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Paper_jam

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  1. Voted in Travis County today, at the Gus Garcia Rec Center on E. Rundberg. This was just before 5 pm, waited in line about half an hour.
  2. Is that a statewide thing? I didn't look all that closely, but I didn't notice any initials on my early voting ballot today...
  3. It may not be the "worst" loss, but it still feels like a kick in the balls because this was such a prominent game, at home, with national attention focused on it. We had an opportunity to demonstrate to the whole country that Texas was indisputably the best team in college football. Instead we shit all over ourselves and rolled around in it. So not the worst loss, but in it's own way, it was a deeply disappointing loss. And in the first half, I was definitely getting "Miami Cotton Bowl" flashbacks. At least the 2nd half wasn't so bad.
  4. I don't know if it's just my internet tubes or whatever, but I haven't been able to connect to any Travis County election-related websites today, (Early voting location maps, wait times, etc..) None of it will load on Edge or Chrome. Too much traffic crash the site/server?
  5. I'm really glad for the fans that the weather is going to be moderate. But part of me was hoping for a record hot day because I'm tired of hearing F1 TV commenters describe the weather as "a blistering 29 degrees" [84 F] at other tracks, and I want them to feel some real heat.
  6. The fuck is that shit. Those trophies look like Mickey Mouse became Robocop.
  7. It's incredible what phone cameras can image now. With the naked eye I could barely see a smudge, and that only with slightly averted vision. Looked decent in binocs though. I wish the Austin metro area and surrounding suburbs had some rigorous light pollution restrictions but people would never go for that. But not every gas station, car dealership, and store parking lot needs to be lit up like it's high noon on Mercury.
  8. Going to try and catch it tomorrow night. Everything I read suggests that it will be dimming steadily as it moves higher in the sky, so I'm not sure if viewing is going to get any better than it is now.
  9. It will still be an aquarium, just with a completely different population of fish.
  10. What's Elon's angle? A cabinet seat? Or just figuring a Trump win means no one from the EPA, IRS, FAA, SEC, NHTSA etc. will ever be able to touch his various toys?
  11. Last year the US Post Office took four weeks to get my Christmas cards from North Austin to faraway kingdoms like Del Valle and Spicewood, so I wouldn't exactly feel good about putting my ballot in the mail.
  12. I remember Cap Metro (or maybe UT itself?) running game day shuttle buses years ago, it's been done before. I don't know why they stopped but some football-hating bureaucrat probably decided that it was an allocation of resources that was not in harmony with their core mission or some bullshit. (While having a brother in law ready to set up a private service to do the same thing.)
  13. Dammit why is it going fucking up again in a week
  14. Goddammit Saints, you had one job
  15. It looks like a pretty clean break. Just stick it back on with about 100 gallons of model cement.
  16. What an iconic performer. I could watch him in anything. One of those few actors capable of elevating a film just with his presence.
  17. O'Keefe Media Group stirrin' up trouble again
  18. Going back before the interception, I swear Blue caught that and it came out after the tackle. I want to see a review.
  19. Closely watching the video of explosions on the road, off to the left side some distance away you can see a brief flash in the distance at about 0:02 and another more visible explosion/flash at 0:06. Looks to me like something was fired from over there, like mortar rounds.
  20. Paper_jam

    LBGTQ

    So an executive branch agency can just ignore the courts when they want to? Is there an underlying statute that DPS can point to, giving it the authority to ignore such a court order? Checks, balances, branches of government--it's all moot now. The Texas Republican Party Platform is the ultimate law of the land. Counting down to when I can retire and GTFO this corrupt banana republic.
  21. Is there a thread with picks for regular season wins & losses, floor/ceiling, etc? If that goes here, I'm gonna predict Texas goes 10-2. This is based on my exhaustive review** of the strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of each of our SEC and nonconference opponents.
  22. Boeing management: sounds like we can cut some costs and just use one link then
  23. If the over-65 exemption just freezes the taxable value or assessed value, that doesn't seem to fit this case. The person just recently turned 65, and their taxable value has dramatically and recently decreased by over 100K... which is way better than just "frozen."
  24. I saw an article about tax increases for Travis Co. and City of Austin, which got me looking at projected taxes using this link: https://travis.trueprodigy-taxtransparency.com/taxTransparency/propertySearch I searched my own address and compared my projected tax amounts it to some similar homes around me. I noticed something odd with one home close to mine, very similar in construction, age, and market value. Their projected taxes were much lower than mine, and I wondered how that is. I have the standard homestead exemption and that's it. Travis CAD shows their house as having "HS, OTHER" for exemptions. I don't know what the "OTHER" exemption is but I think it may be the over-65 one because one of them (married) turned 65 recently. Anyway, the data for their property shows as follows: Net Appraised Taxable Value City of Austin: $ 350,230 $ 126,184 Travis County $ 350,230 $ 143,784 How is their taxable value so low? My taxable value is more than 100k more than theirs despite a very similar net appraised value. Does the Over-65 exemption knock off like an extra 100k of taxable value? No one owning or living in that home has an apparent disability, or is a veteran. The owner has a good income (2X mine) from a professional job and they are healthier than I am. Thanks for any insights. Maybe I should look forward to turning 65 if it has this dramatic of an effect.
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