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    how to make more money on 300 acres

    Depending on what part of Texas and what kind of deer / exotics you have . A day lease for bow hunting brings in a pile of money . I hunt on several places around Hondo and they stay booked year round. If you want to lease it for a year lease I'm looking for somewhere to lease for my kids and I...
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    just some thoughts

    I'm sorry for your loss GB. We spend a lot of time on bolivar and Galveston during the summer. I've ridden the stokes Jr many times. But I won't ride it again without thinking of you and your brother . God bless..
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    Favorite wood to burn.........

    I don't cut and split wood anymore . I buy red oak or hickory. The hickory burns quite a bit hotter than the oak.
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    Anyone put up any tongue and groove pine?

    I just put it on the porch ceilings of our new house. I use a t nailer. It's a duo fast finish nailer . I believe they are 16 gauge. We stained and sealed it. On the finished side only
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    Lending question

    No way would I put up a paid for place as collateral. I'd pay appraised value for the new place with 20% down. The bank needs some skin in the game for the high amount of interest you will end up paying. The longer you pay the better it gets for the bank in case they foreclose.
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    It Can't Be

    I'm sure they would if we would let em .
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    It Can't Be

    Yep had a few last week around the house.. had one in the coffee filters this evening when I got to work.
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    CB--Some cattle down Winnie way

    I'm not forsure but I was told the cattlethey lost during ike was in the thousands .
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    CB--Some cattle down Winnie way

    Those are on white ranch. He has some real nice beef masters in one pasture .. he has some high horn brahman cross cows too . A friend of mine is on a duck lease a couple miles down.. as of a few years ago they still swam the cows across the intracoastal water way . I know one of the guys that...
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    whos buying all these dam houses

    I don't have to work the overtime. I like working and I like my job . I do it because I can give my kids things I wasn't able to hAve. Like a college education. Decent clothes to wear to school. Networking so when they graduate they will have more job opertunities. You may ask what that has...
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    whos buying all these dam houses

    You can make 140 a year on 40 dollars a hour . I work 12 hr shifts . 8 hrs straight time 4 hrs ot every shift. 14 days a month anything other than that is time and a half anything over 18 hrs is double time.I usually work 6 to 700 hrs of ot a year unless we have a 90 day shut down .every 4 years...
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    Parents driving their kids to school

    I have no problem with them doing away with school buses . I have no problem paying tuition for my kids going to school instead of school taxes. This country is screwed up my opinion . It revolves around the poor. Hunger and poverty will make you get off your ass and go to work ..
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    whos buying all these dam houses

    We have been looking at houses in a better school district. Going to sell ours and move closer to family in a better rated school district with programs for autistic kids. Our oldest son was diagnosed with aspergers (sp) . He's very intelligent. In pre ap classes at school, plays basketball...
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    Parents driving their kids to school

    Wife picks ours up and drops them off. Kids k through 12 ride the same bus . I didn't want the kids around high-school kids when they were 8
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    No Winter Here

    I was thinking the same the other day .. I have 7 rolls left in the barn .. I chalked it up to putting out more at one time since I try to hay depending on how many days I'm working ..but none of it was wasted it was all eaten .. kinda puzzling.
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    Off farm jobs.

    It's Valero now. Looks like they never paint anything. If you didn't see the steam you would think it's moth balled.
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    Off farm jobs.

    Oh ok . I think with the last expansion Motiva claims to be the largest now . I work at Huntsman. Originally Texaco Chem.
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    Off farm jobs.

    Xom or Motiva ? I can't keep up with who is the largest because they keep adding on ..
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    Off farm jobs.

    Up until 3 years ago I was a contractor.. I had a framing and remodeling crew and a concrete crew that worked for me full time .. I made pretty good money but the illegals doing work for half price finally got me .. now I'm an operator in a chemical plant and I have no desire to be in charge...
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    Idiots!

    I remember talking to you about that ... I'm 45 min north of beaumont .. we didn't even lose a shingle off the house. After riding Rita out North of jasper because getting fuel was so tough I decided that home was safer ..
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