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    John Adams' July 2, 1776 letter to his wife, Abigail: "I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. -- Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not."
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    Fat People

    HouTex replied to Hanrahan's topic in Daily Texan

    Ok. I don’t disagree. Yet there needs to be an acknowledgment that being fat is bad for everyone. There’s a tremendous burden on all of us. I get that humans are not perfect and we all have issues, but we need to more actively encourage people to lose weight.
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    It doesn’t seem like we have a resident expert, but I’m wondering what it takes to bring a building like this down. Just one pillar would do it?
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    Fat People

    HouTex replied to Hanrahan's topic in Daily Texan

    Not sure exactly what fat shaming is but we need to be actively encouraging fat people to lose weight. Covid was a great opportunity to issue PSAs for people to lose weight.
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    What ever you think about this case, we should think long and hard about having no SOL for rape cases.
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    How long can you tread water?
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    I was in Chase Tower when that happened. I felt it but I don’t recall being scared or anything. I was in my shower in Briargrove when the gas pipeline leak outside of Brenham blew up in the early 90’s. That sounded like thunder a few miles away.
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    I loved his albums as a kid (early 70’s). My grandmother had all of them and when she babysat me I played them over and over. They never got old.
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    Yep. As bad as this apparent engineering/maintenance failure is, it's not the first and it won't be the last structural failure. Thankfully, they are rare. The Hyatt hotel walkway collapse in Kansas City killed over 100 people in 1981 and the Oakland/SF area double deck freeway collapse during the 1989 World Series earthquake killed over 40. Who had the bright idea to build a double deck freeway in the middle of earthquake central and then not design it well enough to withstand a major earthquake? Those are just two events that I recall in my lifetime. Probably several more if I think about it a while.
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    That happens during just about every thunderstorm or other strong wind event in Chase Tower downtown Houston. Sometimes the window blinds are banging against the window frame so hard it’s hard to work.
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    This. And even if they were talking to each other it didn’t seem to matter. I watch the numbers daily in the SE Texas area and you’d think we would have seen a spike from Memorial Day gatherings. Nada. For proof, check out SETRAC.org.
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    I have two friends that are right handed but putt left handed. One just thinks he is a better putter left handed and the other does it because of the yips. The second guy does not have the yips when he putts left handed. It is a thing and you should try it. I wouldn’t carry two putters though unless you really don’t mind giving up one of your other clubs. Also, private clubs often waive the 14 club rule for some of their events so you may not have to give up a club sometimes if you really want to putt right handed on longer putts.
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    It’s been said that there’s no one richer than a rich Mexican.
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    Sincere question. Is Latino/hispanic a race or a country of origin thing? I had an uncle who was Cuban (pre-Castro) who was pure Spanish. He had the complexion of Sergio Garcia or Desi Arnez. I have several friends who are Mexican who look very white/Spanish. They could pass as Italian as well. Are they Latino/hispanic? And my contribution to the Latino part, I can make pretty mean tamale from scratch. So I have that going for me.
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    But he was perfectly cast as longhair in The Cowboys.
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    This. If you need chlorine you can just go to Walmart or Costco and buy as much Clorox or generic liquid beach as you need. The pool calculator app will tell how much you need to add depending on the concentration of the liquid chlorine and the size of your pool. Make sure to buy plain bleach with no scent or other additives.
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    The Alamo

    HouTex replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan

    https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-the-battle-of-the-alamo-2136256 Hollywood embellishes everything. The truth is consistent with the history I was taught in 7th grade Texas History. It's still a kick ass history of rebels fighting and dying for a cause they believed in. They had the chance to haul ass and they chose to stay and fight knowing they likely would die.
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    Getting old sucks

    HouTex replied to Hate's topic in Lulz

    I might have posted this before-maybe on the old site, but read Younger Next Year. If you do it right you can be active and healthy well into your 80’s. Eat healthy and work out a lot. Eating well is key. You can’t exercise the excess calories away.
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    Well, in my last round I had 38 putts and shot an 86. And I'm usually a decent putter.
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    But he was about to crack.
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    But then you'll miss out on the opportunity to buy that $120 bottle of wine that you can get at Spec's for $40.
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    The cheap way is to get some PVC pipe and make one or two fountains that screw into your pool return lines in the pool. The idea is to spray small streams of water at least 6 feet into the air. The evaporation process lowers the temperature of the water. In about 24 hours I could lower my water temp about 5 degrees. You have to run the pump 24/7. The TFP site has some DIYs on it.
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    James Brady. He was in the Reagan Administration and was seriously injured in the attempted assassination. You may have heard of the Brady Bill named in his honor.
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    What is that, yoga?
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    This. I don’t have a pool any longer but I miss my old house and pool. It got to where I needed to add maybe a quart of acid every two weeks or so and that was pretty much it. The Polaris 280 kept my pool spotless. No need for a pool guy.

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