FORTY NINE TO ZERO

DP.

especially from Alzheimer’s. wonder how long he had been suffering. what an absolutely horrible disease.

that fucking sucks. my absolute favorite coach ever at UT

cool article in the NYT in our alley coyotes The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island

i missed the bcs. i’ll say it

hate this idea and i never drive after drinking a single alcoholic beverage. all those technology examples are just leaving the door open for abuse / confusion. passively sampling air? what if you shithead passenger is shit faced? what if someone spilt beer on you earlier? cameras looking for signs of drunkness? what if you are a stroke survivor or have random face / eye issue? hell, it’s been proven that facial recognition has issues with BIPOCs. do you really trust it not to passively discriminate? what if it fucks up in an emergency situation? do you really want your car not staring due to thinking you a drunk while your new born is having medical emergency?

woot.

fill up your tanks. exxon refinery bayown had an explosion last night. from what i can tell they are still trying to put it out.

that’s good to hear on the ducts. our lower unit is under the house as well and plan on replacing the ducts. our current ducts have some sweating, but nothing major. the main thing is that since it is open to the world is that there are some damages to the ductwork and leakage luckily since we have an open craw space (our basement was buried when they raised the house) and are above BFE we only pay around 650 for federal flood insurance (god bless the seawall). that said, since federal flood insurance only covers up to 250k in structural damage we also buy excess flood insurance which costs around 1.5k extra a year to insure the full value of the house. i have fears of a cat 5 just washing the house away and 250k would not get close to making me whole. All this is changing with fema 2.0 “equality in action” - laugh. so who knows what it will be like when i renew in august. what part of the island? i’ve been in lost bayou for about four years now. lived here long?

hey neighbor. 1888 house here. curious about how this ended up. i just redid my upper-story unit and now about to redo the lower unit where the ducts are under the house (open craw space). what’s your home’s insulation like? any in the attic, walls, or floor? if so what kind? i have fiberglass in the attic and some walls. none in the floor, but i’m thinking about correctly that soon when i redo the ductwork.

that’s awesome y’all have a history with the ship. if you go make sure you tell the crew. i bet they will love it.

wiki page on the ship

fyi. Galveston historical foundation just released the tickets for the Tall Ship Elissa day sails in april. i did this before covid and it was one of the coolest things i have ever done. if you have interest, i highly recommend you buy asap. they sell out fast. pictures from my sail.

still pretty much shut down due to covid and political shit

i guess i’m the only one who thinks biden is doing a good job? shrug.

umm. what are you talking about? you confusing me with someone else?

sounds like we just need to up our NIL….

that’s young. sucks

Have one quote in hand one one being done. My wife is also looking at just being her own GC. She does GC work for living at a local nonprofit.

Question. We are doing to do a 100k or so addition (new bedroom and a new master bathroom as well as repainting the entire house). I would also like to refinance my loan. can these be combined into one process? Or will I need to do two loans? If so, what is the best loan for the addition? We purchased the house four years ago and since then has greatly increased in value. So I have plenty of equality to pull from (assuming that is the smart thing to do). Location: Galveston Texas. Not sure if it matters, but it’s an old house (pre 1900s). Already have permission from the local landmark and building commissions. sorry if these are dumb questions.

We are going to get “back” right when they shut the entire sport down. Aren’t we? 😑

Which are still the “state”. The word has multiple definitions

That’s owned by the state. Why would the state pay taxes to itself?

Dios mio, man! You can just post that without the background

Fucking Baylor?!