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Of all the people that take Zero, I wonder how many have doctors that they see regularly (once or twice a year)? I take two (2) for blood pressure, then also One-A-Day vitamin and baby bayer asprin

Agree, but it wasn't until the Orange Man stepped into office that the Booming began shortly after. That's fact, but I know your opinion already. China's gift to the world "Covid" put the breaks on the "Booming" part and now that their "Dream Team" is occupying the big chairs things have good from bad (pure Covid related shut downs) to worse (Unrestrained Inflation),.... unless of course your in politics and play the cronyism game. I know a few residential contractors' have gone under; but it was partly they're own fault for having poor contract that didn't account for the material cost increases. On another story.... I just got back from the boat mechanic. Took my bass boat in for from TLC. Unfortunately he can't get to it for 2 months because he's lost 6 people. He (not I), mentioned that they would rather collect unemployment than work. And that they quit immediately after the last stimulus checks. Personally I find that hard to believe, a couple grand ain't gonna buy a whole hell of a lot. On yet another story.... I went to Laredo to visit dad and counted not less than 30 state troopers working IH35 between Cotulla and Laredo (about 60 mile stretch of highway). The drug smuggling and human traffic'ing business is a booming, and I'm sure the cartels' coyotes' are enjoying it. Smugglers' crashed through the west fence at my sisters' small place (less than a 1000 acres), traveled through her property and crashed out the front gate during the wee hours of the morning about 2 months ago. Her front gate abuts IH35, just a couple miles past the border patrol check point. I think it's absurd (but what do I know) that a couple trillion goes out the door and into crony pockets, but the people who pay the taxes collectively get spit. We'd be better off if the fed just gave everybody $1mil and called it good.

Regular went from $1.90 to $2.69 here. I'm sure some of the cost increase is due to demand, after all it is Summer time. But at the roots, IMHO, it's political and can't be discussed. Last month while fishing near Rockport, TX the gas stations ran out of diesel. I don't drive a diesel, but there were plenty of trucks there sheltered down waiting for the tankers to come. Lot's and lots of "Help Wanted" signs at a majority of the restaurants. Saw signs posting $12/hr. for servers and busboys/girls. The mills in AR are reportedly firing back up, and lumber is supposed to come back down, but nobody's feeling it. It's had a major impact on housing construction. I have had many new clients from CA, WA and OR. They're flocking to Texas in droves. My wifes cousin is leaving Austin, so a realtor friend of her's posted an ad with no pictures. A CA woman offered her $60,000 over the market price, but wanted photos before committing. She sent the photo's the house is sold. Crazy.

Amen,..... what is there to say that could make this better. Nothing.

I know I can't be the only one who's got an opinion about the design similarities of this rocket. This should have been the ship used in Space Balls

The family ranch near Encinal, TX is apparently near or directly below the flight path of the US Airforce training route/path or routine flight path to ???? Every once in while we get a crazy mf flying low to the ground (less than 300 ft) leaving me shaking my boots. The sonic boom is deafening, makes the ground shake.

Contact Craig, aka NOSvalves with any questions. He can help you out; Craig is very familiar with the Marks' work. I still have my Blueberry, and there was some limited information that Mark provided along with the purchase, but it wasn't much and I'm sure it did not contain any schematic diagrams. Ditch the 6DJ8 for a NOS Siemens CCa

I believe that's incorrect. https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/acrobat-pro.html

Extremely easy IF you have Adobe Acrobat. I use the Professional version (before the subscription requirement kicked in) and group PDF's from various sources for reports and such. In addition to Marvel's suggestion/recommendation, "Bluebeam" is another good program. Bluebeam's used by some pretty big consulting firms so it should have all the bells' and whistles.

Likely the DOT doing a bridge inspection.

Please forward the recipe (duphas @ gvtc . com), thanks.

Dave was a good person down to the bone RIP Dave, you're with your daughter now.

Sorry to hear about your little fella and your crappy past year..... keep him comfortable and don't forget to take care of yourself.

That dude is perpetually angry; very intense.

You guys must eat a lot of icecream.

I dunno about all that dust rising,.... I've tried their sparkling water, thought it was excellent..... but favorite is still Topochico sparkling mineral water.

yes, that's all I use for music files

You might want to give this one a try....... They're right in your back yard. https://www.richardsrainwater.com/

Looks like a ring tail on steroids.

Got one of mesquite and one of post oak. then there's the misc. pile with apple and pecan. Those Lang systems look an awful lot like Lyfe Tyme BBQ's, except for the reverse flow. There a lot pricier too.

One environmental engineering course on Water Quality will have you re-thinking your opinion on this subject; of that I have no doubt. Our water (Canyon Lake Water Service) is so hard that it destroys ice makers, dish washers, plumbing fixtures, etc. I had to pay a pretty penny for a quality filter system. To add insult to injury, our water bill is stupid high. When we first moved here I watered the lawn (almost 2.6 acres) 3 times a week (13 stations, 20 min. each), only to get a water bill that was over $1000 for the month.

Amen!! 2 months and no Covid deaths, BS or Otherwise. So much for the political elite that criticized Gov. Abbott's decision to not require face masks. There are still many places that require a mask, which I don't mind because I think I've been indoctrinated by having to wear one for such an extended period. I actually feel strange when not wearing masks, it's like living in a lost world, which it most certainly is.

Randy, thanks but no thanks for the spread of exactly why I don't watch the News on TV. It's getting so an individual can't take a crap without getting bombarded with crap. Texas is doing fine, even our shythole border town cities like the one I'm from. Border crisis be damned, not my doing, not my problem, can't do a damn thing about it.... just like all this Covid crap. So what's the point, really? Keep up the good fight, I'm behind you 100% in faith. Sincerely, Gone Fishing

For $800 and a little more you can get a med. sized Kamado Joe. Or, if you're lucky, you might find someone selling theirs. The KJ is an excellent system for bbq'ing or smoking, best I've ever used, don't think it can be beat, not at any price. I love mine, and retired both my Hasty Bake and LyfeTyme rigs. Hasty Bake is charcoal, LyfeTyme is old style wood burning. For you, and for the price, Hasty Bake. You won't regret it, and it's a fine rig.

All of mine were wiped out by snowmaggedon. I cut them back as well and even covered them with horse feed bags. The pequins are easy to grow but die just as easy, if not easier.