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WVreaper

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21. Love life!

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Fri May 2, 2025, 09:52 PM

Yesterday

Sometimes shit does happen in your favor!

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I moved to this little beach town 55 years ago. [View all] surfered Yesterday OP

Fascinating malaise Yesterday #1

Forecast to be an above average year and I am getting to old for the aftermath surfered Yesterday #4

The water is very warm close to me malaise Yesterday #8

Water temp in the Central Gulf is 78 and it's only the first of May surfered Yesterday #11

Uh-oh. That's not good. calimary Yesterday #29

Amen. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #15

I moved from Houston to Austin just to avoid the flooding and hurricanes. ananda Yesterday #16

If it is any consolation last year's forecast misanthrope 20 hrs ago #32

I've always thought of you as a youngstah. cachukis Yesterday #2

Still surfing, but there is no doubt that I am slowing down. surfered Yesterday #3

It's the mindset. Keep at it. cachukis Yesterday #5

Mindset? Trueblue Texan 11 hrs ago #35

You are only as old sdfernando Yesterday #17

My trouble is, I feel my mind is young.... Trueblue Texan 11 hrs ago #36

Time goes by so fast Tickle Yesterday #6

I got my draft notice when I was in AF basic TexLaProgressive Yesterday #7

You must be even older than me. Carla was in 1961. Celia hit us in 1970 surfered Yesterday #9

Celia created $930 million in damages littlemissmartypants Yesterday #19

Thank you. It was a weird time. I hope your Dad was ok! surfered Yesterday #20

You're welcome. He did lots of search and rescue helicopter rides but he made it home, thankfully. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #23

Me too. surfered Yesterday #24

I just read this obit... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #28

Yes that first Army haircut was brutal surfered 14 hrs ago #33

If you have Netflix... llmart 6 hrs ago #43

I was 11 living 150 miles from the Gulf. It tore shingles off the house TexLaProgressive 21 hrs ago #31

Suddenly an old man... Easterncedar Yesterday #10

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. It goes faster towards the end surfered Yesterday #14

Now THAT'S a good one. calimary Yesterday #30

Never heard this. Sounds about right. Prairie_Seagull 14 hrs ago #34

Hook 'em Horns! momta Yesterday #12

Class of '69 surfered Yesterday #13

I was born in Austin. My dad managed the 2-J's restaurant on Lamar in the 60's. momta Yesterday #18

I graduated from the "old" Austin High in '65. I ate a lot of burgers from 2 Js surfered Yesterday #22

Love life! WVreaper Yesterday #21

Life is a crap shoot. It's all about the luck. I was lucky. surfered Yesterday #26

i feel that i am a 6 years old trapped in a 67 yo mans body. how the heck did i get this way?! AllaN01Bear Yesterday #25

I know the feeling. It happened so fast surfered Yesterday #27

I know EXACTLY how that one goes DFW 10 hrs ago #38

What a charmed life you have lived. 1WorldHope 10 hrs ago #37

"...from a kid to a geezer in a wink of an eye". ReRe 10 hrs ago #39

You're welcome surfered 9 hrs ago #40

Est. 1552? Bullshit. I got news for you. Right on Amerigo Vesupcci's map. --- glorious living black and white 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago #41

Short term rentals are killing these small towns. LisaM 6 hrs ago #42

The people who work here, can't afford to live here. surfered 5 hrs ago #44

Yes, we spend time in an island town. Same story. LisaM 5 hrs ago #45

And too expensive for a family just starting out surfered 4 hrs ago #46