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CHIEF

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  1. Its the Russian Ambassador to North Korea saying Russia will use Norks to rebuild Ukraine after Russia wins. So...no. CHIEF
  2. I've used this trick I learned from Jimmy Houston to get hooks out, and it works. I've done it on my son, Dad, a mutual friend of Brisket and I. This video is from 2017, but I had seen it on his fishing show in the 90's. CHIEF
  3. Why don't we hear anything about this guy? https://texassports.com/sports/football/roster/d-j-harris-jr-/11474 I remember him being a pretty big head-to-head recruiting win over aggy. Is he still injured, looking like a bust? CHIEF
  4. Will post about it here. CHIEF
  5. We have the mount sitting on the dining table. The little bastard hops up in the chairs and goes ape shit anytime you touch it. He thinks that since he found it, it's his. CHIEF
  6. Rage, we are hitting Coz on the first of August. Would love to meet up, if you are there. Buy you a few beers at the popular cerveceria. Diving with Dario, Gato and Chino's outfit, extra room on the boat. Headed North. CHIEF
  7. Yep, CHIEF Jr. is going with all of our taxidermy in his house, when he builds it in a few years. Too much money tied up in it to have it ruined by a woman. One of the few questions I forgot to ask Mrs. CHIEF. We are putting the goat on the wall. I asked her if it was OK, she said, "what does it matter?" At least she knows. CHIEF
  8. Not sure what he scores. The taxidermist said he would go Gold Metal record book as a low fence, fair chase ram. I need to read up on how to score him. CHIEF
  9. CHIEF Jr. got his goat back from the taxidermist, talk about lightening your wallet: Woody, the Weiner, wants him hung low so he can sniff him a couple of hours each day. CHIEF
  10. Maybe in Austin, but not in Granbury. It peaked at $40k over, but most were $5-10k over asking. CHIEF
  11. We just had a house go under contract for $10k over asking, with the buyers paying all closing costs, no repairs, and waved the rest of the option period. Our neighborhood isn't slowing down yet. CHIEF
  12. We are headed to Coz from July 31st to August 6th. Gonna dive for 4 days, and fuck around for one. Our dive boat leaves from the port that is at the end of the runway on the west side. So we found a killer place to stay right downtown: https://www.vrbo.com/2869723?adultsCount=4&noDates=true&unitId=3441760 Rooftop pool and hot tub are gonna be lit. CHIEF
  13. No way I would step foot in a river hole with no incoming or outgoing flow. The Paluxy, up here in Glen Rose is a lot like the Hill Country rivers, where it just gets pockets of stagnate water. Two kids have gotten amoebas, in the last few years, both ended up dying. We lived on the Brazos, when I was a kid, my Old Man would tear my ass up if he caught me in stagnant water. He told me he had known people that died after swimming in it. There wasn't any internet, he didn't know what caused it, but it had to be amoebas. CHIEF
  14. It's been 25 years, but Hoover's used to have a decent CFS. It ain't no Mary's, but would do in a pinch. CHIEF
  15. If someone knocks on our door, there is a 100% chance that you are going to be greeted by CHIEF Jr. with nothing on, except boxers. Like my neighbors have found out, it is better to call first. CHIEF
  16. At 16, he would have smoked it. At 24: https://images.app.goo.gl/hkHy2HCK969RdPEMA CHIEF
  17. CHIEF Jr. ordered the large CFS at Mary's the last time we went: the small is about 12oz., I got the medium which is about 18oz. The large is easily as big as two mediums, if not more. That tiny looking baked potato is easily a pound. CHIEF
  18. Igor Girkin saying the Russians have gotten themselves in a bit of a pickle? CHIEF
  19. I'm all for people buying more EVs. I encouraged my mother to look into it yesterday. She hasn't driven over 150 miles in a day for years. It makes since for 100% of everyone to own an EV, but will still need an IC or hybrid for long road trips, or hauling travel trailers for now. My main point is there will be certain segments in our society where EV will never be feasible in the near future, with existing technology. CHIEF
  20. Amen. Get them started in philanthropy early on. CHIEF Jr.'s cause is Cast for Kids. Our Tri-toon has a gate large enough to get a wheelchair through, he loads up the 5-6 kids that are in a wheelchair, and takes them fishing once or twice per year. One of our best friends has a son with severe autism, his son and mine have been friends since they started tailgating with us when the boys were about 12. We are on a hunting lease together, CHIEF Jr. watches over him like a hawk, takes care of him, interacts with him. It kinda gives his Dad a break. My mother has a 401c that all of the proceeds go to printing Bibles in African languages that are spoken by too few for the Gideons to print. We both put work in for that. We all contribute to James Robison's ministry that drills water wells in Africa. It is important to let your kid know they have it better than most, and not to be a selfish asshole, and contribute to make society better. CHIEF
  21. That minority, farmers and ranchers, is vital to our nation's food supply. EV (tractors and haul trucks) will not work for their needs. Being forced to buy EV $1.2mm tractors and $250k haul trucks isn't going to happen. We are still going to need cheap fossil fuels. CHIEF
  22. What do you think the range would be on a F-350 EV pulling 24000 lbs. of a trailer full of cattle will be? 50 miles to the sale barn, and a return trip, reload, and make another run? Do you have to stop for 8 hours in the middle of the job to recharge? CHIEF
  23. I would say the cause during the 1970s to the present was increases in vehicles fuel mileage and efficiency offset the increase in demand. After the fuel shortage of 1973, 6 mpg muscle cars were traded in for Pintos, Chevettes, Cavaliers, and Golfs. Small cars started getting upwards of 25-30 mpg in the 70s and 80s. Large vehicles started getting that in the 90s-2000s with fuel injection. Also, OPEC had the chokes wide open and kept the market flooded with cheap oil. Read post #5095, I'm not sure domestic demand has risen that much, but global demand is at its highest level. Even the middle class of Third World countries can now afford a clunker. A Global Economy affects us all, the good and the bad. CHIEF
  24. If I were a candidate running for a national political office. My energy stance would be to offer guaranteed interest free loans to refiners to update refineries to refine WTI, comply with CAA and GSPS standards, and to offer the same loans for any regulations that get issued at a further date. Open up the bottleneck. As domestic demand goes down, export refined products to our neighbors, Third World countries aren't going to be buying Teslas. It's a National Security issue at this point. CHIEF
  25. https://cwilliamsmallinglaw.com/global_pictures/Bill_Smalling_Will_Refining_survive_the_CAA.pdf Since the CAA costs as a percent of total annual refinery sales would be just over one percent, the refining industry would survive the CAA. However, the increasing CAA requirements such as GHG regulation through the CAA, the proposed ozone NAAQS and the E15 mandate and the RFS, together with downward U.S. gasoline consumption and refining capacity will increase the business pressures on the refining industry. All of the costs to comply with the Clean Air Act are front loaded, in an industry that is falling out of favor with government sentiment. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. The total capacity closed since 2010 is around 1,280,000 BBL/D, most of which is located on the U.S. East Coast. The article was written in 2011 when there wasn't a shortage of refined products, but a surplus. We are now in a shortage of refined products, but eliminated the capacity to keep up. CHIEF
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