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txhorns

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  1. Hadn’t looked at that museum. Looks like it’s pretty far south from downtown. Anything for me to worry about safety wise as we would have to take the train there?
  2. Heading to Chicago next week for the marathon. My 11yo and 9yo will be with us. We are staying just north of the river so should be walkable to pretty much everything except Wrigley. We are planning on doing most of the touristy things. (Millineum Park, Art Institute, Field Museum, Planetarium, Aquarium, Willis Tower) Two things we have considered but are unsure of if they would be age appropriate for our kids are the Medieval Torture Museum and a gangster tour. Anyone done either of these and can give a recommendation? Also looking for kid friendly recommendations in that area? Anything else we should look into doing?
  3. I run a little league baseball organization. At the beginning of the summer I called a requested a quote from a local sod farm to get sod for two infields at our complex. I wanted to use sod on the infield and then overseed with Bermuda grass seed in the outfields. When they came to quote, an employee not the owner who lives out of town, they told us that we should sprig the fields instead of putting sod down. It would be roughly the same cost to sprig the entirety of both fields as it would be to put sod down on just the infields. Eventually we decided to sprig it and hired them to do so. They can in early July and did the work. When they finished, I was at the fields talking to the employee of the sod farm and told him exactly how I planned on watering the fields. He agreed it was a good plan and nothing else was said about it. A couple of days later another guy and I walked around both fields and were worried that one fields was not done correctly as it seemed like their machine had not properly done the job on only this field. We expressed this concern but were told that there was nothing to worry about. Originally we were told that grass would start coming up in about a week's time and then spread throughout the fields with both fields being mostly flush green grass after a month. Seven days in we expressed concern that we were not seeing any improvement and were told to water the fields more, so we did. It was about 2-3 weeks in until one of the fields started turning green. That field now looks great except for right around the fence where the machine can't get close. The second field never turned green and no grass came up. The sod farm employee stopped answering our calls about 3 weeks after they had planned. Mid-August we went and put down grass seed on that field to hopefully get something to come up. So one field now looks great and the other looks dead except for weeds. This weekend I am going to put out Rye grass seed to hopefully get some grass. We only ever dealt with the one employee at the sod farm, who traditionally handles all of customer stuff. Now the owner is requesting payment and specifically stated, "It's a shame that the one field did not have the water coverage to make it grow." Which is a lie because both fields have full coverage from our sprinkler system, which definitely works because I put $20k into getting it fixed last fall. The full bill is $6,800. The field that grass grew on is about a 4th the size of the field that has no grass. Would I be in the right to offer to pay $2,500 for the work that was done but not the full amount because we do not feel like they properly did the bigger field? I don't understand why it would work on one field but not the other unless something went wrong in the planting process. Both fields had plenty of water, I can prove that from city water usage. We had almost immediately expressed concern specifically for the field that did not grow. What are your suggestions for what to do in this situation?
  4. They played for a national title in baseball 4 months ago
  5. So just starting your first beer?
  6. Hides the cum splatter better than any other color.
  7. You could have just said that she's ugly.
  8. Texas 48 CSU 20 WR yards - 392
  9. As a back up plan in case of injury.
  10. My 11 year old daughter rode the Hotter n Hell yesterday in Wichita Falls. She did 25 miles at 10.3 mph. Unfortunately had a friend that rode with her or her pace/time could have been much better. Cycling is the only sport she has ever really gotten into.
  11. Stop watching me play College Football 25.
  12. I'm always shocked that there is another Burk grad on here besides my brother.
  13. As a current resident of Wichita Falls I must say that all of you are dumbasses. But you're right about Wichita Falls.
  14. I mean how many kids get a national championship ring in two sports in the same year?
  15. Wouldn’t Sanders also lose any potential scholarship money from baseball? Not sure if he got a partial scholarship but I thought there was a rule that anyone playing football could not be on scholarship for another sport.
  16. I can't blame a college softball player for taking the major payday. After college there is no future for them to make money through athletics. This is very likely the most money Canady will ever make.
  17. Sorry but I can’t. I don’t want the players getting so depressed from the beat down I would give them that they literally quit football on the spot.
  18. Probably wasn’t guaranteed to start and told that the coaching staff would not pass on an upgrade through the portal.
  19. Dumb question amnesty here but does baseball have a second transfer portal time similar to football after fall practices?
  20. aggy was always going to get their players back. That fan base was so pissed and motivated to pay literally anything it took to keep those guys in aggy land.
  21. Someone should ask Kendall that to see what his response is.
  22. I’m really excited about Gasparino coming back. My prediction is that he hits 25 HRs next year.
  23. Just wanted to say thank you for this thread and those of you who share the news. As a passive softball fan it makes it much easier for me to keep up with what is going on with the team.
  24. It’s deserving of a fine and suspension. There’s no arguing that.
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