Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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Today I'm having to pick up some crane parts that we had hardened and I had a double take on the contact name

Jeff Francis. (not our former QB and Vol Network sideline reporter).
 
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AM64 said:
Yeah, too bad he left before the new football uproar started.
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I'm impressed with the Chancellor for showing a set of cahoones and getting rid of Pruitt and Fulmer. She sounds like she wants to spend some money and make the right hire for a change.
 
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VolStrom said:
Dink this new bar looks like it's right down your alley, do you have anything to do with it?

The Vault
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Looks interesting. Fever Tree tonic in the gin drinks is a good sign. BTW for anybody who likes ginger ale, try ginger beer. Publix usually has Barritts - definitely an upgrade over ginger ale either alone or in drinks. Also there's a drink just for you (and a lot of the rest of us) called the Grumpy Old Man - from bourbon, ginger ale, and lime juice. Haven't tried it with ginger beer yet. I got a six pack of ginger beer to make Dark 'n' Stormy. and drank the rest of the ginger beer and decided it's way better than ginger ale.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I was actually offered a job two months ago. I'm not a fan of the Klonaris ownership and turned them down.

They build a beautiful bar (see Kefi) but they'd shoot you in the fist over five dollars.
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I thought of you when I read this place opened. Seems like a nice high end bar, I'm just curious if there are enough "high end" spenders in Knoxville to keep it open.
 
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VolStrom said:
I'm impressed with the Chancellor for showing a set of cahoones and getting rid of Pruitt and Fulmer. She sounds like she wants to spend some money and make the right hire for a change.
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She's playing with fire a bit on the infractions and firing for cause, but if it works, it could be a trendsetter.
 
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AM64 said:
She's playing with fire a bit on the infractions and firing for cause, but if it works, it could be a trendsetter.
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What does she have to lose? TN payed Bruce Pearl over a million dollars to go away and the NCAA had him dead to rights. I don't see this woman as being so generous, in fact I would be terrified of her in divorce court.
 
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VolStrom said:
What does she have to lose? TN payed Bruce Pearl over a million dollars to go away and the NCAA had him dead to rights. I don't see this woman as being so generous, in fact I would be terrified of her in divorce court.
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I think it's a good strategy as long as she doesn't sell the NCAA on level 1 violations when they would have settled for level 2. That's my big concern.

I read a story about the bags of cash last night - specifically that several people who would know were ready to lynch the clown who broke the story and said it absolutely did not happen - we'll see. The interesting thing was that there were several comments - none seemed to be from Tennessee fans (most had GA logos), and with one exception they all defended UT saying they didn't believe the cash story. That was very surprising - usually other schools gang up on anyone in trouble.
 
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I'm sitting in the kitchen reading this thread on my cell phone. I heard my text notification sound go off in the bedroom. Got up, went there, and got mad when I couldn't find my phone. Came back to kitchen and saw my phone where I left it.

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I can't wait for the "new" to wear off the Teams/Zoom thing. What used to be a simple email or text is now "Let's have a meeting!" and we go for hours discussing things.

But I do like my Star Wars background in Teams. My inner nerd showing out.
 
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Grand Vol said:
I can't wait for the "new" to wear off the Teams/Zoom thing. What used to be a simple email or text is now "Let's have a meeting!" and we go for hours discussing things.

But I do like my Star Wars background in Teams. My inner nerd showing out.
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it goes back to the previous discussion. the people who draw importance from meetings can now host them at will, and you have even fewer reasons for ducking them.
 
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LouderVol said:
it goes back to the previous discussion. the people who draw importance from meetings can now host them at will, and you have even fewer reasons for ducking them.
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Haven't you learned the trick about having someone calling you in the middle of a meeting? It's the old "sorry I have to take this" and you never come back.
 
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