Larry T. Spider

I think you are only allowed a golf clap if it happens. Proper etiquette and all.

Lamar Odom (11/6/1979) Jerry Sandusky (1/26/1944) Dick Cheney (1/30/1941) Ric Flair (2/25/1949) Charlie Sheen (9/3/1965) Rush Limbaugh (1/12/1951) Hulk Hogan (8/11/1953) Aaron Carter (12/7/1987) Michael J Fox (6/9/1961) 6ix9ine (5/8/1996) Only got John Lewis and Trebek from 2020 and I really liked both of them. All of the fucks I hate keep ticking along.

I’ve been watching some YouTube videos on programs that run in the background on your PC and mine for whatever is most profitable at that moment. It is then converted into Bitcoin then deposited into your wallet (I think). Anybody ever tried it? Seems like you might make a few bucks over time and probably spend that much in electricity. It’s not about getting rich as it is just something interesting to do. Would love to hear some mining stories if anybody has them.

When do we see the spike from all the college kids that killed grandma at Christmas? About Jan second? Hadnt even thought about New Years parties yet. Will mostly be a younger crowd at least.

I’m at the elementary level so I don’t deal with this at all so it’s just a guess. I think it has to do with the risk/reward ratio. This is the last shot at organized sports for many seniors and some are competing for scholarships. JV kids have another opportunity next year so it’s less devastating of a loss. I’m on the side of taking covid very seriously but I would have been crushed for years if I lost my senior year of football. Jv....not so much.

94% white according to wiki. Nice burb but definitely not “super rich”.

When does the ace-2 expression develop? I’ve seen covid passed among kids 7 and up but nothing in our lower grade levels. In general, I would say that the transition to wearing masks has been non-traumatic for our students. We were preparing a bunch of lessons based on age and largely scraped them because the kids have been awesome. Much harder for the adults, myself included.

My school turned into a covid mess with students and teachers testing positive. I felt very safe most of the semester but when the cases started topping 400 a day in Travis county it became inevitable that it would find its way into the school. We were VERY lucky that the teachers that got sick were on the younger side. Getting people back to work in a mindset where they can do quality work is going to be difficult. If TEA is only going to count virtual minutes as half then going all virtual isn’t an option. It has to be a full closure then tack on the days at the end of the year. Or power through and deal with the covid shit show that ensues. Scared teachers, entire grade levels shut down, positive students and teachers, parents pissed that their kid got covid, parents pissed about having the class shut down, parents pissed we can’t give out medical info about other students, etc. We have all now seen that it can spread in school, even with all the precautions, which ramps up the fear factor even more.

Can somebody DM time the pics? Never kept up with the drama on TOS. What got her banned?

I knew it was going to be high based on how many kids are out at my school due to direct contact with someone who tested positive.

It’s owned by Global Gaming Solutions, which is basically just the Chickasaw Tribe. Horse racing actually got a big boost in the legislative session because there is some alignment between rural/agricultural areas and gambling that republicans can get on board with. Some of the tax money collected on horse related products went to support purses at the tracks and the results were solid before covid hit. Horse racing actually supports a ton of jobs on and off the track and generates a ton of economic activity. If I breed on horse to race, I will easily have 30k in costs before it ever sees the track, and that’s not including a hefty stud fee if it’s well bred. Back on topic, I think that move showed some softening in the legislature on gambling related activities.

Ted Cruz’ dads gonna be pissed

What does this mean? I have zero industry knowledge.

That’s cold

A congratulatory one from me 😂

I don’t think they can but I’m pretty sure that some of their stuff makes in down here through friends. Tons of my friends have a stash of edibles from Colorado and California. With Dallas being so close to the border it will be everywhere there, if it isn’t already. They get all the revenue, jobs, and tax money.

As long as it’s not herberts, we’re all good.

These tests are the nostril variety that doesn’t need to scrape your brain. Very easy if you feel like you need one.

It’s going to be fun to watch all the budget cuts in the legislative session while the Oklahoma government has made 105 million off legalization of weed. Much of it with texan dollars. We have 8X the population so we would probably pull in close to a billion off of it. Louisiana and Oklahoma casinos parking lots are full of Texas license plates too.

I’m mostly afraid of what we have built as far as a safe work environment with 0 positive cases quickly devolving into a shit show with multiple staff members out, nobody to teach/watch the kids in person, and other staff members afraid to come to work. One week of virtual seems worth it to see how the numbers play out so we can get back to it knowing we are (somewhat) safe.

It always cracks me up when people talk about keeping schools open because “kids don’t get it”. That’s nice and all but we also have teachers, administrators, teachers assistants, cafeteria workers, office staff, custodians, and maintenance workers that can get it. A few of them getting covid interrupts how the school operates and discourages the remaining employees for coming to work because it’s perceived as unsafe. In general, I have felt safe at work this year with the measures in place. I would not feel safe the week after the break with the number of people traveling. Wait for the numbers to settle and I’ll gladly go back.

I was talking to a doctor in a meeting a couple of weeks ago and he considers our current state of health a national security issue. He was talking about obesity in addition to other things such as lack of exercise. He contends that there will be other pandemics that come along in our lifetimes as the world is becoming more interconnected. The US is at greater risk to economic shutdowns for prolonged periods than other countries due to our lack of overall health. He did give us credit for taking on smoking though.

Thanksgiving is about to wipe the olds out, unfortunately. I can’t explain the psychology behind it but most of the older people I talk to in Travis/Wilco don’t think they will get it from their friends and family. They might be inviting a couple of less random friends of the family, but it’s still going to be bad. We are quarantining for a week (all I can do with work) and going to visit the in-laws just to stop them from having half of Houston over. Literally playing gatekeeper because my FIL would 100% die from this. They aren’t anti-maskers or anything but just can’t help themselves if a friend wants to come over. I will be really interested in the hospital numbers and death totals around December 4th and beyond. Hopefully I’m wrong about all of this.

If/when we go all virtual, TEA is going to make us make up half of the instructional minutes, even though those are all days we are working. We are looking at just doing one week to avoid adding too many more days. We can play games and add a few minutes to each day to make up for most of it. I wish tea would understand that we are trying to operate in a pandemic with a shit load of our kids traveling over the next week. We need an additional week to figure out who is dragging covid back home with them to keep everybody safe. Stop acting like we are trying to skirt our responsibilities.

We have tons of cases in the community surrounding my school but 0 at school. Some students have tested positive but they were all doing virtual anyway. The biggest risk factors seem to be sports practice, dance groups, and kids that wear a mask/distance all day at school only to go play in a pile of 30 kids after school.