Texas Fall/Winter thread!

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Merry Christmas!

 

[txdon]

Merry Christmas!

 

[K5lwq]

Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

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24f is a welcome relief this morning from 12f yesterday morning. Wishing everyone a beautiful Christmas Day!

 

[mostly_gas]

Merry Christmas all !!

 

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I hope everyone has warmed up, thawed out and nobody suffered burst pipes in the weather recently!

Good time to remind everyone:

This Day in History: Texas joins the Union as the 28th state

God Bless Texas! On this day in 1845, Texas joins the Union as the 28th state. Of course, we were the Republic of Texas immediately before that. Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, and it was an independent nation for more than nine years before it joined the Union. But annexation...

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[bindian]

Daughter left right before freeze to be with my ex for Christmas. I told her I would come over and shutoff the water and open all faucets. The day she came back home, I closed all faucets and turned the water on. Everything was fine and sprewing mineral deposits out. But the fancy gooseneck (with flexible squirter) kitchen faucet clogged up so bad, nothing ran out. I shut those valves, removed the lines and cleaned out all I could find. Put the lines back on and open the shutoff valves and the cold water valve started dripping out the stem. I put a bucket under it turned that cold valve off. Then daughter came home. She has home warranty and it covered the faucets. I told her to shut off the water at bedtime. She did that. When the plumber came out, the kitchen shutoff valve broke in his hand when he opened the valve. In all, they replaced two valves and cleaned out the fancy gooseneck faucet.
My daughter asked what to do about the hard water deposits in the hot water heater. I said nothing for now, other than draining it and refilling. I said the hot water heater will tell you when it needs to be replaced........and went home.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Daughter left right before freeze to be with my ex for Christmas. I told her I would come over and shutoff the water and open all faucets. The day she came back home, I closed all faucets and turned the water on. Everything was fine and sprewing mineral deposits out. But the fancy gooseneck (with flexible squirter) kitchen faucet clogged up so bad, nothing ran out. I shut those valves, removed the lines and cleaned out all I could find. Put the lines back on and open the shutoff valves and the cold water valve started dripping out the stem. I put a bucket under it turned that cold valve off. Then daughter came home. She has home warranty and it covered the faucets. I told her to shut off the water at bedtime. She did that. When the plumber came out, the kitchen shutoff valve broke in his hand when he opened the valve. In all, they replaced two valves and cleaned out the fancy gooseneck faucet.
My daughter asked what to do about the hard water deposits in the hot water heater. I said nothing for now, other than draining it and refilling. I said the hot water heater will tell you when it needs to be replaced........and went home.
hugs, Brandi

Is she still living east of Austin?
How old is your grand daughter now?
Hope you have a Happy New Year Brandi and crew!

 

[bindian]

Rebecca rented the Manor house out and moved back here to put Chloe in a Christan School, because the Austin 2nd grade teacher wouldn't let Chloe say God or Jesus in class. They moved back August 2021. Chloe is 9 now and in the 4th grade.

She put that house on the market the day before the fed raised interest rates. Since the house was about 8 or 9 miles north of the new Telsa plant, she just sold it and closed last Tuesday. She almost doubled her money.
Brandi

 

[bindian]

Happy New Year Y'all!
hugs, Brandi

 

[oldballs]

Thanks for the Happy New Year wishes.....even from up here in Kansas.........

Mike

 

[bindian]

Heck, Kansas is just a little ways up, with an alley between Texas and Y'all!
hugs, Brandi

 

[mostly_gas]

Happy New Year !!

 

[bindian]

Happy Independence Day Y'all
hugs, Brandi

 

[Torvy]

Mother Nature is giving us a sound and light show to celebrate.

Es ist windig!

 

[Straightgrain3016]

I have wonderful memories of Texas; particularly, the small city of Rosebud.

I was lucky-enough to be stationed there 3 times.

Texas

 

[bindian]

What was in Rosebud that had you there 3 times?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Straightgrain3016]

What was in Rosebud that had you there 3 times?
hugs, Brandi

Back in the early 80s, soldiers dressed-up in their Class A uniforms and had activities & ceremonies on Payday.

I never waited around for the "hey you" details, so I jumped in my truck wearing my Class As...

I walked into Rosebud's one bar; wearing my Class As...next thing I knew, I was given the "rock-star" welcome....& every payday after.

Lampasas, TX...oh man; the place for a young GI to be (back then); on a Friday night, after a football game....& hiking in that river bed, what a blast!

Roper Bill's in Houston & Baylor University...a single man's paradise!

Oh, how I miss living Texas; even with my current life-style.

 

[Straightgrain3016]

I couldn't find the bar now, but I came into town from Temple on FM53...

What is there not to love...?

 

[two_bit_score]

Well, Texas IS the best place in the world, you know.