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  1. SurlyORama

    Getting old sucks

    A client of my brother (who owns a gym) had a knee replacement called a "Jiffy Knee". Avoids cutting through a lot of the muscles and tendons of a "traditional" replacement (the pic attached is him, you can see the incision is more to the side than the ones I'm used to seeing). He was walking with a cane and almost no apparent pain the day after the surgery. Played golf two weeks later. He was a former CEO for an insurance company you've heard of, so I tend to think this wasn't some fly-by-night experimental surgery. If I ever need a knee replaced, I know I'll at least look into it.
  2. Here's a shot of the muffins being cooked, didn't take one with the PB. Next time.
  3. I went back to the thing that started this whole thread. Toasted english muffin with peanut butter. Made the english muffins (sourdough) from scratch. Was great.
  4. Oh we have, and continue to do so. I'm not worried his approach will change significantly (his work so far has reflected that it hasn't), but it was crushing to him for a while.
  5. A&M. In my experience as a hiring manager for CS students, not significantly worse. But ratings-wise it’s a decent bit lower (#41 vs #8 in most recent US News rankings). Perhaps didn’t mention on this particular forum because reasons. [emoji12]
  6. Is this thread only for those who couldn't get into UT at all? How about into specific schools or majors? Two years ago, my son was top 1% in a large, competitive school, National Merit Scholarship winner, 1560 SAT, loaded up with extracurriculars (soccer through varsity, DECA (president senior year) and FBLA multiple years including national and international placement) and volunteer/charitable work all through high school. Bottom line, worked his ass off and did everything he could to get into UT CS (his first choice). Didn't have any special tutors, didn't take any SAT prep courses, didn't get any help writing his essays, etc. Just grinded and accomplished stuff on his own talents and efforts. So, while he did get an auto-admit into UT (liberal arts), he was hard rejected from computer science. Got a solid wall of "it's a comprehensive evaluation" responses when talking to anyone at the school about what he might have done to get in. Considered going in and trying to transfer, but from what we've heard the odds of that working into CS are as low or lower as they were for him to get into the school to begin with. They have an "accelerated transfer" program where you can attend for a period and as long as you get the right grades in the right classes you can automatically transfer in. But, it's "invitation only" and he did not get invited. When we contacted people about how he might be considered, we got a circular-referral-runaround where everyone simply said it's not up to them who gets invited and pointed us to someone else (eventually leading back the the first person we contacted). I understand that CS at UT is very competitive. But meanwhile, other students with similar or less impressive credentials got accepted by UT CS as well as places like Stanford, Michigan, etc. (he was also rejected by these). There were "demographic" differences in these cases. So he went elsewhere and will graduate with a near-perfect GPA in 3 years. He could have gotten into this school with far less effort and a far inferior resume, which I'm sure left him wondering why he worked so hard for so long.
  7. I went a different direction with my "Christmas Menu" this year. Visiting family out-of-state, with others coming from Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin. I'm the "designated cocktail guy", so I went more structured this year... Was a big hit, with the "Rum Rum Rudolph" being the most favored (of course it was the first day, so not the best choice by me I guess).
  8. I can tell you that my interest in and love for college football is waning, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon. In 10 years not sure I will even be watching. Don't have much interest in the NFL, and it's heading down the same path for me. In the VERY near future (if not already), it will just be the UAPFL - "University-Affiliated Professional Football League". While I don't begrudge the players trying to maximize their personal financial benefit, I just don't have interest in watching a bunch of mercenaries who are only at the school for that reason, playing for their third school in four years, etc. It's NFL, but worse, in every way that made me love college football.
  9. The two people you see are the guys I was with. This was on a Friday night a few years back in a sports bar during football season.
  10. I went here a couple of weeks ago as I was driving through Iowa (you don't need to know why). The name states it's the "best" burger cafe in Iowa, and I don't doubt it. Was solid af. http://iowasbestburgercafe.com/
  11. At least that move resulted in more wins and better offensive output ... oh wait
  12. didn't i read that his son was entering the draft, per Prime?
  13. Nebraska has quietly won 5 of the last 6, with the only loss coming to Michigan. Not a murderer's row of a schedule, but over the last 3 games they beat 3 B1G teams that they lost to last year, and are tied for the lead in the west division. Rhule has done a good job in my opinion.
  14. Getting ready to depart for Amsterdam later today. Doing an 8-day Rhine cruise on Scenic. Input from 3 separate couples is that it's wonderful, so fingers crossed.
  15. I made the latest viral craze (Smashburger Tacos) twice on my Blackstone. I gotta say, they were pretty, pretty really good! Trendy and “cool”, but still quite tasty.
  16. Not the best pics, but my wife makes me this on birthdays and father's day. Combo toad-in-hole with breakfast sammich. Bacon, cheese, and sweet potato fries inside, on sourdough. Love it.
  17. Sweet and savory together? Oh my! Maybe next time I put an egg on my pancake (with syrup), I also have some sugared bacon to go with it.
  18. My brother ate PB&S on pancakes and waffles since he was a little kid.
  19. Have a question for all of you breakfast lovers. For many, many years, I have enjoyed putting runny-yolk eggs on top of my pancakes. Pancakes which have syrup and butter already applied. Combo of the cake, the sweetness, the yolk and slight bit of salt, ... mmmmm. I have a couple of friends who find this to be the most disgusting thing they have ever seen, which I don't understand. One made the statement that "only 1 in 100 people would eat that." So, I ask all of you, how do you find this to be? Disgusting, I would never eat that. Tried it, didn't like it. Never had it, but seems like it could be ok. I'd try it. Love it, do it all the time.
  20. It's easy. The Superbowl Number is always the same as my age. So just use that.
  21. Man, love those things. Funny(ish) story. We used to keep the containers and re-use them for dog food and dog treats. Buddy came to the house for happy hour, walked by, instinctively reached in and grabbed a handful of dog treats. Wasn't as happy as usual.
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