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  1. Thanks for the summary. I was wondering why we saw an actual injury report. It’s hard to fathom that in 2024 they still believe that if they can hide information and blur the truth and intentionally mislead their minions and believe all is well, knowing they have an actual football game with a live audience and camera’s, and the ugly truth will be revealed, and that is okay. “We're better off just telling the truth.“ Well, until last year, every-fucking-body told us to stay away from red meat, cheese, shellfish and other foods with cholesterol, because eating them would raise our cholesterol. My doctor told me a few months ago I’m better off eating a steak and salad every day and to quit eating bread and flour tortilla’s later in the day, when my activity levels drop. Yeah, aggy gonna aggy. Let’s fatten ‘em and we can practice getting faster.
  2. Thanks!!! That ship sailed, but I know where the dock is. This was a fun trip. Great game. Perfect weather, 40’s in September. I Everywhere I went, people walked up and engaged in conversation. Kinda. Some flashed a Horns down, I suggested they weren’t doing it correctly, and we started talking. Detroit was fun, rightfully proud of its past, with a rich sports history, gambling, and legal weed. Henry Ford was a great man, and a great benefactor. Brought housing and education to the masses. Gave the schools tickets to the symphony, and the arts. Education + Church choir + the musical arts = Motown, the Motor City Madman (I saw Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes at the Armadillo), We Want Grand Funk! ( Sam Houston Coliseum, I think).
  3. This one looks more recent. Go get this kid!!!
  4. The Big House - Best Venue to Experience a College Football Game. No arguments. i've been waiting to see a game in Ann Arbor for 45 years. Rarely in life does the reality exceed the expectation. Cherish it when it happens. (Kicking their ass right out of the gate certainly helped.) My hosts gave me their UM parking pass on campus, and I walked down frat/sorority row to the tailgate. The boys in groups, behind the fences, were rowdy, but tame. Lots of good natured trash talking, and lots of girls in boots and skirts. Guess that is a more universal thing now. Other than "Michigan" sprinkled in a few places, the scoreboard was the only "advertising" in the stadium. Nothing resembling a 360 degree facade with as many words and numbers as it takes to fill the space. Simplicity of design --> compact, but not crowded -- > Not a bad seat in the house (How would I know? I only had 1 seat). There were a lot of Texas fans there, all over the place. I saw Texas people everywhere I went for 5 days. The amount of Burnt Orange was masked by the home crowd in Maize. Blue and Orange would have made a great contrast, but Michigan has some smart people. You could clearly see their student section. The tunnels are at ground level, with the field ~ 50 rows below. Left my seat, walked up 10 rows, through the tunnel, concessions to the right, bathrooms on the left (long lines for mens, no lines for women, WTF?), This is the first game they started selling beer. Beer line in my area mid 3rd quarter, before they ran out. Every body in line was from Texas. The little caboose in the white boots ... was a stark contrast to the 7,000 HP Steam Locomotive at The Henry Ford Museum. 1, x. You're just gonna have to take my word. I took her picture with her camera, and she took my picture with mine. Dumb ass!!! @immamac , you Fucking Rock!!! Tailgate was off the charts. Good time!!! I went to the adjacent Michigan tailgate when I saw the open liquor table in the middle. Hannah was a Michigan 10, (Surly 9, she was with her Michigan boyfriend), tan legs for miles. I tried to pace myself, still had 3 beers and 3 whiskeys, before the game. Tailgate pig.MP4 Ann Arbor reminded of the Austin I grew up in; everybody was in town for the football game. Texas fans and friendly people everywhere. Met a lot of cuties 😋... and later, their boyfriends and husbands 🙁. Michigan Stadium in the background, behind the scoreboard. You know how to get a smile like that after 3 hours of getting your spirit crushed? Motown Musuem. Already knew the story, just had to see the Icon. (HBO's "Hitsville: The Making of Motown" is a must watch for anybody who likes music.) More Henry Ford Museum. 1956 Thunderbird, my birth year. To summarize, visited Michigan*(45 down, 5 to go). got to sing The Eyes of Texas, in The Big House, after crushing the Defending National Champions ; legally acquired 1/2 oz. of "All Gas" Cannabis Flower from The Flower Bowl Dispensary ($21); toured The Henry Ford Museum (kinda like Mecca for Mechanical Engineers), the Motown Museum, not just timeless, great music, but a pivotable piece in the changing cultural fabric of the USA. * Interesting fact I learned in a bar at 1 am. There is no South Detroit (sorry Steve Perry). South of Detroit is the Detroit River, and Windsor, Canada.
  5. According to Google maps, it's either a "Bicycle repair shop" with a 5* rating, or a "Packaging supply store." Must be some high-end bicycles, surrounded by a concrete wall topped with concertina razor wire. The tanks are behind the building, look to be fuel for the facility. No facilities for truck loading/unloading and no rail directly to the facility. Definitely flammable. Been offline for a while, more pressing things to deal with ...
  6. Welcome to Detroit 1/2 oz “All Gas” flower - $21 1 oz “Poddy Mouth” Shake - $14 1 “Kush Cake” preroll - $0.01 1 Bic lighter - $1.75 Total - $42.60
  7. Looks like that 4.21 forty time transfers to the field ok.
  8. Always like Rick. I lived in Boulder when he was there. His was perfect for Colorado, building a dynasty with Texas & California kids. Colorado ended Lectric-Leland's Heisman campaign and Top 5 A&M's dreams. Tragic when he left. He was funny when he talked about Troy Aikman transferring to UCLA. Rick was QB when Troy showed up; said he looked like Tarzan. Turf field should drain well. If there is any slippage, our WR's will toast the DB's. Agree 100%. I started drinking at 10 am in New Orleans, and was beyond fucked up walking to the game. Way to old to be doing that shit. Much shorter walk on Saturday. I think those days are over. The two pics against CSU showed awareness, athleticism, and closing speed. I agree. It's moving in that direction. Yeah, I think we're getting ready to see the mean streaks these guys have. I like see the IOL guys pulling against CSU. Thank you. Michigan have some studs, but not 11 of them, with a brand new DC and all the position coaches. No way their scout team has any correlation to Texas. FIFY. Quinn biggest problem is starting slow out of the gate. If he starts on rhythm with the scripted plays, game over. His call sign in Behind Enemy Lines was Longhorn. It was painted on the F-18.
  9. Perhaps there was a glitch in the Matrix? Second to last play of the game, alternate reality Aggie down 10, wiggy scrambles and throws a lawn dart 5 yards behind their running back safety valve CW scrambles, gets out in the open, and throws the ball away to the open spot for the umpteenth time. Unfortunately, it was 5 yards behind the receiver. Elko has seen enough, and screams at CW, the QB, not Klein, the OC. Elko screams "run the fucking ball!" He is yelling at CW, the QB. Meaning, when you have an open field in front of you and the DB's are running away, you CW, the QB, needs to take what they're giving you and run the fucking ball. The disillusioned Klein, fearful of Elko charging at him like a rabid buffalo, mistakes Elko's "coaching" of CW for a "suggestion" to him that he call a running play on a last gasp 4th and long, which he does. They run it and game ends.
  10. Was CW ever "cleared" to take snap's with the 1's in practice? When? I wonder if his rare foot injury is still causing him to protect it, and that is why he threw the ball so poorly. Timing, footwork, arm, it all looked bad. Stewart, Scourton, and Turner all graded out at a 68.8 or better overall... How much better? Sweat & Murphy graded ~ 90 all year long. That's a pretty big gap. If A&M's best position group got neutralized to the point they needed safeties in the box to stop the run, that's a big red flag that puts a lot of pressure on the DB's that are nowhere near as talented. They got what everyone wished for and couldn't come through. Jimbo said it every week, just have to execute better.
  11. Thank you, thank you thank you. You Rock!
  12. As always, follow the money. What US entities, industries or companies are behind the US position of slow playing support of Ukraine? Using NATO weapons without giving NATO a heads up on Ukraine's plans for deployment? Or is it just keeping the nukes under Russia control rather than risk losing them in a post-Putin free for all. US policy has always had a measure of an oil & gas slant, as worldwide oil production has a direct correlation to worldwide economies. Ukraine has not targeted Russia production, pipelines, or export capacity; just storage and refining, most of which is for internal demand, not export. Granted, there is big difference between a drone and a 1,000 lb warhead hitting a target. I get that raising US gasoline prices before the election would not be good (for the US), but a pullback in US support for Ukraine would be worse (for Ukraine). And, as I write these words, I answer my question. Our focus (posters on this thread) is Ukraine surviving as a sovereign nation. 95% of the people I know are oblivious to this war and could not have an intelligent back and forth conversation that lasted more than a couple of minutes. Sometimes, my Google News update starts with Ukraine info that is 3 days old. Is it News if you have to go look for it? Maybe growing up on nuclear targets proximate to 12,000 runways and retiring in the Hill Country gives a false sense of reality. Damn. Another Bingo! I guess I could blame my dad (RIP) for raising me on John Wayne movies and watching westerns growing up. (Did everybody grow up that way? I am one generation removed from the farm.) Nope. "...I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson "Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free" - UT Tower, that I looked up to damn near every day for 5 years. Thanks for listening. I guess my therapy session is over.
  13. We were walking along the RR tracks by South Lamar, and found some rail road spikes. We heard a train coming, and laid one on the tracks to see what would happen. "Hey, you little sons of bitc... (garbled, unintelligible, large bangs)" Wasn't like a penny, we damn near derailed the train. Yeah, I was running.
  14. Speaking of Black Powder ... (Thanks for bring it up.) As an Assistant Scoutmaster at Camp Pioneer (BSA - Arkansas), I participated in the Mountain Man program; cooking, eating, throwing a hatchet, making fires, candles and 50 Cal musket balls, and shooting the musket balls at a target. Due to SM role, I was late to the shooting competition, fired 2 practice shots, and three shots that counted. Aim small, miss small. The commentary was something like, "Nice Shot!, You got to me kidding me!, I'll be god damned!!!" Don't Mess With Texas!
  15. Mousing around on a slow night, a few juicy targets NW of Moscow: Tver, ~ 100 miles NW; Migalovo(?) Air Base, large 4 engine transport planes (jets & props) Torzhok, ~ 150 miiles NW of Moscow Large Gaz Prom Pump Station, oil or refined products? Lubricants Production Complex, formerly Shell Oil Also a helicopter airbase, oil depots, and another oil pump station. Can't wait to see the after pictures.
  16. Rod earned playing time along side multiple AA's and Thorpe winners. He knows what good DB play and players look like. He's also watched Texas, as an analyst, for the past few years. What Texas has now is light years better than 2 or 3 years ago. Having a DB room that grades from B+ to- C- is a big reason to be "Mr. Negativity." What Texas has now is light years better than 2 or 3 years ago. Too early to call it a strength, but definitely improved from years past. very good team ... with a depleted roster? Does not compute. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and HELL YES! Turf field and cool weather will showcase the Texas team speed Saturday. Salk always praises the team as fast and violent. Texas wins.
  17. I've heard how clear Lake Superior is. Please confirm.
  18. Thanks for the info. I missed the game and didn't see the highlights till late last night (funeral). Texas looked good; played damn near everybody, all 3 transfer WR getting TD's, with 10? guys catching passes in the 1st half, gonna give the Michigan DC a lot to think about. Pretty vanilla on both sides of the ball. Not a lot of real imaginative play calling on offense and still seems like a lot of passes were to wide open guys on the move. There weren't a lot of defensive plays I saw; 2 nice pics and liked Gbenda stuffing that guy in the middle. Didn't see much stunting, blitzing, etc. Saturday's game should be more wide open, I'm thinking Alabama 2.0. Weather looks to to be good for Saturday. Waking up to weather in the 40's is muy bueno. Michigan Stadium's field is artificial turf. The field may be wet, but shouldn't be an issue. Hopefully a fast track.
  19. Don't worry, I think there's an attorney here that might be able to help you.
  20. I know anyone talking about practice is forbidden by the ministry, so I wonder how much real practice time CW has had. His foot injury was not a common injury, with a longish recovery time. All QB's are protected in practice anyway, but given he couldn't run at game speed during the summer, how much conditioning did he really get? He had some really ugly throws last night. I'm guessing his issues are more injury recovery related and less conditioning.
  21. Boom!!!
  22. Many have commented on Russia's advance west of Donetsk towards Pokrovsk and the short/longer term possibilities. There's a lot of random data that supports a plan to trap and cutoff the Russian advance from their established base to the east. Below is a google screen shot to add some color to the picture. It's easy to see why it's called the mud season; there is not a normal river in this area, just a bunch of drainage areas/channels of sorts that eventually drain to larger ponds and lakes. Pokrovsk is the logistics hub, population ~ 60,000. Ocheretyne (what, where?) has a population ~ 3,500. There isn't much else out here, just a bunch of little villages and towns. The rail line between Donetsk and Pokrovsk is the main feature, traversing the high ground between the cities. The larger roads are shown, with smaller secondary and tertiary roads serving the area. Where the rail line makes a "dip" on the map west of "Ocher", the elevation drops from a ~750' plateau down to ~ 500' elevation. The area before and after Ocher is a very narrow corridor (1-3 miles wide) on the high ground between the various water channels. There is not an obvious railroad bridge west of Avdiivka. If and when the railroad west of Avdiivka is out of service, getting supplies to anything west to there would be very difficult, just a bunch of smallish roads in well defined corridors, with a choke point ~10 miles long and about 1-2 miles wide, all within a few miles of Ukraine-Russia contact line. Spotting for field artillery from a lower ground elevation would be difficult, but with the drones available, or some of the F-16's screaming across the deck, "Fugget about it!" I'm betting Ukraine has a rail bridge party here sometime soon, as well as taking out the 3 or 4 bridges in Kurst that cuts off Belrogod and 10,000 square miles, and a few others here and there. Any guestimates on the number of Russian troops and equipment west of Ocher?
  23. The Russian aggy government abruptly announces that oil and fuel rushing and passing production numbers will now be a state secret — Interfax Texags
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