Alaskan
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My parents live in Houston..born and raised.
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Bruce
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I wonder when the Houston bubble will burst and if it would be better for he and his wife to rent for awhile rather than buy at inflated prices.
One of the things the story mentioned was to see how many flippers are "working" the area. If they aren't it is a very good indication that houses are overpriced.
One of the things the story mentioned was to see how many flippers are "working" the area. If they aren't it is a very good indication that houses are overpriced.
Alaskan
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Houston is very....uh...... sectionalized? Different areas are very different.
greybeard
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Well, we finally had a little T-storm bubble up over us yesterday. Right after sundown and covered most of Titus county. When I saw the clouds starting to build I decided it was the perfect time to head to the post office and check my box, then buy my lottery tickets for Friday evening and get me an out of the house meal. I figured if all that didn't bring on the rain, I didn't know what would. 
It worked It just sat here for about an hour and dumped a bit over an inch of rain. 
My pasture vegetation thanks the rain god 
Of course the goats were less than thrilled. ![:\](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/side.png "side :\")
As for the roll of brace wire, I'll just leave it in the bed of the truck and drive to each post set needing bracing. I'm not lazy, but I try to not do work that's unnecessary or over and above what's really required to get the job done (right). That's become more and more a requirement as I've gotten older.
On a completely non-farming subject, football season officially starts tonight with the Hall of Fame game.
I realize it's only preseason and most of the first string players won't even be playing, but it's better than no football. And preseason allows a glimpse of the rookies so we can see Also means we're only about a month away from the real season start. It also heralds in my favorite time of the year; fall! The hot weather period is about 1/2 over and the cooler days and nights will be back soon 
My wallet will appreciate turning off the AC and opening the windows again.
It worked It just sat here for about an hour and dumped a bit over an inch of rain. My pasture vegetation thanks the rain god Of course the goats were less than thrilled. As for the roll of brace wire, I'll just leave it in the bed of the truck and drive to each post set needing bracing. I'm not lazy, but I try to not do work that's unnecessary or over and above what's really required to get the job done (right). That's become more and more a requirement as I've gotten older.
On a completely non-farming subject, football season officially starts tonight with the Hall of Fame game.
I realize it's only preseason and most of the first string players won't even be playing, but it's better than no football. And preseason allows a glimpse of the rookies so we can see Also means we're only about a month away from the real season start. It also heralds in my favorite time of the year; fall! The hot weather period is about 1/2 over and the cooler days and nights will be back soon My wallet will appreciate turning off the AC and opening the windows again.
CntryBoy777
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As we do age it is better to work Smarter, than Harder....
Glad ya got some much needed moisture....and tho I gave up football yrs ago, I stand with ya on the signal of the changing seasons just ahead and Welcome it with "Open Arms". Hope your team gives ya plenty to Cheer about and not to B*%ch at.....
Glad ya got some much needed moisture....and tho I gave up football yrs ago, I stand with ya on the signal of the changing seasons just ahead and Welcome it with "Open Arms". Hope your team gives ya plenty to Cheer about and not to B*%ch at.....
Bruce
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Not time for fall! Too much to do still!!
Baymule
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My parents moved to Houston from Longview when I was in 3rd grade. I left after I graduated high school and never looked back.
LS, we got a good rain too, 1 1/4" we were thrilled. It settled the dust around here. We were outside at 7 AM, DH lit the burn pile and our son chainsawed some fallen trees into manageable pieces and took down a few trees that were in my way. I turned the sheep in to eat the tops, they all looked like they had 55 gallon drums for bellies this evening when I put them in the night pen. LOL
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Good thunder to the north and more coming. The goats will not be/are not pleased. So I emptied, de-algified, and re-filled their water trough (the tub) this morning. When I flipped it over there were 3 huge black widow females under it. That was rather neat. Gotta remember not to put my hands/fingers/toes underneath it when working around it.
Already working on building another burn pile. Guess I'll just save that for the kids when they're here at Christmas (if I can go that long). Aside from the branches I cut for the goats, the trees around here seem to enjoy dropping dead limbs all over the place. I'm trying to keep them collected up rather than running over them with the mower.
Dot has dropped off in milk production and is down to a bit less than 1/2 gallon a day. I've seen that Bang is still letting her kids CM & CB nurse every so often. I thought she had stopped, but I guess not. CC is starting to determine/establish her rank and has even been head butting with her mom Dot. She's also very athletic and loves jumping up on her mom's back. Dot has been very patient with her... for the most part.
That's about it from here at the moment.
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CntryBoy777
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It looks and sounds like those Tposts will be a bit easier to pound in....as long as the moisture will absorb that deep for ya.....and just tending to animals for a couple of days will give ya a much needed break and some rest for those sore muscles.....
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