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[Sawnee Cat]

Good Thursday Morning

Waiting for the sun to come up with 72° and clear skies. Today should be a sunny day with only 4% chance of rain. We will hit 84°. Reading some of your posts on hot weather up North is strange, some as high as 96°. I think the all time record around here is about that. We usually have a nice breeze off of the Gulf to keep us comfortable. I really don't need AC since I was raised without it but my wife could not survive without it. She use to love the sun and beach life but as she got older she changed. She likes the cold weather now.

Today I start rehab on my left shoulder. I should have started this months ago but I put it off until I had to do something. The days of my bouncing back after an injury are coming to an end.

I trust all are well and in good spirits. Football is in the air so I am living the dream. Go CATS

 

[warrior-cat]

Ole MdW is about three fourths Casanova....😁

And 1/4 Bossa nova considering all of the music he posts on here. (yeah I know not the same style but...)

 

[MdWIldcat55]

And 1/4 Bossa nova considering all of the music he posts on here. (yeah I know not the same style but...)

If only I could feel like a Super Nova again once in a while —hot, shiny and bursting with energy. But I’m sure some of you older guys can sympathize with the feeling.

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

About a 12-degree shift from yesterday with today's temp supposed to be around 86°. Tomorrow supposed to be back up in the high 90's.

Normal day for me today, workout in about 45 minutes from now and then playing Mr. Miyagi at around 10:00. I use that time frame also to pick up whatever we need from the stores in Lawton OK. Now I just need my wife to tell me what "we" need.

Don't generally watch Monday or Thursday night football unless there is a good match up but, I am going to watch tonight. Not a Marquee game (Steelers and Browns) but football none the less.

You guys be careful out there today and God Bless.

 

[warrior-cat]

If only I could feel like a Super Nova again once in a while —hot, shiny and bursting with energy. But I’m sure some of you older guys can sympathize with the feeling.

If it were me, I would tell you I am more like a Chevy Nova. Old but still good looking.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 71° and rainy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will become mostly sunny and bring a high of 72°.

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

If it were me, I would tell you I am more like a Chevy Nova. Old but still good looking.

I’m like the Mexican version of the Chevy Nova. Remember GM tried to sell it to our Latino friends until somebody pointed out “No Va” was Spanish slang for “won’t go.”

 

[berniecarbo]

Roger Maris’ $5,000 advice to Sal Durante, who caught his 61st homer

Sal Durante was 19 years old in 1961 when he caught Roger Maris’ record-breaking 61st home run ball.

nypost.com

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

It is 70.7°F and sunny here and the weather forecast says only a high of 75°F. We got up to 96° yesterday on both porches even though it was supposed to top out at 95°. It was hot and then last afternoon we had a two minute wind and rain event. The temps plunged and we got .06" of rain nearly instantly. Then it stopped and the sun came back out. It was strange.

You all enjoy your Thursday.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Not in a buffalo herd for sure.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

It is 70.7°F and sunny here and the weather forecast says only a high of 75°F. We got up to 96° yesterday on both porches even though it was supposed to top out at 95°. It was hot and then last afternoon we had a two minute wind and rain event. The temps plunged and we got .06" of rain nearly instantly. Then it stopped and the sun came back out. It was strange.

You all enjoy your Thursday.

We are now at 78.3°F. So much for forecasts.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 70°F and clear. Today's high could touch 100°F. I believe we maxed out at 99°F yesterday.

Heading into the office this morning so keeping it short.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

Not prejudiced..... I like most any chocolate...

 

[BBUK]

And 1/4 Bossa nova considering all of the music he posts on here. (yeah I know not the same style but...)

Why don't you just call him Elvis.... He has the rep... 😁

 

[BBUK]

Hello all,

Finally able to take a breather during the day. Still engaged but I sure do miss the capability I had to stay online more. Good people are hard to come by though I am working with a few now you all are good people. Thanks

 

[vhcat70]

So in the 480 bc battle of Thermopyles between the Greeks and
Persians, memorialized in the film 300, how many Greeks died?

 

[_Rooster]

 

[vhcat70]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 71° and rainy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will become mostly sunny and bring a high of 72°.

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

Been there. Felt like Vietnam Memorial. Dad’s future battleship was only one at Pearl not on Battleship Row Dec. 7 but in dry dock a couple miles away. Still badly damaged but soon was in the fight all over the Pacific. AZ’s sister ship.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

We are now at 78.3°F. So much for forecasts.

The job where you don't get fired for being wrong.

 

[BBUK]

The job where you don't get fired for being wrong.

Yeah it amazes me how wrong the weather "predictions" in the states seem to have always been.

While in Korea from 2012 to 2015 if the weatherman stated it was going to rain at 2:15, at 2:14 be opening your umbrella... (Seemed to always be accurate. So accurate it made me notice.)

 

[berniecarbo]

Been there. Felt like Vietnam Memorial. Dad’s future battleship was only one at Pearl not on Battleship Row Dec. 7 but in dry dock a couple miles away. Still badly damaged but soon was in the fight all over the Pacific. AZ’s sister ship.

Many years ago the traveling Viet Nam Memorial came near here. My daughter and her then boyfriend (a vet) wanted to take me to see it. I wanted no part of it, but they were trying to honor me, so I went along and acted nice about it. I guess it's to honor the dead and for the families of those who died. Personally, it makes me very uncomfortable. Maybe I am being selfish, but it's the Why Me Lord thing I've posted about before. One of the things that haunts me still is one night I was the head of a SAT team. We patrolled our sector to check on security posts and to provide quick back up in case of an emergency. The ROK marines had the sector right next to us and we got a call that something was going on and to provide back up immediately.

As we drove up, we could hear unholy almost demonic noises, primal noises. The closer we got, the louder they were. Turns out the ROK had caught a woman (likely prostitute) sneaking on base. They had taken a slap flare and set it off inside her female parts. She was literally burning to death from the inside. On a quiet night, I can still hear her. I can't call it screams, because that would be human noises.

 

[UK82]

Moon Drop grapes. In season to November.

 

[starchief5]

For those who've lived in Middlesboro, here's a cool view taken from Tri-States Peak. You can see airfield runway on the right.

I have a cousin who owned a plane. that he kept at that airport. He took me up one day and I was able to see the tri-state area's topography for the first time.

 

[BBUK]

I have a cousin who owned a plane. that he kept at that airport. He took me up one day and I was able to see the tri-state area's topography for the first time.

Did anyone every know a Jack Colson? (Pretty sure that was his name.) I heard his name many times when I was younger associated with him being an exceptional pilot. (In the Middlesboro area.)

Edit: (Thought I'd search the name to see how close I was to my memory. (Just a senility test on my part.)

Read a bit to see Jack mentioned a time or two... (Under MASTIN, META KERR)

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[BBUK]

That's about it...

 

[berniecarbo]

That's about it...

Big Ali fan. I appreciate those who work hard and Ali did that,especially the young Ali. My favorite quote of his is "the fight is won or lost in the gym and Out on the road long before I dance under those lights."

 

[BBUK]

Big Ali fan. I appreciate those who work hard and Ali did that,especially the young Ali. My favorite quote of his is "the fight is won or lost in the gym and Out on the road long before I dance under those lights."

I had much respect for Ali, religion aside, he did what he did and owned it. He never ran. He was a kind soul and practiced his religion. I was in an insurance class with his mother in law once in Louisville. She gave me his address in Michigan and told me if I wrote him, he'd answer back. I regret, I never did...

 

[warrior-cat]

I met Ali when I was a kid in Louisville. A family at the end of the block where we lived on Fernwood Ave. knew him personally and he came to visit them once or twice for dinner on the weekend. When he was to come, their son would let me, and some friends know he was coming. He was very nice to all of the kids who waited for him and shook our hands and greeted us and talked for a few minutes before going inside. He is my favorite fighter of all time. Not just for that but the fact that he was the greatest.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and clear. Today's high expected around 99°F. Fall is upon us yet summer will not let go.

I got nothing. Happy Friday, y'all.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[warrior-cat]

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

Headed for mid 90's today with light winds. Did get cooler overnight as we have 58° right now. Just waiting for the days to cool enough where I can spend the whole day fishing. Better chance to catch the lunkers.

Watched the game between the Browns and the Steelers last night and it was pretty good. Chubb is the real deal running back and Brisset the back up to Deshaun Watson has a cannon for an arm. He fires bullets and looks pretty good. If I were the Browns given Watson's reputation, I would find a way to get rid of him. I know he is good but, he is suspended for 11 games for sexual misconduct with at least 24 women 23 of which he has settled out of court with. Yeah, I know 5-year $230 million dollar contract would be hard to get rid of but, there should be a clause in his contract that would make it null and void such as conduct unbecoming of the organization or something. If Brisset does well and has the Browns in the hunt, it could be a hard choice once his suspension is over. He cannot play his first game until the first week of December.

Well anyway, TGIF for those working and God Bless to all wanting or needing it.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Friday Morning

Football tomorrow. The weather is pleasant with mostly sunny skies. Our low last night was in the 60's and today we will get up to the mid 80's. It has been a very quiet hurricane season with high winds so far about 7 mph and gusts to 15. We still have two more months and things can change overnight. But we are ready.

I trust all have a great day.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League.

Overnight fall arrived. 49 degrees right now — long sleeve weather for the first time since May.

A quick Ali story: Several years back we wanted to do an article on family caregiving - the challenges many face. I was good friends with Jon Saraceno who some of you may recall was a long-time boxing commentator on ESPN and writer for USA Today. He had good relations with the Ali family and when I asked wife Lonnie and Muhammad to be the center of the story —through Jon — they agreed.

I had an African-American female colleague whose husband was battling cancer and when she heard we were doing the story she was excited: “Ali has been my husbands greatest hero all his life and it’ll inspire him just reading about this,” she says.

So I asked Jon if he had any chance to see if Ali would scrawl an autograph for the guy.

A while later I get a package. Inside is our magazine autographed by Ali to the sick man. But there is also a sealed envelope to him.

When I gave it to woman she started crying. She said when she gave it to her husband he wept tears of joy —first true happiness he’d experienced since the cancer diagnosis.

The woman told me inside the envelope was a long letter dictated by Ali to her husband through his wife Lonnie, all about what he’d learned about facing adversity and the importance of courage and not quitting.

Thats who Ali was after the sum of his life experiences.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning D-League.

Overnight fall arrived. 49 degrees right now — long sleeve weather for the first time since May.

A quick Ali story: Several years back we wanted to do an article on family caregiving - the challenges many face. I was good friends with Jon Saraceno who some of you may recall was a long-time boxing commentator on ESPN and writer for USA Today. He had good relations with the Ali family and when I asked wife Lonnie and Muhammad to be the center of the story —through Jon — they agreed.

I had an African-American female colleague whose husband was battling cancer and when she heard we were doing the story she was excited: “Ali has been my husbands greatest hero all his life and it’ll inspire him just reading about this,” she says.

So I asked Jon if he had any chance to see if Ali would scrawl an autograph for the guy.

A while later I get a package. Inside is our magazine autographed by Ali to the sick man. But there is also a sealed envelope to him.

When I gave it to woman she started crying. She said when she gave it to her husband he wept tears of joy —first true happiness he’d experienced since the cancer diagnosis.

The woman told me inside the envelope was a long letter dictated by Ali to her husband through his wife Lonnie, all about what he’d learned about facing adversity and the importance of courage and not quitting.

Thats who Ali was after the sum of his life experiences.

Haven't heard this one, but have heard stories of his kindness. BTW I read a story about why he put on the act he did. When he was young, he went to a wrestling event that featured Gorgeous George in the main event. GG was a "villain", but they still came to see him. The arena was packed. Butts in the seats is what Ali took from it. Do what it takes to get butts in the seats.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Haven't heard this one, but have heard stories of his kindness. BTW I read a story about why he put on the act he did. When he was young, he went to a wrestling event that featured Gorgeous George in the main event. GG was a "villain", but they still came to see him. The arena was packed. Butts in the seats is what Ali took from it. Do what it takes to get butts in the seats.

He changed so many things with his talent and his persona. A true American original.

For those who might be interested, here's the story I commissioned Jon to write, and a short video interview with Lonnie.

It's not a light read -- it's about the challenges of dealing with caring for a person with Parkinson's. But it captures what he and Lonnie were dealing with later in his life, and I thought we treated him and the situation with dignity. By the way, if you care enough to open this, scan down the the black and white photo of Ali kidding around with his wife Lonnie in Louisiville when she was just a young girl. Amazing they met again later and became life partners.

I have a poster-sized copy of that cover photo of very frail Muhammed and his wife on my home office wall.

Video: Caregiving for the Champ, Muhammad Ali and Parkinsons Disease

Learn how Lonnie Ali has towered in her husband's corner as his primary caregiver for many years.

www.aarp.org

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently a cool 47° and sunny here in Eastern Kentucky. The afternoon forecast will bring mostly sunny skies and a high of 69°.

Weather like this puts you in the mood for some chili or homemade vegetable soup.

Everyone stay safe on this Friday.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[RunninRichie]

Morning D-league. I followed my great uncle's (great aunt's husband) family line and found out I have 20 confederates on that side of the family (From MS, GA, TN, and MO) and 3-4 unionists (mostly from MO and eastern TN) Of note is Henry ''Tobe'' McPherson of Lee county, MS. He served in the 2nd Mississippi infantry regiment. In the army of northern Virginia commanded by the notorious Robert E. Lee

He was on the roll of honor for his actions at Gettysburg on the railroad cut and died in 1864 at the battle of the wilderness. He was 22.