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hookem2010

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  1. Texas is 6-3 against Oklahoma when I live in central TX (06-09, 21-present).
  2. They're around Houston for sure, although I typically saw them more out in the Katy Prairie area. I remember being very surprised when I first saw one flying over 1960.
  3. I was going to say he reminds me of a slightly better Chris Ogbannaya. Not flashy, but he will surprise you and very rarely disappoint.
  4. He called a wide open TD to Arch's favorite target, and he chose not to pull the trigger.
  5. It leaked through this seam. I've got ceiling fans going, the AC running and a fan aimed up at the open smoke detector.
  6. I was replacing the fill valve in our master bathroom upstairs. Things were going fine and I was making some adjustments to get the height right when the shut off valve to that toilet failed. By the time I got down to shut off the water entirely, some water had dripped through a seam in the ceiling and the smoke detector attached beneath the toilet. I've had the valve replaced, so the plumbing situation is resolved. My question is do I need to have that drywall torn out to prevent mold, or I can I watch it to see if there are any obvious issues?
  7. One of these things is not like the others, at least in terms of political persuasion.
  8. I had no idea barred owls were a thing until I saw my first one several months after I started birding.
  9. Speaking of owls, I had a surprise addition to the neighborhood list the other day. The 1 year-old woke up at 330 AM screaming bloody murder, and could only be calmed by going for a walk. The only upside to this sleep interruption was hearing a single scream of a barn owl overhead, not a bird I expected anywhere nearby.
  10. Our oldest got it when he was 1 1/2 a couple years ago. No sores on his hands and feet, so it wasn't really on our radar as he developed a fever and almost completely stopped eating solid food for over a week. The pediatrician found a large sore on the roof of his mouth though. It all came to a head with the first cold front of that fall. It killed our heater so our house was freezing, the baby's fever spiked to like 103 and we spent the night not sleeping in a hotel. We took him to the ER the following day since he wasnt improving. He had rhino and adenovirus, HFM and bilateral ear infections. Nothing really to be done but supportive care. He recovered soon after that, but it was 2 weeks of misery. Good luck...
  11. Dude, don't get me started...
  12. This also ignores the giant elephant in the room that no one discusses anymore because we're reasonably worried about our own country collapsing, but climate change is going to fuck all our shit up, especially since the entire world has apparently just raised their hands up in defeat.
  13. Potential new 54,000 acre state park near Kickapoo Cavern SP sounds pretty cool. https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2025/10/06/texas-parks-wildlife-working-to-acquire-54000-acre-hill-country-ranch-for-new-state-park/
  14. A few decades ago they were confined to the Valley in the US. Now, they are summer residents at least as far north as DFW.
  15. This is what qualifies as masculinity in America these days.
  16. I would consider doing our part to dash OU and aggy's chance for a playoff spot a victory at this point. We ain't doing shit.
  17. British naturalists like her and Attenborough always inspired awe and gave me hope for the natural world. They'll both be gone soon, but they outlasted my optimism.
  18. I was supposed to do Minca area and Tayrona NP with some buddies on a once-in-a-lifetime birding trip last August. Right after I committed, I knocked my wife up and decided leaving while she was 30+ weeks into a difficult pregnancy might be problematic. Now, I'm trying to get my bros to commit to a second once-in-a-lifetime trip, this time to Manizales. Anyone ever been? I'm particularly interested in how renting a car and driving around Manizales is, as well as transportation of choice from Medellin to Manizales.
  19. What a weekend! Not bad for a bye week.
  20. You know what pregnant women and babies actually shouldn't take? Ibuprofen. But what do you think the fucking morons who cling to this dipshit's every word are going to do when they accidentally drop baby Cletus on his head? Reach for the Advil and fuck the poor kid's kidneys.
  21. The Atlantic is really channeling their inner Anastasis today.
  22. My mom worked as a high school teacher for a while and her buddy in the chemistry department blamed affirmative action for denying him a spot in med school. My immediate response to this at the time was "How the fuck would he know that?" I'm sure he treated all of his students equally...
  23. I roadtripped out there with my buddies and again with my wife in '13 and '16. I remember thinking Oregonians all drove like grandmas compared to the psychopaths in Texas cities.
  24. It is hilarious, and captures the hobby perfectly.
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