/u/LivingTheBoringLife - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-livingtheboringlife/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:48:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 /u/LivingTheBoringLife - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-livingtheboringlife/ 32 32 103504436 Where can I get a ring made out of stones I already have? https://houstonnewmedia.org/where-can-i-get-a-ring-made-out-of-stones-i-already-have/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-can-i-get-a-ring-made-out-of-stones-i-already-have https://houstonnewmedia.org/where-can-i-get-a-ring-made-out-of-stones-i-already-have/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:48:28 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a1dee563aa21fc2ce7a5955a41372800 I inherited a ton of rings and I’d like to take the stones out and put some into a new ring, something I’d wear rather than let everything sit and collect dust until I die and a distant relative pawns it all. So any recommendations of a place? I’m loo...

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]]> https://houstonnewmedia.org/where-can-i-get-a-ring-made-out-of-stones-i-already-have/feed/ 0 1060390 Central market thanksgiving meal https://houstonnewmedia.org/central-market-thanksgiving-meal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=central-market-thanksgiving-meal https://houstonnewmedia.org/central-market-thanksgiving-meal/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:19:42 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=79b6e1af8c880d40e6cf910a9819bc9f If you’ve had it I’d love to hear your opinion on if it’s worth it or not. Over the years we’ve tried several of the premade meals Randall’s (used to be good in the 90s and 2000s) Heb Kroger (think we had it in the 80s and 90s but the quality went ...

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]]> https://houstonnewmedia.org/central-market-thanksgiving-meal/feed/ 0 1056856 Transco tower original tenants https://houstonnewmedia.org/transco-tower-original-tenants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transco-tower-original-tenants Mon, 01 Sep 2025 02:50:35 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6b13a11b43f9553dc798f05a0fb17441 Around 1989 my aunt worked at transco tower for a company that, I believed, shut down and they laid off everyone. I swear the name of the company started with a T, but I also swear it wasn’t transco….but I could be wrong. I know it’s a shot in the da...

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]]> 1018434 Who builds homes in a flood plain? Well this realtor is trying hard to sell you a home guaranteed to flood! https://houstonnewmedia.org/who-builds-homes-in-a-flood-plain-well-this-realtor-is-trying-hard-to-sell-you-a-home-guaranteed-to-flood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-builds-homes-in-a-flood-plain-well-this-realtor-is-trying-hard-to-sell-you-a-home-guaranteed-to-flood Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:04:04 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8fa5023a3d8a0f731986aa73d2eec19b 360k for a home in a flood plain. I’m speechless. submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 990731 Who builds homes in a flood plain? Well this realtor is trying hard to sell you a home guaranteed to flood! https://houstonnewmedia.org/who-builds-homes-in-a-flood-plain-well-this-realtor-is-trying-hard-to-sell-you-a-home-guaranteed-to-flood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-builds-homes-in-a-flood-plain-well-this-realtor-is-trying-hard-to-sell-you-a-home-guaranteed-to-flood Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:04:04 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8fa5023a3d8a0f731986aa73d2eec19b 360k for a home in a flood plain. I’m speechless. submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 990732 What is your prediction for hurricane season? https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-is-your-prediction-for-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-your-prediction-for-hurricane-season Wed, 21 May 2025 12:17:13 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=160b07f792a31e5e44a560ce7a40357b I’m a born and raised Houstonian so I’m not new to hurricanes but I’m trying to decide if I want to risk booking a vacation right in the middle of hurricane season. So do you think this year we are going to get hit? Or do you think we will dodge a hur...

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]]> 955751 When did USPS start using San Antonio as distribution center for Houston? https://houstonnewmedia.org/when-did-usps-start-using-san-antonio-as-distribution-center-for-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-did-usps-start-using-san-antonio-as-distribution-center-for-houston Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:52:07 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=248baab924f444d1b0afffce775ddd9f I’ve always seen my packages hit the north Houston distribution center before finally making their way to me. But the last 3 packages I bought are all sitting and sitting and sitting in the San Antonio distribution center. Is that new? I did move fro...

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]]> 918830 Khou is blocked in Europe, anyone know why? https://houstonnewmedia.org/khou-is-blocked-in-europe-anyone-know-why/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=khou-is-blocked-in-europe-anyone-know-why Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:05:33 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=941aab7f11ebaa6bd482f9dce3a32578 Found that out back in 2022 when I tried to access khou’s website in England. Now I’m on vacation again in Rome and it’s the same. I asked khou and this is the only response I got. And yep, I check on what’s going on in Houston when I’m on vaca...

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]]> 837042 Early voting question https://houstonnewmedia.org/early-voting-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-voting-question Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:26:41 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=051401ca3553588d6292dcdeab14c864 We are leaving to go out of town next week and won’t be back until after Election Day so we’re planning on voting Monday. I see that the polls are open until 6 in Brazoria county. Does that mean if there is a line waiting they won’t let you vote after...

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]]> 832613 Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announces pancreatic cancer diagnosis and warns of her Congressional absence https://houstonnewmedia.org/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-announces-pancreatic-cancer-diagnosis-and-warns-of-her-congressional-absence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rep-sheila-jackson-lee-announces-pancreatic-cancer-diagnosis-and-warns-of-her-congressional-absence Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:07:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6b81b551cc815a185be75b703c9c1c6e submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 776885 How many others got this political mailer? We got ours today. https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-many-others-got-this-political-mailer-we-got-ours-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-others-got-this-political-mailer-we-got-ours-today Mon, 27 May 2024 00:12:02 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d51f96c04cee44559e7de70674469b57 submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 773906 Has anyone’s car insurance rate gone down? https://houstonnewmedia.org/has-anyones-car-insurance-rate-gone-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=has-anyones-car-insurance-rate-gone-down Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:19:57 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=4595a921fe64a550f1b4144af2c44fe9 Ours went down by about $85 and I’m highly suspicious of that. I read over it all with a fine toothed comb and it doesn’t look like they changed anything on us. We haven’t changed anything either. Same cars. Same people. Same no accidents and no ticke...

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]]> 760877 Does Centerpoint clean up their mess? https://houstonnewmedia.org/does-centerpoint-clean-up-their-mess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-centerpoint-clean-up-their-mess Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:54:03 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fc59bb04ecc966837da82c42879c858b We have a right of way through our back yard and they came today to trim the trees and have left all the limbs scattered all over our driveway (that isn’t part of the right of way…) and when we mean all over my driveway I mean we can’t park there and t...

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]]> 753281 Avoiding Title thieves, is this something to worry about here? Does Houston have something in place to prevent this from happening? https://houstonnewmedia.org/avoiding-title-thieves-is-this-something-to-worry-about-here-does-houston-have-something-in-place-to-prevent-this-from-happening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avoiding-title-thieves-is-this-something-to-worry-about-here-does-houston-have-something-in-place-to-prevent-this-from-happening Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:42:34 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=022054e211acf8e540a6d38fbc31c03b submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 749632 Kahu aka lo-Jack required from dealers now? https://houstonnewmedia.org/kahu-aka-lo-jack-required-from-dealers-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kahu-aka-lo-jack-required-from-dealers-now Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:27:57 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b015d445dc01f184c878b4f8f1770af8 I’m looking for a 2024 SUV and I contacted a few dealers and the 2 that have emailed me back so far have a line item of Kahu listed. A quick google search shows me it’s basically a lo jack for vehicles. Clear lake Honda told me they can not remove it...

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]]> 744048 Is it because of the influx of people? I’m having a hell of a time getting into specialists https://houstonnewmedia.org/is-it-because-of-the-influx-of-people-im-having-a-hell-of-a-time-getting-into-specialists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-because-of-the-influx-of-people-im-having-a-hell-of-a-time-getting-into-specialists Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:26:25 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7eec64934cab6df65ba183664ae4d2c9 Born and raised here so I know it’s never been super easy to get into specialists but usually it’s a few weeks out. Now it’s 3-6 months out It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s something major or minor either. I need a GOOD endocrinologist, I was diagno...

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]]> 741985 Minimum age for the HOV lane? Promise this isn’t an abortion question https://houstonnewmedia.org/minimum-age-for-the-hov-lane-promise-this-isnt-an-abortion-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minimum-age-for-the-hov-lane-promise-this-isnt-an-abortion-question Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:02:57 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=1b9c66db69d615edb422e945c43715de I was in the HOV lane today and got pulled over. I had two small children in the backseat in car seats Cop gave me a warning for using the HOV lane. When I mentioned the kids in the backseat (they were sitting backwards so I thought maybe he just didn...

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]]> 728922 Scarlet letter for drunk drivers? Can we start giving them different plates like Ohio does? https://houstonnewmedia.org/scarlet-letter-for-drunk-drivers-can-we-start-giving-them-different-plates-like-ohio-does/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scarlet-letter-for-drunk-drivers-can-we-start-giving-them-different-plates-like-ohio-does Sun, 11 Feb 2024 23:10:16 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=01b08befc9866cf1933003d263649da4 Wonder if this would be a bit of a deterrent? submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 724509 Brazoria county wants to help you and your boo out for Valentine’s Day! https://houstonnewmedia.org/brazoria-county-wants-to-help-you-and-your-boo-out-for-valentines-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brazoria-county-wants-to-help-you-and-your-boo-out-for-valentines-day Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:19:09 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=dee42f4e75800db6d05ef0a856e92845 submitted by /u/LivingTheBoringLife [link] [comments]

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]]> 722074 Methodist doctors hard to get into? Soonest I can get in is August?! https://houstonnewmedia.org/methodist-doctors-hard-to-get-into-soonest-i-can-get-in-is-august/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=methodist-doctors-hard-to-get-into-soonest-i-can-get-in-is-august Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:51:17 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=252efcd587826a38475ea4da0ebb8d99 Insurance changed, yay me! And since I went through UTMB and they don’t take Aetna I’m having to find a whole plethora of doctors. I called several different obgyn through Methodist for just a normal well woman exam. August is the soonest I can get in...

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