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Topic: OT - What made you happy today?

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betarhoalphadelta

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1596 on: March 09, 2026, 05:32:22 PM »
Congrats! I realize it's probably a little bit bittersweet. But considering you already live in a mixed marriage (Horns/Ags), it's not like you can really hate the Aggies that much. You married one :57:

We're in limbo until late this month, as the premier UC schools don't announce their acceptances for a little while longer. 



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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1597 on: March 09, 2026, 05:46:48 PM »
So now, all the pressure is on the boy...
He's too busy cruising in the 'stang to feel it,prolly thinking of Grand Prix Racing - good on him
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« Reply #1598 on: March 09, 2026, 05:48:27 PM »
He's too busy cruising in the 'stang to feel it,prolly thinking of Grand Prix Racing - good on him
Oh he's got that covered.  With the grades he's managed so far, it's pretty much impossible for him to get into UT.  And A&M's not looking all that likely, either, to be honest.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1599 on: March 09, 2026, 05:57:58 PM »
Welcome to the world of genuinely liking your kid's university, but despising its sports teams. I think you'll generally like it here. Honestly, I find the competition kinda fun, even though SFIrish also sides with the kid.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1600 on: March 09, 2026, 06:02:04 PM »
Oh it'll all be fine.  A&M's a good school, and an excellent option for animal science.

She's a band/music/arts/theater kind of kid, I doubt she'll get very involved in following the sports anyway.  She's been to many football and baseball games, for both UT and A&M, and never cared a lick about any of it.


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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1601 on: March 09, 2026, 06:47:30 PM »
Oh he's got that covered.  With the grades he's managed so far, it's pretty much impossible for him to get into UT.  And A&M's not looking all that likely, either, to be honest.
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college, John d.Rockerfeller or Henry Ford didn't attend.

Larry Ellison does not have a college degree. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later the University of Chicago but dropped out of both institutions without graduating. He moved to California in 1966, where he taught himself computer programming and later founded Oracle in 1977. I think he's right behind Elon for the moment

-Kirk Kerkorian worth $5.2 billion had an unusual path to success, dropping out of the eighth grade to become an amateur boxer and later a World War II fighter pilot before developing the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

-Best Buy founder and former CEO Richard Schulze Net worth today: $3.8 billion had dropped out of Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota — not that it seems to have held him back

- David Green the founder of Hobby Lobby and his family employ more than 43,000 employees at around 900 stores across the nation. He completed high school in Oklahoma but never attended university, instead becoming a retail manager and using a $600 loan to start a home business assembling and selling picture frames.

-  Fearless there's another....well I'll stop right there ;D

Dialed in dudes who carved their own way

Kid'll be fine just letting his hair down a little

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1602 on: March 09, 2026, 07:45:56 PM »
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college, John d.Rockerfeller or Henry Ford didn't attend.

Larry Ellison does not have a college degree. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later the University of Chicago but dropped out of both institutions without graduating. He moved to California in 1966, where he taught himself computer programming and later founded Oracle in 1977. I think he's right behind Elon for the moment

-Kirk Kerkorian worth $5.2 billion had an unusual path to success, dropping out of the eighth grade to become an amateur boxer and later a World War II fighter pilot before developing the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

-Best Buy founder and former CEO Richard Schulze Net worth today: $3.8 billion had dropped out of Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota — not that it seems to have held him back

- David Green the founder of Hobby Lobby and his family employ more than 43,000 employees at around 900 stores across the nation. He completed high school in Oklahoma but never attended university, instead becoming a retail manager and using a $600 loan to start a home business assembling and selling picture frames.

-  Fearless there's another....well I'll stop right there ;D

Dialed in dudes who carved their own way

Kid'll be fine just letting his hair down a little


The random small number of people who drink whiskey, smoke a pack a day, eat lots of bacon, and live to 100, exist.

That doesn't mean it's an optimal or high-odds strategy for the general public to expect the same.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1603 on: March 09, 2026, 08:57:17 PM »
The random small number of people who drink whiskey, smoke a pack a day, eat lots of bacon, and live to 100, exist.

That doesn't mean it's an optimal or high-odds strategy for the general public to expect the same.
While Nubbz highlighted a few uber-wealthy people, the number of people who have and more that can be come successful without a four-year degree is not a random small number.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1604 on: March 09, 2026, 09:12:21 PM »
Over 70 today! I quasi-played 9 holes (didn't putt much) plus another hour or so hitting approach shots and chipping. Probably gonna be a little sore tomorrow, but it was worth it.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1605 on: March 09, 2026, 10:00:53 PM »
good for you

spring has sprung!
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1606 on: March 09, 2026, 10:06:12 PM »
Fearless there's another....well I'll stop right there ;D
why stop. Michael Dell's biggest competition was a guy that dropped out.   Ted Waitt (Gateway 2000) and I first met in Iowa City back in 84 or 85.  
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1607 on: March 09, 2026, 10:21:22 PM »
Our HS Jr. Is making the rounds but all four schools represented by my wife and I were long ago banned from consideration.   

Im not forecasting any nose pinching selections but we'll see there are a couple on her list I'd rather not see.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #1608 on: March 09, 2026, 11:16:44 PM »
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

 

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