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mininghorn88

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  1. About to board a flight from Cleveland back to Texas after a workshop with ENYS. Fight!!!
  2. I did joke to him about making sure he iced his arm down. He is too ornery to admit that he would be sore.
  3. Growing up my dad was always my summer league coach. We threw the ball and I hit the ball for hours in our backyard and on the field. I had the opportunity to play baseball at the collegiate level but turned down the offers to attend UT instead. So effectively the baseball connection with my dad ended after we were bounced from the playoffs my senior year of high school. This past May my dad turned 80. I bought him a new glove and some baseballs. I went to his house and asked him if he had a glove and some balls. He gave me a strange look. I followed him to a closet where he had 6 to 8 gloves and a bucket of balls. It told him that I bought him a new one just in case he did not have one because I wanted to play catch. He couldn’t grab a glove fast enough. We went into the backyard, with my mom sitting on the porch watching, and played “catch” for about an hour. That is the first time that we had played catch in 40 years. A flood of memories came back. He loved every second of it.
  4. Doing things different in the 70s and 80s may not have yielded living this long.
  5. Some people love to hear their own voice.
  6. This right here. I spend a lot of time flying domestically and internationally for business. So when I go on vacation I drive to my destination. At times I could save a day or two but prefer the drive just to see what I see along the way.
  7. I take visitors and customers there all of the time. They, nor I, leave there disappointed.
  8. I have posted this in a similar thread here. My girlfriend and I, along with my college roommate and his wife, will be in Sedona the first week of November. It will be my third trip there, the second for the girlfriend, and the first for my roommate and his wife. I have done hiking in the area but the rest are not hikers. My GF did do Courthouse Butte Loop with me as it was easy. She hiked to Cathedral Rock with me but stayed at the base while I did the summit. I plan on picking some easy hikes for them to do. Thanks for the above list. There are a couple of more advanced ones that we may try after they have done an "easy one" and I get a chance to see what their abilities are. They also want to do a Pink Jeep Tour as well. For dining the only place as a "must" right now is Elotes.
  9. From my office in NE Texas. My Friday is acting like a Monday with work issues. Ugh. All will be well tomorrow after the Horns take care of business. Texas!!!
  10. I had three doctor's visits last week. One was a follow-up visit with an ENT as I recently had a tube put into my left ear to relieve pressure when I fly. The ear has intermittently given me problems regulating the pressure through the years. While there they performed a hearing test. I had some hearing loss that is attributed to "age". A second visit was to a dermatologist. I recently had a spot show up on my forearm. The said that it was benign and that it was an "age" spot. On a positive note I had my annual physical. I found out by the physical exam and survey that I have the health of someone two years younger than my actual age.
  11. On my way to San Antonio from NE Texas with my girlfriend, a 12 pound brisket, 5 pound pork butt, 4 racks of ribs, 4 pounds of sausage, 6 chicken breast, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, corn casserole, 5 different homemade BBQ sauces and my smoker for our annual kickoff weekend football festival. TEXAS!!!!
  12. When I can I like to have my doctor’s appointments first thing in the morning to minimize lost time. I had an appointment at 8:20 this morning. They did not call me back until 8:50. How can you already be 30 minutes behind so early in the day?
  13. Of course Slocum has something hanging on his wall that is not his. That is what aggy does. See below further proof:
  14. If you are ever in Longview I highly recommend Divine Catering for a CFS and other home style/soul food. Everything on the menu is great and the CFS covers the plate properly. It is on the south side on Mobberly Avenue in a non descript unassuming building. You will thank me later. I will take pics the next time I am there which most likely will be next week as I found this thread while in China. I currently have an overnight layover in Seoul. And no, Clevernickname never finished his tunneling to China for us to meet up before I left.
  15. Sleuthing on his online obit there is evidence that someone witnessed him with a putter happily walking across the course and whistling. On his way and happy that he is making off with a prized putter! What more evidence do you need? There are witnesses!!!
  16. No truer words written. As John Madden once said, “He has it. If you don’t know what “it” is then you don’t have it.” I am so ready for some relatively stress free Texas football again where all I have to worry about will be what the margin of victory will be.
  17. So I have been lied to my whole life??!!!
  18. I have equipment over here digging multiple holes in Inner Mongolia as we speak. 60 tons per scoop.
  19. I have been in China for almost 2 weeks now. I will be leaving in 3 days. You need to get a move on if you want to be greeted by a Texan when you break through.
  20. Looking for some recommendations for the drive from Albuquerque to Williams, Arizona in late October. My girlfriend and I are driving over from NE Texas and my college roommate and his wife are driving up from San Antonio and we are meeting up in ABQ before heading over to Williams and then down to Sedona for a few days. We will be arriving into ABQ in the evening and then have all day the next day to make our way to Williams. I have been all over that area numerous times and am a bit biased on what route I would like to take and some tihngs that I would like to see/do. The others have never been in that area before so I am looking for some other opinions to share with them to let them decide on what route that they would like to take. Fire away. Thanks
  21. I kept rewinding the video to see what I thought I saw. Such an odd thing to do.
  22. Welcome to the club. Sometimes I consider turning in my “man card” to just sit down to pee.
  23. so…your son is a dickhead?
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