Everything posted by HRSchenker
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
I can't blame students for rejecting UT for lesser schools when it comes to certain majors. But the "faith-centered community" excuse is an interesting one. I never got that isolating feeling when I toured the campus but that was also 20 years ago.
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
Stole this from a friend
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
My grandma has lived alone for 7 years now and it's still very hard for her to handle things on her own. Grandpa did everything for her and I mean everything. Taxes, car repair, bank accounts, dr appointments, lawn maintenance, etc. He passed away and now she's on her own to do things he always did for her. My mom and her siblings have been taking care of most things but when she's alone she is trouble. I don't mean "puts a pot on the stove at full blast and goes to sleep for the night" trouble. She has two neighbors. One is another old lady but a bit younger. 70 year old white lady. I reached out to her and said "hey if you see anything strange over there, here's my number just contact me and we'll get it taken care of". Her response was "please don't contact me ever again". Ooookay. Don't know what I did to her but okay we'll cross her off the list. The other neighbor is a younger hispanic couple (well, I say younger but I'm talking 40s with adult children). I did the same thing and they had no interest in helping her. Oooookay again. This is the grandma who cried when I made a road trip to see her, cried the entire time I was there because she was so happy to see me, and the cried when I had to leave. There's no way she's isolating herself like this. She has to be living next to two assholes, right? Last week we had a fence guy come out to her house for an estimate. Mom told her all she has to do is let them in so they can take some photos, measurements, etc. He's not going to do any repairs or work. It's just an estimate. He'll send us the estimate, we'll pay from her checking account, and then go from there. Fence guy calls my mom. "Hey I just left her house and you're gonna need to find another contractor. She's being very mean and I can't do this job." Mom repeatedly asks him what did she say, what did she say, what happened. All he would say is she needs to find someone else to repair the fence. Now it's becoming clear that it's not her neighbors that are the problem. It's her. She's been evaluated for dementia, alzheimers, etc. All negative. We've talked about maybe putting her in an assisted living facility but she doesn't want that. I'm not sure if I want that either since we already know how she treats her neighbors. Frustrating situation.
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Bolt-down fireproof safe
We've had a ton of pharmacy burglaries in DFW over the last 10 months. Every one with a bolted down safe just had to ripped out and carried through a window. Assuming you have an alarm system, how quickly would police show up if it went off?
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Bolt-down fireproof safe
Speaking from experience, I would strongly discourage you from bolting down your safe. It's a false sense of security. You need a safe big enough you can weigh down to make moving it too much of a hassle. Also needs to be solid enough it cannot be broken into with a tool. Are you more worried about a smash and grab or an organized hit?
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The Masters 2025
Hell of an ending. Good for Rory.
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The Masters 2025
Holy shit what a shot
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The Masters 2025
Justin has been fucking killing it all day. It's his Masters to lose at this point. Goddamn wow.
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The Masters 2025
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Texas BBQ
Mike Thomas at 4T's in Forney is retiring at the end of May. Is there any other joints in DFW that primarily use hickory like he does?
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Dallas 2025
I've been to Gemma 3 times this year. That blood orange margarita awakens some kind of monster inside of me.
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Asshole moments you wish you could take back
Hey it could have been worse, you might have had an old lady Baptist doctor sticking her finger in your ass.
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The Masters 2025
I'm gonna try for the lottery this year for tickets. Always wanted to take my dad to watch the Masters. Is that how yall are getting tickets?
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
I hate to bring down the good vibes but have any of yall been to the ballpark this season? The food has gone to shit! The nachos are now a smaller portion and they give you a cheese cup instead of pouring it on top. The only good new food is the lobster mac and cheese. Lobster roll is too fucking expensive for what you get and the Blue Asian Mint Thai dish is just spaghetti noodles in flavorless sauce. Oh by the way, did I mention bottles of Coke are $8? Fuck that!
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Taiwan
Din Tai Fung is fucking awesome. My wife and I love everything they make. We do something we call the "Din Tai Fung world tour" and have ate at one of their locations in Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Washington, and California.
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Ken Paxton is dirty? NO FUCKING WAY!
Oh shit https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25880069-651482/
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
Nathan "Jacob deGrom" Eovaldi
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Ken Paxton is dirty? NO FUCKING WAY!
Lots of buzz online that Paxton is going to announce a run for Senate against John Cornyn. Does he need to resign to run for Senate? Everyone is saying yes but I thought statewide offices didn't need to follow that rule.
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2025 Texas Football - Road Trips to Away Games
Kentucky is a must. The rolling hills, beautiful horse farms, and bourbon distilleries are incredible. Lexington was a neat college town but that was 13 years ago so who the hell knows what that place is like now.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
I learned the hard way to never walk behind someone at the airport because, for whatever reason, people these days are prone to just coming to a screeching halt while walking. They don't even need to be on their phone they just stop as if their brain pulled the e brake as hard as they could. Seriously you can't just walk to the side of the walkway to find out where you're going? You have to stop right there in front of the guy (me) with the hot coffee? It's fucking infuriating.
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
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Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
The GLF roof account says closed. I don't think he's official though, just a guy who works at the stadium.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
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So I saw a man die tonight
75 was shut down this morning after a woman and her dog were killed crossing the highway. Allegedly she was walking the dog and it ran onto the highway but the woman chased after it only to have a car plow into both of them. Sorry you had to see that shit.