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50 degrees and raining here in the Bastrop area. We've had 2" of rain this morning and I see another band of thundershowers headed our way. At least there's been no ice like some were predicting.

Still taping. I enjoy not snoring and sleeping soundly.

So, when you hand over your pile of failing fiat money, what exactly do you get in return?

Have you read "The Naked Commuist " by Skouson? I got to meet him and get an autographed copy at a Texas Farm Bureau citizenship seminar in the summer of 1966. He gave a very interesting lecture that opened my young naive eyes.

Got to dance to Myron Floren at the Wurstfest in New Braunfels back in the late 60's. Even spoke to him briefly between sets. Really nice fellow!

Hey, Junkmanwalt, check your pm's, please.

The auction pics take forever to download with my barely adequate internet provider. It was already excruciatingly slow with certain photos--such that I have started avoiding certain threads with the members that post a lot of photos. This new ad at the bottom of the page will make me avoid...

Eddie, I followed your journey with the gazebo construction diligently hoping you would get 'er done. It was fascinating! Congratulations on the 10th anniversary, you've both been through some adventures. I celebrated 55 years with my sweetie last week--on our way to forever!

We're just west of the center and it's just cloudy and breezy, a quick shower early this morning. Funny how that works with hurricanes. Could've used an inch or so of rain. Hope the flooding and wind isn't too bad for my East Texas brethren!

Had a good buddy named Mick Wertz, his uncle was Vic Wertz--yep, the guy who hit the drive that Willie made the stupendous catch on. Said his uncle never got over "the catch ",talked about it often. Vic had a terrific game that day, drove in two runs in the first with a triple and had two...

Heard that one of my favorite basketball players died: Jerry West. Watched him play college ball for West Virginia and his professional days with the Lakers.

Thanks for the replies fellows. I just wanted to try and understand how insurance rates are compiled. Seemed strange that liability coverage was so high on such old vehicles that were driven so infrequently. Guess it's take it or leave it. Back to lurking.

Greetings Friends. I emerge from my omniscient observer role to ask an insurance question of the knowledgeable assembly. Renewal time for our auto insurance. We keep four vehicles for the two of us to drive. Here's the info on each, semiannual fees: 1997 Ford Econoline van, liability only...

As I noted in the "when the music died" thread, we had a small family connection with Toby. His wife is the step sister of a cousin. This cousin was involved in a very serious auto accident and needed help with the bills. When Toby heard of the benefit function for being held, he sent an...

Really great guy. There was a family connection to my cousin (Toby was married to my cousin's step sister) and Toby sent an autographed guitar to be auctioned for his (the cousin's) benefit. Just imagine, he was battleing cancer, fighting for his life and still cared enough to try to help...

Back in the day, attended Wurst Fest frequently. New Braunfels is only ten or fifteen miles from San Marcos where I attended good old SWT. Even saw Myron Floren, the accordionist from the Lawrence Welk show. He played the fest often.

Got 2 inches Tuesday and 2 inches again last night. Nice soaking!

Got a fine coating of sleet and a low of 18 degrees this morning. Currently 20 degrees.

We got a little rain, but we were blasted by the highest wind that we've seen in a while.

Rained all night here, got a good 2 inches, really needed it. Heal soon Miz Brandi!

You guys are lucky not seeing ads. The other day I had ads on top of ads on top of the thread lines. Covered the whole page. I bought Total AD Block two months ago. Worked for a month, but now it's not effective at all. Funny, it works on other forums that I visit. Most of the ads are for...

I've been doing this for over a year now with excellent results. I no longer snore and sleep much better. Try it, might help you too!

Hey Don, I was guessing that you were using Tanya's auction company. I've bought a lot of stuff from her through the years.

Anybody experiencing the eclipse right now? Got really dark in the living room, then I remembered it was scheduled at 11:45 today. Went outside and used the pin hole method to see it was about 30%. Neat, Practice for next year's near total eclipse.

Met Dick Butkus in Las Vegas at a charity Pro-Am tournament. Very nice guy. What a player! I was the pro and Mike Scott, the Astros pitcher, was the athlete celebrity on my team. This was just after his no-hitter to clinch the season championship. I hit the ball pretty far, but he was right...

We got 2 inches early this morning, hoping for a little more before the clouds go away for another week!

I had to finally pay for TOTAL AD BLOCK to be able to use the forum effectively. Still takes forever to download some photos. Some load as fast as the print. Curious!

They got Texans wrong.

DANG! I was hoping everyone in the area got a good shower.

Praise the Lord, we had a nice shower yesterday and the temperature dropped into the low 80's around 4 PM here in Wildwood area. Got a quarter inch, first moisture since July 6!

I don't know, it might be my imagination, but it seems that today the posting loads first--then the ads. Big difference--much faster! If y'all did that, much thanks. Works much better today.

Thanks Mohammad, you are probably right on all points. We are on AT&T wifi, it's all that is available in our area. We are trying to see if Starlink will work. Trying to decide if it will be worth the 150 bucks a month or not. I think I will try to see if the Total AD Block app will help...

Galaxy tab a7 notebook. I guess it's some kind of Google system. I couldn't find any other answers. Even though the ads are aggravating, it wouldn't be so bad if pages could download a little quicker. I blame most of my problems on my internet service.

Agreed! There is a big banner ad at the top of the page. A quarter page ad on the right side. And across the page banners under every other posting. When a posting has photos or videos inside, I usually just go to another site. There might be something I should be doing, but I just don't...

Well, just for the record, I have the same problems. These ads are data hogs on my poor internet service. Yes, I have Adblock installed.

If I could figure out how, I would try to be first in line to try Franklin's. I've heard so much about his BBQ and even watched his show on KLRN that I want to see for myself. Same with Snow's. But to drive to Lexington and find them closed keeps me home!

We live between Cedar Creek and Bastrop. Never been to Lexington when Snow's was open, wish I could time a visit to Lexington when they were open. Heard lots of good things about their brisket. I've sampled all the other places you've mentioned and agree that they all produce great barbecue...

I really like the Meyers sausage, but I've been an even bigger fan of Southside Market sausage (we've called them 'hot guts' forever) going on 70 years!

We got a nice shower yesterday--just over .30 with a good breeze. Wish it was more.

The Dillard's were the musicians playing the Darlings.

Thanks for the comments, fellows. Gonna try to sell or trade this. Made a mistake, didn't realize the traction was so poor with this model. I need a boom/aerial lift.

Yeah, might need to look into a boom type personal lift.

Thanks Lou, that's what I've concluded. Guess I'll look to trade for a rough terrain model or a boom lift. My projects are all outdoors. My only experience was working many years ago with a friend's lift and I didn't realize that it was a rough terrain model as we drove it between buildings...

Finally quit raining so I tried putting a cedar shake under the tire. Wife ran it and I pushed. That did it, it moved up the slope. So I guess it needs to be almost level to operate. After some research, it appears that I purchased the wrong lift. I need a rough terrain model. The area...

Brother and I delivered with his trailer. It was a difficult effort and I finally had to get my tractor with fork lift. It got stuck on every lip. Something isn't right. It's been raining since I got it so I haven't messed with it. Wife found a manual this morning on the machine that is wet...

Thanks guys. Yes, it's on a solid concrete surface. This unit weights around 5000 pounds so I assume that there is weight on the spinning wheel. So my suspicion is a protective switch of some kind. There is a little slope on this slab and I'm trying to move it in reverse. It will move forward...

Decided I needed a "power ladder " and bought a JLG 3246E2 scissor lift. Hydraulics work fine, raises and lowers easily. Batteries all charged at 12.5 volts. Controls seem to work fine. Just won't MOVE. Drive wheel just spins. Any ideas?

Lost a distant relative who was in the music business. Keith Gattis was a singer, song writer, producer in Nashville. Born in Georgetown, Texas, started performing in the Austin area before moving to Nashville. Had a couple of well received albums and had some song writing success with country...

Big thunderstorm 'bout midnight. Lots of wind and rain. No damage and almost 2 inches of rain. Hope everyone that needed more rain (Kyle) got it!

Same for me in the golf business.

Finally got a good rain Sunday evening--1.75 inches at Cedar Creek. First measurable rain since 8-31. Really needed it.

Just a little cooler, but the nice breeze with the lower humidity makes it feel really nice outside. Still need a little rain!

Met Slim Pickens at a golf tournament in Wimberley, Texas back in the seventies. He was visiting his daughter at this new resort development. Had a few adult sody pops together. He was really funny.

I only mentioned the taxing regimes because they have become so large. The various entities now consume 500 bucks a month for us. Total payment-PPI- on this property 43 years ago was 280.00 a month. Schools are so poor that we help nephews send their children to private schools--and their...

Yessiree, Mr. Two Bit. Particularly true here in Bastrop County Schools, County, emergency districts, all have become self serving, seeking any excuse for expansion of their little feifdoms.

I think he was referring to "Coat of Many Colors".

Forty years ago when we first moved here (central Texas), ticks were terrible. Then the imported fire ant arrived. NO TICKS for the last 30 years. Even eliminated the big red carrier ants! Hmmmm, haven't noticed any chiggers either. So get yourself a bunch of FIRE ANTS!

I would like to see property taxes eliminated if it produces no income. Replace with a sales or flat tax that is related to actual expenses of the taxing jurisdiction. Why should old people with low fixed income be taxed on heavily inflated values, especially when they use little of the services?

Yes its still "country" out here, but the invasion is turning into "suburbia" Just received new appraisal from county and EVERYTHING DOUBLED. Taxes gonna hurt even more! Guess I'll try to fire up the old Toro ZT and knock down the weeds. Not much turf yet.

We got another thunderstorm last night and it dumped about an inch of much needled rain. I haven't even started my lawn mower yet this year--should have been mowing since February. We average almost 36 inches of a year here and have only a couple of inches cumulative so far.

Skipped us again. We're just west of Bastrop. That puts you at about 5 inches, nice. I expect a Memorial day flood since we seem to get feast or famine.

Dang, Brandi, we only got 1/4 inch when our little thunderpopper came through. Glad to get it cause that's all we've had for six weeks. Glad you got such a nice rain.

Little Rascals, Bugs Bunny Show, Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw Mcgraw, Huckleberry Hound Dog, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Zorro, Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger, and Sky King were the regular Saturday morning fare for me. Also, the local Uncle Jay Show. The Cap'n Gus Show cause he...

Kyle, thanks for noticing the Mighty Bobcats are having their best season since 1997. Ranked as high as number 9 earlier this season, now at 15. Got a bunch of wins over power 5 Conferences this year, including one over Texas when they were ranked No. 1. Hoping for a 2 seeding at a regional.

Thanks guys, those were great suggestions! I'll try them all. These are tiny ants and they end up inside the tube. Hummers don't like them and will avoid the feeder.

Congratulations to the son! I've got a couple of degrees from that fine institution. Still support the athletic department. Hope he will also.

How do you guys keep ants out of your feeders?

Check your engine ground.

Lost another old friend in the Bluegrass world--Roland White. He was 83, massive heart attack got him. Older brother of Clarence White, the great flat picker. He was an innovative mandolin player. They formed the Kentucky Colonels and appeared a couple of times on the old Andy Griffith show...

No one mentioned Lone Star beer, the "National Beer of Texas". Used to buy a pony keg for our Thursday night party at good old Southwest Texas State .

Hey Bird, on golf courses I worked for, we planted English ivy and monkeygrass in those shaded areas under trees. Worked great for a ground cover where the grass couldn't grow.

Got to meet old Slim Pickens at a golf tournament in Wimberley back in the seventies. He was a character even without the cameras!

I'm getting that on my Android tablet right now.

Surprised that so many people in the good old USA approve of censorship.

Convince the happy couple to do as we did...ELOPE! Going on 53 years later, we are still showing them wrong when they said "it will never last ". Gave the lady JP a twenty dollar tip and moved into our new apartment. Father-in-law bought himself a new car with the money he saved! :cool:

Thanks, I've had Direct for twenty years. I'm a retired golf professional and enjoy the Golf channel and it's only offered on the upper level so we pay about $140 a month for that and the ten other channels we watch. Just seems wrong to pay that much for 40 minutes of programming per hour and...

Do you guys have a thumb attachment for a stump bucket?

What is the solution when your internet speed is only 5mg down?

Can anyone suggest a good/cheapest method of TV viewing for folks with poor internet connection? I pay for ESPN PLUS but can hardly watch for the buffering. We have a "hot spot" WiFi with ATT, but best down is barely 5 and it slows even more during peak times. Thanks for any suggestions.

My 91 year old mother passed away a few months ago so I am going all out with a formal dinner for my brothers and sisters. Prime standing rib roast with Yorkshire pudding, fondant potatoes, roasted broccoli cheese grits with bacon and shrimp. Stir fried green beans with homemade Canadian...

Zero Good friend died of lung clots AFTER getting shots.

Thanks for posting that, Denis. I'm trying really hard to learn this before Thursday. Just wondering which three of my old songs I'll forget to make room this new one!

We see it frequently here in Texas. Buyers coming from auto auctions heading to Mexico.

Yep. Walking on frosted grass will cause a burn and might kill the grass. Frost forms jagged ice crystals that will pierce cell walls.

When the remnants of Pamela blew through, it rained all night and got five inches all total. Beautiful game day (gonna go to the TXST VS TROY game in San Marcos), breezy clear and 55 degrees right now.

Windy all day yesterday, then we got a nice 3/4" rain about midnight. Looks like we might get some more today.

How about Cut and Shoot, Texas?

Met that nice Mr. Goldsmith when he played at Texas State, fine young man. He had a great last two months to help the Cards get into the playoffs.

I believe that Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel have a version of that also.

Rained for about four hours here in downtown Wildwood, got almost three inches of welcome precipitation!

We too get at least one letter or postcard a week offering maybe half the tax appraised value. Yesterday, someone decided to come out and try a personal offer on some investment lots. I asked for twice the appraised value, didn't have to ask them to leave! This area of Central Texas is...

Dad's 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 XL. I had driven grain trucks from the field to the C0-OP for two summers before I turned 16.

Congratulations on 44 years for the Gas couple!

Happy Anniversary PJ. Sorry you don't enjoy the banjo, it's a fine instrument, difficult to play. I know many truly great players, including Bela Fleck. He was formally the BIL of a good friend. Met Sierra Hull (mandolin), and Michael Cleveland ( fiddle) at a festival in Guthrie, OK...

Hey Buppies, thanks for the comment. We got started early, I was barely 20 and she was nearly 19. I know what you are going through with the skin cancers, after 40 years in the golf business, I've had plenty of them myself. Got another appointment in September when she will probably have to...

Top dressed my tee boxes with winter rye for years, never had to spray to remove because the heat aways killed it.

Thanks for the welcome, guys. Been lurking for years--just don't post much, not much to say. I look forward to reading the Good Morning thread every day. It is addictive like an old soap opera! Kyle, is that steakhouse in Giddings? Out on 290 East?

Congratulations on your twenty years together, Kyle. May I ask what steakhouse? My bride and I celebrated our fifty second anniversary a couple of weeks ago.

So you are happy for the taxpayers to make up the difference?

Lost another old friend yesterday--most talented multi-instramentalist I've ever known. If you aren't a bluegrasser, you've probably never heard of Dennis Caplinger, but he could play banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar and dobro expertly. Played for many years with Bluegrass, Etc and was a...

Lost a good friend this weekend. Byron Berline. Well renowned fiddler, founding member of the Bluegrass group Country Gazette. Played with the Dillards when they were making appearances on the Andy Griffin show as the Darlings. He was an in demand session fiddler in California. Played on...

Cycling was real popular in the Austin area when that Lance Armstrong fella was winning everything.

Good enough for government work!

Thanks, Denis. Only thing that came up was Amazon, and that was their price. Kent does weekly YouTube videos with great recipes for Cowboy cooking.

Hey 2Lane, they don't give that Woody's away do they? 50 bucks for three bottles of concentrate! How much do you dilute it? Have you ever used fellow Okie, Kent Rollins seasoning?

Thanks for that, Rick. We seem to have forgotten or want to change history today. My Great, Great, Great, Grandfather, Gordon Jennings--generally regarded as the oldest defender, was one of the 182 dead.

GO BOBCATS!