Everything posted by HoustonHorn
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Affordable Watches
Figured this might be of interest. Bausele is an Australian brand that started in 2011. The watches are Swiss-made and Bausele does a lot to support veterans groups. Fellow Longhorn Nate Boyer is a member of their veteran's task force. For their MIL-SPEC watches, they are assembled by veterans and 10% of sales go to veteran's support groups. They are also big into sustainability. Great looking, high quality watches and they support a great cause. I'm supposed to talk with them later today about becoming an affiliate. If you're interested in one of these Bausele watches, let me know - I know the US distributor. https://www.bausele.com/pages/us-army
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BMW Repair - Houston
Yeah, I tried calling the place where I bought it and the one they recommend is the one that has a month+ wait list. I'll try the other dealerships.
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BMW Repair - Houston
My concern is the rear sensor/camera is screwed up, so is that something another body shop can handle?
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BMW Repair - Houston
The BMW repair shop for West Houston BMW isn't taking new cars until mid to late January. Need to find another trustworthy body shop for a minor fender bender repair. Any suggestions? I'm at the Beltway 8/I-10 on the west side so would be nice if it was somewhere in the vicinity, although not a requirement.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Over-inflated self worth and ego, cognitive dissonance, lack of ability to think critically, lack of self awareness, inability to self analyze, superiority complex, blind hatred, small-man syndrome, cultish tendencies, conspiracy-minded, and excuse-making victimhood. Not a combination of traits that lends itself to accurately identifying an issue and correcting it. The problems at A&M are systemic and ingrained in their culture. They'll never be able to correct it because they can't even see it and even if they could see it, they can't ever admit to it. A&M is the last place I would let me kids go to college.
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Surly #Stonks
For those holding AMYZF, sure would be nice if something would start happening in first quarter 2023. https://ceo.ca/@GlobeNewswire/recyclico-battery-materials-reviews-2022-highlights SURREY, British Columbia, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. ("RecycLiCo" or "Company"), formerly American Manganese Inc., a battery materials company focused on the development of novel lithium-ion battery recycling and upcycling technologies is pleased to review the following Company highlights from 2022. Technology Highlights Commissioned the RecycLiCo Demonstration plant project, achieving successful processing of lithium-ion battery production scrap feedstock Demonstration plant leach stage exceeded its design capacity, reaching 163% of the planned processing capacity of 500 kg/day of scrap feedstock Scaled up demonstration plant testing demonstrated impressive leach extraction rates of over 99% for lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese An independent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) reported that RecycLiCo's methods have a lower environmental impact compared to other hydrometallurgical recycling and primary mine production Achieved exceptional lithium recovery rates of over 99% from LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery cathode material Granted patents for lithium-ion battery recycling in Australia, China, and Canada in 2022 Received funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance program to support a feasibility study on removal of high concentrations of fluoride from black mass Business Highlights The Company received a range of production scrap and black mass feedstock from various sources to test in its hydrometallurgical process Using this feedstock, the Company was able to produce high-quality battery material samples, such as lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, lithium sulfate, and cathode precursor materials for top-tier battery and cathode manufacturers, as well as lithium producers C4V, an independent battery technology company, successfully used RecycLiCo's NMC811 cathode precursor material to assemble battery cells and validated the performance Signed multiple Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) with undisclosed companies, under formal NDAs, to evaluate and develop strategic plans for commercial expansion Cash on hand of approximately $20 million Changed company name from American Manganese Inc. to RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. Increased business development presence and sponsorship at battery related events and conferences RecycLiCo has made significant progress in 2022 with the successful establishment of its Demonstration plant project, providing a strong technical foundation for future expansion and accelerating towards commercial production. The company continues to expand its testing and optimization program to include a diverse range of battery waste feedstock, with the objective of showcasing its ability to produce high-purity cathode precursors and lithium chemicals at scale to potential strategic partners in the first quarter of 2023.
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$9.95 worth every penny
Thanks for posting that.
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Affordable Watches
This is probably just outside the "affordable" category at $1200. But I've had a chance to test drive this Typsim watch for a couple of weeks and it's a beauty. Certainly a Submariner vibe, but the dial treatment is fantastic and creates some cool visual effects with its disappearing silver gilt application for the text, minute track, and surrounding the indices. Overall it has a very vintage-y feel in a new watch. You can also get a COSC-Certified version if you're an accuracy fanatic.
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The Walkmen reunite
Well that's good news.
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Art Fanatics Thread of Visual Dominance
Yeah, the fish is pretty great.
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This Oklahoma team JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT: OU Screenshot Megathread
"Boo Blake" Wow
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
It's fucking glorious!
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Just how down is ou?
This is what got Joel Klatt nearly killed in the Box 12 championship Gabe. Dropping back to pass may their own goalline when they were losing by 67 points.
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Surly #Stonks
Not in Ameritrade either, which I'm assuming is due to the name change. A little frustrating because that has most certainly tempered a potential recovery after the CEO passed away last week, causing it to plummet.
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Surly #Stonks
Name change to RecycLiCo way approved so I'm sure their ticket symbol is changing.
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Proud Incel charged for assaulting women
Involuntary Incelibate InCell InIncel
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Surly #Stonks
Thanks, Agreed on the assessment. Holding some of the same stocks. Commercialization will be big. A buyout would be great. I do like the CTO and hopefully they can bring in a new CEO who will jump start things as they begin commercialization.
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Surly #Stonks
I'm also wondering if recent health issues may have been the reason the stock took a nose dive in the past couple weeks. Clearly the market doesn't like his passing, but I have always thought the CTO (now interim CEO) presented much better than Larry did. I guess the key is whether he has any business sense and ability to position them for commercial operations.
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Surly #Stonks
I hate to laugh but that was pretty funny. I was also actually thinking that he may have been the right guy for the initial stages but they might want to go with someone else as they move to commercial operations. While the technology has always impressed me, I can't say I was blown away with his leadership, at least publicly. Agreed with no revenue. That said, I was getting the impression that with the pilot plant producing and the recycled material achieving the promised quality standards that the pilot plant material could be used to generate some revenue while a full-scale facility was constructed (which was originally designated to be next door to the pilot plant). So hopefully they should have some revenue stream starting up soon. I don't know how much that will be from the pilot plant though. It sounded from a previous announcement that would begin in the 3rd quarter. So maybe we'll see something very soon. Would be nice.
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Surly #Stonks
So is AMYZF completely dead? @Harrison Stafford Holy shit its tanked the last week.
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The Watch Fanatic Thread
FYI, if anyone is looking for an affordable diver with a Sinn-like aesthetic, definitely check out Vero. $885 on the bracelet and a very good all around dive watch. Unbelievable 10 year warranty on ANY damage. https://vero-watch.com/
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Art Fanatics Thread of Visual Dominance
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The Watch Fanatic Thread
For those interested in the GPHG Finalists, I added a complete list at the link: https://bespokenlounge.watch/board/topic/83-gphg-finalists/#comment-187 Discussion here: https://bespokenlounge.watch/board/topic/82-gphg-2022/#comment-188 One of my favorites is the crowd-designed/built Lyrique Etude No1. But there are a lot of really great nominees and beautiful watches.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
I have to say I was ignorant of this fact. I do enjoy Elle King though. Rob Schneider, not so much.
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The Watch Fanatic Thread