It wasn't today, but last night just after dusk I was doing driving lessons with my 15 yo son. He nicely asked his sister if he could borrow her convertible for the exercise, and she conceded as long as I agreed to fill up her tank. :)Thats cool. You should treasure this period in your life. Time goes by so quickly. Seems like yesterday when I would go out on driver traing trips with my son. Just another thing no one ever tells you about being a parent. I must have done a pretty good job cause hes never been in an accident or even goitten a ticket. Hell I probably had at least 10 by the time I graduated UT. Course Id never tell him that.
There were storms about 10-15 miles out and the weather had just cooled, with big clouds off to the side but not directly above, with a lot of sheet lightning mixed in between them. We had the top down and were just cruising the streets out in my part of suburbia, almost no other cars on the road. And my son said, "Dad, I think this is going to be one of those memories I'll have forever."
It wasn't today, but last night just after dusk I was doing driving lessons with my 15 yo son. He nicely asked his sister if he could borrow her convertible for the exercise, and she conceded as long as I agreed to fill up her tank. :)
There were storms about 10-15 miles out and the weather had just cooled, with big clouds off to the side but not directly above, with a lot of sheet lightning mixed in between them. We had the top down and were just cruising the streets out in my part of suburbia, almost no other cars on the road. And my son said, "Dad, I think this is going to be one of those memories I'll have forever."
I woke up.and had myself a Be-e-e-r
What made you happy today?
Extension from yesterday that someone mentioned to me but I forgot to look at...Awesome, good news.
On my company's web site main page, the big banner at the very front and center links to... My white paper (that the CEO quoted).
But even beyond that, there's a section farther down with four tiles of content. One is a white paper I wrote. One is a tech brief that was existing but I rewrote and modernized to keep up with more recent innovations. And one is an innovation web site that was championed by a coworker but I'm probably 1/3 responsible for the content.
Not bad :)
Extension from yesterday that someone mentioned to me but I forgot to look at...
On my company's web site main page, the big banner at the very front and center links to... My white paper (that the CEO quoted).
But even beyond that, there's a section farther down with four tiles of content. One is a white paper I wrote. One is a tech brief that was existing but I rewrote and modernized to keep up with more recent innovations. And one is an innovation web site that was championed by a coworker but I'm probably 1/3 responsible for the content.
Not bad :)
Pulled them up to read them, but since white papers often have unlisted authors and these are no different, how I do know it's really you if it doesn't say "BRAD! dammit!" at the top?You'll just have to take my word for it.
You'll just have to take my word for it.I don't know, that would make me think @medinabuckeye1 (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1547) might have written them... ;)
Or you can read it and realize that's it's so long-winded that it could be nobody other than me :57:
She was happy to be spending "money" or value of a sort, by being able to do something for her child. I suspect all of us who have children understand that.understood. doing something for children and using earned points or miles is a double whammy in my book
He's a super "kid". (He's not a kid of course.)
grass got it's first cutting of the season yesterday after 5pmDafuq I'll be on my 3rd cut if it ever dries out
Dafuq I'll be on my 3rd cut if it ever dries outI'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alley
This was the core of our "wine group" at the local wine bar in Glendale, OH. We showed up every Friday and spent way too much money. I proposed to my wife in that room in the back on April Fool's Day a few years back.Where the hell is the wood bar,pinball machine,dart boards,juke box, beer signs and TV's with the games on? That place gives me the creeps
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I'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alleyFORE!!!
they are probably all going to mow today or Sunday, I've got tee times so had to Git'r done Friday afternoon
Where the hell is the wood bar,pinball machine,dart boards,juke box, beer signs and TV's with the games on? That place gives me the creepsIt's a "wine bar", a classy place, doesn't need that stuff at all. We liked it a lot. Obviously.
It's a "wine bar", a classy place, doesn't need that stuff at all. We liked it a lot. Obviously.Meh,gimme a dimly lit smoky tavern with a pool table and a good choice of draft beers....and the game on
Obviously, there are bars for beer drinkers out there aplenty. Wine bars are much more rare, as I think wine drinkers are fewer in number, though they often spend a lot more on less volume.you see the problem?
We have a pretty neat "beer bar" not far from here where my stepson went a while back and noted Charles Barkley sitting in the back by his lonesome. The bar tender said he comes there when in town and prefers to be left to himself.
We 've had lunch there a few times, the food is better than a typical sports bar. There was a large water main break just outside a few months ago that caused quite a bit of damage to the place, they were closed for a couple months.
Midtown Atlanta pub destroyed in water main break reopens | FOX 5 Atlanta (https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/55-days-after-water-main-break-midtown-atlanta-pub-reopens)
Eleventh Street Pub (https://www.eleventhstreetpubatl.com/)
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I'm usually the last guy in the neighborhood to mow........ not this spring, beat my neighbors on both sides, across the street and across the alleyI mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.
they are probably all going to mow today or Sunday, I've got tee times so had to Git'r done Friday afternoon
I mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.We've already got one of those (https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/in-other-news-18271/).
Played 18 on Thursday; four 3-putts and made one outside four feet all day. A candidate for a "What Made You Sad Today?" thread.
tough to find'em smoky any longer - it's a damn shameI'm being repressed, I blame the damn,dirty,
I mowed for the fourth time Tuesday.what course, I'd like to avoid it if the greens are that treacherous??
Played 18 on Thursday; four 3-putts and made one outside four feet all day. A candidate for a "What Made You Sad Today?" thread.
Sheesh. Been mowin' since February, when it got close to 90 deg here, or at least seemed like it.don't move to Texas
well, it's pretty early to be happyI'm happy, pretty much, drinking my morning coffee and reading stuff here is good. My wife is still asleep, I think, I usually take her tea in the AM. We had a line of storms pass through last night while we were at the symphony, could hear thunder at times, it had pretty much ended when we got out, just some light sprinkle which was good as we had walked, it's less than a mile.
what course, I'd like to avoid it if the greens are that treacherous??No, no. All operator error!
My wife got me some new shorts, and so I guess I'm finally moving on from cargo shorts.
Oh, I don't actually USE the pockets. If I did, I wouldn't be getting ride of them!
One step away from becoming fanny-pack guy, in order to make up for all that lost pocket space.
No, no. All operator error!played in a 5-man scramble today, great weather - tied for first - 2nd place on tie braker - drank plenty - good food - I'm happy to be home
I played 9 yesterday and shot a 37, so I'm happy again.
I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.Congrats! 27K a year will buy a lot of beer!
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.This made me happy today.
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
I was offered and have accepted a new job as a principal at a charter school in Indy. 27K raise, commute time cut by 66%, an opportunity to make a difference for kids who need it.Congrats!
Also, I get to play golf tomorrow morning in what should be great weather.
We're doing a crawfish boil tomorrow and I just bought a couple cases of beer. That made me happy.
My wife has had three hip replacements, which is not nearly as rough as a knee, and rotator cuff surgery, which is a lot worse than a hip.Yeah, her knee has been pretty rough; she did really well in February when she had a total reversal of her shoulder (instead of rotator cuff) and bounced back really quickly. Hoping she does the same now so we can convince her to do the other knee sooner rather than later - she has been bone-on-bone with both knees for a decade or more.
I had hurt it at age 16 pitching, nobody back then had a clue what it was.Called an ouchee - get back in there and play thru the pain. Well maybe not the amatuers
Freakin’ knee has been killing me this week. For almost no reason. Just hurting. Got an appointment with the ortho doc on Monday.a year or so ago my freakin knee was killin me for no reason - couldn't even squat down on my haunches to read a putt - told the Doc about it hopin for some help, he just smiled and said I was gettin old.
Called an ouchee - get back in there and play thru the pain. Well maybe not the amatuersYeah, I played and continued to play into my 40s, and started back again at 60. It was odd to me that on rare occasions I could still throw with a lot of zip, but most of the time my are felt dead. There is a sound the catcher's mitt makes when a pitcher throws about 80 or more that I found quite pleasing.
ICE is your friend - not Bud IceBud Ice is a friend to no one.
Don't feel bad. He's getting lessons. Almost free.Well, the golf team / coach doesn't do swing coaching. The [few] lessons I've taken him to since HS golf started were not almost free lol... Far from it. But they were with a guy who is worth what he charges.
It got to the point I couldn't raise my arm without pain, so I had it checked out, torn labrum and miscellanous debris. Surgery fixed the pain by my arm is still quite dead. I can MAYBE throw 60, but probably more like 55.Ya I tore my labrum not sure when,MRI even showed it looked like the liberty bell crack.Physician perscribed therapy which waisted time. So I got a cortizone shot and said come back if it hurts. Well I went back at 2 yrs even thought I wasn't hurting but the appt. was covered so what the hell. Told me to come back when it hurts again and that was 2019. I just don't golf anymore,not that i was any good before just didn't want to aggravate it
5 guys made me happy - haven't been to one in nearly 20 years - it was worth it.Hey, $23 for fast food, in Iowa, on the boss's tab, is certainly reason for joy!
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and I couldn't eat all the Cajun Fries!
not to mention, it's on my boss's tab, but I get 3% cashback on my Capital One Savor card and 23% cashback on my Upside app.
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Now, if the little fart will get a job in short order, that will make me even happier.He should have one lined up by now. ME's are in high demand.
How can you NOT graduate high school, unless you drop out?Didn't some places put in exit exams? You could fail those? Or just fail a lot of classes?
How can you NOT graduate high school, unless you drop out?I'm sure it can vary, some, like with some private schools that are pretty good.
I'm sure it can vary, some, like with some private schools that are pretty good.
Anyway, they view is as a cause of celebration, meriting a somewhat expensive 4 hour flight and $1200 of three hotel rooms paid by me. The daughter (aunt) is coming from France for it, she of the long unemployed variety, so my wife footed the ticket.
I know when I married there would be such things, and I have navigated them pretty much by staying relaxed about it all.
I graduated HS and started college less than a week later, it was just a transition.
I'm sure it can vary, some, like with some private schools that are pretty good.This is a complete tangent, but I went to a pretty decent private school, and it was actually paradoxically much harder to fail there than to fail at the local public school.
This is a complete tangent, but I went to a pretty decent private school, and it was actually paradoxically much harder to fail there than to fail at the local public school.I felt the opposite and saw it at my public school. They just process you through. Kids are just tax dollars and the more you have and the more you keep around, the more tax money that comes in.
When mom and dad are shelling out money, you get a lot more leeway. The public school was really sink or swim.
I have a long and frustrating story that very much does not belong in this thread, but the gist is that my daughter is graduating as a home school student despite transferring from dual enrollment to full-time at the HS two years ago and she will not be participating in commencement. She would be Valedictorian.
I have a long and frustrating story that very much does not belong in this thread, but the gist is that my daughter is graduating as a home school student despite transferring from dual enrollment to full-time at the HS two years ago and she will not be participating in commencement. She would be Valedictorian.
I'm happy she is so smart. What's next?We're filing a civil rights complaint with the BoE on Monday. (The school twice accepted unaccredited home school transcripts from male students, then denied hers on the basis it was unaccredited).
We're filing a civil rights complaint with the BoE on Monday. (The school twice accepted unaccredited home school transcripts from male students, then denied hers on the basis it was unaccredited).Save that money!
For her, she is going to Iowa Central for one year to join their dance team and get an AA, then transfer to Iowa to get a BA.
Snagged some extra lunch at the office today. Gonna save it and see if I can limit some degree of spending on food for the week.
(Saving and figuring this out brings me joy)
Hmm.....much like me and SFBadger, we are more alike than the surface might suggest.The surface didn’t suggest that?
The surface didn’t suggest that?
Well, I mean, you're from San Francisco and I'm from Louisiana. The surface suggests that you're out fishing for halibut and I'm digging in ditches for crawfish.I lived in the Midwest for a decent number of years and the deep south as well. I may take away is, folks are folks. People spend too much time imagining we’re somewhat different.
Well, I mean, you're from San Francisco and I'm from Louisiana. The surface suggests that you're out fishing for halibut and I'm digging in ditches for crawfish.Too bad neither of you gets Great Lakes Walleye/Perch
I'm in Philadelphia right now, helping my oldest pack up some stuff at college before coming home for the summer. That makes me happy. Perhaps perversly, they just screwed something up pretty badly in school, but they are dealing with it, and figuring out how to move on from a mistake that no one will fix for them. That makes me happy.Honestly it just boggles my mind how some of you can be so spread around the country. Some of you born on one coast, went to school in the mid-west, kids living all over the country/world.
Life can be weird like that.
Also, being here reminds me that, indeed, different parts of the country are culturally different...and yet very much the same.
I'm sure it can vary, some, like with some private schools that are pretty good.I mean, you DO travel all over the world, quite frequently. It's not like you never get out or travel. We didn't make too much of HS graduation back in my day either, but we did have a small party with friends and family (1990's). Maybe a cake or something. I kind of see it as more of an opportunity to have a little family reunion with a common cause.
Anyway, they view is as a cause of celebration, meriting a somewhat expensive 4 hour flight and $1200 of three hotel rooms paid by me. The daughter (aunt) is coming from France for it, she of the long unemployed variety, so my wife footed the ticket.
I know when I married there would be such things, and I have navigated them pretty much by staying relaxed about it all.
I graduated HS and started college less than a week later, it was just a transition.
Honestly it just boggles my mind how some of you can be so spread around the country. Some of you born on one coast, went to school in the mid-west, kids living all over the country/world.And then there's me-- born in Austin, raised in Austin, went to undergrad in Austin, worked in Austin, went to grad school in Austin, worked some more in Austin, and then moved all the way to... Cedar Park. Oh and I work in Round Rock.
And then there's me-- born in Austin, raised in Austin, went to undergrad in Austin, worked in Austin, went to grad school in Austin, worked some more in Austin, and then moved all the way to... Cedar Park. Oh and I work in Round Rock.And how about your and wife's family? Pretty much my entire family lives within probably 30 minutes from me, maybe a cousin here or there that may live somewhere else in Texas but I can't think of anybody who lives way off. College Station was about a 2-2.5 hr drive from here and that's about as far away as I moved. I did live in San Jose for a month when I worked for AMAT, but we were just training.
I'm crazy like that.
And then there's me-- born in Austin, raised in Austin, went to undergrad in Austin, worked in Austin, went to grad school in Austin, worked some more in Austin, and then moved all the way to... Cedar Park. Oh and I work in Round Rock.
I'm crazy like that.
Alpine.....wow. I only recently learned of that town because there is a state university there our ERP department supports. They don't have their own, it seems. That's quite a haul to Austin. Did your grandparents remain there, or other members of your dad's family?Yeah Sul Ross State University. It was directly across the street from my grandparents' house. They lived there until my grandmother passed away and my grandfather came to live at our house until he also passed. I was in college by then but still living at home during the summers so I got to spend a lot of time with my grandpa those last few years.
The ERP folks in my office have to go to Alpine for a week at a time every now and then. By the time they drive back, they act like they need vacations, except they don't want to drive anymore.
Honestly it just boggles my mind how some of you can be so spread around the country. Some of you born on one coast, went to school in the mid-west, kids living all over the country/world.Born in the Chicago 'burbs. Have lived in San Jose, Orange County, Atlanta, and back to Orange County. My brother is here, one sister is in NJ, and another sister lives on a boat in the Caribbean part of the year and in Vail other parts. Parents were lifelong Chicagoans but now live in the Denver 'burbs.
Born in the Chicago 'burbs. Have lived in San Jose, Orange County, Atlanta, and back to Orange County. My brother is here, one sister is in NJ, and another sister lives on a boat in the Caribbean part of the year and in Vail other parts. Parents were lifelong Chicagoans but now live in the Denver 'burbs.Southern Florida is lovely!
For now, my kids are stuck in OC (bc they're minors) but I have no clue where they'll end up. Not sure whether I'll stay here once we're empty nesters either...
Southern Florida is lovely!They have dinosaurs.
We've slowly climbed the coffee snob ladder. Cheap drip to cheap Keurig to higher-end Keurig to Nespresso. Been eying a Breville espresso machine for the last year or so.Oh yeah, we have a Nespresso machine as well. If all you want is espresso and don't do the fancy milk drinks, then the Nespresso is the best there is. When we stayed with our friends in Milan, they had a Nespresso and it made the absolute best coffee. All of their Italian friends had one. So we bought one as soon as we got back to the States and we've had it ever since. I don't typically drink espresso in the morning or during the day, but I love one after a big fancy dinner.
I love a French press, we have one in the house and one in the RV but honestly I only use it when we're camping. At home we just use the automatic drip machine.I'm sitting at my computer, windows and doors open, 69 degrees in the house, listening to the birds.
But to hold the theme-- it makes me happy when I'm out camping and I wake up early, get the water boiling, prepare the French press, then take a cup of hot fresh coffee outside and sit in my camping rocking chair, with the cool morning air, and listening to the birds sing. That's one of my very happiest of places.
I'm sitting at my computer, windows and doors open, 69 degrees in the house, listening to the birds.Spring morning coffee on the deck is some of my favorite coffee.
We've slowly climbed the coffee snob ladder. Cheap drip to cheap Keurig to higher-end Keurig to Nespresso. Been eying a Breville espresso machine for the last year or so.I have one. It's in the box still. Maybe I'll offer it up as a prize for the B1G Pick'em game this year.
I have one. It's in the box still. Maybe I'll offer it up as a prize for the B1G Pick'em game this year.I think I won a cookbook. I forgot all the details on that one, haha.
Was it you that won a smoker years ago?
having a cup of Black Coffee - straight up been grinding my own lately.Yeah, we were doing the coffee pod thing for a while. I decided I wanted to go for better coffee. Pods are "fine" in a pinch, but nothing remarkable. And I drink coffee black, because I actually LIKE the taste of coffee, so I figured I might as well get a good grinder and brewer. Buddy is a coffee snob, so I just took his recommendation for a nice burr grinder and drip coffee maker. It's much better.
Yeah, we were doing the coffee pod thing for a while. I decided I wanted to go for better coffee. Pods are "fine" in a pinch, but nothing remarkable. And I drink coffee black, because I actually LIKE the taste of coffee, so I figured I might as well get a good grinder and brewer. Buddy is a coffee snob, so I just took his recommendation for a nice burr grinder and drip coffee maker. It's much better.It's like homebrewing. You can get as into it, and spend as much money, as you want. Dangerous.
I haven't gone down the rabbit hole of trying to roast my own beans or anything crazy like that yet though.
Yet.
I have one. It's in the box still. Maybe I'll offer it up as a prize for the B1G Pick'em game this year.I've got a Breville as well. It was a $700 (or thereabouts) machine that we were gifted secondhand because it wasn't properly generating pressure, and the owner (family) didn't want to mess with trying to fix it themselves and know I'm an engineer so I have a fair shot at doing so.
Was it you that won a smoker years ago?
It's like homebrewing. You can get as into it, and spend as much money, as you want. Dangerous.Yep. And like homebrewing, probably go through a nice, long, learning period where your output is significantly worse than what you can buy. All while you're telling yourself it's great, because I'm sure new coffee roasters, like new homebrewers, suffer from ugly baby syndrome.
Yeah, we were doing the coffee pod thing for a while. I decided I wanted to go for better coffee. Pods are "fine" in a pinch, but nothing remarkable. And I drink coffee black, because I actually LIKE the taste of coffee, so I figured I might as well get a good grinder and brewer. Buddy is a coffee snob, so I just took his recommendation for a nice burr grinder and drip coffee maker. It's much better.
I haven't gone down the rabbit hole of trying to roast my own beans or anything crazy like that yet though.
Yet.
I'd like to drive a car I can't afford, maybe a $78,000 C8?I save some serious coin by avoiding long flights and cruises
I mentioned somewhere here last year about my stepson's gf who is about halfway like an adopted daughter to me....comes from a less than ideal family and really pulled herself up by her bootstraps. Last night several of the wife's family members were out eating to celebrate my stepson's graduation this afternoon, but his gf couldn't join us because she had a "graduation" to take care of herself. She's a special ed. kindergarten teacher at a pretty small school district, so she only has four kids in her class. Because I guess everything gets a "graduation" now, the kids "graduate" to elementary school from kindergarten, and this was her first class. This morning I got a text, a photo of her last night while she was missing eating out with us. It's her and her little classroom kiddos in their cap and gowns, with their little adorable, snaggle-tooth mouths. And she's pretty adorable herself, appearing to beam with pride for these kids. It's all cataclysmically cute, and I'd post the photo here because she wouldn't care about her picture, but it's probably not cool to post photos to the web of other people's kids. Anyway, that made me happy today.As a parent of a kid with special needs, all I can say is that anyone who is willing to be a special ed teacher is someone that--I mean this sincerely despite my religious lack of belief--is "doing the Lord's work". Kudos to her for taking that on. Teaching is brutally difficult, and it's even moreso IMHO for these kids.
I mentioned somewhere here last year about my stepson's gf who is about halfway like an adopted daughter to me....comes from a less than ideal family and really pulled herself up by her bootstraps. Last night several of the wife's family members were out eating to celebrate my stepson's graduation this afternoon, but his gf couldn't join us because she had a "graduation" to take care of herself. She's a special ed. kindergarten teacher at a pretty small school district, so she only has four kids in her class. Because I guess everything gets a "graduation" now, the kids "graduate" to elementary school from kindergarten, and this was her first class. This morning I got a text, a photo of her last night while she was missing eating out with us. It's her and her little classroom kiddos in their cap and gowns, with their little adorable, snaggle-tooth mouths. And she's pretty adorable herself, appearing to beam with pride for these kids. It's all cataclysmically cute, and I'd post the photo here because she wouldn't care about her picture, but it's probably not cool to post photos to the web of other people's kids. Anyway, that made me happy today.
Spring morning coffee on the deck is some of my favorite coffee.Well I don't have a deck but a finished 3 season room off the back. But I do have a decent city park behind me with 2 beisbol diamonds. Between my 1100 sq ft palatial estate and those sits a small stand of trees with a path thru that. Then between us and that is a 15 ft ravine with a creek meandering thru that and trees and natural growth aplenty. Think I mentioned before with a wide assortment of Birds I can recognize but can't Identify. With all sorts of choirs converging every morning so a nice relaxing start with a kick start of a 5 bean mix of Black Coffee
I save some serious coin by avoiding long flights and cruisesA couple of Red Cardinals right now eating seed I spread around makes me happy
Walking into my garage to see the red car made me happy this morning
I'm from Iowa - dirt farmers don't behave that way.Didn't know Dirt Farmers had little red corvette's parked in their garages. What kind of equipment used to help prepare fields for planting can you drag behind that, besides screaming Hawkeye/Sooner fans? Bet that makes you happy
You're thinkin of the folks in Austin
I'm gonna take the red car out for a spinThen hook up that tiller attachment to it and get onto the back 40 you sharecrop for some sowing
Hit my first bucket of balls since the left knee replacement. No issues. That was nice.Just got back from the ortho doc. Been in pain all week on my knee, said it was likely a meniscus tear and it was probably already healing. Got to go back in a week for a check-up but for now taking anti-inflammatory and watching. He did say that most of my joints were in good shape (on the knee he xrayed) and I was a long way from needing knee replacement.
The results……. Well, I have some work to do.
Can a meniscus tear heal? I was told they can't.Well, I got a ambiguous answer. Apparently some can heal, but only if it's on the outer edge or in a certain place. And it also depends on how badly it's torn. You need an MRI to determine that and we only did x-rays. Since it was much better today versus last week he told me to come back in a week and we'll see how it's doing.
I'm expecting a GREAT day, just wish I'd slept better. It's gonna be a long day, but good. Headed to Lincoln tonight to have dinner with my daughter.You being in Iowa, I had to look it up. Not that far from Lincoln to Iowa. Strange for me to think about traveling to another state, but I can be in Louisiana in about 2-2.5 hours.
You being in Iowa, I had to look it up. Not that far from Lincoln to Iowa. Strange for me to think about traveling to another state, but I can be in Louisiana in about 2-2.5 hours.2 hours and 20 minutes from my house to my daughter's in Lincoln or to the stadium. Easy drive, all interstate.
Or better yet, you can go to Beaumont, which is even closer, and sort of like being in Louisiana, except that you're still in Texas :)It's funny, we can both say we're in SE Texas, but we're so far apart we'd be 2-3 states over in a lot of other states.
I can be in 3 different states in 20 minutes.NW Tennessee?
I can be in 3 different states in 20 minutes.me too - Iowa, Nebraska, & South Dakota
Silly one here: just thinking about SFGopher graduating high school on Saturday, turning 18 on Sunday, and, generally, watching him grow into a man. Nobody's perfect--he's not--but he is a damn good kid, and he's becoming a damn good man.Yep. Gigem Jr is 18 and graduates on Thursday.
Today my students promoted to high school. And thus, my one-year mistake of teaching 8th grade is over.Good on you. I'd kill one of them, or myself, if I had to teach 8th graders for a year. I couldn't do it. Kudos to you.
FUUUUUCK.
this made me happy yesterday............ sorry for not posting last night when I got back to the hotel at 1:30am🤤🤤🤤
We both had the tasting menu. The daughter paid for the food, I picked up the wine pairing for $95 each.
We were upgraded a couple times on the wine and a couple times on the menu we had some items added.
Probably the most impressive meal I've had.
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There is a restaurant near us where the tasting menu is $250 per, and the wine pairing is $185.it was outstanding but, if I ever go back on my dime or my daughter's, we'll sit at the bar and keep the bill down some. $600 for two is more than I'm comfortable with.
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I just can't do it. Someone said you can sit at the bar and order al a carte, but that would get pricey as well.
it was outstanding but, if I ever go back on my dime or my daughter's, we'll sit at the bar and keep the bill down some. $600 for two is more than I'm comfortable with.Yeah, I'm a little fancy sometimes, but even when my wife and I go out to Mastro's Ocean Club for special occasions, even with alcohol it usually stays under $400 and that's for a VERY good meal--usually an appetizer or salad, steaks with sides, wine & beer, and sometimes dessert.
We also started with oysters and bubbly wine before the tasting
Yeah, I'm a little fancy sometimes, but even when my wife and I go out to Mastro's Ocean Club for special occasions, even with alcohol it usually stays under $400 and that's for a VERY good meal--usually an appetizer or salad, steaks with sides, wine & beer, and sometimes dessert.On the flipside, I've often had items on a tasting menu or omakase that I never would have ordered, and turn out delicious.
We generally avoid prix fixe menus though. Usually there's something on there that we're not as excited about as what we might order for ourselves, so it feels like a bit of a ripoff to be forced into a menu that isn't exactly what we each want for that kind of money.
my daughter really likes the tasting menus, they obviously change regularly. I went along with her wishes. I'm happy that I did.It means a set price for a multi-course meal. Often includes an app, main course, and desert. Sometimes more courses than that. Might or might not have a separate fixed price for a wine pairing add-on.
I'm not sure what a prix fixe is, but it doesn't look like a Nebraska term.
my daughter really likes the tasting menus, they obviously change regularly. I went along with her wishes. I'm happy that I did.Thank you for asking, I felt clueless.
I'm not sure what a prix fixe is, but it doesn't look like a Nebraska term.
Today my students promoted to high school. And thus, my one-year mistake of teaching 8th grade is over.
FUUUUUCK.
Today my students promoted to high school. And thus, my one-year mistake of teaching 8th grade is over.What grade do you prefer?
FUUUUUCK.
I remember 8th grade. Cassie Zammit was hot. Wonder how she's faring 30 years later.I remember my 8th grade social studies teacher. She was young--pretty much fresh out of college.
What grade do you prefer?These kids were 8th grade in age only. Many have plateaued since 4th grade. That might be covid-related, idk.
Google translation is a wonderful thing boys,huh boys.Or maybe you picked it up from S.W. spanish influences. But talking about Dicks on social media isn't something an aspiring 3rd grade teacher should be broadcasting - maybe it's just meWhat? :34:
I remember my 8th grade social studies teacher. She was young--pretty much fresh out of college.https://youtu.be/LetJHQ_V05o
It was really funny the summer after that year when I was playing our local muni golf course and ran into her as she was driving the beverage cart. I'd guess she got some decent tips.
https://youtu.be/LetJHQ_V05oIn 9th grade my English teacher was young and beautiful. She also happened to have a twin sister who was a lingerie model for JC Penny's catalog. It was nice
It always comes back to Van Halen.
Google translation is a wonderful thing boys,huh boys.Or maybe you picked it up from S.W. spanish influences. But talking about Dicks on social media isn't something an aspiring 3rd grade teacher should be broadcasting - maybe it's just meSome college students were explaining to me that you can circumvent the plagiarism detection software by downloading a term paper that was written in a foreign language, and then running it through google translate.
Some college students were explaining to me that you can circumvent the plagiarism detection software by downloading a term paper that was written in a foreign language, and then running it through google translate.smart!
The lack of smarts of making ignorant accusations lives on, though.Lack of smarts?
It meaning peck or kiss is slightly less creepy than talking about dicks to third graders, but not much. Now you're going on about peaches and a pair of balls?I can always count on you to double down for someone else, especially when it's something creepy.
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Nothing like floating on the lake with an adult beverage, smoking a joint and listening to classic rock.;)
(https://i.imgur.com/cJ20qKI.png)Didn't know you bowled also getting ready for the Decathlon are you
I like these protein drinks called Core Power, especially the chocolate flavored ones.Try an Edmund Fitzgerald Porter,you can thank me later
Getting back in shape makes me happy today.Round is a shape
Life was better with a cigar at theFIFYbowling alleyRace Track
I love watching construction, seeing all those dude on the top floor, with 20 more to go. Concrete trucks were lined up in the street to make pours, guys are making rebar junctions, it's cool.One of the Guys(Bob) who sponsors our food drives started a company in the '60s that makes concrete pumps. Brilliant as long as we have a modern society that need will be there. I told Bob I only knew one guy in my whole life affliated with that.Turned out Terry works for him, the nice neighbor chic who grew up next to me married him - small world. They go all over the place I know Denver for the last 3 weeks on a job
Nothing likeThat's mondsyfloating in your pooldriving down the fairway with an adult beverage, smoking a good cigar and listening to classic rock.
Edit: Cindy just made some home made Fudge,I guess it's an old Fanny Farmer recipe,now I have to make some popcorn:)
Just finished 4 and half hrs toiling around the property. Up on the roof blowing off debris from 6 days on/off rain and wind. Oak moss,Maple whirly birds,sticks. Moved the ladder over to the 2&1/2 car garage(no red vette in there) and did the same.Then edged & cut back and front lawns. I'm happy it's done and headed for a few cold refreshments.
I'm meeting customers here in 30 minutesSeveral Czech style lagers, I like it. If the weather is like it is here, I'd order one of the Czech pilsners. If it were a little cooler, I'd get the Czech dark lager.
https://fielddaybrewing.com/ (https://fielddaybrewing.com/)
Man now I want to buy a new boat! This is probably what I'd get if I won the lotto...Malibu and Pursuit are owned by the same company. Pursuit is an offshoot from Tiara.
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Malibu and Pursuit are owned by the same company. Pursuit is an offshoot from Tiara.I have friends who've had Malibus, Nautiques, Axis (which is Malibu's entry brand), Supra, and Moomba (which is Supra's entry brand). And of course we currently have the Mastercraft. I've driven all of them and ridden behind all of them, and the best ride and easiest drive is definitely the Malibu right now. They're just at a different level IMO.
Sailboats are a pain in the ass.
Sailboats are a pain in the ass.I brew my own beer. I cure and smoke and slice my own bacon. Sure, it'd be easier to buy Miller Lite and store-bought bacon. But what's the fun in that?
Looks like to much work to me.Sometimes the work is its own reward.
Have you ever sailed? I have. It's a shitton of work.Yes. It sucks.
It can be rewarding in its own way, but it's not my ideal of a good time.
I brew my own beer. I cure and smoke and slice my own bacon. Sure, it'd be easier to buy Miller Lite and store-bought bacon. But what's the fun in that?
Sometimes the work is its own reward.
Have you ever sailed? I have. It's a shitton of work.Have I sailed? Yes. Quite a few times. Have I helped out somewhat with the sailing? Yes.
It can be rewarding in its own way, but it's not my ideal of a good time.
Have I sailed? Yes. Quite a few times. Have I helped out somewhat with the sailing? Yes.My recommendation-- become fabulously wealthy, buy a nice big sailing yacht, and then hire out the captaining/sailing to someone else. :)
Have I ever been the one in charge of the boat? Nope.
So maybe I'm just looking at it through rose-colored glasses.
But every time I've sailed I've enjoyed it more than I've enjoyed powerboating. There's just a certain serenity to it. It seems like the type of boating I'd prefer if I owned one.
My recommendation-- become fabulously wealthy, buy a nice big sailing yacht, and then hire out the captaining/sailing to someone else. :)I've gotta get that first part figured out...
I know a sure fire way to make a small fortune with a sail boat.Break Out Another Thousand
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I saw Kirkland Lager today and picked up the 12er, have yet to try it.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16Wq9nmep9/Solid beer. Made by Deschutes, a well-known and well-respected brewery from Oregon.
I saw Kirkland Lager today and picked up the 12er, have yet to try it.
I brew my own beer. I cure and smoke and slice my own bacon. Sure, it'd be easier to buy Miller Lite and store-bought bacon. But what's the fun in that?That sounds like a lot of work and then actually going to work? Then the wife,kids,house,yard,IPAs and the dog,dayum.And then hoisting masts and dodging yard arms and booms,plus posting here - are you some kind of masochist??? Not that there's anything wrong with that
Sometimes the work is its own reward.
Man now I want to buy a new boat! This is probably what I'd get if I won the lotto...I really enjoyed Jimbo's boat on Lake Michigan.
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My recommendation-- become fabulously wealthy, buy a nice big sailing yacht, and then hire out the captaining/sailing to someone else. :)(https://i.imgur.com/GCOqhw5.png)
Several Czech style lagers, I like it. If the weather is like it is here, I'd order one of the Czech pilsners. If it were a little cooler, I'd get the Czech dark lager.it's 79 degrees, sunny and no wind
For food I'd be trying the bulgogi steak tacos.
I really enjoyed Jimbo's boat on Lake Michigan.I believe CDawg and GopherRock also liked it. And Gator. Can't forget Gator. And SkiUMah98. And Burny.
Could go below to mix a drink or whatever needed attention
Maybe I should buy another lotto ticket?
I'm still debating how to cook the steak. I cut it into halves because she wants her steak blu rare, rarer than most folks including me. It's a lot easier to cook it in the oven with the T probe than on the grill. One option is sear it on the grill and transfer it to the oven, another option it turn on broil in the oven for a few and then cook it.I'd sear on the grill 1st - that's a bout all the wife's steak would need
I'd sear on the grill 1st - that's a bout all the wife's steak would needI think I will do this and transfer it and cook her piece to 120°F and the rest to 130°F.
A boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into
I brew my own beer. I cure and smoke and slice my own bacon. Sure, it'd be easier to buy Miller Lite and store-bought bacon. But what's the fun in that?Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays immediately
Sometimes the work is its own reward.
Break Out Another ThousandI've been looking at fishing boats the last 4 years, but I can't beat the price of a Buddy With A Boat.
A boat is a hole in the water that you throw money into
Which reminds me, the name of my last boat, the 22' Cobalt, was Hole in the Wallet
I learned that Costco, starting Jun 30, will open 1 hour earlier (9 AM) for executive members only.
So not only can I get my weekly Costco trip done earlier in the day, I'll have fewer "Gold Star Member" riffraff milling around to contend with. Nice!
What is the executive member cover charge?$200??? Gold Star is $65/year and Executive is $130/year. But with the Executive 2% cash back I not only cover the difference between the two memberships... I cover about 2x the cost of the membership every year.
It's a cool $200 for us lowly Gold Star dregs.
$200??? Gold Star is $65/year and Executive is $130/year. But with the Executive 2% cash back I not only cover the difference between the two memberships... I cover about 2x the cost of the membership every year.
$200??? Gold Star is $65/year and Executive is $130/year. But with the Executive 2% cash back I not only cover the difference between the two memberships... I cover about 2x the cost of the membership every year.Yup we've had Executive for years, ever since the kids were in diapers. Saved a ton of money on formula back in the day.
I think you misunderstood.Ahh, got it... Yeah, if I get out of there for even CLOSE to $200, it's a light week lol...
The joke is....you can't go in to Costco without dropping $200 bucks (cover charge).
Friday is a WFH day for me. I finished out yesterday without much to do today. Had a meeting scheduled for 10:30 but that got canceled. I basically have nothing work-related to do.
I am about to get some serious stuff done around this place.
lolz, j/k, I'm going to take the dog for a walk and then probably forcefully and dynamically nap on the couch.
(if you're wondering what about this made me happy today, it's all of it)
The US Open could make for some good "napping to". Golf is great napping background noise.Yep. And it's playing like a bloodbath so far. Only 8 players right now below par.
Yep. And it's playing like a bloodbath so far. Only 8 players right now below par.
If you like watching golfers get punished by tough conditions... It's certainly that.
Not today, but tomorrow, what will make me happy, is that I'll be going on a Brewery Crawl for Father's Day. Best part-- my now 17yo legally driving daughter, will be our DD.Nice!
Which reminds me of something else that makes me happy-- my i s c & a aggie wife's aggie parents, bought a car for my daughter. And they're about to buy a car for my son.
We're really blessed that they are so generous.
I went over to the park earlier and threw a baseball against a concrete wall, which is pretty good exercise, and then ran some and did steps. The ATL Athletic Club added new sand to the track which is much improved now. They show up on weekends sometimes which is nice because their group includes a number of 20 something females.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIG_GVE-KiE
The guys run in a group, very fast, as do the ladies. The track is a 0.55 mile oval and they can turn it in "no time" without breathing hard. The track used to be used for horses pulling "surries" which have rise to the Piedmont Driving Club which is positioned next to the park, and used to own the entire thing. The PDC is one of two "elite" ATL clubs. They aren't one you can "join". The driving part in the name referred to driving surries.
But I digress. This area has some peculiar history.
And I'm not sure any of us want to ride in his 22 year old vehicle...Wuss,where's your sense of adventure?I just got rid of 22yr old ride last yr It survived a few pub crawls.A VW Passatt that needed tie rod ends and brakes to a guy who volunteers at the food pantry. He patched it up and gave it to co-worker who went thru divorce who was low on coin - it's still ticking
Kirkland labeled wines are nearly all terrific. They had Chateaneuf du PapeI go for the Chez Floyd label myself
Kirkland labeled wines are nearly all terrific. They had Chateaneuf du Pape here for $18 a bottle and Vacqueyras for $20. I won't open the former quite yet.Yeah, my wife isn't a fan of their chard. BevMo has a house label brand called Unruly that makes a chard she likes, so that's her go-to.
The California chard they sell is not to my liking, very flabby. Their box cab is great at that price.
Wuss,where's your sense of adventure?I just got rid of 22yr old ride last yr It survived a few pub crawls.A VW Passatt that needed tie rod ends and brakes to a guy who volunteers at the food pantry. He patched it up and gave it to co-worker who went thru divorce who was low on coin - it's still tickingWell, it IS a Toyota Highlander, so even at 130K miles it's running fine. But it's certainly not as comfy as my 11-year old Ford Flex...
Ask me why I'm broke.The Vols Preferred season package with parking?
I'm happy my yard is mowedProlly pissed at that pretty red bitch you keep doting over and keeping clean in the garage
mower waited until I was done to break down
Prolly pissed at that pretty red bitch you keep doting over and keeping clean in the garageno worries, that pretty young bitch doesn't owe me anything after the past 15-20 years
I suppose I've been through Townsend on the way to Cade's Cove, but I don't remember it.Townsend is on the Maryville side of Cade's Cove, so it you went to CC from Gatlinburg, you didn't go to Townsend, unless you came out using the Rich Mountain road.
We used to drive through Gatlinburg and PF on the way to my grandparents several times a year, they lived outside Sevierville. Pigeon Forge back then was about 4 small motels, a couple restaurants, the mill, and a lot of corn fields. I just dislike what it has become.
Put this in the Grumpy Old Man thread.
It inevitably became a touristy, economic goldmine.
BUT, a touristy, economic goldmine with a ton of gorgeous scenery to drive around and take in. That's really my attraction, I can do without all the shows and tourist stuff in the actual town. I mostly just like to see pretty nature scenes.
There was something called the Alpine Slide in either Gatlinburg of PF that I had a blast on as a kid. I'd probably do that again.
Quick OT aside since you mentioned going to a Vols game.
My dad lived in Knoxville for a year when I was about 8 or 9. While staying with him in the summer he took me to see Neyland, along with a bunch of other stuff. I remember thinking it was an impressive structure but I wasn't sure why I was supposed to care or why he was taking me there. Maybe to go along with taking me to LSU/Ole Miss games when I was growing up, I think he just wanted to show me another venue, another place where other people got together en masse to do the same thing we do back home, but with different colors and different songs. That might explain why I've always tried to stop and see college football stadiums when traveling, if one is in striking distance. Never been to a game there, but I have seen the place from the outside.
It's possible he's just a closet TN fan, but the dude sure has a lot of LSU crap around his house so that he hides it well.
Well, it's actually "suck that Tiger ****, *****," and it's not recent. It's a chant the student section does along with one of the band's old fight songs, "Neck." I'm not sure how long it's been going on, but for a long time now. The university periodically bans the song because the student section (and inevitably other parts of the stadium) starts chanting it. It has bled through microphones on tv several times that I recall, despite CBS and ESPN's best efforts to cut it out.
They did that when I was at the A&M game in 2013 with UTerin03 and her husband. She blushed and asked what was up with that, her husband thought it was hilarious.
It gets banned, fans complain, they bring it back, more vulgar chants, it gets banned.....
Circle of life.
There's a chant/cheer break in the middle of our fight song, where the original 30s/40s/50s lyrics say "Hail, Hail, The Gang's all here."I don't think the "make 'em eat sh!t" is all THAT bad. It's certainly not on the STTDB level.
Sometime in the 50s/60s that got switched to "Give 'em hell, Give 'em hell, Go Horns Go!" and that's what most of the old folks will say.
But since the 70s at least, Texas students have chanted, during that break, "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, make 'em eat shit."
And then of course when we're playing hated rival OU, it switches to "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, OU sucks." You can hear this quite clearly on the TV broadcast every time the song is sung, which is after every Texas score and also after forced turnovers or other big plays.
I don't think the "make 'em eat sh!t" is all THAT bad. It's certainly not on the STTDB level.
My favorite Badger cheer has always been the rewrite of the Budweiser commercial: When you say Wis-con-sin, you've said it all!That stopped about 20 years ago.
That makes me smile, even right now typing it out on this screen. (The polka-ish song is now on repeat in my head.)
That said, as an adult, the "Shoot 'em like a horse" cheer that students hurl at injured players seems a little untoward. (Not sure if they still do that one.) As a student it was great fun.
That stopped about 20 years ago.That's what I thought, but I haven't been anywhere near the student section in a long time--and haven't been to that many home games, either.
I'm not a fan of the "Eat Shit - Fuck You" garbage, which they still do between sections O and P.
That stopped about 20 years ago.why would anyone be a fan of that?
I'm not a fan of the "Eat Shit - Fuck You" garbage, which they still do between sections O and P.
MWF I try to go over to a tennis practice court in the park and throw a baseball off the wall for 30-45 minutes. I work on control and some other things, it's kind of fun, but sweaty this time of year. Anyway, today I was walking back across the "quad", which has two soccer fields and two softball fields surrounded by a track, and I cut across it. A guy was kicking the soccer ball around and the ball landed in front of me, and 50 yards from him, so I walked up to it and kicked it back to him. And my plant foot slipped on the wet grass and I went down. It's wet enough that I plopped, and had mud all over my backside and arms. I was OK, but muddy. I had a T shirt in my hand and managed to wipe off some of it. But I was half covered in dark black mud.
Managed to get home and strip down in our half bath and get off some of the mud, and then make it upstairs to the shower. I found mud crumbs along my path later. The shower looked funny a bit, and I was still sweating, I hate to shower when sweating but whatever. Came down and rinsed off my shorts and T shirt and socks and put them on the deck to dry. They are a mess.
The happy part is I didn't physically hurt myself. Yay.
Drunken college freshmen are fans of lots of stupid stuff.
(https://i.imgur.com/EMpUfUK.png)Which one is which?
getting home after thurssay, friday saturday golf tournaments with free drinksYeah, you are slurring your speech. :043:
I need a nap
My oldest just found out he scored 1530 on the SAT.
Holy cow! I'm more familiar with the ACT, and that's like the equivalent of scoring a 35 on the ACT.We're hoping.
I knew a highly intelligent guy in high school who scored a 33, and he was accepted into the Air Force Academy. Colleges must be lining up for your son.
We're hoping.Colleges lining up is good.
Power came back on after two days 84° in the house.AC kicking in after cleaning the condenser coil 😎Actually non of that is accurate the unit did come on and started to run but kicked out.Had a tree take out some wires after high winds the wires stopped the tree from landing on a neighbors garage. However two poles were snapped between 7 houses. So after having no power for two days when it was restored it evidently smoked the start capacitor on the condensor.So now two straight days over 90° w/o A.C. and hopefully the tech comes back with the right part he thought he had on his truck. Otherwise another evening in the basement-rec room really or snoozing in front of the fan and open windows
My oldest just found out he scored 1530 on the SAT.👍😎,ya well I got drool on mine from nodding off,Nice job Bwarb. So where is he off to? Gonna become a Boilermaker or Banana Slug?
👍😎,ya well I got drool on mine from nodding off,Nice job Bwarb. So where is he off to? Gonna become a Boilermaker or Banana Slug?Taking him to Ann Arbor and West Lafayette in a few weeks for campus tours. He's already been to UC-Berkeley.
Berkeley would be an easy pick for me outa those 3.I think the fact that he's never experienced a Midwest winter [and doesn't want to] makes it his top pick as well...
But, I grew up in midwest winters
Georgia Tech is a pretty good engineering school with milder winters. But then he'd be a nerd.
Oh, and all engineers are nerds, doesn't matter where they go to school. Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Texas...Yep. He's already a nerd.
Best Nuclear Engineering Programs in America (https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/nuclear-engineering-rankings)Texas A&M ranked #8. He could be an Aggie!
Texas A&M ranked #8. He could be an Aggie!:c002:
Texas A&M ranked #8. He could be an Aggie!Wisconsin ranked #3. He'd be better off there and experience a Winter while at it!
Texas A&M ranked #8. He could be an Aggie!
Sounds like you just weren't smart enough to move, until you got older.I'm older
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I'm olderNot an engineer, and therefore not as smart.
Sounds like you just weren't smart enough to move, until you got older.He's good the Freshwater lakes don't dry up around here like the wagon ruts around the 40 Acres
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Best Nuclear Engineering Programs in America (https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/nuclear-engineering-rankings)That's apparently grad school, not undergrad.
Nuclear Engineering, BS - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison (https://engineering.wisc.edu/programs/degrees/nuclear-engineering-bs/)Not saying they don't offer it... Just that the ranking wasn't for undergrad.
I've made the decision to retire.
Best Nuclear Engineering Programs in America (https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/nuclear-engineering-rankings)(https://i.imgur.com/CIg4uWz.png)
I've made the decision to retire.corngratulations!!!
Texas A&M ranked #8. He could be an Aggie!Marcus beat me to it. I vaguely recall A&M had a really good program. Small compared to other Depts.
(https://i.imgur.com/CIg4uWz.png)#8? Meh.
I'm going to a lunch meeting in Hays KSTell ol' WildcatWhateva howdy for me.
Gonna spot by Wildcat Forever's office
If Colton is there, I'll be happy
I woke up this morning, played a round of goldya played around with gold,ya well I'd be happy to. But I do have some Dortmunder Gold Lager in the Fridge so I'm not to teary
ya played around with gold,ya well I'd be happy to. But I do have some Dortmunder Gold Lager in the Fridge so I'm not to tearyWhy proofread when I can entertain with my typos 🙃
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So you were unimpressed with CfA?High floor, low ceiling food. Never a thing I really need to get, but at times a lot better than any of the other options.
Tell ol' WildcatWhateva howdy for me.unfortunately, the wheatfield lawyer was in court and actually working at 1:06 in the afternoon
I've been posting here (or this site's predecessors) for 19 years.It's crazy to me that I've been posting with some of you since 1997, which by my recollection is about 2 years after the internet was actually a real thing. Maybe 3 years, because I started college in 1994 and I think I got online at school either that year or the next (1994 or 1995) for the first time. Unfortunately I wasn't on the CFB News site or whatever it was that many of you posted to but I was on the original CNNSI site with utee and JCG (Hooky Hornstein, whatever his other names were through the years). We moved several times over the years after CNNSI shutdown, Winged Helmet had a site, Dustin R had a site, several others that escape me. When Dustin's site shut down (whatever happened to him?) I was homeless for awhile, and finally did a search for "Hooky Hornstein" and stumbled onto this one.
I like you clowns, I've met a number of you multiple times, and whether or not you like me and despite the fact you root for the wrong teams and have weird politics, I think of a lot of you as friends.
That makes me happy.
With two kids in marching band I see a lot of high school football games these days. Some of them are pretty good too.Having been officiating High School football for 25 years, I have seen a lot of high school football games, most just aren't that good, but the good ones are worth the bad ones.
Having been officiating High School football for 25 years, I have seen a lot of high school football games, most just aren't that good, but the good ones are worth the bad ones.Yeah, our kids' high school regularly competes for 5A state titles, and their archrival won the state 6A championship last year, and overall the district is pretty good, so many of the games I get to see are pretty high-quality Texas football games.
Always good to see you around @huskerdinie (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=14) !The only thing I have to brag about my HS Football team is that we had the #1 NFL pick this last season. Other than that we're not very good.
Yeah, our kids' high school regularly competes for 5A state titles, and their archrival won the state 6A championship last year, and overall the district is pretty good, so many of the games I get to see are pretty high-quality Texas football games.
New boat got delivered today, and the old one taken away.(https://y.yarn.co/4fc9cdd8-eda6-49a6-88a9-8738435e89ff_text.gif)
Double happy!
With two kids in marching band I see a lot of high school football games these days. Some of them are pretty good too.That was the only way I was able to watch games when I was in high school - I played flute in the marching band so got in free to all football and basketball games (the only two sports teams we had, lol). Loved the atmosphere and it hooked me on football (not so much basketball-our gyms were so small it was downright dangerous with the band right next to the court). Played in summer marching bands where we would play at a lot of rodeo parades like the Days of '76 in Rapid City and Deadwood and a couple years I lived in a town where we had regular Thursday evening concerts in the band shell at the park. Good times.
In FL, before all the private school nonsense took over, we had a rural 3A school that could have beaten most 5A teams - Lake Butler. Their uniforms looked like LSU. We didn't play them, but in the mid-late 90s, they were scary.
We competed in 5A which was the biggest in Illinois at the time IIRC. I think a couple of the championships were against Mount Carmel, a private school that was too small in enrollment for 5A, but was able to recruit for football, so they punched WAY above their weight class...
Their uniforms looked like LSU. We didn't play them, but in the mid-late 90s, they were scary.
Saw the cardiologist. Things are good. Took me off of one med that was causing headaches and weight gain and another that causes water retention. He replaced those two things with one thing.Well if you're not not bleeding a little after donation that's like having gravy in your veins.Good that things are getting balanced out for you. Probably good he put you on thinners. I've donated since like '89 and those needles are good bit bigger in Dia. than those that they fetch blood samples or I.V.s with. How are the stents doing they put in to you?
I'm happy.
And even more happy when I come off of the blood thinner in a few months. I used to be able to give blood and not even use a bandage after. Now I bleed like crazy when I scratch a no-see-um bite. I also bruise easy. Never was a bruiser. (This last bit was a grumpy part - sorry.)
I don't enjoy a cigar as much when it's really hotSmoked a Montecristo Churchill that was fantastic
didn't have one on the back 9 yesterday for that reason
I was happy that I filled the Vette with gas and rolled over 4,000 miles
not sure cutting alcohol is a sure fire weight loss solution, but it doesn't hurtYeah, it isn't that much of a factor I'm learning. My kid told me the pounds would melt away. I have not adjusted my diet much at all, and I like nuts as a snack. Nuts are loaded with calories. I'm also "working out" as best I can, I swim some nearly every day. I think basically what took 40 years to add doesn't go away in 40 weeks.
Good idea. I have a fund set up for that already. There is a group that looks really good for rehabilitating homeless.Or send it to Drew.
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I have Venmo nowWelcome to 2015!
Welcome to 2015!my daughters prefer Venmo
Of course, PayPal owns Venmo, so...
Scheduled a virtual happy hour Saturday with our good friends (my college buddy) that moved out to NC a few years ago. Definitely looking forward to that. Good to hang out with a fellow left-handed Polish electrical engineer. Great minds think alike... Sometimes ours do too!
A while ago I gave a presentation I called "AI In The University Setting" to our data governance officer, after which she asked for my powerpoint and speaking notes. Today she came to my office and said she talked with one of the Vice Provosts who heads up our AI Taskforce (my words, not theirs) and they decided to ask me to be on their AI Taskforce committee thingy. From what I gather, they set policy for the university regarding the use of AI and stay abreast of developments, news, software, etc.Keep us safe!!!
There's no promotion or a single cent of a raise involved. In fact, it sounds like it will just mean more meetings. But, I figure if I stick around this place it won't hurt to hobnob with some upper management types.
I guess it means the lady thought enough of my presentation to put me in a position to offer input. So that's something.
I mentioned to my wife as we were watching the little robots stumbling around midtown that my Dad was born in 1917, and told me he saw his first automobile in 1925.Just when thought you couldn't be any older....
A while ago I gave a presentation I called "AI In The University Setting" to our data governance officer, after which she asked for my powerpoint and speaking notes. Today she came to my office and said she talked with one of the Vice Provosts who heads up our AI Taskforce (my words, not theirs) and they decided to ask me to be on their AI Taskforce committee thingy. From what I gather, they set policy for the university regarding the use of AI and stay abreast of developments, news, software, etc.Congrats! I find myself getting volunteered for things constantly... But that means that they want me to do more, not want me to go away and no longer draw a salary :72:
There's no promotion or a single cent of a raise involved. In fact, it sounds like it will just mean more meetings. But, I figure if I stick around this place it won't hurt to hobnob with some upper management types.
I guess it means the lady thought enough of my presentation to put me in a position to offer input. So that's something.
I really should try harder to keep up with my old friends. A select few are very special to me and I always welcome the rare times we get together anymore. I'm not an out-of-sight-out-of-mind kind of guy, but one would be forgiven for thinking that I am, because I suck when it comes to picking up the phone, shooting a text, making time to visit, etc.
And, of course... You guys. :88:The HORROR!!!
Keep us safe!!!
That is good, considering.
What was the cause of the swollen lymph nodes?
That is a good news story, net. Is the small tumor cancerous? You have the whole group pulling for you obviously.
I have a cancerous tumor.See, I told you to get it checked out! Always better to find this stuff early than late. You're welcome :57:
Damn.
So why's this in the happy thread, you ask? Because it's a small tumor (that's good) and although this might all change pending the outcome my appointments with urology and oncology, it does not appear to have spread anywhere yet, it should be taken care of with a surgery, and I probably won't have to do chemo or anything like that. And I'm happy because it was so unlikely to have found this at all. What happened was, I noticed some bumps under my arms, got them checked by my Doc, which were prominent lymph nodes. She ordered a chest CT to rule out causes, and the chest CT just happened to show the edge of the kidney, and the radiologist got enough info from that to recommend more tests done on the kidney specifically, which is how this was found. I asked if it's possible the lymph nodes were swollen due to the cancer, my wife says no, it's just a happy accident that lead to more tests and clued us in before this got any worse. Again, the doctors will tell us more, but she thinks it's likely most of the kidney will be preserved and though it won't function at 100% after a piece is cut out, it can still function highly.
I consider this remarkably good fortune, given the circumstances.
My wife likes PBR, I'm not much of a fan.FYI PBW wasn't a typo... PBW = Powdered Brewery Wash
Yeah, it was good that I was brewing the beer and running the charcoal grill *yesterday*, not when that thing popped off :57:What are you brewing btw - asking for fearless
Had a basal cell removed successfully today. Happy to go to a world class out patient surgery center. A little biased as my wife is the Director of it. Great staff and care.I've had several of those taken off. I agree. Gotta have regular skin checks. Especially down here.
Psa: beyond doing your damn colon screening, take care of your skin, dont let it slide.
It's only being cocky if you can't back it up.
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The use of the word was perfectly placed in getting across the specific idea I wanted to convey. So I wasn't just trying to "sound" smart... I am smart ;-)
I'm not pretentious but I possess an extensive vocabulary.
I just tend to dumb it down for all of you message board yahoos and jackwagons.
I'm happy I'm in a hotel across the street from Buffalo Wild Wings.......Ugh. More like Buffalo Diarrhea Wings. The one in our town ( neighboring) closed.
BOGO traditional wings Tuesday and the MLB All-star game!!!!!
Every summer the two movies we have to watch are Jaws and Sandlot. I love both movies, but I have no interest in watching them in February. Watching Jaws last night made everything okA lot of good things came from 1975.
Ugh. More like Buffalo Diarrhea Wings. The one in our town ( neighboring) closed.well, you live in Texas. Y'all ruin everything. No one would want to move there.
Every summer the two movies we have to watch are Jaws and Sandlot. I love both movies, but I have no interest in watching them in February. Watching Jaws last night made everything ok
Wife is taking me here for an early b-day celebration this weekend.I'd be interested in the roasted beef bone marrow, the crispy pork belly, the branzino, and the beef cheek mole. But man I'd have to know the mole was good because tons of places don't do it very well.
https://broadwaybyamarsantana.com/
We've only been there once, an anniversary dinner that I went into full radio silence as I'd DVR'd the Purdue/UVA E8 game to watch after we got home lol...
MUCH better.
So now the red accent wall that my wife wanted is a gray accent wall that my wife wanted.
I'd be all over this:I wouldn't make it past that. The other lost me at capers. Never developed a taste for those
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Ever since we bought our house with a pool, 13 years ago, my i s c & a aggie wife has wanted to set up our outdoor movie projector and watch Jaws whilst floating in the pool. We finally did that a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun.I actually think it's less dated than most movies from that era. Hell, I think it's less dated that the early 00s CGI movies. They knew their limitations, and how to scare you without showing you anything. It's why Jurassic Park remains easily the best of those, aside from all of the other reasons. We hit a period where we leaned way too hard into CGI, when it was extremely bad. Showing these movies to kids, they laugh at the Star Wars prequels, or the LOTR movies. They look goofy. I think Jaws very much holds up
I hadn't seen the movie in many years. It's dated, as you'd expect, but it's still pretty good. Our kids had never seen it before and enjoyed it.
I'm supposedly an SAR but I never did any paperwork. Maybe I could get a scholaraship to study European history.I wish I had known about some of those scholarships when I was in high school as my mom was in the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as Daughters of the Civil War. She had relatives on both sides of that. I never got around to doing any paperwork either.
Givi, my Georgian friend, assured me the country is "safe". I didn't have any qualms about visiting Turkey, there are probably areas in both I should avoid.Had no Issue with Turkey. Taking a bus from Alexandria to Giza (Pyramids) we had an armed guard on the bus with us. That was interesting, but no problems.
But then I've been to place like Oman and Jordan and Egypt and Malaysia as well.
A new car? What happened with the used Mustang? Did they get him a Corvette? A Porsche? A Cadillac CTS-V Blackwing?It's a new Mustang. 2025. His older sister who only got a used Mustang (2 years old at the time) had some words to say about that. I told her to stuff it. :)
a 2025 Mustang,you have to be shyting me,talk about matress moneyMy inlaws are very generous.
It's a new Mustang. 2025. His older sister who only got a used Mustang (2 years old at the time) had some words to say about that. I told her to stuff it. :)V-6? Or whatever they put under the hoods these days. Surely it's not a 5.0L.
(She wasn't really serious, she loves her car)
V-6? Or whatever they put under the hoods these days. Surely it's not a 5.0L.Inline 4 turbo. It's not exactly slow, but it's not the 5L V8 either.
Ya ,hope they don't nickel/dime you to death with things like whole light assembly replacements instead of just switching bulbs out. A lot of corporate cocks are doing scams just like thatWell the good news about a brand new car, is that it has a warranty. Of course, somehow, some way, stuff always seems to break the day after the warranty expires...
I can't fathom that going to Costco is a decent experienceCostco is one of my happy places.
I don't even think purchasing on-line is decent
I like Costco and I wish they would build one closer.Within a 24 mile radius of my front door, I think I count 7 Costco stores. Expand out to 33 miles and it might be 10+.
They are building a new one in fort Myers, but it's still 24 miles.
The one in North Port is 33 miles.
Inline 4 turbo. It's not exactly slow, but it's not the 5L V8 either.Surprisingly powerful for a 4 cylinder. That was my impression when driving some recently.
Within a 24 mile radius of my front door, I think I count 7 Costco stores. Expand out to 33 miles and it might be 10+.Density will do that. We'll soon have enough rooftops here to support a Costco. We do have Sam's close, but Costco>>>Sam's.
My watch says 93°F and we're headed to the pool once lunch is digested a bit.that's a late lunch
The pool water is like bath water temperatures. They have a shower by the pool that sits in the sun and the first few seconds are scalding. I learned that the hard way. The pool deck is on fire. But it may cool off later this week.
You know me, can't wait to burn this place down with flame wars.I'm gonna make you a mod.
I have sworn off shotsI swore off shots in college.
I have sworn off shotswith the woods or irons?
Feel like I need to work through a couple of the ones that are nearly empty just to make room. But than I just reach for a pint glass and fill it with beer instead.You have a right to be happy and beer it has been said by the Prophet can make you a jolly good fellow
So we've established that CD likes violent crime. Cool.Is there another kind?
Oh, one more thing about the conference... I got to finally meet (in person) utee's SurlyHorns buddy that I work[ed] with.Yeah he's a hoot. Burnt Eyes and he were pretty good friends before Burny decided to go full prepper and move to a zombie apocalypse compound in an undisclosed location somewhere in the middle of Tennessee.
When our company split he and I predictably ended up on opposite sides, so we're no longer coworkers. So he was at his company's booth, not ours lol. But it was fun to say hello in person to someone that I'd talked to through a screen extensively, who not only is in the same industry but who shares the same deranged college football fandom as us weirdos here...
And now, today my oldest is officially a legal adult.So you have the ability to engineer your own golf clubs, but you don't?
We're taking him and his siblings out for sushi for dinner (his request).
He went to a Roger Dunn Golf to use the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer to get "fit" for the right golf club shaft. His second best fit was the KBS Tour Lite in stiff, which just so happened to be a stock shaft for a good (and reasonably priced DTC company). So I ordered him some Takomo 101T irons in his specs to replace the 25 year old hand-me-down-from-Dad irons that he's been playing for the last few years. Although it will be a number of weeks before those are built and shipped...
So you have the ability to engineer your own golf clubs, but you don't?No, not even close. I'm an electrical engineer, not a mechanical engineer. And my decades of experience are in data storage, not in golf.
And now, today my oldest is officially a legal adult.lucky kid
We're taking him and his siblings out for sushi for dinner (his request).
He went to a Roger Dunn Golf to use the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer to get "fit" for the right golf club shaft. His second best fit was the KBS Tour Lite in stiff, which just so happened to be a stock shaft for a good (and reasonably priced DTC company). So I ordered him some Takomo 101T irons in his specs to replace the 25 year old hand-me-down-from-Dad irons that he's been playing for the last few years. Although it will be a number of weeks before those are built and shipped...
Oh, one more thing about the conference... I got to finally meet (in person) utee's SurlyHorns buddy that I work[ed] with.Jeez...you post on SurlyHorns? You brave.
When our company split he and I predictably ended up on opposite sides, so we're no longer coworkers. So he was at his company's booth, not ours lol. But it was fun to say hello in person to someone that I'd talked to through a screen extensively, who not only is in the same industry but who shares the same deranged college football fandom as us weirdos here...
Jeez...you post on SurlyHorns? You brave.No, I don't post there.
Jeez...you post on SurlyHorns? You brave.Utee can correct me if I'm wrong, because it was a long time ago.
Whatever happened to Shaggy Bevo? I would get on those sites a time or two every year, after the losses were especially fun.
And now, today my oldest is officially a legal adult.Please report back on the Takomo's. They look interesting and I'm playing 20 year old Cleveland's.
We're taking him and his siblings out for sushi for dinner (his request).
He went to a Roger Dunn Golf to use the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer to get "fit" for the right golf club shaft. His second best fit was the KBS Tour Lite in stiff, which just so happened to be a stock shaft for a good (and reasonably priced DTC company). So I ordered him some Takomo 101T irons in his specs to replace the 25 year old hand-me-down-from-Dad irons that he's been playing for the last few years. Although it will be a number of weeks before those are built and shipped...
Utee can correct me if I'm wrong, because it was a long time ago.Yeah something like that. I don't know the exact details but it sounds about right.
But I believe the site owner lost control of the site in a lawsuit vs a former business partner. So they started up surlyhorns and everyone moved over there.
I didn't transition to surlyhorns. I do miss Thujone's MS paint threads, though.
Please report back on the Takomo's. They look interesting and I'm playing 20 year old Cleveland's.Will do. It'll be several weeks at least. They're fairly backlogged. Online reviews are positive.
Yeah something like that. I don't know the exact details but it sounds about right.Ya I've seen you over on Surlyhorns,Bastage baiting the Buckeyes.
As for Thujone, he rarely posts or creates any new content anyway, so you're not missing out. It's a pity, he's pretty hilarious.
Ya I've seen you over on Surlyhorns,Bastage baiting the Buckeyes.
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utee94 Posted July 23
...and Ohio State. The defending national champions.
Why would they omit one of Texas' four OOC opponents, I wonder???
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Now you know damn well Junior those schedules are made way ahead of time we had no idea who your sickly billygoats on stilts was facing. But since your infernal bovines laid a good one on those Ann Arbor Astros
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Please report back on the Takomo's. They look interesting and I'm playing 20 year old Cleveland's.I have a few CG14 wedges in my bag but they aren't 20 years old
I have a few CG14 wedges in my bag but they aren't 20 years oldTA 7's 3-P, although I traded out the 3 for a hybrid this year.
CG12s?
Utee will be happy that there's golf talk on the thread.If golfing and golf talk makes y'all happy, who am I to question that, here on the Happy thread?
I'm not the guy that upgrades clubs regularly, but 20 year old equipment seems a bit too long for me.I play a lot. I'm typically out there in some capacity 5-6 days a week. Don't always play a round, sometimes just hitting driver or approach shots, chipping and putting. Our course is a typical small town 9-hole semi-private, so it's fairly empty mid-morning during the week and I can bounce around the course to avoid the mowers.
That said, if you hit something very well, there's no sense in changing.
I really liked the CG16 irons I bought used for $300, but the shafts started breaking. So, I replaced them with my current set of Mizuno JPX-EZ from around 2015. So, they're 10 years old. I bought them used from a friend for $400.
How often do you play?
Oh, and the other thing about Sub70 is that they're located in Sycamore, IL (about 1.5-2 hrs west of Chicago). They have a full fitting studio there in Sycamore which I hear is really cool.Heard of them through reddit, but didn't realize they were in Illinois. I'll definitely look into that.
That doesn't help me, but while Sycamore probably isn't "around the corner" from Iowa... It's drivable.
https://www.the-seventy.com/
Heard of them through reddit, but didn't realize they were in Illinois. I'll definitely look into that.Yeah... One of my buddies that I knew in my college years used to "race" in the spectator class at Sycamore Speedway. We typically went out to watch and be "pit crew" to the extent that was a thing. He had picked up an old Lincoln Mark V (bear in mind this was the late 90s) to race. I remember sitting in the [open] trunk of the thing kicking out dents from the inside after one of the races... That was a freakin' land yacht!
Oh, and the other thing about Sub70 is that they're located in Sycamore, IL (about 1.5-2 hrs west of Chicago). They have a full fitting studio there in Sycamore which I hear is really cool.6 1/2 hours for me but only 3 hours from Cedar Rapids
That doesn't help me, but while Sycamore probably isn't "around the corner" from Iowa... It's drivable.
https://www.the-seventy.com/
6 1/2 hours for me but only 3 hours from Cedar RapidsNot in your Vette.
The site donation link is active now. I just donated a year's worth.I did 10 months. I'm happy.