Jerry Callo

Lift with your legs, not your back.

My generation would have said - "what's a water bottle?"

The kids going to UT thread has plenty of posts about the CAP. Here are my daughters' experiences (no pics): Oldest wanted to go to Texas. Not auto admit and the year 2021 was a terrible time to get in as a freshman because so many kids deferred the previous year because of Covid. Ended up with a CAP offer. She was really down due to not getting into Texas, but I convinced her to be proud of the CAP offer - there are plenty of kids that don't get that. She did a year at UTSA and did great. Automatically admitted to the College of Liberal Arts (which is what the CAP offers). She wasn't sure what she wanted to study and chose economics. Later in the semester she realized the CoLA offered both a BA and a BS in economics. She switched to the BS as it required much more math and stats - which expands her opportunities more than economic theory. She's in her junior year and doing great. Youngest graduated HS this year. She wants to be a physical therapist. Applied to UT for biology and also received a CAP offer. We sat down and talked about it. If she really wanted to go to UT, then take the CAP offer. However, she would not be guaranteed that ability to study biology as CAP only guarantees admission into the CoLA. If she really wanted to be a physical therapist - go to a school that she could study biology from the beginning. Texas State has a great PT school and she was offered a scholarship. She decided that TXST was the best path for her future. TL;DR - if your kid want to go to Texas and is fine with a liberal arts major, then CAP is an excellent way to get there. If your kid's only path to Texas is CAP but does not want a liberal arts degree, it might be better to find the best alternative.

Diamondback water snake. If you can see the eyes from the top of the head, its not a cottonmouth. Cottonmouths have a hooded eye. Here's a picture from the side, but you can see how the eye is shielded from the top. Also of note in this picture - the cottonmouth has round pupils. Their eyes dilate with light, thus making the pupil shape a inconsistent indicator of venomous snakes.

1-A 2-C 3-donuts

Only two trips to the auto parts store during the swap - probably a new record for me.

That is definitely a Northern Florida or Eastern Cottonmouth. I would not trust those gloves with venomous snakes.

Are you sure? It doesn't show Tree Fiddy under your name.

And they wonder why its been difficult beating the Ukrainians.

In 6th grade, I was pulled out of 1st period language arts class by the vice principal. The librarian had heard noises coming from my locker. Before school, I had stopped by the cool science teacher's class to visit his two hognose snakes - he wasn't there and the door was locked. Knowing it would be a bad idea to take the bag to class, I put the bag in my locker. The bag held 5-6 gulf coast toads I had brought for the snakes. Later in the year, that cool science teacher and I traded reptiles - my Texas alligator lizard in exchange for a six foot coachwhip.

You might also check with the Texas State Library and Archives. They have a treasure trove of Texas historical documents and photos.

Yeah. I get to replace a fuel tank in the near future myself. Right now, it's just easier to change the inline fuel filter every couple months.

So true. My '69 Chevy C-10 is pretty basic, but I'll be damned if something doesn't break every other week. Just switched from a mechanical to an electric fuel pump, which appears to have fixed some issues. Only to notice the master cylinder leaking fluid out the back. New MC, power booster, and proportioning valve going in this weekend.

I feel blessed that I have nothing to add to this thread or at least anything I have would pale in comparison to some of these other stories.

Austin area. I tried to Google with no luck - they must be brand new.

I don't care for the curbside carts either. But, as stated above, the trade-off is 15-20 people/families shopping. I dislike idiot shoppers and dumbass kids more than inconvenient carts. If there is a curbside cart or multiple shoppers in an aisle, I'll park my cart on the end and go grab my item. Guerilla shopping, really.

Give it a try. Just don't compare it to Texas chili. Compare it to whatever other weird shit they eat up there. I've had chili three-way: "chili" over spaghetti with onions and cheese. It's not bad, just not comparable to Texas chili.

This right here.

I second speaking with the hospital's social worker. Different situation, but they were extremely helpful when trying to get resources for my mother. My sister and I had no idea what we were doing. He might be a candidate for hospice care as well. Hospice does not require a diagnosis of < 6 months as it used to. Just diagnosis of certain chronic health problems - COPD, Heart issues, etc. Good luck and thank you for looking out for your fellow man.

Nope. Eastern Hognose

A note from MAC's father about the celebration of life: John Nova's Celebration of Life attracted hundreds to the Continental Club last night and was a resounding success! Steve Earle sang 3 numbers and talked about John and his relationship, Shellyy Davis sang a couple, one specially written for the event, I got up and sang "Buffalo Skinners" so I can now say I've played the Continental Club and that Steve Earle opened for me! The SOLE OF HOUSTON was presented and is now available. GFM contributors are entitled to a free copy, $25 + $5 shipping/handling for copies if you were not a GFM contributor. It's available now at BSig's Lagoon, Cactus Music and Brazos Books; I hope to get some into the houston Public Library System.

¡LISTO!

I found for the first time today, HEB vacuum sealer bags. Considerably cheaper than FoodSaver.

Seems like yesterday we took the girls to their first UT game. Last night my oldest was watching from the front row of the student section in DKR.