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Dbeasy

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  1. I don’t get all the thread policing. If you don’t like the thread, don’t read it. If no one is interested, the thread will either die or become a blog for Derka.
  2. The LDS church has over $250 billion dollars. If they want, they can just buy a title.
  3. That’s what I mean. The running back room was limited. Baxter wasn’t really getting it done. I’m unclear why they didn’t just burn his redshirt and have him spell Wisner.
  4. That’s exactly the conversation we were having. Are the people recommending gold and commodities the same people that have been recommending them for decades, or did Merrill Lunch and Morgan Stanley look at the inflation outlook last year and advise only their $100M+ clients this wisdom?
  5. It’s obviously early. His roster management and recruiting thus far has been below expectations. Thank goodness Goosby has a brother at Texas. His coaching isn’t bad so far, but they really lack talent. I just quit watching the last few games. Either they are terrible teams they’re playing, or I don’t have any confidence they can win. Maybe the outlook changes, but it’s a long road.
  6. So I have an informal survey question for anyone who has a high dollar financial advisor. Did your advisor move you strongly into gold, silver and/or commodities before the beginning of 2025. We are having a debate about how some people seemed to know this year’s performance was coming, while most did not.
  7. Clark so far has shown nothing. But he does need more time to rehab. So maybe he eventually shows something. Simon immediately showed a little something on the field but got yanked off and buried on the depth chart. I wonder why.
  8. You might be reading the whole situation wrong. They are firmly out of the playoffs and they need to figure out what the future holds for Ewers. This is a chance to find out. If this is what they are doing, they probably also told Tua this as well.
  9. Since Steve Jobs died and Tim Cook took over, Apple has not produced ONE significant new product that derives significant revenue. Everything is a derivative of things Jobs initiated. And the quality and usability of Apple products have slowly and consistently declined since that same day. This shit would never have happened under Jobs. Jobs was an asshole and a flawed human being. But he was also one of the greatest businessmen, if not the greatest, in the history of the world. Tim Cook is a fraud. Apple rant over.
  10. Of course production per $ has to be considered. Did he deliver the required ROI? Without knowing the numbers I’d guess no. BUT, it wasn’t all his fault. The OL and QB was also an issue. And he should get better. And he’s still a highly highly talented receiver who did have moments of excellence. You don’t run that off, UNLESS the NIL demands are out in left field.
  11. this post is really good.
  12. Come on guys. You look like regards right now.
  13. As an enthusiastic participant in the 2023 initiative, who made it three days before injuring myself on a burpee, I look forward to monitoring everyone’s progress this year.
  14. another name for a full goatee.
  15. Volleyball is a fascinating sport. Points are won by the tiniest sliver. Sets are won often by just a point or two. But then matches are often won 3-0, and the same top teams win almost all the time. However, to get to the championship, there’s always that outlier game, set and/or match. With points being so so close, I would expect team winning percentages like baseball or hockey. And I would expect lot of new names in the final four every year. But it’s just the opposite. Strange sport.
  16. A‘round about never.
  17. I had to listen to a drunk idiotic relative swear that Bill Gates sterilized a million Indians. WTF.
  18. The NIL era raises the importance of fast learning of the playbook/scheme. I wonder if Texas has any special initiatives around that area.
  19. This dude is a total loser.
  20. I'm on the verge of blacking out and going into a blind rage. The wife had put up a strand of 150 christmas lights. Same strand as last year. Worked fine for two days. Suddenly the first 40 bulbs near the plug go out, as does a bunch of bulbs on the end of the strand. The middle lights work, except for a few here and there that aren't lit. As an ex-engineer, I'm trying to process how this is possible. Unable to figure it out, I ChatGPT it. Immediately, it tells me it's either a bulb in the first section, that is also causing the last section to go out because of the way it's wired in sections. Weird. But okay. Fine. The solution is either to replace the fuses or find the one bulb in the section that's causing the problem. I check the fuses on a multimeter and they are fine. So it has to be a bulb. But why is it that some bulbs can be out in one section, but not other sections. Makes no sense whatsoever. So.. despite being annoyed at the nonsense, I decide I'm going to test each bulb in the first section. I spend a half hour trying to find a compatible bulb because of course every strand of lights is a snowflake, with it's own bulb holder shape. I finally find compatible bulbs and start pulling out bulbs to test. On my second bulb, I try to pull and of course the light part of the bulb comes off and the plastic piece won't come out. After five minutes of trying to pry it out, I finally try to insert the new bulb. Of course, it won't go in. The tolerances of the plastic is so bad, some bulbs fit and some don't. I end my adventure by saying fuck it and grab a scotch. The wife brings out two other strands. We plug one in and the first half is off. We plug in the second strand and the second half is the part that isn't lit. WTF? That's impossible. Goddammit, these lights are viloating the laws of physics and I've fucking had it. Fuck China.
  21. The Burke and Vasek experience has taught me that Westlake dads are as dumb as I thought they were when they proclaimed Vasek as the superior college recruit. Watch this one.
  22. My Aggie nieces who played high school volleyball are ecstatic. Good for them. I pulled for Aggie , because eff Nebraska.
  23. Tuned in at 25 25. How much of a lead did Abby blow?
  24. Him?
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