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LebongJames

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  1. Is Byrd really going to end up at SMU?
  2. We live off of 360 and the last 2 weekends Lake Austin has been crazy. Lake Travis has been pretty busy on the weekends. We went out Thursday afternoon and it was nice to get a break from the crowds
  3. I thought the meat quality at Be More Pacific was some of the worst I have seen outside of fast food.
  4. We actually held very steady in May. It was the beginning of June that we saw the spike. Memorial Day and the protests are definitely creating the spike. There was a jump in May and opening with no masks probably contributed to that. We had stability though.
  5. That’s a really one sided view of what our police forces do. I feel that cop murdered Floyd and others have as well but that doesn’t completely devalue what the other men and women do on a daily basis. Have you ever needed the police? Have you had a friend or family member be the victim of a violent crime? Have you had personal property stolen from you? Get the fuck out of here with your completely one sided view of the world of police are bad and do no good.
  6. Agreed on the slogan. To say cops don’t help the community with the problems that are tasked with is a ridiculous statement. They go on thousands of calls a month were they absolutely de escalate the situation and solve the problem they were called their for. People don’t want cops until they need cops.
  7. I feel that it is ignorant to say we need to defund police departments and that they are militarized. On a day to day basis our police do work that is extremely risky. Cutting huge chunks from police budgets without any real reform will just cause more issues. Cops that are over worked and over stressed, that leads to worse decision making. State and local budgets don’t work like that. They aren’t going to take $150 million from LAPD and give it to public schools. The protesters also aren’t calling for reform they are calling for abolishing police departments. The guardian can say one thing but that is not the message the protesters are using.
  8. Ya Perlas and Clark’s are doing just fine. I’ve tried to get a reservation multiple times granted at the last minute and nothing was available
  9. I’ve read this 3 times. I have no idea what point you are trying to make.
  10. Let’s talk about football. We really need Eagles on the field. I’m here thinking he will actually play and if he does he has more of a chance of making an impact. Outside of die hard Longhorn fans I’m not sure if this is on anybody’s radar.
  11. Sell to SF builders. We are a mechanical contractor. We had a pretty good slow down in March. April started bouncing back, May was good. This week and last we are back to 2019 numbers. I had a top 5 builder signed and the president of our company pulled the plug because he didn’t want to take that many homes at that margin. I understand but it’s a lot of money out of my future pocket.
  12. What city? That seems like a pretty small area but overall I’ve gotten quotes much higher than that to install a walkway with the same materials.our walkway would be around 90 ft though
  13. Not saying they are the ones showing up to hospitals, but if you look at some data they could be spreading it at a higher rate than any other parts of our society. As my post points out, there is a divide. I have worked remotely for 3 months, our other guys have shifted schedules to limit exposure. Our subs have to come by the warehouse every morning. There is no way to shift the business model. .I strongly believe that most of the hysteria is overblown and testing positive doesn’t necessarily mean much. Also if Texas is lumping antibody rest in as well it’s completely useless. But our subs are probably spreading to more at risk population. Here is an excerpt from the Austin Business Journal: Targeted testing of about 127 people occurred at two different construction sites on May 7 and 8. The portion of tests that came back positive for Covid-19 was 7.8% and 7.9%, respectively. Escott said that may seem like a low number, but local drive-thru testing has a positive testing rate around 2.3%. "So this is more than triple the rest of the community's rate of positivity," Escott said. "So this is concerning. This does indicate that we need further testing in this community." Escott said they've found "some challenges associated with the testing at construction sites," citing ongoing concerns about the inability to work after a positive Covid-19 test. "Quite frankly, there's a disincentive right now for people to get tested," Escott said. "Because if they test positive, then they're out of work and, in some circumstances, they don't have assurances of a paycheck."
  14. That’s 100% what’s happening. I run sales and more of the office stuff for a mechanical contractor here in Austin. I used to go into the shop multiple times per week. I have not been in since early March. We have not slowed down. Our full time supervisors and production manager still go in but not in the morning rush. There is nothing we can do about the warehouse and subs picking up materials, they have to come to the shop every morning. We check temperatures daily and have provided masks. One thing. We have noticed as only one guy from a crew comes in because the don’t want to risk getting their temperatures taken and not be sent with work. We do SF so distancing on the job is fine. The real hot beds are the Mf and commercial jobs. The other thing is a lot of subs live with a lot of other essential workers and they are all still spreading out over the city and coming back home every night in crammed living situations.
  15. Ya we had a 5-7 day break from Corona coverage. Now they will start driving the next outbreak from the protesters. They also are already driving how bad the winter is going to be. Im not saying there won’t be a second wave but this is a never ending target for some.
  16. No shit. We are used to rattle snakes but we have seen 2-3 corals this year. Our friends that live in SA at Bitters and Blanco have found a few as well. 2020 is all kinds of crazy.
  17. I hope stuff like this stays. The casino floors are absolutely germ ridden. Wiping down chips, people washing hands and actually sanitizing the tables and chairs would go a long way.
  18. Wife doesn’t understand the concept of time. We have been together 14 years so I am used to it but it’s getting on my damn nerves to treat other people that way as we get older and everybody has kids and jobs and doesn’t have an hour to wait on people. Yesterday we were supposed to be in San Antonio between 3-4 to take her 92 grandmother dinner. We live in the Westlake area. Grandma lives alone and is pretty independent but recently my wife’s mother passed so she is very needy and needs our attention and help. Around noon I decide to get some yard work in. I tell her to be ready by 1:30 knowing she won’t be ready until 2:30 but we will still hit our window in SA. I come back inside the house around 1:45 to shower and get ready. She’s not there, she has decided she had time to go to Central Market. She gets back home at 3:15 and we don’t get to SA until 5. She acts like it is no big issue because grandma has no where to be but I could tell when we got there that she had been waiting for us for a couple of hours and was anxious. She’s 92.
  19. I back in my truck or wife’s suv if I’m unloading or loading a lot of stuff.
  20. It’s viability is completely dependent on classes being held on campus this fall. It’s looking like that will happen so Abels will have no problems. Students have not been around Austin since the end of February.
  21. Just bought a new house and the previous owner did nothing for the grass. Its Bermuda but with a ton of weeds? What’s the best way to start regrowing the Bermuda? I was thinking some type of weed killer, then a couple of trucks of top soil and then Bermuda seed. Would this work? How close together can I do all of that? Should I aerate? Also yard is about 1/3 of an acre, so I’m not looking to resod unless that is the only option.
  22. Watch YouTube videos. Make sure truck has brake controller and get an anti sway hitch.
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