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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #700 on: May 27, 2022, 12:35:51 PM »
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« Reply #701 on: May 27, 2022, 03:26:26 PM »
I've still been reading.

The NCAAT broke my Purdue fandom. 
That was definitely a rough tournament.  Purdue had the red carpet rolled out and . . .

That said:
You've got to bring yourself around to watching Purdue football again.

This is THE season for it.  Everything is falling into place for a run at the B1G West and finally playing for a CCG.

We finally have a seasoned QB and know for sure who will be the starter in week 1.  We also have a competent OL.

We are in Brohms 6th year.  He finally has the right pieces and culture in place.  This was the expected time frame to rebuild the Hazell disaster and the COVID year.

And honestly, probably a chance Brohm is gone after this year.  A successful season means others will come calling.  Ive long suspected he's waiting for an NFL job.
I do think there is a decent chance for Purdue to compete for the B1G-W this year and with the impending elimination of divisions this year is probably the best chance Purdue will ever have at a CG appearance.  

Now I need to go look some stuff up to see if that makes sense:

B1G-E opponents for B1G-W teams:
  • Illinois:  Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana
  • Iowa:  Ohio State, Michigan, Rutgers
  • Minnesota:  Penn State, Michigan State, Rutgers
  • Nebraska:  Michigan, Indiana, Rutgers
  • Northwestern:  Ohio State, Penn State, Maryland
  • Purdue:  Penn State, Maryland, Indiana
  • Wisconsin:  Ohio State, Michigan State, Maryland

Then there is the H/A split to consider, for Purdue, home:
  • Penn State
  • Nebraska
  • Iowa
  • Northwestern
Away:
  • Minnesota
  • Maryland
  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois
  • Indiana

It isn't easy but I could see it happening.  If the Boilers manage to win in Madison (10/22) I'd flat out pick them to make it.  Even if not, Wisconsin's tough crossover(@tOSU) is tougher than PSU's tough crossover (vs PSU).  Wisconsin also travels to East Lansing, Lincoln, Iowa City, and Evanston so it isn't ridiculous to say that Wisconsin could lose two or more league games.  That doesn't leave Purdue with much margin for error if they lose in Madison but it does provide them with a shot.  

It wouldn't be shocking for Wisconsin to lose three of their five league road games (basically tOSU and two out of MSU, UNL, IA, NU).  That gives Purdue a shot.  


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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #702 on: May 28, 2022, 11:08:52 AM »
May be an image of 2 people and text that says 'A bit over two centuries ago, June 16, 1816, Mary Shelley on the left invented Science Fiction when she wrote "Frankenstein". About 150 years later Lucille Ball on the right championed a script nobody wanted, paid for the pilot and fought the money people back enough for "Star Trek" to get made. (She also had a hand in "Westinghouse Desilou Playhouse" which gave Rod Serling the big break he needed to get "The Twilight Zone" produced.) The mother of science fiction, and the godmother of modern science fiction, we salute you.'
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« Reply #703 on: May 28, 2022, 12:10:13 PM »
Didn't know that FF - sharp lady
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« Reply #704 on: May 28, 2022, 12:16:35 PM »
It's a shame, too... I've done some really good cooking lately and I know Nubbz has been missing the pictures. :57:

I have not moved to Austin, and I do not know 94's whereabouts.
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« Reply #705 on: May 28, 2022, 12:28:24 PM »
Didn't know that FF - sharp lady
I didn't fact check it

found it on FB

but, why would someone make up that story?
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« Reply #706 on: May 28, 2022, 12:33:59 PM »
One from the way back archives... 2014 over Chino, California at sunset with three P-47 Thunderbolts (a fourth one is just out of frame trying to catch up). The world's only two flying Razorback P-47G Thunderbolts (built by Curtiss-Wright) 'Snafu' and the the other G model from Planes of Fame Air Museum lead while a bubble-top P-47D Thunderbolt 'Hun Hunter XVI' round up the third.

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #airtoair #air2air #ww2 #worldwar2 #p47thunderbolt #p47s

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« Reply #707 on: May 28, 2022, 01:37:11 PM »
I didn't fact check it

found it on FB

but, why would someone make up that story?
Well you make up golf scores

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #708 on: May 29, 2022, 05:17:29 PM »
The Vatican knew it had a winner on its hands with Allegri’s “Miserere” and, wanting to preserve its aura of mystery and exclusivity, forbade replication, threatening anyone who attempted to copy or publish it with excommunication. But that didn’t stop the teenaged Mozart.

Mozart listened to the song twice, transcribed it from memory, and committed one of the earliest known instances of musical piracy.

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/09/allegri-miserere-mozart-vatican-terez-rose.html

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« Reply #709 on: May 29, 2022, 08:30:35 PM »
When Mozart was my age hed been dead for 38 years
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« Reply #710 on: May 29, 2022, 11:29:50 PM »
When Mozart was my age hed been dead for 38 years
And at that time people in the Cemetery where he was buried heard a strange scratching noise so they dug him up and found him using an eraser to erase music.

They asked what he was doing and he said . . .

Can't you see . . .

I'm decomposing. 

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« Reply #711 on: May 30, 2022, 07:52:14 AM »
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Montezuma II), the 9th emperor of the Aztecs, was one of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world. He was also known as The Chocolate King. At the height of his power, he had a stash of nearly a billion cacao beans.
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« Reply #712 on: May 30, 2022, 08:18:49 AM »
in 1940, the Vought F4U Corsair flew for the first time. In 1943, the Corsair and F6F Hellcat (AKA the "Terrible Twins") destroyed 5 enemy planes for every U.S. plane lost. This 1944 photo is of factory-fresh Corsairs and Hellcats being prepared to be shipped to the Pacific.

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« Reply #713 on: May 31, 2022, 08:16:13 AM »
Every 11 years, solar activity surges. The sunspots that pepper the sun explode, hurtling massive clouds of gas known as "CMEs" through the solar system. This is called “solar maximum.”
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