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Ben Tobin

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  1. 5 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    He's too busy texting me (and anyone else that's ever sent him $5) 8 times a day asking for more money. 

    Holy shit this! They must use every $5 they get to hire more people to send texts asking for $5. 

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  2. 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I'm 60 years old.  I had my first extreme reaction to a peanut when I was 3.  My dad, completely without knowledge of my allergy, said I could have a peanut at a dinner party my parents were throwing.

    I was puking my guts out within 3 minutes.

    1966.

    So yeah, kids in the 70s were getting sick.  It's more common now, for reasons that aren't fully understood, but it's been a thing for a long time.  Kids have to be vigilant, but that doesn't include being on the lookout for CLASSMATES TRYING TO HURT OR KILL THEM.

    Shit, that’s terrible. Did your parents let people around you know? I’m sure I would have been around folks allergic and no one said anything 

  3. “It would have been my preference to discuss my concerns with you in person,” Plowman said to Baker in the email. “Your recent testimony before Congress indicated you wanted to meet with as many member institutions and student-athletes as possible to discuss issues associated with college sports.

    “I am sharing my perspective in writing since my December request for you to meet with me and our athletics director, Danny White, was denied.”

     

    Now go get your shine box

  4. 12 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    maybe. or maybe most assume someone else will do it. you know, like everything else in their lives.

    Holy shit this. They all crow about muh civil war but they really just want to watch it on tv and post on FB about it

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  5. Read Child of God first followed closely by The Orchard Keeper. Finished Suttree while still in Knoxville walking the same streets. Nothing more to be said about Blood Meridian, a masterpiece in my opinion. Everything else is good. Really enjoy his style. He nailed the East Tennessee dialect so well that it was hard not to read everything in that ‘voice’. RIP

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