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  1. 18 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

    Just within the past year or so, I've started falling asleep earlier and waking up significantly earlier than I ever used to. Have started hitting up my neighborhood HEB at like 7 in the morning on weekdays. It's amazing, like having the whole store to yourself. Very good chance you'll be the only person in whatever aisle you go down.

    On the downside, I'm turning into an old boomer when it comes to falling asleep during movies and tv shows. Wife and I usually watch an hour-long episode of whatever series we're streaming after dinner. She always wants to watch a 2nd one, but half the time I'm struggling to not doze off through the final 20 minutes of the first episode, even when it's something I'm really interested in. Often have to catch up on the end of the previous night's episode before dinner. 

    Welcome to the getting old world.

    I do the exact same thing because eating makes me sleepy.

  2. 13 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

    Here’s a data point:  viewers of their appearance on Ed Sullivan:

    1956 Elvis

    72% of US homes had a TV

    60 million viewers

    —-

    1964 Beatles

    92% of US homes had a TV

    73 million viewers

     

     

    Does not control for total population, but just eyeballing those numbers…

    It’s Elvis   

     

    Again, that’s just one data point, but that’s a pretty fair apples to apples, I think.  
     

    We’re also looking at different eras… the world changed a LOT from peak Elvis to peak Beatles to peak Michael (who I would say peaked with MTV airing “Thriller” every hour).

    How do those numbers translate to "It's Elvis" ?

  3. 10 hours ago, Sal said:

    Terry doesn't teach rebounding, defense, or make adjustments. He has a 40% hit rate out of the portal and loves the scrubs from low D1 teams. He gets his ass kicked by Scott Drew. I understand we aren't just going to fire him right away, but this is what I expected when we hired him, and I don't see that changing. We just aren't fundamentally sound. 

    That effort when Disu went down was embarrassing. I'm not going to blame free throw disparity when I have seen the Big 12 refs do it to us over and over. Great teams play defense, make adjustments, something. We aren't going anywhere without Disu, but could we at least try? 

    You are fucking pathetic.

  4. On 2/29/2024 at 6:41 PM, Biff Tannen said:

    Last cold day and night of winter today?

    I doubt it.

    It can still get cold in March and I hope we get one more good freeze to help control the bug population.

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  5. No pics but I made some pulled porkl sandwiches yesterday using an interesting recipe.

    Salt and pepper 2LBS pork loin and place in the crock.

    Pour a 12 OZ root beer over them and cook on low for 7 hours.

    Drain and shred pork.

    Add a bottle of Sweet Baby Rays Honey Hickory sauce and simmer for a bit.

    Ate them on Hawaiian Buns with cole slaw.

    Turned out great.

     

  6. On 3/2/2024 at 2:05 PM, Hornius Emeritus said:

    Paul McCartney in Nashville, 1974. He lived there for three months.

     

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    Funny thing is that The Beatles could have also been the greatest country band history.

     

  7. 18 hours ago, Hermanator said:

    No 1 or 2 seed will be wary of playing us at all. We're decent talent wise but with some glaring holes, aren't very deep, and will have one of the worst P5 coaches in the tournament. 

    There are probably several potential 7-10 seeds the top seeds would rather avoid before us. 

    You mean the P5 coach that took us within a whisker of the Final Four last year...?

    Fuck you....take that bullshit to the Fire Rodney Terry thread with all of the other morons.

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  8. I was thinking of driving up to Gatesville (from Georgetown) becasue it is in dead center of the path.

    Pretty cool little town and I went there a lot when I was young because my grandparents had a small ranch there right across the dirt road from the golf course.

    Not sure if it will be worth the hassle with traffic though.

    I may just watch it from home in GT where it will still be pretty impressive.

  9. 15 hours ago, Art Vandelay said:

    Great stuff from Carville. Long, but recommended if you have the time.

     

    Carville is a true legend.

    Helped get Bill Clinton elected....twice.

    Biden and the Dems should listen to his advice.

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  10. 4 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

    Push all the buttons to the right of the screen.  Usually the second or third button mutes that crap.  I think I'm more pissed about all the buttons you have to push before you can start pumping your gas.  "Do you want to add fuel additive into your gas today?"  "Would you like a receipt?"  "Do you have a fuel rewards account?"  "Would you like to join?"  Just let me swipe my card, verify the chip, and let me pump my 87 octane, asshole.  And take your 10% ethanol and shove it.

    This and my favorite......

    "PLEASE WAIT" after you finish pumping and choose no receipt.

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  11. Man I used to avoid the Music threads, and for a long time too.

    Not sure why. I guess because it is all a matter of taste...maybe.

    But I must say this Cool Photos thread might be the best thread on Surly in history.

    Great job.

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