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8.07.2017

Yes, it's that time again

THT has alerted me to the fact you all are approaching 5,000 posts, which means it's time for a new thread. It would be my pleasure to create said new thread. Before I leave, however, I'd like to provide you a picture of the always-lovely Mariska Hargitay.

Have a nice day.

3816 Comments:

E-Bro said...: Wait, bubbs isn't part of the Ring of Fire?!

3204 - burn, burn, burn.; 3:39 PM
michael said...: bubbs is so unbelievably not in the Ring of Fire.

3205 - Ring of Fire is back, still no bubbs.; 12:03 PM
michael said...: We need a new thread. We need more quantity and less substance over here.

3206 - substance.; 4:36 PM
michael said...: Kevin Steele will go down as the greatest head coach in Auburn history!

3207 - Boom!; 11:12 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Q; 10:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: U; 10:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: A; 10:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: N; 10:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: T; 10:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I; 10:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Y; 10:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: You're welcome!

3216 - ~1196th anniversary of the banning of THT from blogger.; 10:08 PM
michael said...: That's the spirit!

3217 - Please prove you're not a robot. Select the pictures with smelly bammers.; 2:27 PM
michael said...: Hey bubbs, the candidates are dropping like flies. Your boy Bill Clark may have a shot after all.

3218 - Oh no. The levees are failing! The levees are failing!; 1:00 PM
michael said...: You dodged a bullet there, bubbs. Bill Clark would have been your fault!

3219 - Your fault!; 11:33 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: don't worry, bubbs, it was just a paint pellet.

I wonder if our Ag dept can grow taters good enough to please our new coach. I'm sure he has very high standards in that regard.

3220 - Tater Tot hired as HC of Northeast West Central State College in Bayouville, LA.; 9:40 AM
michael said...: Can you believe Harsin won a national championship for Auburn!? And you guys wanted Bill Clark, who ended up being a murderer! Howdy do!!!!

3221 - UAB vacates their national championship because of impermissible murder.; 11:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: and he just won another!!! He needs to be statued!

bubbs apparently was telling the truth. He does not post here.

3222 - Palindrome Year Celebration Planning committee is formed to assist AU Athletic Director with next HC hire.; 11:32 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: is it just cause I get no news in prison or has Auburn's HC officially disappeared? I want to see a coaching staff. I want to see news of his recruiting coups. I want to hear that the Citrus Bowl has been canceled.

3223 - in an interesting twist, calendar goes from Jan 1 to June 30 and then back to Jan 1. Palindrome Year Celebration Planning committee receives a lot of flak for this crazy celebration that omitted Christmas AND Irony Day from 3223. King of Eurasia executes them all using palindromic rifles. Oh, the irony!; 12:19 PM
bubbs said...: I still post here. It's just that when my browser updates, it takes me a while to find my way back.

3224 - New evidence suggests ROF never really existed.; 2:59 PM
michael said...: Vacation is over.

3225 - Eurasia declares this a Palindrome Year.; 10:51 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i'm still waiting for a coaching staff, and wondering if AU will become the first team to have 50 players sucked out the portal in one year. Somebody close that door!

2336 - Turns out that the evidence in 3224 was created by a pathological liar, as was the evidence of bubbs's posthumous election to the RoF in 2181.; 1:38 PM
michael said...: It took Chizik until the end of January to find a gem like Scot Loeffler. Be patient!

2337 - Palindrome massacre!; 6:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We need more tees! One just wasn't enough.

3228 - Feng historical posting dissertation documents the ease with which michael was repeatedly thrown off the post count by a dyslexic poster.; 11:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Don't worry, michael, I'm sure Feng's dissertation will have many glowing comments on the goodness of your post quantity.

3229 - Feng's shui gets all excited when Feng earns his PhD. It's Dr. Feng to you!; 11:40 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Auburn's offense is going to be BoboBolicious!
Actually, it's likely to be awful without major talent influx to the OL.

3230 - most boring year ever; more boring than a 3-2 football game; 1:07 PM
michael said...: Bobo is an offensive genius. I'm not the least bit worried!

3231 - Greatest football game ever ends in the score 12-10. There were 11 safeties total in the game, the final one right before the buzzer!; 4:28 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: buzzer? When was the last time a football game ended with a buzzer?
You did remind me of a great ACC tournament game NCSU 12 - Duke 10 in 1968. I was one of very few who actually got a kick out of watching that game. At one point in the first half, NC State's "big man" dribbled the ball for 14 consecutive minutes out near mid court.

#6 Duke had a much more talented team with All-American center Mike Lewis, but State did have some quick players. Norm Sloan decided to pull everyone out and force Duke out of their zone defense. Duke coach Vic Bubas later said he stayed in the zone because, "the truth of the matter is, we couldn’t have pressed a team of grandmothers.”

Late in the first half, Sloan called State's best player, Vann Williford, over to the sideline to discuss last minute strategy. The very short Duke player guarding him went, too. Williford asked if he should call timeout so they could discuss it privately. Sloan told him no, that Duke would then substitute a bigger player who could guard Williford. Then there was the State player on the court who got a stick of chewing gum from a cheerleader while his teammate dribbled out near mid court. It was a fantastic game. I hate the shot clock.

One of the all-time great quotes came from the radio play-by-play announcer Bill Currie, who announced “This game has all the thrill of artificial insemination.”

State overcame a 4-2 halftime deficit to upset Duke, 12-10. State then lost by 37 points to UNC in the championship game the next night.

3232 - shot clock outlawed; 9:47 AM
michael said...: I don't know how many football games have ended in a buzzer up to this point THT, but I know for a fact at least one will in the future in 3231.

That was a good story! My 4th grade team beat one of the best teams in Memphis using that stall strategy. It was a team we usually lost to by 30 points. Other coach was mad!

However, I do wish they would add a shot clock to high school games. Makes the game much better in my opinion, all apologies to your stall loving sensibilities, THT.

3233 - shot clock is arrested, tried and hanged; 2:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We had a total of 88 snowflakes fall in our neighborhood today while MrsTHT was out on her walk. I saw nary a one :-(

3234 - coldest year on record. THT's hometown gets 88" of snow.; 5:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm so thankful for western North Carolina, aka Tennessee. But they better not steele any of our new assistants.

3235 - The Crosby Curse is now in year 1215. Penguins haven't haven't made the playoffs in more than a millennium since Crosby retired.; 5:55 PM
michael said...: My wife bought a sled to make it snow this year. We'll see if it works. Haven't had a sled-able snow since 2015.

3236 - snow stops all around earth when everyone buys sleds.; 11:01 AM
bubbs said...: Was at Beech Mountain over the weekend with a couple of the kids/youth. Probably got around 8 inches of snow while there. Not sure that it ever got above freezing. It was awesome.

3237 - Bubbs purchases a beach umbrella. Snow falls for 3 weeks straight everywhere.; 9:02 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: bubbs's snow miracle leads to his unanimous election to the Ring of Winter.

3238 - snowplow shortage; 2:46 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: well, Spring practice sure was interesting this year.

3239 - it snows all Sprng.; 8:09 AM
michael said...: Who has two thumbs and is sick of quarantine?

Seriously, I'd like to know. This riddle has been driving me crazy!!!

3240 - New winter variant is immune to spring, snows all year.; 11:51 AM
E-Bro said...: https://imgur.com/gallery/vtMMpAF

3241 - Coldest year on record.; 10:55 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: michael, I'm almost certain it must be Bob Kilpatrick.

3242 - colder than cold; 2:24 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Our weather forecast for next Thur-Sun is laughable; it includes snowflakes each of those 4 days. I'd bet good money that we get a sum total of 4 snowflakes or less. Oh, how I long for years 3239-42.

3243 - But wait! There's more! Snow.; 9:08 AM
E-Bro said...: Apparently Monte Sano got a solid dusting overnight on Saturday, but did I see any down my way around Green Mountain? Nope, just blustery and cold and gray outside when I went for my Sunday walk. Not cool.

3244 - Less snow, but more than in 2021.; 1:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: nothing to report here, just trying to get us one step closer to 5000

3245 - More snow, but less than in 3243; 3:31 PM
michael said...: Ebro, got to check out the north side of Monte Sano after a dusting. Usually some good stuff there.

3246 - Snow pock a lypse is coming they say. Maybe at least.; 12:55 PM
michael said...: Didn't get much snow at the house, but just like I recommended to Ebro, we went up to Monte Sano and found a bunch of like minded snow lovers. Bankhead parkway was closed, and we went sledding down it. Much enjoyment.

3247 - And the rain rain rain came down down down; 12:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yesterday it was 28 degrees warmer here than in Auburn. We still have NO SNOW! The good news is they are predicting lots of ice and power outages by early tomorrow morning. Oh joy. We are in our 2nd day of sunshine and our basement sump pump still hasn't finished pumping all the water that is draining into it from the ground outside. We don't need no power outage.

3248 - basement sump pumps run on 2 AA Duracell batteries.; 1:23 PM
michael said...: Our friends in Madison were making snowmen last night. My office building in West Huntsville got a bunch of snow.

Got nothing but rain all night at my house in southeast Huntsville. The difference between 33 and 32 deg F is real, yall.

3249 - Anti-tempers claim nothing freezes at 32 deg F, and that ice and snow are fake.; 11:55 AM
E-Bro said...: Same over here in South Huntsville, MJT. Watching friends on Instagram measure up to 7 inches of snow up around Tanner while I was watching it rain all night.

Got maybe 3/4 of an inch on Tuesday and the southern part of Green mountain was at least pretty to look at during the day. Also went for a hike on Sunday there that yielded a frost-covered forest which was lovely.

3250 - Something year on record.; 5:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: At least y'all had 7" of snow nearby. We've probably had 7" of rain, not a flake to be seen anywhere near us.

3251 = wettest year on record; even wetter than 2021.; 7:29 AM
michael said...: Got any snow yet, THT?

I seem to remember a story about Leff rejecting snow shoes gifted to him by eskimos on account of his traction-y feet, but I am hazy on the details.

3252 - Archeologists discover the crater left after HABOTN 2.0 was blown up.; 1:39 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The best part of that is that I didn't have to wait 1,231 years to LOL.

Winter has passed us by this year. I got to see about 1/2" of snow in W-S for about 2 hours before it melted. That was it. Do I hope it will snow 3 consecutive Wednesdays in March like it did when I was a kid in 1960? Yes, I do. I'm not going to hold my breath.

3253 - news of 3252 archeological discovery is announced to the public on Hv3.0; 7:24 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: would it be a recruiting violation to offer high school recruits free bariatric surgery with their scholarship?

3254 - Protracted legal battle between the Chinese Communist Party (current owner of the MA) and the descendants of Jay G. Tate over ownership of the relics discovered in the Hv2.0 blast crater.; 9:53 AM
michael said...: I think free bariatric surgery is one of those recruiting exceptions allowed.

3255 - Descendants of J-Crep win ownership of Hv2.0 crater, change the name to Burn Thority Crater and set it on fire.; 12:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: wow, that was unexpected. I have no comeback for that.

3256 - Burn Thority Crater tourism dries up when the site is determined to be more toxic than Chernobyl.; 12:54 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'd really like to know how to prevent posts on my blog site from completely vanishing into the ether several months after being posted. That's happened twice in the past two years. No trace left behind at all. Even the image files for those posts disappear from the media library, so it's not just the blog post page that vanishes.

Feng has really let me down.

3257 - missing blog posts found in Norm's basement.; 7:54 AM
michael said...: Where do you do you're blogging?

I of course am a bit of an expert when it comes to blogspot blogging. At least I was 10 years ago. Has anything changed since then?

3258 - Everything changes; 12:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i blog about ncmaps, pretty dry stuff. I did it as a way to store my map research where I could find it easier. That hasn't turned out so well with two posts completely evaporating.

3259 - everything changes again; 2:58 PM
michael said...: Maybe one of the other contributors is going behind your back and deleting entries?

Oh the intrigue!

3260 - North Carolina map scene is still as cutthroat as it ever was.; 3:13 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: there are no other contributors, unless Johnny contributed something. Did you, Johnny? No, I don't even read your blog. Not even a peak over my shoulder on occasion? No, never. I have no interest in maps. WHAT? I've known you all my life! How could you not possibly be interested in maps? I'm gonna rip your tongue out for even saying such a thing.

3261 - eVerything changes again; 12:04 PM
michael said...: If you had a crazy bomb making neighbor, would you do your civic duty like badly1 and try to make sure he stays on probation as long as possible, or would you not want to make the bomb maker mad knowing that in a year and a half he is getting off probation anyway? I'd probably be a chicken, but that's just me.

3262 - bomb makers are mad!; 1:09 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Bombs or no bombs, I probably would Have moved about 400 miles away. At least tHat's wHat I did wHen we lived in Cobb County.

Looks like Norm forgot to send all tHose donations He collected from us to ProBoards. THey've pulled tHe plug on AUFC tHis morning.

3263 - plugs are overrated; 4:08 AM
michael said...: I guess they plugged it back in.

I wouldn't know what Proboards is up to at 4:08 am central time. That's too dang early for posting.

3264 - pluggidy plugs; 12:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yowza that was a busy weekend, followed by an exhausting dream last night. Besides myself, others in the dream included my dad, Ainsley (one of my grandpuppies), Djokavic, Federer, Federer's ~ 6yo son (I don't even know if he has kids), Jim Croce (I've never had any of his vinyl albums or e-songs), and a wide variety of otherwise unknown people. The setting was an entirely fictional Auburn campus with tennis court next to the stadium where my dad and I were going to see a game. Mind you, the actual stadium structure and field were never seen. I had seats on the far side from where my dad was sitting (he was in the white wooden folding chairs set up on the campus lawn). When I got to my seats, which seemed to be under a stadium overhang, everyone had turned their seat around to watch the game on a huge screen. "What's the point of coming to the game?," I asked. By this time, I had Ainsley in tow and we returned to the other side of the stadium to sit with my dad where we (theoretically, at least) could see the field. On the way, we stopped at the ~12x20' patch of gorgeous green grass that had been placed under the stadium for the doggie "restroom". We then passed the tennis court where Djokovic and Federer had finished their match and were now playing the usual post-match tennis baseball game, complete with umpire calling balls and strikes. Djokovic was at bat and Federer was "pitching", i.e. serving pitches. I could tell from his expression that he had lost the match. His son was at the fence ready to go home. By the time Ainsley and I got to the other side of the tennis court, Jim Croce was sitting in a chair in the corner where "home plate" had been and was strumming his guitar and singing that "Operator, won't you help me place this call" song, much to the pleasure of the tennis crowd. Somewhere along the way in this dream, there was a campus type cafeteria and an ice covered sidewalk. I woke up soooooooooooo tired.

Neither Joseph nor Daniel would stand a chance with my dreams.

3265 - over a thousand years later, THT's dreams remain uninterpretable.; 1:20 PM
michael said...: The meaning of your dream is rather obvious to me, but it would take too long to type out. Sorry.

As for the mjt clan, for my wife's bday yesterday, we traveled 2 hours from Huntsville to Sipsey Wilderness and then hiked about 2 hours out to see the largest tree in alabama. The online trail map we downloaded wasn't the greatest. We found a big tree and said to ourselves "Well trees must not get all that big in Alabama." We hiked back to the car and then after driving 45 minutes and getting cell phone reception again, my wife looked up the tree and realized we had in fact not seen the big tree. The marker was off on the map by about a half mile.

3266 - The Sipsey Wilderness gets 3G cell service.; 4:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: "Users have reported that this is a challenging route that is not marked well. It's easy to get off course and there is no cell phone service here, so downloading the map ahead of time is advised." Too bad it doesn't help.

3267 - how on earth did I get stuck with odd numbers?; 6:50 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: This tree is for tree sissies. Big trees for big boys are in North Carolina.

3268 - Jagr finally retires after playing hockey for 1,277 seasons; 7:27 PM
michael said...: I'll be honest here since it's just us buddies here, but my wife planned the hike. She is not big on research or details. If I had planned the hike, we probably would have seen the Big* Tree.

*big for Alabama, but not for North Carolina.

3269 - The Big Tree grows some more and is now the biggest tree east of the Mississippi.; 11:36 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: MrsTHT has no since of direction. If she planned a hike, we might not ever find our way out of the woods. She probably has something like that in mind for when my Alzheimer's gets going.

3270 - The meandering Mississippi River has left oxbows all over the South and has left The Big Tree west of the Mississippi. The Big Tree's name gives the redwoods a chuckle.; 7:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'll be honest, too. I do not like walnuts. I do not like almonds. I do not like pistachios. I like peanuts. I like cashews. I like pecans. I've gotten to the point I can eat some of them in food, but don't dare put nuts in my brownies, cookies, or sundaes.

3271 - Mississippi River meanders to Cape Fear, but is scared back to Louisiana.; 2:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ... - - - ...

Email access not allowed in prison, and the phone system is down today, so Hv1.0 is my only means of communicating with the outside world. I'm guessing JGT never anticipated such a vital role for the Hottest Auburn Blog on The Net.

3272 - American Telepathic Transmission's system is on the fritz. People have to resort to speaking, but after generations of not being used, their vocal cords are about as functional as an appendix. PANIC EVERYWHERE!; 8:40 AM
E-Bro said...: Sipsey Wilderness can definitely be a beast at navigating at times, MJT, but definitely worth it. Skip the tree next time (or don't, I'm sure it's cool, maybe take a longer drive to Joyce Kilmer in the North Caroline mountains instead for the biggest trees you'll see East of the MS) and head for Sougahoagdee Falls instead. It's one of the more isolated spots in Sipsey, but you can find it easily on Google Maps and drive to the correct parking spot/trailhead (though once you get there, you'll no longer have service).

It's one of my favorite spots in Alabama, especially in April and May when it turns into a little elven wonderland from all the rain and blooming. It's a short hike of 2 miles in, 2 miles out. It follows along a river/creek most of the way and you'll see a number of small falls along the way before getting to Sougahoagdee Falls itself, which is the prize piece and well worth drive.

3273 - Avengers assemble to disassemble the Big Tree.; 11:34 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The highest waterfall east of the Rockies is also in North Carolina, though I think the claim for that particular waterfall is a bit of a stretch. It's not an unabated drop, but a 411 foot tumble down a steep rock face.

3174 - Avengers annihilated by the Ents.; 12:53 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I seem to have misplaced 100 posts. That's no way to get to 5000!

3275 - a boatload of years anniversary of Shug's final forgettable season, in which there was not a single home win.; 12:56 PM
michael said...: THT, I can understand why you wanted to relive 3174, seeing as how the primary report of that year was "ASTC is still undefeated against ua-t."

Ebro, definitely want to see the falls as well at some point. It is travel bball season for the kids, so probably won't get a chance to travel for a hike again until the summer.

3276 - The somethingcentennial.; 1:31 PM
E-Bro said...: Bummer, MJT. Think the falls will have dried up by then, but maybe not. Certainly, the Sipsey will still be there.

3277 - The Sipsey is no longer there.; 3:17 PM
michael said...: Watch out for tornadoes today!

3278 - tornadoes!; 10:34 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: After an all-nighter at the Buy More, I'm heading to Biscoe, NC, tomorrow. Yes, of course it involves a map. I can't think of any other reason to make Biscoe a destination.

3279 - state capital moved to Biscoe.; 10:57 AM
michael said...: Biscoe sounds like they should have good biscuits. You should try them somewhere.

Or you can go to Chili's. Looks like there is one in Asheboro that could be kind of on the way.

3280 - Chili's is still king.; 12:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: they have good peaches in July & August

3281 - Slaw becomes queen; 2:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I had GREAT biscuits last night for dinner, courtesy of MrsTHT, who also provided crispy bacon, scrambled eggs, and cheese grits.

3282 - Chili & slaw still rule!; 1:37 PM
michael said...: You spent the time to make "GREAT" both bolded and italicized, so they must have been really really really great!

3283 - someone finally invents a steaky cheese phill.; 12:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: it didn't take much time, but yes, they were really that GREAT!

I hope no one else dreams as weirdly as I do. Last night, we hosted a barbecue dinner for a neighbor's son (i'm just making that up, I can't remember exactly who we were hosting it for; could have been LB for all I know) who was joining the marines. In attendance was a young Sgt Carter (only a lieutenant in my dream and not yet a sergeant (ignore that a lt is an officer and sgt is enlisted; in my dream, he was young and lower rank)). We were supposed to put in a good word for our "neighbor's son". For some reason, the curator of the North Carolina Collection at UNC was there, and I mentioned I had just bought a map a week earlier at an auction in Nashville (should have been Knoxville, since that's the only Tennessee auction site I know) but then I couldn't remember what map I bought! (MrsTHT says that sounds like real life.) Then there are people from Buy More there, but they are pretty much fictitious people, not recognizable work colleagues...or maybe I've just forgotten who I saw in my dream. Then a lady greets me and says it's been such a long time and, of course, just like the real world, she only looks vaguely familiar and I can't place her name until she leaves, then I realize it's a lady from our old neighborhood in Georgia, though in the dream she's the lady from the old section of the fictitious neighborhood we lived in until we moved to a new section of the same neighborhood on the next hill over several years ago. By this time, all the barbecue was gone before I had a chance to get any, and all the soft drinks were warm so MrsTHT had just put them back in the refrigerator to get them cold, so I was left hungry and thirsty. The End.

3284 - Parenthetical writing is banned; 1:15 PM
michael said...: Wow THT! You must have been exhausted after that dream.

3285 - Sweet Dreams; 2:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I still am.

3286a - Tillman XLI scores on a reverse to win the Iron Bowl

3286b - No dreams, even sweeter!; 10:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm guessing MrsTHT won't be exuberantly thrilled when she wakes up and finds dirt on the kitchen counters.

3287 - natural earthen kitchen counters are the latest rage, but not to the extent of anticipated MrsTHT rage.; 11:46 PM
michael said...: i've left dirt on the kitched counter quite a few times in the last week. I'm hardening off my tomotoes, and we have had some cold nights that require them to be indoors on the kitchen island.; 2:10 PM
E-Bro said...: Think THT has been too distraught to post for a few days after that waste of a Beasley post.

3289 - Darvin Adams wins the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.; 2:00 PM
michael said...: Wasted Beasley post without any info on what happened in the year 3288. A complete disgrace.

3290 - bubbs starts posting again.; 3:27 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: wow, that was pathetic. I hope those tomatoes are worth it.

3291 - bubbs not posting; he Ziemba-d 3290, resulting in a five year penalty. bubbs can't post again until 3295.; 8:13 AM
michael said...: Brandywine tomatoes are definitely worth it.

3292 - new tomato hybrid becomes sentient, starts a reign of terror.; 10:26 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Speaking of wine, I don't drink it. Since 1973, I've often wondered what elderberry wine tastes like. Well, maybe not often. Rarely, actually.

3293 - New hybrid tomato becomes catatonic and eventually declared brain dead after it learns it's a fruit.; 2:15 PM
michael said...: I've been taking elderberry-zinc-vitamin C pills and I haven't gotten covid, so It apparently is 100% effective against the coronavirus. Big pharma doesn't want us to know this though because elderberries are cheap!

3294 - Big Pharma resurrects the Sentient Tomato; 2:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I feel cheated! I took zinc-Vitamin C pills for a short while. Now I know why there is a jar half full still sitting on the counter. THEY LEFT OUT THE ELDERBERRY!

3295 - Feng hears that elderberry hot dogs prevent Dissertation Dysentery and he proves their effectiveness. He chokes on an elderberry hot dog and dies, but he never gets Dissertation Dysentery.; 9:27 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Come on, Feng, I was just kidding! You'll still be around in 3295 and beyond.

3296 - Feng's descendants, unaware that THT was kidding, bring suit against the Elderberry Hot Dog Manufacturing Co.; 11:08 AM
michael said...: Where's bubbs?

3297 - Elderberry Hot Dog Manufacturing Co survives the suit, so Feng's descendants try a dissertation instead.; 1:23 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Probably in Leeds. Apparently, Sir Charles has not provided his hometown with internet access.

3298 - In an ironic twist that should have been saved for July, Feng's descendants contract Dissertation Dysentery. Their dissertations flow freely all over the interwebs, aparking a major public health crisis. Little did they know that the EHDMC is a major stockholder of all the leading internet sanitizing companies.; 3:17 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Bigger question... Where's michael?

3299 - Painite prices plummet when the mineral develops ability to reproduce by spores.; 11:00 AM
michael said...: I'm right here!!!!! and i just read about painite on wikipedia!

3300 - painite pans the pancake pain night; 6:47 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We need a "Where are they now?" thread for Hotties.

3301 - 788th occasional reunion of the HDS*

*Hotties' Descendants Society; 8:20 AM
bubbs said...: Oh, how wrong you are, THT. I'm right here too!

Speaking of Charles... yesterday was Jr.'s birthday. The wife happened to run into Sir Charles at Walmart. He was kind enough to wish the boy Happy Birthday on video. So, basically, me and Charles are family now.

3302 - MJT and bubbs do not attend the 789th occasional reunion of the HDS.; 10:38 AM
michael said...: I don't believe you. Post the video to youtube or twitter or somewhere videos can be viewed. until then, I will consider you a pathological liar!

3303 - THT tries to join the Bubbs and MJT Pathological Liars Club, but they still don't let him.; 11:04 AM
bubbs said...: Don't post it on the internet. It's got names and stuff. This is just between us Hotties.

https://instagram.fbeg10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/102000296_789523161673207_1978700432566053126_n.mp4?efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InZ0c192b2RfdXJsZ2VuLjcyMC5zdG9yeS5kZWZhdWx0IiwicWVfZ3JvdXBzIjoiW1wiaWdfd2ViX2RlbGl2ZXJ5X3Z0c19vdGZcIl0ifQ&_nc_ht=instagram.fbeg10-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=107&_nc_ohc=S-s9BHmDoxYAX-VhgEw&edm=ALCvFkgBAAAA&vs=17931506944552279_1935599358&_nc_vs=HBksFQAYJEdLaG1GQWIzN1pjdkVjNENBQWJwQWxDUHdYVWJidXFIQUFBQRUAAsgBABUAGCRHQnNVMHdxTUhablJMLXNCQUVtaUxIVG0xQmd6YnBrd0FBQUYVAgLIAQAoABgAGwGIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRUAACau1fb%2FiKfaPxUCKAJDMywXQCfMzMzMzM0YEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdegHAA%3D%3D&_nc_rid=a1660e9404&ccb=7-4&oe=609523C8&oh=bd79dc7189070196e25b4e5839dec96f&_nc_sid=643ae9&dl=1

Enjoy the new virus!

3304 - PLC debates if bubbs should be recognized as a founding member.; 12:43 PM
michael said...: Guess they learned hot to deep fake Charles Barkley in Leeds.

I'm about to follow your kid on insta now (not really, but I did just stalk your wife's account. Can't seem to find yours though)

3305 - Charles Barkley wishes MJT a happy birthday; 2:37 PM
bubbs said...: His account and my account are equally boring. We never post (keep thinking about deleting insta). You might be able to find mine. I know THT probably could if he tried, but I can't remember which pieces of my information you have.

The wife's is the one to follow for snooping purposes.

3306 - MJT considers himself now famous, and wishes THT a happy birthday.; 5:19 PM
michael said...: I know your name and your wife's name and all your kids' names and why you named them via the blog link in your wife's Twitter profile. I have several credit cards open in your name.

Your wife is so popular I could follow her without her even noticing, probably. My output/following on insta is about like yours. Think I've made like 6 posts in 5 years? But they are some doozies when I do make a post!

3307 - Doozies are outlawed; 5:31 PM
bubbs said...: Jokes on you. I don't have credit.

I bet she doesn't even remember she has a twitter profile. That blog post is probably 10 years old, too. We've changed the kids' names 3 times since then.

You're probably safe to follow her account as long as you don't send a message. She has to regularly block creepy, scammer accounts. They always send some weird message to start with.

3308 - Doozie law retracted due to it being a Doozie.; 11:52 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Must be Puppet Week on Hv1.0

I think bubbs dared me. If it wasn't for this 24 hr Sale going on, I might have taken him up on it. I do remember his real first name is Fred, and with that, I could find everything about him. For example: bubbs likes to dance, he owns a salvage yard, and he plays a lot of golf, but he's not related to Terry.

3309 - Doozie hate crime legislation stalls; hating doozies is declared a constitutional right; 2:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i have instagram because it was the only way to see what this young antique dealer had found. Now that we don't need any more furniture, I should delete it, but then I'd never see Daphne again.; 2:44 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: We've definitely slowed down in our old age. It's taking us an eternity to get to 5000 posts on this thread. I blame Feng. And Alice.

3311 - not as good as 3113, but not bad for an odd year; 8:52 AM
E-Bro said...: So, some friends and I have spent the last few years going through Pitchfork's (and variations of other music mags/sites) top 200 albums of the 1960s and onwards, listening to two albums a week (with some short breaks here and there) since Spring 2018.

At the time of this project's inception, the friend who proposed it was dealing with the grief of watching his mother fight a losing battle with Mesothelioma (she passed away in March 2019), so he was definitely on the hunt for some sort of long term distraction, which my friends and I were more than happy to accomm0date

Well, from this grief has come a wellspring of great music discoveries and banter and overall tightening of the bonds amongst friends. After finishing up the 60s last year, we've moved on into the 70s (and we'll continue right along, I'm sure, until we catch up to the up to the date music in maybe ten years' time).

There's been plenty of WTH inclusions along the way from snooty Pitchfork crtics, but I think this week we've finally approached my white whale...Steely Dan. Specifically, the album, Aja.

Man, I just cannot get into this sound at all, no matter how hard I try. I don't hate it, but it sounds so dated to me, regardless of how impressive the musicianship is. Doesn't help that "Deacon Blues" references Bama. Maybe that explains Steely Dan blind spot. Ever since I heard that song years ago, my ears have been turned off forever.

3312 - E-Bro's music friends cover the top music of the 3300s which includes volcanoes exploding and, somehow, Prince, whose estate is still releasing previously unreleased albums.; 4:22 PM
michael said...: After all the effusive online praise, and as someone who has liked various jazz influenced rock outfits, I gave Steely Dan a shot a little over 10 years ago. I'm with you Ebro, just didn't like it one bit.

"Reelin in the Years" is still awesome, but it's a dang lie. None of the other Steely Dan songs are anything like it.

3313 - One number off from being 3333, which would have been amazing.; 5:29 PM
bubbs said...: You might want to check out Moon Hooch, MJT. It sounds like they might fit your venn diagram. They probably more on the jazz side. Purely instrumental, but definitely rock influenced. "Acid Mountain" is a particular favorite of mine.

I don't have much of an opinion of Steely Dan. I've never heard anything by them that made me think, "I should check out some more of their stuff."

Sounds like a fun project, E-Bro. Once, I listened to the entire Spotify playlist of Johnny Cash. Listened to it at work all day, and it took weeks to get through. It was worth it.

3314 - MJT mocks E-Bro for not having all the original CD albums of Pearl Jam.; 10:13 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I rarely listen to music, which is a shame, because I really love good music. I have zero musical skills, but how they put various instruments together for a song, or add non-instrumental sounds fascinates me. I mean, who knew you could use the sound of a bullet entering a barrel full of gravel in a song?

E-Bro, I do hate Steely Dan music. It makes me want to barf. You'll come around, I hope. I absolutely refuse to listen to it. I'll turn it off or, if that isn't an option, leave the premises. Maybe one day you'll reach my level of maturity.
Oh wait... I think you passed that level about 38 years ago.

3315 - All Hv3.0 threads have now reached 5,000 posts; 1:44 PM
michael said...: We should start a HABOTN 1.0 Steely Dan Hate Club.

3316 - The Steely Dan Hate Club, having militarized around 75 years ago, takes over most of Western Canada.; 10:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Rename it The Hating That Band Whose Name We Don't Mention Club, and I'll join and bring my Uzi.

BTW, I like western Canada. In addition to the great weather and scenery, it's not that far from a goat farm in Idaho.

3317 - members of THTBWNWDM Club still don't ask mihecla 'bout his bidnes; 2:44 PM
E-Bro said...: So far this week, per email discussions with my Pitchfork group, there do not seem to be a lot takers (read, none) on the Steely Dan, so I'm glad that, between my music friends and my HABOTN friends, there is not a lot of love for Steely Dan and I'm not the only one.

This twitter account rules, though:

https://twitter.com/steelydance

3318 - THTBWNWDM Club annexes Western Canada from TSDHC.; 4:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: E-bro's charter membership in THTBWNWDM Club is revoked for repeatedly violating The First Rule. At least he was there briefly. Just ask bubbs about the alternative.

3319 - unbridled growth and prosperity come to Bluesky, AB, WC, when it is chosen as Western Canada's new capital. Dickie Betts's heirs approve WC's choice of Blue Sky as the national anthem, very fitting since it was written about a Canadian Native American.; 12:51 PM
E-Bro said...: We're listening to John Prine's self-titled debut this week in my 70s music club.

The week is going much better.

3320 - Bells are ringing everywhere.; 4:55 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: LB is listening to a lot of obscure Springsteen stuff this week and loving it. Even more obscure than a few of those Tom Joad tracks.
Me? I'm listening to spaghetti western theme music. My favorites are from the Danish National Orchestra.

3321 - there's just no topping 3320.; 2:04 PM
E-Bro said...: One of the first albums we listened to when we started this thing in the 60s was Ennio Morricone's score to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Good stuff.

3322 - 3320 is topped.; 8:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Avs looking good! PREDS have done a vanishing act, sort of like michael.

3323 - Nashville's new magnetoball team is nicknamed the Jossites, based on a historic 1200 year old fossil found by archeologists at the ruins of the ancient arena.; 12:59 PM
michael said...: My PREDS have those hurricanes right where we want them! Stanley Cup is in the bag!

3324 - Nashville keeps on putting out that country sound!; 3:32 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If PREDS play in Nashville like they did a week or so ago against the 'Canes, the series will be tied 2-2 shortly.

3325 - People out in the silent country sue Nashville for taking all of their sound.; 3:36 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Prison parole is here! Unfortunately, it's more of a work-release program. They are sending me straight to Buy More Central to work this evening. Grrrr....

3326 - 1500th anniversary of the deaths of Jefferson and Adams is overshadowed on July 4 by an eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. It spews magma ten feet into the sky, eventually covering two parking spaces at the visitor's center.; 2:54 PM
E-Bro said...: Just got an email from Auburn saying we're 100 days from kickoff. That means it's time for a countdown to begin.

THT, you're up.

3327 - Yellowstone Visitor Center is blown up by aliens Independence Day style.; 4:07 PM
michael said...: I think I might rank my 100 favorite goats.

3328 - The Goat Ranking of 2021 is taught to literature students as the greatest work of nonfiction of the modern era.; 2:01 PM
michael said...: 100. Geraldine

3329 - mutant squids; 1:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: squids, mutant or not, always seem to get a bad rap. When was the last time you saw a squid superhero?

I can't wait to see where Becky and Bucky land on that list. Everybody loves those twin goats!

3330 - Paramecia substantially decrease their grocery bills by developing solar powered cilia.; 10:56 AM
michael said...: 99 - Derek

3331 - just two more years until 3333!!!!!!; 11:41 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Paramecia are so blame stupid. It should not have taken that long.

3332 - only 1,668 more years until we exhaust this thread... at our current rate.; 12:00 PM
michael said...: 88 - Derek H.

3333 - Tied for most 3s of any year on record since 33333 B.C.; 12:35 PM
michael said...: 98 - Ted aka "Lunchbox"

Hey THT, you know this guy? Sounds like he was wandering around North Carolina using old maps a few years ago.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/white-settlers-wiped-thousands-of-miles-of-cherokee-trails-off-the-map-this-man-is-reclaiming-them?utm_source=pocket-newtab

3334 - The world starts the countdown to 33333 AD; 11:36 AM
michael said...: 97 - Stepladder Griffin

3335 - Construction prices go through the roof!; 10:12 AM
michael said...: 96 - Roosevelt

3336 - Little Timmy fell into a well!; 1:42 PM
michael said...: 95 - Tom Sawyer

3335 - Chronic meningitis!; 9:41 AM
michael said...: The countdown/count up confused me on that last post. Guess we'll never know what happened in 3337.

3338 - New boson is discovered; 3:56 PM
michael said...: 94 - Sir Reginald

3339 - Even more bosons. So many bosons, so little time.; 11:14 AM
michael said...: Hey THT, where did you go?!

93 - Stardust Calipers

3340 - Boson Buddies; 3:35 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Being a fermion, I didn't know if I'd be welcome here.

Interesting story about that peculiar trail mapping dude.

3341 - Bosons decimated by Behcets; 10:16 AM
michael said...: 92 - Glenn

3342 - Behcets get what's coming to 'em.; 10:40 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: this has to be the slowest Goat Ranking countdown in the history of Goat Ranking countdowns. Jeb the monk did his faster in 853 A.D., and he didn't even have a computer.

3343 - The gnarly "g" is no longer silent. SOMEBODY SHUT THAT THIING UP!; 6:19 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Speaking of Ennio Morricone, which we were about 20+ posta ago, he did the music for Two Mules for Sister Sara. During the opening credits, there is a high pitched whistle-y sound followed by a very low pitched weird sound, which repeats several times. It reminded me of a donkey hee haw and then I realized that Sister Sara rode a donkey. Morricone was pure genius.

3344 - Ennio Morricone fan club membership tops 11 billion.; 9:57 AM
michael said...: That Ennio guy is pretty good at music. Also, his name reminds me of the great Enrico Palazzo, which is a good thing too.

91 - Jeb the Monk Slayer

3345 - Enrico Palazzo fan club tops 12 billion; 10:36 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I wonder if Jeb slayed Trudy Monk. No wonder Adrian couldn't solve that case.

3346 - barbecue prevents heart disease and dementia; 5:50 PM
michael said...: Did Monk eventually solve that one? What a nincompoop. And did they ever get Leland to say, "It puts the lotion on the skin"?

90 - Buffalo Bill

3347 - war breaks out over the definition of barbecue; 8:38 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yes, Monk solved it, but it took him until the series finale. I think the closest Stottlemeyer got was, "It puts the motion on the Schwinn." But that was only in an outtake, it was cut when Schwinn refused to pay a product placement fee.

3348 - The Southern states secede, and this time they're right.; 7:40 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: after a 24 hr buy more sale last weekend, and 12-13 hr workdays Mon-H, I'm very much looking forward to an easy day in the federal penitentiary tomorrow.

3349 - just so so, too many odd numbers to be a really good year; 8:29 AM
michael said...: I'm back from vacation!

89 - Leland

3350 - Mt Everest Beach is the destination of the rich and affluent.; 10:43 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: My vacation is next week. It will involve a week of digging holes for boxwoods that will then die from the blight. That's not what I signed up for.

3351 - nothing but odd things happen; 9:32 AM
E-Bro said...: I, too, am back from vacation. Between that and travel for work, spent most of June away from home. Good to be back home.

3352 - Home is 10,000 leagues under the sea.; 2:15 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Whether you're talking under the sea surface or actually under the sea, 10,000 leagues would be over 21,000 miles into outer space after exiting the earth on the opposite side of the sea. You're gonna need more than a snorkel.

3353 - catching pygmies with butterfly nets is granted approval as a team sport for the next summer Olympics.; 5:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can't believe I'm stuck in prison on Irony Day. It's supposed to be a holiday. I think the King of Eurasia should grant immediate clemency.

3354 - only honest hard-working folks are incarcerated.; 11:44 AM
michael said...: The King of Eurasia frees you from your work obligations today, THT! Go ahead and walk on out.

I'm still recovering from the hammer hit to the head Feng the Irony Gnome gave me last night. We need a new gnome desperately.

3355 - The Irony Gnome takes over the solar system; 12:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Well, rats. I didn't see your proclamation until long after I was granted parole for bad behavior. I think
the Irony Gnome blocked my access to blogger.

3356 - climate change leads to an irony drought; 8:07 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Have we hired a new AD yet?

3357 - Arnold Lemond wins the Tour de France and The Open on back-to-back weekends. At least he thought so. After breezing to apparent victory on The Old Course, he was disqualified for wearing bicycle shorts during the final round. Said the president of the Royal and Ancient, "We were tolerant of the yellow jersey, but the bicycle shorts... no way."; 2:43 PM
michael said...: My wife is in Philly right now with the older kids eating a Philly cheesesteak at a place called Carmen's. Wish she had asked for my advice first so I could have steered her to Chili's.

87 - Jacktoe Bearbuster

3358 - Arnold Lemond begins is Reign of Terror; 4:02 PM
michael said...: 86 - Waffle Contours

3357 - Arnold Lemond rips off his max and reveals himself to be FENG!!!! Most of the planet is enslaved and forced to write dissertations around the clock.; 1:34 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I'm glad I won't be around in 3357/9. I never could write a dissertation.

3360 - No.2 pencil shortage; 8:03 AM
michael said...: You know I'm doing a countdown and a countup at the same time, so this is hard.

85 - Peaches Peachtree

3361 - Unfilled scantrons pile up on the streets; 11:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: you should let @Scantron know via The Twitter. Maybe they can do something now to prevent that from happening.

3362 - graphene chips and salsa; 12:57 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i'm so tired. i wanna go home. Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home

I think we should fire harsin and hire that vaccinator coach in the SWAC.. was it the A A&M coach?

3363 - Norm finally gets vaccinated; 7:22 PM
E-Bro said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSAoEf1Ib58

3364 - Norm tests positive for COVID.; 2:54 PM
michael said...: Ebro is out partying at concerts like the pandemic is over. Disgusting.

3365 - Norm starts a band that plays only songs from the musical "Cats" and has a concert; 10:17 AM
E-Bro said...: Dude, you're harshin' my vibe.

3366 - Nobody goes to Norm's concert. Not because of a pandemic or anything.; 4:56 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: is it August? Asking for a friend. Well, I actually only met the guy once.

3367 - North Korea conquers Eurasia.; 1:01 PM
michael said...: Yep, it's August! Sure hope Kodi Burns wins the QB job.

84 - Jeremy Subsidian

3368 - The world crumbles as it deals with the Ostrich Protocol, which was automatically triggered when North Korea flushed the Forbidden Toilet in the Palace of Eurasia.; 12:03 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Jeremy sounds like he makes a killing off government handouts. Either than or he fronts a long-haired Scottish goat band.

3369 - no one can find the Holy Plumber's Helper of Antioch. Where on earth is Brother Maynard in this time of crisis?!; 2:31 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: how did that become than? t and n are nowhere tear each onher

3370 - everyone thinks the Ostrich Protocol has run its course, until Ron Popeil XXXIV says, "But wait, there's more!"; 2:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Jet says HABOTN will not return.
Hey Jet! I'm here to tell you..

IT'S RIGHT HERE, BABY!

3371 - HABOTN is still here.; 10:20 PM
michael said...: That's what I'm talkin about! Never been healthier over here! Heck, we are smack dab in the middle of the greatest goat countdown anywhere on the internet!

83 - Jethro Goatdine

3372 - Jet admits he was wrong about HABOTN 1.0 being gone.; 12:26 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Now that the winter Olympics are over, it's time to return get back to the NHL season.
I saw some cute little goats while watching Rio Bravo last night.

3373 - add 'em all up and it's even.; 2:32 PM
michael said...: I made peach cobbler and ate it with Listeria Free Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream. I know it ain't exactly your thing, but it's close, THT! It sure ate good.

82 - Beefcake Goatchurch

3374 - Queen Listeria of Ostrichoria continues her bloody reign.; 7:56 AM
bubbs said...: MJT, can you please add "flaming liberal" to your monikers at fight club? E-Bro would probably welcome the company.*

*Is it weird that 1.0 has become unified on its views on COVID? Probably time to disinfect this place.

3375 - Eurasia institutes the death penalty for anyone not wearing a chicken wire mask.; 11:08 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: due to the shock of a bubbs sighting, CPR being performed on me while I type this. I'm hoping for a recovery soon, and guess what I'm having for dessert?
THAT'S RIGHT! Peach cobbler (made by MrsTHT) and Listeria Free Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream. This dispels the long held belief that great and mediocre minds can't think alike!

3376 - 1400th anniversary of THT's first sighting of the Future MrsTHT (in Dr. Thaxton's physics class; didn't actually meet her until 1977); 3:37 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I think if we wash this place down with Diet Coke, we'll all be safe.

3377 - 1400th anniversary of the Future MrsTHT, resigned to spending spring break in Auburn, being reminded by her roommate that she had actually met someone in her organic chemistry class who was also from NC and who might be able to give her a ride home. What a first impression I must have made!; 3:44 PM
michael said...: Happy anniversary, THT! If MrsTHT liked you after hours together in a car, that's way more impressive than having a fancy first impression.

You know the worst part about taking the 5.5 hour ride with girls back to Memphis for me back in college was holding the farts in.

bubbs (will he even see this when he checks back in 3 months from now?), I have no idea where I fit politically now. We were at small group last night, multiple families were worried that they were about to be forced to get vaccinations by their "woke" companies. They basically feel like the will have to choose between quitting their jobs and getting poisoned. I personally am against forced vaccines, but it's just weird being in the room with all these smart engineers who think that vaccines don't work.

3378 - Larry Bird Highway to Memphis; 10:03 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I killed her goldfish when I hit the brakes at a stoplight I didn't see cause I was trying to find the restaurant she wanted to stop and have lunch at in Atlanta. Unbeknownst to her, I think the Good Lord took away her free will when it came to liking or disliking me.

3379 - 100th anniversary of the move of NC's state capital to Biscoe. Population has soared 1%; 12:21 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I got enough forced vaccinations that I had no need for in the military that I developed a strong disapproval of such heavy handed tactics. I don't think people should be forced to get the COVID vaccine, but they should be forced to stay at least 500 miles from me if they don't. I'm going to get a booster dose asap.

3380 - nothing happens, news media goes bankrupt; 12:26 PM
E-Bro said...: I think people should get vaccinated, but I understand on some basic philosophical level why they may not want to. What really irks me is the lack of a Plan B for the anti-vax crowd. Y'all know I'm all about government telling you all what to do, but if they aren't doing that yet and you don't want to get the vaccine, then my people why aren't you taking some other sort of precaution, whether it be a mask, avoiding crowds in confined spaces, or just staying home?

3381 - Media makes a big financial comeback after reporting on media going bankrupt.; 4:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Jet would rather have a salty chocolate chip cookie than a cure for COVID. Sad, sad indeed.

3382 - salty COVID cookies are all the rage.; 1:32 PM
michael said...: There are a whole bunch of people who have looked at the statistics, weighed them against their fear of the vaccine, and they figure they would just rather live their life, come across Covid in the wild and develop antibodies like that. No more precautions, just get out and live.

Of course there is more mutation with more uncontrolled spread, there is the fact you will be infecting others who may not have your good odds, and there is the fact that if enough people live like that, the our health facilities and workers will be heavily taxed in the near term. It's definitely a selfish decision in that respect. But there is a fatalism about getting it, better sooner than later.

81 - Starlight Buttercup

3382 - MJT turns 1400 years old.; 1:33 PM
E-Bro said...: Well, that's dumb.

3383 - E-Bro turns 1401 years old.; 4:11 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: E-Bro, I respectfully must disagree. I think Starlight Buttercup is a brilliant name! Happy belated 35th birthday to each of you. And 36th. And all the others I missed.

From a very biased perspective of seeing only the symptomatic Covidians, I can attest that I haven't seen a bug this scary in a long long time. We have neighbors in CH and neighbors in W-S who think we're just silly for not wanting COVID.

3385 - Avril Lavigne turns 1401 years old, and still regrets turning down the sk8er boi (I accidentally looked up the wrong year and had to adjust accordingly rather than completely waste my effort); 9:01 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the counting on this thread is sad, just sad.

3382 - Happy Birthdays!; 9:02 AM
michael said...: Everything got ruined when you snuck in and stole my '82 post one minute before me, THT. I have half a mind to ruin the BEASLEY!! post coming up.

3384, 3386, 3387 - Nothing of note happened in these years.; 12:12 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: You should concentrate on brevity or making your posts as fast as a deer, like BEASLEY!!!

33BEASLEY!!! - year goes by so fast, everyone missed it; 12:59 PM
michael said...: k

80 - P.B.

3389 - .; 4:10 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: That's the spirit, michael!

3390 - trying to turn something bad into something good, virologists discover that bags made from synthetic sable and stuffed with coronavirus make great throw pillows.; 6:00 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: It's just been silly hot here. Even Laramie has been in mid to upper 80s most of the summer. I may have to move to Inverness to get some relief. At least they speak my language there, sort of.

3391 - Substance in a vacuum!; 9:53 PM
michael said...: Army worms hit us hard here in huntsville. It's a dang plague. And then it hasn't rained it about a week, so my lawn is looking rough.

Hey Doc HABOTN, do you think Ivermectin will kill army worms?

79 - Salvador Barth

3392 - Army Worms take over; 2:22 PM
THT said...: Unless the army worms are in my bowl of ice cream, the Ivermectin topping won't have any effect on said worms.

3393 - Army worms eat all the Navy beans.; 12:20 AM
michael said...: Happy bday Mrs THT!!!

3394 - Marine biologists make more Navy beans; 2:12 PM
THT said...: Neighbors gave MrsTHT a super chocolatey cake tonight.

3395 - Maine biologists make more army worms; 10:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I was hoping for a long career for Mr. Greene at AU.

3396 - AU announces it's 658th biennial AD search committee.; 10:51 AM
E-Bro said...: Well, this is a bummer, MJT.

https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2021/09/whnt-chief-meteorologist-jason-simpson-to-leave-huntsville-station-next-month.html

Dude knows his local geography better than any weatherman I've ever seen. Going to miss knowing at exactly which Jack's in Morgan County a potential tornado is when it's heading my way.

3397 - Bo Jackson is brought out of cryogenic freeze to become Auburn's new AD.; 3:55 PM
bubbs said...: Just popping in to see if SFC made an appearance to 1.0.

I like having him back.

3398 - Bo lobbies to get Gus out of the cryo and become the new HC.; 12:40 PM
bubbs said...: Also, I think it's become clear over the past 5 years or so that we're both political hobos, MJT... Pass the can of beans.

3399 - Bo gets put back into cryogenic freeze.; 12:48 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Forget SFT... well, not really. But who we really need at this moment in time is Norm. I'm sure y'all can smell it, too.

Bo00 - Bo's strength and energy makes the cryogens boil; 4:26 PM
michael said...: Oh hai new page.

Ebro - I saw that Jason Simpson is leaving. I messed with my Dynetics friends about stealing him and putting Madison County in peril. He was definitely my go-to tornado dude.

I too am super pumped that SFC is back. Kind of blows my mind that he was gone for 6 years. Time is just kind of disappearing.

78 - Velcro Bellbottoms; 4:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: What a great reminder, michael. Thank you! I bet VB is an awesome goat.

4202 - my kind of year; 5:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: looks like I transported over one millenium into the future. Sadly, I'm now back amongst the odd years.

3403 - THT still can't count; 5:51 PM
bubbs said...: Velcro Bellbottoms sounds "sped." No offense.

I'm still not convinced this is really SFC. He's been posting some pretty even handed/cogent stuff. I need his crazy to come back out in a game thread.

3404 - It's no 4202, but THT seems okay with it.; 9:42 AM