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I try and keep the negative from basketball or politics off the D League.
That shows some real discipline because in today's society discernment seems to be lost and much of it caused by political pride. Your disclosure is fine. I've been thinking about making more noise. Maybe the Political Board, I've friends there who understand my take, thanks to the D.

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That shows some real discipline because in today's society discernment seems to be lost and much of it caused by political pride. Your disclosure is fine. I've been thinking about making more noise. Maybe the Political Board, I've friends there who understand my my take, thanks to the D.

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So, you been ducking it until now huh? Now I understand...
 
That shows some real discipline because in today's society discernment seems to be lost and much of it caused by political pride. Your disclosure is fine. I've been thinking about making more noise. Maybe the Political Board, I've friends there who understand my take, thanks to the D.

Ducks Unlimited.
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If I went to the political board I would be banned the first damned day.

I am to the right of Attila The Hun.
 
I've been retired for a year. I left government service with the 2020 election result. I knew that was coming if Trump lost. I understood that would be my best option when told I was informed that I needed to negotiate my opinions. Because of the politically imposed travel mask mandate, I'm a psuedo-prisoner in a home based lock-down on the edge of civilization. However, no longer being a government investigator, I haven't put on a mask since I the last time I went to work to turn in the paperwork.

I'll wait to hear from Shaeden.
No I remember but I thought you stayed on as a part-timer, consultant. I must be thinking about somebody else.
 
No I remember but I thought you stayed on as a part-timer, consultant. I must be thinking about somebody else.
That was discussed at the time. When I was directed to do things I figured out, their way, and neither scientists nor administrators could not explain how that could work, I wasn't interested.
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So, you been ducking it until now huh? Now I understand...
Nope. Didn't duck a dang thing. Anything I didn't do wasn't worth doing at that time.
 
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A favorite Tom T. Hall song.

The details he sings here are not similar to my story. But I suppose everyone raised in a tight family in a small Kentucky town who followed life's path to another place and another life can identify with the sadness of feeling alienated from your home and your people.

 
A favorite Tom T. Hall song.

The details he sings here are not similar to my story. But I suppose everyone raised in a tight family in a small Kentucky town who followed life's path to another place and another life can identify with the sadness of feeling alienated from your home and your people.

I have the record.

It is similar to my experience, except I helped bury all my family except a couple uncles and aunts. When I was a 1,000 miles away they died two weeks apart. You can not take that much vacation and personal time and keep a high paying job.

I always wonder about Barbara Walker. I bet she is great.
 
I have the record.

It is similar to my experience, except I helped bury all my family except a couple uncles and aunts. When I was a 1,000 miles away they died two weeks apart. You can not take that much vacation and personal time and keep a high paying job.

I always wonder about Barbara Walker. I bet she is great.
We all have a Barbara Walker in our lives...

I was the oldest in my family and I know it hurt my mother and probably my father when, at 21 and on the last day of college classes my senior year, I drove by the place to collect a few things and told them all I was moving to Miami. Between then and now I've only managed to make it home 2-5 times a year. I've lived over two-thirds of my life elsewhere, but to this day when anybody asks me where I'm from I still say that town of 900 people no one has ever heard of.
 
A favorite Tom T. Hall song.

The details he sings here are not similar to my story. But I suppose everyone raised in a tight family in a small Kentucky town who followed life's path to another place and another life can identify with the sadness of feeling alienated from your home and your people.


That relates to most ANY family if they take the time to contemplate. I sure have been doing that a lot lately. Being the youngest and the brother that left the area of Michigan where I grew up. All I can say is I am thankful for the phone and texts along with emails. BUT, not sure I'd be where I am at if those things didn't exist. In any event, I am thankful.

I really enjoy Tom T. Hall music...
 
We all have a Barbara Walker in our lives...

I was the oldest in my family and I know it hurt my mother and probably my father when, at 21 and on the last day of college classes my senior year, I drove by the place to collect a few things and told them all I was moving to Miami. Between then and now I've only managed to make it home 2-5 times a year. I've lived over two-thirds of my life elsewhere, but to this day when anybody asks me where I'm from I still say that town of 900 people no one has ever heard of.

Not me!!!

Okay maybe BUT, I saw her on Facebook after she grew up. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
 
A favorite Tom T. Hall song.

The details he sings here are not similar to my story. But I suppose everyone raised in a tight family in a small Kentucky town who followed life's path to another place and another life can identify with the sadness of feeling alienated from your home and your people.

My favorite Tom T LP was "The Magnificient Machine" He's a great story teller, writer and musician. Another of fabulous Kentucky artists for sure and deserves the HoF recognition.


The Magnificent Music Machine <<< Full Album
 
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Man,
I like Garth Brooks music or used to but I was never a groupie but I sure do like and relate to this one...




I cannot express in words how much I adore my Darling... No way I deserve her.... Only God, with his mercy and grace would provide me what I have....
Your adoration and devotion to your family is wonderful and awesome. Now Garth tells an incomplete story. I too have had friends in low places. Garth left out the part about them being a pain in the side . . . and around the corner too!
 
One of my daddy's favorites. I have the whole series on DVD.

Whoa, that is a treasure. I'd sure like to digitize some DVD's for you... ;)

I have a bunch of, if not most of what I have in a format I can play online. I probably have at least 150 movies. The stuff I like but I am no where near where I want to be as I want to create MP4 format for all the movies I have as that greatly reduces the size of the files.

For instance, I have The Expendables 3 on part of my screen now and can watch it in between the work I am doing. (My employer gets much more than I take.) Of course I have my computer setup right next to my work computer so I really do not have to move other than to twist a little in my chair...
 
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First day back in the office. Ha, hardly anyone there, probably because today is a TX State holiday (San Jacinto Day). Another 8 hours for the books. My planned July vacation will use banked comp-time. Should still have 235 hours extra by then, or nearly 6 weeks.

Got some rain this afternoon. Stopped by Hat Creek and grabbed a few burgers, fries and tea. Pup excited to see me. Wife says she gets depressed when I'm away.

Anyways, grabbed The Fredericksburger. Delicious.

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I'm gonna lay a bet down (unofficially, and of no dollar value) that Sharpe either is proven to have not graduated last May but "too late to do anything about it," or the NBA CBA declares him ineligible for the draft for whatever reason and he transfers to another school anyway because the fans here have been a little over the top about his not playing (which makes the fans even more ballistic).

This program has started to resemble the keystone cops. Wouldn't it be funny if the coach was from Pennsylvania? (The answer is "no," it would not be funny.)
 
I am not a Cal fan, but I very rarely post on RR and I try and keep the negative from basketball or politics off the D League. I don't want to come in some one's home and pee on their carpet. Full disclosure, I am a moderator on a small site (Dynasty Defenders).

I apologize for bringing a lot of that here. I think I've done too much of that, and I'm sorry.
 
I cannot express in words how much I adore my Darling... No way I deserve her.... Only God, with his mercy and grace would provide me what I have....
I understand and you know I might have a different take and I do. I will not disagree in any way that an unanswered prayer is often a blessing in disguise. Most folks don't know what they need or want. Being an ape, I feel I had Elk power and could love many. Being human, I know to make a decision and choose. When I met my wife I was old enough to know that there were many more women available than I could possibly need. The men who raised me made sure I'd know marriage is best a disctplined decision. I was attracted to the one on a rebound, who chased the others away, flipped burgers all day toting a 4 year old to and from the baby sitter. Then did not trust me for 10 years. And that was after her mother told her I was a saint. That wasn't true but was able to confirm the rumored royal roots of the my paternal Papaw being a catholic descendant of their families and he made sure I learned those lessons he had without ever mentioning the sources. I was on my own to figure out the truth and expected to share/discuss it with the family. Now those were some interesting discussions. Not bad lessons for a Long Run Babdist to know with most of the family being protestant.​
I've been nursing a lower back injury since Tuesday. Lower back pain is a pain. Please feel free to quote me. I'm like uncle Joe, I'm movin' kinda slow at the junction.
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Lie on floor resting legs on couch or ottoman to stretch & rest lower back.
 
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You know, I missed the smell of spring until recently. All it was in the city was mowed lawns and more car exhaust as traffic got 3 times worse. We lived in a city when I was a kid, but there were farms and nature preserves close by. The smell of the fields was different, and the woods and pastures seemed to soak up and drown out the noise of traffic back then. It didn't take long to change of course, but by the time it did, my life had too.

I was caught up in the stuff that didn't matter, and all I paid attention to from there were sunsets now and then for many years. Now that we're back out in the countryside, I remember the sights, sounds, and smells of my grandmother's farm in the country. Everything was different there. Hard work, but a steady pace.

Wish I could've spent more time there with her and her husband (that I only knew as Grandpa back then) and their horses. Our family busted up pretty good over the years once she lost the farm. Formalities remained until me and my cousins left home. Now I can't even get my brothers to visit me no matter how many times I've visited them.

At least I have the countryside and a good woman, good family, and God as my father.
 
I've been nursing a lower back injury since Tuesday. Lower back pain is a pain. Please feel free to quote me. I'm like uncle Joe, I'm movin' kinda slow at the junction.

I've been to see all kinds of docs about mine over the years. Best thing I did was find a great MT that knows PT, and can work knots out, help me stretch, and figure out what I've done that got me in such bad shape to need him. Also found a Chiro that doesn't pop my back, but tries instead to educate me to get it back in shape slowly. I used to spend days on my back just 10 years ago because of injuries I suffered in my teens and early 20s.

I never knew that how you sit and on what was so dang important until I turned 40. Now I have to watch how I stand and how I walk, what shoes I wear, and how I sleep. I'm considering a full body cast (padded of course) in which to get my nightly rest
 
I love those trains. They are the ultimate tool. No superfluous bullshit, just pure function. Kind of like a lathe. The only machine capable of reproducing itself.
Urgent headline-

"Capitol police arrest terrorist trying to destroy Congress with homemade explosive device...." Capitol police refused to comment on the "ongoing investigation" but ensured members of the royal family Congress that such an insurrection would be punished to the fullest extent of the law and then some.



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Here is a picture of the alleged assailant in the act. It is expected the Russian will be jailed for 10 years with all the video games and candy he can stand, at taxpayer expense of course, until his trial, (since his parents are conservative), and the man will receive honorary degrees and a Senate post upon his indoctrination release from maximum security prison.

It is rumored that he mentioned trying "to hit Ukraine" with his next attempt, which is why his sentence was doubled by Pelosi and Biden prosecutors from 5 years, but was not tripled because the device had origins in China.

Other than the fact that "he was wearing that Russian red hoodie, and acting like he belonged here in a public place," said Capitol police officer Will "Coyote" Edwards, "..no one else would have suspected his true intentions, but we were onto him from the first week he tried to launch the device. Then we waited until we could catch him in the act."

"Bystanders noticed the SWAT van a half mile from the park with a flat tire, but no one would give us a lift," said one team member, "or else we'd have kept him from launching the other 5 devices."
Did you write that? I thought it was awesome and the best laugh I've had so far today. Thanks, regardless.
Needs to be asked to retire. Jay Wright was the only other guy in the college game I wanted to coach here for a while. He may have understood what the job meant. This guy doesn't. He's made some memories and won a title, though. I'm just not that into him anymore ;)
I think he still has it in him to succeed. I base that assumption on my belief that basketball is not rocket science. All the coaches know just as much about basketball as all the others.

Cal has had some setbacks on what he thought he would have. We have to forgive him for that. It's not Cal's fault that CJ tore his hamstring last year. It's not his fault if his best 3 point shooter misses 8 in a game.

On the other hand. I'm tired of hearing him talk. I would rather him remain quiet and be thought dumb, than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.
I've been retired for a year. I left government service with the 2020 election result. I knew that was coming if Trump lost. I understood that would be my best option when told I was informed that I needed to negotiate my opinions. Because of the politically imposed travel mask mandate, I'm a psuedo-prisoner in a home based lock-down on the edge of civilization. However, no longer being a government investigator, I haven't put on a mask since I the last time I went to work to turn in the paperwork.

I'll wait to hear from Shaeden.
I appreciate you. You're one of those guys that makes me want to ask you questions.
I am not a Cal fan, but I very rarely post on RR and I try and keep the negative from basketball or politics off the D League. I don't want to come in some one's home and pee on their carpet. Full disclosure, I am a moderator on a small site (Dynasty Defenders).
You're not in someone's home here. You are in YOU're home. Bitch about Cal all you want.
I'm guessing Cal ears are burning pretty good right now.
If you could see him in his kitchen, I bet his tongue is burning hotter than his ears. Cal ain't normal people.
That shows some real discipline because in today's society discernment seems to be lost and much of it caused by political pride. Your disclosure is fine. I've been thinking about making more noise. Maybe the Political Board, I've friends there who understand my take, thanks to the D.

Ducks Unlimited.
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You can make more noise right here if you want to, pal. I'll argue with you about anything you want. You choose the side and I'll take the other. It will be like wrestling in the mud with a pig. After a while you'll understand, the pig likes it.
No I remember but I thought you stayed on as a part-timer, consultant. I must be thinking about somebody else.
I forgot why I quoted this.
 
Did you write that? I thought it was awesome and the best laugh I've had so far today. Thanks, regardless.

Got it from a friend that still watches the news sometimes. He watches it for the sheer hilarity/hypocrisy of it all and to give his local friends a hard time without them knowing it. He wrote it after seeing the Capitol evac because of the baseball flyover

I think he still has it in him to succeed. I base that assumption on my belief that basketball is not rocket science. All the coaches know just as much about basketball as all the others.

Cal has had some setbacks on what he thought he would have. We have to forgive him for that. It's not Cal's fault that CJ tore his hamstring last year. It's not his fault if his best 3 point shooter misses 8 in a game.

On the other hand. I'm tired of hearing him talk. I would rather him remain quiet and be thought dumb, than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.

Agreed 100%
 
Ask and ye shall receive:

I can understand taking 10 million. I've thought about it long and hard. Before Oscar I would have for sure. Now I'm not so sure. If I'm going to make what 100/200 million playing ball. I'd spend as much time as possible serving with Oscar, knowing I'll get 20 million next year. I'd do what is correct with no regrets then receive the blessing or not. My choice would be setting the example and having faith. Now that's easy for me because I'm been trying to get into heaven for some 70 years now and continue to make no regret decisions.
 
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