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SurlyGator

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  1. SurlyGator

    Getting old sucks

    This is very sound advice. Don't ignore any worsening symptoms (headache, ringing in the ears, etc). Had a physician I work with fall on some ice last winter and hit his head. Symptoms nagged him for a few days, eventually started to get some numbness in some fingers. Ended up having emergency brain surgery. Ignoring show brain bleed symptoms is just as deadly as ignoring heart attack symptoms. Just not worth taking the risk.
  2. Every rule has its exceptions.
  3. So, everybody gets a medal? Not sure that's how the olympics work. Also, user name fits...
  4. I would have assumed that would leave lighter markings. Perhaps a urology consult is in order.
  5. My daughter (no pics) was in the office of one of her school counselors yesterday when the gold medal match was on. The counselor commented on the age of one of the US players (37, I think). My daughter responded with "Wow, that's great!" The counselor snapped back with "No it's not, she needs to retire!" That counselor happens to be the mother of a certain former Longhorn player mentioned in the previous post. Maaayyyybe not the most objective, but as a parent, I get it!
  6. I've never seen the US send prlims relay participants to the medal stand in any sport. He will get his medal.
  7. All the Brazilian girls look more pissed than sad. Suck it!!
  8. she hip checked her before she got ball.
  9. HoustonHorn is @Armybrat?
  10. I'd eat that. Donde? Looks Waffle House-y.
  11. Not the best humble brag I've ever seen, but...
  12. Didn't bother to watch at first, because artistic gymnastics. But, after so many comments, I watched. Glad I did, that was very impressive, and the fact that she represents Ukraine makes it that much more rewarding!
  13. Yep, Russian dude. Dead before he hit the water. Hit your head on the springboard a la Greg Louganis and get stitches. Hit it on the platform and get a body bag. I remember watching a female diver go off the platform and slap her hair on the concrete. She had SHORT hair. I about lost my lunch.
  14. Just looking at that seat restraint hurts my scrotum.
  15. Este.
  16. Forget it, they're rolling.
  17. That was a good watch. One more.
  18. Bro, you have no idea...
  19. On the cat, on principle. EDIT: re: two posts up. Vic is slinging 'em out faster than anyone can reply!
  20. Why would they? They were invading Ukraine, not the other way around! Until now... Brilliant strategy for Ukraine!
  21. So a couple of months ago our main garage door broke. The metal piece that went across the top of the door that the opener was attached to pulled out and ripped out several screws along the way. I called a garage door repair guy, who took one look and said can't fix it, has to be replaced, and quoted me $1,800 for a new door and opener. Told them I would get back to them. This past weekend, I got to thinking... If all that happened was that those screws pulled out, I could probably just get the piece back in place, drill some new pilot holes and put in some new screws. 90 minutes by a rank amateur and $4.27 at Home Depot later, I once again have a fully functioning garage door with more screws now than it had before to minimize the chance of it happening again. Shame on me for not investigating before calling a professional, but the professional can kiss right off with his quote.
  22. Same weight was never part of the discussion. The point of the entire confusion is the weight of the water displaced. I'm saying those two items - though they don't weigh the same - would displace the same amount of water, because they are the same volume.
  23. They should get all the funds up front. That dude has been at 14:59 on the 15 minutes of fame timer for a long time.
  24. What?!? I'm no nerdz, but I'm smart enough to know you could make an identical sized button out of both 10K gold and 24K gold. The 24K button would weigh more, but would it displace more water? I'm thinking no.
  25. So with the button analogy - if you weighed the displacement caused by a 10K gold button and a 24K gold button with identical size and volume measurements, the displaced weight would be different? I can't wrap my noggin around how this would not be identical due to identical volumes.
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