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CHIEF

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  1. One of the coolest weddings I ever went to was a friend of Mrs. CHIEF's from Westwood. They had it at a little old rundown church in Fischer (between Blanco and Wimberly). It was outside, and they had two kegs at the back of the aisles, so you filled up a beer and went and set down. Whole thing probably didn't cost a grand. I think Torn is onto something. A lot of women like to brag how much their wedding cost. Mine likes to boast about how little her wedding cost. Her grandmother told us we should just go down to the JOP on Monday morning and get married, like herself and my wife's grandfather, "just start your week out right." CHIEF
  2. Mrs. CHIEF's and my wedding cost a whole $1500, and $600 of that was her dress. I have family and friends, to this day swear it was the best wedding they ever went to. Money well spent for a 31 year marriage. CHIEF
  3. My favorite chapter. As a kid, 50 years ago, my parents were part of a Bible study. It had its own building for the study, that building's name was "Romans IIX." My folks were kinda "hippies" (Mom more than Dad) it was a lot like the "Jesus Revolution" movie. A lot of people were baptized in stock tanks. But the primary theme was love and forgiveness. I watch quite a bit of Near Death Experience videos. They are fascinating. Unforgiveness is an underlying theme that, however your relationship with God is, causes him not to accept you into his Kingdom. "How can you not forgive someone, and want my forgiveness for every vile and ruthless thing you have ever done? So much so, that I sacrificed the thing that meant the most to me, my Only Begotten Son." CHIEF
  4. Mine was Flaming Hot Cheetos. I swear I was a goner the first time I ever took a shit after eating them, the accompanying heat made me dial 9-1 and just hold my finger on the one again so I could push it before passing out. That way the paramedics could find me. CHIEF
  5. Bob George uses an analogy like that in his book "Classic Christianity." The parable is the difference between a city dog and a country dog. When you are just a Christian because everyone in your family is one, and you don't truly have a relationship with God, you are like a city dog. Always running away when the gate is open, always trying to dig out under the fence. Always doing something that is going to eventually catch up with you (running out into the street, and getting run over. Chewing an extension cord in two. Sprayed by a skunk.) Ideally your relationship with God should make you like a country dog. You have no boundaries, you could walk to LA, Chicago, or New York. Instead, you are laying on the porch, or under the pick up waiting for your master for affection, attention, and a joy ride. You can do anything you want, but choose to be close by your master. CHIEF
  6. Unbelief is but one, the other is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: 31:And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32:Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. That is contributing the works of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Even a believer that uses the Lord's name in vain can be forgiven. Also, for those that use their OSAS as an excuse to sin: Matthew 7: 21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ If you are gonna talk the talk, you need to walk the walk. We always are acting against human nature trying to live a life that we would want Jesus to approve of, and we never will be able to. That doesn't mean you don't try, and when you fail, repent, and try again. The idea is not to live your life for yourself, but to prepare your life so that Jesus may live his life through you. CHIEF
  7. It happened to us several times. If I were some of the higher end places, I would be plenty pissed. We had an amount we wanted to spend, would have stayed at that resort, but the price went up $1200. So we did the logical thing and dropped our expectations to not stay at their resort to get something in our price range. CHIEF
  8. Shit, ours is at 66. The fiancé owns the house, and is miserably cold when they come and stay. She is skinny, and I think she is anemic with thin blood. Even my BIL hates it, so the pussy must be outstanding. CHIEF
  9. Same boat. We sold the MIL's house in Cedar Park last year. BIL lives with fiancé in between 183 and Parmer, but keeps their house at about 82, so we ain't staying' there. CHIEF
  10. I love pickled garlic, but it is a “ no go” in my house for the very same reason. Wife can’t sleep in the same bed. She said I stink like the old Germans in her church as a kid. CHIEF
  11. Best thing we have ever done is abandon the Riviera Maya for the west coast of Cozumel, you never have to worry about the sargassum. CHIEF
  12. I would imagine it looked like Devil's Cove on Labor Day weekend. Dozens of half million dollar boats tied together with a shitload of strippers on board. CHIEF
  13. I have an uncle that is a retired Battalion CHIEF from the Dallas Fire Department. When he started, everyone has to be on the ambulance as an EMT for the first 2-3 years. He worked at the fire station at the corner of Westmoreland and Jefferson in SOC. One of his first stories he told me was about some dudes moving to a different apartment, and all the had to move with was a VW Bug. Their new apartment was just up I-30 a bit, so one guy is driving, the other is laying across the mattress on the roof, and has a grip on both rain rails. Everything is fine until he hits I-30 and has to run in traffic, and the mattress catches wind and throws the dude about 20 feet in the air. He said the guy was road rashed so bad, that you couldn't even tell what race the guy was, he was just "red." He has so many good stories from over the years, I could start a thread with just his stories. CHIEF
  14. Don't go in using your same account. Create a new one, or if a family member has an account have them look up flights. Airlines and travel sites are notorious for pulling that shit. Its a tactic to make you go ahead and book to avoid the prices going up again. Ask me how I know. We have three accounts to look at, mine, my wife, and my son. And yeah, those transfer fees are absolutely insane. I think ours was like $150 total from Cancun, roundtrip, two adults and a child. CHIEF
  15. Stayed there three times before we became divers, back around 2006-2009. It was new and very nice. Like Rage said, it is right next to Puerto Aventuras, which is where all of the fishing charters are docked. Not the nicest beach, but plenty of hot topless South American women playing beach volleyball. CHIEF Jr. was about 7 and we had to wrestle him away to go do shit. The hammocks are a nice place to take an afternoon siesta. Be sure to get the liquor upgrade, it was about $60 back then, and you can drink top shelf liquor the whole time you are there. Oh, and be sure and get the direct transfer to your resort from the airport in Cancun, its worth the price to not spend half of your first and last day stopping by the other resorts to pick up passengers. CHIEF
  16. I was an insurance agent in a former life. If someone doesn't have liability and looses a lawsuit, the lender isn't getting paid. I don't know of many agents that will cover a vehicle if there isn't liability coverage from somewhere. Farmers get it from their Farm & Ranch policy, it is extended to their tractors, UTVs, and other implements via the policy. Those are available through Farm Bureau and Germania , insurers that specifically have policies set up for farmers and ranchers. CHIEF
  17. And Chewy, I'm not trying to be obstinate. I've seen what gets driven on the trails in Colorado. I'm guessing at least 75% of the UTVs have to have full coverage because of the liens on them. CHIEF
  18. I'm pretty sure that if they have a lender, on the UTV, that it is required. Most of these are $25k-35k vehicles, and that demographic doesn't care how much it cost, just how much is it per month. Just part of being financially irresponsible. The lenders do not want to get back a fucked up vehicle that they can't recover their cost if it is totaled. I financed mine at 0.99%, so why not. But I paid cash for all of the upgrades. The 10 year old single cab Ranger that a farmer paid $7500 for, probably not. But they are still idiots for not having liability. I had one of those, but still carried liability. Let's be honest, most of what you see on the trails are $40-50k rigs that still have a $45k note, and people with shitty driving records. My lender required it, I was going to do it anyway, so the financing made sense. CHIEF
  19. They aren't street legal here with the exception of a couple places, so nobody registers or insures them. They are not legal here either. But you can get the same coverage as you get on your street vehicles. The premiums are high, but UTVs are inherently much more dangerous than a road vehicle. Had an acquaintance killed last year elk hunting in Colorado when his UTV rolled over. No seatbelt, so it threw him out and rolled over the top of him. Driving one without at least liability is foolish. I called CHIEF Jr. and his buddies and asked them what they were up to. They were eating pizza, drinking beer, and watching He-Man reruns. Helluva bachelor party. There are only three of them there until Friday, one is married, one is the future groom, and the truly only single guy is CHIEF Jr. They have three other single guys driving out from Denver on Friday. CHIEF
  20. They have always been able to buy a disproportionate share, but houses have historically not appreciated fast enough to warrant the investment when better returns were realized elsewhere. From 2020 to 2023, the homes in my neighborhood went up about 50%. The capital took notice and followed. Now that interest rates have climbed, and prices are falling, they are cash buyers and jumping into the market even more. I know of two Ft. Worth area D.R. Horton subdivisions that have been bought by hedge funds before they ever even broke ground. 1500-2000 homes all built as rentals. You get the appreciation, the depreciation, a 10% return on your money, you hold the note to the assets, you get to keep any payments before defaults. A pretty attractive return considering you hold all the cards. CHIEF
  21. Negatory. I have full comp and collision on mine, and liability of 300/500/100, and a two million dollar umbrella. I've got multi-millionaire CEOs on my deer lease, no way I get myself into a situation where I don't have coverage comparative to my net worth. If I were Colorado, I would make the people that bring side by sides show proof of full coverage, and attach a visible sticker that shows their insurance coverage was checked and provides full coverage, if not, leave the bitch at home, or on the trailer. We have contemplated doing an August trip to Ouray and taking the side by side over Imogene to Telluride, then back on Black Bear. Sit in the hot springs for a few days, visit my old freshman roommate that lives in Telluride. CHIEF
  22. CHIEF Jr. is headed to the Dillon/Keystone area this next weekend for a bachelor party, for four days. This is for his buddy that is the assistant superintendent at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. They are gonna play a round or two of golf at the Riverside Course in Keystone, do some fly fishing, and then just degenerate debauchury. Gonna see if anyone has a fishing guide they recommend in the area, restaurants, bars, and breweries. They rented an AB&B by the course, and aren't planning on doing much traveling, will just stay around that particular area. CHIEF
  23. This is a long video, but the first two minutes lays out the stark reality of this war. Russia has to be defeated. CHIEF
  24. Back in 1995-1997, when Mrs. CHIEF and I had only been married a few years, and before we had CHIEF Jr., we lived in an apartment. Terry, that lived right under us, worked at Hang'em High Saloon on 6th. We would go there at least three times to four times a week. We would give him a $20 handshake, and we basically drank Crown, all night, for less than what it would cost us to drink at home. Afterwards, on the weekend, we would go to Katz's and eat the potato thing with cream cheese while sitting at the bar. We would start drinking their Bloody Marys. I have to say, that still may be the best homemade Bloody Mary mix I have had to this day. Even after "last call" we would drink them without vodka. They were still just as good. I can't remember the bartenders name, but I always looked forward to bullshitting with him. He was a great dude. CHIEF
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