El Segundo Guy

1995-2016. Abrams tank commander. 19 Killer.

Fisherman/woodworker & furniture maker

A 10' 1.5 lbs per foot cast net is easier to throw than a 7' 1 lb per foot of you know what youre doing and you'll catch a lot more bait.

Most of the time, it's faster amd better to do traditional methods like chisels, planes and joinery saws to do joinery and fine work than it is using all the machinery I have.

Somewhere around 70% of Americans don't want a data center in their communities. It's not just the purple haired freaks that are against it.

If you wouldn't want one in your community, it's quite hypocritical to shite talk the people that are being directly affected.

I live in one of the most staunchly conservative areas of the country and the county i live in, Bryan County, Oklahoma had such a backlash against a proposed data center that the county commissioners suspended it for a year and it will die on the vine. Most people flat out don't want them around their community, regardless of yay money for schools.

I'd be pissed as hell if I lived in a town getting a data center. I don't give a frick about AI. I don't use it, have never used it and never will.

My wife grinds beans and uses an old school percolator to make my coffee. She doesn't drink coffee, but I like the flavor and oils much better than drip or ant of that stuff.

Most of the food was ok at best.

But Sandy's Cafe is awesome. It's a tiny hole in the wall attached to a laundromat, but the best Cuban sandwich you'll ever eat and amazing breakfast burritos. I walked there every day for a week to grab a late breakfast/lunch.

As far as stuff to do, the beaches suvk as they have sargassum on most of them that have a terrible smell. You'll enjoy the fishing. I went SCUBA diving and I enjoy it, but the Key West diving isn't as good as most other spots.

Night life is pretty good.

New Oklahoma Governor Mike Mazzei needs to build a wall along the Red River. Keep both the illegals and the Texicans out.

The county i live in, Bryan County, once had a border dispute with Texas over a bridge. The Red River Bridge War of 1931. Texas folded like they always do.

I live in the woods and use firewood as my primary heat source. I broke down and bought a Woodland Mills stump grinder that hooks up to a tractor PTO.

Before that, I tried drilling holes filled with herbicide and the charcoal kiln method to burn them. Both work but take time.

Or you can rent one of those that look like a garden tiller. Usually you have to rent them for a full day, so wither have several stumps to grind or a buddy or two that also have stumps to spread out the rental cost.

I have plenty of land, livestock and resources to weather a progressive storm. I've thrown around the idea of moving out of Oklahoma (after over 20 years in the military I'm used to picking up camp every few years) but I'm sure as shite not moving to any other state now or any time in the foreseeable future.

Good news. He's one of the few I'd like back.

Webb #90 was getting abused in his terrible contain and run fits.