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Nigel Tufnel

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  1. It was a good enough throw, great catch.
  2. Been repeated in my house often while the kids were growing up. It’s a good lesson in general.
  3. Lord Farquad to the Giants is official.
  4. Wow, there is so much wrong with that. It’s actually scary.
  5. We have taken the shuttles the three times we have been. Twice from downtown and once from the Long Center. No one transportation is better than the other, so you may as well not have to mess with driving. Once on the bus either way, we moved without much wait. The line after the race to board the buses was the only wait we really had, and wasn’t bad. My kids absolutely loved it. It is a spectacle and it feels big, because it is. That energy is palpable throughout the crowd. I hope y’all have a great time.
  6. Seriously. If there was a market for those rings, I could retire.
  7. Agree, but the captaincy was absolutely a problem. Shipnuck's article above sums it up well. Europe was much more prepared analytically the past two years. Unfortunately for Keegan, the play of the US team on Sunday only shines a spotlight on the "what were you thinking?" line of questioning.
  8. RIP to former ‘Horns pitcher, Steve Cantu, who passed away yesterday. He was way too young.
  9. It will be interesting going forward. The guy that runs the premium Cal message board is some big tech guy and controls the narrative on the board. I have a friend whose son was on the team and we have plenty of instances where the Premium board was straight up lying and giving completely false information because the truth didn’t fit the narrative he wanted to push. The members take it as truth because they simply don’t know not to. Truly screwed up…but so is the football program.
  10. Gotta go with Tumbling Dice
  11. The last twenty minutes of A River Runs Through It are as beautiful as the end of any movie. He had great taste in his choices of films.
  12. It seems way too early in the season for a “neither team wants to win this” game, but NM and UCLA are in late season major disappointment form.
  13. Lil Nigel and CJ were on several recruiting trips together and ran track (although never raced each other somehow). Really nice kid and great parents who were fun to hang with. He is a kid North Shore needs to get more attention.
  14. My niece is a senior at Bates. Loves it. We are looking forward to going up for graduation in May.
  15. As a reader, I will paraphrase John Irving, "I wonder if people who complain about a work of fiction not being 'realistic' understand that what they really don't like is, plot." I get the complaint, but if you watch mysteries (especially serial mysteries that follow individuals solving murders) this is the number one thing that you need to let go of to enjoy. None of us would want to vacation in St. Marie in the Caribbean because over 100 people have been murdered there. But Death in Paradise has a strong audience.
  16. If we are going Dire Straits, gotta go here:
  17. There is a trademark/patent attorney on here but I am struggling to remember his handle. He mentioned it a few weeks ago. I will see if I can find it in one of the Surly college kids threads or travel thread. Sorry for my crappy memory.
  18. Technically, the PDD guys are nepos. But, they are truly funny and talented. Seems a strange decision to take them off.
  19. I would add that cable allows you to watch close to real-time. I have found that streaming sucks for that. I am significantly ahead on the game than most friends and family that I am texting with that stream. This thread is a good reminder for me as to why I pay for the convenience of U-Verse. I can watch everything as it is happening and I can switch immediately to other games. Streaming also frustrates me for that reason. My remote is smoking by the end of Saturday.
  20. Moved in Baby Girl to SRD last weekend. Moved Soph Lil’ Nigel into his new place (not in Texas) and that took most of the week, then came back to Austin Saturday for sorority “Bid Day.” We are spent. Glad rush is over. It was stressful for her (and most of the girls I am sure). I told her now she can concentrate on school and she looked at me like I was crazy.
  21. Lil’ Nigel’s take is that Lyles is simply a weird anime kid who just happens to be fast. He is socially awkward and does cringy things a lot. It looked to me that Kenny B shoved him because Lyles cut right in front of him after the tape and they could have collided. I have no issues with that.
  22. I could talk about this subject for a long time. But I will start only by pointing out that showing interest in a school is very important. It narrows your competition to an extent. We found that was definitely a factor in both our kid’s experience, one recruited athlete and one regular student. Follow the school on social media, go on an official tour (and let them know if you were there unofficially in addition), attend the online recruiting webinars for prospective students, etc. All of this helped (or hurt if we didn’t do it) in our experience.
  23. Got this for my son last year when he graduated HS. He loves it. Right about your price point. Hamilton has a lot of great choices for your price range.
  24. I was at a track get together with several parents of current college athletes. To a person, all of them mentioned coaches telling them the recruiting priorities in order are: International, portal, HS athletes in top 10-15 nationally. The trimming of rosters is mandatory with the new roster limits. Recruiting for HS track will look a lot like baseball, with lower level schools being the “minors.” Many also think you will see an increase in injuries with smaller rosters and asking more of certain athletes to double or triple up in events.
  25. There is a lot of movement right now with the new roster limits; lots of cuts, transfers, etc. It's a tough, transitional summer for a lot of college track athletes.
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