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  • MikM Mik

    Also, do not follow all the hype about BBQ joints. People wait in line for hours at Franklin's when there are a million mom and pop Q's that are about as good. Avoid the chains. Do some exploring on your own.

    Luby's cafeterias have outstanding chicken fried steak, the Texas state dish I'd imagine.

    Taco Cabana is a fun place to go for breakfast tacos and burritos. First place I ever saw with garage doors that open up.

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    @Mik said in Bad timing:

    Also, do not follow all the hype about BBQ joints. People wait in line for hours at Franklin's when there are a million mom and pop Q's that are about as good. Avoid the chains. Do some exploring on your own.

    Luby's cafeterias have outstanding chicken fried steak, the Texas state dish I'd imagine.

    Taco Cabana is a fun place to go for breakfast tacos and burritos. First place I ever saw with garage doors that open up.

    Actually...Maybe Horace might want to become a pitmaster in his own right. Smoking meat is therapeutic...

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
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      He'll surely have the space.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Thanks everybody for the well wishes and recommendations. I think I lucked out with the internet service. It has been horrible broadband for years in this area, but in the past few months a company called Fidium has introduced fiber. The Fidium guy came over today and installed it. 930 megabits download and over half that upload, for 70 a month. Got a router centrally placed and a free extender for my office.

        Education is extremely important.

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          Nice.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            @Horace Happy for you that things seemed to work out in the end!! I am sure you and your wife will be happy!!

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            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

              @Horace Happy for you that things seemed to work out in the end!! I am sure you and your wife will be happy!!

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              @taiwan_girl said in Bad timing:

              @Horace Happy for you that things seemed to work out in the end!! I am sure you and your wife will be happy!!

              Thanks TG! I am sure we will be happy too.

              Education is extremely important.

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                Congrats on the closing for your new home! May you have many happy years there!

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                • brendaB brenda

                  Congrats on the closing for your new home! May you have many happy years there!

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                  @brenda said in Bad timing:

                  Congrats on the closing for your new home! May you have many happy years there!

                  Thanks Brenda! I’m looking forward to a time when it’s presentable to post some pictures. If ever that may be.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Congrats man! That view is hard to beat in that area.

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                      So when are you hosting the get together?

                      The Brad

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        So when are you hosting the get together?

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                        @LuFins-Dad said in Bad timing:

                        So when are you hosting the get together?

                        If anybody is in the Houston area and they can play piano well, I suspect our acoustics here in the living room are fantastic. Even if the piano is less so.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          Remember the "Where do you live?" TNCR Map?

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            Remember the "Where do you live?" TNCR Map?

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                            I’m spending my first night in our new place tonight. We’re going to be camping in the basement until the floors and walls are done upstairs, although my office should be usable tomorrow if Verizon come through.

                            Movers came today - most of our stuff is temporarily in the garage. I have a garage again! In fact, I’ve got two! Inconceivable!

                            Closing on our current place was pushed back to the 14th, which reduces the pressure, as long as it goes through….

                            I was only joking

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                              Roomy is good.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                I’m spending my first night in our new place tonight. We’re going to be camping in the basement until the floors and walls are done upstairs, although my office should be usable tomorrow if Verizon come through.

                                Movers came today - most of our stuff is temporarily in the garage. I have a garage again! In fact, I’ve got two! Inconceivable!

                                Closing on our current place was pushed back to the 14th, which reduces the pressure, as long as it goes through….

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                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

                                I’m spending my first night in our new place tonight. We’re going to be camping in the basement until the floors and walls are done upstairs, although my office should be usable tomorrow if Verizon come through.

                                Movers came today - most of our stuff is temporarily in the garage. I have a garage again! In fact, I’ve got two! Inconceivable!

                                Closing on our current place was pushed back to the 14th, which reduces the pressure, as long as it goes through….

                                Glad it’s worked out well, especially compared to how things were looking a month ago.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Sadly, we don’t have anything like Horace’s view, but as Canadians we do have a couple of maple trees which are going to briefly look gorgeous in a week or two

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                    Sadly, we don’t have anything like Horace’s view, but as Canadians we do have a couple of maple trees which are going to briefly look gorgeous in a week or two

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                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

                                    Sadly, we don’t have anything like Horace’s view, but as Canadians we do have a couple of maple trees which are going to briefly look gorgeous in a week or two

                                    Congrats, and if your current place doesn't close until 10/14 you could always go back there and sleep on the floor, for old time's sake. We have a few maples as well...I think they are called flame maple or blaze maple or something...anyway they turn ridiculously bright orange/red in mid/late October. So much so that it gives a nice orange hue throughout the house, LOL.

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                                    • 89th8 89th

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Bad timing:

                                      Sadly, we don’t have anything like Horace’s view, but as Canadians we do have a couple of maple trees which are going to briefly look gorgeous in a week or two

                                      Congrats, and if your current place doesn't close until 10/14 you could always go back there and sleep on the floor, for old time's sake. We have a few maples as well...I think they are called flame maple or blaze maple or something...anyway they turn ridiculously bright orange/red in mid/late October. So much so that it gives a nice orange hue throughout the house, LOL.

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                                      To go with the maples, we have an Eastern black walnut, which drops hard, hand grenade size fruit unexpectedly. It’s going to need to come down as it touches the house and also because it drops hard, hand grenade sized fruit unexpectedly.

                                      I was only joking

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                                        Black walnut makes some awful pretty wood...Even makes good gunstocks.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • JollyJ Jolly

                                          Black walnut makes some awful pretty wood...Even makes good gunstocks.

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                                          @Jolly said in Bad timing:

                                          Black walnut makes some awful pretty wood...Even makes good gunstocks.

                                          Yes, we thought we might keep some and see what we could do with it

                                          I was only joking

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