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What kind of equipment do you have? Do you know how many landowners would pay a pretty handful for dozer/skid-steer/backhoe work. Clearing out stock tanks. Mesquite and cedar work, etc. If I had deeper pockets, I could keep a dozer crew busy for months just on mesquite nonsense.

Yeah, so about this stupid shit. Buddy of mine. Last Thursday. Luckily he walked away. Two cars racing t-boned him at an intersection at essentially the same time. Drivers side and drivers side rear. Second pic you can see one of the tires about 10yds away to the right of the truck. Concussion, but no extended hospital stay. Another time, on 423 in The Colony, a retired couple were killed by some fucker coming out of their Del Webb subdivision and were t-boned also.

Dogs are only needed if the state needs to get involved with cats impacting livestock or domestic animals. We had this OLD cat that lived off roadkill near Millersview. She had worn down teeth and zero fear of people. So many deer got hit by cars that she was able to live longer than usual in the wild but she started encroaching into deer camps and more urban roads (if there is such a thing out there) so the Wardens used dogs to find her and put her down. Guy was telling us so was the oldest cat he'd ever seen.

Mike Elko 2024 Aggie Football motto?

Check out the book "The Box" by Marc Levinson. Everything you stated is true. What is also true is how the shipping container has has a profound impact on global trade the world economy. The book dives into the history of shipping, and goes deep into social, economic, and political impacts of how trade has evolved. It's amazing how the entire global economy changed. Love 'em or hate 'em, the history about them is wild.

According to Steve Rinella it it the BEST white meat you will ever try - like immaculate pork. He also does a great job as you have articulated how successful they are as predators and how if unchecked, can decimate local populations

Maybe not the best "safe room" during a tornado....

Siemens along with Vestas are two of the larger turbine manufacturers out there right now.

Expensive ass hobby.....been there.

We call those W.Texas racing stripes

Nope. Nope, nope, nope!!!!

The apex of physical conditioning. Minus the weight cutting part. Another soccer dad, his youngest is a wrestler. Like a little chimp. He F's people up. Eyeing Ok State - which has a beast of a program. Have you watched Vision Quest with him yet....;)

So. You have an inner ass tattoo? And we're just learning about this now?

This is the way!

Get him a sword and tell him the bushes need trimming?

What types of games? I took my video-game nut son who loves FP shooter games to the gun range. He talks a big game and I just had pistols, so we rented an AR they had and turned him loose. "Little different, huh". The noise, shells bouncing off the bay walls and hitting him. Having to hold it steady. He loved it, but also got a little perspective and now all he wants to do is go shooting. Wasn't planned, but it sure was effective. I've done the same thing with scoped, bolt-guns at our place. In the games you can hit out to XYZ yards. Ok. go for it.......now he knows

100%. Seen it too many times. We've avoided this by keeping the kids in multiple sports that compliment one another. The big difference are the parents that grind their kids into moon dust and kids that push themselves. My youngest we have to reign in. Some kids are just hyper-driven but can also get overwhelmed - which is what I'm dealing with now. Food. Sleep. Practice. School. Time mgmt.

Depends upon the sport. My kids played soccer, so I can speak to that. The barrier to entry is minimal. When they played Classic League, most of the teams were lower income, Hispanic kids and we've moved up with many of the same families we started with. Most clubs subsidize dues if needed, but it's the travel that gets you. Many families carpool, share rooms, etc to mitigate the costs. Sports also suffers from the same issue kids are having with phones/social media - they have it because everyone else has it. If your kids are good at their sport, along with their peers, they all join competitive leagues and the level of competition is commensurate. It only gets tougher the higher you go. Then again, you have many HS players that are damn good players that don't play club ball and are fine with that. The difference are touches/time and the quality of the coaches. Keep in mind also that MANY kids peel away as the leagues get more and more competitive.

T&P for your catalytic converter.

Vietnam is close - only redeeming quality they have is that everything on the roads are scooters. They can stop on a dime. You want to cross the road. You just go. Most aren't going that fast and will swerve around you like a school of fish. When they finally get cars......stand by. There are essentially zero traffic laws and the roads are tiny.

Yep. Same

Singapore ship? GD Asian drivers......

Yep. Same, but with soccer. Had two before one switched sports. The biggest rackets are the college "ID" camps. Many are tied to the coaches compensation. Unless your coach has contacts with the coach and sets the expectations, it's not promising.