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  1. 3 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

    There is no doubt he'd make more money in baseball if he reached the necessary level to play in the bigs for some time.  Even if he never became an all star.  But odds are absolutely not in his favor of that happening.

    I'd say the odds of him having much of an NFL career are not in his favor either.

  2. Odds are, he would make more money in the long term playing baseball.

    He would also have a longer life playing baseball.

    He would also have a better quality of life once he reaches 35 or so (years I mean, not inches).

     

    But he'll probably choose football, instant gratification, celebrity status.

    But really, who gives a shit?

  3. On 1/4/2019 at 11:23 PM, BearSchlong said:
    On 1/4/2019 at 1:55 AM, Your Mom said:
    Tea sippers is what that ags used to call the Horns.  As in softies who sip iced tea.  

    Probably more like hot tea served in dainty China cups, with pinky fingers extended.

    Correct. According to aggy, they are real texans who drink iced tea, we are not real texans because we sip hot tea.

  4. 8 minutes ago, Continental Op said:

    Me:. "I do not think fire extinguishers are very useful underwater."

    Trumpkin, roasting me with FACTS AND LOGIC:. "Then why would you want them anywhere else you libtard faggot?!"

    Continental OP doesn't think fire extinguishers are very useful underwater, BUT HE"S GOT ONE IN HIS KITCHEN!!!! LOL cuck libtard!!

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  5. 19 hours ago, GRHorn said:

    I’ll help you out 

    1) They agree with him

    2) They know it’s a trivial amount of money that Congress is withholding

    3) They know they’ll get made whole after the fact. 

     

    Trivial: of little significance or value.

    The wall is not trivial to either Trump's base or the Left's base. It doesn't matter if its 5 billion or 50 billion. Its not about the money to either side.

     

    14 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

    Have any of y’all ever tried to deal with someone with a mental illness? It aint easy and is in fact the toughest thing you would ever have to deal with it. They are not rational at all and some of those people desire the conflict to help them cope. 

    Now just imagine having to deal with such a person who is not only mental ill, but is not only the most powerful person in the world, but has the back of some of the most powerful people in the country like the senate majority leader and a certain segment of the media who are profiting on that person’s illness for ratings and money. Damn near impossible.

    That is unfortunately where we are at today. They will continue to seek to harm and profit as long as they are able to do so. 

    This isn’t trump anymore. Its cocaine/benedict Mitch and the rest of the traitors/republican party who are really ultimately to blame for this shitstorm and their obsequeience to a mentally ill president who is weakening this country tremendously.  They could end this tomorrow.

     

    Nailed it.

     

    This is exactly why Trump will never cave. The only way this ends is with the Dems caving, or a veto proof bill is passed, or Trump is removed from office. Benedict Turtle knows this. Until he gets some heat put on him, he ain't gonna do shit. Pelosi and Schumer, or their minions, need to go after him.

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  6. 1 hour ago, sushihorn said:

    Fair.  Evolution occurs within populations, not individuals.  Extreme environmental pressures accelerate the process for the population by killing of those who fail to adapt faster.  You're absolutely right about aggy and Okie but unfortunately there's little pressure on their fan bases to evolve.  One big reason I think aggy fans loved the SEC move so much was they got to hang with the "big dogs" (which are really more like Brontosauri) in a lower pressure SEC environment.  Change is hard and painful.  Sometimes it's easier to run away and hide.

    edit: On further reflection, meth might be an adaptation to trailer park obesity.

    Usually its sports metaphors used to explain science. This time its science metaphors to explain sports. Which is fine, but lets make sure the science is correct.

     Extreme environmental pressures accelerate evolution by killing off at higher rates individuals who are already poorly adapted to the new environmental pressures.

     

    Good read however. I enjoy your football posts.

     

     

     

     

  7. 22 minutes ago, NowThis said:

    Trump looked exhausted and beat in that speech. He's had enough.   I just can't get over that 800,000 people and families are under massive financial duress and he doesn't give a damn. 

    I'm hoping he decide not to run again. He can make up whatever excuse he wants, everybody will know the real reason.

     

    But I'm hoping even more he strokes out or someone caps his ass.

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  8. On 1/2/2019 at 12:30 PM, Richard Kimball said:

    One of the underlying themes of the movie was that the built up legends of the gun fights as told in Sal Rubinek's books were really just seedy bushwhackings. Then, during the majority of the movie, Little Bill won every fight by getting the drop on someone and beating the shit out of them while someone else held a gun on them or they were tied up. The two people that Eastwood and the kid killed were caught (in one case, literally) with their pants down. 

    Then, at the end, William Muny gets drunk, rides into town, goes into a bar totally outgunned, and utters the line, "I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to Ned."

    After everything was said and done, at the end of the movie, was the one real gunfight for him to write about. And it was totally true.

    I also like how Muny's reply to Bill's "I don't deserve this" of "Deserves got nothing to do with it" recalls Muny's earlier fever-induced dream about killing one guy years before. Muny says to Ned "I saw that guy I shot in the mouth whose teeth came out the back of his head. I don't recall him doing anything to deserve getting shot."

  9. On 12/22/2018 at 6:32 AM, South Austin said:

    By necessity I’m at the gym most days at 5am, so I avoid many of the intolerables.

    5am?

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    Why do people wear sweat pants, hoodies, and other shit that just increase the sweat factor? Is there some theory behind making yourself sweat more by wearing hot clothing?

  10. 1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

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    I had two red ones like this, one mesh and one solid for the cold months.  Like Bozo said you didn't buy these, they were given to people.  But not just everybody.  There was a pecking order to gimmes.  Early on, the Bush Hog caps were pretty exclusive, they wouldn't sell you one even.    I guess the next step then was to collect on that popularity by selling them. 

    Pioneer Seed company were the most common.  They probably started the whole thing actually.  

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    Anybody ever hear these caps called "mesh-backs"?

  11. On 1/7/2019 at 10:36 AM, NBMisha said:

    Looks like it's the olds vs the balds on this issue.  What sayeth the old balds?

     

    I own several cowboy hats, straw and felt, but rarely wear them. I wear my UT baseball hat pretty much everywhere (keeps sun off my bald head, and keeps it warmer in the winter).

    I take it off in restaurants and houses and schools and such. I leave it on in places like stores or bars. If I ever went into a house of worship, I'd take it off. If I ever went into a fast food joint I'd probably leave it on.  I'd take it off in a movie theater if I ever went to the movies.

    You better goddamn believe I take it off for the national anthem.

    I can't imagine sitting down at a table to eat with a hat on. I also can't imagine wearing flip flops on an airplane.

     

     

     

     

  12. On 1/2/2019 at 10:12 AM, Bateshorn said:

    I've seen Unforgiven at least 50 times.  It's one of my top 5 movies.  Its rewatchablity is off the charts.  Every performance in it is absolutely fantastic.  There's not a single false note.  The jail scene with Richard Harris, Gene Hackman and Saul Rubinek discussing the shootout at the bar in Dodge is close to cinematic perfection.

    After that, I'd say Outlaw Josey Wales and In the Line of Fire.

    Line of Fire was meh, but anybody who doesn't put Unforgiven in their top 5 all time movies, of any genre, better clear on out the back.

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