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Any pass play that loses 5 yard needs to be shit canned and never to be seen again. Nothing kills a drive like throwing a pass 20 yards to loose 5 yards on 1st down. Most of Sarks scripted plays to start the game are dog shit.
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Got my season passes!!! See you bright and early. Maybe just early.
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Besides Arch’s poor mechanics and bad throws, the most disappointing thing is seeing Arch sitting on the bench by himself every time we are on defense. Why is there not a coach with him with screenshots of alignments and plays talking to him, settling him down, getting him to focus on the fundamentals, the little things that yield positive results? I know Sark is busy managing the game, but there is no reason for Arch to not be talking to somebody the whole damn game. Seeing those piss poor side arm throws all daylong was frustrating as hell. Where the fuck is his QB coach?
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It is really comforting to see Ukraine transition from targeting oil storage tanks and depots to targeting the processing parts of the refineries, the large tall towers, the crackers and distillation columns. The tanks make huge fireballs and burn for days, but they are just large gas cans. You know, "chicks dig the long ball." The columns "crack" the oil, breaking down the long chain hydrocarbons into simpler fluids that are separated and further processed within the refinery. There may be 50-100 separate processing units within a world class refinery, but only a hand full of them include the towers. Destroying a pressure vessel (large propane tank) 100+ feet tall, 10+ feet in diameter, with numerous pipes going in and out, and all the associated controls and instrumentation is a much, much bigger issue. Ukraine w/ US "support" 2022-2023: Ukraine fighting a war 2024-2025: I am not a Bot. I am also not a wonk. Maybe? This is a screenshot from a file I started when Ukraine was invaded. It is from a combination of publicly available information from multiple sources, the accuracy of which is suspect, but directionally, it is pretty accurate. Ukraine has targeted every significant Russian refinery (21) except the 3 highlighted. Those 3 are way far east, 1200+ miles from Ukraine. What exactly was hit and damaged is not known. Some of these refineries (similar to Deer Park and Lake Charles) have a footprint of 1-3 square miles, 1,000+ acres. Hitting half a dozen oil storage tanks in the tank farm is much different than taking out 1 of the main process units, a mile away. A lot of the reporting in the media, is like a lot of reporting in the media. Good for public consumption, but a lot of BS. Refineries make both gasoline and diesel, AFTER the oil has been refined and separated into individual components. How much of each and the various grades is determined by further downstream processing and blending units. Ukraine is 100% doing what they need to do, fighting to continue to exist. But the ankle bone is connected to the leg bone which is connected to the knee bone... Decreasing refined products from Russia, means that Russia and all their customers will need to find alternative supplies, which are limited. Supply & Demand always works. Crude demand, and prices, will go down, and gasoline and diesel demand, and prices, will go up. Make no mistake, this is a concern that both Biden & Trump shared. It is not "price gouging" by US refiners. It is a free market at work. Both Valero (in progress) and Phillips are shutting down refineries in California this year. California is scrambling looking for outside supplies. Maybe build a new refinery? What? No pipelines from Texas? You reap what you sow.
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2025 game Week 1, #1 Texas @ #3 Ohio State - What the Fuck is a Buckeye?
PTINS replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
IMO, Their OL probably looked decent this spring and summer, when they were blocking the one good DT that was available. The OL blocking against a bunch of younger DL that was supplemented with mid-level transfers is not the same as going against a more elite and experienced DL. -
My dad was the Scoutmaster and my mother was my Den Mother. I was in the Cub Scouts; got kicked out for eating a Brownie. Just kidding! If we stayed in Florida, my brother would have earned his Eagle Scout rank. We moved to Austin in '66, he got a guitar, and rest is history. Bergstrom did not have the parental involvement that Eglin had. Too many short cycle dads were sent to Vietnam, and Austin, TX was a lot different than Valparaiso, FL.
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I don't disagree with any of your post. I only included aggy as 1 of the 4 that left the B12, blaming Texas for everything as they slithered out the door. I lived in Colorado for 3 years, when they were good. Too bad Rick Neuheisel fucked that up. He had a monster going. I bought some new Python Boots before I moved up there in the 90's. I knew what they thought about Texan's, and I didn't want to disappoint them. I was talking to a colleague one day, and he said something like, "You damn Texan's are all alike! Texas this, and Texas that! Why are you guys like that? Do they teach you that shit?" "As a matter of fact, they do. Texas History in 7th Grade." "Oh..." he replied, somewhat. surprised. "I have to be honest ... I'm jealous. Every person I've ever met from Texas is like that. I just wish I was from a place like that, where everybody had that much pride."
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Conoco and Phillips are Oklahoma home grown oil companies started in the late 1800's. Jed Clampett sold his fortune to Mr. Brewster in Tulsa, the 'Oil Capital of the World." Oklahoma is similar to Texas in that there are multiple producing formations, stacked like pancakes. There are no dry holes in Oklahoma; the only question is how much produced water you have to get rid of. West Texas Intermediate looks like the oil after a 2 year oil change. The Oklahoma Sweet oil produced around Ponca City, Conoco's home, is a golden-greenish-yellow color, and looks Quaker State 10W-40 that comes out of a can. It's the second most popular thing to come out of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Candy Loving being the first. The smaller independent oil companies are the meat in potatoes in Oklahoma oil & gas production, many of which have had their fortunes since well before I moved there in the late 70's. Yes, there are plenty of trailer parks, just like any other place. But there is also an underlying wealth that is for them to know, and for you to find out about. Harold Hamm was the youngest of 13 kids born to a share cropper, didn't go to college, and started his own company at 21. He is worth ~ $18.5 Billion. Yeah, Harold didn't go to college, but I bet his kids did. Make no mistake, there is a lot of money up there.
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The real reason the B12 vagabonds hate Texas: Texas B12 Record v. "Who the fuck cares" Colorado 7-1 (88%) Missouri 7-2 (78%) Nebraska 9-1 (90%) A&M 11-5 (69%, 5-3 in CS) Total 34-9 (79%)
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Just a comment in general, not directed at your post. From "Ice Station Zebra" the dialogue includes a line about German scientists being used by both the US and the Soviet Union. Specifically, a British intelligence officer explains that "the Soviets used cameras made by "our (Soviet) German scientists" and film made by "your (US) German scientists" in their satellite, which was also built by "their (British) German scientists".
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FIFY. I shared this fact with all the new Boy Scouts when I was an Assistant Scoutmaster. I also told them Charles Whitman was an Eagle Scout. The more important thing is what you do with it. My former business partner was an Eagle Scout. I thought about that when he told me, "I know we have a contract, and I know we owe you money, but we're not going to pay you anymore. If you don't like it, sue us." I did. I won, they lost. They paid me my money, late. I froze their back account. That was kind of a big deal for an energy trading company. I encouraged my scouts, and their parents, to complete their Eagle Scout requirements when they were older. Most young teenagers who grow up in affluent areas have little concept of service to others. RIP, Jim Lovell.
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We were at Eglin AFB in the early 60's. The Navy used to coat the target docks w/ Napalm, tow them into the Gulf, the let the flyboys at them. Good thing we were more interested in fishing and not just a bunch of firebugs back then.
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Well, as a previously married for 40+ years, getting ready to be a newly single, I find myself considering things I never really thought about before. I must have missed the Texas Exes travel brochure on the "Sexy Time with European Leaders Package." I agree 100% about the European leadership, particularly the female leaders. Dynamic, outspoken, with a "Damn the Torpedoes" mindset, to do what is right, regardless of the consequences. Thomas Jefferson would be proud. The fact they're soft on the eyes should not be held against them. I, on the other hand ...
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I would give your left nut just to be in the same room with Giorgia Meloni. Her unbridled passion, properly channeled (towards me), is the reason for living, or dying, if that is her prerogative. The epitaph read, "... PTINS was incinerated in a spectacular ball of fire, when Ms. Giorgia Meloni, erupted with a volcanic release of passion and energy."
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Que the video of Joseph Ossai staring down the Okie State QB at the overtime coin flip.
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