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Posted
11 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I think Snopes did a thing on that picture and the shop owners provided a defense for it that I guess made a sliver of sense, but, yeah. 

They didn’t want their particle board getting wet.  

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Posted (edited)
13 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I think Snopes did a thing on that picture and the shop owners provided a defense for it that I guess made a sliver of sense, but, yeah. 

This is the aggie quote from that Snopes story…

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Our windows will not support the weight of plywood screwed into their frames — neither is there sufficient masonry wall surrounding them for an attachment — therefore our contractor a "good Ag" suggested saving the store from a major cleanup and letting the glass go — it wasn't a difficult decision to make!

 

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Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

This is the aggie quote from that Snopes story…

Our windows will not support the weight of plywood screwed into their frames — neither is there sufficient masonry wall surrounding them for an attachment — therefore our contractor a "good Ag" suggested saving the store from a major cleanup and letting the glass go — it wasn't a difficult decision to make!

Ha ha, holy shit. That's even worse. Is their store made out of toothpicks and duct tape? Did they forget that resting something on the fucking ground is a good way to support its weight?

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Ha ha, holy shit. That's even worse. Is their store made out of toothpicks and duct tape? Did they forget that resting something on the fucking ground is a good way to support its weight?

I am no engineer, but I rig stuff at my ranch all the time.  You could simply wedge $10 worth of 2x4s upright under the window to hold the weight.  

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2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

I am no engineer, but I rig stuff at my ranch all the time.  You could simply wedge $10 worth of 2x4s upright under the window to hold the weight.  

Right? There's like a million options. These Aggies were too dumb to solve this enigma, but hey, kudos to them for recognizing that fact. So they brought in another Aggie, an ostensible expert in the field if plywoodery, to consult. And even with that addition to the brain trust, they just couldn't answer the riddle of "how do I support a piece of plywood". 

JFC. How did I miss this? I must have been too busy dealing with life after Ike. 

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Posted
46 minutes ago, Dewey said:

I was told by an aggy that they didn't want glass in the store. That was hurricane Ike if I remember right, probably a TS by the time it got that far inland. If you live on the coast, a TS isn't much of anything,  like getting a handy. 

 

TS Allison, 2001...

Posted
20 minutes ago, tejas60 said:

TS Allison, 2001...

And the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry were directly responsible for the Kerrville flooding over the July 4th weekend. But carry on.

Posted
19 hours ago, Damor said:

My kid goes to Western Colorado in Gunnison, and I figured it was abbreviated there as a safety measure to maintain SpO2 given the field elevation of 7700'.

Western Colorado Mountaineers - Wikipedia"SKO 'NEERS!!!
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           ... hey honey, is the dispensary still open?"

I went to Ft. Lewis, in Durango, my freshman year. My suite mate's older brother went to Wasted State, we went up to go see him the second weekend in September, I shit you not, it was twelve degrees at night. There was some kind of festival, that weekend. We were all broke, I drove, we coasted in on fumes. Was the first place I ever ate raw oysters. A guy had shipped several bushels in, and he had a lot left over. He told us if we had a pocketknife, and wanted to shuck our own we could have all we wanted for free. I was starving, so I ate about 5-6 dozen. Suite mate's brother had just got in a QP of the most badass hash I have ever smoked. He gave us an OZ on credit, told us to go sell half of it to cover his cost, and smoke the rest.

CHIEF

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Posted
4 hours ago, Armybrat said:

This is the aggie quote from that Snopes story…

 

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There was actually time when Aggies could laugh at themselves. You know, like normal people. 

Posted
5 hours ago, tejas60 said:

TS Allison, 2001...

 

5 hours ago, SimkinsMan said:

And the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry were directly responsible for the Kerrville flooding over the July 4th weekend. But carry on.

that plywood's going to do a lot of good against deluvial rain?

Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, CHIEF said:

I went to Ft. Lewis, in Durango, my freshman year. My suite mate's older brother went to Wasted State, we went up to go see him the second weekend in September, I shit you not, it was twelve degrees at night. There was some kind of festival, that weekend. We were all broke, I drove, we coasted in on fumes. Was the first place I ever ate raw oysters. A guy had shipped several bushels in, and he had a lot left over. He told us if we had a pocketknife, and wanted to shuck our own we could have all we wanted for free. I was starving, so I ate about 5-6 dozen. Suite mate's brother had just got in a QP of the most badass hash I have ever smoked. He gave us an OZ on credit, told us to go sell half of it to cover his cost, and smoke the rest.

CHIEF

Only thing missing in this story is playing drunken ice hockey on "the pond".  Protip, don't play drunk ice hockey against 6'+ Alaskan born crazy white guys. It ends poorly.

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