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PTINS

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  1. 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."
  2. Que the video of Joseph Ossai staring down the Okie State QB at the overtime coin flip.
  3. His script changed when Academy became a sponsor. Well, Elko's coaching and training took them from being "physically annihilated" in November to being "1 play away" from winning n July.
  4. The older you are, the more of these tragic injuries you've seen. Seeing Mike Gaddis go down in the open field on a non-contact injury is my trauma. Of all the great RB who played in Dallas the 2nd weekend in October, MG took a back seat to no one. He did everything a RB is supposed to do. My sister got hit by a car in HS, early 70's. The scars on her legs, both sides of both knees, were ~ 8" long, and looked like something Dr. Frankenstein did. They put 27 holes and tubes in my body for open-heart surgery. The biggest scar is the hardest one to see. It kind pisses me off it's not more prominent. My heart is much better than her legs. All freshman RB can run. Very few of them can do the other things that are also important. In HS, the hole you see will be there til you're finished running. In College, when you see the hole, it's already closing. In the NFL, if you're not in the hole when it opens, you're too late. Nothing makes you question the Texas elite admission numbers like reading Surly football opinions. I just spitballin' here, but I think that is one of those things you see that you wish you could un-see.
  5. "A hiker died after a rattlesnake bit his hand when he picked up the reptile while on a trail in south-central Tennessee, local officials said." Darwin candidate.
  6. Driftwood, Wednesday
  7. It was a huge waste of talent. Earl "ran like a deer" when he got to Texas, but they bulked him up to play FB in the Wishbone. He was still quick, but not as fast. Sometimes, Earl got to the line so fast, he took a hard turn parallel to the LOS, because there wasn't a crease in front of him. Two big reasons he never should have been a FB. If I remember correctly, Earl sometimes ran as a wishbone halfback when Roosevelt Leaks was in the game.
  8. The first reference to a corvette was with the French Navy in the 1670s, which may be where the term originated. The French Navy's corvettes grew over the decades and by the 1780s they were ships of 20 guns or so, approximately equivalent to the British navy's post ships. The Royal Navy did not adopt the term until the 1830s, long after the Napoleonic Wars, to describe a small sixth-rate vessel somewhat larger than a sloop.
  9. According to rumors, Dobie also ran this gem in the 70's.
  10. Brigette Bardot (Shalako) did for me when I was 12. ... and the Cheyenne Social Club is a Top 10 movie for me, James Stewart has always been a hero, "You must come from a part of Texas I ain't heard of." Pinocchio getting swallowed by the whale did it to me. For my kids, Twister. Both of my kids were born in Oklahoma, one in Enid, not to far from Wakita. I thought it would be a good idea to take them to see Twister at ages 6 & 8. Parenting grade? F-. Kids are still traumatized by thunderstorms. My son had a 7th grade swim party, after which ~ 20 kids stayed to watch The Exorcist. It start out with them laughing at the lines and making fun of they had heard on TV shows. After a while, it started getting quiet, to quiet. I went to check, and the kids were petrified, not talking, or moving, barely breathing. Some of the neighborhood kids insisted I walk them home, down the middle of the street instead of the sidewalks, on a well lit street in a gated community.
  11. It worked for me, (those accessories being the other Natural Gas Liquids).
  12. I played softball with a guy that worked for Playtex. He had a peculiar talent for identifying bra and cup sizes at a glance. Just standing and commenting as they walked by, 33C, 32B, 34D etc. The reactions he got were funny, shock, embarrassment, gratitude. Yeah the 34 D's and DD's knew they had it, and appreciated when others acknowledged that fact. I remember his comments on the right tits being in the wrong bra. Yeah, even back then I knew to stay in my lane before it was fashionable to do so.
  13. Fuck you Josh Pate! I watched the Godfather last night, w/ subtitles. Top 10 movie ever. I come to Surly, and we get two 5* within 10 minutes of reading... I immediately think, and I read some more, and you fuckers ruined it.
  14. and because I watch the Godfather last night ...
  15. To be clear, the elevation proximate to the river is a much bigger issue than the distance to the river. Google Earth screenshot near Hunt, TX, near the confluence of the North & South Forks of the Guadalupe River. The Guadalupe River is at a 1770' Elevations as shown by Yellow Point upstream (south) of Camp La Junta. The orange lines are at a 1791' Elevation, 21 feet above the "normal" S. Guadalupe River level. I used 21 level as that level is the approximate level that separates Camp La Junta from the surrounding hills to the east (1990' Elevation). This 21' increment is much lower that the rise in river levels that just flooded. Everything between the orange lines would have been under water at a minimum, including part of Hunt, TX. Note that Highway 39 would have been under water at Hunt, cutting off any access to Kerrville. Realistically, cutting of any access to anything, in or out. Screenshot of a wider area. Highway 39 from Hunt runs south and west, ending at Highway 83, 28 miles from Hunt. Kerrville's population is ~ 24,000; Bandera is less than 3,000 people. Not much else beyond that. There is not another town between Hunt and Highway 83. I looked for a ranch out here for 3 years before I bought mine, including the ranch where the Guadalupe River originates, and drove along the river all the way to Kerrville. Nothing but expensive (for me) vacation properties and second homes right on the river. This part of the Hill Country is among the most remote, the least populated, and the most scenic, surrounded by state parks and recreation areas, and private camps. I can look west across the Sabinal River valley, and not see any sign of civilization, other than radio towers on the horizon. We watched the 2004 Rose Bowl at a Mr. Gattis in Kerrville, and drove to Utopia via Hunt, past La Junta and Camp Mystic, and Vanderpool. I haven't been on that road since. Probably the most nauseous drive I've ever been on. Nothing but curvy roads going up the hills and down the valleys for 40 miles. This is Charlie Wilson's demographic, w/ 10% of the population.
  16. Both could be true.
  17. Re: Fema From what I remember from the Hurricane Katrina (2005) discussion about the timing of a Fed response, the timeline of events was some like this: Event is coming, Hurricane Katrina (2005), everyone (Louisiana) started flat footed, Hurricane Rita, 1 month later (Texas), The Good; National Guard on standby, supplies (food, water, gasoline) were pre-positioned at various locations (along major arteries) in anticipation of coming events.) The Bad; evacuate Houston, instead of just the low lying areas. Day 1. Hurricane Landfall, help is needed. The State petitions the Federal Government, the Fed is in motion (Best case, response is immediate. The levy failure and flooding of New Orleans did not happen immediately.) Day 1-2, Call up National Guard; National Guard ~ 24 hours to show up at rally point Day 2-3, National Guard begins acquiring necessary supplies and equipment, deploys to location Day 3-4, National Guard on site, responds to emergency. The takeaway from Katrina was that the Local and State responses were the critical first lines of support until Federal assistance showed up in force, which would still be at least 2-3 days after the event. It seams every "natural disaster", before and since, follows this same script. There is no substitute for the local governments (Volunteer Fire Departments, City & County) having some resources that can be called upon and deployed immediately, before the State and Federal resources can deployed in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, the demands that places on certain individuals and the skill sets necessary to effectively manage the situation are rarely in the same place at the same time.
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