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  1. On 5/6/2025 at 7:52 AM, immamac said:

    I was only half kidding with my comment earlier. 

    These look interesting, but I wonder about the cost economics. 

    30k for 250 gallons a day and let's call it 1KWh per gallon in electricity to produce (per tech spec sheet @ 240Wh/liter) avg electric cost in Texas is $.15 per KWh that's $37.50 a day in electricity for 250 gallons of water. 

    So if you had a family of 4 and used 3,000 gallons of water a month it would cost nearly $450/mo in electricity plus the amortized cost of the unit, let's say they gave you a 12% loan for 15 years (co term with warranty period) that's $360/mo

    So for $900/mo you could have less water than a normal family of 4 is budgeted to use daily. 

    I must be missing something, because 1k/mo buys a fuckton of water from a truck + a tank to put it in. 

     

    These economics make our water cistern boondoggle look almost rational. Almost. 

  2. I nixed quince last night on the theory that places with great views rely on the view - not the food - to sell.  Glad to hear I wasn’t wrong. 

    we have another ex pat dinner party tonight not sure where but we will check out Tostevere before we leave. 

    more work 930-4 for me, kids Spanish immersion today. 

  3. Spent the morning on Monday scoping out the meat and produce markets, tortillas too. Found a gym near us and signed up for a month membership, decent pizza joint down the street. Going to find a massage therapist tomorrow - I have one I think.

    wifey is playing pickleball tomorrow, she’s found a tennis hook up (I’m taking a few weeks off to heal tennis specific ailments). Clay courts so that’s fun and good on our joints.

    tonight we walked from our neighborhood to el centro -  about a mile - and saw a classical guitarist, about 20 attendees, gringos and Mexicans. He’s highly touted and he was fantastic. Met up with the wife who was at Berlin Bar & Bistro talking up a Mississippi gay man about rainbow culture here. I think the pride parade is our last weekend here. Going to try and make a drag bingo too. 

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  4. 7 minutes ago, royiv said:

    That looks like a sweet villa.

    It’s fucking dope. 3 large bedrooms with private baths. Base for 3 weeks and I’m working 10-5pm ATX time (9-4pm here) so the pad has to be on the mark. 

    second floor balcony during the rain… (there’s a floor higher than this).

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  5. We made it… it’s raining but it’s lovely. 
     

     

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    we are in San Antonio too. Got my home office set up from Office Depot and we stocked up at city market.

    enjoyed a social food group lunch at a Peruvian restaurant and met some lovely people. Food was a 7 so that was great.  We have 2-3 more of these social food gatherings on our calendar. Met a chef will take tapas class with him. 

    tomorrow we will get the boys set up with a bike/moped, they have some Spanish informal immersion not really classes 2x a week starting tomorrow. 

    boys and I will hit the gym tomorrow afternoon. 

    setting up padel, pickleball and tennis early this week too. 

    next Saturday morning doing an art walk.

    we have a third floor roof top I’ll snap some pics during morning coffee tomorrow…

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  6. 2 hours ago, Hookem10 said:

    I feel this pain - my wife was like “baseball again tonite ,who the horns playing “ I said they play tomorrow I’m watching Sam Houston vs rice. Of course the wtf look and roll of the eyes. I’m bleeding this turnip of a season out hoping coastal pulls it off.  

    It’s already marriage repair season at troph’s house. The time after football before baseball helps but it’s the two months before football’s first game that keeps me married. I literally don’t watch a single sporting event for 60 days. And you’d think all lesbians love sports well, not so. there are two kinds of lesbians that don’t love sports (1) the ones that love cats, and (2) my wife.  I’m so lucky. 

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  7. 4 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

    We have a distant relative who is committed to TEXAS.  If he makes the roster, I'll fess up.  Now, that college baseball is over this is a problem for me.  My wife will start expecting me fix stuff and make something other than martini's for supper.  Now what?!

    Martinis for dinner … while watching baseball? Man I need to get my ass to your place next season. Your wife would love me!

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  8. 29 minutes ago, Superhero said:

    People who take videos of the concert instead of just enjoying the music and the vibe.

    We went to a Post Malone concert last night, and the women in front of us were taking videos of the screens and/or selfie videos.

    Makes no sense to me. 

    i'll video like 30-60 seconds on my favs but only the first concert of the band I go to after that it's all enjoyment. even first time through I want to enjoy at least half the song I love live not through a camera. I'll also record but watch the band not my screen some times.  I've gone back many times to watch the videos, they're nice to have.

  9. On 7/12/2018 at 7:24 AM, SimonBolivar said:

    I thought The Martian was set perfectly for an audio book and the reader did a great job.

    Project Hail Mary is also phenomenal on audio. Waaaay better than the book. 

  10. Couldn’t find anything to watch, nothing was working, now I’m half way through season one. It was my all time favorite show back then. It still works. The dynamic between Sam and Diane is arguably the best that’s ever been done in television. Heck episode 1 or 2 even had the question of gay acceptance in it. The show has aged really really well. I’m laughing my ass off and enjoying the sexual tension between the two immensely. 

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  11. So what’s the consensus on the next buy opportunity for palantir …. the trading multiples are so fucking stupid but the stock is going to go way higher over the next 5 years I’m pretty sure we all know that.  
     

    thoughts on waiting for another dip? 

  12. Yeah we are watching, have friends in puerto Escondido rn and they are hunkered down away from storm surge but not the winds. they expected a cat 1 I think. Fuckers gonna be a cat 4. Wowzers.

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