Everything posted by Paper_jam
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Formula 1 2024
I'm really glad for the fans that the weather is going to be moderate. But part of me was hoping for a record hot day because I'm tired of hearing F1 TV commenters describe the weather as "a blistering 29 degrees" [84 F] at other tracks, and I want them to feel some real heat.
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Formula 1 2024
The fuck is that shit. Those trophies look like Mickey Mouse became Robocop.
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
It's incredible what phone cameras can image now. With the naked eye I could barely see a smudge, and that only with slightly averted vision. Looked decent in binocs though. I wish the Austin metro area and surrounding suburbs had some rigorous light pollution restrictions but people would never go for that. But not every gas station, car dealership, and store parking lot needs to be lit up like it's high noon on Mercury.
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
Going to try and catch it tomorrow night. Everything I read suggests that it will be dimming steadily as it moves higher in the sky, so I'm not sure if viewing is going to get any better than it is now.
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2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM
It will still be an aquarium, just with a completely different population of fish.
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2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM
- Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
What's Elon's angle? A cabinet seat? Or just figuring a Trump win means no one from the EPA, IRS, FAA, SEC, NHTSA etc. will ever be able to touch his various toys?- Voting Questions? Surly Poll Workers and Election Helpers Have Answers!
Last year the US Post Office took four weeks to get my Christmas cards from North Austin to faraway kingdoms like Del Valle and Spicewood, so I wouldn't exactly feel good about putting my ballot in the mail.- 2024 Texas GameDay Stadium Experience Thread
I remember Cap Metro (or maybe UT itself?) running game day shuttle buses years ago, it's been done before. I don't know why they stopped but some football-hating bureaucrat probably decided that it was an allocation of resources that was not in harmony with their core mission or some bullshit. (While having a brother in law ready to set up a private service to do the same thing.)- Blastfurnace 2024
Dammit why is it going fucking up again in a week- NFL Week 3
Goddammit Saints, you had one job- I don't think speed tape is gonna fix this...
It looks like a pretty clean break. Just stick it back on with about 100 gallons of model cement.- 2024 Celebrity Death Pool
What an iconic performer. I could watch him in anything. One of those few actors capable of elevating a film just with his presence.- Dallas Cowboys 2024 Season Thread -- Jerrah the Asshat Rides Again
O'Keefe Media Group stirrin' up trouble again- Texas vs. Colorado State - 2:30 on ESPN
Going back before the interception, I swear Blue caught that and it came out after the tackle. I want to see a review.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Closely watching the video of explosions on the road, off to the left side some distance away you can see a brief flash in the distance at about 0:02 and another more visible explosion/flash at 0:06. Looks to me like something was fired from over there, like mortar rounds.- LBGTQ
So an executive branch agency can just ignore the courts when they want to? Is there an underlying statute that DPS can point to, giving it the authority to ignore such a court order? Checks, balances, branches of government--it's all moot now. The Texas Republican Party Platform is the ultimate law of the land. Counting down to when I can retire and GTFO this corrupt banana republic.- 2024 Season Thread and all the shit in between games
Is there a thread with picks for regular season wins & losses, floor/ceiling, etc? If that goes here, I'm gonna predict Texas goes 10-2. This is based on my exhaustive review** of the strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of each of our SEC and nonconference opponents.- Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashes killing 157
Boeing management: sounds like we can cut some costs and just use one link then- 2024 Property appraisals are out
If the over-65 exemption just freezes the taxable value or assessed value, that doesn't seem to fit this case. The person just recently turned 65, and their taxable value has dramatically and recently decreased by over 100K... which is way better than just "frozen."- 2024 Property appraisals are out
I saw an article about tax increases for Travis Co. and City of Austin, which got me looking at projected taxes using this link: https://travis.trueprodigy-taxtransparency.com/taxTransparency/propertySearch I searched my own address and compared my projected tax amounts it to some similar homes around me. I noticed something odd with one home close to mine, very similar in construction, age, and market value. Their projected taxes were much lower than mine, and I wondered how that is. I have the standard homestead exemption and that's it. Travis CAD shows their house as having "HS, OTHER" for exemptions. I don't know what the "OTHER" exemption is but I think it may be the over-65 one because one of them (married) turned 65 recently. Anyway, the data for their property shows as follows: Net Appraised Taxable Value City of Austin: $ 350,230 $ 126,184 Travis County $ 350,230 $ 143,784 How is their taxable value so low? My taxable value is more than 100k more than theirs despite a very similar net appraised value. Does the Over-65 exemption knock off like an extra 100k of taxable value? No one owning or living in that home has an apparent disability, or is a veteran. The owner has a good income (2X mine) from a professional job and they are healthier than I am. Thanks for any insights. Maybe I should look forward to turning 65 if it has this dramatic of an effect.- Abbott being Abbott
How does this order have legal effect unless it's actually passed as a bill into law? What authority does Abbott have to just demand hospitals, especially private ones, do stuff like this? Or does Abbott know it's not actually legal, and just not care, because it makes his base happy? Abbott orders hospitals send state info on undocumented migrants https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/abbott-orders-hospitals-send-state-info-on-undocumented-migrants-they-treat/- Bye bye CrossFit? Man dies during CrossFit games
I know fuck all about being a lifeguard, but one would think he could at least paddle his boat over there so the guy could try to hang on to it. He could get off and they could both hang on to it while waiting for more help.- Trivial Things That Make You Surly
At work our office restrooms were completely renovated and I just had to use one for the first time. The new toilets are installed so ridiculously low, it's like squatting on the fucking floor. It's a beating for my fucking back and knees just to get up off the thing. The new sinks and countertops are shit too. The countertop is really low, and the sinks are not close to the front edge, so you have to lean way forward and down to get your hands under the faucet. If I'm designing or installing commercial sinks in a men's bathroom it seems like common sense that the countertop & sink should be high enough so that an average height man can stand at the fucking sink and use it without throwing out his fucking back. Also, they put in those fucking faucets that you have to hold down either the hot or cold knob to keep the water flowing. Why does everything get shittier instead of better?- Texas games among the most expensive to attend in 2024
Will we ever see $5 tickets at HEB again? Those were the days. - Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
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