Plans to build a diverging diamond interchange at I-35 & Parrmer Ln. Construction expected to take two years. Gonna suck for me, I have to use this intersection every day.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/divergent-diamond-traffic-project-coming-to-hectic-north-austin-intersection/
Thanks for all the replies. This was a shady deal and my cousin doesn't seem to want to fight it (and may have no recourse). Basically a neighbor suggested they split the cost of replacing the fence between their properties. This was agreed to with no paperwork or estimate. The neighbor hired some guy (not a professional) to do it. After work is done, neighbor presents a receipt for $3000 and asks to be reimbursed for half, which she paid. I strongly suspect neighbor is in cahoots with the guy he hired to build the fence.
As a child of the 80s, my SAT score was less than that and UT was like yeah come on in and here's a pile of free monies so I'm practically making a profit by going to school here
Of all the countless actors I've seen play a psychopath who rips a teenage girl (or young woman) in half by using them as a human tractor-trailer hitch, his performance was head and shoulders above the rest.
(But seriously, anytime you saw his name in the credits of something, you knew it was going to deliver.)
It wasn't exactly my favorite place to eat, but damn. There's hardly anything left around campus that I recognize.
I wish I had taken a lot of photos of the drag & campus when I was a student, but it was well before cell phones had cameras. Hell it was almost before cell phones, except for the "brick" style.
I know the real answer is "it depends on the job", but what would be a reasonable cost or range (per linear foot) for installation of a new cedar privacy fence (6 ft high, treated wood posts set in concrete, but no frills)? Needs to include labor, teardown & disposal of old fencing material, etc. Location is Austin if that's a factor.
Google gives me some numbers like $15-20 per linear foot, but I'm not sure if that includes labor or just materials.
Asking because a family member was just charged over $3000 for about 60-70 feet of basic fencing. Thanks....
Sometimes I have to** drive SH130 and I was fine with that when the traffic was light and the road was good enough to drive fast as shit. At least I felt like i was getting my money's worth. But now there is construction everywhere with reduced speed limits and more traffic, it's just like every other fucked up highway around here.
** OK, I could take regular 183 to Lockhart but fuck that.
The NWS warning for New Orleans before Katrina was something else:
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_bulletin_for_Hurricane_Katrina
It's incredible how many different products Chrysler was able to squeeze out of the K-car platform. Budget family sedan? Reliant K. Slap some chrome and leather on it and you have the "luxury" New Yorker. A sports car? Dodge Daytona. Even the fucking minivan. And who could forget the Chrysler TC by Maserati...
I'm going to miss full-service branch banking. When I have a small discrepancy with a check or some other unusual situation, I've usually been able to work that out with the human employees at my local bank. If it comes down to purely electronic/web/phone-based customer service, it will be a nightmare.
It already pisses me off so much when I go into my local branch, see a long line, and they only have one or two tellers at the counter (where there are positions and terminals for 6 or 8 tellers). Same with airline ticket/check-in counters. For some things, i want a human to fix my shit.
That's some brush with greatness; his only credit looks like fuckin' Oscar material:
Best of the Best: "A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?"
UH-Victoria only 15% "Admission Yield"? Maybe people apply there as a safety school, but end up going almost any other place they get in? (I'm from there, and I was eager to get out of town myself...)