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Brisketexan

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  1. Okay, a retirement financing type question. We bought a flat in Scotland for our son to live in while he's in school. He may live and work there another couple of years after as well (although once he's working, he'll pay us rent). Already has a flatmate paying rent (kind of a reduced rate, as it's his best friend). We took out a mortgage in the UK (denominated in pounds) - it's not huge, say $200k to work with example round numbers. Two new factors: (1) the mortgage had an adjustable rate after 2 years, so it's now gone up about 2.4%, and (2) I've got a chunk of money from my dad's estate. The plan is obviously to take as much as we can from my dad's estate and invest to build up more for retirement. But this flat is part of our retirement plan -- we can earn a decent cashflow from it renting it out to students (yes, we'll pay taxes in the UK on that income, but it's not a lot as our UK earnings will just be that rental income). Say we can both yield $20k a year long-term renting it out, AND stop paying around $20k a year in mortgage payments now if we just pay it off. So, the question is....do we (1) re-fi the mortgage for another 2-3 years at 4.5%, or (2) pay it off with cash from the estate, thus taking that mortgage payment off our plate, parking some money/value in the UK (denominated in pounds, with the pound getting stronger v the dollar every damned day it seems), and then have it free and clear? Remembering of course that it's real property, and part of our retirement planning portfolio. With, you know, maybe a long-term plan being to rent it out only to exchange students for the academic year, then it's vacant during the summer, so we can spend summers over there in a much more hospitable climate.
  2. Anybody head out this morning? The boy and I are going this evening. First hunt he’s been on in a few years (he’s been away at college the past 3 on opening day). He’s home for an extra week this year, so hopefully we can go 2-3 times.
  3. This is the correct move. When you see a female GOP official, or the wife or daughter of one, go into a women's restroom, report them for violating the law, and make them prove that they're not. You have a good-faith basis for your report: anyone associated with such shitbaggery is surely dishonest and hiding something.
  4. You skipped the "i." It's Varicella. Pretty sure she used to work the day shift at Chicas Bonitas. I mean, that's what a friend told me.
  5. To be fair, it wasn't that specific. He just said "We're totally gonna invade one of those mexican countries."
  6. Sounds like emotional libtard bullshit. Why do you hate alpha males who care about what really matters -- lots of guns?
  7. I was on a road trip recently, and picked up an iced tea and a small order of the pickle tots as a snack. They were dry and shitty.
  8. Yeah, that all became painfully obvious over the past decade. "That is a hot stove burner. If you touch it, you will burn yourself." It's a simple and direct an explanation as you can give. And what follows? [sizzling sound of hand on burner] "OUCH! I didn't think the hot stove was going to burn MY hand!" Our species does not really deserve to continue.
  9. Did my wife and I pose for such a pic? Of course we did.
  10. Made a quick trip over to London over last weekend to see my daughter there one last time before she moves away for grad school. While we were there, Coldplay was playing. At Wembley. Dude. So yeah, I spent some money for three tickets. I’m not the world’s biggest Coldplay fan. But….holy f’n shit, their show at Wembley may have been the best concert I’ve ever seen. We’ve always wanted to see a show at Wembley (Live Aid was 40 years ago this summer….yeesh). It helped that I was there with people I loved, but we were also at one of the most storied stadiums on the planet…with 90,000 people from (literally) all over the world, all together in one of the world’s great cities. Humanity. In simultaneous joyful celebration. The band had the crowd in the palm of their hands, and that crowd was happy to go wherever Coldplay took them. I just typed a bunch of words, but words really don’t do the experience justice. The most-attended concert tour in history, at one of the world’s greatest venues, with a band that didn’t have a single miss. Fantastic.
  11. Attractive, gullible brunette who totally falls for dudes’ bullshit? WHEELHOUSE.
  12. Seems kosher.
  13. We had some questions coming into today. Seems they’ve been answered. The answers about our O and our coaching are not good.
  14. Any positions for a recent college grad looking for exposure to the field?
  15. We are DONE. No way we score two TDs. Defenses are great, but our O is just meh at best. Sigh.
  16. Defense is the story, as I expected. I don’t like the story. The Bon Aire ain’t a bad place to watch, though.
  17. What’s amazing is the absolute “Christmas morning” anticipation you get for even the POSSIBILITY of his death. That…is one hated SOB.
  18. When it first became affiliated with A&M, the year thought about calling it Texas A&M Laredo. But then realized everyone would call it “tamale.” So, they ditched that. Hell, even my Mexican Aggie dad thought they shoulda stuck with it and just rolled with the branding. It woulda kicked ass. Mascot coulda been a tamal named “Shucks,” could sell school-branded tamales at games and at the book store. Woulda been awesome.
  19. It’s better than that. Sure, he voted for a criminal pedo. But today, he also still swears fealty to a pedo. It’s fantastic to watch.
  20. Yeah, but see, before.....those were dirty Dem dollars. Now, the exact same dollars are blessed by Lord and Emperor of All he Surveys, the Supreme Leader Donald J. Trump the Magnificent, and not only are they good now, it is a holy obligation to take those dollars. Blessed be His Orange Name. Amen. Fucking. Cult. Of cunts.
  21. No they won't. Here, I'll write the opinion in advance: "Lord God, Emperor of All he Surveys, Supreme Leader Donald J. Trump the Magnificent wins. Because he can do whatever he wants. Period. All tariffs aren't just legal, they are brilliant, and we are blessed to have his strong leadership. Hail to Him." Done. I won't even charge them to use it, they can just use the copy-paste function.
  22. Good. Sweet lord, let them be fucked so, so, so hard. Let them lose it all. They sacrificed the very nation on the altar of bitter hatred they built, to worship an orange god. It's only fitting that they should be among the first consumed in its sacrificial flames. Because, again....
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