OlDawg

BH too tough. Looked like LP had the lead for a little while early. Just ran into a buzz saw. Still, not a bad game.

And some of mine walked the Trail of Tears. What’s your point?

62 years young

Just like an Aggie. Couldn’t find the back door. 🙄

Ran outta reactions for today. But, sometimes I remember playing a little sick where Mom would take me to the local drug store. It had a soda/ice cream fountain booth & God’s perfect reading material. COMIC BOOKS! Yeah, I had to take some yucky cough syrup stuff. But, the ice cream & comic book was worth it. Ice cream & comic was about .25 depending on the ice cream.

A little levity is good for the soul.

Lmao. Still remember that dude. You’re definitely from Texas. People still wonder why I laugh so much & jam out during ‘The Big Chill.’

Got em after I got back from the Navy. Was a late bloomer. Always told people “Uncle Sam taught me how to blow things up. I figured I may as well learn how to rebuild them.” LOL

Safe to assume none of us went to Harvard. Oddly enough, I do have two degrees though. Engineering & BSBM. Must have gotten the urge from building the skateboard & ramps & conning my buddies into jumping also.

No A/C in the car. We had good airflow in the truck bed with no tailgate, feet swinging.

And the frickin President always came on at the worst time.

Who was the ‘big man’ that could climb all the way to the top of the tallest tree in the neighborhood. (No matter who’s yard it might be in.) Fighting each other on the way up for handholds, sweat dripping on those suckers below…

Good old monkey blood? Somebody should start a thread describing all the reasons why none of us should be alive based on today’s standards. I would, but I’m already gone from the no helmet, knee/elbow pads stuff. I’m just the ghost of all of y’all’s never shared escapades.

My skateboard sucked also. But, it was all the more exciting when you took a rope, had a buddy tie it to the back of their bike & haul butt pulling you while you jumped your homemade piece of crap ramp made with half rotted plywood down the middle of your busy street. Oh, and with no helmet or knee/elbow pads. Just shorts, flip-flops & clean ears from the Q-tips. The rest of the alcohol was used after a few jumps & the butt-whoopin came when you finally went inside later that night looking like you’d been in a bear fight and it was found that you’d ruined a half salvageable piece of plywood your dad was saving for something and you’d left the water hose running wasting water. 😁

I bet you drank out of a water hose, put Vicks in your nose, and alcohol on Q-tips in your ears too. Good Lord Man! How are you still alive? (This is my ghost speaking. I rode my bicycle & homemade skateboard without a helmet and knee/elbow pads.)

[Hidden Content] 'Nearly a quarter of young Americans believe the Holocaust didn’t happen or has been exaggerated.' 'Survey shows stunning lack of knowledge among Americans aged 18 to 39, with some believing in conspiracy theories shared on social media.' On a side note, Neil Armstrong was an elastic toy with a nickname of "Stretch.' Not a real person that actually did anything.

Nothing wrong with immigration. But—as was famously said—you can’t have open borders and a welfare state. Milton Friedman Cato Institute is libertarian. Their slogan is basically ‘build a wall around the welfare state, not around the nation.’ I think most people with a lick of common sense understand the two can’t co-exist without restrictions. So—as a liberal—you either have to give up your big government spending, or open immigration. You choose. @UT alum

…and the ‘real whammy’. You should be at least a little perturbed by now. [Hidden Content]

Another link for you. [Hidden Content]

The breakdown is roughly $500 Million just as a ‘freebie’ grant with no strings attached to a project, then somewhere between $6-7 Billion in research grants with an ‘overhead slush fund’ markup of .64 per dollar. So, around $3-4 Billion is not research. Less than 1/3 of the $$$ actually goes to research. (Which is still taxpayer money.) Personally, if the government requests university help for research, I think it should be bid out just like in the private sector. Let the Universities compete. Right now, it’s not a true bidding process. We should also be more selective about which projects are funded. Every project funded should have an ROI explanation in ‘hard numbers.’ Don’t agree with the government being able to say who is hired/fired/teaches at any secondary education institution—unless said institution is working on a government funded project. If they are, anyone associated with the project should have to go through a very intensive security check (including social media, character references, criminal history, employment & credentials) before they are allowed anywhere near said project. This includes even teaching/assisting in that Dept. At the least, this helps protect IP theft. I find it interesting that primary schools require employees to pass background checks (rudimentary ones at least) in most states, but secondary institutions don’t require similar. I also believe the government should be able to fund—or not—whoever they desire & the funding should be ‘at-will.’ To me, these are just common sense business/project practices. Nothing magical. On a side note, the President of Harvard is Jewish & has admitted Harvard has an antisemitism problem.

[Hidden Content] When I drove by last week, there looked to be another large video screen on the outside of the south side of the stadium. Not sure if it's for advertisements, scheduled event info, or what. But, it looked like another video screen to me. I took some pics of the complex. But, I cant seem to get them to upload. Too big & I can't compress enough. Maybe, they'll do another drone flyover soon. Still planning on going to the Spring game. So, maybe I can do better then.

Kewl! Rarely do I find another libertarian on political forums!

[Hidden Content] ‘For every dollar Ivy League universities receive for research, they charge the government an additional 64 cents, on average, for overhead. This funding is clearly a subsidy, because it is almost entirely fungible and unaccountable.’

I call BS! Harvard isn’t a private school if they receive $9 Billion of taxpayer money or more per year. If you accept public money, you’re not private. Getting tired of hearing them cry they’re private. Feds dole out about $40 Billion per year in grants to colleges/universities. As I mentioned in another thread, take some of this & invest in the skilled trades/crafts. Somehow, I don’t see air traffic controller trainees, nurses, welders, heavy machinery operators, solar/wind/industrial mechanics, CODERS (as was famously mentioned) or those type very needed skills protesting much except having to take a liberal arts class for technical training.

Pretty sure y’all are: D1 - BH, BS D2 - PNG, Ned 20-5A still has a district game to play (except for LP) to decide seeds. LP will be #1 D1 no matter what as they swept the series vs. Santa Fe.)