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Don’t forget it also takes really good operational security to communicate all those moving parts to meeting on the move for resupply. The Russians would like nothing more than to know where they could knock out the launchers and their ammo trucks at the same time.

If you treat them with boric acid, sure...

I mean, I got chastised the other day for using cripple instead of Jack stud, and master instead of primary bedroom, so I suppose it's a fair point.

Yes, people used to use them that way. Stanco was proposing modern day upgrades to another poster (adding blown in cellulose, which is cheap and relatively easy). Someone thought recycled paper was a bad idea from a fire standpoint. My point was that modern cellulose added to homes is treated to mitigate that danger.

Yes, cellulose insulation is treated with a flame retardant that also makes it less palatable to bugs.

78702 here for work. Out over whole neighborhood. Not sure about home which is 78735.

I had a guy go down with heat exhaustion today. It’s hot. If you’re working outside, err on the side of caution.

Also in Austin, but would absolutely recommend swapping units to sealed combustion. Carbon Monoxide is not to be fucked with.

I used Whitaker's on South Lamar recently and had a good experience. Mine was a full bumper and tailgate for my F150, somone's wife wasn't paying attention. Around 3.5k IIRC, obviously her insurance covered it.

You must have a big ass house and pool.

Back in 2018 we pulled a permit for adding a bath and rearranging interior walls to fit (no new sq ft). They said it qualified as a major remodel, removed our homestead cap, and upgraded our condition on the house to being the same as all the new construction in the neighborhood. The resulting tax bill was based on a valuation at least a hundred thousand above the cost of the remodel even if I hadn't done the vast majority of the work. That made our taxes almost more than our mortgage. All for a little 1300 sq ft starter house. I didn't know the tax code above so we just got fucked until we moved (to a new house where our homestead started higher...yay!). Its definitely a strategy and they're deliberately going after money they shouldn't, hoping they don't get called out on it. Now if they'd just value commercial halfway intelligently, they wouldn't have to do any of this shit. As it stands this is just one of the reasons Austin is un-fucking-affordable.

Yeah, you pull a permit with any decent amount of work, TCAD generally says fuck you, pay me. (ie your house is now PRACTICALLY NEW!…except it’s not) This is why people don’t pull permits. At some point someone is going to die because of shitty work directly related to this practice. I don’t know if the lawsuits will make it all the way back to TCAD, but they should.

Buckle up, buttercup.

TCAD just said thanks for e-filing but we think our initial appraisal of market value was accurate. Now I have to go look at their evidence packet and crunch some numbers to see if it’s worth my time to go to the informal next week. Yay.

@THUJONE Can you comment?

Jordan Morris means we’re done here.

Love Gio.

Clowning fools.

We have better midfielders than Mexico.

Goddamnit. Work the keeper.

We’re the better team.

Got my 3rd Texas Cares Draw the other day. Results are...confusing. Spike was 1102 in late August, 711 in late Nov, and now 141 in late Feb. My first shot was late Feb last year, 2nd was late March. I'm still negative for N antibodies despite my wife and 2yo having PCR confirmed cases in mid December. I was taking care of them so no distancing or masking measures in the house. I never tested positive with PCR or rapid tests so I was boosted 2nd week of January, all of my shots have been Moderna. I had a pretty intense 12-18 hours after then 2nd shot, and the 3rd one kicked my ass for a full 24. I even had the covid armpit swelling in the lymph node which I hadn't had 1st or 2nd go around. So I'm not sure if they just mixed my sample up with someone else or what the fuck is going on with the numbers.

It’s like living in the 3rd world, but without the low cost of living!

It’s a good thing my better half had PTSD from last year and filled every water bottle we own a few days ago. Looks like fucking Signs on our kitchen counter. Fuck you Austin Water.

Seriously considering walking around in a full face respirator tomorrow. Fuck this shit.