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[MdWIldcat55]

I'll need Austin to figure this out:

I was getting off the subway last night and spotted a quarter. I picked it up and noted that it was one of those state quarters -- KANSAS! Normally I'd consider that a bad omen in the days before the KU game. I mean, Kansas quarters are pretty rare.

But then I remembered that in November I found a quarter the day before the Kentucky-Michigan State game, and it was a KENTUCKY quarter. I was sure that guaranteed a win, but it was a loss. So, maybe finding a Kansas quarter guarantees a loss -- for Kansas.

I know omens and superstitions are real, but they can be hard to read.

 

[storm1507]

Based on my Ancestry DNA test I am 42% Scot. I have the freckles and red hair to prove it! I really don't know how they separate the Scot from English but they do.

Do you also have the skin cancer that goes along with the red hair/freckles? I've said for decades that I'm the poster child for skin cancer(basal cell).

 

[warrior-cat]

I'll need Austin to figure this out:

I was getting off the subway last night and spotted a quarter. I picked it up and noted that it was one of those state quarters -- KANSAS! Normally I'd consider that a bad omen in the days before the KU game. I mean, Kansas quarters are pretty rare.

But then I remembered that in November I found a quarter the day before the Kentucky-Michigan State game, and it was a KENTUCKY quarter. I was sure that guaranteed a win, but it was a loss. So, maybe finding a Kansas quarter guarantees a loss -- for Kansas.

I know omens and superstitions are real, but they can be hard to read.

Speaking of quarters, did everyone here know that every US Quarter, dime, half dollar, and dollar coins minted before 1965 contained 90% silver? I didn't before a few weeks ago. Now I am sifting through my coins as I go along and am saving those.

Edited: @AustinTXCat, keep an eye out for those.

 

[BBUK]

Speaking of quarters, did everyone here know that every US Quarter, dime, half dollar, and dollar coins minted before 1965 contained 90% silver? I didn't before a few weeks ago. Now I am sifting through my coins as I go along and am saving those.

Makes sense to me...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Speaking of quarters, did everyone here know that every US Quarter, dime, half dollar, and dollar coins minted before 1965 contained 90% silver? I didn't before a few weeks ago. Now I am sifting through my coins as I go along and am saving those.

Oh yeah. Back in the first big metals boom in the 1970s when silver prices soared, young guys like I was then scoured change like mad, buying as many quarter and dime rolls from banks as we could afford and digging through parents' coin stashes. You could flat out sell any quarter or dime 1964 or older for 3-4 times its face value, and they were only about ten years old then, so they were floating around.

That's why you'll be really lucky to find many today. I'd say the vast majority were rooted out and melted down back in the 1970s.

 

[BBUK]

Busy busy, ready to start our taxes...sigh.... Been streamlining my office to where it's not so cluttered. Got my new UPS two days ago and got the 14 gauge six foot extension just a few minutes ago... Cleaning dust is the hard part but me and Joshua did it.

My granddaughter is having her third birthday party tomorrow..,

Have a house to possibly put up for rent tomorrow....yadda, yadda, yadda plus store some things for my buddy who is moving to Florida...

Sorry for the earlier rant. Just need to stop sometime...but,. Not today...🤔🧐😕 Have a great rest of your day...

 

[BBUK]

You all are making me check my change. Gonna open and check on the BB's piggy bank. Boy has about $25 in change in that...🤔😏😏

 

[Girthang]

Speaking of quarters, did everyone here know that every US Quarter, dime, half dollar, and dollar coins minted before 1965 contained 90% silver? I didn't before a few weeks ago. Now I am sifting through my coins as I go along and am saving those.

Edited: @AustinTXCat, keep an eye out for those.

I find a ton of 1965s. And not the rare ones...

 

[Girthang]

Good morning...

Want a lesson in stupid..

MSN

www.msn.com

This is a good one. Publicizing this brings copycats....lots of them... Just to see if they can...

Just DUMB....

Yeah, I'm up.... We shall see. I am thankful. Have a great day...

Was just talking about that. I wondered out loud if the fibs knew who they were because they sometimes employed them. They can't always just use the cia to hack and spy on citizens.

 

[BBUK]

Was just talking about that. I wondered out loud if the fibs knew who they were because they sometimes employed them. They can't always just use the cia to hack and spy on citizens.

They have those they strong-arm but hackers are a dime a dozen now. You are supposed to try hard as technology professionals, especially federal IT professionals from keeping hackers from becoming crackers...

Do not present open challenges to hackers.

Think of video game players...it's very addictive...

 

[Girthang]

Just saw something really eye-opening. There's this "homeless guy" who works a major intersection near where I live where the traffic lights can hang you up for 3-4 minutes. He walks among the cars begging -- I've seen him rake in 4-5 bills (assuming $1) at a light change and have even given him a dollar or two myself. Assuming 20 light changes an hour, it would be possible the guy is grossing close to $100 an hour.

Today I got to that intersection a little before 9am and a late-model Subaru Outback pulls up. My wife has a 2017 same model and this one looked newer and better maintained. So, the bum climbs out of the back seat, goes to the hatchback and pulls out his supplies - a little chair, his money bucket etc. I notice there are 3-4 other guys sitting in the Subaru, no doubt heading for their spots to start begging.

Some guy is running a crew of these bums, and I could see him raking in a few thousand bucks a day. What a scam!

They've been doing that in Lexington for years. They interviewed a panhandler here but kept his identity secret. He was making 6 figures. That group here in Lexington changes things up every so often. They rotate their people to different spots all over town.

When they first started doing it, I gave some money to a guy and his wife one day. Later that week I was at a stoplight on the other end of town and saw the same couple with a different sign/story, and rolled my window down to talk to him. He "didn't remember me," but I remembered both of them. I parked and watched them for 6min or so. They called someone and got into a car that came for them and started to leave. I drove past and made it clear I was taking a photo of them. The guy was smiling....

We only give our money to people we know to be in need or to those who provide it to the community. Seen and met too many that are professional scammers. God's pantry is one that we and our friends have trusted for that. We've volunteered at a couple places as well.

 

[Girthang]

They have those they strong-arm but hackers are a dime a dozen now. You are supposed to try hard as technology professionals, especially federal IT professionals from keeping hackers from becoming crackers...

Do not present open challenges to hackers.

Think of video game players...it's very addictive...

Asking for a friend... is that a pre-1965 dime or just a regular old dime ?

I get the addiction of it. It's like gambling, puzzles, and video games together. Read a book on it once that a work acquaintance told me about back in the late 90s. Gave it a try and was able to hack an email account they gave me to practice on. Never did anything like that again.

Wish I had gone into cyber-security years ago. It was very interesting to say the least.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Based on my Ancestry DNA test I am 42% Scot. I have the freckles and red hair to prove it! I really don't know how they separate the Scot from English but they do.

My father's side was pure Scot Irish. His mother, father, grandparents, etc all immigrated from Northern Ireland or as they said Ulster Scot. In America we call them Scot Irish. Mother had about 20% Scot with the remainder being English and one grandmother that was half German. My DNA reflected all of them with the addition of some Nordic blood probably from the Vikings who invaded Scotland back around 1,000 AD. My name is pure "Scotland" but was given to a man who had fled from Ireland. He was named after the city he fled from but the spelling was changed.

We have a ton of red heads in our family and several blonds. I happened to be a blonde or "tow head" as my family called us. I have several cousins with blonde hair.

 

[BBUK]

My father's side was pure Scot Irish. His mother, father, grandparents, etc all immigrated from Northern Ireland or as they said Ulster Scot. In America we call them Scot Irish. Mother had about 20% Scot with the remainder being English and one grandmother that was half German. My DNA reflected all of them with the addition of some Nordic blood probably from the Vikings who invaded Scotland back around 1,000 AD. My name is pure "Scotland" but was given to a man who had fled from Ireland. He was named after the city he fled from but the spelling was changed.

We have a ton of red heads in our family and several blonds. I happened to be a blonde or "tow head" as my family called us. I have several cousins with blonde hair.

Reminds me of a John Wayne movie Sir...😏😁

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Do you also have the skin cancer that goes along with the red hair/freckles? I've said for decades that I'm the poster child for skin cancer(basal cell).

For some strange reason my family has been spared skin cancer. Lots of redheads, blondes and many born and raised in Florida but never skin cancer.

My grandfather was a citrus grower and in the sun constantly. But he dressed for it. He wore a heavy cotton long sleeve shirt and wore a straw cowboy hat. He always wore long pants. He said if you run around in the sun without covering your body you were asking for a painful slow death because this Florida sun will eat you alive.

My grandmother was old school too and she dressed in long dresses that had long sleeves. When she went out she would put on a white pair of ladies gloves. It was just different back then. The old timers went to the beach dressed like that.

I think there is something to this because I have seen skin cancer and one person was a co-worker. She was a beauty and loved the beach. She played beach volleyball and worshipped the sun. She was pure blonde, had fair skin and her ancestry was from Scandinavia. At the age of 55 she got melanoma and it was all down hill from there. She had one of the most painful deaths one could imagine and at the end she was going blind. Cancer spread all over her body but she was strong from being very athletic and fought it off until the end. But it got her.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Speaking of 1964 silver coins, here's a coin nerd story.

As they were phasing out silver quarters and dimes in 1964, they minted an incredible number of 1964 nickels to fill the gap -- nearly THREE BILLION. To put that into context, the next year in 1965 they only minted 136 million nickels - a little over four percent as many. To put it into more context it's enough so that even today - not counting ones lost or destroyed - every American could still own nearly ten 1964 nickels.

As a result, I noticed all the way into the 1990s, if you had a pocket full of change you were pretty likely to have a 1964 nickel. Back when people carried change in their purses or pockets, I'd bet people that they were carrying a 1964 nickel. Women with change purses almost always had one and they'd be amazed you knew they were randomly carrying a nickel from 30 or more years ago. But it wasn't random. Just probability.

Too much time has passed so I doubt it would still work.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Do you also have the skin cancer that goes along with the red hair/freckles? I've said for decades that I'm the poster child for skin cancer(basal cell).

Not yet. My dad always made we wear zinc oxide on my nose when I swam and wear a T-shirt. Then they invented sun screen, so to date I have avoided skin cancer, but I am a great candidate.

In Jacksonville we had a pool on the East side of the house so usually it was shaded by the time I got home from work. Also by then they had the sun block and I bought it by the case.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Speaking of 1964 silver coins, here's a coin nerd story.

As they were phasing out silver quarters and dimes in 1964, they minted an incredible number of 1964 nickels to fill the gap -- nearly THREE BILLION. To put that into context, the next year in 1965 they only minted 136 million nickels - a little over three percent as many. To put it into more context it's enough so that even today - not counting ones lost or destroyed - every American could still own nearly ten 1964 nickels.

As a result, I noticed all the way into the 1990s, if you had a pocket full of change you were pretty likely to have a 1964 nickel. Back when people carried change in their purses or pockets, I'd bet people that they were carrying a 1964 nickel. Women with change purses almost always had one and they'd be amazed you knew they were randomly carrying a nickel from 30 or more years ago. But it wasn't random. Just probability.

Too much time has passed so I doubt it would still work.

I read this and checked my pocket. I have a 1994 nickel, a 1994 quarter, a 1983 quarter and a Thomas Jefferson $1 coin that I can not find a date on. And a 1993 Lincoln penny.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

For some strange reason my family has been spared skin cancer. Lots of redheads, blondes and many born and raised in Florida but never skin cancer.

My grandfather was a citrus grower and in the sun constantly. But he dressed for it. He wore a heavy cotton long sleeve shirt and wore a straw cowboy hat. He always wore long pants. He said if you run around in the sun without covering your body you were asking for a painful slow death because this Florida sun will eat you alive.

My grandmother was old school too and she dressed in long dresses that had long sleeves. When she went out she would put on a white pair of ladies gloves. It was just different back then. The old timers went to the beach dressed like that.

I think there is something to this because I have seen skin cancer and one person was a co-worker. She was a beauty and loved the beach. She played beach volleyball and worshipped the sun. She was pure blonde, had fair skin and her ancestry was from Scandinavia. At the age of 55 she got melanoma and it was all down hill from there. She had one of the most painful deaths one could imagine and at the end she was going blind. Cancer spread all over her body but she was strong from being very athletic and fought it off until the end. But it got her.

My dad was born in 1902. He never went to work without a hat, long sleeves, long pants and in Kentucky where we lived he wore high top shoes or boots to keep the copper heads from getting him.

19th Century styled farmers knew the environment that they worked in and took care of themselves.

The only time dad would consider wearing a short sleeved shirt was at home, inside the house.

 

[BBUK]

My dad was born in 1902. He never went to work without a hat, long sleeves, long pants and in Kentucky where we lived he wore high top shoes or boots to keep the copper heads from getting him.

19th Century styled farmers knew the environment that they worked in and took care of themselves.

The only time dad would consider wearing a short sleeved shirt was at home, inside the house.

Yes Sir,

Common sense is so lacking in today's society. Just a HUGE deficiency...

One thing my Dad told me that I have used religiously during my life and I credit it to my Dad, not me...

"Be smarter than what you are working on Bud..."

 

[berniecarbo]

Just saw something really eye-opening. There's this "homeless guy" who works a major intersection near where I live where the traffic lights can hang you up for 3-4 minutes. He walks among the cars begging -- I've seen him rake in 4-5 bills (assuming $1) at a light change and have even given him a dollar or two myself. Assuming 20 light changes an hour, it would be possible the guy is grossing close to $100 an hour.

Today I got to that intersection a little before 9am and a late-model Subaru Outback pulls up. My wife has a 2017 same model and this one looked newer and better maintained. So, the bum climbs out of the back seat, goes to the hatchback and pulls out his supplies - a little chair, his money bucket etc. I notice there are 3-4 other guys sitting in the Subaru, no doubt heading for their spots to start begging.

Some guy is running a crew of these bums, and I could see him raking in a few thousand bucks a day. What a scam!

The first time I got a pass and went to town after basic, I felt sorry for this beggar and gave him some money. A cop happened to see it and came over and gave me a major chewing out. The guy was just going to go on a drunk. Since then I don't give to street beggars. A couple of years ago though in front of the post office, a guy who said he was a marine vet and had been cheated out of pay for a job he did. Said he hadn't eaten in a couple of days, so I gave him some cash since he was a vet. Who knows, maybe he was scamming to?

 

[*CatinIL*]

I'm waiting for the info to come out in Memphis video. I hope for any protest to be peaceful but my mind keeps saying that all hell will break loose. I hope and pray I'm wrong.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I'm waiting for the info to come out in Memphis video. I hope for any protest to be peaceful but my mind keeps saying that all hell will break loose. I hope and pray I'm wrong.

I saw an interview with a Memphis resident and they are praying for very bad weather. They want sleet, ice and freezing temperatures for the next few days in hopes this will blow over.

I feel sorry for those who may have to endure this. I had to work the Rodney King riots in LA and it was the worst duty of my 40+ year career.

 

[*CatinIL*]

I saw an interview with a Memphis resident and they are praying for very bad weather. They want sleet, ice and freezing temperatures for the next few days in hopes this will blow over.

I feel sorry for those who may have to endure this. I had to work the Rodney King riots in LA and it was the worst duty of my 40+ year career.

Bad weather would be nice for Memphis, but I can see people in other cities taking advantage of this situation to disrupt. I hope I'm wrong. But there are those out there that will use any situation to cause trouble and use it as an excuse to go out and loot and destroy. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Bad weather would be nice for Memphis, but I can see people in other cities taking advantage of this situation to disrupt. I hope I'm wrong. But there are those out there that will use any situation to cause trouble and use it as an excuse to go out and loot and destroy. I hope I'm wrong.

Georgia called out 1,000 National Guard just in case.

 

[awf]

37th anniversary of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gotta question if some of these performers were actually Rock and Roll. All great in their own right.

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Yancey, John Hammond, Alan Freed, Sam Phillips.

Early rock n roll........

 

[*CatinIL*]

Georgia called out 1,000 National Guard just in case.

I heard that on the radio. How sad is that?

 

[awf]

Enjoyed some King Oscar Royal Fillets Mackerel in olive oil for lunch. Mackerel contains very high amounts of Omega-3 DHA and EPA. Delicious. Honestly, I never knew what I'd been missing.

KIds in school used to make fun of me when I took these for lunch........until they tasted them........I also like sardines in mustard sauce......

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Any word on who the officials are for tomorrow's game? It sucks that actually matters but there are a few that really really hate Cal and I would like to know before placing any bets on the game.

I don't get on KSR much but they sometimes say who it is if it is Doug Shows or someone known to seem biased against Cal. Didn't see anything just now on there.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Any word on who the officials are for tomorrow's game? It sucks that actually matters but there are a few that really really hate Cal and I would like to know before placing any bets on the game.

I don't get on KSR much but they sometimes say who it is if it is Doug Shows or someone known to seem biased against Cal. Didn't see anything just now on there.

I'm not 100% sure, but I heard these guys will be there...

 

[UK_fan_41102]

I saw an interview with a Memphis resident and they are praying for very bad weather. They want sleet, ice and freezing temperatures for the next few days in hopes this will blow over.

I feel sorry for those who may have to endure this. I had to work the Rodney King riots in LA and it was the worst duty of my 40+ year career.

The media is doing their best to fan the flames in regards to it. CNN is blaming it on racism, even though the five cops were all black.

Opinion: The police who killed Tyre Nichols were Black. But they might still have been driven by racism | CNN

How do we explain Tyre Nichol's horrific killing, allegedly at the hands of police who looked like him? Van Jones says that at the end of the day, it is the race of the victim who is brutalized -- not the race of the violent cop -- that is most relevant in determining whether racial bias is a...

www.cnn.com

 

[BBUK]

Still at it... Have a peaceful sleep D-League...

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 48°F and cloudy. Good chance for rain. Today's high could reach 64°F. We could surely use some.

Huge game tonight goes without saying. Never count out Bill Self. Jayhawks probably seeking a little payback for last season's butt-whooping at Allen Fieldhouse. Cats really need Reeves and CJ to step up. Oscar must be careful with the bullying.

Switching gears: Interesting report came on the news recently. 450,000 new residents moved to Texas just during December, 2022. Seems like they all relocated to Austin. I wonder how many migrated from California? Odds are quite a few.

Wishing all y'all another awesome, enjoyable day. GO CATS!

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning D-Legionnaires!

IT'S GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[warrior-cat]

On the subject of ancestry, according to DNA testing I am 76.8% Scot Irish. With a last name that starts with Mc, who knew?

Now on to the gun range yesterday. Daughter struggled to hit the target (10 yards out) until I noticed she was shooting high. I ask if she was shooting at the head of the silhouette on the target and she said yes. I told her to shoot center of mass because her shot was hitting high on the target above the head. While she was still hitting the target high, it was not off of the silhouette when she aimed center of mass. I then told her to adjust her aim to accommodate and she started hitting it around the mid-section level. Her shot groups can improve, but she at least was hitting it around the area she was aiming.

She was using a Taurus .22 cal pistol since it was her first time but later moved on to a Ruger .380 and then her mother's Taurus Millenium 9mm in which she shot better with a better shot group. Surprising since it had more kick than the earlier pistols. But she said she was beginning to feel more comfortable shooting and not as nervous as she was to start. In fact, she said she liked it and wants to go again soon. Yesssssssss!

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Good Saturday Morning D

A little sore from the weight lifting yesterday but nothing out of the ordinary. It felt good. It is 38° but we have clear skies. 10 miles South of us it is 54° but they have clouds. The high should reach 80°.

I am expecting a win today at Rupp against Kansas. I will be preparing a pot of chili for the game prep meal and it will hit the spot with the cool weather down here. I have the old Brookings recipe that Adolph Rupp loved so much.

Trust all are well and have a great day. We need that win tonight Cats

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Heading out for an appointment at 0830. The day will be busy to include my granddaughters third birthday party. Should be back in place for the game.

Have a great day.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League.

Huge sports weekend.

This weekend last year was the absolute best sports weekend of the year for me, and it wasn't close:

1. Kentucky pulled off an absolute beating of the CheatHawks in Phog Allen Arena and
2. The Bengals won in a major upset in Kansas City to go to their first Super Bowl in nearly 25 years.

I'd love to see that play out again. Things are set up in an eerily similar way except the Cats are in Rupp - still the slight underdog on the betting line -- while the Bengals are playing in Kansas City again.

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[*CatinIL*]

On the subject of ancestry, according to DNA testing I am 76.8% Scot Irish. With a last name that starts with Mc, who knew?

Now on to the gun range yesterday. Daughter struggled to hit the target (10 yards out) until I noticed she was shooting high. I ask if she was shooting at the head of the silhouette on the target and she said yes. I told her to shoot center of mass because her shot was hitting high on the target above the head. While she was still hitting the target high, it was not off of the silhouette when she aimed center of mass. I then told her to adjust her aim to accommodate and she started hitting it around the mid-section level. Her shot groups can improve, but she at least was hitting it around the area she was aiming.

She was using a Taurus .22 cal pistol since it was her first time but later moved on to a Ruger .380 and then her mother's Taurus Millenium 9mm in which she shot better with a better shot group. Surprising since it had more kick than the earlier pistols. But she said she was beginning to feel more comfortable shooting and not as nervous as she was to start. In fact, she said she liked it and wants to go again soon. Yesssssssss!

.22's are fun to shoot. You can shoot them a lot and it won't break the bank.