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PTINS

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  1. The real reason the B12 vagabonds hate Texas: Texas B12 Record v. "Who the fuck cares" Colorado 7-1 (88%) Missouri 7-2 (78%) Nebraska 9-1 (90%) A&M 11-5 (69%, 5-3 in CS) Total 34-9 (79%)
  2. Just a comment in general, not directed at your post. From "Ice Station Zebra" the dialogue includes a line about German scientists being used by both the US and the Soviet Union. Specifically, a British intelligence officer explains that "the Soviets used cameras made by "our (Soviet) German scientists" and film made by "your (US) German scientists" in their satellite, which was also built by "their (British) German scientists".
  3. FIFY. I shared this fact with all the new Boy Scouts when I was an Assistant Scoutmaster. I also told them Charles Whitman was an Eagle Scout. The more important thing is what you do with it. My former business partner was an Eagle Scout. I thought about that when he told me, "I know we have a contract, and I know we owe you money, but we're not going to pay you anymore. If you don't like it, sue us." I did. I won, they lost. They paid me my money, late. I froze their back account. That was kind of a big deal for an energy trading company. I encouraged my scouts, and their parents, to complete their Eagle Scout requirements when they were older. Most young teenagers who grow up in affluent areas have little concept of service to others. RIP, Jim Lovell.
  4. We were at Eglin AFB in the early 60's. The Navy used to coat the target docks w/ Napalm, tow them into the Gulf, the let the flyboys at them. Good thing we were more interested in fishing and not just a bunch of firebugs back then.
  5. Well, as a previously married for 40+ years, getting ready to be a newly single, I find myself considering things I never really thought about before. I must have missed the Texas Exes travel brochure on the "Sexy Time with European Leaders Package." I agree 100% about the European leadership, particularly the female leaders. Dynamic, outspoken, with a "Damn the Torpedoes" mindset, to do what is right, regardless of the consequences. Thomas Jefferson would be proud. The fact they're soft on the eyes should not be held against them. I, on the other hand ...
  6. I would give your left nut just to be in the same room with Giorgia Meloni. Her unbridled passion, properly channeled (towards me), is the reason for living, or dying, if that is her prerogative. The epitaph read, "... PTINS was incinerated in a spectacular ball of fire, when Ms. Giorgia Meloni, erupted with a volcanic release of passion and energy."
  7. Que the video of Joseph Ossai staring down the Okie State QB at the overtime coin flip.
  8. His script changed when Academy became a sponsor. Well, Elko's coaching and training took them from being "physically annihilated" in November to being "1 play away" from winning n July.
  9. The older you are, the more of these tragic injuries you've seen. Seeing Mike Gaddis go down in the open field on a non-contact injury is my trauma. Of all the great RB who played in Dallas the 2nd weekend in October, MG took a back seat to no one. He did everything a RB is supposed to do. My sister got hit by a car in HS, early 70's. The scars on her legs, both sides of both knees, were ~ 8" long, and looked like something Dr. Frankenstein did. They put 27 holes and tubes in my body for open-heart surgery. The biggest scar is the hardest one to see. It kind pisses me off it's not more prominent. My heart is much better than her legs. All freshman RB can run. Very few of them can do the other things that are also important. In HS, the hole you see will be there til you're finished running. In College, when you see the hole, it's already closing. In the NFL, if you're not in the hole when it opens, you're too late. Nothing makes you question the Texas elite admission numbers like reading Surly football opinions. I just spitballin' here, but I think that is one of those things you see that you wish you could un-see.
  10. "A hiker died after a rattlesnake bit his hand when he picked up the reptile while on a trail in south-central Tennessee, local officials said." Darwin candidate.
  11. Driftwood, Wednesday
  12. It was a huge waste of talent. Earl "ran like a deer" when he got to Texas, but they bulked him up to play FB in the Wishbone. He was still quick, but not as fast. Sometimes, Earl got to the line so fast, he took a hard turn parallel to the LOS, because there wasn't a crease in front of him. Two big reasons he never should have been a FB. If I remember correctly, Earl sometimes ran as a wishbone halfback when Roosevelt Leaks was in the game.
  13. The first reference to a corvette was with the French Navy in the 1670s, which may be where the term originated. The French Navy's corvettes grew over the decades and by the 1780s they were ships of 20 guns or so, approximately equivalent to the British navy's post ships. The Royal Navy did not adopt the term until the 1830s, long after the Napoleonic Wars, to describe a small sixth-rate vessel somewhat larger than a sloop.
  14. According to rumors, Dobie also ran this gem in the 70's.
  15. Brigette Bardot (Shalako) did for me when I was 12. ... and the Cheyenne Social Club is a Top 10 movie for me, James Stewart has always been a hero, "You must come from a part of Texas I ain't heard of." Pinocchio getting swallowed by the whale did it to me. For my kids, Twister. Both of my kids were born in Oklahoma, one in Enid, not to far from Wakita. I thought it would be a good idea to take them to see Twister at ages 6 & 8. Parenting grade? F-. Kids are still traumatized by thunderstorms. My son had a 7th grade swim party, after which ~ 20 kids stayed to watch The Exorcist. It start out with them laughing at the lines and making fun of they had heard on TV shows. After a while, it started getting quiet, to quiet. I went to check, and the kids were petrified, not talking, or moving, barely breathing. Some of the neighborhood kids insisted I walk them home, down the middle of the street instead of the sidewalks, on a well lit street in a gated community.
  16. It worked for me, (those accessories being the other Natural Gas Liquids).
  17. I played softball with a guy that worked for Playtex. He had a peculiar talent for identifying bra and cup sizes at a glance. Just standing and commenting as they walked by, 33C, 32B, 34D etc. The reactions he got were funny, shock, embarrassment, gratitude. Yeah the 34 D's and DD's knew they had it, and appreciated when others acknowledged that fact. I remember his comments on the right tits being in the wrong bra. Yeah, even back then I knew to stay in my lane before it was fashionable to do so.
  18. Fuck you Josh Pate! I watched the Godfather last night, w/ subtitles. Top 10 movie ever. I come to Surly, and we get two 5* within 10 minutes of reading... I immediately think, and I read some more, and you fuckers ruined it.
  19. and because I watch the Godfather last night ...
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