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ZB'Tejas

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  1. I seem to remember a few folks having golf trips coming up (Bandon specifically). Have you cancelled/modified those? I have that trip coming late April but at this pace it's unlikely I would want to go but have not yet called to see what the options might be.
  2. A few buddies of mine played at our club yesterday. Nothing in going on inside (food/drinks) but the carts and everything outside (including cart girls) are.
  3. I was already planning on doing this this year and now I finally have the time. Trying to get 3-4 45min rides in per week. Snacking is an issue though since my wife bought everything in sight at HEB this past weekend.
  4. Or at least Mexico so if they try and play hard ball we can just go get the stuff we need.
  5. Funny story is I was out there with her a few months ago and there is a porta potty that we do not use for obvious reasons... so when she needed to pee I had her squat behind a tree and a homeless women came up and told me that was nasty... wtf? haha
  6. Did this about 5 years ago and probably added several months back of free time. So the playground where my daughter likes to go has been overrun with homeless... likely at least 10 there so hopefully the gov't will come arrest them.
  7. Keeping between 230-250. Where I had the temp it showed about 156 at the stall but other areas showed just over 160 when I was wrapping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. Well at least you now have an extra 90 days to pay up.
  9. Microwave's are only built to last a few years these days unless you are getting a high end (~$800) one. When mine went out we wasted some money trying to fix but finally got a new one. I went with a JennAir that doubles as a convection oven for those times that we are looking a lot of things and needed a second oven.
  10. It's a real blood bath out there. I'm still investing in my 401K and I'd like to bump my contribution if I was confident that I might not need the extra cash. I was lucky enough that I had cash sitting in my investment accounts so I'm starting to make buys on stocks that I liked previously but have fallen significantly... mostly tech and a little bit of O&G.
  11. My grandfather who is 101 is still going to the grocery store by himself. I guess he said fuck it. If it’s time it’s time. My dad 70’s is still going to the church craft groups to hang with the other olds against my moms wishes. Greatest generation... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  13. Taking advantage of this extra time at home and smoking a brisket today. I used one of the smaller ~10lb ones from H-E-B which I haven’t done before so will see how it does. So far just 2 hours in I’m at 135 internal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. So when do the deer have enough and stand their ground?
  15. Shit is getting hammered... I hope this is a buying opportunity because I'm going in.
  16. Some men just want to watch the world burn
  17. Has the city council come out and said anything about this take over? East Chesar Chavez is a huge mess too. House prices in those areas are going up fast but at what point does this impact that desirability and stagnate the tax base for the COA? Would anything be done if people were camping in the median of Mopac now that we are going into wildflower season? Maybe sell some calendars of the homeless camping in the bluebonnets to raise money.
  18. Drove out E Riverside earlier this week and the camp in the median as you get close to Pleasant Valley (what a misnomer) has gotten terrible. Are permanent camps now totally ok? And some of the tents surrounding the parking lots under I35 and 6th look permanent as well. I would be so mad if I parked there for work and had to leave after dark just to get to my car parked in a homeless encampment. Are city parks going to be ok next? My tax dollars (or which these people pay nothing) pay for all that grass to be maintained and now we have filth living on it and destroying that those dollars were used for to beautify that area. I live in East Austin and I guess it's totally ok over here but no one is allowed to camp under Mopac or along Exposition?
  19. Opening something new tonight. Had an interesting story so decided to try it out. Doesn’t qualify as a pure bourbon but decent on the nose. Finished a little on the metallic side but not terrible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. I took it to mean that the underlying tax rate could only increase by 2.5%. For example the City of Austin tax rate is .4431%. That could go up only 2% but your appraised/taxable amount on your house could still increase from 500K to 550K. I also think that was only on City and maybe county taxes. It might not apply to the School District tax which is the highest rate anyway. (Austin ISD was 1.122% last year)
  21. Taxes rates can only go up by 2.5% without voter approval. I think appraised values on homes can still go us as much as prior years (capped at 10% for ones with Homestead exemption)
  22. The performance based fee is new as well this year. I think it used to be you got charged if they actually reduced your tax bill. Now it seems that just by reducing the market value (even though taxable value stays the same and you don't save anything) you will get charged a portion of that.
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