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So gracious

Apaches back today. Just made their 2nd run. Now they’ve got me curious…

Would have assumed they got filled w/ something going the other way, but I don't know shit about fuck.

Not sure why that tweet got deleted, but here's the saves:

Someone in the comments said those were likely empty, and I feel like that makes sense on one level (the blowing over and sliding so far), but can't imagine they are transporting hundreds of empty containers around.

Gotta think that fucks w/ the supply chain a little bit.

Not really sure what you mean by ghetto stopgap, but there's a brand new sidewalk on the East side of Pleasant Valley from Lakeshore to Canterbury, and it looks like the West side is getting an update as well.

The old Lamar bridge didn't have a brand new wide ass sidewalk on it.

How so? I cross that dam every other week or so via the hike and bike.

I've never understood this project. Building shit just to build it.

Hell of a win ladies! Way to close it out! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

^^ pretty much the exact verbiage, much more nicely delivered. Just one soldier showing me how it worked. Very cool day for 6th grade me.

JE cracked me up basically telling the announcer to do the math re: Akana

Nah, not that one. Bonanza I think.

I did that just before the Apache first entered service...maybe 1984? My mom was fairly high ranking w/ a specific leadership position on base, so we got to check out all the new stuff coming online back then at a big demo: Apache, Blackhawk, M1, M2 - even the Sgt. York that never made it into the rotation. Learned how to fire a LAWs rocket that day (not for real, just how to do it w/ an empty one). My uncle flew F5s and my dad flew Hueys, so I was around every military aircraft growing up. My only cool Apache story as an adult: I was doing sales for a tech company and one of our engineers was part of a flying club - X members owned like 4 planes (Cessna 172 was the one we used most, but I think this was a Beechcraft?) and they shared the costs. So we would fly to Dallas or Houston for work, and sometimes I'd get to drive once we were at altitude and I couldn't really do anything to crash us. Had a meeting in Houston so we landed at Ellington, which has military traffic. On the way back from the meeting, my engineer tells me he's tired and asks if I want to fly left seat on the way home. I'm like...hell no! He says he'll handle the tricky stuff to get us off the ground, and then all I have to do is follow I-10 to 71, just like we were driving a car. So, I ended up left seat. As we are holding for clearance, I look left and one of the Apaches that was parked about 50 yds away is now hovering at maybe 5-10' and is pointed directly at us. I've seen 1000 Apaches, but I'll tell you now that they look decidedly different when you're staring down the barrel of that 30mm chain gun. I was puckered up like a mofo, even knowing nothing was going to happen - it's just menacing af! Took off (engineer handled power and trim), turned left over the ship channel, picked up I-10 and flew home just like I would have driven - 10 to 71. Engineer took over around Bastrop and landed us.

4 of them. Just came through again, from downtown headed toward 360.

Several Apaches going low up Lake Austin right now. Too quick to get a pic.

15 years ago, I might agree. NASCAR today seems like it sucks.

If you need a McLaren engine/transmission: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/957548259717846 This car met it's end at 140mph when it tried to occupy the same space as a concrete bridge piling down Circle C way in 2020. Somehow the driver survived, but the passenger was not as lucky.