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CHIEF

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  1. In most social circles, YES. But Surly requires pics to make a determination. CHIEF
  2. One was enough. CHIEF
  3. I remember both my parents and Mrs. CHIEF’s family both told us, “if you wait until you think you can afford kids, you will never have them.” This was about five years into our marriage. Mrs. CHIEF and I had been living in apartments, and were waiting until we could purchase our first home. My parents helped us, and said there is more support if you need it. Her parents did as well. Children are expensive, time consuming, and are a bunch of trouble. However, the day your first born arrives is the best day of your life. Everything pales in comparison. At least it does for me. CHIEF
  4. Well Mr. Hollis (Ms. Piper), I could backpedal a 4.6 while smoking a Camel unfiltered cigarette. CHIEF
  5. When you disregard someone's well-being and DEMAND that they drive to your place because you are lonely at 3am when you have been drinking with your friends, or DEMAND you take them to get something to eat in a foreign country at 2:30 in the morning even though the gas station is across the street and won't open till morning and your vehicle is empty, that is a big line that has been crossed. She created such a scene that it was waking people up. CHIEF Jr. had an application in for a job that required a Top Secret clearance, a brush with the law would completely have deprived him of that opportunity. She didn't give a shit, killing people while driving drunk was way down her list of bad shit that could happen. Good riddance. CHIEF
  6. No its even worse, cheerleaders. My niece played travel club softball, and she has been married for about two years with a new baby, and is in a stable committed relationship. I believe your friend may be on to something. Having to compromise on team decisions, and work within that team provides a lot of maturity and growth. When CHIEF Jr.'s girlfriend would get bent out of shape he would tell her, "you are just like a toddler throwing herself to the floor in a candy store, you are an embarrassment to be around." The beauty/crazy matrix is for real. CHIEF
  7. A lot of young women have become bossy and entitled. I know CHIEF Jr.'s last girlfriend was. One of his best friends just broke up with his fiancé', they had bought a house together. He said it was because of her uncompromising, her way or the highway approach to any disagreement. With divorce rates at 50% and young men loosing their house, kids, and half their retirement, they are reluctant to commit to such an arrangement. CHIEF Jr. and all of his well educated friends that are knocking down high five and low six figure incomes are looking to own their own houses, and getting prenups before getting married. CHIEF
  8. If a fire killed all of the occupants of Selawik, who were you teaching? CHIEF
  9. I ran a faster time in Junior High, and I ain't no CTJ. CHIEF
  10. The problem is there is not a lot of fat between construction costs and retail pricing right now. Small time custom home builders (like myself), are pretty much sitting on the sidelines, or building for clients at cost plus a percentage. The cost of building, right now in our area, is from $190-195sqft. 1450sqft. starter homes with single car garages, sitting on $10k lots in mixed housing (stick built homes and mobile homes) are $250k. We are closing on one today. It's a young couple with a combined income of a little over $100k, and it was still tough to get them qualified. I paid $117/yard for concrete in 2020. It is hovering around $200/yard currently. Until material costs come down, building will lag behind, and the units that are being built are still unobtainable to most young families at current interest rates. Doubling interest rates basically halved what potential home buyers are able to qualify for. CHIEF
  11. I haven't met anyone as famous as CHIEF Jr. has. He and a buddy were given Rangers tickets by his buddy's mother that works for XTO Energy. They went to the game and set next to Pudge Rodriguez, W, and Laura. He turned to his buddy and asked him whose seats they are sitting in again? It was Bob Simpson's seats. He said they were all really nice, especially Laura Bush. Said she talked about the ranch at Crawford and her family. CHIEF
  12. I guess God finally thought the Juice was worth the squeeze. CHIEF
  13. Same here. My wife is a penny-pincher, as was her whole family. I bought Mrs. CHIEF her first $25+ purse, a $250 Coach. She carried it for about 25 years before giving it to her sister, that had never had a $25+ purse. It looked like it had been with Lewis and Clark on the expedition to the Pacific for several years. CHIEF
  14. Yep. There was a huge one at about 5 o'clock. CHIEF
  15. It certainly lived up to it's billing. It cleared out at just the right time for us. It looked the same as it does at around 7:30 in the evening. I took a picture of my dog in the yard, but it was so dark that my camera flash went off. Eclipse shadow through pecan leaves. CHIEF
  16. I actually like the thin cloud cover we have. The cheap glasses aren’t dark enough with a less than 50% eclipse. CHIEF
  17. We are on the western edge of totality, and have the best chance of minimal cloud cover south of I-20. 75% chance of having a good view. CHIEF
  18. I heard it strains the eyes. CHIEF
  19. You have to drive down the road a bit to Proctor to hit any liquor stores. Oh, and the milk transporter that washes out his trucks on the SW side of town has to be the worst thing I have ever smelled. CHIEF
  20. Got a buddy that works for Hill County Sheriff's Dept., he has a house in Aquilla, which is dead center of the path, he is gonna get a full 4:30 minutes of totality. I'm in the path, but only get a little less than 2:30 of totality. Think I'm gonna just sit in the back yard, and say "fuck the extra two minutes." The drive to Aquilla is usually about an hour and a half, but would probably turn into an all day affair just getting there and back. CHIEF
  21. Give me a ping Vasili, and one ping only please. CHIEF
  22. Cleto Cordero is with Flatland Cavalry. CHIEF
  23. Discussed this last night. CHIEF Jr. has been keeping up with it. Apparently a dab pen was found in the boy's truck, there isn't evidence that they were high, but blood results showed THC in their system, which means they had smoked within the last 30 days. Both boys are semi-vegetables, have no recollection of the accident, and will probably end up being deemed "not competent to stand trial". It would be a death sentence to throw them in the GP of the prison system. It makes sense to charge them for the satisfaction of the victim's families. I'm not sure where they will end up. CHIEF
  24. Mrs. CHIEF has stayed on top of the season. I quit checking prices and size. Looks like she is planning a boil the third weekend in April. Prices are down, size is good, and there aren't as many dead soldiers. I still want to write the season off, but that bitch is persistent. May have to let her rub my "Man card" on her bearded clam. CHIEF
  25. We've got the same situation, here, in Pecan Plantation. We have so many deer, they net around 1000 each year. Someone will post a mountain lion picture about once every six months. We usually have three to four in here at any given time (momma, two cubs, and a Tom). It is a buffet on the hoof. A lot of coyotes as well. CHIEF
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