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2.16.2016

Welcome to another 5k

OK. So you all have reached 5,000 posts, so THT has asked that I make a new thread. I'll gladly acquiesce. But first, a photo of the always-lovely Jenna Fischer to user in a new post. Please enjoy.

4999 Comments:

michael said...: I agree, MJT. Also, that Crosby dude on the Penguins is a punk.; 4:33 PM
bubbs said...: GO PREDS!; 5:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: GO PUNKS!; 6:37 PM
michael said...: Too bad penguins will have to vacate after the investigation.; 10:09 PM
Cincytiger said...: Congrats to your Pens, THT! I don't follow hockey at all, but I know this makes you happy, so it is good!; 10:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Thanks, Cincy! We are thrilled!

Yes, michael, there was collusion with the Russians. In particular Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar.; 10:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Ok, September 2 can't get here soon enough.; 10:36 PM
bubbs said...: I think we'd all agree that me pulling for the Preds ensured your Pens the cup.; 8:36 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: if that's the case, I don't suppose I could convince you to pull for ua-t this Fall?; 9:32 AM
michael said...: He's also seemed like more of a bammer than an Auburn Man to me anyway.; 9:39 AM
bubbs said...: This talking to yourself about yourself is getting out of hand, MJT. Although I agree with your assessment of yourself.; 9:54 AM
bubbs said...: I'll have to get back to you on the bammer thing. Even if it meant a natty for AU ... I'm just not sure I could do it.; 9:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ouch!; 9:59 AM
E-Bro said...: Sorry Preds fans, I was at Bonnaroo and missed Games 5 and 6. I'll take the blame.; 12:08 PM
bubbs said...: Saw a few on the lineup that would have been cool to see.

But who cares about the knowns. Who did you discover at Bonnaroo?; 4:19 PM
E-Bro said...: I don't think discover is the right word...Portugal. The Man has been coming to Bonnaroo for a while now, but it's always been on days I'm not there while my friends have raved and raved about them putting on some of the best Bonnaroo sets they've seen.

I've listened to them here and there and caught them on ACL and liked them fine, but finally got the chance to see them Friday night at 1 in the morning in one of the Tents and, man, they rocked my face off.; 8:02 AM
michael said...: As Portugal was inhabited before written records, there's really no way to know for certain who discovered Portugal.; 9:31 AM
bubbs said...: I did. I discovered Portugal.; 10:51 AM
E-Bro said...: What about The Man?; 11:03 AM
michael said...: Well there are men everywhere, Ebro. I think we all discovered them.; 11:20 AM
E-Bro said...: No, I'm talking about THE MAN.; 1:05 PM
bubbs said...: I know The Dude, but I'm not sure I'm familiar with this THE MAN of which you speak.; 1:40 PM
michael said...: Like, "THE MAN" as in the man, like the main man ya know, or more like "THE MAN" as in the Man, like "the Man is keeping me down?" It will be equally difficult to figure out who discovered each, but since the investigative paths are quite different, I think it's worth getting some things straightened out on the front end to save time.; 2:02 PM
E-Bro said...: What if Portugal is The Man?; 3:22 PM
bubbs said...: The Man or THE MAN? Which one are you asking about, E-Bro? Why are you being so evasive?; 4:16 PM
michael said...: Have you talked to anyone from Russia in the last 8 months Ebro?; 5:17 PM
E-Bro said...: Does a former Soviet Republic count?; 8:01 AM
bubbs said...: YES OR NO, E-BRO!; 8:33 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Some friends just returned from a 3 week trip to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. I couldn't figure out why they went in the first place. They didn't even see any Akhal-Tekes.; 8:55 AM
michael said...: Some of the things I know about Akhal-Tekes without having to look it up are that they They have a reputation for speed and endurance, intelligence, and a distinctive metallic sheen; 9:27 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: As expected, the King of Eurasia is an expert on Akhal-Tekes.; 9:32 AM
bubbs said...: "The Russians printed the first stud book for the breed in 1941, including over 700 horses."

Are you sure your "friends" didn't meet with any Russians on their trip, THT?; 10:07 AM
michael said...: I was featured in a Russian stud book once.

Never ask me about my business.; 11:46 AM
bubbs said...: I've read every Russian stud book ever printed. Can confirm.; 11:48 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: No Game 7 stress tonight.

80 days until kickoff.; 1:16 PM
bubbs said...: 79; 8:11 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs holds a full house post and all he wagers is 79?

Drove through 4 counties in the northeast corner of NC on Tuesday, I think for the first time. That makes 99 of the 100 I've visited. I've been within about 50 feet of Graham County but never in it. Why is all this important. Well, it's not.; 11:59 AM
michael said...: Graham County is trash. They never play anybody.; 12:22 PM
E-Bro said...: Within 50 feet? You run out of rations or something? Didn't want to caulk your wagon or pony up cash for the ferry?; 1:15 PM
bubbs said...: Not a fan of their crackers. I'd stay out of that county, too.; 1:20 PM
michael said...: Their crackers are top notch, I'd say. Pro-tip: eat them with that store bought vanilla frosting. It's basically Dunkaroos.; 1:26 PM
bubbs said...: You're ignorant, and you've proven it. Graham County has a terrible product.

I'd rather go with iced animal crackers: https://www.amazon.com/Market-Pantry-Frosted-Animal-Cookie/dp/B00O080VU2/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1497552204&sr=8-3&keywords=frosted+animal+crackers

Or put the frosting on a Nilla Wafer.; 1:53 PM
michael said...: I feel like someone made some iced animal crackers when I was little that were a lot tastier than any I've run into these days.; 2:06 PM
bubbs said...: Nah, man. I'm not talking about a little icing on top. Check out that link. The whole thing is coated in white fudge and sprinkled. They're legit.; 2:27 PM
michael said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3:21 PM
michael said...: Well frosted animal cookies were already a thing, so I'm going to need you to come up with a new name for that.; 3:22 PM
bubbs said...: Mummified Animal Crackers; 4:33 PM
bubbs said...: Or MACs if you prefer the whole brevity thing.; 4:33 PM
bubbs said...: Could I interest any of you guys in a tontine pool?; 8:46 AM
michael said...: No thanks, I barely use the tontine pool I already have.; 10:16 AM
E-Bro said...: Is that what Scrooge McDuck swims around in?; 10:21 AM
bubbs said...: You're not far off, E-Bro.

Was learning about them today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine; 11:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: combines two of the surest ways to throw away money: annuity and lottery

I suppose you could add AU season tickets to the list. 78 days til kickoff.; 11:27 AM
E-Bro said...: RICH TRUCKS DAY!!!; 1:30 PM
bubbs said...: I have no idea what you're talking about.; 1:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: poor bubbs doesn't know Rich Trucks; 1:59 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll admit, I knew just as much about Rich Trucks as I knew about tontine pools.; 2:00 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: after reading up on his role on the undefeated 2004 AU Football team, it sounds like he anchored the right side of AU's offensive bench.; 2:11 PM
michael said...: Weird coincidence, my dentist is actually in a tontine pool with Rich Trucks.; 2:32 PM
bubbs said...: I wonder how Rich feels about MACs.; 2:53 PM
THT said...: Like most everyone else, I bet Rich prefers MACs strongly over White Iced Nabisco Dark Ochre WaferS.; 11:06 PM
bubbs said...: TGWOS; 8:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: IHNIWTM!; 10:00 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 75 days until kickoff!

92 days until preseason puck drop!

GO TIGERS!!! WARRRRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!; 10:16 AM
michael said...: IHFOVNAOSDFJFANASOJFOJASODFJ; 3:59 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I couldn't figure out what the 3rd A stood for, but the rest of it makes perfect sense.; 10:01 AM
bubbs said...: I would tell you, THT, but this is a family blog.; 10:05 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yesterday temp & humidity in the 90s. I can't wait until October 3. Who wants to join MrsTHT and me on top of Medicine Bow Peak that day?; 10:08 AM
michael said...: Medicine Bow Peak? What the heck is a medicine bow?

In other news: I don't know about you guys, but I've made a decision to stay off boats named "Fitzgerald."; 10:20 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I don't have to worry about a boat's name. I avoid all boats except the gravy boat.; 10:31 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The name of Medicine Bow is derived from the Indians. A tradition says that the northern tribes traveled annually to the foot of the Medicine Bow Mountains for the purpose of procuring a variety of ash timber from which they made their bows. With the Indians, anything that is excellent for the purpose for which it is intended is called Good Medicine. The locality was known as the place where they could procure good medicine bows, hence Medicine Bow Mountains, Medicine Bow River, and the town of Medicine Bow naturally follows. (WPA) Indians came a great distance to obtain the unusually straight timber of that part of the region from which to fashion their bows and arrows. It was considered good medicine to use that timber for the making of their weapons; they said, "Good medicine bows." (Annals of Wyoming 14:3); 10:46 AM
bubbs said...: I live in Good Medicine Sweatsville.; 10:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I thought I'd have a hard time using good and sweat in the same sentence, but that was easy.; 11:12 AM
E-Bro said...: I'm heading back to Hawaii next month to escape this heat.; 1:10 PM
bubbs said...: Hey, E-Bro. The Jerk store called.; 2:50 PM
bubbs said...: I still follow Ryan Black on Twitter even though he's no longer a beat hack for AU.

Since he's not writing for anyone at the moment he's gotten a lot more... Visceral? Raw? I dunno, but it's odd to watch.; 2:58 PM
michael said...: I just looked at his twitter and didn't see anything that weird. Got any examples?; 3:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Ain't odd, and ain't weird...; 3:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: but it is AUSOME!!!; 3:20 PM
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BEASLEY!!!BEASLEY!!!; 3:20 PM
E-Bro said...: What happened to Ryan Black? Seemed like a decent beat reporter from what I saw. Are the internet sites starting to get hit with layoffs now?; 3:24 PM
bubbs said...: I dunno what happened. I think he went to some other beat, but his profile says he's in between gigs at the moment. Who knows? Seems like a rough industry to make a living in.

Here's an example, MJT. It's the type of tweet you wouldn't see him make in the past:

Ryan Black‏Verified account @RyanABlack Jun 17
Hated to hear the two Georgia fugitives were caught alive. Hoping they would engage police and die in a shootout. They're both scum.

I guess it's weird to see someone's professional account become a personal one. MORE DIMENSIONS!; 4:30 PM
michael said...: Why do you hate shootouts, bubbs?; 5:09 PM
bubbs said...: Shootouts are fine. I just have an affinity for scum, and I don't understand Ryan's position regarding it.; 5:14 PM
E-Bro said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-JVSTnxzA; 8:01 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I just have an affinity for scum

bubbs is apparently explaining his reason for joining HABOTN.; 9:35 AM
bubbs said...: It's one of the many great things about this place.; 9:39 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 8pm tonight on NBCSN, NHL Awards show + Vegas's 30 expansion draft picks announced.

The entire THT clan is going to miss The Flower. He's been a great goalie for the Penguins, but an even greater person for the city of Pittsburgh.; 10:13 AM
bubbs said...: Got yourself a real thorny situation, there, THT.; 1:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the closer it gets to 8pm the more likely I'll be watching something other than the NHL awards/expansion draft. Or maybe I'll just take care of some clerical work. I can't recall any awards show I've watched other than the Heisman in 2010.; 6:26 PM
michael said...: What'd you watch last night, THT?; 9:46 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Thankfully, not the awards show. But my choice was just as bad. Someone in the family rented Logan from Netflix and it was pretty awful. Nothing but foul language and computer-generated violence. At 11pm things got a little better when Star Trek Voyager came on H&I.

The evening was not a total loss. I had a very large bowl of Blue Bell's Homemade Listeria, topped with ground up Girl Scouts of America Thin Mints and Hershey's brown high fructose corn syrup. It was DEEEEEEEEElicious.; 9:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: and a big SEMI-boom. We're half way to our next page flip.; 10:11 AM
E-Bro said...: Man, THT and I have different taste in film.

Wasn't crazy about the last 15 minutes or so, but otherwise thought Logan was pretty good.; 10:27 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I've seen much worse movies, like Mean Dog Blues, though that was by accident.; 10:37 AM
bubbs said...: I'll tell you one thing. That "survey" that revealed 7% of Americans thought chocolate milk comes from brown cows - total sham. FAKE NEWS!; 11:43 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That survey was probably planted by Putin.; 12:25 PM
michael said...: THT, I'm sorry you didn't eat anything made out of scratch last night. but it sounds like you're content, so that's good.

I'd like to see Logan one day. I'll probably borrow it from my father in law, who buys all movies on blu-ray.; 12:25 PM
bubbs said...: I'm always fascinated by the people I see riffling through the DVDs at Walmart. I've become so conditioned to streaming media, it seems archaic to me.; 1:18 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was just talking about dessert. I had some really yummy thing where MrsTHT took the leftover made-from-scratch pizza dough and wrapped it around chopped up chicken and broccoli, stuck it in the oven for a bit, and then smothered it in gravy. A little bland for most palates, but I absolutely gobbled it up.; 1:26 PM
bubbs said...: Did you save any for us?; 1:27 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I ate two and left one so I wouldn't be tight as a tick last night. Whoever gets to my house first can have it.; 1:31 PM
bubbs said...: Since MJT gambled his car away again, I'd say I've got pretty good odds!; 2:36 PM
michael said...: Can I borrow someone's car?; 2:39 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll probably be leaving work later, but I've only got 11 miles to get there.

I just hope mjt doesn't use his secret Eurasian teleporter to beam that gustatory delight out of my kitchen. SHIELDS UP!; 2:50 PM
E-Bro said...: MJT, yes, but I need it back by 5.; 3:14 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: mjt, you can be here in no time if you borrow E-Bro's Tesla.; 3:38 PM
E-Bro said...: Yep. You'll be there in no time at all.; 3:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yes, and the quickest way is I-65 N to I-70 E to I-77 S to I-40 E to exit 200-and-something.; 4:21 PM
THT said...: y'all can turn around and head back to AL. It's gone.; 5:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs apparently missed the memo. He pulled up in my driveway just in time for breakfast.

Come back tomorrow, bubbs. We only eat breakfast on the weekends.; 7:22 AM
bubbs said...: Will there be coffee?; 8:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: for you and MrsTHT? Sure. I'll stick with chocolate milk.; 8:23 AM
bubbs said...: You realize chocolate milk doesn't come from brown cows, right?; 8:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it comes from a squeeze bottle of Hershey's brown high fructose corn syrup.; 8:39 AM
michael said...: You should be super healthy like the MJT clan and get the non-HFCS version of the hershey syrup. You can drink that stuff straight from the bottle and it's totally healthy for you.; 10:04 AM
bubbs said...: We only use sweetener harvested from honey suckle nectar, and use organic, free trade coco. Our chocolate milk makes you healthy and a good person.; 10:15 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: makes you healthy and a good person.

probably too late on both accounts.

I may do a taste test with the Nestle non-HFCS chocolate syrup, Hershey's version. Milecah, is it the Hershey's Simply 5 that y'all use?; 11:59 AM
michael said...: indeed it is, THT. mainly the kids use it, though, so no promises on the taste or anything. I usually eat my ice cream and drink my milk sans chocolate. But it has chocolate and sugar in it, so it seems to do the trick for them.; 12:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: btw, mlieach, does anyone know how zookeeper is doing. Did she leave Auburn and go elsewhere?; 12:19 PM
michael said...: Not sure of many specifics on Kristinuh. She still posts regularly on Twitter but everything is business related. Her profile lists her as still in Auburn. Here is her account if you don't follow already:

https://twitter.com/kristinaleroux

We should invite her back to 1.0; 1:36 PM
bubbs said...: Well. We're waiting. Why isn't she here yet?; 2:23 PM
michael said...: Probably because of you. I bet you're the reason she left in the first place.; 2:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I blame Feng.; 3:42 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: looking at her kristinaleroux.com site, my guess is that she siphoned off most of Feng's virtually assisted customers, so Feng may have had her banhammered. The Irony is that Feng is now broke and can't afford internet service, so we don't see him here, either.

Come on back, zookeeper! Just send $19.95 to Dear Leader and he will re-activate your HABOTN account.; 3:57 PM
bubbs said...: Jokes on you, MJT. In Zookeeper's HABOTN prime, I wasn't around. She came around a few times on 2.0 and maybe some campfires(?), but she "left" before I arrived.

With that in mind, I might be the historical marker for the decline and fall of HABOTN. So at least I got that going for me, which is nice!; 5:15 PM
Cincytiger said...: Zookeeper is on FB. Married John Cooper, can't remember his HABOTN handle. From pics and posts, she is happy and healthy! Still in Auburn.; 7:54 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Hey Cincy! Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing y'all in 68 days!

Anybody want some home-canned beets from 1988? That's the kind of stuff in the basement of my aunt's house. Fortunately for me, she was an aunt by marriage who died without a will, and all the inheritance, including those beets and the task of cleaning up that place, falls to blood kin, two nephews and a niece from my aunt's side of the family. Whew!; 8:28 AM
bubbs said...: 88 wasn't a great year, THT. Now if you had a few jars of 87, that's a whole different story.; 8:32 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 88 is great! All. The. Time.; 9:04 AM
bubbs said...: Frankly, I question your knowledge of home canned beets. Granted, 88 is a great number, but I also don't see you elbowing people to get those jars.; 10:07 AM
michael said...: Nothing beets '88; 10:11 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If we're talking beets, the year is irrelevant.; 10:11 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: There's a reason his King of Eurasia and Queen of HABOTN.; 10:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: * he's; 10:12 AM
bubbs said...: The reason is because he beet a bunch of people to death.; 10:30 AM
michael said...: Perhaps now you finally understand the potential utility of '88 beets.; 10:35 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: what about the grocery store bought canned green beans from the '60s?; 11:05 AM
bubbs said...: Cut, french cut or whole?; 11:06 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm guessing that their original state is now irrelevant and that the can contains more green botulism than green bean, so we didn't open it. There was an undated home canned jar of "green debris" that, in its youth, may have been cut green beans.; 12:35 PM
bubbs said...: It's been a while since I've had a nice helping of green botulism. Besides, since you decided to eat all the leftovers before I got to your house last time, I'm running out of options. I'll be over to pick up the botulism later.; 12:45 PM
michael said...: It's good to eat some green botulism prior to indulging on Blue Bell Listeria.; 1:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, they'll be expecting you on Longview Drive in Burlington. You can stop at Hursey's while you're in town, and also at Zack's, so come hungry.; 2:03 PM
Cincytiger said...: The THT I know wouldn't care if those beets were canned freshly yesterday, he wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole. Don't ruin my image.; 10:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Tarnish the image perhaps, but not ruin.... I'll let you in on a secret. I've actually taken a few bites of roasted(?) diced beets this year. Not a whole serving, mind you, but the first beets I've put in my mouth since I was a pre-kindergartner. I can eat beets if I have to, but I'm fine without them.

On a more somber topic, a co-worker suffered a massive heart attack right in the middle of our monthly meeting at the Buy More tonight. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. You can pray for "Duke" since he is a big fan of his alma mater. Don't worry, God will know who you're talking about. He is currently intubated and has an aortic balloon pump with plans for CABG in the next day or two. He's just one year older than me and he exercises regularly.; 10:54 PM
bubbs said...: Sorry to hear that about Duke. The older I get, the more I realize how fragile this world is. Prayers have been sent for him and his family.; 8:13 AM
Cincytiger said...: Oh, no! Hopefully the location of your monthly meeting was advantageous for him. Will be praying for "Duke". I agree with bubbs, life is fragile. Just lost my best friend from age 14 (that is friends for a long time!) to a carcinoid (NET) she had fought for thirty years. I have a new friend (known for eight years) who was just diagnosed with the same thing. Getting right tired of death. Pretty ready for the Lord's return.; 9:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: God bless y'all and thank you for your prayers. I haven't heard anything today. Curiously enough, the Buy More is about 150 feet from an Emergency Room, so help arrived very quickly which was a good thing since he had cardiac and respiratory arrest right as ER people arrived. Twenty minutes earlier Duke was driving his car on the interstate from one of the satellite Buy More offices.; 10:51 AM
bubbs said...: Does MJT work on the arsenal? I can't remember. Sounds like they have/had an active shooter. No reported injuries. Hope it stays that way.; 11:17 AM
michael said...: MJT is safe and sound. 95% of my time is spent off-arsenal.

Sorry to hear about Duke, THT. Will say a prayer for him. And sorry about your best friend, cincy. Will say a prayer for your new friend.; 12:00 PM
E-Bro said...: I'm ok too, bubbs.; 1:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 98 days until Medicine Bow Peak. Who's with me?!; 2:21 PM
bubbs said...: I was pretty sure you didn't work on the arsenal. I was wrong?; 2:26 PM
bubbs said...: I'm with you in spirit. Still trying to figure out how to get my body there.; 2:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that's easy, bubbs.; 2:29 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Sell all your stocks! I can't believe she said this

The only reasonable explanation is that she knows her days are numbered no higher than what michael can count.; 2:48 PM
E-Bro said...: I work at the Arsenal. Wasn't my building, though.; 3:08 PM
Cincytiger said...: Tylerson works on base part of the time and used to work in the Sparkman building. Thankfully, he was at his other office off base today. Now they are saying there was no active shooter? What the heck is going on? Glad you who work on base are safe.; 10:43 PM
bubbs said...: How old is Yellen? Like THT said, That kinda talk makes you think she doesn't plan on being around very long.

Didn't know you were on the arsenal. My mom works in one of those buildings. Glad everything turned out alright. Strange happenings, though.

Airfare isn't too bad. Can I stay with you guys?; 8:21 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs, you can ride with us but your accommodations will be on your own. I wouldn't want to keep you up all night with my loud snoring and have you fall asleep on the hike and fall off the mountain. We'll be staying at the Hilton Garden Inn in Laramie. Seriously good breakfasts will be here; 9:52 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Looks like a beautiful day just outside Laramie. I don't see a speck of humidity in that image.

Still plenty of snow in Snowy Range. Almost all of it will be gone for our trip unless they get a September snowfall.; 10:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: uh oh, as of 0959 MDT, specks of humidity have crept into the sky at upper left, not to mention a lane closure in the right northbound lane.; 11:07 AM
bubbs said...: Road is completely open now, but there's stills some haze out there.; 11:29 AM
bubbs said...: I think E-Bro should make the trip with me. Would make the staying rate cheaper.; 11:33 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: there'll be room in the rental vehicle

Duke's head CT looks great!!!!! There has been concern of anoxic brain injury from his cardiac arrest because every time they try to wean him off the sedation he is very agitated/combative; 11:48 AM
bubbs said...: Good to hear. Maybe Duke just doesn't like coming out of sedation.; 12:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: he's probably mad that they have a tube stuck down his airway; 12:16 PM
E-Bro said...: Already been to Laramie. Anywhere close by worth visiting?; 1:27 PM
bubbs said...: Have you hiked up Medicine Bow Peak before? That's on the itinerary.; 1:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Did you meet my cousins? Probably not since I don't think any of them have lived there in the past 30 years.

Did you go rock climbing at Vedauwoo?

Did you go hiking at Sand "Crick"?; 2:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Did you see the bunny?; 2:38 PM
michael said...: I think I saw the bunny. Was it soft and furry?; 3:14 PM
E-Bro said...: I went to a football game. That's pretty much all I did.; 3:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That's like saying you've been to Atlanta if you changed planes at Hartsfield.; 3:22 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It looks pretty soft; 3:24 PM
bubbs said...: I don't think that's a real bunny. Pretty sure that's a yard ornament.

Sounds like E-Bro is not interested in having a good time in WY.; 4:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Maybe we'll see a Jackolope. If not, we can always drive up to Douglas, WY, and take our pictures in front of their Jackolope monument.; 4:08 PM
E-Bro said...: I'm down for a good time in WY, but back then I wanted to get back to Denver to watch the Auburn-Mississippi State game.

We won. Totally worth it. As was the trip War Memorial Stadium.; 4:46 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Good morning, sports fans.

65, 82, 96, and 97 days til kickoff, preseason puck drop, Snowy Range hike, & regular season puck drop.

Go Tigers! WARRRRR EAGLE!!!; 8:02 AM
michael said...: 45BEASLEY!!!!!!!!; 11:09 AM
bubbs said...: We gave you plenty of time to pick that one up, THT. You're slipping.; 11:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: actually, bubbs, you missed the real BEASLEY!!! 14 posts back.; 11:53 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: oops, that was E-Bro. My apologies to perfect bubbs; 11:54 AM
michael said...: They're basically the same person.; 12:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well that will make it easier for them to fit in the rental car, and they/he can go cheap on a 1 bed hotel room; 12:58 PM
E-Bro said...: Let's just go with two single beds to be safe.; 2:08 PM
michael said...: Why, bubbs?; 2:23 PM
bubbs said...: Because blanket forts are easier to make when you have two beds.; 2:30 PM
E-Bro said...: Duh.; 3:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Duke had his CABG yesterday and is doing ok as far as I know. Don't know yet if he's conscious or not.

We're one day closer to football and it's NHL Free Agency Eve.; 9:40 AM
michael said...: NBA free agency starts tomorrow too.

Why does the NHL copy the NBA so much?; 2:24 PM
bubbs said...: Why do their schedules align so much? Would make a lot more sense to have NHL to have their finals etc. when other major sports aren't playing.; 4:55 PM
THT said...: ka

BOOOOOOOOM!; 6:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: y'all are a buncha slackers. Let me guess.. you're out shopping for Irony Day presents? I'll take a map.; 9:43 AM
michael said...: "This listing (**********) has been removed, or this item is not available."

How ironic.; 11:49 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: How funny! It was just there this morning. It was a slightly less expensive example of this map. RATS! That one sold, too!; 12:07 PM
michael said...: How much does one of those sell for these days?; 12:34 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The one on eBay was buy it now for $12K. Condition was pretty good, not spectacular. The one on the raremaps.com web site had been there for about a year, priced at $16.5K. Fascinating map that many claim is the first to hint at Columbus's discovery. However, based on the location of the land bridge and text, it might make more sense that it refers to Bartolomeu Dias's 1488 voyage around southern tip of Africa into the Indian Ocean.

However, all that map stuff aside, I think it's cool because it is the first printed depiction of eyeglasses. I've probably told y'all that before somewhere on Hv1.0; 12:41 PM
michael said...: I think you have told us about that one. Why haven't you bought one already?; 1:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Do you want 12,000 reasons, or 16,500 reasons?; 1:23 PM