Jump to content

horn4life

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    3318
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by horn4life

  1. Elvis took black music and made it white, and thus acceptable and reviled. Jackson was a child that adults took advantage off for money since nearly birth, and brought new music to the masses, with just a dash of pedophilia. The Beatles took black music and made it white and thus accepted and reviled. And Robert Johnson just intimated that the Devil made him do it,,, but he was different from the others in that he was original. Only one was truly original, the others were copy cats... Odd to say that Elvis, Jackson and the Beatles were copy cats. But if you want to give your son the honest answer? That not one of the "popular" artists mentioned did not build their careers except by emulating guys like Robert Johnson. So I would rephrase the question! Would you like to know where all that popular music originated from little FTC?
  2. One thing you have to love about W.C. besides his playing, is that he went out like a true Bluesman, playing gigs on a stool, right up to the end! A tip of the has to W.C. and the many times I got to enjoy his music, and his tutoring younger players. Our reigning Godfather of the Blues has passed. It's always a reminder to take time and go see the old guys while they are still around. A good opportunity to see these sorts of guy is the most underrated and under-attended "festival" in Austin, the Eastside Kings Festival in the Fall. I can see W.C. in my mind as a young man again, tuning his guitar getting ready to rip in Heaven... God's speed...
  3. Well here is where things stand for me now. Got mom into a memory care in Cedar park in a great facility (great as such things go), but the burn rate on that is about $6K a month. The plan I BEGGED them to do several years ago was assisted living in this same facility. The cost would be about the same as what it's costing for mom alone, had they listened to me, my sister and anyone with a brain not named Mom and Dad. It would have been much easier for me to assist them, hire help to assist them, and generally manage the situation without having to handle, not only their care but now the dissolution of their home, and all those choices will fall nearly entirely on me. My sister is willing to help, but she does not have the compassion nor willingness to make personal sacrifice like I will. My Dad noticed and was wanting to change their wills so that ultimately I would control the estate (if there is anything left). Interestingly my parents tried to "split the baby" on my parents wills, with me being the executor for my Dad, and sis for Mom. Now that Dad Ithe only competent one) has seen things shake out he realizes who really was the best choice. But I understand their decision then, not to want to appear to favor one child over the other. But Dad now understands that I will be the one to do nearly all the heavy lifting, and my Sis is there, as long as it's not too inconvenient for her. He was trying to call the attorney to make the changes, but I discouraged him from doing that, especially since he would be changing my Mom's will not his. I may get fucked in the end, but again I am the guy trying to do the "right" thing. Dad is still in pain, but I got a termpur-pedic bed delivered to my house in Austin, and moved him in with me last week. My sister was sort of amazed, as she was going to be the one to take my mom in. Instead it was the $6K (the Lord has given us a miracle) option... But I can't do anything but take him in at this point. I could opt to chalk up another 5 grand a month to not have him at my home, but I can do a better job than anyone of getting him back. Not that he will ever be 'back" completely, but functioning enough to be able to move into an independent living situation, and then move my Mom in with him. This is all in the same place my Mom is already, so praying it will work out. But damned if I am not turning out to be a hell of a nurse. Dad was/is depressed, but I have been pushing him emotionally and physically. My wife was commenting yesterday on how much better he is already doing after only 5 days here. He is now getting up and walking religiously, and just getting up and down from sitting is helping his strength a lot. Plus I weened him off completely the hydrocodone. He is gonna have pain, but the more he moves after being sedentary for nearly 2 months, he is regaining some of his mobility. A week ago, honestly I was unsure if an independent living situation would even be an option. Now I am thinking a couple more weeks with me and there is a real chance. The negative is I am about to miss my favorite time of the year, SXSW down on Congress and the other Day and weekday music I love to see. But the bright side is I am seeing progress, so hopefully my sacrifice will reap the rewards in the end. On a bright note, we turned dad onto "Ted Lasso." Which he was sure he was not going to like, before he got sucked in like everybody else. He paid me a complement to my wife the other day, he told my wife that, "Steve is my Ted Lasso." As I have tried to be a light of promise and possibility for him, when he was seeing nothing positive going forward. I am making him adapt, rather than trying to change everything to make it easier for him, and he is Adapting to the mobility and the pain. So while my life is completely compromised right now, I have great wife that understands the situation, and I can see my efforts reaping rewards. Now I just need to get him in shape enough to be able to live "independently" without my full time help. So for both of us there is a life at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it's not the light of a freight train! 😉
  4. Mofo... LIfetime warranty? Of this I did not know... I am a "is that thing at COSTCO a decent deal" type of guy. But if you have not perused your local restaurant supply place, you are missing out on fantastic deals, like aluminum sheet pans, great durable knives, low cost higher end knives, squeeze bottles, oyster knives, servings trays for the colors of parties... I could go on... I am actually starting to like the "granite" style tougher frying pans because of durability and I don't see a drop off in non-stick. We have two red enamel sauce and dutch oven cast iron that take on the sear and simmer in volume stuff. The only thing I think separates a choice in frying pans, is if you are doing a lot of oven finishing. If so a 400 degree handle would take of everything. Did I say, I would likely buy whats on sale at COSTCO? As if I hate it I can just return it... We actually bought a set of the Kirkland brand Pan set. We bought them for two of the pans, for maybe Christmas prep? But they remind me a lot of the Calphalon pans I have apparently not been wisely returning. My only complaint is that the pots have the pouring aspect I like, but the tops don't seal that well IMHO. I use a strip of foils across the pouring vent to seal if I am doing rice, for example. But... Uh... No advice... Just ramblings.... (sounds like Surly slogan of the day!)
  5. PS- when I meant 48 hour break that's on the weekend when my Sister has been covering for me. So I am getting some support. Hell I am glad I am not the one filling out the paperwork for the lease. She called me asking about Mom's Social Security card, on a fucking memory care lease? IF nothing else, this has all made me realize I need to get my own shit a lot more together for my wife and kids should I drop dead or become incapacitated. Actually mainly if my wife and I both got killed in some sort of accident. I just need a cleaner and more compete roadmap and probably need to put some other legal documents in place. So that's probably a good lesson for all of us... but me especially!
  6. Just a check in. Hell I had to go back and look at my post, to figure out the timeline of my recent existence though the fog. Well Epidural sort of worked on Dad, the was definitely some degree of reduced pain, and duration of pain. Not saying I haven't had some hairy nights over the last two weeks but more sleep and better management of meds and addition of medical style tempurpedic mattress that seems to help. Two weeks ago was 4 days in a row of appointments. Like herding cats I joke, Mom's baby steps and general curiosity have her usually in lead cat position into the car. Then a quick flip around of the car for front seat access for Dad and he makes his way in, knowing that he is gonna get a nice shock of pain trying to get in. If he is already in agony this process can be extra time consuming. I allow for a ton of extra time, and still I am sometimes barely making appointments I simply cannot miss. Add to that, that their actual fucking cat escaped on one of these loadings when I was absolutely running out of time cushion. Plus my mom wants to feed the cat from her plate which, is an ongoing issue, in more wys than one. Good news is that Dad is having a procedure putting some blocks in on the right side I think at L3-5, might be L2-5. If these work then do the other side of the spine, whenever the insurance gate opens back up. Then do radio frequency ablation, which basically sears the nerve at the point of pain reception and its good for 9-14 months. I am praying for this to give some relief and this is where the doc though we would end up. i think going into the hospital, may have actually helped speed past one step in the insurance gatekeeper course of action. So there's hope, but damn I/he need some actual tangible results. My Dad of course is bearing the emotional brunt of all this stuff coming fast. But the truth is that is only because they resisted for years, the idea of coming together and moving into independent living near us. Now it's a no choice situation at nearly twice the cash burn rate. Steep price to pay for good sunsets, and a fucking cat. Mainly it was my Dad who wanted to stay and used my mom as the excuse to "not disrupt her." I know he's gonna have some push pack if he gets relief on the house and coming down to independent living, but I ready to be bad cop is I have to if I need to if that's the case. Moving my Mom into memory care tomorrow, with the furniture coming down via my sis and her husband today. She cracked last night with Dad, arguing about the House of all fucking things. House is way down the road... but I guess fun to meaninglessly fight about. Considering I have uprooted my life and spend the past three weeks, all week doing the heavy lifting with only 48 hour reprieves has been tough. If only for me not really having enough time to emotionally recharge and all the shit I am falling behind on. The plus is I don't answer to a boss so I can take this time when I need it. I think Mom is going to do fine in memory care if she does not initially become agitated at the change. The ultimate goal however is to get them both together in independent living where he can help prompt her to do stuff, but to where he doesn't have to worry about preparing meals. That will save about $40+K a year I think. Maybe more, depending on Mom's actual level of care needed. Sure wish they had listened to me begging. I could have easily supported my Dad, gotten nursing assistance on not completely disrupted all of our lives. But.... the cat.... I do think that my coaching soccer for neatly a decade, and helping so many other young coaches learn how to coach their teams, has helped me here. You have to lead them not push them. You have to slow things down a bit, and reinforce over and over the key points you are trying to make. Not in a harsh "that's the way it is!" But in more empathetic manner, lead them down the path they need to go. Trying to mention over and over to my Mom about the change coming, but that you will be close and get to see me more! Almost like the coaching "sandwich," where you give praise, criticism, praise, to get a negative across in a positive manner. If that makes sense. Mainly just wanted to touch back and give and update and a thanks for your thoughts. One funny thing did happen I have to mention. My mom was getting evaluated by the nurse and one of the questions was, "Do you know what State you are in? Mom paused a second, and said, "The state of confusion." Damned if it wasn't a correct answer! Mainly if made me laugh.
  7. I agree with a lot, but doesn't mean that a true democracy without the Electoral college would not be a different and more modern country. I will also say that our Founding Fathers also created a government where compromise and legislation created by debate and compromise that would lead to legislation that was not perfect, but was possible. The beginning of the end of this possibility was when the GOP elected a child molester Speaker of the House. The "Hastert Rule" was implemented for the Republican party where no legislation would be brought to a vote that would allow any compromise beyond passing with ONLY Republican votes. But my point still stands. The power of the Electoral college has only grown as a means to promote minority views at the expense of the majority. It's one thing to have this as a check, when there is balance. But when you have a party in the GOP today that hasn't passed much of anything meangful in the last 20 years with only GOP votes, beyond tax cuts creating more deficit spending they system isn't working. When the Court is packed with minority appointed judges do to a changing of the rule os "principle" (if that word even applied to elected Republicans anymore) you had two appointments "stolen. But my point was really not about the founding fathers trying to protect a few colonies to get them to sign on. I am simply talking about how many trillions upon trillions of dollars could have been saved. It's a "what if" post. Simply musing about how the electoral system has truly let the country down over time as it dilutes more and more the votes of more and more of the citizenry. Hell when you look at the mess of economies that Republican Presidents have handed off and the superior economies routinely handed off by Democratic Presidents, it's just interesting to think about how very different this country might be, if Presidents were indeed majority elected. But hey if I was in the minority and always wanted to look back instead of forward I would avidly support the GOP's Minority positions. But Minority elected Presidential decisions have been particularly costly for our country and have corrupted the Supreme court in the process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The way the US elects Presidents does not count each vote equally, no matter how you slice it. Whether you want to call us a Democracy, a Republic or a Democratic Republic. ONLY for the Presidency are some votes worth a lot more than others depending on what state you are in. Which... dare I say it... seems like "not democratic" when the person with fewer votes wins? Or maybe I don't understand math... 😉
  8. If in America the person who got the most votes won the Presidency think of how different for example the Supreme Court argument jury might be? For example there would not have been a Republican Elected President since President George Herbert Walker Bush. Now this is not absolute and you could argue that there might have been some other Republican that could have won the popular vote. But the only Republican to get a majority of the vote that was an incumbent George W. Bush. But Bush would not have been an incumbent. So you can suppose and propose dozens of "what ifs" but the bottom line is Republicans simply do not win Presidential elections if we are a Democracy instead of a Republic. So it's easy to understand why the Republicans stacked the court when given the opportunity by hypocritically changing the longstanding traditions regarding Supreme nominations, not once, but twice. But Trump would not have been in office... because he could never win more votes than the opposing party. But when you think about the War in Iraq, and the trillions of dollars spent and the added instability that was created by a naive President who attacked a sovereign country with bad intel? When you think about healthcare, you need to understand that Obamacare was based on a plan previously endorsed by, (hold your breath) The Heritage Society. If we had democratically elected Presidents broader more affordable healthcare would have been implemented decades ago. You can also look at the Iraq War and think of whether Al Gore's administration would have paid a little bit more attention to an August Presidential Daily Briefing and perhaps 9-11 never happens? Think of the trillions of dollars that could have been spent on something else? Would we be in the same situation we are today regarding Climate Change? If we had had a President concerned with the warming of our planet who received more votes was President that the guy who sold his West Texas Oil business to Saudi Arabia interestingly enough. I could scroll out a shit ton about Trump. Hell, Jared Kushner would be a couple billion dollars lighter to start. But I'll let other folks address their musings. The Supreme Court made me think about Democracy, and how our country isn't actually one. your Thoughts
  9. Sort of just typing cathartically. Lots of pluses and some real lows of helplessness on Dad's pain. Overall I have to say that both of them are "better" in that there are periods my Dad is basically pain free, and Mom is much improved. She had a UTI, and it is quite frankly mind boggling the cognitive toll it was taking on her. I was questioning the costs between nursing home and memory care, she was so unresponsive. She's never going to be who she was, but with dementia you just have to enjoy the moment while you still have it, IMHO. I know it's only downhill for both of them, but damn I haven't been around them this much in years, and it's beautiful that they still love each other so much. They really were a good example for me. Dad was actually pain free the whole afternoon, when I came back Sunday. Then he tried to poop on their low ass toilets... and he caused the nerve to flair and fucked up his night. Next day he was in periodic pain, but also good pain free periods, and more mobility when pain free. Today was day one of 4 days of Doc appointments which all require and in and out of the car that I can't help but think is not helpful to the back pain. But now I also believe that a concern is that his aortic aneurysm has gone from 5 to 5.5 mm in the last 6 months. They expected more like .1 per year. And I just looked up "size of aortic aneurysm" and looks like they feel you need to operate at 5.5mm or above. So now I think that there is going to be a real fear of the second epidural shot, as his I think his blood pressure was like 200 over 130? Memory is so foggy now, but it was as crazy high. So the pain could actually kill him is sort of where I see the concern going. Post op appt today, vascular tomorrow (today in 10 minutes), Joint/pain Wed and Primary on Thursday. It's an ordeal to get them both fed, straightened up, and into the car with enough lead time for me not to be stressed about the getting them out of the car and to where we need to go at the hospital/clinic. But at least I hope I have a better picture of what is what. Unfortunately I got to witness basically almost two straight hours of agony tonight. No position sitting or standing could relive the pain. Basically constantly puffing in pain like giving birth, to the point of exhaustion. I finally convinced him to try to lie down as if he could ever find a spot lying down where he wasn't dying he might be able to get some rest. Just gnarly ass continual pain with even winces beyond that level. It was tough to watch, and while we have been trying to keep the opioid use as low as possible, thank God for hydrocodone, as it is now finally allowing him some respite from the agony. I was about to write that tomorrow is a new day, but now today is tomorrow... On the bright side Dad's been asleep in pain free for all of today's 8 minutes. Gotta keep hope!
  10. I'm Sorry. I'm now in the middle of this in a way that is cascading pretty damn quickly. Dad has been a rock physically and mentally. They have been fiercely independent, but something changed at Christmas and my Dad starting having severe back pain. Of course he didn't communicate with me the severity beyond "it's still bothering me." I call him about two weeks about and he is in screaming agony when I called. Apparently this level of pain is what "still bothering" meant. But now instead of a few minutes of white poker pain it's sometimes hours. He is also my mom's caregiver as she has dementia but was in decent physical shape. The decline in her is clearly observable physically, because as Dad's pain became unbearable, his care for her declined precipitously. Got him in last week to bone and joint doc, got the MRI, he got an Epidural shot, and I went home for a day. Next day mom fall's apparently upstairs and neighbors come over he tells me. I say "I will be back in A&M." He then calls me about 9:30 that evening (I had dinner with my sis to talk about the future with them). Explains to me that "I need to write this down his blood pressure is 92 over 65, and his heart rate is 177!!! I am telling him shut up, and call 911. I talk with EMS during all the commotion and they are explaining to just take it easy coming up, he is stable and heading to ER. I then ask, "What about my Mom?" You cold hear the incredulity in his voice, "Your Mom is here?" She had her hearing aids out and the commotion did not register for her at all. So the problem is trying to juggle Dad in the hospital (soon to be released) and Mom who is out of it a lot and sleeping a LOT apparently since Dad. So she has declined markedly and getting her as close to what she was a month ago is now my primary goal. As that is something I can influence. Dad's out of the hospital, actually the first epidural did give him a little relief, but not much. In the hospital he was feeling pretty good, but IV pain meds may have had something to do with that. Good news was he got into the wheel chair to leave, which is something that caused him writhing agony previously. My lovely wife has found a memory care bed for my Mom that we have 30 days to move into here in Austin. That's step one to getting them both closer. My life is basically on hold, but thank God that I don't have a boss to answer to telling me what to do with my time. The goal is to get mom moved to memory as healthy as I can make her, and get my Dad into an independent or assisted living depending on how this back pain issue works out. I walked into the hospital and he was talking to a doc and intern and he was completely breaking down. Watching his wife deteriorate over the last couple years, and now his ongoing extreme back pain, combined with a lack of sleep (has not laid down prone in over a month) just had him sobbing. But he needs to talk to me or somebody, and I think he doesn't want to "burden me" with his problems. But they are my problems too! And we all need to have somebody to talk to in stressful time. Just talking about it and crying can help, it really can. The great news is Dad's brain is still there, and they have financial means to get them in a good situation once all this shakes out. But once all this works out I will end up the point guy on a remodel of their place on Lake Belton. As a bonus Dad has an aortic aneurysm that I think they said was 5.5 centimeters, that he had declined to have surgery on before. But I think he is reconsidering and might get the surgery if he can get this back pain to a manageable level. But that is a long way out right now. So I am in the beginning of what may be a long journey. But if I can get them both closer to me, it will be a lot easier to get them support and more importantly be able to visit with them both and bring a little joy into their lives. Right now this is more important to me than anything else. And while mentally and physically the travel, stress and lack of sleep are taking their toll on me, whatever the cost to me, they we great parents and deserve the best from me now in their greatest time of need. I am lucky that at least I have a sister who will help some. But most of the actual work and time is gonna fall on me.
  11. I think what happened with Ketch was he was contemplating how to write a hit piece but didn't have the logic in place... Then he reached fo the ketchup, got grease on his arm from the burger, recoiled from the grease, hitting the corner of his big gulp, which began to wobble, and with those two paws resembling a beef patty surrounded by little smokies, reached forward and steadied the wobbling cup! ... and one of those little smokies accidentally hit post on his keyboard.
  12. What the GOP simply wants is white minority rule. That is why they hate democracy and voting, and instead prefer to restrict voting as much as they can legislate. And since there are so few elected republicans with any principles at all, they can lie about the truth, and have no shame at all about it. here is a great example of the GOP's fear of people voting legally and freely. A completely hypocritical ruling to do one thing, restrict voters from voting. Ohio attorney general rejects voting-rights coalition's ballot petition for a 2nd time The GOP has managed to put a majority of judges on the Supreme court, who were appointed by Presidents who did not get a majority of the popular vote when first elected. So Minority rule is already what we have on the highest court. Democracy is not in the GOP's interest, it simply isn't and the link above proves it.
  13. Work at golf club part time. Get your bartenders license and work events like ACL. Crosswalk guard at elementary school. Start you own consulting business in your field. Find a way to leverage your IT experience? Might be tutoring? That's mostly evenings but plenty of time for golf and daytime activities. Maybe "Mr. Wrinkles" on OnlyFans. Volunteer helping young people do something or learn something. Very rewarding emotionally, and being around younger people keeps you young. Odd one here, but I know a retired gal that does this and likes it... Hearse Driver for funerals. But if you are a risk taker the answer is obvious...
  14. OK... Which one's Chooky?
  15. 1) Check with your Health Insurance. A LOT of insurance companies will subsidize the watch purchase with some sort of stipend for meeting your activity goals. Look there first as you may find out you can get an unreal deal. 2) If you are cheap, buy an older model, I think the 8 is where you get O2 sensing. I love mine. Only thing I wish was that it would stay charged for a week. But it's awesome for fitness, but only if you give a shit. You can also share data, so you can "compete" with family and friends if that appeals to you and motivates you. I guess the best way it helps you achieve fitness goals is by giving you more data to evaluate your training recovery. The only thing that makes you more fit is recovery. If you don't get enough rest, good diet and hydration that will show up in AM resting heart rate for example. It really depends on how much you want it to help with your fitness goals? If you need someone to say, "get off your ass!" It is wonderful at that! But the heart rate and sleep data are probably the best tools from an evaluation of progress and training planning. But for you it may just be gradually raising your goals, and having the watch prompt you to complete them daily.
  16. The problem is at this point the interest expense on the cards is bleeding you out. Seems like the access to the $49K is the relief pressure valve you are looking for. As has been said pay off highest and work diligently on the remaining balance. I might even do a little research seeing if there are transfer offers on some of your cards and not others. So maybe pay off a card in full that has a slightly lower rate to shift a balance to some promotional rate? Usually the fee to move the balance is a couple percent, so unless the rate is super low probably not worth it, but I would look for anything that could buy me some breathing room. Sorry to hear about the issues with your son, I can only imagine the emotional toll it has taken on you past the financial toll. Past the $49K I guess I say go full austerity, as it's the only way to dig out. Make a two year plan if you are dead set on not pulling from your home equity. I am not a big proponent of bankruptcy, but if that's the path to your getting whole you have to consider it. It sounds like you guys are just trying to hang onto the house, and be reasonably secure 10 years from now. Bankruptcy could get you there conceivably? As others have said a credit union might give you options beyond what you have now. Having the wife go full time for two years, since she is the most adamant about no refi, it's not an unreasonable ask. Good luck, hope the ball bounces yall's way!
  17. Just looked at one of the Longhorn draft rankings and interestingly enough Houston has the #59 pick, and T'Vondre is ranked as the #60 pick in this ranking. I would love to get me some T'vondre Sweat on our DL, then Anderson could really feast. It was interesting to me that they had Byron Murphy before Sweat in the rankings. Anyhow I could see how maybe we might get some burnt orange blood for the Texans. I can always hope! TEXAS LONGHORNS 2024 NFL DRAFT PLAYER RANKINGS RANK PLAYER POS COLL WEIGHT HEIGHT 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK RATING SUMMARY 36 Adonai Mitchell WR 196lbs 6-4 4.50 9 43.8 87.1 Adonai Mitchell, Wide Receiver, Texas Adonai Mitchell's journey began at Cane Ridge High School, where he was rated a 3-star recr... 43 Byron Murphy II DL 308lbs 6-1 5.05 9 52.6 86.6 Byron Murphy II from DeSoto High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. After high sc... 45 Xavier Worthy WR 172lbs 6-1 4.29 6 34.6 86.5 Xavier Worthy from Central East High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. After high... 55 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE 243lbs 6-4 4.56 3 57.5 86.0 Ja'Tavion Sanders from Ryan High School was rated a 5-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 5-star grade by 247 Sports. After high sc... 60 T'Vondre Sweat DL 362lbs 6-4 5.05 14 62.1 85.9 T'Vondre Sweat from Huntsville High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. After high... 62 Jonathon Brooks RB 207lbs 6-0 4.45 5 69.4 85.8 Jonathon Brooks emerged from Hallettsville High School as a multi-faceted athlete, excelling in both football and basketball. In f... 173 Jaylan Ford LB 242lbs 6-3 4.76 17 153.5 79.7 Jaylan Ford from Lone Star High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. After high sch... 190 Christian Jones OT 321lbs 6-6 5.21 41 166 78.5 Christian Jones from Cy Woods High School was rated a 3-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. Following h... 210 Isaiah Neyor WR 215lbs 6-3 4.49 63 470.5 77.9 Isaiah Neyor from Lamar High School was rated a After high school, Neyor opted to join Wyoming.In 2019 as a freshman Neyor saw a... 263 Jordan Whittington WR 204lbs 6-1 4.47 53 375.7 75.0 Jordan Whittington from Cuero High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 4-star grade by 247 Sports. After high ... 334 Keilan Robinson RB 188lbs 5-9 4.32 50 515.5 72.0 Keilan Robinson from St. John's High School was rated a 4-star recruit by ESPN and handed a 3-star grade by 247 Sports. Following...
  18. Plenty of needs still but finally the team seems to be building a sustainable base that offers a likelihood of an upward trajectory. Damn. Writing that makes me feel like I personally may have jinxed the team. Hopefully just Oiler PTSD! I think if you get Stroud better protection, all receivers will see improved numbers. So I am hoping a little more O-line help. I know that it's not flashy, but better protection giving another 1/2 second for routes? I think that could be a nice return on investment. They definitely struggled versus Baltimore, so it's an area that could use some shoring up, if for no other reason than to allow dinged up guys to get some relief? Strong arguments for CB, WR, DL as well. We are pretty good one deep, not great, but pretty good. Maybe we can work some free agency magic, and another year of draft magic to make 2024 another playoff year. Just keep putting good peices into place and good things will happen with Demeco and Stroud I am truly starting to believe (despite my Oiler PTSD)
  19. In other words...Thank God we can rely on the Republican controlled raw desire for personal power at the Supreme Court level to make the correct decision, rather than rely on the integrity and principles of the court. 5-3 GOP So, for the most politically corrupt Supreme court ever, desire not to cede power is our best hope. God help us...
  20. I think I have some sort of hillbilly rig for my RV from the prior owners that looks pretty similar. OF course the fucking outdoor plug near the heater wasn't getting any juice. Maybe a GFCI somewhere, need to test it and see if that's the case or not. That was why I didn't try my heat gun is with so much exposed pipe you could just not be hitting the right spot. I guess it's great that it freezes so often now in Austin, I get an immediate chance to see if my wrap saves it this go round.
  21. My thought was this Spring to potentially flip the conventional water heater into the garage, to free up the space. But a tankless would actually solve all my garage configuration issues with electrical and plumbing for the washer and dryer in the garage. In fact the one area of vulnerability during the snowpocolypse was that the feeder water line for the water heater is not insulated (or well insulated) in the garage wall. And the hot water froze up on those garage lines that were inaccessible. Tankless might be actually the simplest solution from a space and plumbing routing perspective to grab that closet space. So how many GPM are your heaters?
  22. I was wondering about this? Simply as at some point I did some research, and it seemed like the flow of water was what kicked on the gas units I was looking at way back when. With the better insulation maybe just turning on the hot water for a couple minutes every couple hours will do the trick? I'll go measure the space for the future cover, and do a little research on the model they installed. I could pretty easily make that utility closet additional interior storage space, with such a change. SO DIFFERENT QUESTION- Those of you commenting, do you like your tankless water heaters? The reason I am asking is that I am seriously contemplating moving the hot water heater from the interior closet (it used to also house the air handler before it was moved to attic) behind the closet wall and into the garage. I could flip the water connections from the back wall of the utility closet, onto the back wall of the garage pretty easily actually. Assuming the current vent would meet spec on a tankless gas heater. But no power, no hot water, right?
  23. Yeah once it got some sun on the black insulation yesterday it started to work. Still has a little bit of a drip, but apparently it's pretty minor. Yes,yes,yes, drip the hot water! I will likely just go ahead and build a box out of foam and some 1/4 ply, as an extra layer of protection. Still I will never understand why folks are such fuck ups on simple installations. The way the flex connections are forced up against the bottom of the unit because they are too damn long makes them impossible to insulate properly. It just takes a fucking second to do shit right, and so often it's just fuck it up, and move on... Thanks guys for all the input! Oh and it faces East, so catches the morning sun
  24. The maintenance guy came out and broke off two of the valve handles... so there's that. I think it's gonna start leaking like a mofo, one it warms back up. But hopefully not. I mean they have the fucking temp setting that should be inside the house dangling on the about 8 feet of wire curled up underneath the thing. That's the LED small square panel you see. But they have Flex water connections that are way too long and thus are crimped in the forcing the connection process and impossible to get insulation around. But hillbilly before and after dad... I did have several bits and pieces of insulation I grabbed from the garage that I hung on to. But I had to cut some strips to fill the gapping as I duct taped up all the water lines. Isn't that electrical line supposed to come into the bottom? Or does a watertight fitting negate that? Oh I did get a nice pour of a couple of tasty Tequila Ocho top shelves at Eldorado Cafe on the way home.
  25. My daughter lives in a newer neighborhood off MLK and they have an outside tankless system. She's renting, and the bottom line is the install was shitty, and the insulation was non-existent. So she ended up with no hot water. I saw a little water leaking but with so much pipe exposed, I figured hitting it with my heat gun might not work and that I should just wrap the pipes as best I could. Forty five minutes later I did about as good a job as can be expected. So maybe next freeze the thing survives. But do any of you have outside gas tankless heaters? IF so how do you insulate them? I was thinking of going over and rewrapping, when my fingers aren't frozen, but I was also thinking about maybe building an insulated box to hang on the wall to further protect the system? Anyhow wondering what some of you do in this situation. I searched for another thread so if this is a duplicate I appologize.
×
×
  • Create New...