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  1. 5 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Watching the fox link. Man, they suck at slogans. The one dude near the camera keeps messing up.

    But they are using from the River to the Sea chant.

     

    One would think think that calling for the destruction of Israel would get Israel to leave Gaza.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

    The other option is to just fuck off whatever you are using for a pressure side cleaner that probably has or will break, the pump and put the money in a robot cleaner.  That's what I finally did after over 10 years doing multiple minor repairs and then ultimately replacing a Polaris and a few years after that finally starting to hear the same noises out of my booster pump that indicated it was on its last legs.

    Good point - I was thinking that it was used for a hot tub. No reason to have one if it is used for a pool cleaner.

  3. 8 hours ago, twosheds said:

    We have a 9 year old Hayward 6060 0.5 HP Booster Pump for the leaf crawler.  It has been whistling for a while and yesterday it finally gave up the ghost.  Am I married to the Hayward Pump, or can I get a generic pump and just re-align the fittings if the input/output doesn't match the current piping?

    Booster pumps are usually cheap. But, in any case, the wetside is probably okay and you just need the motor side. I replaced a 1.5 uprated motor on a Pentair whisperflo used for water features and it was pretty easy. I think $450 instead of a couple thousand for a new pump. The reason I did it is that I haven't found any good repair guys. I hired one company and he told me that since Covid the prices have skyrocketed and that the part itself was going to cost $2000 and then approximately $500 in labor. Fuck that noise.

    The downside, I have some Intellchem issue that is keeping my saltwater chlorinator from working properly. The online stuff that I have found so far is outdated so I may have to find a repair guy who knows his stuff. That equipment supposedly only lasts a couple years and only controls acid which is easy to keep in range manually and the parts are expensive - acid pump is $500. New pH sensor and ORB sensor are $200. New computer module is $1500. It really is a waste of money.

     

     

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  4. 50 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:
    8 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

    It depends what you mean by realistically. They have an estimated male population between 15-64 of 48 million so yeah, they can find more people to throw to the meat grinder, but in reality, the ones willing or even capable of fighting are far far less. Also, eventually the population revolts after so many people are killed for dumb reasons. At the same time, Russians do like suffering. 

    They are doing everything they can to avoid mass conscription in the largest cities. They were emptying out prisons, so they’ve got some problems.  They will run out of minorities and rurals to send off to slaughter at some point.

    Maybe, maybe not. 1 out of 10 of 48 million is still 4.8M so I suspect there is a pretty big pool to draw from.

  5. 44 minutes ago, lucious leftfoot said:

    Not to threadjack, but this is silly. 
     

    You never say diabetic patient? Cardiac patient? Anemic patient? 
     

    Why tiptoe around it? 
     

    Besides, I prefer HEB+

     

    It changes the emphasis. You wouldn't say the priapism patient, you would say the person with the dick problem.

  6. 40 minutes ago, Fud said:

    Look, once you're good it's tough to find instant starters in the draft after the second round. Houston probably found a starting nickel. Their other starter from the draft is Stefon Diggs. 

    I really like the Fisher pick because it's difficult to find plus left tackle upside players outside of the first half or so of the first round (this year was an abnormally deep draft). If this was a regular tackle draft, Fisher likely goes towards the top of the second or even sneaks into the first due to the positional inflation. There's a good chance he plays tackle this year simply because the starters seem to struggle to stay healthy for every game. 

     

    That trade down out of the first and then wasting most of those extra picks to move up a few spots was not good. I like the tOSU pick and the Notre Dame pick. I hate the USC picks and don't think either will stick. The UGA pick is okay but I think a DT would have been a smarter choice. Without that trade out of the first, almost all of the DTs were still on the board.

  7. Seems like a kind of uninspiring draft. Last year we had 2 stars, of course they were early first rounders. This year we have depth - a corner who looks solid but lacks elite speed and will probably end up at nickle. A solid OT prospect that will be a backup to start his career. A TE who is solid but lacks elite athleticism. And a safety who is good in coverage but not very good against the run. Lots of moves in the draft that seemed to lack purpose. FA was very good but we will still need to add solid defensive tackles. So far, it looks like a very good off-season despite questions about the draft.

  8. 3 hours ago, South Austin said:

    The doctor who did my 13-year-old son’s camp physical this morning expressed concern that he has signs of Marfan Syndrome. He cited his long fingers that can bend backward, and how he can wrap has thumb and forefingers overlapping around his wrist, which apparently not many people can do. I then showed him that I have those same traits. The doc asks if I’ve ever had back or heart problems and I say no. He tells me that Marfan Syndrome is a problem with the body’s connective tissue, and while it’s usually not a big deal except for possible joint and back problems as you get older, it can weaken your aortic valve, which doesn’t sound awesome.

    The doctor recommended that I tell my son’s PCP about this so she can decide whether to give him an EKG to see if he has any signs of a heart issue. My annual physical is in a few weeks, and I’m going to ask my doc about this.

    Anyone have any experience with this?

    It seems like a favorite bio topic from undergrad to medical school to dental school - besides an array of effects on the heart, you might see crowded teeth, nearsightedness, flat feet, stretch marks on the hips, and as you mentioned, long fingers and loose joints. The best place to start would be genetic testing to see if you both actually have it.

  9. 1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    I mean- maybe I am but as I said at the time- it would be very surprising if one of Keilan, Ross, Whitt, Sanborn, J Thompson or Kittan Crawford weren’t taken. Obviously the last 2 didn’t deflate and instead transferred, but man it only takes 1 team to like someone and special teams are a thing. 

    I don't remember your wording but I think Sanborn would get picked. Keilan surprised me greatly and I would never have picked him. Good for him, though.

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  10. 2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    Started this thread as a sociological discussion and it's turned into a Dear Penthouse forum....

     

    Life can get pretty crazy. I was a 22-year-old guy, pretty well built, muscular but not ripped. We were on spring break at Lake Havasu. At a drinking contest on the beach one day, I met a girl named Kimmi, and she was gorgeous - blonde, tan, ample breasts and attractive legs. Well, one thing led to another and we found ourselves back in her hotel room, going at it pretty hot and heavy. She taught me things I’d never even thought of, and the sex was incredible.


    Well, 20 years later, I came home, and my wife, who is a former ballerina, was drinking wine and having a good time with a new friend. I started drinking, too, and before you know it, we’re playing a game of Truth or Dare. Maybe we were drunk, I was definitely horny, and watching my wife, a brunette, talking to her friend, a beautiful well-proportioned blonde, and I thought. Well, you all know what I thought. So, I dared her to make out with me. At first she refused, and interestingly my wife got upset, and things became a little awkward. So, my wife's new friend gave me a kiss - nothing romantic more of a gentle kiss on the lips. But, it was really nice, if a little wet. I really don’t know what I was thinking at that point.

    At that point, my wife leans over and gives me a kiss too, and put her hand high up on my leg. I have got to say, I got a little excited. In the past, my wife was into more of the conventional stuff. This was way outside her comfort zone. I don't know really what happened next. Things got kind of lusty and we went to our bedroom and turned the lights low. It was freaking crazy. The best sex of my life. My wife said the same thing. Just fucking incredible.

    Did I mention, the girl's name was Kimmi? Similar figure to the girl I messes around with 20 years earlier. Was it the same girl? Did she look me up after all these years? Shit, I don't know what to do next. But, I can't wait for us to get together again.

  11. 2 hours ago, Fud said:

    There's four "first rounders" with red flags who went undrafted in Cooper DeJean, Jer'Zhan Newton, Adonai Mitchell, and Kool-Aid McKinstry. Teams might not have some or all of them on their boards at all. I wonder if Houston does? 

    There's several centers who I don't think Houston would take, so root for those guys to go off the board early (Jackson Powers-Johnson and Zach Frazier)

    Here's DJ's best available 

    24    Cooper DeJean
    25    Jer'Zhan Newton
    27    Adonai Mitchell
    28    Kool-Aid McKinstry
    29    Edgerrin Cooper
    30    Ladd McConkey
    32    Ennis Rakestraw Jr
    34    Zach Frazier
    38    Braden Fiske
    41    Payton Wilson
    42    Keon Coleman
    43    Junior Colson
    44    Malachi Corley
    45    Marshawn Kneeland
     

    The top guys who visited who are still on the board

    Edgerrin Cooper

    Ennis Trakestraw Jr

    Payton Wilson

    Marshawn Kneeland

    Kignsley Suamataia

    Javon Bullard

    Michael Hall Jr

     

    Can I hope someone takes Ennis Rakestraw Jr before the Texans pick?

  12. 2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    Please, neg more of my posts while you refuse to actually address what happened at the University of Texas. 

    You so desperately want to get in on the conversation I'm having with Brisket. We'll invite you to lunch.

  13. 7 minutes ago, Covri said:

    Googled this meme and the saying is attributed to Jim Treacher (not real name of course) a blogger for The Daily Caller, Tucker Carlson’s website. Good to know what parts of the internet you hang out on to come across this “meme.”

    wrong - but good research - I got it when trying to spell keffiyeh correctly - directly from google images. I guess even in shit places there can be gold.

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