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Ten Bears

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  1. I love her and want her to be my next ex-wife.
  2. So this thread died? Just like my lawn.
  3. It will only be 110 degrees with no breeze down by the river. What could go wrong.
  4. I wonder when this will happen again? Satan’s Storm Texas residents in Kopperl, Texas experienced a most unusual event on June 15, 1960. A heat wave so hot as if it came from hell itself – it was named “Satan’s Storm.” It was a normal evening like any other night in Texas; when, all of sudden, a strong wind came bursting through the town with gusts up to 75 miles per hour, causing damage like knocking down trees and taking off roofs. But that was not the worst part of it. Suddenly, the temperature began rising from a comfortable 70 degrees up to 120 degrees, then on up to 130 degrees, and continued to climb as high as 140 degrees in just a few minutes. The air was so intensely hot that it made it extremely difficult for people to breathe. People became alarmed when their air conditioners stopped working because of transformers in the area getting overheated. Even the town thermometer broke! Imagine waking up to that! Some people rushed out of the house thinking that their houses were on fire and others thought it was the end of the world. Some people said it was so hot that their throats literally burned and there were parents wrapping their children in wet blankets trying to cool them down. By morning, it was all over. The temperature was back to normal but what a “hellish” night they had to endure. Stepping outside, the residents could view the aftermath, which consisted of burnt crops as well as leaves on the trees and shrubs crumbled to mere dust – it looked as though it had been set on fire. We now know this to be what is called a heat burst, which is descending air that warms really fast because of atmospheric compression.
  5. John Cale, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, David Byrne playing together (NYC, 1976) (This might have been posted already but I dgaf)
  6. https://otolawn.com/pages/lawn Anyone try this sprinkler doodad? Looks like it has potential.
  7. Can this thing image close-up stars too? They could take a look at what happened to Alpha Centauri like 4.5 years ago.
  8. Are most of the fires started by lightning or what?
  9. depends on how close to Brazos County you are...
  10. 22 yo Diana Ross dancing with 70 yo Groucho Marx at Bobby Darin's house, 1966.
  11. A couple of times through the new Drive-by Truckers album and really digging it.
  12. Midnight shows at the Continental aren't accessible anymore to this old Round Rocker.
  13. The Biggest Party in HIstory I saw it in Houston. My friend won tickets to get on KLBJs Magic Bus to Houston. Partied on the bus with Jody Denberg and Jeff Carrol. Tripped balls on shrooms for The Who and all the way back to Austin. Good times.
  14. Not sure why Stepien couldn't testify today. My dad could have testified when i was born if you could have found him in the beer joint.
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