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Dbeasy

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  1. CTJ has accomplished what few in history have ever done: united the entire Shaggy/Surly universe (except CTJ) in hoping that Livingstone has the greatest receiving season in Texas history. The trolling would continue for an eternity.
  2. As has been explained about 500 times on this site, inflation, and especially tariff inflation, and especially tariff inflation that is turned on and off like a light switch at the whims of an incompetent boob, will not show up in the economy for many many months and even year(s). This is basic economics 101 that apparently a significant chunk of this country doesn’t understand, just like they don’t understand that the most outrageous spending in history during Covid by the Trump administration started this entire inflation mess. And then Biden didn’t fix it, making it come down too slowly over time.
  3. We blew off the Mission impossible series after number 3 many years ago. Tonight we decided to watch 4. I just don’t get why these movies are so popular. It’s just the same fights, car crashes, stunts, blah blah blah in every one. Why do people eat these movies up?
  4. Ya I was surprised Duece Robinson wasn’t rumored at one point when he left USC.
  5. He goes after a lot of the best of the best targets at each position, makes a good enough impression to be in it with many of them, loses out on many because they are the cream of the crop and the competition is fierce, but gets a few, then circles back around with the next level really strong guys to close. It’s a solid approach.
  6. The U.S. lost its “spies on the ground capability” many many years ago. It was due primarily to our country’s inability to keep a secret (spies kept getting uncovered), too many traitors sharing information, the lack of trusted people who are educated in other cultures and can speak the language, and most importantly by far the need to shift massive amounts of budget funds into SigInt. I doubt the Country ever gets the capability back.
  7. I'm surprised by the size and length of the Duchene contract. He's still productive and a good player, and important locker room guy and great interview on the Ticket, but that's a big contract. Marchment just made too many penalties at important times. I did like his toughness. Had to get rid of somebody for contract space. Benn better not get much. He's done physically and a liability on the ice. Robertson was hugely disappointing, but maybe the injury was part of it. Players aren't getting Wyatt the puck enough. As said earlier, the Stars need more speed and toughness. Little Stanky gave them speed which helped a bit. Too bad he's gone, but I get it. He was getting abused on the ice. I'm befuddled by DeBoer's implosion. I remember during the season the Ticket accouncers asked Duchene about DeBoer and he said the guy just tells the players like it is without any emotion or getting personal. He hinted that he does ride the players pretty hard. Maybe that got old. Whoever they bring in better get more out of Rattanen. Besides that little Hall of Fame quality flurry he had in a short time during the play-offs, he's underwhelmed. Edit: heard yesterday’s Ticket segment with Bob Sturm on the Stars. Sturm nailed it. He said he felt Marchment would get traded. He also said Robertson would only get traded if the offer was good, because he’s young and a pretty big scorer whose full potential is still not clear.
  8. Just to add to that, the greatest vacation my family has ever done (Costa Rica) was a direct result of ideas and input I got from Shaggy/Surly. The knowledge is incredible. We just got back from Scotland and had a fantastic time. We picked up tips and ideas from folks on here that made the trip great and also helped us avoid a few disaster scenarios.
  9. I’m just thinking about Edwards. What a dice roll. With Texas’ success in getting RB’s drafted in the nfl, going with Texas is pretty much a guarantee of success, while picking A&M could end up like Larry Johnson or all the other failures they’ve had the last several years. Even if they are offering substantially more money, it seems like a poor decision that could really screw up his nfl plans. There is no way I would have done that. He would get enough money from Texas and he’d have much more corporate mil upside potential. And a higher chance of success. He’s making a bad decision.
  10. Which is why we won’t go on one for another ten years. Hahah.
  11. Friends and family have been trying to get us on a cruise for about 40 years now, and we envision fat people gorging themselves at buffets, lame gambling, lame shows, hordes of people on excursions with hours of waiting, and other unappetizing experiences. We’ve concluded the river cruises and the high dollar low ratio of passengers to crew cruises are the only way to go.
  12. There is a very decent chance the poster and the polling company are posting disinformation. Rather than blindly accept anything you read as fact as long as it agrees with your preconceived narrative, you would do better to research the sources of information. Not saying necessarily that this particular polling company is horseshit, but there are definitely some question marks.
  13. Trump is the most predictable negotiating idiot on the planet. He is as see-thru as Saran Wrap. The rest of the world figured him out years ago and just sits back watching him blather a bunch of nonsense, until he ultimately just folds like card table chairs.
  14. It looks pretty clear now that some boosters have ponied up some serious dollars, like they did a few years ago when they bought the number 1 class. These commitments are of higher quality than the previous number 1 class. They really are trying to make a move as a result of Texas coming into the conference and having success in year 1. I don’t blame them. It’s now or probably never for their program. It actually makes sense.
  15. This pretty much says it all
  16. I was actually just typing that out. People need to learn to chill when it comes to recruiting. We are still in the second quarter, just like every year. Set your clock for December whatever, wake up, and hopefully rejoice. And if it doesn’t work out, that’s life.
  17. This is a really good post, and so so true.
  18. I’ve been a Type 1.5 for 26 years. I use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) called Freestyle Libre 3+. Have been using Freestyle for several years. CGM is an absolute game changer and should be used by every diabetic who has significant blood glucose variation.
  19. I bet he actually did.
  20. What type of scotch?
  21. While there is a tiny part of me that thinks there was digital election interference, due to the strange voting results nationwide, that article says nothing of value.
  22. This reminded me of the Texas intramural football team I created back in the day that I’ve discussed on the board before. What I’ve never recalled until I read your story was the fact that the whole team decided on one guy as QB for the team, a decently athletic guy with a good arm. Three series into our first game, not only was he a disaster, but when I went up to talk to him his eyes were wide open and he looked like he’d seen a ghost. Dude just could not handle the pressure. You’d could just see it. I replaced him on the spot with a guy who’d never played QB, didn’t have a great arm, but who I knew was cool hand luke under pressure. The team, and the displaced QB, protested but since it was theoretically “my” team, I had the final call. That team made the finals and only lost because a student ref didn’t know what an interception in the end zone was. When it comes to kickers and QB’s, you can always see it in their eyes.
  23. When I moved to Houston I had three months for temporary housing. I couldn’t find an apartment so I lived in I think a Holiday Inn. There were multiple retirees there living there in retirement. Not a bad deal. They ate dinner every night from the free happy hour buffet, with free beer and wine. Amd free breakfast. And they had a maid every day cleaning their room. Not sure how they handled laundry. They would come to happy hour sometimes in bath robes. I think they were paying less than $100 per night.
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