Posts posted by Sandman
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5 hours ago, camel at sea said:
I live in Oklahoma and have lived in Oklahoma for 40+ years. There isn't much hate on either side and never has been. To the extent it exists, the vast majority of it is with the OSU die-hards, not the other way around. OU fans don't care about OSU enough to hate them. It's truly a big brother / little brother dynamic. The big brother gives little brother a hard time but when push comes to shove, usually is supportive. Most Okies who identify as OU-first cheered for Oklahoma State (non-ironically) when Big Country led the Pokes into the Final Four. Most OU fans cheered for Gary Ward's baseball teams in the CWS back in the day. Most OU fans cheered for Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, etc., when the Pokes weren't playing OU.
In the internet era, the OU die-hards condescend to the OSU die-hards online, primarily because of how the OSU die-hards react to it. The internet dynamic isn't very reflective of reality, though. OSU's TV rating are great in Oklahoma and that has a lot to do with the "we cheer for both schools" folks within the state.
I too live in Ok and have for over 35 years. I respectfully disagree with this. It would take too long to hash it all out and I don't want to clog up this thread with bedlam bullshit. However, I have a friend, he's like a brother to me. OU fan and grad, not some trailer-dwelling bum. He says that same bullshit "I always root for OSU when they're not playing ou". But one time I mentioned that I bought an autographed Josh Fields mini helmet on ebay and his attitude changed quick. "Why would you buy that? He wasn't any good!". I said for OSU football standards, he's pretty good. He got pretty surly and just kept shitting on it. I said you're only mad because he beat ou twice, he acted like I pissed in his face. So no, I don't buy the "OSU-loving sooner fan" horseshit.
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Went grocery shopping with the wife, she had asked me to remind her to get stuff to make pigs in a blanket. As we entered the aisle, I said don't forget to get the croissant stuff. I meant to say "crescent rolls", I'm no foodie snob or a frenchman and don't know why I said croissant but I did. She laughed and said "You mean crescent rolls? LOL". I said well, croissant is french for crescent so it's the same thing. She said "That's not true. Croissants are round."
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1 hour ago, camel at sea said:
I wonder how much you should credit a program for willingness to play on Thursday/Friday night, or at nearly midnight on Saturday, such that they have a TV window to themselves. It probably should count for something. Would Tech have more 1M+ viewer games if they played a bunch on Thursday/Friday? It's likely. Would they do it? Who knows.
This is something Mike Gundy always talks about when people bitched about playing on thursday or friday. Getting a primetime game on a day when there's nobody else playing gives the potential to have a lot of people watching. Texas and ou don't need the help but programs like OSU can really use it. I still hate friday games but I don't disagree with his point.
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I just got a new VW GTI a couple of months ago and the cup holder situation is horrible. It has 2 spots but neither is actually round. The front one has a round arm that pops out to surround a drink but it's not at all secure. The rear one is square, which is dumb. Are the German's using square cans or something? Only drinking juice boxes?
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Just now, closetohumping said:
Some rumor your school may join the sec?
I heard that from a coworker and I just don't believe it. Why would the SEC go after OKST now if they didn't want them when ou and Texas left? What's the incentive? DOn't get me wrong, as a fan I hope they get an invite but I'm calling BS.
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2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:
So many dicks, and at that age they were all at eye level.
Marine Corps boot camp, 70-80 guys and about 8 urinals. Anytime the entire platoon had to go somewhere and we were behind schedule, you would hear the ominous announcement:
"Hit the head before we go! Double up and triple up on those pissers!". One minute you're taking a regular ol' piss, the next minute, 2-3 dicks are coming at you from all sides like a horrible gangbang. -
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13 minutes ago, HouTex said:
Sounds like the widow maker heart attack. Often no warning and it’s very hard to detect even with scans, stress tests, etc. I’ve just had my third friend die from one.
My dad had the widow maker in 2016. He was at the grocery store but he managed to drive home, get the "cold stuff" put away and then had my nephew take him to the hospital. Why he didn't get an abulance at the store is beyond me. One triple bypass later, he's still hanging around. No clue how he made it. The doc told us at the time that it wasn't looking good.
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56 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:
Everyone knows you're poor as dirt when the lunch lady acknowledges your participation in the reduced/free lunch program
My kids' school made you put money on their account (unless you got free lunch) and everyone would just give their account number when they got lunch. That way no one would know who got the free lunch.
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One of my twin daughters (no pics) moved out last year and tomorrow the other one is leaving. Neither will be far away but still, an empty nest. I got used to them being gone during the summers at their mom's house over the last 10-12 years, so I'm not too torn up about this. I will miss them but I'll enjoy the quiet time with the Mrs. as well.
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I had a small stack of mail that was wrapped in a rubber band. When I got to about 5 feet or so from the outbound mail tray, I gave it a nonchalant flick of the wrist and it flipped and twisted in the air and landed perfectly in the tray as if I had gently placed it there, right side up and facing the right way. Of course, nobody was around to witness it.
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Realignment talk not going away
in Football
ou plays one P5 non-con game a year and 2 scrubs. Has done so for years. That's "heavy lifting"?