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Post by Coast2Coast on Mar 18, 2016 13:19:54 GMT -6
Some people have raccoons in their yard. I have this guy who strolled through the yard yesterday. And his family.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:21:25 GMT -6
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Post by Hawg Ass on Mar 18, 2016 13:21:25 GMT -6
Could have gotten Thanksgiving taken care of, I can send you a duck if you need it.
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Post by Danny Busch on Mar 18, 2016 13:29:15 GMT -6
Those fucking things are all over up here. I'm surprised Hawg hasn't had any in his yard. They were in my hood last week and I see them all over the place by the lake. They apparently have no natural predators here....there aren't even from here as they were introduced a few decades ago in a bird swap with another state.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:32:42 GMT -6
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Post by Hawg Ass on Mar 18, 2016 13:32:42 GMT -6
Those fucking things are all over up here. I'm surprised Hawg hasn't had any in his yard. They were in my hood last week and I see them all over the place by the lake. They apparently have no natural predators here....there aren't even from here as they were introduced a few decades ago in a bird swap with another state. Oh I see them, constantly.
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 18, 2016 13:45:34 GMT -6
Any chance you could Fed-ex me one of those bad boys, Coast?
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Post by Danny Busch on Mar 18, 2016 14:03:28 GMT -6
Just wait a few months or a year for them to migrate down. They are all over the coast north of milwaukee.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Apr 14, 2016 18:58:05 GMT -6
Sunday Sept 4, Notre Dame at Texas in Austin Sunday Sept 11, Chicago Bears at Texans in Houston Sunday (night) Sept. 25, Chicago Bears at Cowboys in Dallas
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Apr 18, 2016 19:27:07 GMT -6
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Post by Coast2Coast on Apr 18, 2016 19:27:07 GMT -6
8 inches of rain last two days, with most of it overnight. Not the 14 inches we got on Halloween, but she ain't done yet. I had a 5 am flight to Raleigh but there was no way I was going to the airport in such a storm. So I took a later flight when I was more certain the roads weren't underwater.
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Post by Danny Busch on Apr 18, 2016 21:16:55 GMT -6
Kays has a brother?
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Post by jackref on Apr 18, 2016 21:22:51 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity KS on Apr 18, 2016 21:44:02 GMT -6
Yep. He's older than me. So probably Hawger's age.
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Post by Hawg Ass on Apr 19, 2016 7:21:35 GMT -6
Yep. He's older than me. So probably Hawger's age.
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 9, 2016 20:34:29 GMT -6
Texas is alone in its reverence for its own Pledge of Allegiance. Every grade school kid in Texas is required by state law to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Pledge every day. I am in the local Rotary and at every meeting, we recite both pledges. Go to a community meeting, school board, Chamber of Commerce, whatever, you recite both pledges.
Honor the Texas flag. We pledge allegiance to thee. Texas. One state under God. One and indivisible.
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Post by Hawg Ass on May 10, 2016 6:10:42 GMT -6
Where my son goes to high school they still say the pledge everyday, which surprises me a bit. I have no problem with it, just surprised someone or group hasn't gotten it stopped yet.
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 15, 2016 15:45:01 GMT -6
Willie Nelson has been doing his 4th of July "Family Picnic" in Austin for many years. I figure we better do this while this 80+ year old legend is still with us. So 4th of July this year is gonna be red sunburns, white hot sunshine and blue eyes cryin in the rain.
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May 15, 2016 17:12:28 GMT -6
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Post by Hawg Ass on May 15, 2016 17:12:28 GMT -6
Willie Nelson has been doing his 4th of July "Family Picnic" in Austin for many years. I figure we better do this while this 80+ year old legend is still with us. So 4th of July this year is gonna be red sunburns, white hot sunshine and blue eyes cryin in the rain. Don't inhale unless you want to.
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 26, 2016 21:30:23 GMT -6
I think I said before how when it rains in the Hill Country, it is monsoon kind of rain. May is the wettest month most years with Sept. the next wettest. Last year before I moved here, they had bad floods Memorial Day weekend. And we had floods in Sept. and Oct. It's happening again. It has rained here every day or two all month, and the ground is soaked, but now, it is freaking pouring harder than it has all month...and has off and on all day. Austin will probably be in the news again for floods this weekend. We are not in a flood area, but some people along the rivers and streams won't be so lucky. Hopefully we won't have loss of life, but sadly it's probably going to happen.
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 26, 2016 21:47:59 GMT -6
From a site: We all know the internet is a weird place. And according to Estately, Texas can’t seem to find it. Using Google Autocomplete and Google Trends, the real estate website found that one of Texas’ top searches, compared to any other state, is “where is the internet?” In a seriously amusing fashion, other things Texas seems to be concerned with include the following: Am I a lesbian? / Am I cool? / Am I a sociopath? / How does sex work? / Who is the best rapper? / Who named Pluto? / Who qualifies for medicaid? / Who was the best president? / Do I have herpes? / How to meet men? / What is gun control? / What is jock itch? / Where is hell? / Where is heaven? / Why do I sweat? / Where is Johnny Manziel? / When is flu season? / When is Jesus coming? / Is Russia in Asia? / Can I vote? / How to yodel? / Which Pokemon are you? / Why are people so mean? / Why are we here? / How to get rich quick? / How to be the man? / Who is Putin? / Why is my hair falling out? / Why is my tongue yellow? / Why is my tongue white? / Do girls poop? / Do zombies exist? But Texans aren’t the only ones searching things better left unseen. Estately’s research was a compilation of what every state in the U.S. searches more frequently than others. You can read the full list at blog.estately.com/2016/05/you-wont-believe-the-questions-each-state-googles-more-than-any-other-state/Arkansas wants to know “why did the chicken cross the road?” California is concerned about when “kitten season” starts. And the people of Tennessee seem to be having a hard time, having asked Google “what is the clap?” But I saved the best for last — Wyoming wants to know “what is Wyoming?”
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Post by Positivity KS on May 26, 2016 22:43:28 GMT -6
Any updates on the fire ants?
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Post by All Drop In on May 27, 2016 5:25:19 GMT -6
Krazy Ivan is solely responsible for Illinois.
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 27, 2016 6:54:23 GMT -6
One colony of ants has taken up residence under a lemon tree. I have left them alone as I don't want to disturb the tree or the lemons. After the rains subside, I expect mounds to appear and I will firebomb them.
I also am now at war with an unknown foe that is picking and eating my tomatoes a day or two before I am ready to pick them. Fencing, netting going up. If that doesn't work, then traps. Not sure yet what I am battling...voles maybe?
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May 27, 2016 12:57:23 GMT -6
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 27, 2016 12:57:23 GMT -6
My neighbor reports today that she has crazy ants (i only have crazy uncles) that are in a war for supremacy with the fire ants. Maybe I can get some of her crazy ants, throw em on a fire ant colony, grab a chair, a glass of hootch and watch an ant war! Then again, the scientists suggest fire ants may be preferable. So maybe I shouldn't invite any crazy to come over. www.livescience.com/43366-crazy-ants-taking-over-south-secret-weapon.html
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May 27, 2016 13:08:38 GMT -6
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Post by Danny Busch on May 27, 2016 13:08:38 GMT -6
My neighbor reports today that she has crazy ants (i only have crazy uncles) that are in a war for supremacy with the fire ants. Maybe I can get some of her crazy ants, throw em on a fire ant colony, grab a chair, a glass of hootch and watch an ant war! Then again, the scientists suggest fire ants may be preferable. So maybe I shouldn't invite any crazy to come over. www.livescience.com/43366-crazy-ants-taking-over-south-secret-weapon.htmlyou should consider baiting an adjacent property with whatever the hell they eat.
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May 27, 2016 21:57:02 GMT -6
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Post by Coast2Coast on May 27, 2016 21:57:02 GMT -6
9 inches of rain yesterday, the 2nd most for a 24 hr period in Austin history. Widespread flooding in the usual places. First was last Halloween. Been here 11 months and have had the two rainiest days in history.
I grew up in a Mississipi River town that had devastating floods in 65 and 69. Then they built flood walls, levees, dikes, berms, etc and have had only rare minor flooding since. Here, taxes are low, they spend squat on infrastructure/flood prevention, but then stick communities and insurance companies with huge bills for emergency services, cleanup and restoration.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Jun 2, 2016 19:41:06 GMT -6
Home grown tomatoes for Memorial Day. Awesome. Nothing like it. Probably have watermelon for the 4th of July.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Jun 3, 2016 14:55:16 GMT -6
May was the wettest month in history for Austin, beating last October and last May. A little more rain in the forecast, then we begin the dry/drought season. El Nino was a freaking bastard, pissing on us big time. Now the weather patterns off the Pacific are going to change over the next several months and La Nina will come on in. So you guys in the north will get dumped on this coming winter and we will be high and dry.
From the weather jocks at the USWS: With La Niña installed in the tropical Pacific, we should expect a more active storm track, above normal precipitation and cooler weather over a wide sector of Pacific Northwest. Positive precipitation anomalies would also extend through the Intermountain West, and across sections of the north plains into the Great Lakes region. The south would experience a very different story than what they have been through these past 6 months with El Niño. Drier and milder weather conditions would extend from the Four Corner states across the South and Central Pains all the way to Florida.
So for all the Yankees, you have time to stock up on snowshoes, shovel, salt, firewood and hooch. You've been warned.
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Post by Terry's Peeps on Jun 3, 2016 15:05:06 GMT -6
I don't trust them fancy pants weather predictors.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Jun 3, 2016 15:16:49 GMT -6
All kinds of people say they detest government regulation and bureaucracy. For a lot of Texans, being anti-govt. appears to be in their genes. And their jeans. Government oversight is minimal in all kinds of things. But have you ever heard of an entire subdivision built without any permits or legal approvals. Here it is what is being called an "off the books" development. Ten years on and now with problems aplenty, govt. is finally going to give a damn about it. Amazing. Yeah libertarianism and low cost government is great in theory...until you are the poor bastard fucked by it. www.statesman.com/news/news/regulators-open-investigation-into-off-the-books-c/nrZRh/
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Post by Positivity KS on Jun 3, 2016 16:17:30 GMT -6
May was the wettest month in history for Austin, beating last October and last May. A little more rain in the forecast, then we begin the dry/drought season. El Nino was a freaking bastard, pissing on us big time. Now the weather patterns off the Pacific are going to change over the next several months and La Nina will come on in. So you guys in the north will get dumped on this coming winter and we will be high and dry.
From the weather jocks at the USWS: With La Niña installed in the tropical Pacific, we should expect a more active storm track, above normal precipitation and cooler weather over a wide sector of Pacific Northwest. Positive precipitation anomalies would also extend through the Intermountain West, and across sections of the north plains into the Great Lakes region. The south would experience a very different story than what they have been through these past 6 months with El Niño. Drier and milder weather conditions would extend from the Four Corner states across the South and Central Pains all the way to Florida.
So for all the Yankees, you have time to stock up on snowshoes, shovel, salt, firewood and hooch. You've been warned. Poor Piglet
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Post by Hawg Ass on Jun 3, 2016 18:30:24 GMT -6
Lol
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