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Knoxtnhorn

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  1. I was too much of a pussy to watch live, so I was watching ESPN Gamecast.  Was the holding by Texas on the FG drive bad?  I saw folks bitching on the thread, but didn't see the play.

    To add, legit or not, I did find it humorous that the refs finally see a hold when it screws TX on a potential game-winning drive.

  2. 8 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:


    That’s why I had to turn it off in the 4th. Seriously, this is bad for my mental health.

    I did the same.  I watched the ESPN Gamecast.  

    Funny side note that I didn't want to jinx TX by posting at the time... Gamecast had Texas with a 100% chance of winning at the end of regulation.

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  3. And LOL.  I'm watching the end of the aggy game.  They lost as flukily as we won.  There were two plays on Ole Miss's last drive in which the QBs arm was hit, causing the ball to float 30 feet in the air for anyone to catch.  The 2nd ended up being a PI on aggy.  

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  4. Also, I think there may have been some idea that a group from the other tribe may have banded together, turning the vote into more of a 7-6 scenario.  If that happened, and the vote turned out differently, it would have probably been pretty easy to figure out it was her.

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  5. 6 hours ago, WBT said:

    With 13 people voting, how are they going to know it's her?  Seems pretty easy to just deny it.

    Pretty good point.  Hell, Sifu hasn't figured out who voted for him among just 3.  I guess she just figured it was a done deal, and why upset the apple cart.  You'd have to really be thinking 5 steps ahead to make sense of voting alternately.  

  6. On 11/2/2023 at 10:01 PM, LurkingHorn said:

    LD Bell stuns Trinity. First time Bell has won this game in like 26 years. Trinity’s coach is Lineweaver’s son and there was a lot of questions about the hire when it was made. I don’t see how he can remain coach after that. 11-11 in 2 years with a loss to Bell. Yikes. 

    My father - an LD Bell grad - texted me about this at 11PM last night.  Between that and the Rangers, I think he's in shock.

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  7. 22 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    He was my first favorite.  At the time, I thought he was really good because he made the All-Star team.  

    I was going to speak to something similar last night, but I didn't want to ruin the vibe.

    As a poor growing up, we rarely got to see the Rangers in person or on TV.  Hell, I recall one of my earliest "great" sports moments was a night in which the Rangers/Red Sox were on national TV.  I think Clemens was pitching.  We were down 2-0 in the 8th.  Someone hit a 2 run homer in the 8th; someone else a 2-run homer in the 9th.  (One of them may have been Geno Petralli.) Point I meant to make was that I listened over 90% of the Ranger games during a 10 year period from about age 7 - 17.

    Anyway, thinking back, I realized that I was a fan w/o any expectations.  I knew they weren't going to the playoffs, much less the WS.  I don't ever remember being heart broken by a Ranger result.  (I was extremely insulated from the 2011 WS living in Knoxville.)  Going back to @Beau Vine 's quote, there was a year in which Jeff Russell made the All-Star team.  My friend's tv went out just before the game started, so we hightailed it to the Promenade Shopping Center in Richardson and watched the game through the front window of a tv/electronics store.  

    My favorite memory of the Rangers was actually due to another team.  Some of you old timers might recall a pitcher from Brownwood, then UT, by the name of Jerry Don Gleaton.  From what I understand, my grandfather was a father-figure to him and coached him into high school.  One year he was pitching for either the White Sox or Royals.  We got seats just behind the 3rd base dugout.  He ended up pitching in relief and tipped his hat to me when he got on the mound.  Awesome times.

    Sorry for the tl; dr.  I'm loving hearing everyone's stories and wanted to add my own.

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  8. 1 minute ago, deadshank said:

    Listening to Norm Hitzges and Merle Harmon call games on HSE when Charlie Hough was on the bump and slinging pus up to the plate seems like eons ago.  
     

    Hitzges:  “Oh, my, Merle!!!”

    Wow.  I was just about to bring up my first favorite Ranger player, Charlie Hough.  Emulating his knuckle ball for 10 years as a youth player is probably why my right elbow is f'd. 

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  9. Settle a hypothetical argument between my son and me.

    TX wins out.

    Mich, FSU, and Bama win out for 3 playoff berths 

    Does TX or GA get in?  Even if GA were to lose on some fluke, hail Mary, I still think it's TX.  My son can't see GA dropping 4 spots out of the playoffs in a close loss.

  10. 1 hour ago, TexasCPA said:

    All the jurors showed up during the trial so I stayed an alternate, which was nice. The only thing the alternates didn’t do was sit in on jury deliberations. We still went back into the courtroom when guilty verdict was rendered.  It was intense.

    I imagine so.  In my case, the guy was obviously guilty, and the judgement was only for money; however, I couldn't even look up when the judge began reading the verdict. Possibly, the most nervous I've ever been.

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  11. On 10/27/2023 at 10:39 AM, Skipper said:

    I don't think I ever came back and posted on this thread but I was (as a lawyer, albeit a finance attorney) selected as a juror on a family felony violence trial this summer.  It was a pretty fascinating experience.  Nobody wanted to be there obviously, but once seated, everyone took it seriously.  The guilt/innocence phase was easy and we found him guilty in about 5 minutes.  But sentencing phase was tough.  We deliberated about 3.5 hours the first afternoon and again another 2 hours the next morning.   Extremely diverse jury group with all different experiences that led to strong opinions but everyone was very respectful and listened to each others viewpoint. Actually a pretty refreshing experience in this era of polarization how people from all walks of life can be reasonable and change initial opinions if they just sit and respectfully discuss something.  And more importantly it was pretty clear everyone took it home with them after we were deadlocked the first night, thought through counter arguments, and we found a compromise where I don't think anyone thought there would be one the day before.  I was one of those that were swayed by strong arguments from others that the more I thought about it I agreed with.

    It sucked from a work standpoint and I was busy at night catching up on what I would have otherwise been doing during the day, but would honestly recommend it to anyone.   It was also great talking to the prosecutors and defense attorneys after.    

    I was on a jury related to this case.  (The case was civil - Park Place suing Wiggains - in, I think, 2018.)

    https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/park-place-motorcars-says-preston-hollow-man-business-partners-stole-dozens-of-luxury-cars-7127662

    The guy was 100% guilty.  There was really no grey area.  He was doing some trick with car titles, moving them around, not sending some, using fake bank accts, etc... Eight of us were on board; the other decided to be a total c*&^ the entire time.  She hated "the man" - i.e. the Park Place and Sewell owners - so she decided it was the fault of the accounting department for not identifying the scam earlier.  Not only would she not budge, she was a complete bitch to everyone else in the room.  

    The trial, itself, was pretty cool.  At one point, it appears as if one of this dude's business partners may have been offed by the mob.  As a first time jurist, I was kind of surprised that, after the verdict was read, we were allowed to say whatever we wanted to the media outside the courtroom.  (I chickened out and took the stairs.)

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