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LonghornD

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  1. Hearing some talk on Twitter about Lance Blanks possibly passing away. I really hope it's not true. But has anyone else heard anything about it?

     

    TJ Ford tweeted,

    "We spoke weekly about Texas basketball, NBA, business opportunities and guiding me through my life. Love You. Spoke few days ago."

    And he RTed a video of Blanks interviewing Andrew Jones.

     

    Eric Metcalf tweeted,

    "Everyone hug your family and friends and tell them you love them. We lost a dear friend and brother. People are going through things and you never know it!!!"

  2. Does anyone know when the team will take their picture at The Tower? I have a daughter who would love to go and maybe meet some of the players. (Dad wouldn’t mind meeting some too.)

    UPDATE: I just got a text from the school saying tonight at 5:30. 

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  3. On 6/22/2019 at 5:48 PM, Hagbard Celine said:

    Dad's first jet training was in the T-37 at Vance.  Then moved up and first soloed in the T-38.  I was born on Vance.

    Then moved to Sheppard when i was 6 months old and he taught NATO guys how to drive for the next 3 years before joining Delta.

    Lucky you. Your dad got to teach NATO guys. My dad got stuck teaching Iranian pilots how to fly the F-4 in the 70s.

  4. 54 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

    How big is the tank?

    Only 5 gallons. We have three guppies and a snail in there. I know that's probably pushing it on the fish to tank size ratio. But they seem to be doing okay so far (currently at four weeks of keeping them alive). I bought all the standard equipment: air pump, heater, water filter, and some live plants to help filter the water as well. I've also been doing 1-2 gallon water changes once a week and have been monitoring Ph and ammonium levels.

    So what else do I need to be doing? I don't know what I don't know.

  5. My MIL got my 2.5 year old daughter a fish tank, so I've now entered the world of aquariums. First time checking out this thread. There are some god damn professionals on here. I'm impressed with y'alls tanks.

    Also, the kid named our orange guppy "Bevo". #prouddad

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  6. On 5/13/2019 at 5:33 PM, Scraps said:

    Perfect Bid doc on Price is Right memorization nerd was kind of interesting, but about an hour too long.

    They could've told me this shit in a 15 minute 20/20 segment

    I just watched this. If you're someone who grew up watching The Price is Right on sick days (and over the summer), watch this. Also, definitely not flattering for Drew Carey.

  7. Your enemy's enemy is your friend. Rice is okay in my books...

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    Jan. 16, 1917: The A&M basketball team defeated Southwest Conference rival Rice, 21-13 in Houston. As a post-victory celebration, A&M cadets stole Rice's unattended mascot, a 6-foot-tall canvas owl. The owl weighed about 200 pounds and was stuffed with sawdust, according to a January 2000 article in Texas Aggie magazine.

    Back on campus, the owl was moved around campus where it "attended" chapel and lectures and "watched" the cadets march in review. The student newspaper, The Battalion, published an article taunting the Rice students that if they can come and take their owl back "they can find him at 37 Milner Hall."

    Rice students went over in groups disguised as A&M upperclassmen and hired two detectives to find the "bird." The first detective was unsuccessful, the second, who went by "Snowball," "posed as a newspaper reporter gathering information on the 'owl-napping' for an article," according to the Texas Aggie magazine.

    By late January, Snowball learned the owl was being kept in the armory and sent a coded telegram letting Rice students know "Sammy is fairly well and would like to see his parents at 11 o'clock," according to The Rice Thresher student newspaper. The detective gave the mascot a name and a group of Rice students made plans to recapture their mascot the night of Jan. 30.

    Rice students drove from Houston in two automobiles and invaded the campus and "before their intentions were found out they had taken the big owl from its resting place and started on the return journey," according to an article in The Eagle on Jan. 31, 1917.

    When the Aggies found out the owl was missing, some left in automobiles while others jumped aboard the southbound passenger train. The cadets caught up with the fleeing Rice students, who were having car trouble, in Millican. The Rice students emptied the owl and burned all of its canvas body except for its head. "They burned their big owl rather than surrender it to the College Station boys," according to The Eagle.

    A&M cadets stole Rice's mascot

  8. 8 hours ago, C-Man said:

    At any rate, just finished this. Wow. Powerful. Amazing. Can’t remember the last time I saw something as powerful as this.

    Yep. Agreed. I can typically binge watch shows 5+ episodes at a time. This was the first time I've had to stop watching after each episode and take a day to process what I watched.

  9. On 6/16/2019 at 8:44 PM, Updawg said:

    I've got a lot of oaks and was wondering if I should try covering them with something. Seems like it will just create a bigger problem than cleaning them periodically. This is for a one story


    Roflbox. How much for about 75 ft. Straight shot, on a one story.

    I'm glad you mentioned trees. I've always wondered if not having gutters could bring your trees' roots too close to the foundation and eventually cause issues.

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