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Victor Lazlo

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  1. The Expos logo consists of the stylized letters "eb", which stands for "Expos Baseball". When taken as a whole, the logo forms a large "M", representing "Montreal".
  2. So this earth-shaking, “steal the sips’ thunder on their SEC day” news doesn’t even get a mention on the ESPN or SEC Network bottom line
  3. Archie Bunker Latka - Taxi George Costanza
  4. This guy nailed Looch’s bullshit at 4:58, about 10 minutes before Looch posted that of course he’d known all about it for months and was tirelessly working behind the scenes to verify details. I’m sure dude has been banned for it.
  5. You hang it, he’ll bang it
  6. Well, it’s 6:25 and they are still fucking around, so 10 minutes late at this point. The guy singer wearing culottes was an interesting look.
  7. Damn, I’d forgotten about Otto’s. I lived a few blocks from there around 1990. Supposed to have been one of George HW Bush’s favorites. Tried it once, never went back.
  8. Schloss is full of shit. If you knew JT was going to swing at the first pitch, why did you have your pitcher throw one right down the middle ?
  9. Fade that. 85 years of history out front shoulda told you.
  10. The agreement may cap payments at $20,000,000 from the school, but nobody can stop Collectives or companies from paying NIL to the athletes. Thats what the original lawsuit was about. Not the NCAA, nor anyone else, can stop the athletes from profiting off of their NIL. Or put limits on it. Thats the way I understand it. Good for us.
  11. Could one of you guys update the score for those of us not able to watch?
  12. I’ll tell you this- my sister showed up unannounced at my house the day after my wife died, and it was a blessing. I was wreck, and she helped me get organized. Our good friends did too. I never felt like any of that was an intrusion. I doubt your sister will. Sorry for y’all’s loss. From what you said, it sounds like Joe was a really good guy. Gone way too soon. Fuck cancer.
  13. OK, you two worry about mighty St Francis and our team not being mentally ready for that challenge because we lost a game to Houston 2 months ago. Wont make a difference in the outcome.
  14. No offense intended, my man, “but don’t sleep on St. Francis” ? Are you out of your mind? 40 wins against the dregs of college softball doesn’t equate to “but don’t sleep on St. Francis” against the number one team in the country. With all due respect.
  15. I am 30 miles from the antenna array that is in the SW part of Metro Houston. In my attic above my second floor - approximately 25 feet up - I unhooked the main cable input that fed into a powered booster that distributes to all of the cable outlets in the house. Then just connected a 40 year old set of rabbit ears to the booster. Rabbit ears pick up the same signal that an “HDTV” antenna does. I get great OTA reception through the cable outlets hooked up to all TVs. Depending on how high you can get it, I would think that one of the directional Yagi antennas would work well if all of the towers you are trying to hit are in the same general vicinity. I don’t have a specific rec for a Yagi antenna, but Amazon and others have plenty for $100 or less that should work. Of course, height of the antenna and any obstructions between you and the towers may affect your results. Good luck.
  16. PSA for Harris County homeowners aged 65 and over. I discovered a couple of months ago that Harris County gives a $275,000 homestead exemption to homeowners aged 65 and above. That is in addition to your normal 20% homestead exemption. So, doing the math, any house valued at $344,000 and below would owe roughly zero dollars in county taxes, instead of a $344,000 house owing roughly $2,400 in county taxes next year without the exemption. A house worth more than $344,000 will still get the benefits of the $275,000 over 65 and the 20% homestead exemptions. The exemption also freezes the school district taxes as of the year the homeowner turns 65. The ISD taxes can never go up going forward. It all is effective the year that the oldest on the title turns 65. Unless HCAD somehow has the oldest of the homeowners’ date of birth on file, you must apply for the exemption. I would apply anyway at the beginning of the year the oldest turns 65 just to make sure. Very simple form you can do online on their website, you must upload your Texas driver’s license to prove the age 65. The reason I bring this up is because two of my close neighbors and best friends had no idea about the over 65 exemption when I told them that I had filed. Now, after filing for the exemption, they and their spouses are supposed to get a couple of years of refunds from the county and ISD from their overpayments. Which will be several thousands of dollars. The county certainly doesn’t publicize the exemptions, I can’t imagine how many people don’t know to take advantage of them. If you aren’t that old, make sure your parents are getting the exemptions.
  17. Yeah, that Burnet location has always been a favorite for us. Stop to eat there several times a year on the way to the ranch. It’s always been clean, quick, and the food is on point.
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