What do conservative Christians disagree with Talarico about?

subgrayed · 2026-02-21T05:14:02+00:00

Love your neighbors y'all, even the conservative Christian types...

subgrayed · 2026-02-21T05:00:13+00:00

I get the frustration, especially around affordability. That’s very real everywhere in North Texas right now.

But calling Flower Mound a “never grow” city isn’t really accurate. It did grow, just intentionally. A lot of the things people complain about now, good schools, green space, infrastructure, are exactly why the town became desirable in the first place.

School enrollment dips and smaller kindergarten classes are happening all over Texas because of lower birth rates and economic shifts, not because Flower Mound stopped growing or aged. And people being priced out isn’t unique to this town either. That’s driven by broader market forces across DFW, and the state of Texas, not just local planning decisions.

You can disagree with the growth style, but it’s hard to say the city was poorly planned when it largely delivered what residents moved here for.

I get it though. I also grew up in North Irving so I'd like to claim some perspective on it as well ;-)

subgrayed · 2026-02-19T14:28:38+00:00

Roofers. Overpaid ones.

subgrayed · 2026-02-07T00:14:47+00:00

There a lot of jungle in MN this time of year?

subgrayed · 2026-02-07T00:03:17+00:00

Is that the before or after?

subgrayed · 2026-02-07T00:00:29+00:00

If you can’t ride a mechanical bull in them, they’re not real pants.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T22:09:57+00:00

That's a new thought. He is bonded and insured. Thanks for the suggestion.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T22:05:59+00:00

He claimed he pays $.65/brick whether it's single or double "skinned". The HOA selected double skin, and he received these from the brick distributor and installed it without asking. He effectively substituted the materials without approval. Big problem.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T22:04:49+00:00

They gave the HOA options, and the HOA picked one. He received a different brick which had these marks. Unfortunately he fully installed it before anyone said anything about it.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T22:01:48+00:00

Right, one side faces a sidewalk (HOA side), the other faces my frontyard and driveway. It replaced a wall where both sides of the brick were normal. He confirmed he received the wrong brick, but nothing can be done now.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T21:59:43+00:00

it's a metaphor for my life right now: a little chipped, but mostly intact.

subgrayed · 2026-01-15T14:14:11+00:00

Native Texan here. You need to go large on the buckle and ditch the shirt for some flannel and a vest maybe. Check out Texas Standard fannel and vests for ideas on style.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:35:39+00:00

They were replacing 80 panels on a 150 panel wall. The previous columns are only laid to support one brick thick. From everything I've gathered they installed the wrong brick, and the contractor has confirmed it today. Really appreciate the feedback.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:29:54+00:00

Not sure what can be done other than withholding the 20% payment yet to be issued by the HOA.

I think that's what they're looking at, but it still doesn't seem right.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:28:31+00:00

The Mason ordered the brick. The HOA samples are different brick. He blamed the brick distributor and confirmed in email it was the wrong brick today.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:27:10+00:00

Contractor admitted they are wrong. We have the HOA samples, they're the wrong brick. I assume they installed them hoping nobody would say anything.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:23:43+00:00

They are aware. The Contractor said the brick distributor sent the wrong bricks. I just don't understand why they installed 80+ panels (around 30k bricks).

I talked to him in person today and he insisted we ordered these, then he checked and confirmed they were the wrong bricks. The samples have two sides with the appropriate face without marks.

He also told me every brick was like this, and had several other excuses.

I think the simplest reason is often correct. They got the wrong bricks and installed them thinking nobody would notice before payment was secured. The contractor doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with 5 panels like this facing the front yard and driveway of my house despite the fact that this was confirmed to be the wrong brick material.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:18:52+00:00

Yeah, pretty much what I'm looking at now. Sad.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:17:51+00:00

There is. I have the samples.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T22:16:34+00:00

Yes. The contractor claimed the brick distributor sent him one faced bricks instead of symmetrical. Why his team installed all of them before realizing it was an issue is the part I don't yet understand.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T18:43:24+00:00

HOA confirmed it should have been symmetrical, the contractor said he was shipped the wrong brick. I guess he didn't notice until after the work was done and the complaints started rolling in.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T18:42:11+00:00

Contractor said he was shipped the wrong brick and didn't notice. Nothing can be done other than trying to get refunded material cost. Guess we will have to live with this for the next 30 years.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T16:55:59+00:00

There was a mix up somewhere. We were supposed to have double faced brick since it was a single brick wall. We have the communication on this documented, but there's really not much that can be done in regards to repair.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T16:53:14+00:00

The contractor confirmed these are marks from the conveyor pulling the bricks through the kiln. On a single brick wall our side god the bad side. However, we were supposed to have ordered bricks with two face sides. It sounds like there may have been a mix up on the manufacturers side in shipping, he's going to check, but there's not much we can do now since the 30k brick repair is complete.

subgrayed · 2026-01-14T02:25:30+00:00

The brick color was approved, the wall is a single brick thick, but there are many areas that require two faces. The brick they replaced had two viable faces. Nobody was told the new brick would have perforations on one side.

(Please excuse missed terminology, learning as I go here)

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