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Good morning all,

Day off, (Regular)

Just rousing though I am sitting in my car waiting for My Darling. She is gardening at my youngest daughters house. I have to "fix" her leaves but not today. Just bought a leaf vacuum....

Going to piddle around my home for a bit. Took the BB to preschool. Told him I had some police work for him to do when he gets home.

I have to pay him for that. He perked up. We'll do a security assessment when he gets home. Told him I need him in his gear.

🥰 He's a good boy. Bought him and my granddaughter a set of walkie talkies. She's been bugging the snot out of her mom playing with them She loves em. (That's always a good day.)

I did my jobs .. have a good time today...

Almost sounded like Charlie Pride...
 
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@cordmaker Here's a picture of Mississippi River running through Memphis. You might be able to make out I-40 bridge and The Pyramid. Photo taken this past Wednesday.

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In the good old days, (pre china), we made shades for a place in West Memphis that sold to Target. They had a special on lamps, buy the lamp and you get your choice of 3 colors for the shade. White, off white or black. We made the shades, well over 100,000 shades for them that year. Usually they picked up, but occasionally I delivered. I always took a gun with me. I'd guess it is much worse these days and I have no interest in going there.
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
On November 22 my son made the local paper. He is an Iraqi vet. They misspelled his name it is Higginbotham not Higginbothom!

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Congratulations to your son Bert. Nice story and photo. It's aggravating that no editor caught the mistake, and that a reporter made it in the first place. As staffing levels have plummeted at newspapers the quality control -- never what it should have been at small town papers -- was a first casualty. It is always easiest to let go of copy editors and fact checkers, and there is always a price to pay.

It still have nightmares about the (thank god) relatively few mistakes I recall in my copy (stories) from a long career.

One that comes to mind involving the military: In late 1992 I was aboard the USS Juneau, an LPD capable of disgorging Marines in armored amphibious craft to seize a beach. We were in the Indian Ocean, just across the Equator (it was the day I became a Shellback, if there are any sailors here) and in the morning I was going ashore in an AAV onto the beach at Kishmayo, Somalia, where the Marines were going to chase off the fighters of a local warlord which was keeping a famine going.

So I wrote a long story about the preparations, interviewed the ship's captain, the head of the Marine unit, some of the senior NCOs, etc. Then I had to call the story in over a satellite phone from the ship's commo room. I got a night editor at the paper. I very, very slowly read the story to him, spelling every name twice, every location, taking no chances on a mistake. I was still nervous about a story dictated, but had no choice.

The next morning, the ship's XO came to me, furious. He'd had someone in Washington fax them the story. Everything was perfect, they loved what I had written, but there was one giant problem: The dateline on the story was supposed to be ABOARD THE USS JUNEAU, Indian Ocean. Someone had changed it to ABOARD THE USS JUNO...LIke the Roman goddess, not the Alaska city...After all my work, everyone aboard the ship or quoted in the story felt disrespected. I was sick, and I can tell you 40 years later it still bugs me that some idiot peon at a desk decided just to change the story without doing a two minute check to confirm there was no US Navy ship called the Juno.

(Sorry for the long post. I feel a bit better letting it out...)
 
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Good morning folks. Been out walking through a dense fog as warmer, wetter air rolls into the Mid-Atlantic.

Game day for the Cats. Would love to see the team build on the momentum of the Miami game. And I’d love to see Bradshaw make a productive debut.

Washington punched their ticket. Those PAC-12 offenses sure look pretty running up and down the field against weak defenses. Reminds me of TCU last year and we saw how that worked against an SEC defense. I think Georgia, Michigan and Florida State are sitting in ‘win and in’ position. I think at least one loses and chaos breaks out.

Should be a fun sports day. I’ll check in with you guys later.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Congratulations to your son Bert. Nice story and photo. It's aggravating that no editor caught the mistake, and that a reporter made it in the first place. As staffing levels have plummeted at newspapers the quality control -- never what it should have been at small town papers -- was a first casualty. It is always easiest to let go of copy editors and fact checkers, and there is always a price to pay.

It still have nightmares about the (thank god) relatively few mistakes I recall in my copy (stories) from a long career.

One that comes to mind involving the military: In late 1992 I was aboard the USS Juneau, an LPD capable of disgorging Marines in armored amphibious craft to seize a beach. We were in the Indian Ocean, just across the Equator (it was the day I became a Shellback, if there are any sailors here) and in the morning I was going ashore in an AAV onto the beach at Kishmayo, Somalia, where the Marines were going to chase off the fighters of a local warlord which was keeping a famine going.

So I wrote a long story about the preparations, interviewed the ship's captain, the head of the Marine unit, some of the senior NCOs, etc. Then I had to call the story in over a satellite phone from the ship's commo room. I got a night editor at the paper. I very, very slowly read the story to him, spelling every name twice, every location, taking no chances on a mistake. I was still nervous about a story dictated, but had no choice.

The next morning, the ship's XO came to me, furious. He'd had someone in Washington fax them the story. Everything was perfect, they loved what I had written, but there was one giant problem: The dateline on the story was supposed to be ABOARD THE USS JUNEAU, Indian Ocean. Someone had changed it to ABOARD THE USS JUNO...LIke the Roman goddess, not the Alaska city...After all my work, everyone aboard the ship or quoted in the story felt disrespected. I was sick, and I can tell you 40 years later it still bugs me that some idiot peon at a desk decided just to change the story without doing a two minute check to confirm there was no US Navy ship called the Juno.

(Sorry for the long post. I feel a bit better letting it out...)
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Understood. That would haunt me too and I'm not a writer. It is amazing how bad the headlines, etc are now even with "professional" news outlets.
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
They are talking about no SEC team in the playoffs if Alabama beats Georgia. Can you believe that?

In basketball Purdue went down to Northwestern and Kansas beat UConn by 4 at home.
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In my wildest dreams I can't imagine a scenario where neither UGA or Bama make the playoffs. The only possible way that can happen would be if Texas, Florida State, Michigan and Alabama all won leaving 4 1-loss teams going for the last playoff spot. They could pick Texas because Texas beat Bama and Bama beat UGA. I still think it's a stretch. I think UGA is in regardless. They've been the best team all year. What would really suck is if they put Ohio State in the playoffs because they're ranked ahead of Texas and Bama.
 
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UK82 said:
In my wildest dreams I can't imagine a scenario where neither UGA or Bama make the playoffs. The only possible way that can happen would be if Texas, Florida State, Michigan and Alabama all won leaving 4 1-loss teams going for the last playoff spot. They could pick Texas because Texas beat Bama and Bama beat UGA. I still think it's a stretch. I think UGA is in regardless. They've been the best team all year. What would really suck is if they put Ohio State in the playoffs because they're ranked ahead of Texas and Bama.
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My point exactly, but folks in the Pac 4 and B1G and ACC and Big12 are tired of the SEC whupping their asses in the playoffs and they will take any excuse that they can to vote them out as they can't beat them on the field.
 
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Good morning all, (For about 10 more minutes anyway.)

Been cleaning and straightening, straightening and cleaning.... My Darling decided we are going to have a group over for supper and fun during the holidays. One couple will be driving about 80 or so miles so we will beg them to stay the night when this happens. (When we lived in Radcliff and E'Town we had groups over every couple weeks to eat and 'stuff"..) (An enjoyable time.) Oh well, we could not do that now as often as we did then but we are excited to pull that part of our life back out of the bag...

My Darling thinks after Christmas so I have time but LOTS to do... (My Darling puts on a feed bag.. She is planning Crab, Bulgogi, and many other delicacies, steamed rice cake, (I'll make a pan if biscuits), and help where I can..)

Cats, do your business today and get chit right... (Chit pretty right now except adding some better defense and some shot blocking...)

God Bless you D-League...

GO CATS!!!!
 
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Could be a bad day sportswise. Good possibility that Bama beats UGA. If that happens then for the 1st time in my life I'll be pulling for UL tonight. A Michigan loss would also be welcome. Can you imagine? The 2 best teams in college football may not make it to the playoffs. Hoping for a Georgia miracle.
 
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UK82 said:
The worst possible outcome for the SEC. Hope and pray one team gets in. I really thought UGA was a lock but now I think they're out. Bama may be the SEC's only hope. Texas could possibly get that last spot.
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Tough call, for sure. My opinion, following teams get in:

Michigan
Bama
FSU
Washington

Loss to OU doomed Horns.
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 48°F with a light wind out of the northwest. Today's high expected around 77°F. Love this weather.

Still can't get over Cat's loss yesterday to UNCW. Total upset. Total embarrassment.

Working on Facebook Marketplace posts today. Must run over to Office Depot at noon or so for a USB hub. Gonna watch some NFL football.

Wishing all an enjoyable Sunday.

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Good morning folks. Not much to say about the Cats’ loss. When they started getting so much stroking by the national media after the Miami game, especially with Wagner out, I thought there would be a hang over. But I thought they’d snap out of it in the second half.

It’ll be an interesting day with the football selections. Georgia is maybe still the best team in the country. Alabama is second. But Georgia is almost certainly out. And there is a possibility that Alabama will get edged out by Texas. A college playoff without the SEC? That’d be a total joke.

Hang in there folks.
 
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UK82 said:
Playoffs are set:

1-Michigan
2-Texas
3-Washington
4-Alabama

I think they got it right. Florida State has to be furious but the best teams got in. Of course UGA should be in there but that wasn't going to happen.
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I can easily envision Tide vs Longhorn final. But who knows? Perhaps Jim Harbaugh may have finally figured it all out.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
One way to look at these football playoffs: The semis are two games of the SEC vs. the Big Ten, as we will be in the calendar year in which Texas joins the SEC and Washington joining the Big Ten…

I predict an all SEC finals.
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I was thinking of this yesterday. Champions of the West are dang good though.

There aren't many teams in the new ACC or B12 combined that would add much to either of the others, like 3-4 in ACC, none in B12.
 
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Wouldn't the one play the four?

If so, the initial game would pit Michigan versus Alabama....

Oh, good afternoon, just got home from church, went to the late service.

Sitting in the mess that is my office finalizing the junk.

I am converting all my CD's/ DVD's I still have to electronic copies. I have a bunch. Am ordering another 5TB hard drive to cover backing up my computer as it is about at the end of life. I have a backup but I will use the new external hard drive as a backup, then use my other TB drives to store my movies, video's, pictures, and such...

Looking on Walmart and Amazon to make the final choice...(Think I will check Newegg too.)

Have an uneventful afternoon unless the event is a happy one...


Edit: Went with Amazon this time between WD and Seagate, choose the WD HD. 5TB. That will give me a total of about 20TB in backup drives. (I do keep multiple backups of my hard drive as I have digitized almost everything. Seen too many lose everything via the "trust" methodology so I keep two copies... then have my not so critical info on single copies or on cheaper drives...
 
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Oh, since on the hard drive kick.. does anyone here have a forensics' company they'd recommend? I have my brothers old WD IDE drive. I think it's a 320GB drive but several years ago he had his computer running while not at home and scored a platter. ALL his families baby pictures was on that drive.

I have not yet found a company I want to go with but I'd sure like to do that for them sooner rather than later so they have at least some old pictures they saved. Thanks in any event...
 
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BBUK said:
Want to hear a seldom heard version of "Blue Moon of Kentucky"...


Just before the 2:15 minute mark...
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Talking about Blue Moon of Ky, many years ago we were at Hot Springs Ark. Stayed in a hotel that was an Al Capone hangout in past years, but that is not the story. There were several shows in town and we chose a small ordinary looking one near the main strip. It was a good show anyhow, but halfway through, the emcee said he had a friend that wanted to come on stage. Bill Monroe came up and did Blue Moon and a Hank Williams song.
 
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