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horn4life

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  1. I am going to assume that the self immolation guy cut form the same mold that held up my line at costco buying 4 gold bars cash. $13K, he wanted to buy 5 more bars, because money isn't gonna be worth anything because of this administration. So what is the smart thing to do? Take a quick 7% haircut on gold bars.
  2. I don't like the H logo, Just too busy in IMHO. Reminds me of some USFL logo, from a bygone era. I they want to put a little more Houston onto the Uniform, my suggestion would be simply to put "H-TOWN" as either a horizontal back of the helmet tag, or as a vertical "stripe" om the back of the helmet. But that H... is well... I think they were going for more of an old school surfer look font, but they got the wedding planner calligraphy lady's take instead.
  3. Wilcrest or Kirkwood was my exit growing up in Houston. I can only imagine what the commute is daily now. Moved to Austin in '79 and that was that.
  4. What's pathetic to me. And what shows what crazy fucking loon bags the GOP is filled with, is that there now is an easily identifiable "Russian Comrade" wing of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. They repeat nearly verbatim Russian propaganda, while at the same time pretending to wrap themselves in the flag on social media. The only certainly in my mind regarding the house of Representatives elected by Republicans the past 10 years is this. There has been a consistent and prolonged elevation of stupidity from top to bottom of the GOP in each election. Now the Dems have their dimmer bulbs to be certain. But the difference is the dim bulbs on the Dem side do not control and prevent any and all bi-partisan legislation. We no hwave a house controlled by the dumb, and led the cowardly. What Johnson should do for the sake of the country is simply reach across the aisle and make a deal to support his speakership by bringing Senate legislation to the floor of the House. I know my Republican friend will yelp that... "Well the house passed a lot of bills the Senate should vote on!" Which of course is a red herring. Because there are completely different types of bills being blocked in each house. In the Senate bills are blocked because they cannot garner the 60 votes (that's 60% for the math challenged) necessary to receive a vote. The bills are simply propaganda tools coming from the house, with no chance at all of ultimate passage. In contrast the bills being blocked in the House from a vote are... hold your breath here... Because they WILL PASS! But don't let factual information get in your way. Fox news spent a whole sunday railing against Senate votes against seemingly decent amendments to the bill that kept the government going after months of the House being unable to do their job. Not once during the Fox News coverage was it ever mentioned that to vote affirmatively on ANY of the last second GOP amendments, would have caused the government to shut down for at least a week! Because the lazy ass House had already gone home. But when you elevate stupidity, you can get the stupid to listen to the stupid and believe almost anything. And that is why the GOP has become so very, very dangerous to American Democracy. Because they don't believe in allowing votes on bills that can pass in the House, and only pass bills in the house that cannot pass in the Senate.
  5. You know you live in Houston when the car on the top ramp is at the highest point for 25 miles! Hell, maybe 50 miles? Might even the 100 mile mountain peak?
  6. Well damned if that is one I haven't heard. Made me laugh... as my deceased father in law would sometimes curse... Balls!
  7. It's all a designed Catch 22 (read up younguns). You elect a speaker so far right he is absolutely unwilling to pass any legislation with the help of the minority. (The Hastert Rule). Speaker insists the President needs to negotiate with the House. President negotiates with the speaker, who is unwilling to put any legislation forward that cannot pass with only Republican votes. Since there is no margin to pass anything other than the original legislation without compromise! And this circle repeats itself like an endless loop The speaker should simply turn and negotiate with the Dems and actually get some shit done and roll the morons like MTG, but NOooo..... we have to instead go kiss the Dear Leader's ring, and bow to MTG and the Golden God. The GOP is the single best asset Putin has ever had... And that is amazing considering at one time the GOP was the party of Ronald Reagan.
  8. To me it's always funny when those who were wildest, craziest and least responsible try to preach without huge doses of their own stupidity being admitted to. In Prime's case his brand is flash and non-conformity, so this is gonna be interesting to see play out over time.
  9. For me high school was an endless party, but I graduated in 1979. Which just so happens to be the peak year of teen drug and alcohol use in US history. Most of the better athletes smoked weed, and keg parties were endless. I could talk hours about high school, just telling pussy stories. I could talk days about the mind blowing parties we hosted and attended. But I will keep the talk under a minute to maintain my "not a high school dullard who peaked at 17." But I will also say my high school peaks were far beyond most folks college peaks... And they still make me smile and shake my head that nothing worse happened to me. But Bullying is always the same thing, preying on somebody different or weaker. That is also why this poor kid got fucked over with additional bullying after his folks hit the WTF button. These kids were "cooler" than the kid they preyed on and they got the support from the tribe that the victim did not. The kid did not leave school because of the initial act of bullying. The kid left school because most of the school AND the administration stood with the bullies rather than the victim. The school didn't act on the initial act, complaining about continued and sustained bullying, wasn't going to garner any help either. So the choice is continue to be the victim, or change schools and disrupt YOUR life. Of course had the victim attacked the two kids each individually from behind and beat the shit out of them... The admin would act on behalf of the darling little bullies.
  10. The bullying can be brutal. It can be especially brutal when the kids KNOW the administration isn't going to do shit... because of the kids will be kids defense. I remember having some mom call my wife up wanting to talk about some incident between her son and my daughter. Apparently they were playing Soccer at school, and the darling son tripped my daughter from behind saying, "that's a trip." She fucking attacked his ass and scratched him up a bit. So naive, that dumbass mom, her darling child wold never do such a thing. Well my daughter doesn't go off attacking folks for no reason and there were plenty of witnesses. Same kid called my daughters bestie a "lesbian" and she hauled off and fucking crushed his shin with a brutal kick. He rolled around in agony and made a huge scene. And deservedly the girl got in trouble for the kick. But you would have thought after my daughter bested him he would quit fucking with the gals that were playing soccer at a high level. That kick to the shins was legendary. Having coached kids from 8-18 I still think that Middle School is the most pure form of Darwinism we have in the United States.
  11. Kudo's for getting the days in! I am pretty sure I am on par with that, simply from spending nearly most of the last few Octobers in Port A with a monthly slot. Unfortunately right now I am taking care of my Dad and I am about to have to cancel the second planned trip of this year. So far I have been lucky on my Freedom Express, and don't have any soft spots in the floor. My problem is that slowly but surely the vinyl slowly but surely is deteriorating on the high contact areas where they used it for trim. But it may end up being the best thing in the end, as then I will replace it with some better trim. I keep threatening to recover the Sofa with a softer fabric I bought, but haven't gotten around to that either. But will do that before it gets hot come hell or high water! My only real gripe is the yellowing of the clear plastic trim around the shower slide, as UV from the skylight damaged it in storage over time. Of course now that I have dared utter the words "my only real gripe" means I have most surely fucked myself with some currently unknown issue. argh!
  12. Having to toss Hitler in as some sort of support of your argument is.... well.... dare I say? Aggie-like! 😉
  13. Interestingly the Aggies also claim 3 national championships, from long bygone eras. The last time Jerry Jones had a head coach with the actual ability to be a head coach was when JIMMY JOHNSON won those Championships. Then Jerry did not like that the team's coach was getting more accolades than the teams owner. Since that time, as I said before Jerry wants head coach glory, without head coach responsibility. That is what makes the Cowboys Aggie-like. Maybe one day Jerry Jones will allow a head coach to actually be a real head coach again, and perhaps the Cowboys will again win a Super Bowl. But as long as Jerry wants to "play" head coach, the Cowboys will indeed be very Aggie like to me. With hopes and dreams dashed repeatedly. The main difference is Aggie dreams are usually dashed by early October, and Cowboys fans get to hope a little longer before their hopes are dashed. But I like you salute the last Cowboy Super Bowl win in 1996... 😉
  14. In T'Vondre's case it would have been a run, but you can't hide situation. So the other guy was drunk and ran, and the big man stayed put knowing that he just really fucked himself. Sort of like every other person in his situation. But as has been said repeatedly, pay for a fucking uber! I can also (probably) safely say that most folks here have driven under the influence. But the problem is when you are drunk and somebody hits you! Doesn't matter if it was not your fault, you are going to get a hard look from the police anytime after midnight. and a super hard look when it's 4 in the morning. To be honest there is almost no reason do be out at 4:41 am... if you don't have fishing gear on you.
  15. Welcome aboard! Texas will eclipse your expectations!
  16. As a kid growing up in Houston and loving the Oilers, there are basically two important things to me about the Cowboys. First, was that I was REALLY glad that we had Earl Campbell when my pot luck roomies were all Dallas fans and knew the fucking jock sizes of the Cowboys. Second is that I know that as long as Jerry Jones is Head Coach when it comes to glory, and not Head Coach when it comes to accountability, the Cowboys will always sort of be the the Aggies pro football. In the hopes and dreams, with disappointments category.
  17. Reminds me of one of my favorite shirts in late high school and early college. It said, "Texas Girl Lover." I think it was representing somebody's dad's porn mag or something, but it was a cool shirt. Luckily you will never find me in a hat or cap. But without a doubt the best rock and roll hat story ever told....
  18. The only thing that could make this more perfect would be if it said LONGROHNS...
  19. Saying I "like" the song might be an overstatement. But I do have a fondness for it, because we were fishing in Port O"Conner for a couple days and we were getting fucking blanked. And I kept singing the "It's not my name!" hook. Sort of like I often say, "that's what she said" at inappropriate moments. But it broke the tension and made my buddy laugh. Then we got into the fish and became the guys at the dock that everyone was asking where we were and how we were fishing. Still... "it's not my name!
  20. I wish the NIL was completely and totally transparent. In essence where everyone can see what everybody gets paid. Then both the kids and the schools know what's up. Now saying that, you know it's gonna show that the big schools have the big money. But it will also show how coaches and teams do more with less expenditures, and show who some of the really, really good coaches are with "low payrolls." I also think it will show how grossly over bid some NIL dollars some schools paid some non-contributors. But it will never happen that way. But my curiosity about return on the dollar is peaked when I see "so many lines in the water." Is it like telling somebody you had 12 interviews, and sounding confident? And then you later found out the jobs were all at fast food wages. Changes your perspective on those lengthy lists of "offers." Anyhow RT needs to fill some gaps, and while I know the hand wringing will continue, I am hoping like hell he can get us the pieces necessary in place sooner rather than later. I sort of (not strongly) wish Mitchell would stay around. Same reason I said last year, is I think it would help his development. But he hasn't made the strides that I had hoped, but another year might show dividends for us at Texas? Plus as a former coach I always like to try and keep as much continuity as possible if the talent is there. So the transfer portal would give me anxiety every fucking year.
  21. Aggie math is as mysterious as when Texas A&M University told us they had turned sea water into gold...
  22. IF you were lucky enough to see the first couple years of Van Halen touring, Roth was simply electric onstage. Unfortunately he went the way of many bald rockers... This is WAAAAAY out of left field, but David Johansen was a pretty great front man for the New York Dolls. But Mick is still the GOAT is simply for longevity. ------------- What is funny as fuck to me about the Stones, is that in 1981 I was so concerned that this might be the last opportunity to see Keith Richards that my roommate and I hit both the Houston and Dallas shows. It was pretty awesome with The T-Birds and ZZ Top as the openers, and glad as fuck we got the blue sky Sunday Dallas show instead of the rainy Halloween show. But how many rockers has what at the time I considered the highest risk rocker buried since then? Hell my daughters are immortalized with some front row video shots from their 2005 Austin show. It was awesome for them, awesome for me, and I taught them a two fold lesson the next day after arriving home past 1 am. That "when you play, you gotta pay!" And that, what good is going to school a day later and saying how awesome you are and showing off your Rolling Stones guitar pick? Anyhow yes... go see the Stones if you get a chance. One of these days Keith won't have Mick as a sidekick... 😉
  23. I believe that DWI was on a Sunday night.
  24. Well I think this is the perfect Bible for the Bible Thumpin' 2nd and 3rd marriage, Let's Go Brandon sing along "Christian" families of the far right. Though I think I prefer to refer to this blaspheming version of the Bible Trump is hawking, as... "The Forceful Fingerers Bible!"
  25. Why the fuck do folks insist on incessantly talking about bullshit rather than watch the fucking show? One of my pet peeves. That and trying to shove your way to the fucking front past all the folks that were giving each other reasonable space for the entire opening act. Now I will stand down off my soap box...
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