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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: utee94 on July 22, 2025, 10:02:08 AM
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We have plenty of threads full of controversy and vitriol, but not one dedicated to good things. So now, here it is. I'll start.
https://twitter.com/Brink_Thinker/status/1947269343756107981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1947269343756107981%7Ctwgr%5E6dbf110746af607fc15f7e19d272dd521a8c9f02%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surlyhorns.com%2Fboard%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBrink_Thinker%2Fstatus%2F1947269343756107981
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We have plenty of threads full of controversy and vitriol, but not one dedicated to good things. So now, here it is. I'll start.
https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/ot-what-made-you-happy-today/
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Fair enough. Now we have two threads dedicated to good things. One is personal, one is global.
You're welcome.
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Gonna see my grandkids soon. I love that.
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Things I enjoy in the world:
I enjoy our neighborhood a lot and the park across the street.
I meet friendly people, usually, almost every day, even if it's a simple wave or head nod or quick work.
We enjoy travel obviously even though it can be tiring at times. Meeting other people from very different cultures reassures me normal folks are pretty much the same.
I enjoy dining out, duh, and getting to know the owners or GMs of smaller restaurants.
I obvously enjoy posting here and reading how others think.
I get a kick out of Facebook, though often I am not impressed by how some "think", duh.
I try and maintain some kind of perspective about what's important in life.
I enjoy when our kids come to visit. Even the grandkids are becoming tolerable.
I enjoy day trips to state parks or towns I've never visited not too distant.
I enjoy history, reading about it, even when it's very bad, it provides some perspective about life today.
I enjoy our pool, which I'm about to enjoy literally. It's too hot to run outside.
I enjoy talking and posting about more positive things out there.
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I’m close to finishing a book that’s at the start. I wasn’t too sure about and is now rounding into being very good.
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I'm in abeyance with respect to writing books. My kid gave me a decent idea for another one, but I'm taking some time off, with my busy schedule and all.
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I've actually written an outline and some skeleton chapters for the second half of a book I started about 30 years ago. It was a book about a powerful AI entity infiltrating the internet, and at the time it was pretty cutting edge. I was a programmer back then and knew quite a bit about networking as well.
Now it is woefully out of date, and I'd abandoned the project and given up any hope of ever updating it.
But in talking with my brother about it recently, I realized that I can still use the basic ideas for a modern story, and I further realized that my original book would actually become a prequel to that. The original book will become the origin story, and then we rejoin 30 years later to see what has happened.
I think it's a pretty awesome idea and now I just need to get going on completing not one, but two novels. :)
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Do any of you still have CD players?
Years ago I donated money to a local VFW while attending a fundraising event at their Catalina Post in Tucson. Since then they've sent me seasonal gifts. The past two years I've received Christmas CDs. I didn't think I owned a CD player until realizing my Mazda still has one. Classic Christmas instrumentals is a bit more relaxing than listening to talk radio while plodding along in traffic.
(https://i.imgur.com/0Go14I5.png)
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a resurrection from July!
nice work!
eh, maybe we can combine this thread with "what made you happy?"
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a resurrection from July!
nice work!
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I have a CD player.
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Fair enough. Now we have two threads dedicated to good things. One is personal, one is global.
You're welcome.
you were having a senior moment - admit it - but the thought counts
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If you're looking for some interesting and, uhh, unique holiday music, check out the Oversinging Understudies:
https://oversingingunderstudies.bandcamp.com/album/happy-happy-christmas
I'm not sure if this is truly a good thing in the world, but it's my friend's "dad band", and I've known him since we were 2 years old... So I gotta pump it somehow, right?
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CD player in my 2015 pickup and an old Gateway computer has one and I have another one somewhere but no amp able to take the output
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If you're looking for some interesting and, uhh, unique holiday music, check out the Oversinging Understudies:
https://oversingingunderstudies.bandcamp.com/album/happy-happy-christmas
I'm not sure if this is truly a good thing in the world, but it's my friend's "dad band", and I've known him since we were 2 years old... So I gotta pump it somehow, right?
well,.............. not really
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I have a CD player in my car, and one in my HiFi stereo setup. In recent years I've really enjoyed listening to both vinyl LPs and CDs on a proper hifi system. Sounds so much better than the streaming services through bluetooth speakers and whatnot.
Old school stereo systems are a good thing in the world.
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the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s were good decades in the world
much better than the 00s, 10s, & obviously the 20s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_RPd0rblI
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I'm not aware that we have a thread for that so I'll allow it, but................
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Thread doesn't specify which world.
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agreed
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the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s were good decades in the world
much better than the 00s, 10s, & obviously the 20s
This could also be posted on the grumpy old man thread. :57:
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yes, but I'm here, focusing on the GOOD of the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s
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Model homes in a retired baseball stadium in Osaka, Japan. The stadium, which was home to the Nankai Hawks baseball team until 1988, sat idle before being leased for this innovative use in 1991. The outfield was transformed into a mock residential area, complete with streets, lighting, and life-sized model homes for visitors to tour.
This unusual setup allowed people to view show homes within the confines of a former professional ballpark.
(https://i.imgur.com/oNTgOfQ.png)
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a critical figure that looms over Masters history and had become a home away from home for golf legend John Daly:
The Augusta Hooters at 2834 Washington Rd.
Not only was the vaunted restaurant closed in 2025, but it was eventually demolished, ensuring that no Masters patrons will be able to devour Hooters Daytona Beach® Style Wings in between rounds. As many are aware, Daly was known for camping out at the chain restaurant, signing merch, selling cigars and perhaps even drinking a Miller Lite or two. This was a hell of a loss for the 59-year-old, but as always, Daly has found a solution.
The Masters is three months away; however, Daly has already announced that he’ll be teaming up with Top Dawg Tavern, also on Washington Road. The site is just a few hundred feet away from the decimated Hooters, which is a beautiful tribute from one of golf’s most illustrious figures.
Top Dawg Tavern is a self-described “casual tavern featuring fried eats, burgers and wings,” so it’s not too difficult to imagine Daly setting up shop there. And yes, thankfully for everyone involved, they have Miller Lite.
John Daly has been an Augusta staple, posting up in his RV in the Hooters parking lot since 1997. We’re glad to see that Daly won’t let late-stage capitalism slow him down. The man wants to kick it with lucky golf nerds and Georgia locals for a week or so every April, and doggone it, he’ll find a way!
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I made it to the Hotel......... it's across the parking lot from Hooters
good things
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yes, but I'm here, focusing on the GOOD of the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s
Whose wine,what wine,where the hell did I dine.....
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I don't believe where I've been
Come on, let's do it again