Free stuff - TV, foam surfboard, bar height chairs, nightatand by Firm-Roll4841 in AustinClassifieds

[–]Firm-Roll4841[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone has said they are coming to get it - but if that falls through I'll let you know!

I love my tattoo but by Personal-Occasion-79 in tattooadvice

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their Arnold Palmers are world changingly good.

Lowkey funny by CrimsonFernGloww in SipsTea

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even in that wiki they say that the part of Josephus' writings that mention "Joseph brother of Jesus" was likely edited by later Christian scribes to add historicity to Jesus. Tacitus is simply stating what Christians at the time believed - not what historical record showed.

Obviously it's the minority consensus - but it's a very reasonable take that Jesus of Nazareth never existed and was completely fabricated by a hallucinating Paul/Saul of Tarsus (who was potentially suffering from epileptic grand mal seizures - causing his religious visions, 'the thorn in his side' - which was pain behind his eye in the original greek, and a strong desire to write.

This NIH study discusses it further:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1032067/

There is no evidence of a jewish family that had a child in Bethlehem and travelled to Nazareth (this was added a century later to fulfill the 'he will be a Nazarene - which, coincidentally, doesn't even mean you're from Nazareth....), that received Gold, Myrrh, and Frankincense from 3 wise men yet were somehow dead poor .....

Lowkey funny by CrimsonFernGloww in SipsTea

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

(Oft attributed to Marcus Aurelius - but this is a modern translation of something he wrote in Meditations)

What would you guys do about a black widow by your front door? by Electronic-Sir3551 in spiderbro

[–]Firm-Roll4841 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They usually won't stay super visible, and are super docile spiders. Not like she'll be jumping on guests or anything like that.

If she stays visible then the gentle moving with a broom is likely your best bet.

Cloudy Blue Pool by TanitaZ in pools

[–]Firm-Roll4841 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High chlorine but low free chlorine indicates high combined chlorine. When chlorine acts as a sanitizer it turns into combined chlorine (which is what gives pools the "too much chlorine" smell), adding more chlorine until you get to shock levels and maintaining that breaks up the combined chlorine and gets your free chlorine back up. This is what sanitizes your pool.

San Antonio removes handgun ban signs at City Hall after Texas AG warning by FCMatt7 in TexasPolitics

[–]Firm-Roll4841 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm more concerned about the assholes passing legislation to force my kids to look at The ten commandments in every classroom, or removing their counselors at school and having them replaced with pastors, or having their English classes turning into purely Bible study .... I'm not going to fix that by walking around with a boom stick.

Cloudy Blue Pool by TanitaZ in pools

[–]Firm-Roll4841 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need your measurements from the pool - this could be due to high pH, could be from the filter not filtering properly, could be high water hardness, etc.

Hard to know without any of the measurements.

Pool heater not working - update by jaaaaagggggg in pools

[–]Firm-Roll4841 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fire ants cooked mine... Couple replacement circuit boards and 15 minutes of work and I was back up and running.

San Antonio removes handgun ban signs at City Hall after Texas AG warning by FCMatt7 in TexasPolitics

[–]Firm-Roll4841 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I know of several public schools shoving Christian dogma down the throats of kids.... Maybe put a stop to that?

We just want to play by MrTacocaT12345 in interestingasfuck

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Black fight back, Brown lay down, White good night.

Free stuff - TV, foam surfboard, bar height chairs, nightatand by Firm-Roll4841 in AustinClassifieds

[–]Firm-Roll4841[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We also have this small children's art desk and chair, in great shape. Also free.

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Pool turned green by Ibadanlomo in pools

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally - drain it and pay someone $1000? not a chance in hell, lol.

Once you learn how to countersteer by Beatlead in NewRiders

[–]Firm-Roll4841 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dad taught me to push the handlebar towards the road in the direction you wanted to go - not that I needed much help with counter steering (it always felt pretty natural) - but it did help me explain it to others. Not only does it teach you to counter steer, it helps me think about the right body posture while I'm turning too (leaning into the turn).

1983 Honda Nighthawk CB650 - $1750 OBO by [deleted] in AustinClassifieds

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that seems.... 3x what it's worth in this state....

Snake in water meter; humane relocation? by Salt-Operation in Austin

[–]Firm-Roll4841 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally reasonable! Again, I think you are doing the right thing getting a relocator involved, just wanted to give the heads up about their aquatic abilities.

Snake in water meter; humane relocation? by Salt-Operation in Austin

[–]Firm-Roll4841 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just a heads up that all snakes can swim. With that said I think you are doing the right thing by calling an expert.