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Nueces River Rat

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    One would think there should be some bargains to be had both domestically and international if the  worst case scenario threats begin to subside (or never materializes)  in July or August.   I still think I'd stay away from some of  the current  hot spots and stay close to home.   Mexico (Cabo or Puerto Vallarta)  or name your Caribbean Island via Air and not a cruise look like an option.    And not an all inclusive, but maybe a boutique type hotel or an Airbnb???     Although some of those all inclusive resorts ,  if they are hurting might be putting together some  packages which are too good not to pass on.  

  2. Just now, Buzzrock said:

     


    I wonder if we will be able to distinguish the Chinese government from the Chinese people. The Chinese (and Iranian) people are getting the shaft because of their stupid governments /noCR.

     

    I agree.   One thing from the Vox video that I posted that surprised me is these "wet markets" are primary in business for the Chinese "rich"  to get their exotic meats and not necessarily for the average person from the peasant class. Of course the rich in Chinese are the ALL part of the ruling party.   And many of them have gained their bank thanks to the export/manufacturing system they have in place with the rest of the world, primarily the USA.  

     It's not like in this country where if we want what we call exotic game, we hunt it on a special ranch,  process it immediately and don't let it get exposed to possible cross contamination issues.  

  3. 7 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

    I think they are prioritizing certain things in their shipments.  Toilet paper and bottle water take up a ton of space in a trailer compared to something like coffee filters.  

    Unless idiots are using coffee filters as ghetto rigged facemasks.  

    Seriously.   I guess I didn't notice because I use a Keurig.    HEB does have plenty of Texas Pecan available.

     

  4. 1 hour ago, Goredho said:

    If you have the means, buy a camper with a kitchen, bathroom and shower and park it in your driveway.  You will have to refill propane and dump the tanks occasionally.  If you can, go social distance in Big Bend, Moab or anywhere that has BLM land if the parks are closed.

    Edit: you can get a decent used camper that can do all the above for ten grand.  Look at craigslist of FB marketplace.

    If I could, I would do this in heartbeat.

    One common thing you will notice is the initial spread has been in areas of high concentrations of people such as the cruise ships,  nursing home and densely populated areas where people live close to one another in apartments or similar quarters.  One reason we get sicker in the winter time and even in Texas where we have milder  winters than most (but we get our share of winter yuck) is because we spend most of our time indoors where germs get trapped vs being outdoors where you have fresh air circulating around to disburse them and make them less lethal.   That doesn't mean with Corona or any other airborne virus or germ, you  can go outdoors  and live on the land if you will for short time and all sleep together in one tent or camper or what have you.   But being outdoors and in areas where there  is more separation between people should be a plus.

  5. 7 hours ago, LABEVO said:

    I am going to guess we find out the same about take-out/drive-thru.

     

    "When passengers were asked to go into a two-week quarantine in their cabins, crew members continued regular duties and delivered meals to guests. The workers remained in their cabins when they weren’t on duty"

     

    How does Carnival survive this?   Can they because this occurred out of the jurisdiction of US waters on ship registered in another country?  Are they immune from possible litigation in the USA because a very good group of Trial Lawyers can make some good coin with this little nugget right here.  

  6. 4 hours ago, Hate said:

    This is 100% correct and something I've been espousing since the early days of this pandemic. The Chinese probably knew this was an issue by mid November or so.  Fuck them.  They need to feel the pain the rest of the world will feel from this. We need to re-patriot as much of our manufacturing as we possibly can and what can't be brought back to the US should go to Mexico, Central and South America.  Fuck China!

    The Chinese should be accountable once and for all  for the petri dishes called the "wet markets" where most of theses viruses originate from.   

    This Vox clip pretty much nails the issue and why the Chinese refuse to fix it.     

    One of the comments on the thread on You Tube says even our deaths will have "Made in China" label on it.

     

     

  7. 4 hours ago, tjhooker said:

    Dear Lord. I have a grandmom at a nursing home.  My dad went to see her but they would not let him in.  I would hope this was before that happened. This virus was in the US I'd guess since Jan. 

    My father in law is in an assisted living facility which is a tad different than a traditional nursing home as they don't have 24/7 medical attention, etc.    It's now off limits to non residents as my wife found that out over the weekend when she went to see him. 

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    23 hours ago, Quagmire said:

    If fucking idiots would buy stuff like they normally do there would be plenty for everyone . Just shows how fucking stupid so many people are on social media .

     

    Exactly like the false hysteria during the hurricane where the idiots caused a gas shortage .

     

    Had a hard time biting my tongue yesterday at the store making snarky remarks to all the people loaded up with shit on their carts.

     

     

    I can guarantee if something more serious then this comes along it won’t be the war, disease , etc that causes society to implode it will be dumbfucks fighting and shooting each other over fucking toilet paper

    This is exactly why once this current non sense dies off I will be purchasing one of those emergency survival kits with MRE's and other stuff.   This along with other essentials which I usually stock up on before hurricane season for which now I will have a year around supply.

    Humanity is stuck on stupid and I refuse to be part of it.

  9. On 3/8/2020 at 1:28 PM, hookem48 said:

    Used to work with a guy that played with Dickerson in high school, he said when Dickerson changed his mind the dealer came to the school and picked up the car, then SMU got it back for him.

    aggy boosters were so pissed they were on the verge of filing a complaint against SMU with the NCAA,  but then pulled back because of initial the paper trail  would have been produced by Dickerson and SMU linking the TA to aggy.     aggy has always been stupid think they got the goods or the best end of something and then door slams right in their face.  

  10. On 3/9/2020 at 6:26 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

    Has a very big FJ influence. And that’s a good thing 

    Toyota made a big mistake getting rid of the FJ.   As did GM when they got rid of the Hummer.     But GM always finds a way to fuck up vs Toyota who occasionally  fucks up.

    I do kind of like the looks of the new Silverado however.  

  11. On 2/24/2020 at 7:39 PM, tx 3 putt said:

    I really like this back seat under storage. big enough for my hard hat, boots, and since it had so much space, gave me a reason to buy some tools. I'm going to better secure it with zip ties (ill have to drill some holes) but it's big enough to hold a full size jack ( i think)

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    added a klein screw driver and box cutter to this tool roll 

     

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    bought a couple of these to hold d rings, S hooks, straps and smaller tie downs

     

     

    bought this for the pick up bed, $10 on amazon. works great for as little as it'll be used. held in place with D rings.

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    on to the good stuff. im about ready to pull the trigger on AMP Research PowerStep Xtreme Running Boards. $300 more then the normal Amp PowerSteps, but I'm all about the Extreme lifestyle. $1800 / $300 install

     

     

    overall, im loving this truck. 

    I got the under seat storage thing from my F-150 though Amazon Outlet.    It was obvious it was an open box item because the box which it was shipped in was barely holding up when I got.  BUT I probably paid half or more less than a brand new one.  It's a cool thing to have to stash stuff out of sight .

  12. 6 hours ago, F250 said:

    The Corona virus is everywhere out here and Ebola too. People should stay away.

     

    This seems to be an issue up in that immediate area.   We are wanting to purchase land somewhere in Hwy 46 vicinity (Boerne to New Braunfels), but we still have time to see how this plays out.  Really even before I started following this,  we were leaning towards west of 281 on 46 toward Guadalupe St Park area.  

     

    https://www.stop3009vulcanquarry.com

  13. 6 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    The thing that characterizes rich school districts first is that they are relatively small.  So there are fewer nooks and crannies for corruption to grow and hide.

    I suspect you might find that smaller, less wealthy districts are less corrupt than the big ones.

    I have long thought that from a business perspective, large ISDs need to be broken into smaller units.  This would exacerbate de facto segregation, though.

    Pretty much..

    The ISD's in the valley are extremely overloaded with bureaucracy and filled with many make work type of positions for political payback.  They are probably the largest employer in most towns down there save maybe McAllen.   Don't get me wrong  there are some honest people on some of the school boards, but they go into that position often trying to make lemonade out of lemons.  

  14. 2 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

    MNF died when they moved it to ESPN. They deserve the shitty personalities for being so fucking dumb.

    This ..... and the what was noted above about flex scheduling.

    Really  they should do what worked back in the day and just load the Monday nights up with teams that draw numbers.  Even when the Cowboys were treading water in the later years of the Landry era and going into the Johnson era, they still gave MNF the ratings.

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    10 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    There is something to be said about coaches that dont work the refs, ever

     

    we see the same thing in football with herman

    Yep.    Last night Smart should have gone bat shit crazy more than once with the refs.  Would it have worked?   Probably not.     It seemed like the ESPN commentators were waiting for Smart to snap because they could even see the slant in the obvious stat which was our lack of attempts at the free throw line until way late into the second half.

  16. 2 hours ago, Hate said:

    There is a chance I may be relocating to SA soon and the 281 corridor north of 1604 is pretty much the only area I'll consider.  Of course, I've lived in the Houston area for the last 12+ years so a 45 minute commute is pretty much nothing to me.

    We are looking at this possibility too.  My last kid will have graduated by then, so worrying about the school she will go to is not an issue. But the quality of the ISD and schools connected to it has much to do with the mojo for the area, so we will take that into consideration.  Right now north 1604 up to Blanco and west to Boerne is high on our radar as far as getting some land in the near future.    Originally  we though more towards New Braunfels, but we are waiting to see what occurs with a permit fight on a quarry proposed on RR 3009 near Garden Ridge turns out. 

  17. 1 hour ago, tokamak said:

    That's my hesitation as well. There's been times in the past that I've had to mow my St. Augustine midweek because it's so damn thick. I haven't dug into reviews on the eGo mowers much. There's a guy in my neighborhood that has one and he said it's fine but I didn't really grill him. In theory, I'd think an electric mower should be able to put out plenty of torque. Might need an extra battery for when it gets really thick, and those big batteries ain't cheap. In any case, my gas mower still has a couple more years of life in it, so I'll worry about it later.

    Get the eGo trimmer. I've been really happy with it. My only complaint is that the model I have isn't incredibly ergonomic. I wish it had a curved shaft instead of straight (I'm 5'9"). Also, the eGo brand cord is garbage. Buy yourself a roll of good stuff for like $10 and wrap your own spools (it's very easy).

    Same here with the life of my mower.   Hopefully it can give me a few more years until we move up to the Hill Country where in many of the areas where homes are being built, the grass of choice is Zoyisa or some other thinner blade grass which requires less water and mowing.  

     

  18. 31 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    We have a battery powered ryobi. Beats changing oil and fucking with fuel.

    Yep.   A few months ago I changed the fuel lines on the Echo I'm looking to replace and it worked for awhile, but it started leaking again a few weeks ago.  So I figure it's something deeper in the motor which is causing the leak and slow start up which means taking it to a repair shop will probably come close to buying a new one.  Plus it's 10 years old which might have something to do with it.  

  19. 45 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    I’ve got the eGo weed eater and blower. Love them both, great tools. Can do my whole 8000 sf lot with one 2.5 Ah battery. I think my favorite part is that they are essentially maintenance free. No mixing gas, no gummed up carb. Just plug in the battery and go every single time.

     

    Never owned a gas weed eater, but the blower beats the pants off my old Poulan gas blower.

     

    I’m very seriously considering their lawn mower when my gas mower craps out. Will also get the hedge trimmer as soon as I have a need for one.

    The eGo is what I have my eye on.  It has great reviews on Home Depot’s website.

    I am not quite ready to jump into battery operated lawnmower just yet for the very reason our grass of choice down here in South Texas is St Augustine and it can  get thick as heck after a good rain and being off schedule with regular mowing.  My Honda gas mower sometimes struggles cutting it when this happens so I can’t imagine a battery powered mower doing the job.  

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