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  1. Welp, little Yaga just signed her national letter of intent to keep playing at the next level. Five girls in her class are moving on in their respective sports. We know them all and have watched them grow and mature from their time together in elementary school. It's surreal to see them all together one last time for their senior seasons. Little dusty in here....
  2. Your ranch is haunted.....
  3. LOL, they can make a racket. Sound like little jets coming in. forgive me I've told this before, but it reminded me. So we have a little sitting area on the back porch by the pool and I mounted a TV on the back wall. Inevitably mourning doves built a nest on the wall bracket behind the TV. Doing what doves do, you can hear them inside as there are a row of big windows so you see out to the yard, etc. I take the nest down, they come back. Repeat. Son's on the couch and hears them coo'ing. "damn owls are back Dad" What? The owls, on the back porch, I always hear them. I'm like buddy......those are doves, not owls. He's looks it up, then is like....."my bad" I forget he didn't spend weeks every summer and over the Holidays at the ranch growing up like I did. I got shipped off ala boarding school and got put to work, but also spent so much time outside I can damn near recognize by sight and sound most Texas birds/animals. I still give him shit about that.
  4. No shit. The “point” of brisket was always that it’s a tough, shitty cut of meat that is only easily served after rendering tons of fat. It was originally leftover cuts nobody wanted. Same with ribs. Now it’s been elevated to a status that prices are on par with loins. Agree on pork. It’s always the go to when you do t have a ton of time and don’t want to break the bank.
  5. This. A wagyu filet is amazing. Wagyu sirloin. Chuck. Etc is just marketing.
  6. Smoked chuckies are the tits. Better than brisket for chopped sammiches. fraction of the price, cook in half the time, don't have to worry about leftovers, etc.
  7. Yes, and there is a giant chasm of time and action preceding this. Most notably there are signs. Signs that many afflicted do not recognize, nor would a specialist as they don't know the individuals baseline. This is where family/friends play a critical role. They are around these people. They often see the subtle changes We're also discussing "mental health" like it's a broken bone or singular disorder. ADHD and insomnia are "disorders". So is dyslexia. Or heightened anxiety. The DSM-5 has almost a thousand pages for a reason. The dirty little secret is that we really don't truly understand mental health. The complexity of the brain. Overlapping symptoms. Individual complexity of each person and how they express emotions. In the case of this poor guy, we do know trauma changes the brain. HOW it changes it is the secret sauce. We also know that he played one of the most competitive games there is that is based on ruthless and objective meritocracy. You miss a game. You might lose a spot you spent your entire life trying to obtain at a position with the most predilection for CTE.
  8. Wife's friend called her last night - she was on the tollway and said he almost hit her. Knowing these two, I think this means he went speeding past her, but still.
  9. This. You can get CTE from riding a jet ski too long and over an extended period of time. It's not the "big" hits that give you CTE. It's repetitive contact. Meaning linemen are the MOST susceptible.
  10. Don't need. But want.....
  11. Yep. Aunt in rural Coleman county had a bevvy of barn cats. More than a dozen. Pack of yotes came through and wiped them out in a night. She also has geese and Guinea's. They are smart, opportunistic hunters. Our hunters we lease to. Less than 24hrs later. Cousin used his tracking dogs and they obviously found it....stripped down to the bones.
  12. Do you know your neighbors? Are they cool? If so, tell them the situation and that you are on a mission to merk this yote. Even a normal .22lr isn't THAT loud. Especially when dealing with a predation issue on small pets. It's also more ethical. Subs work, but only at close range. Think <50yds. Then you have to make a difficult head shot on a small, fast, twitchy animal. Being that you have the subs, and the range is close, just aim for the head/neck, but if you have a body shot, take it. Biggest thing is don't leave small animals unattended. Highly unlikely anything happens when an adult is present. Coyotes aren't ambush hunters like big cats and they are not endurance hunters like wolves. They are scroungers. Opportunistic hunters. Cats are prime sources for them and they operate outdoors; often alone. Puppy is different. They are always accompanied.
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