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  1. Well took a couple days on and off, but got the roof recoated. Since we have only used it once in the last 2 years, I figured I would go with a cheapie recoat. I opted for RV Magic, and eternabond tape. What I decided to do was scrub the whole roof with a tire brush, simply as I was worried the pressure washer would tear though the rubber. But the was washing revealed no tears in the rubber liner that were obvious. So after washing by hand I wiped the whole all the areas I was going to tape with rubbing alcohol, which got me nearly to base rubber. Three complications - First was that I would need to put a light flash coat of sealant on the exposed rubber to get the stuff to adhere. Second was that I actually needed to sand the eternabond tape to make it tacky enough have the coating adhere to it. But in addition to the sanding, I needed to paint over the tape with some contact sement to ensure the bond. Well after all this effort it better fucking work! Anyhow I thought very hard about spending the $4500 to RV armor the roof, but in my mind I thought of a trip to the car dealership to fix a problem, then they say they need to fiz another problem to be able to do the job right and make it warrantable. So what might be a quote of $4500 ends up $6K, on a rig I have used once in two years. Instead I went the labor intensive <$600 price point to kick the can down the road. To be honest it looks pretty damn good. There were some spots of bubbling, but that will supposedly disappear. But overall, think I did a pretty good job. Things I wish I would have known.. I should have run a snap line to keep my tape straight across the. As the stuff is super sticky, and a second set of hands would ahve helped. But a snap line to aligh would ahve done sthe same thing. Second was how to use my thumb and palm of my hand to get a tight smooth seal on the edges. I was as concerned about the edges as they wrap over the corner of the roof deck and are more prone to failure like the roof seams. Getting that edge smooth was something I wanted to do as best I could because of the visable edge as well, for a clean finish.\ Overall - I feel pretty good about it. Mainly I don't have to worry about some unseen leak destroying the roof decking over the winter. I need to go check it in storage to make sure the bubbles did flatten, (fingers crossed) But considering I had done no maintenance for nearly two years, and minimal before that... not a bad finished product.
  2. Yeah, If I was more liquid at the time, as we were a year into fixing up our home. But I knew some guys who bought 2 bed /2 bath condos in a complex Enron had lbought up on Padre Island. I thing the price was like $35 or $37K, in the days before the complete collapse as they searched for cash. Just looked it up on Google, Sunchase IV Condominiums. todays price $450K minimum, but just owning something on the beach for $37K made me drool then, and now...
  3. All these statements are true. Which one is mostly a rationalization? In Pulte's defense, his father did build an impressive business. But ultimately as I said accurately ovrr a year ago, tariffs will raise prices and hurt employment. Which will make bringing down rates to the levels predicted by those who originate mortgages, likely nearly impossible. My prediction was that we would be lucky to sniff 6.25% on the MMI, the third quarter of 2026. I did say that if we destroy the job market, then rate cuts will necessary. In other words it's not Pulte's fault, despite his lack of ethics.. The strange thing is you would think the THe fed would be more likely to cut with bad jobs numbers, yes? administration would want to crank out the October jobs numbers, as with all the layoffs from large companies in that month, you might have some more ammo for a rate cut? Instead (IMHO) the administration wants to avoid the bad number, for politics. Could they produce the number? Certainly. But confirmation of October Jobs declining might be bad politically? Or do would you contend the opposite? That October would show such robust job growth that it would hamsting the fed from cuts? one is a much more likely scenario.
  4. Answer is.... You are just waiting for IBRX to turn the corner....
  5. Ahh... My Friday brain reemerges... And I was pretty excited to just barely have my covered calls fall OTM. So I am getting to enjoy Monday and Tuesday. The Good news is my hedge is keeping me sort of dog paddling. But since I did buy in a bit more Friday... I guess I could buy more, but I remember somebody's IBRX dollar cost averaging from a while back...
  6. I also imagine that a lot of folks are starting to get stopped out of their positions in tech on this downward move. Which may be feeding into the selling pressure?
  7. I thought Friday was pretty good, because my covered calls expired just out of the money. Then came Monday. The dearth of data, along with very high retail investor activity in the market, along with Nvidia reporting this week? I almost want to dump my long positions, but I bought a chunk of good old UVIX to hedge. Got me to nearly break even today, after some tech suckage on my risky account.
  8. I am super confused? What does this have to do with, with incredibly stupid decision making by this FAA? In this instance the only decision made by the FAA was to inflict the maximum possible economic damage to the economy. Nothing more nothing less. Maximum economic damage for the American taxpayer. THe damage was the goal, not avoiding the damage. The good news is the second dumbest policy I have ever seen implemented from an economic perspective. But it would be nice to codify something into law so future incompetence at the highest levels of government can be muted in the future. What a strange world we live in today. When supposed public servants choose the paths of maximum economic damage as the "smart choice" for the American taxpayer.
  9. Didi anyone see the South Carolina player assault the DPS officer in the Tunnel at the A&M game yesterday? Or at least that's exactly how the report would have been written up if it wasn't broadcast on National TV. Assault of a police officer, that would have been the charge had the player shouldered the officer the way the officer shouldered the football player and yelled at him. I guess it was reflexive to be honest. The kid was black... This is especially on point for me. Since I was assaulted by a DPS officer, who was offended that I did not bow a knee in The Ritz bar back in the early 80's on St. Patrick's Day. I never though a punch, because the guy could not fight. In a normal fight I would have walked away having likely knocked him out with my first punch. As his first glacing blow off my head left his head about chech high in front of me. Most fights I have ended were by crushing my opponents in the ribs. This would have been the officers head in this case. But I KNEW that if I threw a pinch both the officer tha assualted me, and the police that might arrest us both, would simply lie repetitively to portect the officer that assaulted ME! I got maced int he face point blank, handcuffed and about to be locked up with the officer, but the crowd proclaimed I did not through a punch. So they cut me loose and took the ooficer that assaulted me away. So I wake up and call down to press charges to get a power crazy DPS guy off the street. But of course the thin blue line opted to let the policie officer criminal go by never taking him to booking. I wish I could say that the police are honest, and true public servants. But my experience having know multiple police officers, is that they feel it is their right to inflict punishment at the time of arrest. And that they routinely lie to protect fellow officers. You see they KNOW who the bad officers are, but they relentlessly protect them. Anyhow the wife has jury duty Monday, and I just told her to tell the truth about my getting assaulted by an off duty DPS officer, and the corruption that followed by the APD arresting officers. This truth gets you dismissed from jury duty most every time. But look at what this officer does, and tell me that he would not have filed assault charges if the situation was reversed?
  10. Never trust an overexcited Cock...
  11. But it would honestly be more fun if he had signed the contract, and it was a bigger no cut contract than Brian Kelly's. You know.... another Aggie tradition. Paying two head coaches a season....
  12. Elko should have signed whatever the fuck extension was in front of him last night... And now... we rely on Cocks not to be stupid when excited...
  13. Let's all make a silent prayer that the field goal clang.... Is the second lead on Sportscenter. Right beyond a shot of the victorious Longhorn upset!
  14. You use good paint!!! no additive to fuck the paint up for some shitty half life of bug protection. And since it's not built, yet. You could always build it and design it not to be attractive to spiders? Or paint it white to mask the webs? I assume you want to do a patio cover with open beams for appearance? If so I can make two suggestions. Just get one of these that will screw onto your extension pole. $13 link to HD You could also buy some sort of extension for shop vac (Hillbilly Engineer says tape and a piece of PVC) if the web remnants still bother you. But my man card says you should stop after the brush and have and adult beverage...
  15. This thread reminds me of when my mother was being interviewed for placement in Memory care. They asked a lot of simple questions to get a gauge about the level of her dementia. One answer she gave still makes me smile, so a tip of my hat to this thread. The geographic question was, "What State are you in? And after a pause, she answered, "The state of confusion." Never a truer answer, she passed about a year ago. and while the memory brought a tear to my eye, it was a good tear. I mainly loved the answer because I could honestly have argued that the answer was correct to some UT prof. Hook'em! Both today and tomorrow!
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