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  1. Aggy gonna Aggy. preaching to the choir, I know. They just ignore the Head-to-Head recruiting battles Texas has with Ohio State & Georgia, and to a lesses extent, USC, Oregon. and the local school of the day, for the cream of the crop in HS football every year that would never consider Aggy, but for a steaming pile of shit, opps!, or cash. Because those guys never consider aggy, they don't exist. Therefore A&M is close to Texas in talent. Better business model than selling ice to the Eskimos. Looch gets to fleece the locals year round.
  2. I get what you are saying, kind sir. Having hiked up to the precipice of the numbered peaks at Breckenridge, I can assure you, there are no crossroads there, just a one way trail up. The ride down? Standing at the top of the world, the purest of wind blown snow, the glitter filled air with newly formed ice crystals. Adrenaline overwhelms the rational thought processes. You gently slide over the edge, and immediately you are sliding face first towards the snow fence before the rocks that define the cliff, and the recreational skiers down below. Somehow, you make it down, alive and in one piece. One more data point of a charmed life lived. Back among your people, the rational thinkers, on the marked trails. The moment defines you. Skiing is meant to be a gravity sport, with the skis pointed downhill, not up. Time to grow up, old man. Yes, the kid has a big choice in front of him. Choose wisely, son.
  3. Goes to same HS as Cat Osterman did. Calculator.
  4. I don't disagree with your summary. I liked the phrase my bud always shared with me. "Go ugly early." Save yourself time and money, with a very high hit ratio.
  5. There was an article in one of the threads here that discussed same. Basically, the Nuke treaties had a requirement on being able to verify aircraft, and that only certain named bases could house them. Over the years, I have updated my Google Earth to include all of the Air Bases I have been to or have some knowledge about things that have happened. I've done similar things to O&G facilities I've been to, and others of significance. I'm glad Bergstrom is no longer an AFB, and the only explosive proximate to my domain is the buried propane tank and a few gas cans.
  6. Thank you, and sorry, I initially responded to the wrong comment. I kind'a knew that. No Ding & Clark to laze the targets. I was just channeling my inner Billy Jack, when you know its coming, "You want to know something? There's not a damn thing you're going to be able to do about it."
  7. My neighbor thinks the property lines are measured from where the house is built. Can't help but laugh. Cruise Missiles and other guided munitions are going to an X-Y GPS coordinate, and there is damn little you can do about it. It does't really matter what is there, with or without tires, what ever is there when the munition arrives is getting ...
  8. I haven't read this thread since ... a long time, the last time there was good news. It used to be the first thing I read every morning. The 2025 Longhorn Baseball team is no mas, My Apple Wallet was "hacked" this morning, and by extenstion (with my assistance no less), all of my apple devices were exposed and required an electronic cleansing of sorts. F*ck!!! And I come here, and this is one of the best days in my not so young life. I won't quote every post, so many are worthy. Just a few highlights. Choripan, You Sir, are my hero! I applaud you, I envy you, and I thank you, for doing what so many wish they could do. For doing what I wish I could do, or could have done. I grew up, learning to hide under a desk, because of Russia. I've been intrigued by Ukraine since I could remember, when I saw the Antonov 225, and its MIG escorts, in OKC in the late 80's. Those cool looking planes, marvels of engineering, painted in Ukraine Blue & Yellow. Soviet? Yes, but from Ukraine. I've wanted to go to Ukraine since the term "Russian Brides" was coined, and I had a Yoga Instructor from Ukraine. (I didn't have her that way.) And then Fucking Putin invades Ukraine, because he can. The images of brutality that flooded this website. I read your chronicle of the stories you shared, before your trip, while you were there, and what I just read today. You went and helped Ukraine, with your hands, working side by side with the most deserving people on God's Green Earth, in a way that this 68 year old, quintupled by-passed, arthritic, 5'-8'', 155 lb, whiskey drinking Texan, could never do. For a few weeks, I lived through you. You are the poster child of Service to others. You made me proud to be American. I'm in Austin. Drinks are on me. Let me know. When I first saw these pictures, my first thought was from MIDWAY. Is this the inflection point in the Russia-Ukraine War? One can only hope. Fucking Russia; It's bad enough they have used horses, and golf carts, and motorcycles to fight a war; now they're down to sticks and stones? They are working back to the stone age, all by themselves. The ingenuity of Ukraine, and their ability to continue to deliver at the highest level, against the 2nd Army of the World, is simply, amazing. Clap! Clap! Clap! You bet your ass. WOW!!!! Little David, with his newly dropped little 'nads, dragging his little grapes all over Putin's face like icing on a cake. I can't wait for Russia to tear itself apart from the inside, looking for ghosts. Couldn't happen to a worse group of people. Thank you all for your posts, and insights.
  9. C’mon Scluss, park it!
  10. Don’t worry, we offset that by watching more strikes down the middle of Broadway.
  11. Did anybody get a video of Schloss' version of the Augie locker room "Pep Talk"?. Anyone?
  12. It was a fast, hard slide and the 2B ended up in a bad position, completely blocking the bag. It happens. If they don't wear spikes, how can they hang 'em up when they retire?
  13. I lived in Jester my first year, and had 808A Calculus at 8 am, from the Professor who wrote the book. I don't think I was looking for that arrangement, but that's was what I ended up with. Bad news. The kids for Dallas & Houston (Frats?) sat in the back doing crossword puzzles. I made in A in 808A, the second time I took it. I remember my Engineering advisor saying Calculus 808A and Physics 403 K were to separate the wheat from the chaff. 808B & 403L were for the science majors. Do you curve the grades? No, go to the business school. Do we get a walk the Friday before OU? No, go to the business school. In hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened. I realized if I didn't focus on school, I was going to end up working in some kind of physical labor capacity. I never thought about changing my major, but the sum total of career guidance I had was 0.0. I did graduate as an engineer, migrated to the business/commercial side after ~ 8 years, and am comfortably retired. My uncle told me later, after I graduated, that if you're successful in business and life, you're going to need a banker, a lawyer, and a doctor. Cut to the chase and become one of the 3. I wish I knew that as a HS senior. I got offers from Engineering Schools, so i became an engineer. F*CK!!! I did graduate as an engineer, migrated to the business/commercial side, and am comfortably retired (see avatar). Yes! I'm also on a first name basis with my cardiologist, and am late in getting back to my finance and legal advisors. Double F*CK!!!
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