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  1. There's also a variety of camp fridges that are the size of an ice chest and run on way less power than your home fridge. I have one in my vehicle with big battery that keeps it running for 2 days parked in the Texas peak summer heat, 3-4 days in typical fall weather. The battery is charged by the 12 accessory outlet every time I drive but will also stay charged up with a 100w solar panel. If you bought one of these camp fridges without the expensive big battery you'd still need a generator but it wouldn't have to be a huge one. If you would only use it when power is out and not on road trips and campouts then a generator for your home fridge is probably a more practical choice for your money. https://www.theoutdoors.blog/camping/best-camping-fridges/
  2. This. I drove from Houston to Austin Tuesday night. I was on 45 past downtown and I-10 to Columbus, all 99% dry as a bone, some ice on the shoulders and patches under and on top of bridges. It started deteriorating around Smithville on 71 and was downright shitty with the roads being mostly sheets of ice from Bastrop to Austin. I was driving the speed limit most of the way from Hobby Airport to about Smithville. 20mph max from Bastrop to Austin. The shitty conditions definitely lasted longer here.
  3. If you guys are in dire straits for water here's an option... My neighbor got a hotel room for the night near the Austin airport. They confirmed they have water. He's filling up water containers for several neighbors when they head up there for hot showers later. It still needs to be boiled, but it's something.
  4. Did you mean to post this in the Sugar Daddy thread?
  5. Propane space heater, propane camp stove, extra propane, candles, canned food and an assortment of backpacker meals, stored water (jerry cans, aquatainer jugs, 55 gallon drum...), deck of cards, wine and beer, more firewood, hand held coffee grinder. A generator of any sort would come well behind all that other stuff for me. Couldn't give 2 shits about lights, TV, internet, etc.. The only critical thing a generator would be good for is powering fans or swampcoolers in the heat, and if it's a heat event then the roads are likely passable to GTFO of dodge and head north.
  6. A lot of my coworkers were in the same hotel I usually stay at in Houston. It lost power. And the restaurant ran out of food. The following night when I was looking for a place to stay the nearest Hilton property with availability was in Lake Charles.
  7. I’m just north of you. Just north of Davis Ln. Wi-Fi still working best I can tell from 1000 miles away.
  8. Care to be a little more specific without giving away your address? I’m a 49er too but I’m out of town watching all this from afar.
  9. Well I just learned it when I read your post. Thanks, I’ll keep an eye out for that.
  10. They’re skiing the 2222 hill just up the road from you. https://www.facebook.com/1369456380/posts/10225281357725517/?d=n
  11. Bunch of polar bears up in here keeping the thermostat in the mid-low 60s. In times like this, for the greater good... sure. But day to day in normal times? If I can’t lounge in flip flops and shorts it’s too cold. Wearing pants sucks.
  12. That one year OU went no lube on us when Mack was coaching. And by “one” I mean all of them.
  13. Damn, I thought I was doing pretty good sending her a $15 box of bath bombs from Amazon. The photo of a greeting card is a pretty fucking awesome move.
  14. I left my kitchen sink dripping and covered my outdoor spigots before I left town. Now I’m about to walk down the block here in Sacramento to have dinner and beers on a patio. I’ll find out how the house fared Tuesday or Wednesday. You guys keep an eye on the Wall and keep the White Walkers out while I’m gone.
  15. I just roll them too. But the guys who build those things are definitely flying over them and landing on the downslope. Best I can manage is a little huck off the far end and land partway down. I give it a full effort on dirt tabletops and I don’t mind casing the back but being up this high in the air tumbling off the wood structure freaks me out. It’s probably the same one you rode before you bought yours. It’s the demo from Velorangutan. In the last few weeks I’ve ridden a Switchblade, a Ripmo, and that Occam. Didn’t feel right on the Ripmo but the sag wasn’t set up right for me and the ride was cut short by a blowout. Everybody else seems to love it and I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed it more with the suspension firmed up a little. I like the Occam a lot but I think I felt best on the Switchblade. I’m scouring the used market for 2020 switchblade but if I don’t find one in the next month or so I’ll probably try the Ripmo again and buy either that or the Occam from Wes.
  16. Well, since most of us aren't riding around central TX right now here's one from a couple weeks ago. The good: I spent some time on the Picnic drop at Brushy and finally got over my fears of it. Did about 8 reps of it, here's a few of them. The bad: I suck so bad at those wooden banks. I've tried them twice and crashed both times. At Spider I ended up going straight up it and slid right back down but stayed mostly upright. On this particular day I just didn't turn hard enough, realized it, hit the brakes, tumbled right down the bank, and put my shoulder into that cedar tree like a linebacker on a QB. The tree didn't move. I thought I might have broken my collar bone on it but it's just a big bruise. Scraped my ear on it apparently too.
  17. Yeah, just my anecdotal experience with my kids. Both took to skiing naturally and quickly. Both were cruising down greens within a day of their first time on skis. Both were frustrated with the board for days at a time when they first tried to switch. There's probably also some negative transfer of learning going on too though. Maybe if they had started on boards and then tried to ski later I'd have seen opposite results. I'm coming from Burton Freestyles with Ruler boots. Everything on the new set up is going to be stiffer. I'm looking forward to it. High speeds were getting to be exhausting on the old soft set up. For new boots with the step ons in was a choice between Burton Photon or DC Control. Both were unavailable here in Austin to try on so I went out on a limb and ordered 2 sizes of the DCs. I'll return what doesn't fit. I wanted to compare them to the Burtons but I've worn various Burtons for 20 years and was never completely happy with the footbed shapes.
  18. My new K2 Simple Pleasures board came in yesterday. I’m putting Burton Step-On bindings on it. This is an upgrade from an old soft flexy Cruzer I’ve been using for years. I’m a carve big fast turns down steep blues and hit a few jumps kind of guy. No real park play. This board ought to carve way better than my old beater. I was hesitant to switch to the step-on bindings because I remember the old clickers from back in the 90s and they sucked. Judging from all the reviews, sounds like Burton got it right this time and I’m looking forward to less to no time on my ass after lifts.
  19. For kids I’m a fan of ski first, board later. I think skiing is easier to learn and skis are easier to manipulate with tiny legs and feet. Both my kids skied once a year from age 5-9ish then started a slow transition to boarding. Typically, at age 10-11 for them both, it was: take a boarding lesson on day 1, get frustrated, spend the rest of the trip on skis. By age 12 they both stuck with boarding full time and haven’t skied since. I made the switch in my late 20s. 48 now and still love boarding way more. Haven’t been on skis since the 90s. And Angelfire can sometimes suck in the Spring. I’ve seen lots of grass and dirt there over the years. My last trip there during one spring break our ski-in ski-out condo ended up being a 50 yard slog through a mudpit. The guy selling lift tickets advised me to buy one day at a time because he didn’t know if they’d be able to stay open 3 more days. These days we opt for an extra half day of driving and go to Wolf Creek.
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