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When I quit in 1986 I was smoking 3 packs a day.........I am glad we quit.....................I lit one up a few years back after we had a horrific accident on I-26 south of Columbia, SC...........we should have died................
Some of you “more seasoned” gentlemen like me are old enough to loathe the Indiana Hoosiers more than just about any other program. Something to do with Bobby Knight sucker punching Joe B., and a few million obnoxious pig farmers shooting off their mouths constantly.
So in case you missed it, IU blew a 22 point lead tonight to lose for the NINETEENTH straight time in Madison, Wisconsin. Their hoops board is comedy gold tonight.
So in case you missed it, IU blew a 22 point lead tonight to lose for the NINETEENTH straight time in Madison, Wisconsin. Their hoops board is comedy gold tonight.
Brother MD some are giving you heck on some other threads but I'm wit ya. (Not that it matters.)
Lol. Yeah I’m having fun being the contrarian in the face of the Cal haters. Some of the worst of the Rafters crew can’t abide that, or handle it maturely. So I appreciate your support!
My Mom's side of the family are mostly hoosier fans. We haven't had a family reunion in years but I'd love to have one now. The 1975 game is still one of my all-time favorite victories.
I don't hate Cal but I sure don't like him much now either. (I was a vocal supporter of Cal and what he stood for player and family-wise for years. Went into some serious diatribe in Cal's defense prior to his kneel-gate. Yep serious business to me.) He seriously messed up and has yet to even try to rectify it that I have seen.
I am not much on holding a grudge but I am not back on the bandwagon. (Not that it matters what I am or am not.)
That doesn't mean I won't back decent people. Be Good
(I won't harp on it.) Oh, (BMT) basketball matters too again I hope... (I really hope I can get back to the zeal I had for this team, school, and coach. I enjoyed it.)
Heh, remember when former UK assistant coach and FBI Special Agent Lynn Nance was gonna bust old Bobby Knight's head?
I'll try stopping by later and helping out.
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I smoked last 3 years of high school and the first 2 years in the Army. When my run times for the 2 mile run and 10k races started to lag and people were starting to get close to me I quit. In my 20 years in the military I was only beaten once in the 2 mile run and that was in BCT on my first test and that motivated me to train more. After that I never got beat but when they started getting close I quit smoking. At 39 years old with about 5 or 6 months left before retirement I took my last one and still beat everyone in my unit. I am a very competitive person and hate to lose.
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 62°F°F and cloudy. Some fog out by the airport, clearing later. Today's high predicted around 80°F. Chill on the way this weekend.
Jury duty continues. I'm actually learning a heckuva lot.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Jury duty continues. I'm actually learning a heckuva lot.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D-League. It's currently 27° and frosty here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring partly cloudy skies and a high of 52°.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Neither my mother or father smoked and I was only around it with my uncles and friends parents. To be honest, candy cigarettes were not even allowed in my house so if I wanted one I had to bum it off of a friend. My parents were bound and determined to keep me away from tobacco and they were successful because it is one habit I never had the urge to take up.
I remember when I was at UK and later Ft Knox smoking was encouraged and the local cigarette manufacturers would give away samples (four to a package) UK was especially encouraging for smokers. Fraternities would have "Smokers" which were social events to recruit members. Some professors even smoked and allowed students to smoke in class. It is amazing now to watch a YouTube of an old 60's show and seeing the host and guests smoking. Even Edward R Murrow smoked during the news cast. as did Walter Cronkite.
It was the Age of The Marlboro Man
Good morning D League. Out for a walk - it’s around 30 today so feeling a chill.
Running through Christmas movies I came across the Waltons Christmas episode that turned into the pilot for the show —but with different parents and grandparents.
Pretty good, not great, but I loved Patricia Neal as the original mom. And the way they lived was very like my father and grandparents in rural Bracken County, on up to when I was a boy in the early 1960s.
Hope it’s a good day for you all.
Running through Christmas movies I came across the Waltons Christmas episode that turned into the pilot for the show —but with different parents and grandparents.
Pretty good, not great, but I loved Patricia Neal as the original mom. And the way they lived was very like my father and grandparents in rural Bracken County, on up to when I was a boy in the early 1960s.
Hope it’s a good day for you all.
I began a hate relationship with Indiana when Bobby Knight sucker punched Joe B. The 1975 Regional Finals will be one of my Top 5 UK victories in history. I doubt Indiana will ever be a player in the national championship picture again. Their glory days are likened to the Roman Empire. From the very best to just a story in a history book. That is Indiana.
Morning Legionnaires! Git up!
47° this morning with a high around 75° expected with 78-80° expected tomorrow.
A federal judge blocked (at least temporarily) the vax mandate for federal contractors but, I don't know how long that will last. Also, the Senate voted to block it 48-52 but now it needs to go to the House which as we all know is heavily controlled by the left. Biden has already said he would veto the bill if it gets to him. The dictator has spoken. My wife has poured everything she has and makes with the exception of about $10,000.00 into stocks in prep for losing her job. Since we have separate bank accounts I did not know how much until yesterday. She has been following a Christian financial advisor for over a year now and has followed stocks a little longer and is gambling on his advice.
Three years ago I gave Joe B. Hall a DVD of the 1975 that was cobbled together by Ritchie Curtis from an old film and Cawood's radio call (NBC destroyed all their old tapes). Joe B. told me he considered that game the best in his career.
A couple weeks later he told me he watched the DVD 7 times.
I certainly agree with Joe B
It is a game I will never forget because of the circumstances of that day as well as the game itself.
Unknown to me my wife agreed to meet our best friends for dinner at a very fine restaurant. We were to meet them at about 4:00 and it was an hour drive to the restaurant. The game would be on TV at that time. I found about our little date Friday night before the Saturday game. No way on earth short of death was I going to miss that game. It was Indiana and every UK fan knew what that meant. It made the UL rivalry of today a second thought. This was Bobby Knight and Indiana.
Very seldom in our marriage did I ever get really upset but this was one of the times. I told her she should have known the NCAA Regional Finals were the next day and there is no way on earth I was going to miss that. She would have to call them and cancel or make it very late that night. Saturday morning she called them and made the time about 7:00. Of course it messed up the baby sitter arrangements for both parties but hey IT WAS INDIANA AND BOBBY KNIGHT
Bert - I have a copy of that sent me by Ritchie. Thanks to you and him for putting that together.
I certainly have great memories of that game. I was in Ft Lauderdale on spring break with college teammates. Great Euphoria when the Cats won.
I have no doubt that Joe B. treasures that DVD. I would too. I'll never forget Knight's wife crying her eyes out at the end of the game. Probably not due to the loss but knowing that her husband was going to be a holy terror when they got home.
Her and Pat both got beaten that night.
Good morning! On my way to the golf course. Tough to dress on a day like this. 38° now on its way to 58°.
If you like to laugh at Louisville, be careful and don't forget to breathe!
Have a great day! Fairways and greens!
If you like to laugh at Louisville, be careful and don't forget to breathe!
Have a great day! Fairways and greens!
Came across a song today I'd never heard before: Waylon Jennings covering an old Jimmy Buffet tune. The Youtube video overlaid isn't my cup of tea, but a soulful version of a thoughtful song.
It was the Age of The Marlboro Man
I'll try to remember to post this again when page 4501 rolls around.
Roy had an unmistakable look about him.
My wife thinks he has one of the greatest voices of all time. She may be right
Great song. Thanks for posting. Roy had it until the end, as this song released after his death proves.
Interesting backstory, if you haven't heard it.
Bono of U2 watched the movie Blue Velvet with Roy singing on the soundtrack, then went to sleep and dreamed the basic structure of this song - which he at first thought he was remembering Roy Orbison sign in the movie. Shortly after, Orbison unexpectedly paid the band a visit, and Bono broke out what he'd done with this song, and they finished it together. Or so Bono claims. I hope its true, a mysterious beginning to a sound about feminine mystique.
Waylon is a special person. Back when I was a kid he was playing with Buddy Holly. I loved Buddy Holly and then he died in a plane crash.
Waylon ended up with a massive body of work. God bless his soul.
His best song, in my book, was Billy. It was about him and I always assumed it was about him and Willy Nelson. It is not played very often but it is wonderful. It is a "country" "blues" type song.
I second her vote.
The big O was my man. Geeze I spent a lot of $.098 on his records. Then I bought all of the 33 1/3 rds. Then the CD's. I love Roy. I still greave his death and it has been a long time ago.
Very nice.
I'd never heard that song before Bert. Could be about Willie Nelson. Like all good songs it is universal enough that it could be about any friend/brother with whom a man faced the "thunder and the sunshine" as Tennyson put it.
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You're welcome. Austin threw threw the pass.
Eat cheap and tip big!
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Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging race-baiting attack to boost career. GOOD! Bastard. Guilty on 5 of 6 charges.
Good deal! I read a story last night about jury nullification and Jussie's attempt to get a black juror to just throw out the facts and find him innocent. Hung jury and he walks. So glad to see that everyone of every race and political party agree that that SOB needs to be locked up.
I'm a little beery at the moment. I mean everyone on the jury.
He'll go down with the Bubba Wallace's of this world. The kind that don't give a damn about improving race relations. Keep the pot boiling. The Al Sharpton playbook.
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