Everything posted by UT_OB1
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Getting old sucks
I’m only 41 but my body continues to betray me. A few weeks ago an oak tree fell and it broke in to a small enough piece (6’-7’) that I thought I could flip it end over a end a few times without hurting my back. I did manage to not agitate my back, but in about the 4th flip in to the fire I strained pulled my calf pretty bad. Fast forward 3 weeks and I haven’t been doing anything to agitate it, the pain had pretty much stopped, I’d forgotten about it. First attempt at running (with my kids after a coyote…I know..) it cramped up a bit and I stopped immediately. Fast forward another couple weeks to today, again I’ve been taking it easy, but still some pain, and I went to park with kids for them to play and me mostly walk. Boy brought the soccer ball so we were going to kick it. He passed it to me, a bit off, and I took a quick step to get to it (not a lunge, not a jump, just a step) and my calf popped like a mother fucker. I dropped. It ducking hurt. Still hurts. Iced it. Pain meds. It’s not low around the Achilles / heel. It’s about an inch above bottom of the calf. Im not sure there’s anything a doctor can do other than tell me to wear a boot that I already have and ice it. So frustrating Supposedly it keeps getting worse in the 50s and 60s? Can’t wait. Might not make it at this rate.
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Meanwhile in China
I know nothing about housing in China. Are these alleged 1.5 billion homes two story 2500 sqft homes on 1/4-1/2 acre lots, or more like 300 sqft “condos” to house people in mass as densely as possible?
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Texas BBQ
You mean brick and mortar as opposed to say a food truck? What about brick and mortar makes to operate a bbq business?
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
Where is ff3 or 7?
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Post a pic that makes you say "Holy shit."
I know we have a thread on the death penalty where I just said I think I we should get rid of it…but I take it all back. Hook this fucker up to the N2
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Alabama to perform 1st nitrogen gas execution
I used to be for it, and probably still would if it was 100% certain of guilt, but even one incorrect death is too many. And knowing how often we get it wrong, and in some cases intentionally, it should be abolished.
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Woodworking, DIY, and home repair thread
If you’re in Houston, try TLT liquidator on Facebook, and the offer up ap can be find some good stuff too. Also - depending on what side of town you’re on, you might be close enough to the Tom’s Pawn shop chain, and they have their stuff listed on their website, so you don’t need to go scour the pawn shops all day just to find they don’t have what you want.
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The Last Kingdom
Yeah that’s not how I pictured her irl. She’s also about half as old as i assumed she was.
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch, new animated series in 2021
Ventress is back!.. After 9 years…and suddenly i feel old.
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Post a pic/gif/tweet that makes you say "very cool"
I saw them frequently enough growing up when we’d go to Rayburn, but like I said, never seen them the last 16-17 years living around Houston. Cool to see them. It plopped down on my roof loudly. Hope those talons didn’t fuck up my shingles.
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Post a pic/gif/tweet that makes you say "very cool"
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Post a pic/gif/tweet that makes you say "very cool"
I’ve lived in the Houston area for 15+ years and haven’t seen a wild bald eagle in the area ever. Lots of hawks and osprey. Recently I’ve seen several near where we live SE of houston, including one on my roof, and we saw one off 290 outside of Houston on our way to Austin a couple weeks ago. Has something changed?
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ChatGTP is... not smart.
Still wouldn’t be the dumbest poster on surly.
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ERCOT Urging For Energy Conservation
An. That makes sense.
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ERCOT Urging For Energy Conservation
Did we have more solar go online since this summer to achieve this record? Because i wouldn’t think the cold would make up for the loss of 4 hours of sunlight
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I've decided to dig a hole
I thought I saw a ventilation fan a long while back but don’t in your latest pictures. I don’t think the air would turn over very well down there, so you should hook one up. Also might not be a bad idea to get an o2 monitor. You can get them for about $100
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Shit's Borked
I did not even realize that button was there and must have accidentally fat fingered it. Thank you!
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Dental costs
The tooth just to the left of my two front teeth had to be removed. It’s been out since thanksgiving. My dentist convinced me that being in the front a bridge was the way to go instead of an implant because they said it would like better. What are your thoughts on bridge vs implant? I was shocked yesterday when I found out it was going to be $4k after my insurance covered their part.
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Shit's Borked
@immamac is there a new layout setting I need to modify to get the large grey boxes to stop showing up?
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Vacation home pros/cons
We gutted a run down house and are almost done and ready to rent. It’s been a long 2 years. It’s in Brazoria, and it borders a large ranch / wooded area, and the owner is very nice and said he doesn’t mind if the kids play and hunt and build on it. When it finally got the point of having electricity and water turned on to outside faucet, the kids started coming and doing “camping” trips. The first few were semi legit camping with no plumbing, lights only, slept in a tent or mosquito proof hammock. Granted we now have electricity, running water, carpets, refrigerator etc and it isn’t really much camping, but when they go most of the time they are out in the woods and come back covered in mud after building forts or hunting squirrels with their BB guns. We have a campfire all day, and at night we’ll roast marshmallows and tell stories. When we do watch TV, I’ll drag the TV outside and we’ll watch scary (for 8 and 10 yo) movies in the dark by the fire. I think it’s been great for them and is. Im actually a bit sad that we’re about to be done and find to rent it out. We’ve kind of kicked around moving there, but I’d have to change jobs and the schools system isn’t great from what I’ve seen.
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Landlord pros and cons?
@PvilleStang how do you deduct your time from your taxes, or was that a figure of speech?
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
What’s wrong with leaf blowers?
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Operation Prosperity Guardian: The Red Sea Cruise 2023-? But wait there's more! Iran + proxies, FAFO
If in a full on assault we would mop up Iran, why would they be trying to provoke us? It makes me afraid they know something we don’t, along the lines of finding out that Super Power Russia wasn’t really that Super.
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Marvel Studios' Echo
Did you let him watch daredevil? It’s not like DD all the time, but it has its moments
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Marvel Studios' Echo
Picks up in ep3 quite a bit. Fisk is such a bad person.