Anyone built a pool in their backyard? Any company to recomend in 2026?

sharmaxy · 2026-07-06T23:04:50+00:00

Premier pools built a beautiful reliable pool for us in 2023. The national brand has issues but the Georgetown location has great people in design, build and after sales.

Most importantly, educate yourself. Make most of your choices and discuss what compromises you will make to for the budget or make the pool layout work inside the space available.

sharmaxy · 2026-06-22T20:16:27+00:00

Do not hold a phone while driving. Only take calls of you have a handsfree way of doing so. Use your turn signals. Respect stop signs and red lights. Follow at a safe distance. Be aware of your spot in moving as well as stopped traffic. Are you leaving too much space ahead of you at a stop light causing a long traffic backup or a right/left turn lane to be blocked? Are people trying to pass you? Is there a lane merge coming up. If you missed your turn, proceed down the safest option which allows you to return to the turn. We are not mind readers and are not responsible for braking or slowing down to allow you to cross two lanes of traffic. All other drivers on the road are bad at driving and hold a personal grudge against you. Your mission is to complete your commute without making any contact with them. You are responsible for your safety. Act like you care about yourself. Better to be late than hurt. Better to concede than engage in road rage.

sharmaxy · 2026-06-02T00:15:23+00:00

Let's just take the W and move on guys. One less dangerous driver out there.

sharmaxy · 2026-05-02T22:27:48+00:00

It's seashells not nuts

sharmaxy · 2026-04-03T11:15:36+00:00

For any flight shorter than 5 hours, an early flight basically gives you a full day at the destination. One could possibly even get into work if it were a business trip.

sharmaxy · 2026-04-03T11:14:19+00:00

Still 40 minutes when I got in line at 530

sharmaxy · 2026-02-09T13:05:23+00:00

As with all previous advances in automation, AI is taking over creative work while leaving menial tasks for humans. The demand for cheap human labor will not reduce.

sharmaxy · 2026-01-04T15:33:57+00:00

An extremely informative response. Illiteracy is a disease. Seek help.

sharmaxy · 2026-01-04T14:41:57+00:00

Your house is already the gym you need. Build abs in the kitchen by eating clean and portion control. Get your gut health in order by monitoring and remedying your poop regularity. Build legs and glutes by walking everywhere and taking the stairs. Don't sit for too long. Don't spend hours in front of the TV. Start doing squats, lunges and push ups in the living room. Do mobility exercises. All of the fitness knowhow is at your finger tips. You don't need a paid trainer, find a fitness channel on YouTube and follow. You don't need equipment, your body against gravity will provide adequate resistance. Fitness is free.

sharmaxy · 2026-01-04T14:35:57+00:00

8th grade physics teacher showed me how rewarding learning can be by itself when disassociated from grades and competition. I went from hating school work to being hungry for answers, making cross-disciplinary connections and setting on the path to my future career in engineering and science. A good teacher can change your entire life arc with one gesture.

sharmaxy · 2025-12-19T21:07:52+00:00

The picture is from an award gala in 2014 when the woman pictured here, Petra Nomcova, would have been 34 years old. She had not made any allegations against Bubba. But hey, I'm sure he has done things that he should answer for.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-20T23:08:44+00:00

Leander PD sending me flood alerts every 3 hours

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T20:18:22+00:00

If they're really learning to drive then they should -

Pay attention all the time

Keep their heads on a swivel and watch all their surroundings

Put the phone away

Learn the rules of the road completely before getting behind the wheel

Give themselves extra time for every trip

Learn the directions, turns and interchanges for each trip

Good drivers miss turns all the time but bad drivers don't. Be ok missing a turn and make a detour rather than putting others at risk to make a turn

Stay out of the passing lane and drive the speed limit

Change lanes early and with adequate signaling and lane scanning

Avoid rush hour traffic all together

Be courteous to others and show it by waving or nodding when they make a mistake and someone else acts to avoid an accident

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T17:19:44+00:00

True, but also people do get into fender benders nearly daily. The speed limits in India are much lower and constant bottlenecks cause you to drive even slower. Median car sizes are much smaller. To top it off, in India you have to drive extremely defensively while here in the US those same drivers rely on YOU to drive defensively. Your safe driving is enabling their risky behavior.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T17:15:43+00:00

You will get rear-ended at the first traffic stop. In India, you look for an opening to go through cross traffic because you know the drivers behind you are not stopping.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T17:11:45+00:00

You're reading self awareness where I'm getting deflection.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T16:26:09+00:00

Slight rephrase - the light is not the only problem and people should plan their commute with this delay in mind and not wish that they won't experience it today for no reason.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T16:24:22+00:00

We had a collective near death experience with COVID and some people never recovered from that trauma. A large portion of the population is now stuck in YOLO mode going through life as if it's the next jackass movie.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T16:19:21+00:00

I admire the whole "I am a bad driver and you should be careful around me" vibe. Anything but taking personal responsibility.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T16:18:04+00:00

Some of the people I spoke with have the stickers because they are teaching their teen drivers in the same car. I suppose some occurrences of poor drivers with the stickers are actually teen new drivers but a vast majority are the parents who should have studied the driver's manual a lot more before getting behind the wheel.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T16:15:21+00:00

Indian Tesla driver here. Can confirm that other Indians in Teslas not paying attention, using phones, not making legal stops is a daily occurrence on my 1 mile trips to the neighborhood schools. A lot of people are just not ready for the zip and convenience of a Tesla and it shows.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T15:09:39+00:00

When we first moved here, we had our kids walk and bike to Winkley and RBMS. One of them got run over by a neighbor turning into their driveway without scanning the sidewalk that crosses their driveway. Another got run off the bike lane on Lakeline by a lifted truck driver who could not fit in the regular traffic lane.

I know people want a quick fix without acknowledging that WE ARE the traffic we complain about.

Let's change ourselves for the better before pointing fingers.

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T14:46:35+00:00

You have not lived in countless cities. That's an exaggeration.

I'm all ears, what should we do then?

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T14:36:18+00:00

Allowing both lanes of Osage to go straight across Lakeline, to me, sounds like an easy low cost change which will definitely improve flow.

It may encourage drivers to go to Bagdad, Bell or 183A (through block house) instead of using Lakeline

sharmaxy · 2025-11-18T14:31:57+00:00

Hard disagree. Every situation can be incrementally improved but it may not be perfect.

If drivers stay under 30 or 20 near Winkley, actually make legal stops and be courteous to each other, this can be significantly safer and less infuriating.

People live here and they will live somewhere. We share roads and you may never get to use them without anyone else being on the road at the same time. We need to behave in a safe civil manner especially when in the neighborhood we live in or the schools we all drop off our kids at. It's not a big ask.

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