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BottleRocket

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  1. Haalp! I've drained my pool. I have 4 gal of liquid chlorine and 2 gal of muratic acid. I've been told by my local pool store person to spray the acid on the pool plaster (1:`10 w/ Water). Let it set for a few minutes. Scub and wash off with water. Repeat with chlorine. Scrub. Wash. Does this sound right @Poolflood backstory: I've been fighting green algae for the past six months. Gave up treating this winter with the idea that I'd empty and start over after the oak bloom. Which is where I'm at now. Pools ARE worth it!
  2. Did they let you read Surly in prison? How was the food. What's the difference between shiv and shank? Tic Tac Toe?
  3. I've had success using a chlorine puck to rub the stain like sandpaper.
  4. "The fact that they can be trained in great numbers to collect loose change and possibly drop it in your backyard, making you a sort of tacky entrepreneur that rivals the likes of the head pimp of the Canning Highway/freeway off-ramp window washing operation." http://pilerats.com/written/light-easy/nature-corner-crows-are-geniuses-/
  5. It's a 40' cruiser and it's going to be quite a project. It's barely been used in the last 10 years. Dock queen. Fuel system is gunked, batteries dead, electrical systems unknown, etc.. My wife's uncle is moving and he practically gave it to us. The inside is cherry though. It's going to be nice once we get her up and running. I have boating experience on Travis but not for anything this size. I'll be getting lessons for sure.
  6. Yes. It's a USCG documented vessel. I think I have it figured out now after some googling. USCG documented boats don't get titled by State (Texas) - only registered. So I'm filling out the transfer info on the back of the Certificate of Documentation today with the current owner and notary. Once that's done, I take the paperwork to Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife to register it with Texas, pay any fees and taxes, and get stickers. "Title" is with USCG and "Registration" is with Texas. Sound about right? If everything goes well, I'll be a member of the club by the end of the day! For better or for worse!
  7. Hopefully someone in this thread can help shed some boat knowledge on me. I'm in the process of buying a cruiser on Lake Travis that's registered with the USCG instead of titled with Texas. It's my understanding that all we need to do is fill out a bill of sale, notarized by the buyer and seller and send it to the USCG with a copy of the USCG certification. Does that sound right? I guess that once the paperwork with the USCG is filed, and fees paid, I can then register it under my name with Texas Parks for the stickers? Sounds weird not having a Texas Title.
  8. Wood burner at my wife's ranch house.
  9. How many were killed?
  10. 12/26/2016 - 6 years today. Life is wonderful. Much thanks to this thread here and TOS. Ya’ll are awesome. Keep on keeping on one day at a time!
  11. Adidas alpha bounce slides are all I wear around the house.
  12. You're what? Tin roof Rusted! Lovesac, baby lovesac!
  13. Little Feat is playing at the Paramount on Sunday 12/4. They will be playing "Waiting for Columbus" in it's entirety.
  14. I read the thread title as “18” and was like, what the fuck man, those crabs must be some important motherfuckers to be considered missing.
  15. Lake Marie is one of my favorites. I met John Prine during a load out behind the Aztec theater in San Antonio. He was really cool about talking to fans. I hadn't planned on trying to meet him that day so I didn't have anything for him to autograph and missed a great photo opp. One of my biggest regrets in my life. I did get a hug from him - so there is that. I also had a friend that saw him eating dinner at Matt's El Rancho and JP saw that he was dining alone too and invited him over to eat with him. Unbelievable luck.
  16. LOL at wearing a VIP badge at fucking Egos.
  17. PSA: Todd Snider and Hayes Carll playing Luckenbach dance hall on 12/10/22. www.luckenbachtexas.com
  18. In the mid-1970's my family lived in England. We had an opportunity to see Queen Elizabeth and The Duke traveling by carriage to the horse races. My father had been told the route they would be taking and we waited on the side of the country road. There we were, by ourselves on the side of the road with the Queen in her damn undies waving at us.
  19. Once we got the concrete leveled I hired another company to resurface it with a coating.
  20. The area was roughly 4 ea 8'x10' slabs ---> $2,600 w/ 10% cash/early pmt = $7.30/SF
  21. I used these guys to level our concrete pool deck patio last year https://texasconcreteraising.com/ CRC Concrete Raising It was expensive but they did a good job. Had it settle 1/2 " again during drought but they came out and fixed it again as a warranty call. They didn't hesitate at all.
  22. This is where I have been at all summer. Limping along. Didn't want to drain and fill pool during a draught so I'm waiting until next spring. cya off the charts from years of leslies' tabs.
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