Hornbeliever

Completely agree with many of the cons to owning as second home. For example, had to drive to place yesterday to prepare pipes and the water well for the freeze. And then I get to do that at my regular house today. Double the fun! On the flip side, we did a proper American firework show for NYE that we could never do in town….obvi with all Chinese made fireworks. And no Mom was bitching about the kids lighting bottle rockets and Roman candles and then some of the big shit (pic below). Also, I made an outdoor movie set up a couple years ago and this is where we all watched the Sugar Bowl around a huge campfire. Great way to watch a shitty 3rd quarter. So my point is that this house gives us an ability to do stuff we just can’t in Houston and the cost of that is definitely a bit of work (and $). As for traveling and locking ourselves into one location, this is a second home and we spend roughly every other weekend here and not where we take vacations. If house was further (and more of a vacation house), we might not have same mindset. And this place being in Fayette County, we want to get the f out of Houston and here in summer and fly north.

I used to love Command and Conquer and Herzog Zwei but stopped playing video games for a long time….but I’m back! I have a PS5 and was wondering if anyone had recommendations of games like those? TIA

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That is why they call it the 12th Man dum dum

My 9.95 contact says the Aggies just got a portal commitment from Reed Malphurs. They are above white hot now. not even sure what color this streak is...like Chernobyl hot.

This is my trainwreck thread. I hate it so much, hate most of the opinions on it, and yet here I am clicking on this motherfucker again hoping against hope that it’s a moderator telling us he is locking the thread.

We have been playing Azul and Jr Catan with 7 year old but just moved up to Catan. Still in learning stage of that one. With Azul, you look up and it's been an hour. Such a great, simple game.

Update in case anyone is helped by data...We bought our ranchito right before covid. It has been awesome for our family and time with friends. A little less than 1.5 hours away and I can't understate how important that short drive is. It's in country so once we are there, you don't see anyone. Also, I had never thought of difference but there is a second home and a vacation home. We bought a second home, not a vacation home. Costs for all stupid shit you don't want to own two of but now do, like ladders and pots and cheese graters and waffle makers : $6,000. (Does not include furniture which is a shit ton more) Insurance plus all utilities/fiber: $600/month About $4,000 per year on repairs of some kind (freeze burst all pipes, metal roof rescrew, etc) Days stay (easy to calc because of utility usage on days there) 2020 = 107 (covid) 2021 = 47 2022 = 54 2023 = 50 Taking into account mortgage plus taxes plus bills plus furniture, daily rate of stay is a crazy $500 +/night. That makes you think "fuck that" as it almost does me. But then equity we've built if we sold would make that number likely go negative per night (lucky timing). Also, the mental health component is invaluable. Covid was fun for us rather than miserable. And the amount of time we spend with our family and friends actually has gone up since we constantly host people. And we are more relaxed in country than when in city where we are going from one birthday party to the next or some store to buy some useless thing. Added bonus: the amount of electronic time for our daughters plummets when in the country versus when in Houston so we actually do way more random stuff together like board games and campfire time Negative: Constantly having a set of errands to do like a leaky toilet or some fencing issue or some other bullshit chore. And for my wife, we are lucky enough to have a housekeeper in Houston but she is back to cleaning toilets and showers (great problems to have so I feel bad writing the negatives). If you feel stressed with more on your to-do list, I wouldn't buy a second home. We could air bnb house, especially because of proximity to Round Top during their festival weekends, but we love our stuff being our stuff so not worth it at this point for us. That could change if we stop going as much but hopefully not soon. Hope this helps inform a future decision for one of yall. In a nutshell, if you like your family, this is a fantastic life choice.....but make sure it isn't too far away.

I needed to get the stink of the Washington game off so was watching UT volleyball YouTubes and somehow meandered to this. Interesting enough take by neutral observers. They weren’t very complimentary of Ella but very complimentary of team and Madi.

Ags didn't lose, they just ran out of swine. And yes, I'll be here all night.

@T-shirt Sip any recs on fence companies in Central Austin? We have called a couple and it’s been difficult to get a quote, with one company even coming to take measurements and then ghosting without ever providing a quote.

I own bitcoin and ethereum yet I don't know what the above means...I'll just take it that I'm about to retire a bit earlier.

I went to a Madison vs Yates football game where he had 513 all purpose yards in three quarters but his 3rd down passes all were +8 yards (vertically). Did not want, not a fit.

From too much a/c to LSU saying not enough a/c, I'm beginning to think we mess with the thermostat like no other.

Feel free to post more of these type of pics as they are great and welcomed by us social media illiterates. Thanks dude

Such a great win. Watched both the it and Nebraska press conferences. Neb was a little salty. That hottie Murray girl said they will win the next three championships and their coach sorta dissed the way ut builds teams via transfers the last two years and said "I kinda like the way were building teams by growing our own players." good for him! it's important to feel good how you got to 2nd place.

Can't remember, do all episodes drop day one or is it weekly?

I was at a bar during a game in 2001 and randomly sat next to one of Mack’s family members and they told me he was a poor decision maker and would always play not to lose rather than to win. It colored the way I thought of him from then on and sadly his decision making fit right into that narrative. F Mack. Hall of fame coach with what, two or three conference championships. Brent Venables of all people might be halfway to Mr Hall of Fame Coach in terms of conference championships by Pearl Harbor Day.

Bad news is I have a vision of Malik catching fire for a couple weeks of starter duty while Quinn returns, causing Arch to transfer. And it was fools gold a la Jerrod Heard/Cal and this puts program back years as Arch wins Heisman at OU. Good news is my vision also told me we would beat UH 47-17.

Never but it is part of my calculus before going....$32 for my normal lunch order at Truth plus time in line = not worth it. Take away or reduce one of those costs and I would go more often.

Season 2 was excellent

To be fair to the aggies, farm boys did in fact put up all those signs on the stadium so that statement is true.

Jenna is my Brett Robin.

I went to the UT UH volleyball game this afternoon. We drove. For a damn volleyball game with 7,100 folks, we were in park for 30 minutes after the game just sitting there huffing each others exhaust. tldr do not drive or take a cooler that you leave in car for after the game

Bought 7 tix myself so there will be some burnt orange for sure