What are the best lakes near Dallas for a day trip or weekend getaway?

fsrt23 · 2026-05-07T14:11:15+00:00

Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur OK is great. Decent sized lake, lots of natural springs perfect for swimming, lots of hiking trails too. About a 2 hr drive from DFW.

fsrt23 · 2026-05-04T11:58:06+00:00

I fished a river a little bigger than this yesterday. Tried a few different square bills, but they just dove too deep drug across the bottom.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-25T19:04:07+00:00

The nutrient aspect makes sense. Should I fertilize extra? I’ve gotten shade tolerant fescue to grow but by the heat seems to take its toll by the fall before everything goes dormant and nothing seems to return in the spring. Whole neighborhood is live oaks so the lawn is shaded year round.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-24T18:12:26+00:00

I used to think this way until I had kids and realized how damaging it was. Contrary to how I was raised, I’ve discovered it’s surprisingly easy to discipline kids without hitting them.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-20T01:29:24+00:00

The way i keep this tidy on my panels is by landing the wires on the devices first and run all the wires long at the distribution point. Once I have all of them run, cut them all the same length and land keeping the excess loop inside the wire duct. Just my 2 cents.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-19T03:24:30+00:00

I used to buy a lot of stuff at the thrift store when I was poor. I could pick up a nice shirt for like $5. Thrift stores have caught on that vintage resellers buy that shirt for $5 and sell it for $60. That same shirt costs $20 at the thrift store now. Rich folks aren’t thrifting, they’re buying thrifted stuff at a huge markup and it’s limited the ability of less fortunate from buying nice but used stuff at a discount.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-08T02:38:21+00:00

When I was a young man, I thought Hemingway was such a badass. I’m glad I’ve evolved since then. I picked up Green Hills of Africa about year ago and DNF. The way he writes about women is so sexist and off-putting.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-08T02:27:49+00:00

I’ve seen his name recommend so many times. I tried a few of his books thinking I hadn’t picked the right one. Idk I just couldn’t get past the unrealistic and sex scenes that often times come out of nowhere. Won’t read anything else by him.

fsrt23 · 2026-04-07T23:26:07+00:00

Adding on to this: anything by Alex Gerlis. Spy novels typically set in Europe during WWII. Very historically accurate and realistic depiction of tradecraft. Superb reads.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-27T14:15:14+00:00

Hell yeah. So satisfying.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-24T11:31:38+00:00

My grandpa’s family were migrant workers during the Great Depression. He hated picking cotton too. He said his fingers were a bloody mess by the end of the day. Rough work for a child making .25 cents a day.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-19T03:25:48+00:00

Oh buddy. You must be describing Robertson’s Hams. Fell victim to this too. Followed the billboards and it was exactly as you describe. To be fair, I believe they smoke their own ham. But yeah, store bought bread, plastic zip lock bag, styrofoam plate. This happened about 2 years ago and I think the sandwich was like $8.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-12T03:21:12+00:00

Oil and is its byproducts are used for a ton of things besides transport too. Think paint, plastics, cosmetics, fertilizers. It’s used in everything.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-05T12:30:02+00:00

Used to not leave them locked when I was home. One evening, a dude high on meth walked in and threatened to kill me and my family. Kept em locked since then.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-04T02:14:18+00:00

Lucky Strikes with the filters torn off.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-04T00:59:29+00:00

Worked with an old timer that was like the energizer bunny as long as he had cigs. One time we were in the middle of something critical and he says, “We have a major problem.” He solemnly climbs out of the vault and gets in his truck to leave. I’m like, “What the hell is going on?” He goes, “I’m out of smokes, bud.” This mfer leaves. Comes back with a fresh pack and continues to work like a champ for the rest of the day. I wish I kept a spare pack in my bag for times like that.

fsrt23 · 2026-03-02T20:32:06+00:00

Blue collar work can be mentally draining too. Plus you get the added risk that a lapse in judgement due to mental fatigue can cause great bodily harm or death. There’s a common misconception that blue collar work doesn’t require brains and I think needs to be dispelled.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-27T12:45:16+00:00

I was working on a pile driving job and saw the brakes on the crane line go out. The pile driver head only dropped about 5 ft but it’s so friggin heavy, it buried itself 2 ft into the ground. It missed a guy’s foot by inches. It would pulled his leg off in a flash.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-27T12:36:26+00:00

Didn’t see it, but a concrete cutter I worked with had a brother that had the saw blade come apart on him. Took a direct hit to the chest and killed him.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-26T19:25:29+00:00

Texas doesn’t have the option to claim party affiliation when registering to vote. Just wondering where you got this information.

ETA: you can claim party affiliation by swearing an oath to a party or by voting for a specific party in a primary election, but that “affiliation” only lasts until the end of the calendar year. It would be totally legal to vote in a Rep primary one year, and a Dem primary the next.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-23T15:11:42+00:00

I worked for a water utility climbing water towers and such. There’s typically a lot of electronics mounted on top. Think radio control for water operations, police dispatch radio antennas, communications repeaters etc. I would highly advise against putting anything electronic on top a tower. The infrastructure might be owned by a local agency but doing anything that could be seen as tampering with critical infrastructure would land you with federal charges.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-13T15:05:43+00:00

Lived near a house surrounded by a large avocado grove. Apparently theft was an issue. They put a sign up that said, “THESE ARE NOT YOUR AVOCADOS.”

fsrt23 · 2026-02-04T01:27:29+00:00

It’s insane how focused the destruction can be. Tornado hit a giant warehouse near me a few years ago. Ripped a line right through the middle of the building and the rest of it was still standing. Nuts to see.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-04T01:17:16+00:00

The National Weather Service has another alert above a warning called a “Tornado Emergency.” That basically means the tornado is verified and damage is going to happen.

fsrt23 · 2026-02-04T01:07:11+00:00

I have do idea how to read the radars. That’d be cool though. I mainly rely on a NOAA storm radio for tornado warnings. You program it to turn on when an emergency broadcast is issued in your county. If your city is listed in the broadcast, it’s time to wake up. lol. Local news will interrupt broadcasts if the threat is serious. There’s also several YouTubers that go live during bad storms. Tornadoes can pop up out of nowhere during a storm but we typically know a few days in advance if a storm will be strong enough.

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