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  1. 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.
  2. C’mon Scluss, park it!
  3. Don’t worry, we offset that by watching more strikes down the middle of Broadway.
  4. Did anybody get a video of Schloss' version of the Augie locker room "Pep Talk"?. Anyone?
  5. 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?
  6. 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!!!
  7. Good for you. For coming back and finishing. But sorry dude, you blew it. My favorite story about UT having big classes: I took Government as a freshman ('74-75), like you're supposed to, with about 250-350 other undergrads in Burdine Auditorium. That was long enough ago that the Prof (not a TA) did a lecture on each US President. Jefferson & Lincoln were inspiring. He did FDR from a wheelchair. I told my friend about this guy and told him you have to come hear his last lecture on Nixon. I wasn't the only one. The 500+ seat auditorium was packed, standing room only. "Nixon was the most corrupt ... The end." got the Prof a standing ovation. In a freshman Government class. It would have been criminal and a huge waste of resources to have him speaking to a group of 20-25 students. His lecture inspired me to go see all of Nixon's cronies that went on the speakers tour at LBJ Library. The last one being Senator "Sam" Ervin, Dem. NC, (chair, Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices, also known as the Senate Watergate Committee). That was also a packed house so I knew to get there early. That's my bookends on taking Government at The University of Texas v. ACC or High School credit. What I heard cemented my beliefs on HS recruiting, and my disdain for all things OU, A&M & from what I knew, Alabama. Little known fact. Burdine Hall resembles a ForTran computer punch card. My scholarship paid for the Freshman Orientation week; yes, I slept in Kinsolving for a week. Hasn't everyone? UT did a multi-media slide/video show at Burdine Auditorium to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, a cloud of sweet smoke waifing though the air, and afterward we went to Nothing Strikes Back for ice cream in their Black Light/day glow dark room ("When the munchies strike... Nothing Strike Back"). Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun Every time I hear Pink Floyd takes me back to 1974. Good Times & fond memories.
  8. My first thread on CR is directed at State Representative Carrie Isaac. She is the poster child for putting business over people and needs to hear from the people she was elected to represent, and from the people that are most affected by her "leadership." Capitol Address: Room E1.306, P.O. Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768 District Address: 137 Fredericksburg Rd., New Braunfels, TX 78130, (830) 730-6248 Contact link: Texas Rep - Carrie Isaac My personal view on this is grounded in the simple fact that Central Texas does not have adequate water resources, and those finite resources need to be addressed now. I drilled a new 400+ ft water well in May 2022 (to replace a natural spring that went dry), and within a year, the well went dry and the pump was lowered 40 ' to reestablish the water supply. Every time I go to the ranch, I drive by the Water Park recently built west of Bandera, that is probably the primary reason my new well went dry. This well draws from the Trinity Aquifer, the primary supply of water for the I-35 corridor from Oklahoma to South Texas, including Austin and Central Texas. Carrie disagrees that water resources are finite, and is in favor of unlimited pumping of groundwater. She introduced House Bill 2812 that seeks to exclude public water supply wells from the regulatory oversight of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Public wells would not be subject to the district’s monitoring, permitting processes or metering requirements. This Bill is a direct response to the over pumping of groundwater, well in excess of the permitted amount, in Hays County that resulted in Jacob's Well, in addition to many private wells, going dry. Envision Barton Springs, and Hamilton Pool and every spring fed water resource and swimming hole in Central Texas going dry. Two water bills could have far-reaching impacts Teresa Kendrick Managing Editor - 03/26/2025 08:00 AM Two Texas bills, Senate Bill 2660 and House Bill 2812, filed within the last two months, could have far-reaching impacts on the future of water in Hays County and the Wimberley Valley. Introduced last month by Republican Representative Carrie Isaac, is House Bill 2812 that seeks to exclude public water supply wells from the regulatory oversight of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Public wells would not be subject to the district’s monitoring, permitting processes or metering requirements. The new provision would specifically exclude public water supply wells from the District’s regulatory oversight. Currently, wells producing less than 25,000 gallons per day and used for domestic purposes by single private residential households and wells used for conventional farming and ranching activities, are not subject to District’s monitoring. The bill, if passed, is set to take effect on September 1. It is currently before the Natural Resources Committee. “This would be a disaster for the springs that feed Jacob’s Well and other regional water sources,” said Executive Director David Baker of the Watershed Association. “It takes all the controls off of managing groundwater resources. It is pro Aqua Texas and anti-groundwater conservation. We hope she withdraws this bill.” Representative Carrie Isaac in a response to the Wimberley View said, “I have been fighting against overreach from the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) since 2019. Their ongoing efforts to regulate beyond reason— including denying permits to water providers, proposing new fees, metering private wells, and even seeking to pay their director with public funds—represent an unacceptable threat to property rights and water access in Hays County.” To read the rest of her response, see below. When asked what the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District thought about H.B. 2812, Charlie Flatten, General Manager, said, “We have no comment.” Introduced this month in the Senate by Republican Charles Perry, the Chair of the Senate Water and Rural Affairs Committee, is Senate Bill 2660, that also relates to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. In this bill, it authorizes the Conservation District to place all public water supply wells and commercial wells in Hays County under the same groundwater production fee structure authorized by the legislature in the 2023 session for the Barton Springs district in the eastern half of Hays County. When asked about SB 2660, Flatten said, “SB 2660 provides the tools needed to protect private and permitted water wells from predatory drillers without harming the rights of existing well owners. The District thanks Senator Perry and the Hays County community for its widespread support for SB 2660.” According to Flatten, Senator Perry authored and filed SB 2660 to provide western Hays County’s water well owners the same standard protections enjoyed by landowners in groundwater conservation districts across the rest of the state. Groundwater conservation districts have been created in many parts of Texas to allow local citizens to manage and protect their groundwater. In 2001, local citizens created the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Like every other groundwater conservation district in Texas, it is charged with preserving, conserving and protecting the public and private water wells that the community relies on. It is also charged with enforcing the Texas Water Code and protecting natural treasures that rely on healthy aquifers. The District’s creation was successful but, according to Flatten, “was limited by powerful special interests that successfully inserted language to protect their interests over local private property rights. The result has been a District that does not have the tools or funding as every other District in the state. It also has contributed to the low flows that our springs and rivers are experiencing.” Full statement from Rep. Carrie Isaac "I have been fighting against overreach from the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) since 2019. Their ongoing efforts to regulate beyond reason— including denying permits to water providers, proposing new fees, metering private wells, and even seeking to pay their director with public funds—represent an unacceptable threat to property rights and water access in Hays County. That’s why I filed House Bill 2812, which removes HTGCD’s authority over water providers already regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). These providers are fully accountable to the PUC, which ensures responsible service, guards against price gouging, and protects consumers. Denying them permits doesn’t just create bureaucratic chaos— it risks cutting off water to thousands of families and businesses. That is not a solution. I support legislation to strengthen infrastructure, including desalination and brackish water development—critical steps toward long-term water security. In contrast, the HTGCD through Senate Bill 2660 would expand their power to levy new groundwater production fees—up to 38 cents per 1,000 gallons—on private well owners. It also repeals critical safeguards in state law that currently protect domestic and agricultural wells from metering, permit requirements, and property inspections without consent. These are unnecessary and invasive measures that I strongly oppose. As a founding member of the Texas House Water Caucus I remain focused on real water solutions and have filed numerous pieces of legislation addressing our water issues. Access to water is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. I will continue to defend our water supply, protect property rights, and oppose unnecessary government overreach. Hays County families deserve solutions—not threats to their water." — Rep. Carrie Isaac MARCH 13, 2025 DATA FROM DROUGHT. GOV SHOWS THAT HAYS COUNTY, SHOWN BY THE “DROPPED PIN” INDICATOR, IS EXPERIENCING EXTREME DROUGHT. SUBMITTED GRAPHIC
  9. SEC Baseball Awards Hard to pick the team that built a 5 game lead on the way a 19-2 record and won the conference by 2 games. 1 position player and 1 pitcher from a team that was in 1st place for every day but 1, all season long. At least they recognize defense.
  10. You're against the death penalty but you have no problem with cold blooded murder? "... someone who actually knows how to raise children." Like you? You should not be allowed to reproduce, nor raise kids. I'm a Del Valle grad. When I graduated from Texas, a friends older brother congratulated me for "escaping"; I thought that was a strange word to choose. At it's core, it's similar to other places. Good kids from good families, easier access to drugs than alcohol, and kids making choices, some good, some bad. They are still "their choices." People know when they are doing something wrong before they do it. Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
  11. We all know Texags is a paid mouth piece for the aggy Athletic Department, to the tune of $1+ million. Nothing shows the contrast between the culture of Texas and A&M like the hit pieces we get from FCB & K-Bowels v. the endless sunshine pumping from Texags, the open Freedom of the Press v. the Ministry of Mis-information that would make Russia and Iraq blush. So the A&M Athletic Department pays $$$ to Texags, which then solicits $$$ on "behalf" of NIL, so Texags can skim their % of the NIL $$$ contributions, and return it back to the Athletic Department?
  12. Texas had an emotion charged 3 game series v. A&M, and swept them, with all 3 games heart stoppers going down to the wire. Texas came out of that with a 5 game cushion. A big let down in Fayetteville was always a high probability, and it happened. No big surprise. Arkansas' super bowl, and their 15 minutes in the spot light is over. They looked like shit last night. Hoover is similar to Disch-Falk, and Schwab @ Omaha, which should minimize the band-box home runs. Advantage Texas. Hoover: Left Field: 340 Left-Center: 385 Center Field: 405 Right-Center: 385 Right Field: 340 Schwab: Left Line – 335 ft Left Center – 375 ft Center – 408 ft Right Center – 375 ft Right Line – 335 ft Your Texas SEC Baseball Champions kicked some ass and earned some much needed rest. All kidding aside, playing in the SEC is a treat. Every team has a shut down pitcher and a closer that can win any game. 10 series without a break feels a lot better now than it did 10 weeks ago. Time to get the other bullpen guys some work. Gasparino needs a reset; maybe he will see more fastballs with Belyeu back in the line up. I like our chances. Belyeu's leadership and energy is a big kick in the ass. Farmer picked a good day to have a big game. We played 3 soph's & 2 freshmen down the stretch, without our best pitcher and hitter, and won the fucking SEC with 2 games to spare. Time for Schloss to get the guys healthy and focused for a deep run.
  13. This. 3 game Tournament. Same routine and pitch the normal rotation.
  14. In the NFL Draft, i think it was CBS Sports that listed the Favorite Pick, Best Value & Most Surprising Pick for each team: 2. Tennessee Titans: A+ Most surprising pick: Gunnar Helm 5. San Francisco 49ers: A+ Favorite pick: Alfred Collins 18. Miami Dolphins: A Most surprising pick: Quinn Ewers 21. Philadelphia Eagles: A- Best value: Cameron William 28. Denver Broncos: B- Favorite pick: Jahdae Barron 29. Green Bay Packers: B- Favorite pick: Matthew Golden It was posted elsewhere that Jahdae Barron and Matthew Golden were Saban's and Herbstreit's favorite picks.
  15. How about during a thunder/snow storm above the tree line in Rocky Mountain National Park? About 10 years ago, I went to a funeral in Austin for a HS friend, and after a week of seeing friends I hadn't seen in 20 years, I left Austin at midnight and was driving on I-10, east of Columbus. I dozed off in my F-250 going 75-80 mph, opened my eyes, jerked the wheel and hit the guard rail, and shot across the road way and hit the concrete retaining wall on the opposite side of the bridge. The impact put a 6" dent in the rear wheel and ripped the rear axle off one side, and the impact with the bridge bent the 8" beams on the brush guard flush with the front of the truck. I walked away without a scratch. A motorist behind me told the DPS Trooper I had been weaving for ~10 miles, and the Trooper was very business like and attentive, until he saw the empty Crown Royal bag hanging from the dash board (it had reading glasses, sun glasses, phone charger and other misc. crap, not paraphernalia, in it.) His attitude changed 180° and I got the full treatment. I was standing next to I-10, in shorts and a tee shirt, cars and trucks flying by with a 20+ mph wind blowing and I was cold and in shock, shaking like a leaf. He put me through all the "tests" that he would normally do, but completely ignored the fact I had just hit a concrete wall going 80 mph. Good thing I was yoga instructor and 5'-8" and 150 lbs. The ambulance came and "checked me out". In the middle of their "exam", a call on the radio alerted of another accident with injuries, and the ambulance wrapped it up and took off. I called my wife in Katy~ 2 am, and she hit the button that said she was "busy and would call back later". WTF? I finally got her to answer the phone, and said she would be there in an hour. Totally spaced out; forgot I had AAA. The wrecker driver took me and my belongings to a gas station, and I sat outside on the curb by myself with my belongings in a pile, and waited for an hour for my ride home. One of many out of body experiences in my life. We made our morning flight to St. Louis for vacation later that same morning.
  16. Texas transfer Summary All are from P4 schools, except a Transfer P to Marshall and a possible WR medical retirement. Net change; -CB, +DL, -2 Edge, -OL, - WR Incoming +10, (5 DL, K, LB, P, TE, WR) Player Pos School Maraad Watson , DL , Syracuse Lavon Johnson , DL , Maryland Travis Shaw , DL , North Carolina Cole Brevard , DL , Purdue Hero Kanu , DL , Ohio State Mason Shipley , K , Texas State Brad Spence , LB , Arkansas Jack Bouwmeester , P , Utah Jack Endries , TE , Cal Emmett Mosley , WR , Stanford Outgoing -14, (CB, 4 DL, 2 Edge, K, LB, P, TE, 2 WR) Player Pos School Jay'Vion Cole , CB , Arizona Sydir Mitchell , DL , LSU Tiaoalii Savea , DL , Arizona Aaron Bryant , DL , Vanderbilt Jaray Bledsoe , DL , Mississippi State Justice Finkley , Edge , Kansas Tausili Akana , Edge , BYU Bert Auburn , K , Miami Derion Gullette , LB , Mississippi State Malik Agbo , OL , West Virginia Ian Ratliff , P , Marshall Amari Niblack , TE , Texas A&M Freddie Dubose , ER , Medical retirement Johntay Cook II , WR , Syracuse
  17. I going to hazard a guess that Texas is the only team that has a winning record at DF. I will follow that with the no other school can claim, they are the only team that has a winning record in their home stadium.
  18. So the 2 WR standouts in spring practice (Parker Livingstone & Daylan McCutcheon) both are from Lucas, Texas (Lovejoy). Anybody have that on your Bingo card?
  19. Underrated movie. Randall "Tex" Cobb, ***** Bad ass mo-fo.
  20. Adam Dunn QB - Wiki - Adam Troy Dunn (New Caney, Tx) born November 9, 1979, nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. A two-time MLB All-Star, Dunn was known for his prodigious power and his high propensity to strike out. He hit 38 or more home runs in seven straight seasons, tied with Babe Ruth for the second-longest such streak in MLB history, and was 11th all-time in at bats per home run at the time of his retirement. In addition, in 2004, he hit the fourth-longest home run in MLB history, a 535-foot blast that landed in a different state. However, he ranks third on the all-time strikeout list, with 2,379, and still holds the American League record for most strikeouts in a single season, with 222 in 2012. Dunn's statistical profile was highly unusual for its day; he walked, struck out, or homered in nearly half his career plate appearances. Consistent with the principles of the then-emerging sabermetric movement [Money Ball], Dunn helped prove that a batter could significantly contribute to his team despite an unimpressive batting average. Today, he is considered one of the better hitters of his era. However, his defense was panned by both traditional scouting methods and modern defensive metrics. Jayson Stark called Dunn "the most unique baseball player who ever lived." Football Career A standout football quarterback, Dunn went 24-9 as three seasons as a starter in high school and won the district championship in his senior season. Dunn was recruited by Notre Dame, Tennessee, and Texas A&M,[3] but committed to the Texas Longhorns football team as part of Mack Brown's first recruiting class. He struck an agreement with the Cincinnati Reds which allowed him to play for the Longhorns during the college football season. However, Dunn never played a snap in a competitive game. He redshirted his freshman season. Although he started the season as the No. 3 quarterback, he found himself backing up Major Applewhite after Richard Walton was injured. With Applewhite entrenched in the starting role for the foreseeable future and star recruit Chris Simms arriving on campus, Dunn was asked to move to the tight end position in spring 1999. He briefly practiced as a tight end, but ultimately left the Longhorns to concentrate on baseball. He called it "probably the hardest decision I'd ever had to make."
  21. He knew Flores was going to gun it to first whether his face was in the way or not. Give him credit for having the presence of mine to get his ass on the ground asap. God damn it to hell!!! As soon as I saw the dugout pic, i immediately thought some kind soul should update the "Aggy stages of grief." Like a good soldier, I read the thread before posting, and got nerfed at the last minute. Ok. I'm better now. Can somebody please make it happen? Thanks in advance.
  22. There is clip here somewhere. Texas v. TTech (last year?), Gasparino thrown out at 1st, Kash's (1B) momentum took him into the baseline behind the bag, and Gasparino clocked him. Yesterday, Gasp, as he was running back to the dugout after a flyout, allegedly said something to Kash like "I'll do it again." Nothing wrong with that, just the normal baseball chirping. Kash, turned towards Gasp and the Texas dugout, and responded in kind. It was the turning towards and barking at the dugout that got him ejected.
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