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Seems like the agent I used was in Liberty Hill and I think I got her name from Outdoorsy? Anyhow I was surprised, but you have to think there is some sort of referral kicker back to USAA. So somewhere there is some additional margin. I did almost no research, but I thought I would get a quote on the coverage that would at least give me the option to rent if I wanted to. Probably never will in all honesty, but I wanted to know the cost of the option. I was surprised it was less. On a more- Hey this is sorta cool... I bought a pair of these aluminum shovels, because I go to the coast a lot. But for an RVer a lightweight option for that once or twice you really wish you had a damn shovel. But on sale for $30 for the pair at Costco. But very light and really good for the beach, as truly nearly all aluminum. Anyhow, I'm tossing one in my truck and one in my trailer. About the only thing I can see that might rust would be the pin or the spring for the handle extension. .

I was doing the same thing. Then I think I got the same Progressive coverage, with the ability to rent the unit (I never have), insured the trailer for $24K vs $15K and paid less than my rate from progressive via USAA. I need to actually review the policy on the level of insurance for contents. As i just realized my items coverage for my cars is only $250. Then it rolls to my homeowners. But with a 1% deductible there I gotta have a lot of shit stolen to cover the deductible.

After seeing Nikki Haley basically say, "all my policies are the same as Donald Trump" and I agree with everything he says. Why is she running? To raise her profile for 2028? To be Trump's VP? I honestly don't understand announcing and then basically saying Donald Trump and I are exactly alike! Wouldn't you think she would have something to differentiate herself from the only other challenger in the race? I mean something right?

How fucking funny would Texas vs OU, A&M and LSU be with... A&M vs Texas, OU, and Arky. Hell one of you photoshop geniuses create and leak a memo... It would be worth is just to watch the complete mental breakdown of the Aggie base for a few hours.

So I guess welding Aluminum is a leap above all of this correct? I have always wanted to learn welding just to add it to my quiver of talents. I go to the coast a lot and have come up with some ideas for a hitch based carrier that would covert to an elevated rod holder and tray for surf fishing, with enough height to run out shark baits. But I would need to weld on a couple of triangular shaped convertible mounts onto the square tubing to enable the conversion from hitch carrier to elevated rod holder stand. I assume welding aluminum is a lot trickier?

Fuck John McCain. I was actually considering voting for McCain at one point. But McCain did the most dangerous thing any Presidential candidate has ever done in my lifetime. Nominated somebody completely and totally unqualified as his Vice President because of his own personal desire for power. As the oldest man running to that point there needed to be some minimum bar of quality and competence. McCain discarded that reasonable guideline and put the country at risk. In fact I dare say that that McCain's embrace of the lunacy of Sarah Palin certainly helped pave the way for Donald Trump. Up until that point I had a great deal of respect for McCain. But the danger he put out country in with Palin was simply not worth the risk. And he knew it was risky!!!

Anyone who say Buechele was a bad QB is a moron. Now you can say that with the shit O-line Texas had building the "run for your life offense" around was not gonna be Shane. Totally understood why he left. And yes... it's a fucking shame that Texas hasn't put more QB's into the NFL. there is a fucking two letter word reason... OL!

Well since we now officially have two candidates in former President Trump, and former Trump convert Nikki Haley, officially in the race the GOP really needs their own Presidential Candidate thread. You know that Mike Pence is in... because God told him to run. You know that Mike Pompeo is in because he lost weight and never answered questions under oath like Hilary Clinton did for hours. You know Ted Cruz is in simply because he has shown himself to be a man completely without shame, and extra low T when defending his wife's honor. Here is an image of who CNN thinks is looking at joining the race. But those first two spots in the clown car are now confirmed. DeSantis is in obviously. I don't know about Governor Abbott, if you were him would you want the national media laser focused on his response to the two biggest crisis he has faced in Uvalde and the power outage. In both cases he led with lies... Tim Scott will likely toss his hat in, just to let Nikki Haley know she ain't that special. Youngkin and Sununu could be decent candidates, but they are not nutty enough for the main stream GOP and likely one or both will keep their dry. Larry Hogan falls into this same category along with Asa Huchinson. I think Chris Christi is old news, but he might hop in just to fuck with Trump. Krist Noem might run, only because she is so vacuous that he probably believes she is just what America needs. Will Hurd? I seriously doubt it, but he might as a protest and just to raise his profile for the future. Liz Cheney - I would almost like her to run just to try and put a more serious percentage number on the dwindling sanity and reason within the GOP. She is the most interesting to me, as like Trump she might actually be able to garner an unshakable core percentage that while unable to achieve victory might put her a position for a real run in 2028. Add Your clown to the list! The scary things is that the more clowns there are the greater the possibility of a traitor President returning to office.

So went and hit a few balls and I know it's time to upgrade my gear, just because Iron technology has evolved so much in the last 30 years, I would now be at a clear disadvantage. The larger more forgiving faces on the irons alone would be worth the upgrade. I looked at a few online suggestions and since I love my Cleveland wedges, I thought their Launch Halo Irons might be a possibility. They got very good reviews. I also have liked my Callaway products and the wife said there was some gold stuff at Costco. And low and behold there was what seems like a very affordable set or graphite shafted Callaway Edge Irons, woods and an Odyssey Putter which is similar to my old Ping I like already. What do you guys think for a moderate upgrade to improve my game from my '90's tech. Costco Callaway 10 piece golf club set. For $579 with the putter seems like a decent deal. Same kit on Amazon was like $720 and up. Any suggestions or opinions on other forgiving clubs for an old duffer getting back into things? At least my shoes are comfy!

Well now that I've seen the framing.... It's sort of cool ain't it Luke?

pretty sure it's not to code as the idea is little heads not fitting anywhere through the gap and then the little one panicking, and strangling. I would fix it if it were me. Too bad you did not know sooner. I might ride the contractor a bit to help you out here, saying that honestly he should have known. Even without permits pulled that's a potential liability issue if some little one does strangle post remodel. DO THE MATH. It's honestly pretty simple. What IS a common mistake is to not properly account for the thickness of the flooring on the first step of the run. Saw some townhomes off MLK that had stained concrete rather than the hardwoods they should have because of this. Otherwise that first step is too short and the rise is not to code.

two small venue shows I just got tix for. Heavy, Heavy at C-boys in March. And a SoulHat reunion show (short Frosty)with Patrice Pice at Antone's to honor Johnny Walker who recently passed away. Might be the last time ever to hear "BoneCrusher" live. Walker used to play it on KLBJ on Friday's at five to start the weekend. Classic.

Copied from Tubaman on the concerts you're attending thread- Randy Franklin just let fly with the lineup for the annual Yard Dog Party at ABGB, Friday March 17. 26th Annual Yard Dog Party at ABGB Friday March 17 3 - Midnight FREE ADMISSION. No tickets, no rsvp, no nothin'. FREE ADMISSION. Music by 11 pm: Waco Brothers 10 pm: Jon Langford & The Far Forlorn 9 pm: The Silos performing the Cuba album 8 pm: Churchwood 7 pm: Wild Seeds 6 pm: Casey Neill 5 pm: Bob Schneider 4 pm: Jon Dee & William Graham 3:20 pm: Alice Spencer and Brian Beattie 3 pm: Ethan Azarian It's a Yard Dog party but it's not at Yard Dog. ABGB is at - 1305 W. Oltorf, Austin, TX 78704

At Club Foot in the early 80's! 😉 Here is a map of the 2023 downtown street closure permitting from the city events dept link to DT closures I think my main search now is gonna be for the few events taking place on Tuesday. SXSJ used to have an early Tuesday fundraiser that was more country flavored. Mainly it was on Tuesday which meant a LOT fewer folks had the flexibility to attend. But starting to get a little excited. Don't know if you have heard of the Heavy Heavy but they are playing a 2 night gig at C-boys on March 10/11. And since a lot of you guys have a case of the olds, there is daytime show at Antone's on February 25th at 1 pm. Johnny Walker Live! With a reunion of Soul Hat (Black Cat regular) and Patrice Pike's Band which I imagine may have a Sister 7 configuration at some point in the show. But might get some good walk ups.

only if Red be dead....

Yet if you were watching Fox News you were never burdened with the knowledge that the Trump Administration was upset with Trump being a "Pussy Ass Bitch" and got Twitter to take it down. Nor will the Fox News crowd be burdened with twitter changing the rules of account suspension to accommodate Trump's rantings. On Fox News... It was the Libs that were owned! Take that you Pussy Assed Bitches!!! And the cycle continues....

Step One (pun intended) Went to golf Galaxy and came super close to buying a pair of cuatar money makers like the ones below, but the actually burnt orange accent on these new release Pumas versus last years model in the money makers swayed me. There was a little more stability in the pumas as well.

Spent a winter evening when it snowed back in the early 80's pushing folks on the freeway out of an icy patch in a low spot on 1-35 hidden by the guardrail. Now confess are these cabinets ones you stained yourself from Lowes? They look just like my olds ones and were very similar in color as well, I think the stain was shaded bark.

Ha- I used to own a condo in Sunnyvale Villas just up the street.

Luckily I am already limber, but I have always had back issues and flexibility helps there. I went and hit a small bucket yesterday, sucked like shit at first. But once some of it started coming back I closed my foot position a hair and moved back away from the ball, i was striking about 25% really well, the other 50% headed in the right direction down the fairway, and the rest exactly like a guy who hadn't hit a bucket in 10 years. Talked to my buddy and I think he's in on joining Golfintity, at least for a couple months. So I wanted to hit some balls just to make sure my back would not blow out before signing a contract. I'm gonna go try on more shoes today. While I honestly prefer the soft spike shoes for foot grip, the nub cleats will be a lot more comfy walking, which is part of my restart reasoning getting some non-beer cart exercise. I will buy a good pair of waterproof, with soft spikes if I continue to play, and start making tee times without the weather as the primary criteria. The good news is I still can bang down the putts. I was explaining to my wife the horror of the "3 putt" in that usually you are barely missing that second putt. And those 3 inches are the same stroke count as a 260 yard drive. For me it's about improvement and honesty. I'm only playing against myself and pretending I am better than I am because I continually improve my lie is just bullshit. Of course my background is 90's shooters over multi-hundred holes and you don't get to improve your lie with your gamblings buddies. Plus without an honest stroke count why bother to play? But yesterday gave me hope. That 25% of strikes that jumped off the club face, and solid putting gave me hope, but golf is a game of frustration... once you start to get hope! 😉

I don't mind paying good money for shoes at all. That was where I was going to initially focus my shopping. I used to sell shoes as a teen and good shoes are money well spent in nearly every instance. So gotta see what's comfy AND supportive. Plus I know what fits in shoes! Talked to my buddy to go see whats lurking in the discard closet at his dad's place. I need him to get another pair of hand me downs so I can get his current Mizuno's! Love my putter and won't change that, or my wedges. Just thinking a little more forgiveness with a larger face in all likelihood. Hell I need to see if I even have a decent glove anymore. I just realized my old Adidas soccer turf cleats are nearly identical to a lot of today's golf shoes.

So I THINK I am about to start playing again. I have probably played about 3 rounds in the last 10 years, but I'm sure I could step up cold and break 100... as if that's worthy of note. 😉 I only picked up golf at all because my wife's Father had a family reunion built around a morning golf tournament. And I was the young future son-in-law who did play half a round with some 1940's Tommy Armour blades with worn ass grips. I managed to get closest to the pin that day (much to the consternation of my future wife's father who had never taken home a trophy from the tournament). I played for about 4 or 5 years, mainly as simply gambling. Shooting in the high 80's to mid 90's for most of that time, but standing over quite a few multi-hundred dollar putts with our "dots" gambling game. I decided to improve my game after years of giving my buddies a little cash here and there and bought a set of 4 lessons at Golfsmith (dating myself) and I moved my game from mid 90's to consistently mid 80's on the high range and cracking 80 on easier courses more and more. Anyhow my gambling buddies moved away long ago, and I quit playing as I spent nearly a decade coaching two traveling teams. But now I am thinking I am going to get back into it. I am trying to decide my best plan of action, as if I start again, the goal is to be a mid 80's and below shooter. I have decided that after so long a break I am going to start off by buying a package of lessons and allow myself to be coached from scratch. The good news is i know course management so that alone saves me a couple strokes, and I have always been an above average putter. So questions- Keep in mind that I don't want the most expensive or best looking gear (remember the gambling part), but I want function. 1) Golf shoes - What should I buy. Used to mainly buy FootJoy, but now there seem to be so many choices? But I am looking for comfort and walkability. I still have an old pair of sandal soft spikes I used to love but now the comfort level looks to be a lot higher. I am going to probably walk a lot of twilight in the future for exercise, so what should I look for? 2) Lessons - I am seriously contemplating joining a place off 183/620 Golfinity for at least a couple months for a combination of a practice facility and lesson package. i also thought about just getting a package of some lessons at First Tee since I don't belong to a club anymore. But I know lessons and practice took 10 strokes off my game with a willingness to do "what wasn't comfortable" and relearn my swing. This time I figure just start with lessons so that I am practicing good form and technique. Any thoughts on what I should focus on? The Golfinity indoor place would give me both lessons, and daily practice if I can make the time, at a seemingly affordable price point. IF the lessons are solid. 3) Clubs - Ive got some 8 or 10 year old 2021 Tommy Armour 845's, but figure I will buy a new set and get fitted. or a discounted higher quality used set that is close to being truly fitted. My game is not so good where that 1/4 inch is gonna throw me off! I am about to pull out my old crappy stuff and go hit a few balls and the putting green. Then all hope will be lost... 😉 Anyhow give me your thoughts about getting back into the game.

I was telling the wife last night during the speech, that Biden reminds me of a big dicked naked guy in the locker room that keeps walking over to talk. And the GOP was at the tying their shoes stage in the locker room each time Biden walked over.

Dylan is King without a doubt. But one lyric has always struck me as one of the most original and creative ever... "Little old lady got mutilated late last night." Fucking genius. So a tip of the hat to Warren Zevon. I think Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen are two sides of the same coin. With Springsteen focusing on our struggles, hopes and dreams, while Petty painted pictures of the Americana that are etched into all our audio memories. John Prine is an elegant writer, and probably as much as anyone, was a nurturer of the craft of writing itself within the music community. Lots of other great American writers, but I think these four likely separate themselves above the rest. (excluding Zevon).

What I like is that as much as the GOP whines about the border they simply never actually present bills that could pass. I also like the way the GOP whined incessantly about healthcare and how they had a better plan. A plan that interestingly like the border plan, is a secret plan, never to allowed to be seen by the American public. Now the GOP that spent more money with less results on their deficit creating monster called the 2017 Tax cuts and Jobs plan. Only it didn't produce any more jobs than the economy they inherited. In fact for all the borrowing... they never did create more jobs annually even after falling 560,000 jobs behind the Obama/Biden economy they took the helm of in 2017. Two thirds of that tax cut ended up in the hands of the top couple percent. Who simply did not need it. Now you will not be allowed to see the GOP plan to decimate social security and put more common folks in the poor house... while preserving that tax cut for the wealthy. You see that tax cut that further concentrated more wealth into fewer hands is exactly what the GOP plan is. Helping the average man and woman is just something for slogans, not for legislation. But it's always fun to see the endless delusion of the misinformed here. But hey without disinformation and self delusion a thinking Republican would blow their fucking brains out at their stupidity.