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83Horn

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  1. I don't know about a band name, but Glory Hole Protocol would make a pretty awesome album name.
  2. I'm interested why you believe Mack is more important to Texas football than Darrell Royal. Explain yourself.
  3. That's the ring they got for losing? Just imagine the monstrosity they'd have built had they won.
  4. You are entering a world of pain, Larry.
  5. Is this your homework, Larry?
  6. Thanks for the responses. Very helpful, and kind of confirms what I was thinking. The only advantage I was thinking of regarding taking a card face up or face down is that the dealer plays first when you take the card face down, and if they bust it no longer matters if you draw a small card. Thanks again.
  7. Can someone explain something about playing basic strategy? I realize that this was supposedly worked out on a computer a long time ago to figure out the best plays to give players the best chance of losing the least amount of money, but I'm wondering if some of the more experienced players on here can share their observations and experience on how well the basic strategy works. I think many players just blindly accept it as "the way" and bet accordingly whether they are winning or losing. The reason I'm asking is that I've noticed that the basic strategy chart says that you always double your elevens. My experience is that this rarely results in a win for the player. The problem I see is that when you double, you are only allowed to draw one card, and my experience has shown that the one card you draw is typically a 2, 3 or 4. The only advantage I can see is to take your one card face down and hope for a dealer bust, which brings up another question. I've seen several other players agonize over whether to take the card face up or face down. I just don't see any advantage to taking the card face up. Am I missing something? Anyway, any advice or words of wisdom regarding basic strategy would be welcome.
  8. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/full-metal-jacket-actor-kevyn-major-howard-dead-69 Unfortunately, never got to photograph Ann Margaret.
  9. Is that a gift or a warning? 😉
  10. I think you mean Barry Bonds. I remember seeing them at Disch-Falk, and all the Wild Bunch guys pointing him out saying, "That's Bobby Bonds's kid". I also remember every time Odibie McDowell came up to bat, they'd break out singing, "You outta be in pictures". I miss those guys. They were almost as entertaining as the games.
  11. Obviously, it's impossible to say what someone would have produced later in life had they not died at an early age, but I disagree with this take. I've read biographies and interviews that lead me to believe that Hendrix might have been on the verge of a whole new, and completely different phase of his career. A lot of the malaise that affected the last year or so of his career stemmed from issues with his management, specifically Mike Jeffries. Jimi was getting tired of the wild man pop star image that made him famous, but the fans demanded, and Jeffries insisted on continuing with the Purple Haze, Foxey Lady, etc. style of "hit" music, and Jimi wanted to expand beyond this. This, and issues with Noel Redding not being happy festered through late 1968 and lead to the breakup of the original "Experience" lineup in spring of 1969. After experimenting with various personnel lineups through the rest of '69, Jimi had settled on a new trio in early 1970 with Billy Cox replacing Noel on bass. I have read that in late 1969 or so, Jimi was having conversations with Miles Davis, yes, THAT Miles Davis, about collaborating. As I understand it, Miles Davis' album Bitches Brew was conceived to be part of that collaboration, but Jimi unfortunately had contractual commitments that prevented his participation. All of this was going on while Jimi was also trying to get his new studio, Electric Lady Studio, completed. After returning to Europe in late summer 1970 to complete some concert commitments, Jimi's management contract with Mike Jeffries was set to expire in October or November of 1970, at which time Jimi had planned to return to the U.S. and find new management. I recall reading what I think was Jimi's last interview, where he said that he was looking forward to returning to the States, and some of the things he wanted to do included learning how to read and write musical notation, and he was really looking forward to studying music theory. This desire of his to deepen his musical knowledge, along with his contact with a jazz icon like Miles Davis lead me to believe that if Jimi had survived and made it back to the U.S., he would have been off to a whole new plane of musical exploration and experimentation. Unfortunately, we'll never know, thanks to Monica Danneman.
  12. Whateva...I do what I want!
  13. Lots of repetition in this list, but this is what I've got, in no particular order: 1) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets 2) Jailhouse Rock - Elvis 3) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 4) Good Vibrations - Beach Boys 5) Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan 6) Hard Day's Night - Beatles 7) Sympathy For the Devil - Stones 8 Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 9) All Along the Watchtower - Jimi 10) Rock and Roll - Zeppelin Honorable Mention: Substitute - The Who Money - Pink Floyd Mean Streets - Van Halen Foot Stompin' Music - Grand Funk Railroad I'm sure I'll think of others later.
  14. Horrible way to die, made more so by the fact that mom had to watch it happen: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-boy-5-killed-hyperbaric-oxygen-chamber-explosion-officials-say
  15. I can't see Obie without thinking of Mangino.
  16. Slipped.....HA! Yeah, he "slipped" to avoid getting buried.
  17. The funny thing about Penn State getting upset at Nixon "declaring" Texas to be National Champions is that Nixon had no say in the matter. Texas were National Champs based on going in to the last game of the season undefeated and ranked number 1, beating another undefeated team, number 2 ranked Arkansas in their own house. Any belief that Penn State had that they should have been number 1 is just stupid and their decision to not settle the question on the playing field was cowardly.
  18. That may have been an issue for Syracuse in 1960 (Which, BTW, didn't prevent them from playing and winning) but not for PSU in 1969. That is just the excuse they used to avoid getting their asses kicked.
  19. Not sure this is true any more. Look at Marshawn Lynch, another good RB known for his toughness and "unique" persona and off the field behavior, but was beloved by pretty much everyone. At worst, the attitude towards him was that he was just a character, and the NFL needs more characters. It's especially these days, when nearly every play ends with someone doing the "look at me" screaming, flexing, pounding their chest and/or screaming at the sky, shit talking is just not the trigger it used to be.
  20. These GMC trucks with the crab walk "feature"...what is the point? Seems like a complicated solution looking for a problem to solve. Am I missing something?
  21. This kid is probably about 19 or 20 now, and maybe a student at Ohio State. Hopefully, he gets to re-live this early formative nightmare:
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