Tony Barbee speaks
Hey everyone. It's been a while, but I promise that I've been working.
GannettWorldCup.com has been rollin' along with the little soccer tournament in Africa. Thanks to E-Bro, Eddie, Peter, Scott Chocolate, ehyou and Jimmy for hanging out over there.
So what do we have here today?
Your new men's basketball coach, Tony Barbee, participated in the SEC's summer teleconference. We didn't learn a lot per se, but he spoke. And we listened.
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.
GannettWorldCup.com has been rollin' along with the little soccer tournament in Africa. Thanks to E-Bro, Eddie, Peter, Scott Chocolate, ehyou and Jimmy for hanging out over there.
So what do we have here today?
Your new men's basketball coach, Tony Barbee, participated in the SEC's summer teleconference. We didn't learn a lot per se, but he spoke. And we listened.
- On the team's situation heading into Barbee's first season:
``We're starting over having lost 80 percent of our scoring and 80 percent of our rebounding. The majority of our team being either freshmen or sophomores and only two returning juniors and only really one of those played in Frankie Sullivan. We're starting over, but it's exciting to start over in that way because you get the chance to mold a younger group of players who haven't been set in their ways having gone through a system for several years. It's going to be kind of like molding clay. Every day is going to bring a different challenge especially with Frankie Sullivan, an experienced guard. I think he is a solid guard in this league. Beyond that, we don't have much experience left. It's starting over." - On Luke Cothran, the power forward signee who is expected to be very good:
``I think Luke brings us a different level of talent to this program than this program has seen in quite some time. He's one of those 6-foot-8 or 6-foot-9 hybrid forwards that can score from different angles from the perimeter and obviously the 3-point line. He's great around the basket because he's got great feet for a big man. He's got a knack for rebounding the ball, so there's no question he'll bring a lot to the team as a freshman." - On anything he's learned so far in terms of evaluating current players:
``Anytime you take over a new position, you go through a pretty long evaluation process and we're still in that phase with the limited amount of access that I've had to my returning players and to the incoming recruits. Anytime a new coach takes over, there's always transition. You've got to make sure it's a fit both ways, for the player and for myself and my staff and for my system and how we are going to do things. I'm pretty pleased with how the current team is shaping up with the returners from last year's team and with the signees that we were able to put together here in the late spring signing period." - On Frankie Sullivan:
``Frankie is a kid that I have known for a long time. He used to come to our camps when I was at Memphis as an assistant there, so I've known him for a long time. He's one of those guys that you want your entire team to play like, with reckless abandon. He's not going to back down no matter who he plays against. That's what Frankie brings to the court and, hopefully, he's going to step up in a leadership role now. He's one of the veterans that we have on this team. Frankie brings you a guy who can put points on the board. With the type of offense I'd like to run here depending on the personnel we have based around the dribble-drive and attacking the paint, whether it's on the drive or the post-up, I think Frankie will be able to be very productive in this offense."
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.
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Stupid Blogger errors.
Oops...that's what hanging out on the soccer blog will do to you.
I actually couldn't get into the comment section at all for 3 or 4 minutes.
Man, Norm rejected!!! Nice block SC:)
You shut your piehole mister.
Didn't really do it on purpose. I was kind of off-balance.
Yea, someone seems to added a pinch more suck to blogger recently. I wonder where we stand with the new HABOTN blog that Homer mentioned briefly. I suspect it will kick off close to the game with Arkansas State. Maybe a grand opening is planned.
Last night with no F4* in the house so Hot Wife and I are going to dinner. We're so hip, we might stay out all the way to 8 tonight.
I have a ton of Chuck Berry on my iPod...actually everything officially released, a couple of tribute albums, and some unreleased stuff.
Ah, listening to a little Booker T & the MG's. It brings me back to the time my son, the music critic once said, "Hey, whens the singing start"?
I have around 40 Chuck Berry songs, mostly from the definitive collection. I love me some Chuck Berry.
Dang gum it. Lost a lot on the stock market today. I may have to revert to my fall back investment strategy, commemorative plates.
I thought you never lost?
Technically I haven't because I have never sold anything for less than I bought it for, but at the moment a lot of stuff is in the hole. I blame Nick Saban.
never? I call BS...either that, or you've got a lot of worthless stuff in your portfolio.
I'm Your Captain is a great song. It's the Grand Funk song in my iTunes. I think I got it via Amazon because iTunes has it only as part of a whole album.
Chuck Berry is just a Solomon Linda wannabe.
Far from it. US Steel, Verizon, Ford, Hewlett Packard, and Altria are a few names you may have heard of. The are others that are less high profile such as First Energy.
And I do have some Lehman Brothers that I bought after they filed Chapter 11. I made quite a bit off of selling them, but bought back and am positive overall for them at the moment.
Dude, just dropping some names of big companies doesn't mean there's no junk mixed in with them. That's funny.
I don't consider any of it junk. Those are some of the names I have. None of it has become worthless, although at the moment I am about 20k down from my peek.
Forgive me if I don't believe you that you have never sold anything for a loss or don't possess worthless certificates. You realize how outlandish that claim is, right?
It is the truth, whether you choose to believe it or not. I am considering selling the Lehman Brothers for less than I bought it for, but I have no need to at the moment. I just ride the wave. The stock market has generally been going up sense I started investing, so you make no sense.
And there is nothing outlandish about it. Not selling things that have lost value isn't that hard unless you are strapped for cash.
I didn't realize you have only been at this for a short period of time and refuse to realize sunk costs. It makes sense now, I guess.
Maybe. I like the stocks I have chosen and I tend to diversify, possibly too much. I have around 12 different stock holdings. Some do better than others. At the moment everything seems to be down and it has been for over a month.
As for selling when something is down, that is just if you bought into something that didn't have the assets to back up the price, which is why I bought into Lehman in bankruptcy. I knew I could catch a wave and make some cash. I did, but then the waves stopped.
Over the last couple of months the stock market has been having a lot of troubles, but I ride them out. If the current prices are undervalued, it is the time to buy, not sell.
Just took a blackberry cobbler out of the oven, made with blackberries I picked in the woods behind our house. MMmmmmmmm good!
And it is raining!!! YAY!
And many times it is the people that realize "sunk costs" that I make money from.
Yeah, there will come a point where it is prudent to recognize those. You're smart enough to know that. I really thought we were talking decades and a large portfolio, not a few years and a dozen holdings. Sorry.
No problem. And a couple of years is the time frame. Before then, I did pretend investing to get a feel for it.
There are also things such as high dividend stocks that I have which don't change value much at all. You just kind of set on them and get your 6-9%.
And of course there are bond and mutual funds. As for CDs, I have one and am very unlikely to get another any time soon.
As for large portfolio, I actually consider mine too large at the moment. A dozen stocks is a lot to keep up with and I find it hard to keep up with him. I hope to get it down to 6 or 7 win the market improves.
Of course, I am only talking about the stocks I play with. I have good enough sense not to play with my retirement money. I let the big boys handle that.
Bloomberg is reporting that Verizon will begin selling iPhones in a year...then again,they aren't the first reputable news source to report such things. AP did it before the 3Gs release, I think, with no specified time period.
Larry King is retiring!!!!
Wow, I had no clue King would be retiring. That is huge.
As for Verizon, I have read they would have the iPhone by the end of the year and Sprint would get it some time next year, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I have read conflicting reports. I have also read that the iPhone was coming to Verizon many times before.
Bloomberg says January...I do expect Sprint to be close behind when Verizon gets it, because the networks are nearly identical tech wise, so few changes to the phone would have to be made.
Here is a story on Larry King. I find it incredible he has been doing that show for 25 years. I remember when it started and wondering who the heck was Larry King. Geeze, I am getting old.
I am not sure what to think of Sprint. I use to follow them closely and made some money riding the ups and downs, but they seem to have been doing better this year. I am not sure why. The Palm Pre turned out to be not so big of deal. The Android family of phones kind of swept it aside, not to mention I read the Pre wasn't that rugged. I do like that Sprint has been deploying a 4G network.
I am so bummed that Jason Heyward is on the 15 day DL. I think this will knock him out of the All Star game.
I really need some college football. I would settle for two-a-days starting.
Told ya. Home at 8:10.
And I see I've missed nothing. Aside from a cobbler that is. You folks are alright, it's just like being at home.
I find it surprising Auburn is second in terms of spending on college football in the nation. I would have never guessed that.
Norm - just thinking about your wild night on the town has me worn out. I'm going to bed early, in fact, very early for me.
Sweet AU dreams, Hotties.
Wake me up if we start 2-a-days.
We'll see how they actually deploy. From what I understand, all the 4G they have so far is from their takeover of Clearwire.
Yeah, the Pre was a great idea that had some problems. By the time they got them fixed, Android had taken over as the best OS.
Night THT. I'm just getting up from a nap in preparation for the midnight showing of Eclipse that I am attending with my almost 21-yr old daughter.
Dangit. Work happened and I missed a Puppet Hour that I demanded Harrison attend. As Tommy Wiseau once said, "Now I am the fool."
You're still actually doing stuff at work? I would've started just pretending the day Congress decided my job didn't matter anymore.
Kathy my wife is all bummed she has to wait a few days before she gets to see that. She's a huge Twi-hard.
No, not at that work. Had to clean my desk there. Now I am chilling at the contractor I work for, doing this and that there.
Stewardess is going to that Twilight movie ... I am not.
I on the other hand am not so bummed. She has that and I have u guys. It all evens out.
scottie b, my daughter is a big fan. I enjoyed the books. I have attended every midnight showing with her. It's a memory we will cherish forever.
So the football players are in a mini-camp right now? What is that?
Mini-camp is where they spend the night together in very small tents, Kathy.
Philip Pierre-Louis has a sub 4.3 40 time on record.
kevin mcgradys - article...
I hope PPL can do something this year... as prez of his fan club its been kinda lonely at the top..
Some of those guys are going to have trouble fitting in a small tent!
Wait, you aren't at that job anymore? There is still an effort to save that program. How can they make Michael clean his desk out if there's still a chance. There's still a chance, dammit.
Yeah, Kathy. Imagine how it is with them in those tents together! It's like they're just sharing a t-shirt...except the kicker tent. The kicker tent is a comfortable sleeping quarters.
PF and Jasteve,
I have a connection to Warren Buffett if you would like me to ask him for some tips. I have never met him, but my mother in law knows how to get in touch with him.
I know how to get in touch with him, too. Slaughter an elephant and harvest it's tusks in the middle of downtown Omaha.
His tips have been suspect lately, anyway.
Is that the first habotn warren buffet post?
DL, count me among the members of the PPL fan club. Of course, I was a big Tristen Davis fan as well. And while we're on the subject, I'm not crazy about Ontario gaining some lbs if he loses any time off of his 40.
Might be, Scottie. It surly isn't the first elephant slaughter post, though.
For all the WC 2010 blogger fans our prayers have been answered!
Larissa Riquelme, Lingerie Model, Will Run Naked If Paraguay Wins World Cup
I'm much happier now that I know her name....and naked, she has done before!
From Warren Buffett to this...I am in love with Jill from Wipeout.
Does Delta fly to Asuncion?
Don't tell me how Wipeout went tonight. I recorded it.
After a solid first season for Coach Chiz and company it is time for a special 2010 season. The feelings I get when I hear about the team's work ethic and the togetherness they have together make me believe we are headed for another 2004 type season. Chiz's first season was better than Saban's and that scares the bams to death. Recruiting domination and a great coaching staff will make Auburn a national title contender sooner not later (maybe even this year!). Here we go guys and gals:
Arkansas St - This team was supposed to be improved last year but struggled and went 4-8. They played Iowa close but we ain't Iowa. AUBURN 58-10
Mississippi St - This is a Thursday night game and the Bulldogs want revenge from last year's beatdown. They will be fired up but Cam and company will come out and light the scoreboard up. The defense will show how much it has improved in this one. AUBURN 49-14
Clemson - This could be tough if their QB doesn't play baseball but either way they can't score enough to hang with Malzhaun. AUBURN 38-12
South Carolina - The Cocks are supposed to contend for the East. Garcia will pose a challenge but their offense has struggled against good SEC defenses. You can bet they will struggle against a great unit like Auburn's. AUBURN 27-6
LA Monroe - Why break this garbage down? We're not the bammers. We don't lose games to teams like this. AUBURN 54-10
@ Kentucky - Revenge stretch for the Tigers begins in Lexington. Todd was awful last year against UK. Cam will never play that bad. Joker will be outmatched big time in this one. AUBURN 38-14
Arkansas - This is the toughest game on the schedule. I'm sure the SEC will try to make us the 11:30 game so the home field won't be a factor. They will be able to score with a great QB and a very good offensive staff. But they can't stop what will be considered at this point in the season the nation's best offense. It will be close but the Hogs can't keep up. AUBURN 38-24
LSU - Lack of depth started to show when we went to Baton Rouge last year. They caught us at the best time. They were lucky to win the way they did but we will be out for revenge. The difference in this one is QB play. AUBURN 27-17
@ Ole Miss - The Rebels lost almost every major playmaker. That is huge when you play an explosive offense. Last year was a beatdown and I expect much of the same. AUBURN 38-7
Chattanooga - This team got blown out 45-0 by a mediocre Alabama offense. This trip to the state of Alabama will be worse. AUBURN 70-0
Georgia - We blew this one last year! The teams are moving in different directions. Uga is making coaching changes while other schools want the coaches at Auburn. It will a fun day at JH. AUBURN 31-17
Alabama - I find it hard to see a loss on our schedule. Playing Kentucky, Arkansas, and LSU in consecutive weeks may be a problem but we are better than those teams. THIS I CAN PROMISE!- We won't lose in turd town. The Auburn family can't stand for another loss to the bammers. We are the better program and IMO the better overall staff. They will have 3-4 losses at this point and they will finally start to turn on Sabear after we beat them! Good times!!! AUBURN 34-20
SEC Championship - Florida - The difference between Chiz's second year and Saban's is we will beat Florida and get a chance in the national championship game. AUBURN 27-20
There it is boys and girls. The undefeated season without the luck of the bammers that was needed for them to do it last year. Complete domination and a chance at the national title is what I expect. I hope the rest of you are with me. WDE!!!
Jet I hate to spoil it but Jill was hot.
Jet,
The big balls won.
hehehehe ..well alrighty then.
Curse you, Frankenspoiler!
That's what you get for denying the Korean War existed for State's rights.
Sakerlina ties UCLA at 1-all in bottom of the eight. Runner at first, one out.
Larissa Riquelme ....Now I know why Jet mentioned much earlier today that he was pulling for Paraguay.
If most soccer fans looked like that, then I could at least learn ..to go to the games.
The Korean War was about county rights, jack@$$.
Have you seen a pair of Guay like that, Hoop?
We may need to conduct an intervention for Weeman.
No more keyboard for you.
Larissa Riquelme's enthusiasm can sure keep those phone batteries warm.
The Maxim shoot she did...has nothing to do with SOCCER.
The National Hoopie Service has issued an Authoritative Declarative Statement Warning for HABOTN County until 10 p.m. CDT.
This means an actual authoritative declarative statement has been posted on HABOTN or has been detected on radar.
Take cover.
Like I said on the other blog ... Commitment to Excellence.
A quick Google search provided a link to her website. Since she's a lingere model, my one year of high school Spanish was enough to understand what she was trying to communicate.
Viva Espana!!
Looks like the warning can be cancelled. The threat has subsided and Hoopie has to get up early anyway.
Later folks.
OK, I'm not buying anything yet - but are these not the most adorable things ever?
Tiger Shoes
Sweet, they come in obnoxious adult sizes, too.
I don't know how I feel about them for adults, but I love them for a little Tiger baby!
Night hotties. Tomorrow brings the EOQ for those of us in the business world. Ima let me go get some sleep.
Maybe getting near time for Brother Jet's Vacation Bible School.
Alex is a hurr'can
Nice sized post Weeman. What was that? A fifty pounder?
I wish USC would hurry up and win this game. I've got to leave for the movie in 15 minutes.
Finally!
USC just won their first relevant National Championship ever (Women's Outdoor Track and Field is not relevant, is it?)...
Steve Spurrier is smiling in the press box.
Rise and shine Hot Ones!!!
Y'all are burning daylight...
Good morning, 2.0, and all the other Hotties out there. I am anticipating a much cooler walk this morning with all the rain we got through the night.
Kathy, how was the movie? I haven't ventured into the vampire realm since Dark Shadows when I was in grade school :) Hope you had fun with your daughter.
Burning daylight? Looking out my window at work, there ain't a whole lot of daylight to burn off at this time.
66 Days till Kickoff
GO TIGERS!!!
WARRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!!
SOCCER
Since the US is now out of World cup contention, I think I'm cheering for Paraguay. Definitely.
I anticipated wrongly. It is still very humid. I'm ready for fall, cooler weather and FOOTBALL!!!
I'm with you on that Cincy.
Been a couple of days since I've been by here, how long until we get some new technology?
I'm gonna say maybe not until after the World Cup.
RK- I think Jay G is still looking at options right now as far as changing up the blog. He said he was originally going to go in the same mold as the WC Blog, but that was not working out well and has been scrapped last I heard.
Dark Shadows, now that's a blast from the past. I recall maybe in the late 80's or early '90's they did a remake of it which didn't last nearly long enough. Oh well.
Looking forward to Weeman's realistic schedule breakdown.
Bro - he's already provided it last night. C'mon man.
Oh, the 9:27 post. I see it now.
Thanks.
Hey, no problem. We should all look out for each other around here. I didn't want you to miss out on it.
Out of pride for my local university, hopefully we don't take out Chattanooga 70-0.
46-0 would be acceptable.
sorry E-Bro, i'm cheering for 70.
happy MIKE BERRY #66 DAY!
Survived the midnight movie. I enjoyed the time with my daughter. Books are always much better than the movies. Needless to say, I skipped my 4:00 a.m. walk. I will have to make that one up tonight.
Dark Shadows, now that is a classic!
glad you made it Kathy. :)
Weeman is a wee bit optomistic in his outlook on this years team. I would love those results, but would be shocked to see them.
Maybe the President should hire Weeman to write the US economic forecasts. That should help the stock market rebound.
I'm willing to bet that our defense gives up more than 151 points in the regular season. We're gonna have more depth, but not be one of the best Ds in the nation.
Wow, so Weeman is a homer. I think we'll be better but there are other programs firmly entrenched at the top. It will take lots of luck to go undefeated.
Can we win every game on the schedule? Perhaps. But I doubt it.
Is Weeman a:
1. Extremely optimistic AU fan?
2. Bammer trying to goad AU fans into a Bammeresque frenzy?
3. JG "Homer" Tate spicing up the offseason?
4. Josh Moon?
Tuberville questions Big 12's endurance
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5341756
Reading all these post about young beauties was fun.
Last week Raqual Welch was on a FOX interview and son there was sustained beauty. She has had no face lift or any kind of surgery and her natural beauty is still auwsome. She is 70 years old and would put a lot of those romper room girls to shame.
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
What is up with Bonomolo? Is he waiting on clearing house?
E-BRO IS THE WALRUS!
goo goo ga joob
I'm waiting on the Publisher's Clearing house.
Too bad it is never coming.
I'm waiting on tables. Or maybe not.
I'm waiting for godot
I'm Waiting for Guffman.
i ain't waiting on any of you idiots.
I still think Weeman is an obvious alter-ego of an established hottie.
Brother Jet says Sister Larissa Riquelme has been blessed.
Verily.
PF - it absolutely would not be the first time. I maintain that we see 1 guy in particular under no less than 3 aliases.
Norm / Jet / PaulMain...all the same?
E-bro,
Spain won.
MTD,
Silence?
BIG SNACKS!
PF - In reply ot your 8:59 pm post, you can read up online about it, but NASA had to do a huge contractor layoff to come up with money for contract cancellation liability. It is all compicated, but the bottom line is that thanks to Obama and company's power play to try to force the cancellation of Constellation, a ton of people are out of a job.
Yeah, I've read all about it. Wasn't trying to rub it in. I'm actually very sad.
MJT - Is there anything a super-hero such as Captain Boxhead could do to help the situation?
Kathy ...EDSBS had a little fun with the Tubs comments and the delayed $aban statue.
I guess Tubs is getting comfortable and whipping out some candor. The Big 12 media days should be interesting.
Not silent, PF, work is actually work this week.
So USCe won a baseball game last night. It's been approximately 12 hours, and I'm over it. I wish my coworkers would get over it.
Although I'm still glad the SEC team beat a team from California. That would be true 11/12 of the time.
Lowcountry. They don't win championships there. Let them have a month if you need to. They're generally good fans who are tirelessly loyal, and deserve some time to be happy. They'll never be happy like this again, so it's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.
Have a heart, man. Have a heart.
This iPhone stuff is too complicated for me. I'm too old.
General Electric is betting a bunch on solar energy and they invested heavily in Obama's campaign. The NASA money will now go to buy solar power engineers at the expense of rocket scientist.
Solar power has been around forever. Will a plethora of government funded solar engineers really be able to develop revolutionary new systems? If they do, reckon GE will get the new contracts? They already have a lot of them.
I don't have a dog in this hunt, but just smell government waste caused by changing political winds. Spending billions to abandon one large program and then spending billions more to try and force a floundering program into success and giving the profits to a private company.
The campaign promise that we should develop renewable resources seemed so noble. Putting that promise into action hasn't been noble.
PF, that's a great point. I try to put myself in their shoes (after all, it's been a while since my team won a national championship outside of the pool).
As long as they don't project their current baseball success onto the football team, I guess I can let it slide.
I must just be cranky today since I stayed up too late watching baseball.
If Auburn won a national championship in baseball, I doubt I'd even be at work the next day.
I'd at least take half a day.
Got to love Tubs. I heard that interview this morning and it is classic Tubs...speaking his mind. Is he usually right...yes, does he end up paying for his comments...yes. The Mark Richt comment years ago was spot on regarding not winning in this league unless you can run the ball.
If Auburn wins a baseball championship, I better have found my way to Omaha. I'd never forgive myself for missing it.
With the exception of NASA, who has always made revolutionary cool $#i7, I think of government funded scientific organizations the same way they were presented in Atlas Shrugged.
Hoopie,
On the other hand, Solar energy is getting cheaper and more efficient by the day. One of my friends linked this article on twitter recently. It's a short blurb about plastic solar cell life increasing. Plastic is the way to go. You know, because it's environmentally friendly and all...
WEEMAN = WTC's dad, who's tired of WTC's mom getting all the pub.
PF -re: 11:35...
FSJ? oops, I mean RSJ?
Based upon Weeman's prediction I say we set a new precedent and just claim the 2010 national title now. Sound crazy? Well, if Bama can claim multiple titles retroactively decades after the seasons, why not be forward thinking and start claiming titles in the future? We could have more than 13 national titles before the season kicks off.
Steve- Bama did that last season as well...looking forward. They got the market cornered every which way.
I will stick with my 9 win prediction for this season. The defense will certainly be improved. How much, I am not sure. The offense may or may not improve. Replacing a senior QB and TB isn't easy, even if the replacements have a lot of potential. Actually, the biggest improvement we may see on offense is the receivers. We have several guys that underachieved at receiver last season that may break out, not to mention some incoming freshman that could have an immediate impact.
Another good article about Tubs and the Big XII. Some great comments in this piece...
Tubs taking his shots
Jet-not true.
I think AU will do well this year, but I do nto think we are loaded at all positions. I especially do not care how we stack up against UA. They had AU outmanned last year and AU was only @ 2 minutes away from spoiling their fun. UTenn was just a FG away from it. scoreboard is all that matters in the end. They won them all and there is no quick comeback or remark to take them down from that. Give them the kudos and work for the next season, which AU certainly is doing.
PF ..that new development happened at a college research facility and was probably done on a small scale and at a reasonable cost. It is another in a line of slow, steady baby steps in that technology. The rhetoric I heard during the presidential campaign was that we needed to solve the renewable energy problems with the "resolve" that was used to develop the atomic bomb or go to the moon. That amount of "resolve" can only be attained by a large government entity or the government funding large corporations.
I think that if there were major breakthroughs possible for solar(or other renewable energy) we would have already seen them. There is a huge possible economic upside for any business that can develop a revolutionary solution and if the solution was quickly possible, we would already have it. Initial atomic research and going to the moon needed to be government funded because at the time there wasn't enough economic upside for the business sector to be serious about research.
An efficient, clean, renewable solution to the world's energy needs could solve a lot of economic and political issues around the world. I don't think that spending those kind of development costs on something that has already had billions spent in research since the mid-70's is going to produce a magic answer. Anything less than a magic answer will not solve the world's problem. Anything less ...will just be more baby steps at a much greater expense.
I am working on a developmental, clean-burning fuel consisting of goats, puppets and Bammers.
nothing with bammers in it can be clean, burned or not.
AU spends more money on football than anyone else in the SEC and is second in the nation only to OSU.
Big Spenders
FYI My goats are flame retardant, Jet. I don't know about other goats, though.
aren't they also retarded?
I've got my box here. If the third office mate wasn't around, I would make another boxhead video. Doh well, I guess you all will just have to enjoy the one you got.
THT ..that's true, but burning Bammers can't be a bad thing.
Jet ..I'll invest in that deal.
Burning retarded goats = clean fuel
Burning Bammers = appropriate consumption
bammers on fire?
i like the sounds of that.
SCOTTIE B IS ON FIRE! IS HE A BAMMER?!
i'm always on fire THT. i'm retardant.
bammers....not so much.
if you ever put scottie & bammer in the same sentence without HATE....well then, we're going to have to step it outside.
GET SOME!
talking about Tubs's comments now on espnradio.
LOL
Scottie B bringing the flamin' bammer HATE!!!
Let's have a full blown bammer conflagration.
Bruce Feldman not thinking Tubs would be at TT more than 3 years.
great idea THT. fire it up!
i love talking football in a basketball post.
i agree replacing senior qb and tb is usually tough but we are replacing them with a jr qb who has more talent when he is asleep than the just departed sr. replacing a sr tb with another sr tb shouldn't be a problem. now if fannin gets injured or isn't full speed, thing will get screwy quick.
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I finally figured out why Chip's avatar gives me the creeps. It looks like the ETrade baby with Progeria.
Weeman,
Make this happen.
I need a bigger garage.
This is a must have for me.
I couldn't hardly breath I was laughing so hard after reading this headline.
"Tuberville locates nearest bus, tosses Big 12 under it"
Now, that there is funny. I don't care who you are.
i did the same thing SFC. hilarious.
good luck with your folding plane PF.
that would be cool, PF. It doesn't say what kind of fuel. I'd still have to stop for gas to get to AU. Do I just put it down on I-85 near a Sheetz exit?
"The Transition® is powered by a certified aircraft engine that runs on unleaded automotive gasoline. Perfect for trips between 100 and 400 miles"
not so perfect for 500 miles :-(
Maybe someone should have told Tuberville that attending that Lane Kiffikin motivational speaking workshop was a bad idea. Yea, he has always been pretty blunt, but that is a grecko-roman kick to the groin of a conference he just joined.
By the way, "Energy Independence" and "Renewable Energy" are terms that have been thrown around by every president since Nixon. I imagine some survey was taken years ago that said it resinated well with the public. Don't hold your breath.
Kathy, on Bonomolo, he supposedly took classes at 2 community colleges to qualify, so I guess that's going to delay things (because now they have to make 2 whole phone calls instead of just one to get his transcripts). Plus I believe the clearinghouse is still fond of utilizing the Pony Express. Rivals said they expect him to be there. No ETA given. Given the historical performance of the clearinghouse, I would expect him on campus by late October of 2012.
This is going to be a great football season. There is so much other interesting things to follow, not just Auburn. Tubertech will be interesting. Michigan giving Rod the Shaft will be interesting. LSU getting rid of cap boy is certainly possible. Rhoads and Iowa State is a curiosity. Kiffikin's dream job will be something to follow too. I love college football.
THT,
Still, a one stopper isn't so bad.
PF ...one of my partners just got out of a plane partnership. He wants to get one of these for us to fly-drive around Ga when doing real estate deals. I'm against it because of the 430# useful payload and sport plane rating that keeps this to a one person plane. At 20mph, the fuel costs aren't too bad.
20 mpg
Hopefully the government will do some of the things that will allow us to become more energy independent, like making energy efficient light bulbs required. If everyone bought them, they wouldn't be nearly as expensive. I have some track light bulbs that cost $30 a piece. They are led lights and extremely energy efficient.
Other obvious things are reducing traffic through things like 4 day work weeks, staggering working hours, and more telecommuting.
There are lots of obvious improvements that can be made.
Four day work weeks?
Yes please.
Thanks Baldy for the Bonomolo response. Unfortunately, your time projections are probably correct.
I guess one of the good things to come of out the $780 billion stimulus bill was that they devoted a significant amount of $ specifically for renewable development. You wouldn't believe the # of firms foaming at the mouth for that $. The renewables business is still young, but it's booming.
kathy, I'm not really sure what takes these clearinghouse folks so long. Apparently they take lots of breaks during the day - stress and such. Unfortunately, we've seen their handiwork in the past, and they put these kids lives on hold. (I'm sure their jobs are more difficult than I make it to be, but it's a frustrating process to watch from afar, that's for sure.)
BULL HONKEY
Hoopie,
Yeah, a four seater would be a lot more useful than a one seater, but it's still pretty awesome.
i heard bonomolo's transcripts from ca had been etched into stone tablets to save trees. that is the clearing house delay. the tablets are apparently very difficult to transport and nearly impossible to fax.
BOOM!!
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