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[warrior-cat]

Ok thanks, the reason I ask, we buried my cousin today I was talking to his son, he retired from the Army in 2016 at Sill, stayed out 30 days then went back to work there as a civil engineer. I guess I was just hoping that you two may have know each other. Sorry kinda a crazy idea!

I retired from the Army in July 1997 but, worked at Sill for 22 years after that starting in early 1999. 7 years with a military contractor and 15 years Civil Service. May have seen him as he had to clear our office (Passenger Travel) when PCSing or Retiring. I retired Civil Service in Sept. 2020.

Edited: Condolences for your cousin.

 

[warrior-cat]

@MdWIldcat55 Tell your son while he is here to go the Meers Restaurant in Meers OK (Not far from the Refuge). The burgers are big (good too) and they have good cobbler with ice cream. Tell him to go on an empty stomach.

 

[cordmaker]

I retired from the Army in July 1997 but, worked at Sill for 22 years after that starting in early 1999. 7 years with a military contractor and 15 years Civil Service. May have seen him as he had to clear our office (Passenger Travel) when PCSing or Retiring. I retired Civil Service in Sept. 2020.

Edited: Condolences for your cousin.

Thanks, I bet you did cross paths!

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks.

Thanks Warrior for that tip. I will let my son know about that place for sure.

Warming up in the east.

Hard to believe the college basketball regular season ends today. Go Cats!

Have a great day guys.

 

[warrior-cat]

IT'S GAME DAYEEYAYEEYAYEEYAY!

Walked the Monster early as rain is supposed to be here shortly. A little cooler out this morning than I thought it would be (wind chill) and I did not prepare for it. When we got up on the hill of the route we took, Brrrrrrrrrr. The wind made me pay for my mistake.

You folks enjoy your day and let's hope UK can pull out a win today on both fronts. UK baseball is at 1 eastern I believe so, if the BB game gets ugly, I will turn to the other BB game and hope for the best.

 

[storm1507]

Good morning everyone

Tip off in less than 3 & 1/2 hours. Well, we have all our players we'll have in the tournament so now it's time to find out. Man, I hope this season doesn't turn into "what could have been" if we didn't have all the injuries.

WC...it's going to be nice and warm next week, but I won't be fishing. Dad had his 1st knee replacement replaced yesterday. I'd feel guilty going without him. Hope he recovers soon. Nighttime top-water action for stripers starts in about a month....I'll go regardless during that time.

I hope everyone has a great day (which means a win for the Cats).

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Go Cats!!

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning and Go Big Blue!

 

[UK82]

Missouri is a 5 1/2-point favorite which is probably about right. They're 18-1 at home this year. Tall hill to climb today but doable.

 

[berniecarbo]

I have a book called The Rupp Years by Tev Laudeman . if you run across one, it is a great read. There is a few pages on each team Rupp coached. It tells of his being hired to replace Johnny Mauer who coached a style of slow basketball nicknamed submarine ball. Mauer later became famous as a football coach.

Rupp had a player named Leroy "Cowboy" Edwards. I think the year was 1934 and they won a Helms title with him. Because of LeRoy, Rupp became the first college team to play a national schedule. Leroy often outscored the opposing team by himself. An infamous game in Madison Square Garden featuring Leroy led to rules changes. As late as when Issel was playing, Rupp was saying Leroy was the strongest player he ever saw. Rupp had secured a very ambitious schedule for the next season and Leroy left early to play pro ball.

There are stories about the scandal and Bill Spivey. Bill was a seven footer who was dominant. He passed a lie detector test during the scandal investigation, but was basically kicked out of college and black balled from the NBA. He was the equal of Wilt Chamberlain in exhibition games.

I don't have the book handy, but there was a player who left UK complaining playing for UK was like going to war. You don't hear that phrase much anymore, but for many years after, when a player had a strong game going, TV announcers would use the phrase, "so and so is really going to war."

One more and I will quit. Rupp was actually a Colonel in the US Army. I think it was Esinhower who put Rupp in charge of physical fitness among the troops. He gave Rupp the rank of Colonel so his orders would have to be followed. There are pictures of Rupp and his coaching staff in the book wearing the army fatigues at UK practices.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I have a book called The Rupp Years by Tev Laudeman . . . . . .

I have had to book for decades. It is loaded with information.

 

[UK82]

That was an impressive first half by the Cats. Abysmal start and 2 quick fouls on Butler but they held tough and came roaring back.

 

[BBUK]

Hello all,

Go Cats!!!

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Cats! Cats! Cats! Nice win on the road.

 

[UK82]

Big momentum win heading into conference play! This was Carr's game. Sensational!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

That was an impressive first half by the Cats. Abysmal start and 2 quick fouls on Butler but they held tough and came roaring back.

Cats! Cats! Cats! Nice win on the road.

Big momentum win heading into conference play! This was Carr's game. Sensational!

Big win over a tough team on the road.

An official of the UK versus Alabama game has been suspended for three games for his conduct to Coach Pope. SEC officials suck and love to screw UK.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

After 8 minutes Kentucky had 4 points I think and ended with 91. Quite a turn around.

 

[vhcat70]

Well, didn't realize that if we won, we get #6 seed if OM loses to FL - likely.

 

[berniecarbo]

I am not going to post it on the other topic, but there is a thread on mobster movies. I once knew a real live mob guy. I had customers from all over the USA, so I met quite a few people of varied backgrounds. This guy had been a debt collector for a major Las Vegas casino. He was probably 6'4 and 280, but when I knew him, he had a heart condition and was retired. Actually I think he was laundering money, but that is a guess. He was the most polite guy I ever met. Always please and thank you for everything.

He told me a story about collecting a debt on a federal judge and how he spent a couple of days in jail over that one. One of his drivers told me he had six Rottweiler running loose in his house and a loaded gun in every room. You could buy certain things cheaper from him than you could buy from the manufacturer. Rumor was that he had killed a man for the manufacturer and that is how he was paid.

When he first came to me, he needed information about where and who to buy certain lamp related parts from. I gave him the info and he always seemed to like me after that. We would talk while I was loading his truck. Since he had heart problems, I'd get him a stool and load for him. We would carry on conversations while I loaded his truck. One day I was kind of complaining about my daughters at the time boyfriend. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Just say the word and I promise he will never trouble you again." Now I didn't like the kid, but I didn't want him dead, so I told my mobster friend, "Thanks, but I can handle it myself." My mobster friend died about 15 years ago.

 

[BBUK]

Big win over a tough team on the road.

An official of the UK versus Alabama game has been suspended for three games for his conduct to Coach Pope. SEC officials suck and love to screw UK.

Need to suspend a few more...

I didn't even watch the game. I was working into about ten or so minutes and UK was doing it to it so....instead of flummoxing things up I just watched the scoreboard BUT, I am NOT stuperstitious..... GO CATS!!!

 

[AustinTXCat]

Heckuva road win. Cats Cats Cats!

 

[Girthang]

First time I got in a game........it was the fourth grade..........I took a sideline in bounds pass and made a basket for the other team...................I got excited and didn't know which basket was which............I just saw an open path to the basket........and I was off......a picture perfect left handed lay up........only kid in the defensive court.........short basketball career.........I didn't hardly get off the bench to practice after that..........

No where to go but UP from there. Your coach made a huge mistake. You could've been basketball's Bob Uecker.

Oh, what might have been

 

[Girthang]

Hope yall are doing great! Great win. May God continue to bless the D-League!

 

[Girthang]

Reminds me of..... Never forget it.

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Got an autograph from Jim Marshall in middle school or high school. Great player, but even better guy. Very humble

 

[Girthang]

I was playing in a church league in Lawton many, many years ago and was outrebounding this huge native American player when after getting another rebound, I passed the ball up the court and he pushed me down going passed me. I jumped up, ran up from behind him, jumped up and forearmed him in the back of the head. Of course, the refs saw me and did not see what he did so, I was ejected from the game. Funny thing is, after the game we both laughed about it as he and I both apologized for getting pissed. He was a good guy but just got frustrated by this smaller guy outrebounding him.

Church leagues were always rougher up north than the rest. Saw more fights at those league games than anywhere else.

 

[BBUK]

 

[UK82]

Bama takes down Auburn on a last second shot. The SEC tourney is going to be epic.

 

[BBUK]

 

[BBUK]

😂

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 47° and partly cloudy. Today's high may reach 60°F.

Loved the win yesterday. Cats play again next Thursday.

Wishing y'all a peaceful Sunday.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks.

Such a great win by the Cats yesterday -- and so consequential. May well mean a 3-seed in the NCAA tournament. something that would have seemed miraculous in early November. And it means a 6 seed in the SEC tournament, which gives te Cats a fighting chance to make some noise there.

This has really been the most enjoyable regular season in a long time. I have grown to really love this team, and the contrast of Pope with Calipari is so refreshing. I'll always be grateful for that run from 2010-2017 when all things seemed possible with the talent Cal was bringing in. But very happy to be in this new era.

BB -- Nice version of Hank's You Win Again by his son.

It's a terrific song. Here's my favorite version, by Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers, live in a small club.


And, what the hell...It's a mellow Sunday so here's a lost-love song with Gram and EmmyLou Harris. Their voices always blended perfectly in my opinion...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good Sunday Morning D-Leaguers.

I watched too much basketball yesterday. The Auburn v/s Alabama game was as intense and good as they can get. I did not plan to watch the whole thing but got hooked. Two good teams.

Hopefully we win the first round of the SEC Tourney and get to meet Alabama in the second round and see if they can beat us three times without ref interference.

 

[vhcat70]

Good morning folks.

Such a great win by the Cats yesterday -- and so consequential. May well mean a 3-seed in the NCAA tournament. something that would have seemed miraculous in early November. And it means a 6 seed in the SEC tournament, which gives te Cats a fighting chance to make some noise there.

ESPN has moved us up to 3 seed currently. Have to win first game & have good showing vs. AL to hold it I think. Beat AL & say FL, we're a 2. That would be something.

 

[vhcat70]

So was watching CBS Sunday Morning today with Jane Pauley. I think the show has been very good for decades. Anyway, today they interviewed Lindsey Vonn - the great great downhill skier who tore her knee(s?) up multiple times. She retired 6 years ago because pain and flexibility was so bad that she broke down had a replacement knee done a couple of years back. It's all over, right? Well she's back competing in world cup races & recently finished 5th in a race. Forty years old, off for six years, and knee replaced. Aiming for next year's Olympics. Remarkable imo.

Now to the rest of the story. My downhill racing career ended some 40 years ago - five minutes after it started with me on my a$$. I'm not planning a comeback even though I had my knee replaced three months ago (Old injury, but not from skiing.). I'm doing pretty well. Good strength, low pain levels, good flexibility. That Lindsey interview gave me encouragement such that I may give rec skiing a whirl again. DW says hell no. We'll see who wins. My guess is I'll be sitting in front of this screen.

 

[BBUK]

This is sweet...





This is Ali.... Just enjoyable...




Hello all,

Got to sleep in a little today unril about 6:40 until my youngest text me. (I owe her). Me and the BB got to go to the late service though at 11:30. The day went by quickly due to that though...

Headed to the swamp in the morning....

Have a Blessed rest of your evening on the Lord's Day...

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 43°F and clear. High today may reach 77°F.

Monday, Monday... Wishing y'all a great start to your week.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Waiting for the train... Have a great day!

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Happy Monday folks.

Already grinding away. I hate the first few days of the time shift, especially going in the "forward" direction.

Short week for me. My wife wanted to visit Savannah just as something to do, so we are leaving Thursday morning for five days down there. I haven't been since I was in my 20s, except for a brief work conference about ten years ago when I never left the hotel. SO, it should be fun, though it'll have me pretty well knocked out of SEC tournament viewing. Maybe just as well. Sometimes the Cats seem to do better without me analyzing every possession.

Hope you all have a great day.

 

[warrior-cat]

Sometimes the Cats seem to do better without me analyzing every possession.

Hope you all have a great day.

I do that with every game. I sometimes turn it off when struggling just to turn it back on later because I feel like they do better when I am not watching. Superstitious? No, but it just makes me feel better.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I do that with every game. I sometimes turn it off when struggling just to turn it back on later because I feel like they do better when I am not watching. Superstitious? No, but it just makes me feel better.

I'm a lot that way too...In my case I'll accept it is superstition. I don't have any superstitious behavior in any other part of my life, but I do with Kentucky basketball.