Everything posted by CHIEF
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Meanwhile in China
I don’t know how there is enough room on the island for 300k vehicles, imagine the line to fill up at the Allsups, they will be out of burritos in less than 5 minutes. An army marches on it’s stomach. CHIEF
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Meanwhile in China
It’s 300k vehicles, not 300k boats. How many do you think they have that can unload vehicles straight onto the beach? If it happens it will be the biggest clusterfuck that the World has ever seen. Taiwan has been doing combat exercises for the last 75 years, since Armybrat was a kid. CHIEF
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
I misquoted the amount of US debt that China has sold off. They had three trillion worth and sold off all but $700 billion. They are using that $2.3 trillion to buy up all the precious metals they can. CHIEF
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Meanwhile in China
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say China will never be able to perform an amphibious assault. Every ship will be sunk before they can get there. They will be able to pound the hell out of Taiwan with ballistic missiles from the mainland, and may get a few paratroopers there. But a rag-tag group of commercial vessels with a handful of warships protecting them isn't getting within sight of the island. CHIEF
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Israel vs everyone war thread
Hamas just keeps poking the bear. They shot rockets into Israel yesterday. They don't give a shit about gaining sympathy, but they keep getting it in spades. CHIEF
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
This guy is a good listen. I started listening to him before I purchased precious metals. He lays out what he thinks will happen. The big one is he believes OPEC and the Saudis will start taking payment in other currencies besides the US dollar before eventually moving completely out of dollars. No currency has been the World's reserve currency for much more than a hundred years or so. CHIEF
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
True. But there is a problem with the BRICS nations and ASEAN nations trying de-dollarization. Russia, Iran, and North Korea have been sanctioned off for a couple of years to decades. China and India have bought up enough gold and silver that COMEX and the LBM no longer control the precious metals market. The Bank of Shanghi has the majority of the World's gold, currently, and China is going to use it to back the BRICS currency, after they start a situation that gets them sanctioned by the Western nations. We are dangerously close to loosing half of the nations, in the East, using US dollars as a reserve currency. The bond market is shit. Central banks are using printed dollars to buy up as much gold as they can, but foreign governments are reluctant to buy US debt. China liquidated from three billion dollars down to about 700 billion. I'm not sure who will eventually get left holding the bag, but someone is. The US has, by far, had the longest standing fiat currency, even though it has truly been a fiat currency since 1971. We have been printing money with nothing to back it for decades. The federal government just prints money to buy its own bonds. I have heard people say we will just inflate the debt away, others that say the trap has been laid. We may have some hyperinflation, followed by austerity measures. No one will like it, but something has to be "reset". CHIEF
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2024 Celebrity Death Pool
I bet it was a bitch trying to keep sunglasses from sliding off that nose. CHIEF
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Why didn't The Elk get one? I thought this was the birth of a new turdition. Every aggy coaching hire should get one. CHIEF
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
Their last national championship was closer to the date that these were printed than it is to present day. CHIEF
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2024 Crawfish Season (or lack thereof)
CHIEF Jr.'s old boat fixin' boss is having a boil this Saturday. Eight sacks, two kegs. His oldest is graduating HS, so this is the party. CHIEF Jr. is orchestrating the whole ordeal, getting paid, and all the mudbugs we can eat. I plan on doing the least amount of work possible, time to pass the torch and act puzzled. Shells are gonna be thick, and peeling will be a bitch. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
Both of my a/c units have the variable speed compressors. They hardly ever shut completely off. I loved how my a/c guy explained the concept. Regular a/c units are like a teenage driver. They either have the accelerator matted, or they are standing on the brake. Variable speed compressors are like the old man that gives it just enough gas to line up the traffic lights and never has to come to a complete stop. Starting and stopping the units is about 80% of the power consumption. I keep our 3000 sqft. house at 66 degrees, my electric bill runs about $200-250 per month. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
If you shut off your hvac, and don’t run the washer/dryer, dishwasher, and turn off the water heaters, 3500 watts to 6500 watts should do it. Those units are pretty inexpensive, small, and be kept in a storage shed, or garage. Anything with a direct short to generate heat are the biggest power draw. That will keep you from losing fridge and freezer items. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
I had Farmers for a while. They always paid like a slot machine, and covered pretty much any and all supplemental payments, same with Farm Bureau. It is mainly State Farm and Allstate giving everyone around here grief. If the panels are okay, but the roof needs to be replaced, they are pushing, or trying to push the homeowners with, "the solar panels are fine, and not considered part of the claim, but you must pay to remove and reinstall them so we can make the repairs to your roof." I mean, insurance companies deny legitimate claims and sometimes pay on bogus claims. I'v e seen it go both ways. CHIEF
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
I'm sure she asked to speak to the ranch manager. CHIEF
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What's happening in Iran?
I always wondered what the 72 virgins did that was so bad, that they had to share one smelly ass goat herder for eternity. CHIEF
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The Kids (Aren't) Alright - World Happiness Report
My son never had good enough vision for baseball, was too slow for football, or track. We pivoted to hunting, fishing, restoring cars, and scuba diving. Those are still his passions and what he loves to do to this day. His new passion is learning to make World-class bbq and boil crawfish for people's parties on the weekend. We never tried to pigeonhole him into any particular sport or activity. Just present activities that he was free to choose to enjoy, or he can take it or leave it. The decision was always his on what he wanted to do with his spare time. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
I am very pro-solar. We do not have natural gas in my subdivision. I have enough roof area facing south to run my whole house, and possibly run the meter backwards. I have had two real estate clients, and have a couple of friends that have them. They told me they are great until you have a storm tear everything up. Then, the insurance nightmare starts. One was out $14k to have the panels removed and reinstalled. The panels were still good but the remainder of his roof was trashed. This was from a hailstorm we had about 3 years ago. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
We have several homes in my subdivision with heavily damaged roofs and solar panels. Insurance companies are balking at paying to replace the solar panels. A couple of the homeowners have the panels insured through a third party insurer recommended by the solar installer. BUT, if your roof is damaged, the insurers will not pay for the labor to remove and reinstall the new panels. Many insurance companies are refusing to underwrite the homes with solar panels at all. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
A/C is at 66 when it is 66 or warmer, heater is at 62 when it is 62 or colder. CHIEF
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2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us
I always tell people, when it's cold, I can always put on enough clothing to stay warm. I can't take off enough clothing, in the summer, to stay outta jail. CHIEF
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What's happening in Iran?
Looks more like a "splat" than a hard landing. CHIEF
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Grass Fungus
My niece has mold growing in the lawn at her new house. Mrs. CHIEF told her what her grandmother used to use. Lysol concentrate. It will kill mold, mildew, fungus, pretty much anything that this much moisture produces. It is a helluva lot cheaper than fungicide. It will also kill tree boring insects or grubs. Lots of sage advice comes out of Johnson City. CHIEF
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Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
Yes, the split in price is why I bought silver. Silver normally trades at about 50/1 to gold. It was over 80/1 when I bought. Gold and silver guys have been saying that would correct itself. Not by gold dropping, but by silver going up to its historic trading ratio. At gold's current price, silver should be sitting above $48/oz. CHIEF
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Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
For sure. If I make out like a bandit, it will be "our" investment, although she will give me credit for it. If we loose money it will be totally "my stupid decision." CHIEF