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  1. 18 hours ago, joe dirt said:

    gunite day. things moving along nicely. need to start figuring out how to block out the neighbors now. think i might line the back fence line with little gem magnolias and some kind of holly.

    Congrats.  Thigs to consider for a privacy screen:

    • It is evergreen or need to be, what times of the year do you want/need privacy
    • How much it drops and will it blow into the poo. Magnolias drop tons of huge leaves and their cones all year round. Crepe Myrtle flowers are horrible too.
    • how big will it get, you want something to grow vertical and not stretch out too far over the water
    • What is the drainage like there - will it drain if you have a big party and water splashes out
  2. 3 hours ago, South Austin said:

    If I recall from my time growing up in VA/NC, Radford had a reputation for attracting dumb hot girls who liked to put out.

     

    2 hours ago, G650 said:

     

    Halloween in 1998-ish? There was a pretty well renowned party out on a golf course every year. My best friend went there while I was at CofC, Greyhound up there and crashed with him

     

     

    Listen to South Austin, he's pre-med.

    Oh, I lived in Radford for 3 years.  My brother still lives there.

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  3. 22 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I'm actually not that worried about the officiating in the Georgia game, at least from the standpoint that I don't think Georgia is going to get some inherent favoritism from SEC officials.  I say that for two reaons:

    1) The SEC doesn't have an interest in Georgia beating Texas.  The SEC wants more teams in the CFP, full stop.  If Georgia wins, they're probably still in the CFP with only two losses.  Texas, on the other hand, is probably out (not definitely, but probably).  So if anything, the Conference should favor Texas winning that game.

    2) I'm very skeptical of the conspiracy theories about conferences wanting certain teams to win.  It would be just too big a conspiracy to keep a lid on.   It's one thing for two or three referees on a crew to agree to something among themselves; it's quite another to have a crew agree with the league office about something.  I just don't think it's realistic scenario.

    What is a realistic scenario--and one that could affect any game--is gambling.  It's just really hard to watch the fourth quarter of that Vanderbilt game and conclude that one or more of that crew didn't have an interest in Vanderbilt +3.5.  I think that's exceedingly rare.  But as we saw--it does happen.  But next time, it could just as easily happen in favor of Texas.  It's completely unpredictable.

    Fuck that, Kirby Smart is the most insufferable bullshit artist douchebag of a coach.

     

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    On 10/27/2025 at 9:18 AM, Okie State said:

    I'm sure this has been asked before, probably by me, but it's beyond time to have our pool resurfaced. Any recommendations in the Houston area. I have no idea what to expect on cost as they seem to be all over the board. I want it done right though.

     

    my input would be that there seems to be general contractor and performance contractor (not sure of official term) entities in this arena.  General contractor would come out, bid it and then hire someone else to do the work. If you need 3 or 4 things done like fixing a pump and heater, resurfacing the pool and repairing a sidewalk or coping it might make more sense to have one guy managing all that but you are paying for the oversight.

    If you want to go straight to the guy who does the work and owns the equipment then look for that, not a general pool service and repair company.  You'll want the guys that do new pools and resurfacing.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

    I’d like to hear more about these tire factories. I’m intrigued. 

    Lol, I know there was one on the outskirts W of Tyler for a long time.  Went from Goodyear to Michelin to Cooper over the years but it might not be open any more.

  6. On 10/16/2025 at 5:13 PM, Vegas64 said:

    Oh also, I read that everyone now has about a credit card worth of plastic in them. 

    Next customer in checkout #5!

    It said you ingest a credit card worth of plastic per week.  You pass some of it but some of it accumulates in the body.  You could have more than that in your tissues.

  7. How the fuck do the Dems lose the messaging on this when House = R, Senate = R and White house = R, hell even the SC = R.

    And all the messaging is "Dems holding out for benefits for documented immigrants."

     

    If the Republicans wanted to govern they would.  They want the fucking crisis of use as cover for other horrible shit they want to do..

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