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This cat obviously has a side quest for me..... Oblig:

Or I'll be building out off grid with solar and a powerwall until the city creeps out far enough to make it cheaper.... Which honestly was one of the things I was already researching (Solar+battery with grid/propane-generator as the backup)

OK, for those who have gone down this path already. I have a colleague from my line of work who has decided that her and her spouses goals of off grid country living aren't what they really want. They're selling their land and I'm considering it. My criteria were somewhere out of town a...

Yeah, first step is see if this contracting company who has a group for this can get a reasonable change. I know that some of what I asked for in the quote was upgrading the structure some, and I expect to pay a little out of pocket. But not $20k. If that doesn't help then yeah it will be...

Follow up on "Insurance is bullshit" and the patio. Insurance comes back and says $15k to replace the covered and enclosed patio. I get quotes from three contractors to do the job. The quotes? $35k, $52k, $110k. Yes, I laughed at the third guy when he was doing his proposal pitch. And...

You realize you have to retire the phrase "I'd bet dollars to donuts on that!" Because it no longer signifies a sure bet, since donuts are about a dollar a piece in a lot of places..... Now, it just means you'd really like some donuts.

You know, another thing which rustles my jimmies something furious is something of a "Well, I guess I'll be pissed at God" situation involving kids. @Mrs. Haus and I tried for a dozen years after getting married to have kids. Turns out even with medical science throwing everything they could...

Local Alamo Drafthouse promotion co-branding with the movie is perfectly on point.... The Cocaine Bear 8-ball. 8 donute holes, and the powdering is a mix of powdered sugar and cayenne pepper dust.

Ah the late 90's and days of running roughshod over a geocentric #efnet channel that acted as a social hub before social media. Being and op in the channel and guy who threw parties a couple times a month. Good times.. good times...

This actually interests me, as for me I am curious about the idea of building effective AI assistance without any reliance or connection to the internet for the most part. And running on a single GPU might make that a lot more feasible.

Those winds ripped through Dallas that morning and destroyed the attached greenhouse/patio I have on my house.... I had contractors come out to assess things, as well as insurance adjustors. The contractors told me after (in line with what the adjustor said) was that it was going to be a...

Had to go in and get new rear tires on the CTS V-sport today. Obligatory "goddamn tiers are expensive as fuck now a days" posting. Quoting you for spite since there's no way in hell I would stance my car, yet still had to get new tires today. They lived a good life, had some great track...

I have two questions about the hunter.... Is he actually a good shot? How much ammo does his rifle have? Pending good answers then it's Rats and Hunter. That gives you 100 rats to throw at every enemy, and the hunter to take out the Hawks, then work down anything remaining. Easy Peasy...

Breaking News! Woman arrested for being... damn near perfect!

Yeah, at this point the main exchanges are solely for on/off ramp work. And that role is being eroded by other ramp methods.

One of the first things I did yesterday was go to home depot, pick up a few 4x4's and made temp supports under the most affected parts. Had to do this to move items off the patio safely and into the garage (patio fridge and chest freezer predominantly). Pics were for the claim process. As you...

The whole roof of the structure was lifted off, offset, and dropped back down. The exterior wall is now tilting in and no longer plumb... A little more carnage... The real goal will be this becomes a rental property once we have purchased and built on the land we plan on moving out to.

Yeah, gearing up for the insurance adjuster fight now... Also gearing up for the realization that in my line of work I will close 90% of the deals I'm going to close for the year in the next 6 weeks, and if I close out well that means a nice chunk of change.. mind you I won't be in that highly...

What's amazing me more is that apparently that one little piece of metal conduit (previously used for the electrical run to the exhaust fan on the other end of the greenhouse) is apparently actually HOLDING UP that corner of the roof structure.

Looks like the new "Manhandling the beefiest of meat curtains" merit badge is out!

So... This was my 5:45 wake up call as ~50mph straight-line winds decided to remodel my covered/enclosed greenhouse patio this morning... Not sure how they hit at just the right angle to do this, we've had stronger winds and never a problem... Guess I know what my next project is now.

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I'm firmly looking for land in the 600-800 range, but honestly most of what I'm shopping at is in the 600. Don't think I'll go south of that though as that's getting into "Hurricane's hit this part of Texas pretty hard from time to time" area, and I prefer "Tornados hit this part of Texas...

No problem sir. Keep up the good janitorial work Cross posting the chill hours map for those interested. I'm shopping for land in the 600-700 range, and some possible hits in the 800 range. (Central Texas)

I'm firmly in zone 8a for Texas, with some of the land I've looked at also being in zone 8b. https://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-texas-2012-usda-plant-zone-hardiness-map.php As for the peaches, the ones I grew at random I do not know about. I know they were still growing into December, lost...

This is my goal with the land I plan on acquiring this year. Build out the "we're going to retire and die here" home, while also planting several fruit trees and other things with a goal of semi-permaculture. Things which could perpetuate effectively in the N. Texas environment. Thanks to a...

Right now... If World of Warcraft moved their in game monetary system to a token on $POLYGON it would effectively qualify as a metaverse. If XBOX simply built a roblox style virtual waiting room , it would also be a metaverse. Debatably Roblox is ALREADY a metaverse.... All are already...

What I don't get is when I ask people to define what a "metaverse" is they end up just describing "Second Life, with a VR goggle set" and when I mention that's been around for years I get awkward looks....

Nope, 10% was just an additional loan. Original mortgage was at around 5%, this additional 10 was at around 9%. Just a second loan. I functionally had two mortgage payments each month. One for the 80 loan, one for the 10 loan. Following the Dave Ramsey strategy for debt paydown the higher...

When I bought my house.. I pulled off an 80/10/10 , 80 mortgage, 10% in a higher interest rate loan, 10% down and that worked well for me. I then focused on paying off that 10% ASAP. And it let me only need 10% down when I bought.

Or some balloons....

They have "ducktail" style connectors along the edge and only seem to work lined up in a grid. I thought about that too, staggering them somewhat "subway tile" style.

They are actual wood and actually grooved. So that's a positive in my mind. They laid really flat. There were a couple spots where there was some uneven-ness on my patio, but they handled them well. Seem stable, but I haven't tested furniture on them yet. I will end up needing to...

Today's quickie project... A new front patio on the house. Leveraging these drop and click tiles I picked up on Amazon : Front patio on our house is concrete. We're gearing up for painting the whole house so I've been sanding/stripping/prepping some and got fed up with the concrete patio...

You can find this on Amazon (although apparently Walmart beats them (pun intended?) on price). On Amazon you also see this informative tidbit.. The Amazon reviews do not disappoint either...

Honestly, they're sticking pretty solidly to the level of "queer/diverse" that the Morrison Doom Patrol run in the comics was. But in his case it almost always furthered the story instead of being there for social awareness points. Danny was just as queer in the comics, for instance. This...