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Hefeweizen

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  1. The head of the TCEQ commissioners just resigned.  The other two commissioners are political hacks, so odds are we’re going to have three of them.  I’m not a huge Neirmann fan but I think he was pretty by rules as a commissioner and considered all the facts.  Not hopeful for his replacement.

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  2. 31 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    When I see a cybertruck driving in uptown Dallas I assume there’s a 20% chance my death is a result of one of those pieces of shit running me over. 

    The funniest thing to me is that I see them wrapped all the time.  The base version is so awful that the first thing people do is go put some clothes on their car.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Superhero said:

    Moving to CA almost 20 years seems like a good move.

    I miss the BBQ and friends, but moved closer to family, fantastic weather, good food, beaches, mountains, diversity and more options for Asian women to marry.

    I ended up in Tustin, because it is spelled almost like Austin (just kidding).

    The state income taxes are a beating, not to mention home prices. But at least property taxes are predictable at 1% of my purchase price even though the value of my home has doubled.


    It was a good 12 years in Texas, but I don’t have any reason to go back, especially with the shenanigans that are Texas politics. 

    Only been here three years but by far the best decision I’ve made, financially.  Sold my home in Westlake at the tiptop of the Covid real estate craze.  We were able to buy a lot less house for a little less money and accelerate my retirement schedule quite a bit with in state tuition for one kid (the other is private so fucked on that account either way).  I spend a lot less on vehicles because I barely drive anymore, and as a the silly gas prices don’t affect me directly as much.  Quality of life is so much better I am asking myself why I waited so long, but reality is I couldn’t afford it before.

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  4. Can someone explain to a tard how to embed a Bluesky message?  It’s a really nice platform so far because I’ve been able to set the algorithm to my interests only and it’s clean as a whistle.

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  5. 16 minutes ago, G650 said:

    I absolutely hope he does implement it. I will cackle

    Spending a lot less time on this shit these days as I’ve made up my mind to finally retire, but I am 50/50 on whether he really will do it.  The chaos it creates is 100 percent on brand for him but given his history I could see him doing nothing of the sort as well and claiming fentanyl imports dropped due to his threats.

    Either way, you think framing a house or pouring a slab is expensive now, good fucking luck next year.  I’ve made all the major purchases I need for the next few years with the sole exception of a used vehicle and that market keeps improving.

     It’s going to suck for consumers next year though.

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