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  1. For you and Elvis.  We went through this with my parents' house full of Hollywood Regency furniture when my mom sold her house.  Personally, I love the stuff and bought a few of the cooler pieces, but limits were placed on me by my better half (probably for the best).  It was all pretty unique, in great shape, and there still are people out there with money to spend surprisingly enough.  
     
    There's a website called chairish.com, which has all sorts of expensive furniture on it from private sellers all over the country.  I'm not sure what is involved in setting up an account, but it would be the right forum.
     
    In Houston, we worked with Lyn Huck Estate sales.  She's a bit flaky in communications at times, but they came in, moved all the stuff off site, and sell it off over time after conducting the main sale over the weekend.  What they couldn't sell, we donated to charity.  She takes a good chunk, but my mom netted a pretty good chunk over what we could sell the stuff for privately.  I'm sure there are similar setups in Dallas or Austin.  You might message her on Facebook and see if she can recommend someone in Dallas or Austin.  A realtor worth his/her salt in those large markets probably knows of someone as well doing something similarly.
     
    It's a pain in the ass.  Good luck.

    I have moved some high end MCM stuff. Usually from buy/sell FB pages that are specific to the style.

    1st dibs is the other high end antique furniture website. The asking prices are at the very high end of the spectrum.

    https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/style/hollywood-regency/?loc=texas-usa
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  2. I had to go "in person" last fall, and was pleasantly surprised I could secure an appointment in two days. Showed up a few minutes early but still ended up waiting ~2.5hours until my number was called. Apparently the "systems crashed" the day before and they couldn't process anyone, so they were just mashing those people into the next days appointments. Then the chick helping me was in her first week, and didn't have a fucking clue what she was doing. That took another hour. Spending 3+ hours in a crowded DMV location makes a trip to Walmart feel like you're hobnobbing with the 1%. 

    A three hour round trip and 15 minutes in the DL office was worth it. Plus, I got to see Paris in the Summertime!
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  3. Why don't you post about it 7 times?
    Some offices open up same day appointments online starting at 8am. I snagged one for my teen to get her learner's permit that way. Yes, it's inefficient but when has this state done anything efficiently?

    Well excuuuuuse meee. Tapa said it didn’t post. Like I said. I tried to find an appointment reasonably close for two weeks. Some nearby had nothing until 2024 and we even have a mega center. It’s nuts in DFW, like the OpEd says.
  4. Lucky me! Time to renew in person. What a clusterfuck this has become. Two weeks trying to find an appointment before my birthday. Finally got lucky and got one. 1.5 hours away. Made it just before the “glitch”

     

    From The Dallas Morning News:

     

    “Driver’s License Renewal Mess is Embarrassing

    Why won’t lawmakers fund this department so it can make the improvements it needs?

    In theory, it is possible to get a same-day appointment online to renew a driver’s license. In reality, snagging a Taylor Swift concert ticket online is much easier and less stressful.

     

    There is a haunting sense of déjà vu in Texas’ badly broken renewal process, which oddly took another spin when a computer upgrade forced the cancellation of all driver’s license appointments on Wednesday.

     

    Even without a technical glitch, drivers in the state’s most densely populated major urban areas can expect to wait two to three months to get an appointment online to renew their license in person, according to the Department of Public Safety, which administers the renewal program.

     

     

    DPS officials say they are understaffed and underfunded, and also complain that nearly 30% of motorists fail to show up for their appointments, depriving someone else of a time slot and adding to the booking delays.

     

    So what should a driver do? DPS suggests checking availability at numerous locations, checking back often to see if appointments have opened up at their location of choice and determining whether they can renew or replace their license online.

     

    No wonder efficiency is elusive and consumers are frustrated despite nearly two decades of efforts to streamline the renewal process and millions of dollars spent to consolidate offices, open mega centers, allow drivers to schedule an appointment up to six months in advance, extend license renewals from six to eight years and hire more workers.

     

    This year, DPS officials said they asked lawmakers for $129 million to hire 587 full-time employees to staff 212 counters across the state and open 10 driver’s license offices; another $85.1 million to hire 438 full-time employees to beef up customer service call centers that are so overwhelmed that workers are able to respond to less than 18% of incoming telephone or email inquiries; and $7.1 million for 38 full-time employees and other resources to process REAL ID applicants.

     

    If you think these are hefty requests and an intolerable situation, so did the state lawmakers, who provided funding for one office with 24 service counters, and directed DPS to complete an efficiency study next year on how they plan to use technology to reduce booking and wait times, DPS officials said. DPS is now trying to figure out where to put that office.

     

    An efficiency study is never a bad idea, but actually fixing a problem is even smarter.

     

    The state should again consider the impact of shifting renewal responsibilities to a new standalone agency or to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which currently handles vehicle registrations.

     

    An efficiency study also should review the impact of adding mobile stations, having Saturday hours, offering discounts for online transactions as some other states have done and, of course, making it easier for drivers to navigate the website and complete business online.

     

    Renewing a driver’s license is never fun. But it shouldn’t border on impossible.”

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    Saw these guys at the Fry Street Fair. Also at an event in front of Dallas City Hall where they pulled up in this hearse, plugged in an climbed on top to play.

    This is from the Fry Street Fair. In the background in the first frame is the Delta Lodge frat house, better known as Sammie House. One year we were watching from that little balcony. Dude went into the upstairs kitchen, filled a bucket with water, came back out on the balcony and dumped it on two Denton Cops below. Hilarity was intense but brief.



    Band was legendary enough for Rev Horton Heat to write a song about them called “Loco Gringos Like a Party”
  6. At least as far as I was concerned, first time I heard it, without attribution, I thought it was Sixpence NTR.  It probably was.
    At some point later on, back in the early internet days, I "hotbotted it" or some shit and found The Las, listened, and said, "oh, ok, I see how I was mistaken."    I have it downloaded.  Anytime it plays on KXT, it's The Las. So it was The Las ever since, and never revisited it.
    Until now.

    I bought the CD because The Edge used to play it in the early 90s George Gimarc days. It’s a good album.
  7. I mean, there's being a dick and then there's being a motherfuckin' DICK.  Repeatedly stealing a Christmas cake from your staff?  I mean, stealing from your constituents is one thing, but stealing from your staff?  CHRISTMAS CAKES?
     
     

    Well if that don’t take the cake…
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