Orange&White

While I agree with all of that, I do not have any means to make it happen. I was simply reporting what I read.

I used the insulated bag shown up thread and then topped that with the Styro cone. Then stacked mulch bags against the wall in front of where the pipe comes up to keep the wind off of it. No drip/flow. On my normal spigot that comes from inside the wall on the front/North side of the house, I had no issue at all. On the back of the house, the old owner relocated the the spigot a few feet using exposed copper. The spigot itself was perfectly fine. I wrapped the exposed copper with tube insulation and stacked mulch bags in front of it. I had a break on a 45* angle on the second to last day of the event. Sweated out the angle and capped it once I found a buddy that had some acetylene. I have no backyard spigot and I can’t use the sink on the back porch until I get someone to come out and do the real repairs, but I don’t need either of those right now anyway. I’ll give it a few weeks and let the plumbers help the people that really need it now.

Oncor was doing maintenance on a line not associated with Georgetown and killed a very substantial LCRA transmission line that knocked out 3 Georgetown substations which affected about 2/3 of the city. All Georgetown systems were operating as normal, they just lost their feed from the LCRA. As soon as the LCRA line was repaired, the Georgetown system was fine. Outage ended up being about 3 hours. The city was also working around the clock to replenish all of the water storage tanks, including the one that overflowed. It was almost full when the power went out and the power outage affected the overflow sensor which led to the running water reported at 29/DB Wood.

My broken copper line was 1/2”. House probably built around ‘80

Went to the HEEB (HEB on Far West) today. Got in line at 11:15 for a noon opening. First group went in at 11:30, my group went in at 11:45. Guy out front said they hadn’t had a delivery since Friday. Wasn’t ANY produce. Quite a bit of beef. No chicken. No real milk products but plenty of coconut, oat, soy etc. No regular eggs but lots of organic farm raised at $10/18 pack. Bread aisle was completely bare. I would have been ecstatic if I could have grabbed a half gallon of 1/2 and 1/2 but overall I was thankful for what I got.

They’ll be here just as the thermos are hitting 80degrees.

No one ever is to blame.

Finally had a pipe burst. Almost made it through unscathed. It was the weakest link in the house and I knew it would be the problem. This house was built in the early 80s and the guy who bought it lived in it until 2014 when my gf bought it. He did a lot of work on the house and most things were done exceptionally well. The exception was he decided to build an outdoor shower for use after yard work. The shower was built where the hose spigot was originally built to come out of the wall, so to re-route the spigot to the outside of the shower he just added about 6 feet of exposed copper. I quadruple wrapped the spigots and double wrapped the copper pipes and stacked mulch bags in front of all if the pipes. It lasted 5 days but couldn’t make it the final 12 hours. The break is right on an elbow joint. Buddy has a 4WD and is going to Lowe’s to get a cap. We’ll cut it off at the break and sweat a cap onto it and that will be fine to get the house water back on. We’ll get a plumber out next month to make the permanent fix.

Those poor folks staying at the Driskill. I hope they are able to eat. T&Ps.

Don’t forget to change your password also.

He was BORN for this. Jumpin' Jimmy is living his best life right now.

Gravity really does most of the work.

I wish I was making it up. I really, really wish I was.

This is probably more info for another well known thread. I’ve had the heat set on 73 all day to help keep the pipes warm. Earlier the lady decided to clean her sons room while he is at his dads house. I helped her pull the bedding and start washing it and went about my business. Two hours goes by and I am noticing it get cooler and cooler very rapidly. So I bump the thermostat to 75. Still getting cooler. A few minutes ago the last of the bedding from the boys bed is dry so I go to take it into the room. Open the door and it is COLD. The window is OPEN! ”I just wanted to let some fresh air in”

I live in the Lakewood portion of 78750. Our power was out from 11:28 PM until 1:15 today. This seems like an opportune moment to remind people that the Austin City Council still absconds $110 a year from Austin Energy to pay for General Fund items like Economic Development incentives (for companies to move to the absolute hottest city in the nation for companies to move to) and to fund things like Festivals and other pet Projects of their choosing. Maybe that $110M a year would help my neighborhood NOT lose fucking power every time a drop of rain falls, or heaven forbid it gets cold. During the snow a few weeks ago we were out for 9 hours. I don't think it can be overstated how much every member of the Austin City Council can go fuck their own faces. Edit for truthfulness: It is "only" $110M per year.

I normally make my chicken and dumplings from scratch but didn't have the time or inclination tonight and I have a freezer full of stock I made last month so I knew it would come out pretty good either way. I have also made C&D in the past with roasted hatch peppers mixed in and it was good. I didn't have any today but I did spot a jar of Herdez Salsa Verde in the cabinet so I figured why the fuck not? Came out amazing and took less than an hour. The lady is still raving about it so I told her I'd type out the recipe before I forgot it so I could make it the same next time. Then I remembered this thread and thought I'd share. Mexican Chicken and Dumplings Soup 1 fully cooked rotisserie chicken picked off the bone 1.5 qts chicken stock 1 jar Herdez Green tomatillo salsa 4 Tbsp butter 6 cloves garlic minced 1 large onion diced 5 stalks celery diced 3 carrots diced 1 jalapeno diced 3 Tbsp fresh thyme 2 Tbsp cumin Salt, black pepper and white pepper to taste ½ cup heavy cream Dumplings 2.5 cups flour 1 Tbsp Baking powder 1 Tbsp salt 1 ¼ cups Half and half ¼ cup water Directions Melt butter and sautee all vegetable until soft (about 15 minutes). Add stock, salsa and thyme and bring to a rolling boil for 5 minutes. Lower heat to medium and add chicken and let simmer for 10 minutes. While that is happening, mix the dumpling mix. Bring heat back up to a medium boil. Drop heaping tablespoons of dumpling mix into the pot. Stir in between drops to keep them from sticking together. Once all dumplings are in the pot, put the lid on and simmer for 10-12 minutes until dumplings are done. Remove from heat and wait five minutes. Add in heavy cream and stir well. Serve

Think of how many bike lanes could have been created...... J/K...they will still create those as well. They don't give a fuck about taxpayer money. Next thing you will see is a $10M contract to some private company to do the job.

soda names talk not going away

Just started pouring near 2222/360. The event at 620/45 is 26 vehicles with 5 patients so far.

Why do you hate more localized voices? Because they may "assert power" over the council in ways you disapprove of? Like they won't vote in way you want them to?

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Look, fuckhead...you know damn well that even the members that voted no all agreed that having more representation is better. The reason they voted no is because they didn't want to have to win 60% or 64% to pass something. It was 100% self serving. * If this prop fails and strong mayor fails, there is no change. * If this prop fails the vote and strong mayor passes, you still have no change, still have an uneven number and need only a simple majority. * If this vote passes and strong mayor passes, it doesn't matter if you have an uneven number because the mayor would have veto power anyway. * If this prop passes the vote and the strong mayor fails then you have an even number and need to win with a 7-5. So they just didn't want to end up in a position where they had to win 7-5 to get their way. So yeah...that makes sense to me and is logical. It's only not logical to you because you have your head so far up Adler's ass you only want exactly what he wants.

Eat dick. The fuckup belongs to the entire Council, not just the people that voted yes. Obviously none of them understood what they were voting on or they would have fixed it or shelved it before the vote. Don't try to blame it only on the people that didn't like your opinion of it.

And why did the camping ban language only specifically include areas downtown and around UT? I don't want that shit up where I live the same as those fucks don't want it right outside City Hall.