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NotActuallyALonghorn

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  1. Crazy. We crossed in Laredo yesterday evening about 8 and headed up 35 through SA right next to where this happened.
  2. If you want the size, but not the price, take a look at a full size van. We have a NV3500 that is a beast, can basically fit a queen size bed in the back with two back rows taken out, etc. It's nice to not ever have to worry about folding a stroller up or having enough room for sports gear and groceries and all that junk you end up hauling around as parents.
  3. An electric old school Ford ranger sized pickup would be just fine with me if I didn't have a wife and three kids that occasionally need to fit in it. I just need something that can haul whatever lumber and whatnot I need for whatever project I have going on, a few bags of deer corn and a feeder, etc. Our land is only like half an hour from the house, so a 200 mile range wouldn't hurt me there. I completely understand the need for a diesel pickup that can haul your house from park to park, but a basic roundabout pickup for small stuff and to go back and forth to work would be awesome.
  4. Nobody ever complains about parking a Death Star in orbit Jack's with the tides and screws up the fishing either. Or how it's called a Death Star, but has more in common with a moon than a star.
  5. Running old school forces us to be better at doing math in our heads. Prove me wrong.
  6. I had the same thought, but apparently that is a misconception.
  7. Just allowing doe harvest all season would do wonders. For the vast majority of areas in the state, there is no valid scientific reason not to. I've never heard of someone getting on the MLD program and being told they need to shoot fewer does.
  8. It's crazy to me that there are still counties in Texas with such limited doe days. We get sixteen at the beginning of the season, plus muzzleloader season, and that still isn't enough.
  9. That's usually the recommendation for backpacking. You don't need nearly as much if you aren't hiking and sweating and stuff. Also not needed if you have a filter and source of water to filter.
  10. So, instead of doing the environmentally friendly thing and not building or expanding massive cities where there is no water, we are discussing massively expensive public works projects so that everybody else can pay for a bunch of folks to live in the desert?
  11. Given the nature of how the original trilogy was edited and came about, I'm curious about what Lucas's explanation for the Clone Wars was at the time. Is there any commentary from back when he made ANH about that?
  12. Not quite as acceptable in polite company.
  13. I still sometimes say tell people that they seem like the type of person who names their swords.
  14. Can't be more than a hunert and ten.
  15. Headed out next week to spend a week or so in the little village about an hour north of Queretaro that my fathered in law grew up in. We have an AIRbnb booked for Pinal de Amoles and will probably stay a night or two in Bernal as well. Will report back.
  16. Looks like it's missing a flint as well. If none of the kids or grandkids are interested in anything like that I can help unburden you.
  17. Yup. Just because things have gotten a bit worse in the last few years doesn't mean they worse than twenty years ago. My SIL (no pics) was put in ESL right about twenty years ago just because she was Hispanic, despite speaking perfect English.
  18. As a guy who does R&D and constantly tries to analyze data, I appreciate the "correction."
  19. As a white dude married to a Mexican gal (no pics) I've witnessed and experienced racism like this, but not to this extreme. Unfortunately this kind of attitude is not all that uncommon. We were at Dillard's once and I was pushing the stroller on the other side of the aisle when one fo the employees (an older woman) suggested my wife shop in another section until they could get more people there (presumably to keep an eye on her). I wonder how her attitude shifted after it became clear that I was with her. Another instance, we were in Jasper, Arkansas at a rock climbing destination and went into town for a meal. Everything was great and we had good service until a few old guys got seated across from us. Our server never came around again. Best we could figure she was afraid of what they would say or think. I ended up having to go up to the hostess and asking for our bill just so we could leave. I'm not sure what I'm getting at, other than if you are a typical white guy who doesn't care about skin color you don't get exposed to racism much, and it is easy to think that it is something for history books. It ain't. But as someone who never had to deal with any of this due to white privilege or whatever you want to call it, it's kinda like trying to hit an unexpected curveball.
  20. Y'all all need to come over to the dark side and start shooting a good old fashioned smoke pole. Black powder is still available if you know where to look, and assembly long as you can find round balls and powder you are good to go with a flintlock. It's not like most of you need multiple shots to take down a deer at a few hundred yards range. Under 100 yards and you can kill them them just as dead before having to worry too much about bullet drop and all that. As a bonus, you get an extra two weeks of hunting late in the season in most counties, antlerless permitted.
  21. It was kind of obvious the direction they were going with this one, but it was still well done.
  22. What kind of cretin neglects to label their horizontal axis?
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