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I also do not give much thought to the WNBA. I vaguely keep up with it, but hope that it is successful. The trashing of the league that I read from men on here and elsewhere is really something. I hope that none of them do not have daughters that aspire to be pro athletes. The negativity that is posted is just unfortunate.

I want to say that this is a really good post and thank you for your contribution. You absolutely, positively have to put in the effort to find a group you can fit in with and belong to. One of the positives of the rise of the internet and now social media is that you can find groups of people with similar interests. While this is easier to do in a major metropolitan area you can find it on a smaller scale outside the cities. Take the first step and try. Every cool journey in life starts with one initial step forward. You do not know where it will eventually lead if you do not try. I remember vividly the day I left Texas and had no real idea about the journey ahead. It has been beyond anything I could have ever expected. It has been good, not so good and a whole bunch interspersed in there. The constant thought is going day by day and seeing where that leads. Locking yourself away from the world takes away so much of the enjoyment of life.

It does look like the game will have to be watched from there if I want to see it. Lampasas changed their broadcast duo this year to I believe the basketball coach and a guy fresh from out of state. The play-by-play guy is from Illinois, but has fit right in and seems to enjoy living in Lampasas. I enjoy watching as they give out a number where you can send a text that they’ll read on air. I did it during a game to thank them and they have gotten texts from across the country (and some from out of the country) from family members tuning in to watch their grandchildren and nephews play where they otherwise would not see it. I don’t like that they are unable to do road games. I believe they can only do the radio broadcast which is kind of a bummer. The basketball coach doing the games used to coach 6-man over in Lometa. It was fun listening to him try to explain it to the new guy from Illinois.

I would probably concur there. I don’t say this lightly, but he is a danger to himself and the rest of us, even the people whose affection he is seeking.

The US government is going to wind up declaring war on him in all but name. His actions on a variety of issues are absolutely abominable.

The Retirement Plan. This was as Nic Cage a movie as you’ll get. Total B movie, but none of this deters him from taking the role. At least Ernie Hudson got a paycheck out of this. I mostly wanted to just laugh during the fight scenes, but whatever. Cage will do stuff like this as long as someone will pay him to do so.

I have zero pictures on me. I know it is still sitting in the same place it was when I last was in Texas two years ago because ever so often I catch my mom on FaceTime in the evening when she is walking her grandkids around sunset. I can ask my mom to take pictures, but I will probably wind up with 2 or three if she remembers to take them. I am going to attempt to get ahold of my friend that has the 69 Bronco and ask him to go out there and take some pictures and inspect it. He helped me get it back on the road when we were in high school, but the work on it then was pretty light in comparison to what it will take now. He’ll be able to give a fairly accurate assessment of what has to be done. He used to go visit my dad just to talk about cars after I left for college. He’s fairly well versed in car repair himself. He just has a knack for repairing vehicles kind of like my father did.

Oh my gosh the things that we will pour money into. A 68 Firebird restoration sounds pretty freaking cool. Cars from that era have always fascinated me and I have always admired folks who put money into a classic car or truck. My father said he always regretted selling his ‘57 Chevy (Convertible I believe it was.) He was young and fairly new to America. We all lose something we wish we had not and that was it for him. One of my friends back home set his sights on a 69 Bronco that was owned at the time by one of his mother’s good friends when we were in high school and not even yet old enough to get our learner’s permit. I remember when he bought it and spent the majority of his free time working on it while we were teenagers. He wound up having a horrific accident in the thing three months after graduation, with details too gruesome to share, but he eventually overhauled the entire thing all over again and he still drives it as best I know.

This troll is really multiplying the usernames. The psychotic break here with reality is strange yet sad to witness. Watching the human mind descend into this level of need for attention at any cost, whether good or bad, can be insane to watch play out. At least Ttomterrific and his own break with reality did not go to these lengths.

He is now also posting under bbq chips in the same threads.

My original post was made just in terms of sharing the beginning of a restoration of the vehicle. I was not soliciting advice, but I know that invariably some will be offered and that’s pretty cool to see. It was nice on Mopar’s part to do so since he would have a wealth of information to share as the wheels get greased and rolling so to speak. I would imagine I could likely PM him with any questions I might have along the journey judging by how helpful his tone seems. I take in as much information as I can and apply it as best I can to the set of circumstances I have. I think we all attempt to do that, or at least we probably should. My dad was not much of an advice-seeker as he trusted almost no one to work like he did, and with good reason because no one I have ever met had his work ethic. My mother is the polar opposite and she seeks it and freely gives it out. I am probably somewhere in-between the two of them, but more calm like her.

I appreciated his perspective and advice. I think people on here, more often than not, are helpful and like to share their expertise in what they excel at, which is pretty awesome. I live once and I try to make sure it’s an enjoyable once. If I had responsibilities beyond myself and my two shih tzus (females that are 6 years old and 8 months old)I would probably not be so willing to do this as my finances would be directed elsewhere. My birthday was last week and my mother’s is ten days before mine so every year I get a quick reminder that she is not getting any younger. The overriding motto I carry with me is to “Do what you can while you can.” It’s something I tell people regularly and this is something that falls in line with that.

While I was not a gearhead like my father (He was born in Germany the January after the war ended and started his apprenticeship in vehicle repair at age 9), I did pick up bits and pieces along the way about cars I have liked. I remember wanting to get a 65 Mustang in high school. He kiboshed that because he had no desire to keep a Ford on the road. I got a Chevy Camaro instead and he was right about the reliability of the car. My father was the absolute most amazing car mechanic I ever witnessed in action. I’ll never forget him tying a chain around the diesel engine in his GMC Sierra when I was maybe 7 or so and hoisting it out of the truck and suspending it from a sturdy branch on an oak tree by himself to work on it) had this single-minded drive to not stop until something was fixed. It was something I spoke about during his eulogy 12 years ago. He had three older Mercedes. One was a 1959, A 1970 and a 1979. He could do anything in life he decided to do, like building a house for example, using only one of those yellow DIY books. My mom still has the book and the house turns 40 this December. He and my mom had fun with this car. It is a 318 V8 and many of my gearhead friends back home could have a much more in-depth conversation about it. He also put cherry bombs in it because why wouldn’t a young guy do that? As to your points it’s a job that will be a great deal cosmetic. If things under the hood are just okay the cost is still going to lean more towards redoing the interior and paint job. It needed a lot of work when it was retired on the interior. Luckily my friend has a garage that he uses on his property to work on cars he has restored. He lives a few miles outside of town and has ample room to store the car. He did one restoration job for his wife and another for his daughter I believe. He has disposable income because of the success of his business, one which I told him to start 12 years ago when it did not make sense for him to do it. Now he can pretty much do whatever he wants even with a wife and five kids. I have zero kids and no wife so spending some money on this is worthwhile, but pretty much just because it would be for my mom’s enjoyment to see the car running again. She’s been diagnosed with two different forms of cancer in the last nine years (non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia along with having a small amount of cancerous tissue removed from her face) and it’s a blessing that she is still here. She did a lot for my brother and I when we did not deserve it, but she absolutely deserves to see that car brought back to life as close as possible to how it was when she first drove it. I think it’s an awesome car and I remember how it ran when I was really young. It was such a fun ride, especially that first jump from a stop light to get going.

That was his first name. His latest is animaltobacco and then yesterday animetobacco and animationtaco. He has been banned under at least 10 different names.

Well that answered what was pretty much my same question on the Gone Posters thread. He looks like he’ll get the handle he created a few hours ago banned before tomorrow evening. He also created one called AnimationTaco about 25 minutes or so ago. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/profile/8214-animationtaco/

Where can I contribute to your election campaign and will you be leaving poop bags in front of their office doors as well? If so I think this site is in for a cool tree fiddy.

He just created a new screen name called Animationtaco literally five minutes ago. Do we not do IP bans here? It seems like it might be time for that.

He’s already halfway home to the replacement being banned. This is now at least 10 times that Chrispy has been banned with the one created today going for a record time in being crowd sourced.

How many times can Chrispy get banned before it hits him that his posting is not wanted here? He just got banned again and returns minutes later as animetobacco after animaltobacco got put out of commission.

And you’ve been banned again. Good job on reaching double digit bans from the board. Take the hint and stop returning. Find a new place to get people to repeatedly tell you that your presence is not wanted or maybe get yourself a therapist if that’ll do the trick. Coming back repeatedly just to get banned is irrational and unstable behavior.

This is human behavior no matter the fanbase. It’s horrific and is not in line with what he should be dealing with. He should be facing a multi-game suspension and not death threats or personal information being posted about him and his family. To say that this is just something that “follows Deion Sanders” is either you having a lack of knowledge of humans in general or you just really don’t care for Deion. If you think Texas, Georgia, Clemson or any other school do not possess these same people within their fanbase then I would like to interest you this nice lot of oceanfront property in Nebraska.

The most powerful governor in the league is a woman and she’s solidly behind the WNBA. Again the lack of understanding that the NBA is fine with this makes very little sense. They see the long-term growth of the WNBA and now the money is starting to come in. We too often in our society judge things on how things operated in the past or in our own experience. The NBA took a different route here with women’s basketball. The NBA as a whole, governors and players alike, are supporters of the league and should be applauded for the investment they made in getting things to where they currently are which has been a doubling within four years of league revenue from 102 million in 2019 to almost 200 million this season. That sounds like chump change for NBA teams with the contracts they hand out, but this is a significant amount of money for a 12 team league (144 players I believe) coming out of a worldwide pandemic. I think it’s awesome that women have this avenue in the professional sports world. Good on the NBA for their support as well as those who are now investing their money in the product.

The confrontational aspect is something that in theory he can work on and change, but you have to want to change and be willing to put in a lot of time and concerted effort to change. Only he knows for sure if he’s willing to do that. For his own sake I hope he does. This website, if we are being honest, was not good for his mental health. Being confrontational and unapologetic when you are called to the carpet is not a good mix for anyone, much less someone who struggles with the mental aspect of life. I hope he finds a better outlet than this place that can help him to grow as a person in a positive manner.

USC getting the screw job on that one. Absolutely. For them that’s like playing at 9am. That is some really silly scheduling there.

Looking at their schedule Colorado should, and I stress should, be bowl eligible after the game with Arizona on November 11th. The next two games are likely losses, but no shame losing to Oregon and USC. The Arizona schools are both mediocre to be kind about it and Stanford is as well. That seems like a fantastic first year to get to six wins. Any upsets outside of that are just the icing on the cake. I wouldn’t put it past them to beat one of Wazzu or OSU.