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gurt

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  1. I was a combined 5 inches from going eagle, birdie, par to finish at Forest Creek.  Hit my 3rd on a par 5 to 2 inches on 16, hit my birdie putt from 15 feet away to 2 inches on 17, chipped to 1 inch for par on 18. Its a cruel game, this.

  2. It's raining in 78751.
    Also, I have thrown around the idea of going back to school and learning GIS.  Is this a fool's errand?

    Yeah I wouldn’t...money isn’t great unless you’re in actual developer territory, but that is a CS degree anyways
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  3. I actually find I am worse on the range than on the course a lot of times.  I think because I am thinking too much on the range.  I lose the natural feel.  Also, going too fast on the range I start to tire, not going through a good pre-shot routine for every shot like on the course.

  4. 56 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

    I don't think it works like that.  I think you'd have to go with a traditional Oklahoma type "trailer" for that scenario to work, and, although Manufactured Homes are quite nice these days, they do depreciate like a mofo, so buying a new one and figuring on selling it later isn't a good plan.   Now, if you can find a nice used one,  maybe that makes sense. 

    Have you considered keeping  the home as a future rental?  

    Yes we have, but the family isn't overly enthused by this...I am trying to convince them that this wouldn't be so bad if we fenced it off and keep the tenants off the actual property, but it is an uphill battle...

     

  5. So I have some questions around Modular houses...I know, Surly 1%ers are scoffing, but here is the situation.  My wife and I want to move south of Austin to be close to her family (FIL in poor health, we want to start a family and be closer to them).  They live on land in Driftwood, so we had been looking at Dripping Springs, but it has gotten so expensive and competitive in the last 6 months that we have quickly been priced out, and it is even getting that way in a lot of Kyle (outside of the dumpier stuff East of 35).  

    So we have been looking into building at their land.  The only problem is that we can't necessarily commit to living there forever, and as such, we're looking into Modular houses as a solution to allow us to live there but also potentially sell that house off the land at a future time.  Is this even remotely feasible?  This isn't a mobile home we're talking about, just a house built in a warehouse and assembled on site, so I am unsure if removing it and selling it is even an option.  Has anyone heard of this, or is it not really a thing?  

  6. where did this It's costing Egypt $400 million an hour come from? GNP of egypt is a 1.1 trillion, $400 million an hour = $3.5 trillion
    In 2020, the total revenue generated amounted to 5.61 billion USD and 18,829 ships with a total net tonnage of 1.17 billion passed through the canal
    5.61 billion/ (365*24) =  640,000 / hour
    On average 2 ships an hour pass through, are they carrying $200 million in product each?

    I read somewhere (can’t remember where) that it is costing the global economy 400 mill an hour, not Egypt by itself.
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  7. Live wherever you want, but stay away from satellite internet.  Expensive and unreliable. 
    Check out Wireless Digital Subscriber Line service providers.  It is a radio link from your home to a terrestrial ISP data source.  In our case we have a 50 ft tall tower (we had to get above some big trees) that has a radio receiver that bounces off of a transmitter located on a water tower a couple of miles from us.  It is broadband fast, very reliable, and costs around $150 a month for a pretty robust download/upload capacity subscription.  We probably dropped around $600-ish on the initial tower/installation.  Totally worth it. 

    Interesting...what kind of speeds are we talking? I would need at least 50-100 mbps download and 10-20 upload. Are you in that range?
  8. I am considering moving out to some land in my wife’s family south of Austin, as I am working permanently remote now.

     

    The problem is that there isn’t internet out there currently. With Starlink coming online I am definitely considering going that route, but there might be reliability issues inherent to satellite internet that could make it untenable.

     

    Does anyone have any insights into what it would cost to run internet lines several hundred yards? How do you even go about having this done?

  9. So played Crystal Falls today, and for the last time. I don’t know who they think their clientele is, but hitting it in the middle of the fairway shouldn’t result in it rolling 50 yards into the rough (which was really just dirt and rocks). And maybe don’t make it to where the greens are skating rinks. Basically any chip that wasn’t up hill was gonna roll to the fringe. It just felt cruel, punishing you for decent shots. If you weren’t inch perfect par was unattainable.

  10. I am starting a new fully remote job this coming Monday. I’ll miss having the office camaraderie but not more than I enjoy the flexibility of WFH. I love me a good lunch nap.

    We can now move more out into the country instead of always having to consider the commute. I enjoy my wife’s company, and us both being WFH this last year has only strengthened our marriage.

    It will be a different experience starting out remote instead of building the relationships first then being remote like it was in 2020. But I’ve never been the type to hang out a ton with coworkers. I always get along fine but I have enough friends outside of work to where I don’t feel like I need to spend time with them outside work hours. All we end up talking about is work anyways.

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