Ramblin Wreck

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I'd be perfectly happy for Turkey to reestablish the Ottoman Empire so long as: 1) Make Istanbul Constantinople again.

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Fixed it for you.

$40 oil would cause a financial crisis in Texas, Louisiana and a lot of other areas. You guys sure you want this?

U2 has had some great albums but that one was terrible. It was almost as if after recording it they decided no one was going to buy it so they just gave it away. It back fired on them, introducing those unfamiliar with their work, with their worst album to date. Not a good marketing strategy. It would be like a candy company sending everyone a free sample of their worst candy as an introduction to their brand.

I don’t know but when I lived there it would have been nice to tie the new exit side road at Pecue to Old Perkins and Baringer Foreman Road to eliminate a bunch of the Highland exit traffic.

The areas are extremely similar due to the landscape. The noticeable difference I see is the percentage of pick-ups on the Texas side. It seems like 90% of the vehicles there are pick-ups with lift kits. I have always enjoyed sports cars and when I lived there I always felt like I was staring at the center of everyone else’s wheels when driving.

I can’t find any articles, but a Corridor V appears on some long term planning maps. It would seem logical to connect Interstate 22, Florence, Decatur, Huntsville and then east to Interstate 59. I do realize as slow as interstates are built that if planning stated today it would take at least 50 years.

I always look to see what brand and model it is and duplicate it since there is a 100% chance the bracket will match and the plumbing will already be lined up. It is like screwing in a replacement light bulb.

It depends on what your goal is. I mostly have owned commercial property but used the same strategy for both. My goal was not to have a cash flow income from the properties, I already had a day job. It was to have enough rent to cover the payment and all expenses. It always worked out that extra money was available to pay myself some but I viewed it as investing just the down payment to eventually obtain a paid off property. I invested with a couple of friends to allow more expensive properties to be purchased and to help cover expenses if major work had to be done that required a subsidy. For example, we each threw $50K in to buy a dollar store building about 15 years ago (one third of the down payment each). It is paid for now and we have it listed for sale for about $1M. So for my $50K investment 15 years ago, I will get about $333K. It is an alternative to just investing in the stock market.

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I once, no bullshite, almost got in a wreck on 59 south of Gadsden because a pack of feral dogs

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I use to do a lot of traveling at night going back and forth between job sites. After a while, noting the number of feral hogs and deer in the rural areas, I tried to keep my traveling to day light hours. Interstate 49 through Louisiana always worried me the most about feral hogs. I would sometimes see a mass group of black animals along the side of the interstate at night. I assume they were hogs.

My GGGGGG Grandfather immigrated from Hess, Germany. His son, my GGGGG Grandfather, fought for the colonies in the Revolutionary War and against the Indians in Georgia.