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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. ICF for the win. Your house will be tighter than a nun's pussy with regard to air exchange. Downside: if you ever need to get into the walls for any reason, that won't be as fun. This is the walkout basement? How high up are you doing ICF? Are you putting in an ERV or any kind of in/outside air exchanger to make the house "breathe?"
  2. At the risk of agreeing with bad teammate, GTFO with this take. How about this information: their own life experience as an african-american. If a player says, "You know what, I get it, and while it's not as bad as I thought, but I'm still not going to honor that song by participating considering its history." Who the fuck are we to say anything about that. I hope that they participate but I respect their choice if they opt out.
  3. You keep saying this but that doesn't make it true. I have lived experience of seeing players wander off the field and court before the EOT and not participating in that in the 90's, 00's, and 10's. You're simply making shit up to say this is new. The vast majority of players stayed out for the EOT for a host of reasons: tradition, fan service, team camaraderie, not knowing about its origin story, peer pressure. It may have been an expectation but it has never been a mandate that they stay out.
  4. Never. It's a DD fantasy concocted so he can declare a meek victory in total defeat. JFC listening to him you'd think we locked the doors to the locker room until the EOT finished.
  5. From President Hartzell's email: In other words, as in the past and into the future, no one is required to sing. @David Dennison wrong again!
  6. DD: "Of course this is now settled for both sides because now students won't be forced to eat the lasagna like before." (Narrator: "The students were never force fed lasagna.")
  7. Link to actual report: https://eyesoftexas.utexas.edu Four Key Takeaways from the Committee Report “The Eyes of Texas” Remains Our Alma Mater President Hartzell stated in July 2020 that “The Eyes of Texas” would remain UT’s alma mater, the UT System Board of Regents supported his decision, and The Eyes of Texas History Committee was created with the sole authority to research and understand the song’s history, as well as institutional and broader historical uses since its inception. The History of the Song Reflects the History of America The history of “The Eyes of Texas” mirrors the history of the United States, Texas, The University of Texas at Austin as well as its band and sports teams. This complexity creates an opportunity for continued learning, sharing and understanding. Facts and Historical Context Matter Research by the committee has uncovered important facts and historical context, some of which have never been systematically compiled and analyzed until now. Additionally, the research provides robust evidence about many elements of the song, several of which have been previously unsupported by fact. These facts add nuance and richness to the story of a song debuted in a racist setting, common for the time, but, the research shows, was intended to parody the famous phrases of the university president. The exclusion of Black students at that time presents an opportunity to think about how they and other communities of color have fought for inclusion and the work that remains to ensure all members of our community feel they belong. Living Out the Meaning From its inception, “The Eyes of Texas” has always been a song about accountability. Therefore, the spirit and intention of the song compels the university to be transparent about its past and be ever more accountable to the state and its diverse people. In this sense, the work of the committee was a microcosm of what the university should stand for: research, getting to the facts, seeking to understand others’ viewpoints, continuing to learn, courageously confronting and acknowledging our history, and finding ways to strengthen our community going forward.
  8. Incorrect. And the players not staying for it over the past year proves it. I'm sorry today is so hard for you, being so blatantly, completely, 100% wrong and having to pick up those heavy goalposts and move them so far so you can twist something out of it to say "that's progress" proves that this really sticks in your craw. Now...
  9. Either they will or we'll find new band members. There are 3-4 more people who want to be in LHB for every one in it today.
  10. I'm sure people did and they were wrong too. Lots of assumptions were made against that picture without the context, and almost all of them were wrong. And I'll add this: if some of the players didn't want to participate in singing the EOT, I'm fine with that - no one ever has, nor ever will force anyone else to sing that song. Just like I support those who want to keel during the anthem to make their point. However the "rewrite not reclaim" crowd isn't going for that, they want the disassociation of the EOT and the University. So for all DD's false posturing of "no one trying to take the Eyes away from you," the opposite is actually true. And it's mostly based on lies that got repeated into truths. I do think it's reasonable for the team to at least stand with the fans during the official school song, even if they don't want to sing it. But if someone really doesn't want to even participate in that, ok. LHB can get fucked however, they have one job as the school's band and that's to play the school's song. Anyone who can't handle that should be dismissed or quit to stand for their own principles. /ex-LHB
  11. I understand you may not like the report this week. Sorry it will be hard for you.
  12. This. @MaybeACoordinator, maybe YOU should fuck off with your disingenuousness and get educated about the context behind that photo of Sam. Saying he "did that" implying that somehow he was the only one who cared enough to stay out for the EOT, or was shoving it in others faces or that the team abandoned him because of the fake racism of the EOT is all wrong, wrong, wrong.
  13. Zero evidence of blackface in EOT original performance. Lots of "maybe" or "could have been." Minstrel show has been established. You don't need to embellish and make up new facts.
  14. Where's the evidence that Lee actually said this? See above posted open letter where multiple Lee/Civil War historians say that there is no evidence of this and, like Lincoln, lots of quotes get ascribed to Lee without him actually having said them. The whole anti-EOT house-of-cards is built on offenses generated by a spurious connection. It's not even real!
  15. Yeah that seems like it might be useful right about now.
  16. I didn't think about mine at all either; and it was great so long as we had power. When we lost power on Mon/Tues for 8 hrs it was enough to kill it. Next go round of multi-day sub-freezing temps I'm going to isolate it, kill the gas and power to it, and drain it best I can. Thankfully we have another tankless on the other side of the house so we still have hot water, and also thankfully we can cut off the water flow just to the tankless so I can keep water on inside the house while we deal w/ this. Small blessings. I've done enough home improvement stuff over my lifetime to be dangerous. I can handle small electrical, carpentry, and other projects - I remodeled one my first houses including paint, reflooring it with hardwoods, moving some walls, carpentry, countertops, moving electrical outlets, etc. But plumbing is one area I haven't gotten into and I'm probably smart enough now to not try, it just seems like the risk of fucking things up is high when you don't know what you don't know. At least in electrical if you fuck up you find out immediately (I found out pretty quick once when wiring up a socket that I turned off the wrong breaker and it was live...oops), but in plumbing if you do it wrong you may have a leak behind a wall for awhile before you figure it out. But here's a question...in electrical work, if I want to turn off a room or appliance, I can go trip a breaker and work on that section in isolation. Why doesn't plumbing have this concept? Shouldn't there be a manifold with cutoff valves in a central location that let you isolate different legs of water supply to different rooms, like a breaker panel? Why isn't this a standard feature in construction? Explain it to me like I'm 5...
  17. Thanks - pretty sure ours is original to the house (2004). It's been a good solid unit, a Renai tankless but I can probably upgrade now anyway.
  18. Our tankless was mounted in the attic and froze up and burst the small holding tank and some copper internal lines. The plumber wants to sell me a new one @$1300 installed. Says that the tankless are more plug/play units and can't really be internally repaired...does anyone know how true that is?
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