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  1. On 4/9/2024 at 12:29 PM, crimsonlonghorn said:

    I have never heard anyone who saw a total eclipse for the first time say, "That was lame. What a letdown."

    Most people - as evidenced by this thread - say, "HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS AWESOME AND EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS!"

    But there are lots of people who have never seen one who will still say, "What's the big deal?" They are also usually the same people who say, "Well, it's going to be __% here at my house. That's close enough."

    After we went to Missouri in 2017 and saw that one, I knew it was going to be worth driving and sitting in traffic to see it again this time. 

     

    For those people who keep on saying "What's the big deal?", I just say that it's like sex and totality is the orgasm of the eclipse. You just have to experience it yourself to fully "get it". Otherwise you'll have a case of blue balls your entire life.

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  2. 2 hours ago, texas08 said:

    Not in ATX, but could you take an Uber and get dropped off like 2 miles away and just walk? Just view it like a cardio day? Throw some sneakers and shorts and hat on?

    Then cool down at some spot at the track and chill?

    Or you could just take a chopper like me and get dropped off inside the track.

    There’s options.

    I have always just parked in the Stoney Ridge neighborhood and then rode my bike over along McAngus Rd. Always worked like a charm especially after the fan walk when traffic is deadlocked and shuttle bus lines stretch to hundreds of people.

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  3. On 10/10/2022 at 9:53 PM, nnm said:

    My daughter (no pics) is 27 years old and a PA. A very bright young woman. She was raised until 9 in Santa Fe, where there’s a store called Jackalope and where a common postcard has a jackalope on it. 
    She thought, until last year, that jackalope were real. 
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    With how crazy nature can be, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a real thing similar to how Narwhals are actually real even though most people think they are as fictional as land unicorns.

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  4. On 3/6/2022 at 10:43 AM, 936horn said:

    Incredibly capable but damn if that front end isn’t ugly as shit. 

    Classic Function over Form case here. Is the looks alone a deal-breaker with how incredible capable the Rivian is?

    For me, I think I prefer the F-150 Lightning over the Rivian for all of its power capabilities and options. Ideal EV truck would be to combine the useful capabilities of the Rivian (gear tunnel, 4 electric motors, built-in air compressor) with the power capabilities of the F-150 (bi-directional power up to 9.2 kW, crap load of outlets in the bed and front trunk including a 240V outlet).

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  5. 4 hours ago, slorch said:

    Yeah the penguins are drawing on that Antarctic power grid something fierce.

    And we don't disagree with having a better plan/ less bureaucracy  involved...

    The power output in Antarctica is obviously not as much as Texas, but that's not what we are talking about. Way to move the goalpost on your original argument that wind turbines don't work because they freeze up. I simply pointed out that the liberal pot-head smoking "green" power technology of wind turbines that you obviously hate and trying to blame for the current power situation can work just fine in sub-zero temperatures.

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  6. 7 hours ago, slorch said:

    Those turbines ain't cranking at 1 degree across the Panhandle/ South Plains....

     

    Let the potheads figure it out.  The self-anointed fart smellers can figure it out...

    Maybe not Texas turbines, but the turbines in Antarctica are turning just fine. So it can be done with proper equipment, planning, and management.... all of which seems to be lacking for Texas power plants including natural gas and coal powering ones.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/texas-power-grid-crumples-under-the-cold/

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  7. 10 hours ago, RexWilson said:

    An upstairs bathroom is not getting hot water. It gets cold water and hot water flows everywhere else.

    I don't have access to any pipes besides what is under the sink. Anything I should try to resolve this or am I just going to have to wait it out?

    This happened to me today. What's happening is that there is a section of your hot water line going to your bathroom that is frozen. What you need to do is backflow the cold water line into your hot water line in an attempt to thaw/melt the ice that's stuck. I did this back turning my shower on to where both the hot and water lines were open and confirmed that the cold water was backflowing into the hot water line by seeing water come out of my sink faucet with only the hot side open. I did the same thing on the other side of the hot water line by running my kitchen sink between hot, cold, and hot/cold. After about 5 minutes heard some sputtering in the water lines and then hot water finally flowed through my bathroom. 

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