ccard257
| Favorite team: | Texas A&M  |
| Location: | Fort Worth, TX |
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| Number of Posts: | 1308 |
| Registered on: | 10/2/2012 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Kansas HS baseball team forced to suspend season over animal abuse accusations
Posted by ccard257 on 4/22/24 at 10:37 pm
[quote]That’s it?[/quote]
- Jackie Sherrill...
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re: Check in if you run ruled
Posted by ccard257 on 4/14/24 at 4:34 pm
[quote]You took their sole last night[/quote]
I get that it’s a rivalry game at all, but it’s pretty fricked up to not even let them have shoes for the game. ...
re: TGIF Watch thread
Posted by ccard257 on 4/5/24 at 9:58 am
Vero Smokey ‘44
[img]https://i.imgur.com/sinPfpw.jpeg[/img]...
re: Observations on 50 years of married life (long)
Posted by ccard257 on 4/3/24 at 3:25 pm
Some good stuff in there but you lost me here:
[quote]forget about peeing standing up[/quote]
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re: Good pair of waterproof hiking shoes?
Posted by ccard257 on 4/2/24 at 2:08 pm
[quote]Okay so our trip is May 21-28th so is that late enough where waterproof shoes are not necessary as often as early spring?[/quote]
Not really. For RMNP I’d say early May is 100% likelihood of being necessary. Late May is 75-90% likely. Hell the vast majority of my may travel in that park ha...
re: Good pair of waterproof hiking shoes?
Posted by ccard257 on 4/2/24 at 11:55 am
[quote]always questioned the idea of waterproof hiking shoes. If you're just talking <2" of water, you might be able to find something. the problem is that if the water is more than about 4", you're getting wet from the top and then the waterproofness works against you.[/quote]
Spring is where I ...
re: Good pair of waterproof hiking shoes?
Posted by ccard257 on 4/2/24 at 11:50 am
I’m generally of the thought that you shouldn’t use waterproof footwear when you don’t need it…but may in Colorado is where you are pretty likely to want it. That’s prime mud season where there is still lots of snow up high that is melting out. Stuff around town might be fine, but stuff higher up in...
re: What’s the youngest age that a friend of yours retired?
Posted by ccard257 on 4/1/24 at 2:33 pm
one of my college roommates came from nothing and retired in his early 30s. Started at space-x out of school when most people hadn't heard of them. Sign on bonus was in (at the time) worthless stock. There's apparently a video of him rappelling off of a rocket (or significant piece of one) that is n...
re: Experiences on gunbroker.com?
Posted by ccard257 on 3/28/24 at 7:16 am
Make sure you understand the fees or you will be surprised at checkout. ...
re: Getting contacted by work during vacation
Posted by ccard257 on 3/20/24 at 10:14 am
I make it very clear to both clients and my organization when I will be going on vacation and that when I am out it will be difficult to impossible to contact me but if it is an emergency they can leave a voicemail and I might call back. I'll clear up as many loose ends as possible before leaving an...
re: Sunday cooking and drinking thread
Posted by ccard257 on 3/17/24 at 9:53 pm
Lo mein w/ elk. Lagavulin 16. ...
re: Time to rank the New SEC's Top Ten Historic Music Destinations
Posted by ccard257 on 3/6/24 at 8:34 pm
[quote]Guy Clark is the most underrated country artist of all time![/quote]
Amen. And he was still putting out great music long after he had any right to, damn near till he died. Randall knife is a mother fricker. ...
re: How do you deal with the guilt of living far away from your aging parents?
Posted by ccard257 on 3/6/24 at 4:42 pm
They know where I live and are grown arse adults who can move here anytime they want. I'd feel 10x more guilty about moving my kids away from here to go back there. ...
re: Anyone have Monovision LASIK procedure?
Posted by ccard257 on 3/5/24 at 4:23 pm
Had both eyes done mid 30s. No issues with near-sighted vision becoming worse and I don’t remember warnings about that being a possibility. Only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner ...
re: Why can people who support Athletes, Rappers, Musicians, Celebrities not be labeled
Posted by ccard257 on 3/5/24 at 2:24 pm
[quote]If you support a sports team, then you are not part of a cult[/quote]
false. ...
re: Youtube bass fishermen are an arrogant bunch.
Posted by ccard257 on 2/26/24 at 7:56 pm
Yall really want to start some shite keep a few trout (the river kind, not spotted seatrout) and post them on a fly fishing channel. ...
re: Advice on keeping ball pythons as pets
Posted by ccard257 on 2/13/24 at 12:26 pm
I don't know why so many people keep citing the long life expectancy as a reason to avoid a python. It's a fricking snake. When you get tired of it, just lop it's head off and move on. ...
re: POW’s/Vietnam
Posted by ccard257 on 2/7/24 at 3:40 pm
Wife's grandfather was a Bataan death march survivor. Received a silver star for his actions on the retreat. Was blind due to malnutrition when released, but regained his sight.
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re: Big Bend Spring Break
Posted by ccard257 on 1/26/24 at 6:54 pm
OP, [link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=111815413&s=2&p=111789934#111815413)]Here is a thread[/link] from a couple weeks ago with some good info. ...
re: Big Bend Spring Break
Posted by ccard257 on 1/26/24 at 6:50 pm
[quote]Off topic but the cops out there enforce the speed limit. i.e. if you’re over the limit by 3 mph you’re getting pulled over. Same for any perceived defect on your vehicle. Last time I was there for the chili cookoff my buddy got ticketed twice. We decided to take the local ‘cab service’ t...
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