Everything posted by pearlandhorn
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CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk
Actually, I believe it's the dems who care more about masks than anyone given the recent uptick in the rolling back of mask mandate measures in schools. The motto of the left through this entire pandemic has been "do as I say, not as I do." Dems are feeling it in the polls and are going to get shellacked in the mid terms so they're rolling back the measures so they can tout that Biden beat COVID when in actuality, Omicron is the best result that could have happened given the situation: mass immunity whether people like it or not. Now we just have to unfuck the supply chain, deal with inflation we haven't seen in 40 years, a turbulent stock market, and hundreds of thousands of kids who have fallen out of the public school system.
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CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk
- Off Grid Alaska
Very interesting read. I knew a lot of this as my wife has cousins up in Alaska (Girdwood area). They're a little more on the grid as they run a nursery business in Seward but prior to them having kids, they were up in the middle of nowhere like OP is. My wife told me about roadkill harvesting where if an animal is hit by a train, troopers/officals would go to a list of people in the surrounding area and inform them of the kill and they could go out and harvest the meat. Is that true or does that not really occur in REMOTE areas?- Destiny
My wife and I still consistently play D2. Weāre on PC and play with our original group from D1. Looking forward to witch queen.- Hey Oil Barons.......
I donāt have a problem answering any questions really. No, I donāt work for SEACOR, Tidewater, or Chouest. They are our biggest competitors though and I know many folks who do work for them. Our industry is so niche that we have dealings and interactions with our competitors often. Hornbeck is another big competitor of ours. My company isnāt publicly traded.- Hey Oil Barons.......
Thereās a difference. The drill ships I believe you are referring to are indeed built mainly in Korea for transocean (example). Some are built in Europe, Singapore. To work in US waters for supers, PSVs must be built in the US and fly US flag. Supermajors only want US flagged vessels providing support to their leased drill ships from Transocean. Federal law requires it as well (Jones Act). The vessel company also must only employ US mariners for work in the GoM which is why our costs are a lot higher than say a company operating in West Africa. They can crew with guys from the Philippines and pay them half of what they pay US mariners. Most PSVs that work in the GoM are build in southern port areas (some in Louisiana, Alabama, Florida). Four that we have built are all identical and were built at BAE shipyard in Jacksonville. One thing a lot of people donāt realize is that if all these cruise ships were built in the US, the cost of cruises would be astronomical given that the vessel would be US flagged, have to employ ALL US citizens, and pay tax based on their home ports. Because they are built outside the US and flagged to sayā¦Panama, they can hire whoever they want and not have to pay US tax. Companies typically flag their vessels in the most tax advantageous country. But to have your main port of call in the US requires a shitton more costs. But thatās all the supermajors in the GoM will contract with and thatās all they can contract with if they want to work in the GoM.- Texas BBQ
8 years agoā¦is it still the best in Tyler?- shit that dissappeared during the great rona supply chain clusterfuck
Noticed this at my HEB the last month as well. Keep telling my kid Iāll get some at the store and end up empty handed. I just tell him ācoronaā and he understands.- Texas BBQ
Anybody ever eaten at Stanleyās in Tyler? Thinking of stopping in on Monday. I know theyāve been on the top 50 before but would like a connoisseurās opinion on the place.- Hey Oil Barons.......
I work in the offshore vessel industry and weāre only in the GoM. Wages for mariners are getting silly. Thankfully we have cost escalation in our contracts with the supers so we can go back to them for increases in day rates whenever our costs get out of hand. Captain wages have gone up 35%-45% over the last year. Same for engineers. A lot of these offshore guys just left the industry during the downturn and shrink in GoM activity due to wages being deflated. The lack of deep water supply vessels is drastically low due to companies filing for bankruptcy and stacking vessels for the last 5 years while ours have kept humming due to our long term contracts. Costs to activate these stacked vessels is about a million per year out of service. Add in the time itāll take to activate to service the surge in demand for the vessels and youāll be entering new build pricing territory by Q2 2023. This is the first uptick in the industry that Iāve been a part of (Iām only 33). I entered the industry at the beginning of the downturn so Iāve never seen the rocket ship before.- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
So true.- Shit HEB Makes (when its open).
I remember there being an HEB catering to Mexican food in the SE Houston area but canāt find it on the googles. Anybody know if it closed down?- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
100% this. It was super early when I wrote my reply but should have said this.- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
Probably. When I was doing IF, I had coffee creamer throughout the day. Was I truly 100% doing IF? No, but it kept me sane. If eating a banana helps you, do it. There are worse things you could eat.- Hey Oil Barons.......
Looks like someone already has their order placed at bass pro.- Hey Oil Barons.......
- Fuk Aaron Rodgers.......
I don't disagree with you. I was just trying to follow the guy's logic.- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
Folks that need/want to lose a lot of weight very quickly would really benefit from OMAD or strict intermittent fasting. Just my $.02. Good luck to all.- CR: COVID-19 --Political Talk
I care.- Fuk Aaron Rodgers.......
Using this logic and knowing that asymptomatic folks who are vaxxed pass this thing along to anyone they come in contact with, wouldnāt it be better if no one got vaccinated so they had symptoms and recognized that and stayed home for a week?- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
At your age, staying limber and flexible can help so much more than high intensity heavy weight exercise. Do stretching/yoga 4/5 days per week for about 15 minutes in the AM. Youāre around my mom age and she does this. She has always had issues with her back but through routine stretching, sheās still up downhill skiing with the teenagers and 20 year olds. Thing is, older folks can still do all the things younger folks can do, only to a lesser extreme IF your joints and muscles are stretched appropriately. If you pull a muscle, your body has a harder time recovering than a 20 or 30 year old. Youāre really doing what you need to be doing to be successful. Just keep your diet in check and youāre good!- Gym Pet Peeves
- Houston for first time in a decade... With kids
Truth is the best BBQ in Houston. Pinkerton's just isn't that good in my opinion and has gone downhill since they opened their place in San Antonio.- 2022 Fatass Thread of Dominance
Depends on how much you weigh honestly. I went from 315 lbs to 210 in about 9 months using IF.- Have you contracted Covid-19 (Jan'22 Omicron Edition)
Had it in Jan 2021. Double vaxxed in April 2021 and not boosted. Tested negative before Christmas from PCR but felt like shit. Iām assuming it was the cron and just had a false negative test. If I had to choose, Iād rather catch omicron than the next variant as this one is pretty mild based on the available data. Give me all the natural immunity. - Off Grid Alaska
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