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I’m not an expert but they are less expensive because of bracelets/cases were not solid gold. When Rolex changed to 118 series there is a noticeable difference in weight. Not sure about movement. It may have been updated. I have both and can only tell the difference in weight.

I have Blue Cruise on the f150. It does ok on the interstate if the road is fairly straight. It takes the apex of a curve differently than I do. It passes cars/big rigs too close in my opinion. No traffic on I 25 last week in Colorado and it did pretty well for a couple hundred miles.

I have the same OG MKII Target. Has to be 40 years old now. It is ridiculously accurate. Spent many afternoons shooting skeet from a portable thrower. Stand behind the thrower and once you get the arc down, it is not that hard to hit them.

I put this up over on the gun lovers thread but I am also a watch fanatic. Cartier Santos - Stacatto CS24 President 118208 - custom 1911 Citizen Pro Diver- custom Gen 5 19

I got it 6 months ago. It is very accurate, eats everything, points naturally, 16 round mags and conceals well in an AIWB holster. I am taking it out to Florence to have them redo the trigger. It is 3.5 lbs on my gauge but has a good bit of "scrunchy" take up. They can upgrade ignition kit and change the take up. I think it has a lot of upside and I will get faste with more practice. If it can beat the 19, that is saying something. The Gen 5 19 that I had Cline Tactical build is a machine. Sub 2 second draw speed, .25 splits and has never missed a beat in 1000s of rounds. Hardly ever clean it, just drop of oil on slide, barrel, hood, etc..every 500 rounds.

It is by far the easiest 2011/1911 takedown that I have ever had.

It is CS24

top - daily wear Stacatto CS/ Cartier Santos middle - date night. Custom built commander with all the goodies/ Rolex President bottom - scuffling time. Cline Tactical custom 19/ Citizen Promaster/ Microtech Exocet All shoot 5 rounds touching at 10 yards if I do my part Fastest draw speed/splits/scores are with the 19 Staccato is coming along I expect it to take over in another year and couple thousand rounds

This is not a bad area. More moderate housing prices in comparison to mountain towns, big box shopping, lots of outdoor activities. An hourish to downtown Denver and same the other way to Vail. Downsides are summer crowds/traffic and a lot of snow to deal with in the winter. I personally don't like full on winter up here. We had 350" last year at our house in Breck. Constant work keeping drives, decks clear.

I have the Retrax on my '23 F150. I really like it. Much better quality than my previous cover, Roll-N-Lock.

Bought mine 40 years ago. Still a daily wear. Been back to the factory twice for service. Never any trouble, but about every 15 years I send it in. Gets lubed, polished, etc...

Vent. Went to Westlake Digital Kitchen yesterday. What a shit show. Around noon and almost empty except for the 3 cars in line trying to place their order. Service sucks. Food sucks. It has to be the most wasted real estate pad between Mopac and 360. In other news, the Whataburger in Dripping Springs is very good and professionally managed. Same for William Cannon/Mopac location.

We have a home in Colorado. Our area has many cats, bears and moose. Only see cats running away or the evidence of a deer/elk kill. Bears are pretty shy. They tend to amble off when encountered in the yard or on the trail. Moose are completely different. They are completely unpredictable and so large that any encounter can go bad.

Doing my part for Travis County. Market value up 67% for 2024 and Net up exactly 10%.

If you are OCD about mud, stay away May thru June. I could go to the car wash and still track 1/2 inch into garage. About mid July, we would take flat point shovels and scrape out garage. Same thing November and December. We love Meander and friends own Alley House. My wife could not take the lack of good grocery stores, muddy roads and no real yoga, Pilates, whatever classes. Coupled with kids not coming, it was inevitable that we sell.

Pagosa veteran here. We had a home there for a few years. Never could have lived there full time. Late fall/early winter sucks, late spring sucks. Too muddy. Too much snow. 200+ inches per year at our house. All of our friends who are "full time" residents have places in Arizona/New Mexico/Mexico so they can be gone during those months. Roads are horrible in Pagosa. 30+ years of poor decision making by Archuleta County. Impossible to pave the roads. Not enough asphalt in SW Colorado. Impossible to keep them in good condition due to lack of material. There is not enough material available that is cost effective. They need more crushed stone quarries. The ones that have tried, have been voted down by uniformed/don't care environmental hawks. Pagosa has always been more a boom/bust type small town. A large ownership percentage is time/share. Once upon a time there was great demand, now, not so much. Look at the foreclosure list in the newspaper. City/county government shoots itself in the foot every month. They are absolutely against resort development(Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, etc..) yet are also waging war against short term rentals. They approved a 700 lot subdivision in town without really thinking thru the impact on existing infrastructure. Had to readdress and effectively kill it post approval. Well meaning people who are out of their depth. If you are my age, 60's, and have adult children, they are going to be disappointed. Pagosa is hard to get to from Texas. Can drive, but any 25-30 year old that is working can't take the time to drive a full day, stay a couple of days and drive a full day back. Same for flying. Once you get to Durango, it is 1.5 hours to Pagosa. Same thing. Takes all day to arrive and a full day to get home. + at least $1000 each for tickets, shuttle, etc... Restaurants are limited and Wolf Creek is a full 45 minutes from town if there is any snow on the road. Positives: Less expensive than other resort towns. Beautiful scenery. Great fly fishing, hiking, biking, etc... New pickle ball complex. 27 holes of golf. If sitting in hot sulphur water is your thing, Pagosa has you covered. Generally nice people.

Do not go to the sushi place in between Jimmy John’s and The Grove. It is ridiculously overpriced and a bad wine selection. Surprised it has not closed.

County Line is also on our list. Grilled wings , beef ribs and moist brisket are favorites. The Well has become another spot for us. Food has been great and they are generous wine pourers if you are a regular.

Our weekly, by the house place is The Grove on Bee Caves. They have a new pizza Smothered in Sausage that is very good and new #1 seller there. Their new dish, Creole Fettuccini is also very good.

Brings back old memories. Big Bend Open Road Challenge 1999. Drove a heavily modded Supra TT on R1 race tires. DPS closed off a 60 mile section of highway for speed testing. 174 thru the radar guns they set up. Next day was the race. Road closed off from Fort Stockton to Sanderson and back again. I drove in the 125 mph class which at the time was the highest class you could drive in without a roll cage. Came in at 125.86 and was 4th in my class. Very fun. No electronic aids allowed to control speed. Got a race book with mileage markers. Had a navigator that used the book, a stop watch and calculator to measure speed.

Count me in the 5mm Sheridan fan club. This was around 1970. No telling how many thousands of pellets went down the barrel. I would save up my money to go to Treasure City and get a new yellow box of 5mm pellets. Nothing quite like the feeling of material wealth that was attributed to carrying a full box of pellets. I did not need anything else, until about 1975 and a church hayride changed my focus to girls.

Our 2nd home is in Breck. Our grown kids really like it. Breck is one of the easiest places to get to for busy working families. They can fly to Denver very inexpensively on SW and take the Breck shuttle. We stay in Breck the first week of April for some warm, blue sky skiing. Back June 15th as the yard is just coming to life and time to plant summer flowers. Stay until first week or so of October after the leaves have changed colors. Then come back and finish the last 2 weeks of the year to celebrate Christmas/New Year. The kids come when they can and bring their friends. We have friends in and out all summer. Maintenance of the home is fairly minimal. No yard work 7 months out of the year. Utility bills are on average very inexpensive. We are not there 6 months out of the year. Turn the hot water heater off and set the boiler at 60 degrees. We get a good bit of sun during the day and the house stays very comfortable. We have a guy that checks it once per week when we are not there. Taxes are low compared to Texas and a fraction of what my Austin taxes are. Our house is in town so we walk everywhere. Can go weeks without starting the car. Those are the pros. The only cons I can think of are traffic and people related. On the weekends, the highway around Fairplay is congested and I70 can be a parking lot. The roundabouts in Breck can get backed up on Friday and Sunday. So we don't travel during weekends. Holidays are very busy with lots of traffic in town and people everywhere. We just plan accordingly. We will make dinner reservations for those times 2 weeks to a month in advance. and have already stocked up at Whole Foods and will cook on the grill/stay home. I would gladly give up Texas for Colorado except for February and May. It is too darn cold in February for everyday living and May is mud month. There is mud everywhere from the melting snow. Also, living at 9,600 feet gets harder as you get older. We only have a few years left before we age out.

I have owned 1911s for 45 years, more or less. Government, commander, LW commander, officer, .45, 9mm, etc.. I have 3 customs that are pretty to look at, I enjoy wearing and they are accurate. But, I carry a Glock. Either a Gen 5 19 w/RMR and light or a 30S. Rarely clean them and never have a malfunction. They just run and run. Both are ridiculously accurate. I just got back from The Range and shot a 2" 5 shot group inside a 4" circle at 25 yards with the 19. I can't do that with an iron sight 1911 at my age without readers. I can come close to that with my custom 1911 with Nighthawk IOS system and RMR. From concealed and on a timer, I am faster with the Glocks. I have taken multi-day classes, done shoot houses, trained with sheriffs deputies here and in Colorado and I guess 80+% carry a Glock. It just works. It took a couple of years and several thousand rounds to master the RMR, but once you do it, speed and accuracy are very hard to beat.

Yes, about 1,000 acres. Main entrance is past Senna Hills. It has a good bit of frontage on Lake Austin and borders Commons Ford Road and Park on the east side, Lake Austin on the north, Bee Caves Road on the south and Lake Pointe on the western boundary.

I remember Franklin Savings had foreclosed on 807 Congress Avenue around 1986. They offered it to me for $100,000. That was a lot of money in those days and it did not have any dedicated parking. So, I passed. Eddie Safady bought it and renovated the place. I also looked at the ranch Michael Dell ended up with. When I looked at it, it was less than $10,000 acre. Way out in the middle of nowhere and no utilities. The Rob Roys were in various stages of foreclosure, Circle C was imploding on itself and Willie lost Briarcliff. It was a tough time from about 1984 to mid 1990s.