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Sabbatical to Latvia to find myself
Latvia's man shortage has sparked a strange new industry: The hourly husband https://www.tbsnews.net/offbeat/latvias-man-shortage-has-sparked-strange-new-industry-hourly-husband-1303376 Statistically, the country has a full-blown "man drought," with 15.5% more women than men, a gap more than three times the average across the European Union. Among seniors, the divide becomes even more dramatic: women over 65 outnumber men two to one, says the New York Post. Researchers say there's no mystery behind the imbalance. Latvian men simply don't live as long. They smoke far more frequently than women-31% of them smoke, compared to just 10% of women-and carry higher rates of overweight and obesity. Poor diet, inconsistent healthcare habits, and leftover post-Soviet lifestyle patterns have caused men to die younger for decades. In a small country, this adds up quickly. Fewer men reach middle age, and even fewer make it into retirement. The imbalance has quietly reshaped the population. But while demographers debate the health crisis, Latvian women have adopted a far more immediate solution: if the country doesn't have enough men, they'll hire one. Across Latvia, services offering "husbands for an hour" have exploded in popularity. Companies like Komanda24 promise to send over "Men With Golden Hands"-a delightful piece of branding for workers who show up to fix leaky pipes, mount televisions, repair cabinets, or bring any misbehaving household appliance back in line. Another service, Remontdarbi.lv, takes the concept even further by branding its handymen explicitly as rented husbands. Customers book online or by phone, and within a short time, a man appears at the door-not to flirt, not to argue about weekend plans, but simply to paint the walls or fix the curtains. The concept turns the traditional "handy husband" trope into a straightforward commercial transaction. No relationship required, no awkward dates involved, and no need to pretend anyone is assembling an IKEA bookshelf for love. In a country where women jokingly describe a "nationwide husband vacuum," the service has become a practical fix for the demographic gap.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
You can take the aggy out of Collie Station but you can't take the jizz out of aggy.
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2025 GOLF: I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while
Stupidly, years ago I spent too many lessons at GolfTec hitting on mats and a simulator. Chunky shots are not punished any where near as much as they are punished on the course. Also with drivers, I would always hit big slinging hooks on simulators but ball flight on the course was very slight draw or straight. Also find that hitting irons on mats on the simulator and range also leads my balls to draw much more than on the course. Probably not the answer you're looking for but from experience, I wouldn't take the ball flights and distances as gospel.
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
So 9-3 did not make the playoffs? I was told we were dipshits to think otherwise.
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Well, just got hit and run
- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Good thing the family doesn't have an issue with mental illness- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Keep that guy away from my cocaine!- Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
So are you making an argument for my case that PSU shit the bed with this hire?- Not a Tesla
Fact, US companies are getting their asses kicked by China and by default Chinese companies for all green products. EVs are probably the most glaring example. There are a few reasons why but our country's leadership being bought by O&G companies are a huge reason. Wrong or right, we're going to live and die by oil. Marques Brownlee has the below review on a Xiaomi EV. Yes, that same phone company Xiaomi. It's a really good watch to get an idea of what Chinese companies are putting out. It's especially awesome, or scary, that this is a "phone" company. I timestamped it at Marques' thoughts on the car and the EV landscape. But you should watch the whole thing to see how fucking awesome that car is.- Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
PSU traded down and paid $9M to do so. No way anyone in their right minds pay $9M to hire a shittier coach. Matt Campbell wasn't even on PSU's radar because they didn't think they would have to settle for someone so low. B10 coaches: Day, Lanning, Cignetti, Riley. He's 5th if I'm being REALLY generous.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
So far my learnings of this douche is that he is linked to Paxton and Deshaun Watson, two subjects I don't give flying fucks about. Add those to this case where he's going to chase shadows and try to squeeze people out of money to appease some distraught, clueless mom, sounds to me like I should stay living under that rock bridge.- Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Well, that's half the football board. I was gonna ask you to be more specific but fuck it, I don't care. That thread was/is embarrassing.- Diego Pavia - The Chihuahua that thinks he's a Mastiff
- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
I had no idea who this Buzbee douchebag was until this event. He seems like he sucks dick for a living, allegedly.- Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
He wants to give his family one more chance to act like low class idiots.- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Helobious Is Getting Those Wrists Ready For Heavy Work
I remember Saban saying that Baxter was the best RB in that years recruitment. That is high praise. I'm hoping/wishing to see him play a full season at 100% and see if he lives up to the praise.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
I don't blame the mom. She lost a daughter and wants someone to blame. She was happy and had X, Y, Z to look forward to. No way her daughter would take her own life. Except she did. My daughters, their friends, and the victims' parents all thought the same thing. No way he/she would do it. One jumped off a building. Another hung herself. And another shot himself in the head. Depression doesn't look like what many people think it does. I think most of us know of or have known people who have committed suicide and/or dealt/dealing with severe depression. Lastly, if you read /r/Austin, every once in a awhile you'll see posts about ambulances and deaths around West Campus. There won't be any news of it. That's usually because it's a suicide. UTexas doesn't report or inform of it. The news usually doesn't report on it.- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Helobious Is Getting Those Wrists Ready For Heavy Work
- 2025 GOLF: I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while
I'm not going to argue with Tiger but the fuck?- 2025 GOLF: I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while
CPO is a great place to buy preowned clubs. If he hurries, they still may have Cyber Monday pricing. BF and Cyber Monday's are the lowest prices of the year.- 2025 GOLF: I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while
When my daughter was starting, I bought her a cheap set of Strata beginners clubs. Basically cheap ass driver, hybrids, cavity back irons, shitty ass putter, and carry bag. I think I spent $200 for the set including bag. In hindsight, I wish I would've used that $200 on "nicer" set. After a year, I built/bought her a better set, and now the shitty Strata set is just sitting in the garage. Sooooo, get him a decent cavity back iron set. Used TM Rocketbladez, older set of named Callaway releases like Rogue, Cobra, etc. Cavity back is cavity back. Weight low and back to help get the ball up. Get cast irons, and not forged. He'll tear up the forged clubs. Then get some older hybrids. Hybrids haven't improved much. I still game a 2014 4H from Adams. Then get him a 5-6 year old driver. Something with a Max name is good because it'll be forgiving (read, spinny to help him get the ball up and reduce the slice). If buying off ebay, I'd stay away from anything used from TM, Ping, and Titleist. There are a shitton of fake clubs from those brands. Callaway, Srixon, Cleveland don't seem to have a problem of fake clubs on ebay. eBay is the cheapest route. I buy and sell clubs on eBay all the time.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
The balcony is connected to the living room. It was only 1AM. I imagine most of the people were in the living room and maybe some were on the balcony. Only people in the rooms were the people fucking.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
This is the part that I can't get past. Supposedly this happened with 15 people in the apartment. If something nefarious happened, I find it extremely difficult for all 15 to perpetuate and keep a lie. At UT, both my girls knew friends who committed suicide. One was at Rio, the same apartment this happened. They showed signs of depression but none of the friends thought that the guys would ever commit suicide. I'm not ruling out foul play but IMO that would mean there's someone psychotic enough to pick someone up and throw her over a balcony and there are 14 other people who would lie to hide the murder.- Lane Kiffin to LSU?
aggy is jealous.- Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow
I haven't fished the flats in a year. Been watching a lot of Texas coast fishing YT videos. From those videos and from what I caught a few weeks ago, the trout are doing REALLY well. I caught a fat 25" trout who was mixed in with the reds slamming the baitfish along the grass lines. I caught another fat 23" trout casting to pot holes. Caught an easy limit of slot trout and probably ten more dinks and slots. Also caught an limit of reds. This was all within 3 hours of fishing on a mixed mud, shell, grass flat. Sooo, it looks like the slot and 3 fish limit is working really well for trout. I would love to see them increase the bag limit to 4-5 per day but keep the slot limit. - What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
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