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On 3/17/2021 at 2:43 PM, crash_davis said:
so 5 more than use the bike lanes we spent 10s of millions building all over town.
But they get achievement unlocked in sim city.
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2 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:
People that smack gum are the worst.
People who pop their gum are the worst. Fucking mouth noises, ugh.
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23 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:
Your dock must be nicer than the ones I have experienced in my lifetime if you are stocking a separate bar in addition to the boat.
Once you have a nice boat the next step is upgrading your dock. Once you can party on the dock there’s no reason to go out on the water. Bigger boat better dock just stay in. I’m not agreeing with it but it’s what most big boat owners do.
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Sunseeker was a fun boat. 2002 60 foot manhattan flybridge. Clearly a charter boat, it had some wear, but I’d still consider it for 2-4 people. Good news is this year and condition it’s probably $400-500k. Don’t know the exact engines but straight shaft and the crew said cat engines.
didn’t get many pics but here you go - three berths and kitchen down below. Kitchen opens to the upstairs.
rounded out with published pics...
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3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:
Not interested in tournaments (yet😂), and not interested in anything that old. I do think I can find something produced this millennium that fits within the budget. If you go away from the CCs, your choice is the express cruisers vs. the SFs. We’re not overly fancy people, and as long as we have some somewhat nice inside space and the ability to entertain a bit, the better half will be happy, and I get the added fishing capability.
Not surprised that’s where you are headed. You’ll be happy.
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30 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:
Miami
x ________/troph/_______
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1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:
The son was lackluster with his academics till he decided he wanted to become an astronaut. That motivated him to become the student he needed to be, and to get the grades he needed, to get into the schools he needed to achieve that goal. Started learning Russian because he was convinced he'd have to go to Russia to get into a space program because the US had begun stepping back it seemed from space exploration. Decided he needed to get in to Annapolis or the AF academy. Grades went from good to stellar.
Point is, intelligent, motivated kids will do what it takes if they're truly focussed, have the mental chops, and are willing to put the time in.
Once they have the internal goals. Parental imposed goals are a terrible proxy for internally derived motivation.
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1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:
Like y’all, I’m not real interested on the brit’s take of the US, nor the Toby Keith contingent. But the thread title resonates with me. We left the US, originally planning a 4 month hiatus from the insanity of everything. We’ve decided not to return. It’ll all remain contingent on our children’s development and we’ll-being, but we are happier outside of the States.
As we’ve become a bit separated from daily life in the States, the word that I always come back to is “toxic”. The consumerism, the obsession with wealth and more material things. The discourse and ignorance and hatred. It all feels very toxic to me.
“I get all the news I need from the weather report” should be your theme. I stole it from Simon & Garfunkel.
i’m not able to do what you guys did yet for a variety of reasons but I admire you immensely for doing what you are doing. No dress rehearsals here. I’m ready to check out too, really want some island time in the next few years. Just not giving a rats ass about the politics here anymore. Just need the Equality Act to be passed and then I’m not sure what I care about politically. -
On 3/14/2021 at 6:18 PM, ShaggyBevo RIP said:
I'm 6'3" and am fine in the Basecamp20.
The back five feet over the rear bed area does curve down.
Um, I’m taller than you, by uh, at least one inch.
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Late to this party. I think I could be the poster child for the American dream. Child of a civil servant / military dad and teacher mom, they both got their degrees later in life. We were lower middle class, sometimes food insecure even. Moved a lot but mostly because rent wasn’t paid or the landlord wanted to sell the place. Parents didn’t buy their first home until I was 11 years old. And that first one they lost to the bank. They didn’t buy the house my mom lives in now until I was 13.
I went to college, law school, got the big time offer at a prestigious law firm and off the races. But I had the entrepreneur bug, now on my 7th business and my own law practice, I’ve won some, lost some. Had a sizable nest egg in 2007 but lost it all, recovered way beyond that now. Trajectory is up, and I’ve got 20-30 more years to figure it out.
Not only that but I’m doing this as a trans woman who makes it happen without any harm or loss because I’m different. That’s insane. Shit like that doesn’t happen in a shithole country. There are zero exceptions to jail, death or poverty for women like me in shithole countries.
The US is still the single best country to get rich in, the problem is folks don’t learn the rules of the rich. Jobs are a part of it like education but you’ve got to move past both soon after becoming an adult and you have to take risk, you have to take lose it all risks. That’s the only way it happens. But we have a system to allow you to recover if you lose it all. I was days away from filing bankruptcy in 2010 but didn’t - I didn’t because I snagged an equity deal that bankruptcy would take and I bet it would far out pay the debts I’d have to work out from under. For 5+ years I made great money but felt broke paying off old debts for companies long gone. It hurt. Bad. But it paid off eventually.
knowing how to take risks, how to evaluate them, how to mitigate unnecessary risk and how to build a business are skills. We can dream about selling a company one day but even that has a skill to it. Very few folks learn this stuff but it’s the recipe for the American dream and why the US is and will be for the foreseeable future the place to start a company.
now there are tons of areas we need improvement for those who can’t or won’t take these risks. I’ll be the first to say education, healthcare, equality and the list goes on - all areas that need significant help, but the US is the best sandbox for entrepreneurship and the next closest isn't in the same ballpark.
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10 hours ago, BrickHorn said:
One change to public education is the competition for advanced programs. Fifth graders now apply to middle school magnet or other special tracks the way we applied to colleges as high school seniors. They take placement tests and fill out applications and write essays. As fucking fifth graders. And they do it again as 8th graders.
And it’s all for the privilege of stressing the fuck out in a bubbling cauldron of overachievement and insecurity. I listened to the principal of a magnet high school tell a room full of applicants’ parents that their program will make the kids “crack” but that it’s better for them to have a nervous breakdown while still living at home than it would be in college. What the fuck kind of message is that?
I’ve had a terribly hard time pushing my kids to achieve as youngsters, even in high school. I’m not saying I don’t come down hard when grades suffer, I do. I’m just unwilling to put scholarship, college credit, AP scores and all of that on their plate. Maybe it’s nearsighted, I’m hoping not. They are bright but I don’t know - I was a fuck up until college and only got into UT through community college transfer admission. I ended up ok. I didn’t turn it on until my last 4 semesters at UT either. I was also miserable as a kid for a variety of reasons. I kinda think being well adjusted isn’t appreciated as much as it should be. Learn in grade school and high school sure, but you know what? I’m ok with my sons going a much different route, one that says no to as much of this high stress BS as possible. Figure out who you are, figure out what you want and only then put it into overdrive. And don’t do any permanent damage to your future along the way to figuring it out. Gap years, community college, six year degrees, what ever it takes. Then when in college or out there in the world and it’s time to crack under pressure you won’t, because you know who you are and what you want. I don’t know if it’s right, every one of my kids has started a sport and then lost interest after a few years, started another and lost interest, played in the band and quit. They all have things they do but no one is asking them to step up and be a 15 year old semi pro at anything, not even a semi pro academic. I feel like my greatest deficit was I didn’t have a fun childhood. I’m now chasing good times (responsibily) but wirh this insatiable deficit. I have a theory that having a fun childhood is critical to adult happiness. I think I may be right. And so educationally, the only thing I want is for them to complete a modest course load at their level of ability, to know themselves and the people they chose. I’m kinda hoping the folks with people skills are the ones that will be in high demand in a few decades. I could be wrong. I hope I’m not. And I’ll say this, I believe in the innate human drive to achieve and the extra helping of competitive drive my kids will get from my DNA. I guess maybe I’m saying while I am hard on them, I’m going to trust that we will find our way without the gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands. Oh my kids go to a supposedly amazing public high school. They may send their kids to private but we are not.
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Never been down that way, it’s kinda port aransas-y which is good/fine, food options and things to do other than fishing, sailing and staring at the water is very limited. I think there are dive spots too? Of course we didn’t go farther and had no desire to make it to key west this time either. I can see the appeal of bouncing down the keys in a boat doing those lazy things though.
Oh my god the smells. Love the smell of saltwater and a little bit of seaweed mixed together.
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Driving down and back all I could think about was sail boats, power boats and how many dead bodies are in the mangroves. #bloodlines
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12 hours ago, davidg said:
The Essential Craftsman is one of my favorite YouTube channels and he is doing a series where they are building spec house solely for showing the build steps on his channel. They are 3+ years in and just getting to hanging drywall. Here they are pouring very tall walls and showing how to use a vibrator to consolidate the mixture down in the form.
The back walls are 24 inches at least of pure concrete and rebar. I’m sure they used that system. We weren’t there to see it but the results are obvious.
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11 hours ago, Grimas said:
Had a 3000w Champion generator (inverter) that kept the the 3 fridges/freezers, some LED lights, wifi and a tv powered during the storm but had to run extension cables across the house which was a pain. My frigging "heater buddy" is in my blind at the lease... After about 6 hours - whatever batteries that were keeping the internet from Xfinity in their "substation" finally died so even with power in my casa - no internet... (Getting fiber in the coming months and those who had it didn't lose internet at all during the outage) Glad I also have a digital antenna in the attic so could still watch crappy local TV. Lesson learned - gas furnace still needs electricity to run the blower fan and thermostats...
Going forward, I'm going to buy a 13,000W portable generator to be able to power most of the house using an external 50A (male) connector and a lockout switch on the fuse panel. I will then manually turn on the fuses in the panel on what I want to power... Costs for the generator - around $1000 and another $6-800 to put in the connector and lockout switch. I have a 5 ton and 3 ton A/C but have the "soft start" switches in both so the start load won't bring the whole system down if running in the summer - would probably just run the smaller one upstairs. VSP pump on pool can be set to slow/low wattage flow. Can't justify a $8000 Generac and another $6-8000 install cost (gas on opposite side of the house from the panel) when I can basically power what I need for $2000 and can take it with me if we move...
Info to consider if you go this route:
Don't buy more generator than you can use - if you put in a 30A connection, a generator larger than 7500W is useless.
- The max power you can put into a 30A switch is 7200W.
If you get a larger generator like 12000W, you've better off going with a 50A transfer switch...
Watts / Volts = Amps
- A 7200W Gen is only really capable of feeding 30 Amps @ 240V (7200W/240V=30A) If you get a bigger generator like a 12000W unit, go for 50A @240V transfer switch. (12000W/240V=50A)
- Put in LED lights as they draw less than incandescent bulbs.
- Get a dual-fuel generator and a couple of propane tanks as they don't "spoil" like regular gas and use these first to save your carburetor from getting dirty. If you run out of propane, you can always siphon your truck/auto gas tanks so get a pump.
- Buy a small solar panel to trickle charge your batter in the generator when not in use.
- Buy a cablelock or chain so your generator won't "walk away" in the middle of the night when it's running outside...
- Once you fire up the A/C, set the thermostat (in the summer) to something like 60F so it just keeps running and doesn't have to turn on/off all the time... No need on a gas furnace(s) blower as it barely draws any power.
- If you have an attached garage, buy a couple of sheets of the 4x8' sheets of styrofoam with foil on them and cut them to size and put on the back of the garage door - my temp in the garage stayed above freezing this round and in the summer, never gets above 80 degrees even with direct afternoon sun beating on them... Helps the garage freezer and fridge as well...
- 15" of sprayed insulation in the attic helped keep the internal temp above 50F after 18 hours of no power with sub-freezing temps outside
I'm putting in a separate connector from outside (posted in this tread) to be able to plug in my smaller inverter generator so I can still power my computers/tv/internet/UPS with "clean power" when those batteries die - the large portable generators plugged into the panel produce "dirty" power that can fry electronics...
Total system to power most of the house is around $2k. Wait for the Sales tax holiday in late April to buy new generator as generators under $3K get the sales tax waiver for "hurricane" supplies...
This is really good info.
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So a general house building thread or zombie bunker / sustainable home thread? If it’s wanted I’ll post it. We have ducted mini splits, solar, rain water collection, back up generator, ICF, expansive glass doors, steel structures, and I’m sure a few other neat items worth bantering about. And I’m sure some value add from the gallery (true). Might get my better and shorter half to join the board. I know y’all want more wommens here.
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30 minutes ago, Horns99 said:
Speaking of Troph, have you seen / is that Azimut still out on Lake Travis ? Was a 60 something. I don’t think I’ve seen it the past couple of years.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkNot sure I’ve seen it, there’s a 60 footer that cruises often but I don’t think it’s an Azimut - doesn’t have that below deck glass signature. I’ll have to do a double take next time it’s out.
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39 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:
Where are you at? This place is kind of the exception. The rainbows are in pre-spawn staging and the water boils from rises.
There was so much activity, I joked to my buddy that he could probably toss a yellow sally and they'd take. Sure enough, they did. So he quipped back for me to try a beetle. That worked, too. So did a yellow stimulator. They all were effective for at least a little while.
Little black midges worked best as that is what is popping off, but I can't see them for shit in glare or at distance, so I missed way more than I caught.
Also had lots of success with nymphs under a bobber. My favorite setup was a nymph (e.g., copper john, frenchie, cinnamon crunch, etc.) a couple of feet above a San Juan worm.
God bless you crushed it. So amazing.
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Trying to figure out the architecture that’s not Art Deco in Miami near the Art Deco district in Miami. It’s depression era I think. Don’t know much about it. Some is Spanish streamlined of sorts, some maybe bastardized, some though has muted classicism but austere modern lines like Art Deco. Anyone know about these styles?
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34 minutes ago, Landomatic said:
This one's for you @troph. Mrs Landomatic and I spent the day finally getting all our shit moved in to the new boat.
Very nice !! Love the book choices too. Especially the bigger... book. Yeah.
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