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......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.
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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 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.
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...
Still at it... Have a peaceful sleep D-League...
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!
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!
Morning D-Legionnaires!
IT'S GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
.22's are fun to shoot. You can shoot them a lot and it won't break the bank.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!
Good morning D-League. It's currently 42° and clear here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring mostly sunny skies and a high of 56°.
Have a great day.
Have a great day.
I believe we lost EVERY land battle in that one - yet prevailed in every naval battle (birth of the legend of ol ironsides?)
Only time we fought Canada too i think - ?
Napoleon was raging around the same time so england had their hands full with "the little corporal"
Korean war often described as "the forgoing war" -- we were VERY close to dropbox hydrogen bombs on Chinese forces (my dad was a B29 crew member whos plane was sent i theater to Japan i believe)
Eisenhower single handedly backed down several memories of his cabinet who insisted we drop the new weapon -
- We won below New Orleans if that was land and not swamp. And technically it wasn't "in" the war since the peace treaty had already been agreed/signed.
- Canada as a country didn't exist at the time. Still under Brits.
ah - yep
Good point about canada!
The NO thing was like the bell sounding in
boxing and one fighter throwing multiple haymakers right after right?
interesting "Diversity" within that fighting force we had too
fur trade angst factored in up around michigan right?
We were always taught center mass. As I have stated before, I have always been pretty average at most things. I reckon I'd beat the average person off the street, but among cops, I was an average shot. We had to qualify now and then, but not as much as you'd think.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!
However at Tan My, things were different while being the same. At the time, there was no GPS and we were a radar station between Hue and Quang Tri, near the DMZ. Without our radar, our ships and planes had no way to navigate, so we were pretty important. There were plenty of troops nearby who could give us backup, but we were immediate security for the station. All the officers on base were Coast Guard and knew squat about security, so an E-7 and myself were in charge of security. We had our own private firing range and there was no limit to it's use, weapons to use or ammo to use. You'd be shocked at how little use it got.
I am better with rifles and automatic weapons than with pistols. While my shot group yesterday was decent, I would not have won any trophies. I did notice however the moment I shortened the time between shots my groupings were better. I learned that years ago when shooting rifles, don't aim for to long. Trust your ability to focus and align quickly and then, as soon as you see the target, fire away.
I also found that out when playing baseball/softball. When fielding the ball, after securing it in my hand, turn and look at the base/person you are throwing to and immediately let it go. The body has a natural ability to put the ball where it needs to be, so I trusted it.
Yes, I was always better with what I call "point and shoot" weapons than aim and shoot. I had my first shotgun at 11 and didn't have a handgun till cop school. I loved an M-60 because you could point, start shooting and let the tracers or debris guide you to the target. I was good with it.
On fielding ground balls, baseball (then later softball) was my life. I used to practice ground balls by throwing golf balls at a rock walls. I figure I did about 5 million over a 3 year period as a young teen ager. To get rid of the ball quickly, I learned to catch the ball at an angle with my feet lining up with first base. That saved me the time of taking a little hop to line up my throw after the catch. I'd do a little mini flip of the ball from glove to throwing hand to save time. It took a lot of practice to be able to be able to do it. Years later I saw Ozzie Smith would sometime do the same thing.
You struck a sweet memory. When I was a boy we had a long building with a pitched roof that I used. It was similar to a tobacco barn you find in Kentucky. You could buy a rubber ball the same size as a baseball and it even had the 'stitches" like a real baseball. I would throw the ball on the roof at an angle and make it go high in the air. I would run under the ball and catch it. If I got it high enough I made the Willie Mays basket catch that was so popular in those days. I probably had to run 50' or 60' to catch it. I would do this for hours. It sharpened up my reflexes and I became a pretty good fielder.
Every kid in the 50's remembers "The Catch" . Willie Mays caught a Vic Wetz ball hit deep to center field with an over the shoulder "basket catch" All of us tried to copy that.
Yeah, I started out with rubber balls and tennis balls. They'd wear out way to quickly, plus the golf balls came at me harder. I was prepared for anything that anyone hit at me. Hard hit baseballs were a can of corn after golf balls.
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I found the same thing. I used golf balls. Just murderous speed/ quickness came from that practice habit.
We'll be on our way to Rupp in a few hours. Blue/White game tonight. Keep an eye out for me. I'll be the good looking blond guy wearing blue, lower level.
Alabama getting thumped by a mediocre Oklahoma. Didn't see that coming.
Alabama getting thumped by a mediocre Oklahoma. Didn't see that coming.
Yep and soft hands. Dick Stuart was a power hitting first baseman when I was young. He was sometimes called Clank. Players said that was the sound the ball made as the ball bounced off his glove.
Yeah I lost a little money on that one, but it's a lot worse when you lose a bet in the last minute or last play...so the good news about that Bama game was it was clear I was going to lose at halftime haha
I SAW HIM,I SAW HIM!!!! You got there early for sure!!!
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Well, I got home...... I logged 15k steps on my fit bit and had to pour myself into my office chair in agony.....
BUT, I have a remedy...............
My Buddy that bought me some Japanese whiskey a couple Christmas's ago leaves for Florida in the morning. Last week or two ago he gave me a bottle (5th of spiced rum.)
I am nursing the first glass of spiced rum and coke on the rocks. A concoction I haven't had in at least several years. I plan to nurse another and very likely another before the game is through... I can see me now...
Have a good game and GO CATS!!!
BUT, I have a remedy...............
My Buddy that bought me some Japanese whiskey a couple Christmas's ago leaves for Florida in the morning. Last week or two ago he gave me a bottle (5th of spiced rum.)
I am nursing the first glass of spiced rum and coke on the rocks. A concoction I haven't had in at least several years. I plan to nurse another and very likely another before the game is through... I can see me now...
Have a good game and GO CATS!!!
Heck, I am drinking one to Mike, and then one to the D-League, and then one to me... Heck I may not know who I am drinking to in an hour or so... (Getting all the proprieties done now...) 😁
My hip is hurting like nobodies business...
My hip is hurting like nobodies business...
I won't be firing any cannon's like WC does in football. I might shoot myself in the foot...
Think I may move over to the game thread in a bit and leave them something to remember me...
Think I may move over to the game thread in a bit and leave them something to remember me...
We had plenty of baseballs when I was a kid. We would bike over to Jack Russell Stadium where the Phillies Spring Trained and they would knock them over the wall by the dozens. We would scoop them up with a paper sack.
I had a foot locker full of them. Some of them like new since they were only hit a couple of times. The park was small so you would get a lot of foul balls too. Fun times.
I started in a one room school, but then they built a regular grade school a few miles away. After that, a bunch of us would ride our bikes to the school as it had a ball field. A couple of years later they formed a Khoury League and played games there. I preferred the pick up games as they lasted longer. You don't see pick up games anymore.
Make sure at least some one has a scooper.
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Where's Lurch???
Dang Dude... Give it a ring... 😁 (Or is it a you rang..?)
Dang Dude... Give it a ring... 😁 (Or is it a you rang..?)
Number 2 about down... Yeah that one went quickly... I think one more.... Whew...
Them's ALL mine at my Granddaughters third birthday party today... if the Cats can't win now, they can't win... grandson, granddaughter, daughters and My Darling... I am thankful...
They are dragging the last minute of the UT game just to make me mad. There is no reason to drag this out
Big Jay is a Pecker bird
I knew a Peckerwood once, actually knew a couple of those suckers...
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