Recent content by GeoHorn

On certain lakes in Texas (I am told) that dropping anchor becomes a trespass when it touches bottom…as the water and it’s surface belongs to the state…but the underlying land belongs to the property-owner. That is certainly the case where I live…as the ranch is deeded to the “channel” ..the...

I didn’t intend to use the term “90%” to mean a damn thing other than SCI owns a “huge portion….of the industry. The point being made was that the ”funeral home’ business has a greater interest if convincing you that you must do it THEIR way over any other. Dusty just needs an argument to feel...

The only problem with this sort of set-up is the usual need to remove the forks …in order to get close enough to the trailer’s hitch. I added this to my Forks-frame…. but also drilled a hole near the end of one of the forks to accept an adaptor…. (the hole is for the threaded-locking-bolt of...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Corporation_International

That was the point. “Ma” and “Pa” Ferguson were crooked gov’s…. and one of the things she did was attempt to have the state legislature pass a law declaring English as the only legal language in Texas…. and the only one taught in schools…. that nonsensical quip of hers was used by critics as...

I wasn’t being critical of your post. I used to fly for a company that did extensive record-keeping business with Service Corp…who owns ~90% of all funeral home operations… which resulted in an inside-view of the shenanigans the funeral-home business pulls on people when they are so...

Speaking of tombstones….…. (please remember this is about tombstones…not politics…don‘t want to get in-trouble)….so insert the political party of your choice in the “Blank”….) I’m disappointed that I didn’t think of it first…. and because I voted for (blank political-party) in 1980…. cannot...

We went thru this also. Older brother, me, younger sister…. Things were fine until Dad’s COPD finally got him. (USAAF gave kids cig’s as a “benefit” for the debrief when they returned from a mission…. addicted a whole generation to tobacco.) We didn’t know Mom’s increasingly argumentative...

Do NOT fall for the belief that a “Funeral Home” or business will properly guide you. They are in the business of making Money off your Death….and are NOT reliable sources. Read the Law in your jurisdiction. In most cases it is quite legal to be buried on private land. The problem might be...

Nice.

When I eat out and pay with CC …I Always leave the waiter’s Tip in CASH…. so the employee can get max benefit as well as use their own scruples whether or not to share or report it. The small family cafe where I like to have lunch will reduce the “tab” if Cash is paid instead of CC. No...

That dog has the curliest-tail I’ve ever seen on an Alsatian/German-Sheperd… LOL

Yep..and min pressure will also be subject to wheel-slip on the rim.… loss of traction and tire damage.

I don’t trust “digital” currency….if that is what “bitcoin” etc etc is… It’ll be a retrograde to “barter”…which never works for a sophisticated economy.

Splitting hairs..? Technically that’s corect…(what about No 1/winter diesel?) https://bulkfuel.com.au/news/diesel-fuel-flammable-or-combustible#:~:text=A%20room%20with%20diesel%20fuel,flammable%2C%20it's%20also%20a%20combustible. Diesel fuel #2 as specified by ASTM D975 has a minimum flash...