hookem2010
Certifiably Surly
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- Texas vs. Kentucky - 6:00pm on ESPN
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Trump’s America
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Trump’s America
Aren't there about 50 billion feral chickens in Hawaii? Forage for some real free-range chicken eggs.
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Plumbing mishap
Appreciate all the comments. It's all dried out. No staining thus far.
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
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Birding
They're around Houston for sure, although I typically saw them more out in the Katy Prairie area. I remember being very surprised when I first saw one flying over 1960.
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Tre Wisner
I was going to say he reminds me of a slightly better Chris Ogbannaya. Not flashy, but he will surprise you and very rarely disappoint.
- Texas vs. ou - 2:30pm on ABC
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Plumbing mishap
It leaked through this seam. I've got ceiling fans going, the AC running and a fan aimed up at the open smoke detector.
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Plumbing mishap
I was replacing the fill valve in our master bathroom upstairs. Things were going fine and I was making some adjustments to get the height right when the shut off valve to that toilet failed. By the time I got down to shut off the water entirely, some water had dripped through a seam in the ceiling and the smoke detector attached beneath the toilet. I've had the valve replaced, so the plumbing situation is resolved. My question is do I need to have that drywall torn out to prevent mold, or I can I watch it to see if there are any obvious issues?
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Trump’s America
One of these things is not like the others, at least in terms of political persuasion.
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Birding
I had no idea barred owls were a thing until I saw my first one several months after I started birding.
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Birding
Speaking of owls, I had a surprise addition to the neighborhood list the other day. The 1 year-old woke up at 330 AM screaming bloody murder, and could only be calmed by going for a walk. The only upside to this sleep interruption was hearing a single scream of a barn owl overhead, not a bird I expected anywhere nearby.
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Surly Dad Thread
Our oldest got it when he was 1 1/2 a couple years ago. No sores on his hands and feet, so it wasn't really on our radar as he developed a fever and almost completely stopped eating solid food for over a week. The pediatrician found a large sore on the roof of his mouth though. It all came to a head with the first cold front of that fall. It killed our heater so our house was freezing, the baby's fever spiked to like 103 and we spent the night not sleeping in a hotel. We took him to the ER the following day since he wasnt improving. He had rhino and adenovirus, HFM and bilateral ear infections. Nothing really to be done but supportive care. He recovered soon after that, but it was 2 weeks of misery. Good luck...
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Surly Dad Thread
Dude, don't get me started...
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Donald Trump “has plenary authority”
This also ignores the giant elephant in the room that no one discusses anymore because we're reasonably worried about our own country collapsing, but climate change is going to fuck all our shit up, especially since the entire world has apparently just raised their hands up in defeat.
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Surly official camping and backpacking thread
Potential new 54,000 acre state park near Kickapoo Cavern SP sounds pretty cool. https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2025/10/06/texas-parks-wildlife-working-to-acquire-54000-acre-hill-country-ranch-for-new-state-park/
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I caught the cancer
A few decades ago they were confined to the Valley in the US. Now, they are summer residents at least as far north as DFW.
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ICE activity/raids
This is what qualifies as masculinity in America these days.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
I would consider doing our part to dash OU and aggy's chance for a playoff spot a victory at this point. We ain't doing shit.
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
British naturalists like her and Attenborough always inspired awe and gave me hope for the natural world. They'll both be gone soon, but they outlasted my optimism.
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Colombia
I was supposed to do Minca area and Tayrona NP with some buddies on a once-in-a-lifetime birding trip last August. Right after I committed, I knocked my wife up and decided leaving while she was 30+ weeks into a difficult pregnancy might be problematic. Now, I'm trying to get my bros to commit to a second once-in-a-lifetime trip, this time to Manizales. Anyone ever been? I'm particularly interested in how renting a car and driving around Manizales is, as well as transportation of choice from Medellin to Manizales.
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Oregon at Penn State NBC
What a weekend! Not bad for a bye week.
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Trump’s America
You know what pregnant women and babies actually shouldn't take? Ibuprofen. But what do you think the fucking morons who cling to this dipshit's every word are going to do when they accidentally drop baby Cletus on his head? Reach for the Advil and fuck the poor kid's kidneys.