically. Figuring out health care for a small, income producing group is not that hard. What is impossible is having a national health care system for 350 million people that will not bankrupt the country. The U.S. has an impossible task with Social Security and Medicare. Universal coverage for this population does not work.
  12. When hiking in the western/northwestern states, I carry a Gen 5 Glock 19 or 30s stoked with Buffalo Bore hard cast bullets. Well known Alaskan guide Phil Shoemaker was able to protect his clients by killing a Grizzly with his 9mm loaded with BB cast bullets. Plenty of penetration and wound cavitation is pretty good due to the wide, flat point.
  13. I carry every day. I agree with the above poster that .380 is the minimum. The .327 Federal is an anomaly and not very popular. The 5.7 x 28mm is one of the most effective fight stoppers there is, however, platforms are limited and the pistols do not conceal well. The Ft. Hood shooter made 13 one shot kills with the 5.7. Every shot to the torso resulted in death. Very unusual for a pistol round. I carry the Glock 30s. .45 acp in a concealable package with 10 + 1. I carry AIWB with Untuckit shirts most days in corporate/bank/office environments and have never had anyone ask if I was carrying. Use 230 grain HST and recoil is very manageable. Training rounds are mild reloads. I run 3-500 rounds a month thru it training.
  14. My 2015 F150 runs 275/55/20 K02s with a leveling kit. Runs 40 lbs of pressure. Will the 285/65/20 fit and look right? I am a K02 fan because of the sidewall. I spend a lot of time hunting in West Texas and the limestone shards are hell on tires. The K02s hold up the best for me and all of my rancher friends use the same.
  15. I use Wingates in Dallas. Bought Pres and wife's Datejust from them. https://www.tic-tock.com
  16. My MIL is in memory care. Can't talk, does not know anyone, has a broken hip that can't be fixed and the $10/hour staff does the minimal amount of care. It is a shitty way to go.
  17. Just got my 118 series President back from service. $1400. Sort of pissed about the cost. It has been 12 years since new but was thinking it would be 1/2 that much. My Cartier is 35 years old and still runs pretty good. It loses a few minutes a week but I am scared to send it in.
  18. I am a huge fan of MCM. My wife and I have been trying to find one in Austin for years that has been renovated. By the time we find out about one, we are the third or fourth contract.
  19. Very disappointed in the new Supra. I had 3 in the 1990s. Take off the cats, add boost controller, blow off valve, low restriction muffler and have a true 500 hp car that handled great. Going to a single turbo increased the hp but also increased the lag. Fun times. SW had some 1000 hp single turbos that were rockets.
  20. He does not have matching footwear.
  21. I guide a few hunters every year and cull a lot of deer every year. In my experience and what I have seen in the field, bullet construction makes a tremendous difference in overall outcome. In most instances, when we have trouble finding a deer, too tough of a bullet has been used. I am happiest when a hunter shows up with a green box of Core Lokt or blue box of Federal soft points. Caliber does not matter(much). I hate it when a hunter shows up with his custom rifle with the hottest new magnum caliber and handloads of the latest Barnes LRX, Accubond Long Range, or other such bonded/copper bullets. They are too hard and do not cause the cavitation, hydraulic/hydrostatic effects that create bang/flops, blood trails a blind person could follow, etc.... I have been reloading for over 40 years and deer are just not that hard to kill. Straight thru the shoulders will result in an anchored deer. Cannot go far with the 2 front wheels broken. Angling to take the plumbing out of the top of the heart results in an instant loss of blood pressure and loss of consciousness. High shoulder shots will also wreck the plumbing and possibly shock the spinal cord resulting in an instant drop.
  22. I have carried a 1911 for a lot of years. My daily carries include a Novak LW Commander made for me by Wayne Novak with "The Answer" backstrap(no grip safety), Wilson Combat EDC X9 and custom Dan Wesson. The answer to your query is totally based on your budget. You can get very inexpensive 1911s by Remington, Rock Island Armory, Taurus, Bersa, etc... Expect to spend $400-600. They have MIM parts, loose tolerances and some perform very well while others suck. Just up from the entry level products are Kimber, Colt, Springfield, SIG. These will be around $800-1,200 for better tolerances, better accuracy out of the box, better finish, etc... Next step up would be Dan Wesson. Better parts, better finish, better tolerances. $1,100 to $1,600 depending on options. Next up from this are your semi-customs from Wilson, Nighthawk, Guncrafters, Baer, Brown, Cabot, Alchemy, etc... These start at $2,000 and typically run $3-5,000. A whole different level of quality. These are very well made guns that are typically very accurate and reliable. Next up from this are your custom guns from Chen, Yost, Heirloom, etc... They will start at $6,000 and go to $10,000. My advice would be to get the best used gun I could afford. Sights, trigger controls and safeties are easy to upgrade if they are not acceptable. Resale prices are going to be significantly below new prices. Most used 1911s have not been shot much and even if they have, they are more broken in and are typically more reliable. I would jump all over a used Wilson or Baer that had 5,000 rounds thru it. Disclaimer: I am an old guy who has a nostalgic attraction to 1911s. They can be finicky and difficult to master. I akin them to comparing a Porsche to a Corvette. The Porsche is the 1911 with a rich history and complex mechanicals. The Corvette is the Glock with plastic parts but will typically outrun the Porsche every day. If I think I am going to be in a gunfight, I am wearing my custom Gen 5 19 or custom G30s. No 1911 that I own is as fast as my Glocks, they are just butt ugly to look at. My times are faster in any steel challenge or IDPA course with the Glocks.
  23. I got a Bug-A-Salt with a laser from my daughters. Awesome and so much fun. We have far fewer spiders and a few less fair weather wasps that were out Christmas day.
  24. He lived on Niles Road in Old Enfield in the 90's. I think he lives on Barton Springs Road now.
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