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mininghorn88

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  1. Also, if I recall correctly, the other 6 came against Carthage. Carthage happened to have a world-class sprinter that ran track for TCU, Roscoe Tatum, that broke for a TD run. Daingerfield has, and continues to have, D1 talent with some making it to the NFL. No, I did not go to Daingerfield.
  2. The ‘83 Daingerfield team would like to have a word with you. They gave up 8 points all year in 16 games. 6 of those were given up to a larger classification school. They gave up an average of 1 foot per play.
  3. Recently purchased two pairs of Vans sneakers at a shoe store. Both the same size. Decided to buy a third pair online in a color that I wanted of the same size. The third pair ordered online, of the same size, were too small. Did not fit at all like the other two pair. Another reason why I rarely buy shoes or clothing online. Ugh.
  4. "Working" from home today at the 75650. TEXAS!!!!
  5. My University of Texas coffee cup that I have had for almost 30 years that I exclusively use at my office has come up missing. I was gone on a business trip for 2 weeks and when I returned to my office it was not to be found. I never take it home. I have also looked at home just to be sure. I have checked all of the offices and have put up a "Missing" sign. It is no where to be found. I will probably stumble across it eventaully and I will then post it in the "Getting Old Sucks" thread about forgetfulness. I has the sads.
  6. The Horns had a bye today so we headed to Black Bayou near Monroe, Louisiana. Saw one gator and this Rough Green Snek and Western Ribbon Snek.
  7. Yes, it was white. I witnessed it getting towed one morning with her out there vehemently protesting. It was right outside of my dorm window in Moore Hill.
  8. The company I work for used to run a mini mill onsite. We had a 60,000V electric arc furnace where we would melt scrap iron to pour into ingots. It never got old watching that process.
  9. Not necessarily trivial but certainly makes me surly. This past Saturday afternoon I took my two young granddaughters (4-1/2 years old and 3-1/2 years old) to Jurassic Quest at the Shreveport Convention Center. I paid to park in the Convention Center parking garage. While we were having an enjoyable time someone took it upon themselves to vandalize my truck. They did not break into my truck but just put a dent in my tailgate. I reported it to on-site security on Saturday. Today they manager called and said, “Sorry, we have signs posted that they are not responsible for damages to your vehicle”. They have security cameras but only at the entrance and exit. Security is there just to watch the cashiers. Ugh. Twice now my truck has been damaged by others with me to either fix or live with. Mean people suck.
  10. The Rock’s little brother?
  11. Good things happen when you run the ball
  12. Brooks. 2 carries so far. Need I say more?
  13. Finally home from traveling abroad. Ready for some TEXAS!!!!! football!!
  14. I lived in Moore Hill on campus. My room was right above the front door on the second floor on the southwest entrance opening out onto 21st Street. Early one morning I heard a ruckus going on outside so I looked out my window to find Mary Lou arguing with the cops. They were having her Vette towed. This must have been a Monday morning and her car was not to be parked there. That is all I got.
  15. I fly a lot. I constantly see people boarding in the “need assistance” time that clearly do not need assistance. Rare do I see a gate agent stop them.
  16. Short on facial tattoos with the recent postings. I guess that genre of criminal is taking some time off.
  17. This right here. They keep saying, "Everyone is talking about Taylor Swift at the game tonight". Of course, because the camera is always panning to her and the commentators keep talking about it. If they would just shut up then no one would know or care. NFL just trying to increase the "brand".
  18. I was at a store Sunday afternoon in Shreveport. I was wearing a Texas Longhorn shirt. An elderly man (LSU alum) made a comment to me that Texas really put it to Kansas yesterday. I acknowledged his comment. He then said this: Man: "Next year y'all will be in the SEC where it will be a lot tougher". Me: Thinking to myself. Here it comes the old "the SEC is just so tough" that Texas will struggle. Man: "Adding Texas and OU will make it very strong. There is already Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss is having a good year, typically Florida and Auburn are decent. Carolina will get you from time to time too. You guys are coming on strong again. What a conference it will be". Me: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. You left out aggy". Man: Laughingly. "No I did not". Me: "I am glad to see that y'all are seeing what we have always known". Man's wife: "Oh, we have always known about them. They are crazy. We have some family members that are aggy. They are in their 70s. The whole fanbase is crazy. They never grow out of it". Our conversation continued a bit more ranging from football to education merits of the various schools. There were no merits for aggy mentioned.
  19. From Sydney, Australia about to start heading back home to the great state of TEXAS!!!
  20. I had an ablation performed back in April to correct my SVT. Had lay still for about 4 hours on my back in recovery. Couldn’t even cross my legs at the ankles. Back started to hurt.
  21. I don’t mind getting hot and sweaty if I am working or doing some sort of exercise, etc. I despise getting hot if I am on a flight or in a building/room and it is warm and air conditioning is available and it is not being properly used. The latter usually happens when I am overseas as people just use AC differently than what Americans are used too. Spent last week in China and am now in Australia right now sweating my balls off on a domestic flight to Brisbane.
  22. Only as a teenager. Worked 3 nights at a Whataburger and quit to go to work at a Sirloin Stockade where all of my buddies were working. Worked there for about 4 months when summer started and I then got a job with a civil engineering firm. I worked for the engineering firm every summer while I was in college. As an adult, no.
  23. I am glad that I went to UT when I did (84 thru 88). There is no way that I could get in today. Growing up all my daughter knew was UT and that was here dream school and the only school she wanted to go to. I was in constant contact with UT admissions and her high school counselor constantly checking on her placement in the top 10%. My then wife tried to talk her into taking other school visits but she was just not interested. She did eventually visit Baylor (nursing) just to please the ex. Knowing that UT was all that she wanted was stressful. The ex was not involved at all so it all fell on me and there was no way I was going to fail my daughter. This went on several months until I get a call from her counselor saying that she set the deadline on class standings and my daughter was the cutoff for the top 10%. I remember shutting my office door and crying with happiness for my daughter and the relief from the stress. My daughter was admitted in the fall of 2010 and graduated in 2014. I don’t know what I would have done had she not gotten in. Luckily it did not come to that. I now have a granddaughter that is 4 and is all in with Texas. Praying now!!
  24. Whenever my daughter would come home from UT for a visit I would always wash her car. When she got ready to leave I would follow her to the local gas station and fill her gas tank up for her. Just a little more precious daughter and dad time.
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