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FearlessF · « **Reply #448 on:** July 04, 2018, 08:27:19 PM »

smack that ass

BrownCounty · « **Reply #449 on:** July 05, 2018, 04:58:09 PM »

I hate losing my interest in UT sports.

I want my fire and vinegar back. I think it's the conference thing, and everybody's heard my piece on that. But I really think that's why I'm not as high-strung as I used to be about Texas Football.

Oh dear Aggies, dear Piggies, blasted Huskers, oh Ralphie, friggin Mizzou.... I hate and miss thee.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #450 on:** July 05, 2018, 07:17:40 PM »

What you’re experiencing is natural.
When you were young you probably played with Transformers or something. Then you outgrew them.
When you were young, your mom and dad were probably your sun and moon. You still love them as much and probably even appreciate them more than you did when you were nine or ten but you don’t need them for food, shelter and security like you used to.
At one time you or you and your wife probably had an amazingly dog that was almost like a child to you. Then you had children and the child substitute settled into its proper role as pet.
Sports are great and, in their proper place, they can be a nice part of an emotionally full, balanced and stable life. But there’s no point in obsessions in a man’s life.
Get plenty of rest, eat a balanced diet and enjoy whatever the day brings whether it’s time with the missus, your kids, friends, sports, pets, camping, kayaking, grilling, flirting, reading, arguing, working, or eating a slice of cocoanut cream pie.
Life is a fruit salad. Just keep eating and savoring, and stop missing that bite of mango you had 5 minutes ago.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #451 on:** July 05, 2018, 07:22:03 PM »

Here’s another mini sermon that sums up my life’s philosophy.

In every moment and in every situation, life is complex enough to justify both gratitude or resentment.

The choice is ours but only one will ever lead to joy.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #452 on:** July 05, 2018, 07:31:17 PM »

I like that Texas will be playing USC, LSU, Arkansas, Alabama, Ohio State and Michigan.

Playing A&M is kind of like arguing politics with your brother-in-law. Even if you win, they won’t get it and you’ll feel stupider.

BrownCounty · « **Reply #453 on:** July 05, 2018, 09:18:01 PM »

Quote from: CharleyHorse46 on July 05, 2018, 07:17:40 PM

At one time you or you and your wife probably had an amazingly dog that was almost like a child to you. Then you had children and the child substitute settled into its proper role as pet.

Then the nest emptied and the wife now has two dogs that may as well be grandchildren.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #454 on:** July 05, 2018, 09:53:51 PM »

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #455 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:46:39 PM »

Quote from: BrownCounty on July 05, 2018, 04:58:09 PM

I hate losing my interest in UT sports.

I can sympathize.
I think I've identified several potential contributing factors, or possibly the whole enchilada. But the causes are irrelevant, the outcome is the same. My interest predictably plateau'd at one point and then eventually waned very gradually, but enough to notice. Then last football season my interest fell straight off a cliff. I still watched all the games because I don't think I could not watch them, but I watched far, far fewer of other teams' games than I have in years, and I cared almost nothing about the outcome of our games, or the run of play during them. It was more like fulfilling some mildly pleasant obligation. "Hmm...we won that one....good for them, I guess." Or, "Hmm...we lost that one....too bad for them, I guess."
Me from 10 years ago wants to punch me in the nuts, I can sense it.
At the top of the list, I suspect, is football was once a very social thing for me, and it's not anymore. The amount of space in my life it has the ability to take up is directly proportional to the amount of analyzing, dissecting, and good-natured smack-talking I do with other fans. And more and more that's not a thing any longer.
The good news is I no longer count the days until kickoff and that makes summers a lot less tedious.
The further good news is that by the time UT kicks our ass in 2019 and 2020 I may not be watching at all. Except for that my cute little UT-fan gf has never been to a Longhorns game, and I'd like to take her sometime if I'm able, so that might be a good one to shoot for.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #456 on:** July 09, 2018, 05:55:26 PM »

Quote from: CharleyHorse46 on July 03, 2018, 09:19:51 AM

I guess some of us like to study every aspect of things that interest us and think it through until we have nailed down a very nuanced impression. Once you finally get there after years of soul searching, it's nice to be able to share it because it's unique. It's not a cookie-cutter opinion somebody handed you. It's like nobody else's opinion on that particular subject and it's precious because you worked on it for years and can explain how you arrived at every conclusion.

Most people have hated that about me my entire life. Enough that when I was younger it really bothered me and made me sad. Now when they express disdain for how much thought I put into a given topic, I spend a lot of time analyzing their opinion of my behavior and formulating a long-winded exposition of it, then I catch them in a spot where they can't easily get away from me and I lay it all on them, knowing that it's driving them insane.
The CDC just released info that suicide is up by almost 30% in Louisiana since I've been back here. There may be some correlation.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #457 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:32:10 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on July 09, 2018, 05:46:39 PM

Except for that my cute little UT-fan gf has never been to a Longhorns game, and I'd like to take her sometime if I'm able, so that might be a good one to shoot for.

Congratulations on appealing to woman who clearly possesses excellent taste, Amos.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #458 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:40:46 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on July 09, 2018, 05:55:26 PM

Most people have hated that about me my entire life. Enough that when I was younger it really bothered me and made me sad. Now when they express disdain for how much thought I put into a given topic, I spend a lot of time analyzing their opinion of my behavior and formulating a long-winded exposition of it, then I catch them in a spot where they can't easily get away from me and I lay it all on them, knowing that it's driving them insane.
The CDC just released info that suicide is up by almost 30% in Louisiana since I've been back here. There may be some correlation.

Well thank you for doing your part.

Nowadays I mostly keep my opinions to myself. Don’t nobody want to hear nobody else’s opinion any way except to validate their own or to pick a fight.

Last night, for example I was drawn into exchanging opinions with a man in the Lowes parking lot.

I had loaned one of my sons my truck but I needed a 2x6x10 real bad so I took his Jeep down there and wedged the board in sideways cattycornered and strapped down like a mofo.

Old guy says: Bet you wish you had a truck.

I said: Nah, I just wish strangers would mind their own &$#@ing business.

He seemed to stiffen at that so I turned around to look at him.

He was the minister of education at my church.

Dammmit.

CharleyHorse46 · « **Reply #459 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:55:54 PM »

Dollar Shave Club. Been a member about 5 month. Every month they charge me $3 and send me 5 blades and a news letter.

A few months ago they started putting that 1.75 x2.5 inch box of blades and the newsletter in a big ass bulky 8x11 envelope that clogs my mailbox, gets torn up and creates trash.

So putting up with it for a few months I went on their website and chatted with”Luke.”

Dood went on about how it’s better for the environment.

I never got ugly about it. Why would I? I merely voiced my complaint. Dude got all defensive and canceled my account.

So screw Dollar Shave Club. They’re idiots.

utee94 · « **Reply #460 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:13:09 PM »

I miss playing the Huskers and the Aggies. Don't give a rat's arse about Mizzou or Colorado though, that's for darn sure.

And I certainly care less about UT sports than I did a decade ago. It's part of growing up. Sounds like it just took BC a couple decades longer than most, but when he finally did grow up, he went immediately from young and impassioned to old and crotchety, and missed the good "moderate and even-keeled" part.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Of course.

FearlessF · « **Reply #461 on:** July 09, 2018, 10:56:36 PM »

Quote from: CharleyHorse46 on July 09, 2018, 07:40:46 PM

He was the minister of education at my church.

Dammmit.

Dammmit!

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