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CHIEF

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  1. Hell yeah, the ol' L-1011 was what you flew when they were gonna stick you on a DC-10. I remember that scare. CHIEF
  2. This is what it is going to be. These machines will be too unprofitable to be on every street corner, like the Austin electric scooter fiasco. The vendors won't be able to beat the large retailers on pricing, in populated areas. They have a couple of thousand dollars in ammo sitting in there, and selling ten boxes per year, the numbers won't work. These are gonna be in small towns where the closest gun store is an hour away, closed, and its 2am and you just ran out of ammo from hunting hogs on Saturday night. Its not nefarious, especially if you have been there before. CHIEF
  3. I always tell you people that life is like a roll of toilet paper. It spins a lot faster the closer you get to the end of the roll. CHIEF
  4. https://www.quiverquant.com/insiders/ CHIEF Jr. uses it, and yes, it outperforms the market considerably. He mainly follows Pelosi's trades. He says she may be corrupt, like most politicians, but she ain't no dummy when it comes to investing. CHIEF
  5. Was about to come post the same thing. Cancer or something like that I could see, but it would be a head scratcher if it was a stroke, heart attack, or betus. CHIEF
  6. I would say you could just go to the TU Club in Whiskey Flats. I never went but my son and his buddies went as soon as they were old enough. I asked him about it, he said, "the 250 lb., 50 year old chola that was the cashier at the convenience store, next door, was the third women on stage after we got there." It is closed permanently now, just need a couple of investors, bet it can be picked up at a decent price. CHIEF
  7. The starter on our 20 year old Yamaha finally kicked the bucket, which meant no lake for the 4th through this weekend. Those starters are as hard to find as froghair, they never go out. In seven years, as a boat mechanic CHIEF Jr. said he only replaced one. One of his college buddies has an old 1998 Nautique with the 351 Cleveland, they replaced the coil and are out giving it a test run. Gonna have to wear a visor and some Tiddys on the boat today. CHIEF
  8. Cajun, there are three things you need to do by Monday. Wash all your cars, pour some concrete, and bale some hay. Will raise your chances of rain to about 100%. CHIEF
  9. Yep, look at the bite radius. If the young lady's calf was 100% in the sharks mouth, that is about an 18" wide mouth. CHIEF
  10. It's gonna be like a holiday for them, never better. All of the cats, rats, stray dogs, grass, and tree bark they can eat. CHIEF
  11. Sales job in Austin. Secretary gave me a lead and a phone number the first day (L.C. Dachau). I thought to myself what a terrible coincidence to have a last name that was tied to a concentration camp. I promptly walk to my new desk and called the number, which was the Austin Borden's milk distribution center. I ask to speak to L.C. Dachau. The secretary told me "she" was out to pasture at the moment, and would I like to leave a message? Apparently it was a daily occurrence, the answer was immediate, and there wasn't a hint of humor in her voice. CHIEF
  12. Mrs. CHIEF's prescription isn't covered by insurance. The $175/month is considerably less than we found it anywhere locally, or online. CHIEF
  13. As a homebuilder, I always install induction cooktops in all of my homes. I have a gas cooktop that runs off propane, after always having a gas cooktop in Austin, I couldn't go back to electric. As a realtor in a subdivision that tends to have all electric appliances, I tell clients that don't like to use electric cooktops to change out the electric cooktop with an induction model. You can get them from Home Depot or Lowe's, in town, for between $500-$1000. It is a lot cheaper than running a gas line, and will be much safer. CHIEF
  14. Hadn't been in this particular forum for a while. Mrs. CHIEF has been on a compounded version of Wegovy for about 6 months now. She drives to Benbrook and picks up a month's supply at a time. She was pre-diabetic, and she has been on blood pressure medicine for probably 25 years. So far, she has dropped 25 lbs., has had minimal problems, just the burps. She also takes Miralax twice a week. Her current dose is 1.7 mg, it is running her $175/month. Our doctor uses this one particular pharmacy that has made it really affordable, Perroni's compounding pharmacy. It is considerably cheaper than any of the compounding pharmacies in Granbury. Just a suggestion for anyone wanting to try it in the Ft. Worth area. CHIEF
  15. The Pulido's, in Cleburne, is closed permanently as well. It was pretty solid, but without a full renovation, I don't see how anyone could get it to pass a health inspection. Cleburne is kinda underrated on Mexican food, it has a huge Hispanic population due to inexpensive housing. It's an old railroad town and is full of stick built houses from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s with one car garages. You can pick one up for about $100k, and be within 25 minutes of Ft. Worth for work. CHIEF
  16. Yeah, this guy just moved to be the Youth Director at a church we have been to a few times. Apparently he had some nasty baggage from Lubbock. Already let go before ever even starting. 1st Peter 4:17 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? It says, right there in scripture, that judgement would begin in the Church. The chickens are coming home to roost. Another one: Matthew 18:6 If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Looks like God will have some retribution for them, and it ain't good. CHIEF
  17. Mrs. CHIEF is having to fly, to California, for work about once or twice per month. She has pretty much always flown Southwest. I told her one of these times, when they experience a severe decent it ain't gonna stop at 400-500 feet, it will be a smoking hole. American it is, until SWA figures something out. These incidents are gonna wreak havoc on their earnings. CHIEF
  18. I have a buddy from my home town of 219 people that lives in Circle C. He went to Texas State, where he met his first wife. She happened to be the daughter of the guy who had just sold his telecommunication/internet providing company for $200 million, it would become Grande Communication a few months later. That was easily the most insane wedding I have ever been to. The reception was in the basement of the Omni, or one of the other big hotels downtown. They had an open bar with high end liquor, a surf and turf dinner for about 500 people, small wedding gifts for each of the guests. Father of the groom said the bride's family had spent easily a million on the wedding. I bet the centerpieces for each of the 50 or so tables cost $150k. All that expense, and they were divorced in about five years. CHIEF
  19. Which one is that? Benbrook? CHIEF
  20. Ralph & Kacoo's, in Baton Rouge is permanently closed. CHIEF
  21. I have an aunt that just turned 70, her grandfather was a Civil War vet. He had her father when he was in his 70s. Her father was in his mid 50s when he had her, she was the baby of the family. What is really cool is that her father lived really close to us. When I was a kid, I would ride my dirt bike to their house a few times per week and help Jack (her father) check varmint traps. Jack had a moonshine still that had belonged to his BIL, and still used it. My paternal grandfather said that Jack's BIL made the best moonshine he had ever tasted, and they would run about 300 quarts per month out to Sweetwater during Prohibition. CHIEF
  22. That's kinda the way ours went. I have an aunt that made wedding and groom cakes, her gift? Wedding and Groom's cake. Her cakes are amazing, she normally gets from $1200-2000 for both. We have a family friend that is a wedding photographer, his gift was free wedding photos. Church and reception hall were free, tipped the pastor $50. A nice wedding can still be done inexpensively if you know the right people. If CHIEF Jr. ever gets married, and his bride wants to spend $100k on a wedding, or requires a $30k engagement ring, I'm gonna suggest he needs to get rid of her and find someone else. If times get tough, she is gonna jump ship and take half his shit. CHIEF
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