Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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Rained out of work today, so at home. A lizard (an Anole actually) apparently followed me inside wanting to get out of the cold rain outside. They are the little lizards so common in TN and NC, the kind whose tails break off if you grab them ny the tail as we did when I was a kid.

Anyway...figuring that I don't have the "cat like reflexes" of my youth anymore (lol) I didnt think that I would be quick enough to grab him off my kitchen floor where I spotted him. Certainly not without tearing his tail off anyway...so I decided to try something different and it worked thankfully on the 1st try. When catching crawdads as a kid, which is great fun, you stick a solo or similar cup behind the crawdad...then stick your other hand in front of them and wiggle your fingers to scare them. They can only swim backwards (like lobsters) so they swim straight back into your cup and you got'em. With no risk of being pinched either. Works great. For this lizard, i got a cup and stuck it in front of him slowly, about a foot in front of him on the floor. Then I used my right hand to come from behind him as fast as I could and smacked that little bastard forward into the cup. It worked like a champ on the 1st try man. He was no match for the "reverse crawdad" technique. Lmao. He tried to get out of the cup several times on the way outside but I covered the top of it with my left hand. i released him outside. Anoles and other lizards are good for eating bugs and stuff around the house. Glad I dont have to spend an hour or 2 chasing him around the house.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I didnt realize how badly we got screwed by the playoff committee until listening to the VQ podcast this morning. They let 2 lesser teams who have beaten nobody jump us (BYU, IND) and dropped UGA...9 SPOTS...so basically we have to beat UGA in athens or we will likely be LEFT OUT of the playoffs even with a very close loss and a 10-2 SEC record with victories over Bama etc. That is absolute BS...our strength of schedule isnt insanely high, but last I saw it was like #34. Thats MUCH harder than some of these other schools they are likely to get at-large playoff berths. Oh and UGA hasnt lost at home in what 3 years? 4??

So IF we do what nobody else has been able to do in years and beat the pups in athens...then Vandy in Nashville...our reward is an obligation to go play probably 11-1 Texas in the SECG, with nothing to gain and much to lose as far as injuries etc before the playoffs start. Not a good situation. Guess who would likely get our playoff spot with a loss to UGA? Ole Miss...who like us beat 1 very good team at home, but instead of our loss AT Arkansas, OM got beat AT HOME by a UK team that will finish the season with 4 or 5 wins and not make a bowlgame. OM lost to a 2TD unranked UK team in Oxford that is the worst they have been forever. We beat the same UK team convincingly.

Its possible technically to lose a close game in athens and still make the playoffs at 10-2...but we need key losses to happen for a couple other teams that are quite unlikely. 1 thing we UT fans need to be pullling for regardless is for the Buckeyes to beat the fool out of Indiana woodshed style. They have played nobody all year...and leapfrogged us by beating a 5-5 Michigan team. Which they only beat by 5 points saturday btw. We need other things to go our way also. Best to just beat the Pups on the road and not have to worry about it. Thats a tall order though for anybody.
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yea..if both Bama and Vols are 10-2, it is like the game didnt even matter..especially after 2022. BS.
 
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NEO said:
@n_huffhines

Wife technically left me. We fought for years over her shopping addiction and eventually I just had enough. It was just never enough. I literally realized that no matter how much I made she would always need more and eventually I just cracked.
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That was wife #1 for me. That was 30 years ago. Hope she’s had a wonderful life… somewhere far far away.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
No idea. And no intention of ever finding out 😂. Last I heard she had moved to Atlanta. Gear place for her as far as I’m concerned around 10 hrs drive away.
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I was just going somewhere with it and thought you had it backwards..exs in Texas and hang your hat in Tennessee, in reverse.
 
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NEO said:
@n_huffhines

Wife technically left me. We fought for years over her shopping addiction and eventually I just had enough. It was just never enough. I literally realized that no matter how much I made she would always need more and eventually I just cracked.
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Really sorry to hear that. There's something about women that makes what they have seem invisible to them. Couple that to the gene that makes them shop and it's a disaster.

"I need to get rid of stuff" but the wife has three closets of clothes - and nothing to wear. You can't convince them that when the house is overcrowded that you aren't the culprit. I can't find the heart to separate myself from a lot of old electronics and tools, but at least I can find places to stash them - and the electronics include a lot of stuff the wife bought. Another thing about wives and electronics; I have a great hand me down scanner - missing the plug in power supply and the cable that goes to the auto-feeder on top. And now she can't find the charger for her laptop.
 
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A few days ago my truck started telling me it needed an oil change - and four recalls. I finally called the Ford dealer and explained that I couldn't leave my wife unattended for long periods and asked about loaner cars. Turns out they have a pick up and delivery service or a mobile unit to do stuff at your home. Today they came by and did the oil change and three recalls. Two were just a software update. The wiper motor was fine and not one of the affected lot. The last one they don't have the part/fix for, and I haven't seen happen, but apparently backup cameras freeze in some cars/trucks. Some things do change for the better.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I didnt realize how badly we got screwed by the playoff committee until listening to the VQ podcast this morning. They let 2 lesser teams who have beaten nobody jump us (BYU, IND) and dropped UGA...9 SPOTS...so basically we have to beat UGA in athens or we will likely be LEFT OUT of the playoffs even with a very close loss and a 10-2 SEC record with victories over Bama etc. That is absolute BS...our strength of schedule isnt insanely high, but last I saw it was like #34. Thats MUCH harder than some of these other schools they are likely to get at-large playoff berths. Oh and UGA hasnt lost at home in what 3 years? 4??

So IF we do what nobody else has been able to do in years and beat the pups in athens...then Vandy in Nashville...our reward is an obligation to go play probably 11-1 Texas in the SECG, with nothing to gain and much to lose as far as injuries etc before the playoffs start. Not a good situation. Guess who would likely get our playoff spot with a loss to UGA? Ole Miss...who like us beat 1 very good team at home, but instead of our loss AT Arkansas, OM got beat AT HOME by a UK team that will finish the season with 4 or 5 wins and not make a bowlgame. OM lost to a 2TD unranked UK team in Oxford that is the worst they have been forever. We beat the same UK team convincingly.

Its possible technically to lose a close game in athens and still make the playoffs at 10-2...but we need key losses to happen for a couple other teams that are quite unlikely. 1 thing we UT fans need to be pullling for regardless is for the Buckeyes to beat the fool out of Indiana woodshed style. They have played nobody all year...and leapfrogged us by beating a 5-5 Michigan team. Which they only beat by 5 points saturday btw. We need other things to go our way also. Best to just beat the Pups on the road and not have to worry about it. Thats a tall order though for anybody.
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People are getting extra credit for beating MI this year. MI seems to be only a bit better than FL St, and teams beating them this year are getting far more credit than they deserve (including TU). Wouldn't bet against Vandy or MS St beating both, something the bottom big10 and ACC teams wouldn't manage.

PA St has no real credentials for their ranking - except losing to OH St. OH St has no credentials except losing to OR and beating PA St by a touchdown. It's impossible to figure the logic that says OH St and PN St have higher strength of schedules than we do, and granted our schedule to date has been a lot easier this year than it normally is. IN has a record of consistently beating absolutely nobody of any standing this year. The "metrics" behind this stuff are nuts.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
That was wife #1 for me. That was 30 years ago. Hope she’s had a wonderful life… somewhere far far away.
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Being single at damn near 50 after 20 years of marriage is weird as hell. Kids are grown, wife is gone. I’m like a dog who escaped the yard and just sitting at the fence confused lol.
 
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NEO said:
Being single at damn near 50 after 20 years of marriage is weird as hell. Kids are grown, wife is gone. I’m like a dog who escaped the yard and just sitting at the fence confused lol.
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Look at it as an opportunity. If I were in your shoes I’d never get married again. Don’t get me wrong I love my wife and don’t want her to go anywhere. And she is hands down the best thing that ever happened to me. But I’ve had the love of my life I can rent whatever I need were I to ever be single again. I’m 60 so my needs aren’t what they used to be either (everything still works fine you dirty minded bastards) a good hound dog would make a better life partner at this point. 😂
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I didnt realize how badly we got screwed by the playoff committee until listening to the VQ podcast this morning. They let 2 lesser teams who have beaten nobody jump us (BYU, IND) and dropped UGA...9 SPOTS...so basically we have to beat UGA in athens or we will likely be LEFT OUT of the playoffs even with a very close loss and a 10-2 SEC record with victories over Bama etc. That is absolute BS...our strength of schedule isnt insanely high, but last I saw it was like #34. Thats MUCH harder than some of these other schools they are likely to get at-large playoff berths. Oh and UGA hasnt lost at home in what 3 years? 4??

So IF we do what nobody else has been able to do in years and beat the pups in athens...then Vandy in Nashville...our reward is an obligation to go play probably 11-1 Texas in the SECG, with nothing to gain and much to lose as far as injuries etc before the playoffs start. Not a good situation. Guess who would likely get our playoff spot with a loss to UGA? Ole Miss...who like us beat 1 very good team at home, but instead of our loss AT Arkansas, OM got beat AT HOME by a UK team that will finish the season with 4 or 5 wins and not make a bowlgame. OM lost to a 2TD unranked UK team in Oxford that is the worst they have been forever. We beat the same UK team convincingly.

Its possible technically to lose a close game in athens and still make the playoffs at 10-2...but we need key losses to happen for a couple other teams that are quite unlikely. 1 thing we UT fans need to be pullling for regardless is for the Buckeyes to beat the fool out of Indiana woodshed style. They have played nobody all year...and leapfrogged us by beating a 5-5 Michigan team. Which they only beat by 5 points saturday btw. We need other things to go our way also. Best to just beat the Pups on the road and not have to worry about it. Thats a tall order though for anybody.
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I will be shocked if we lose a close one to UGA (especially with Moore) and aren't in with a 10-2 record. They currently have 3 SEC teams in the playoff who are 8-2 or 7-2, so I don't think it's going to be a problem.

Miami and ND are going to cancel each other out and one of them will be a 2-loss team with a worse resume than us. SMU isn't jumping the 2-loss teams with their soft schedule.

The only things that might put us in jeopardy is TAMU beating Texas and BYU going 12-0 and then losing the CCG. I think both those things have to happen and we still might be in. Also, I think BYU is going to choke one of these next two games.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I do not understand the beans in a full English breakfast. Grits are a better choice for me.
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A "full English" apparently also includes Black Pudding as well as beans that look like the Bush Beans we eat at BBQs etc...

Black Pudding is made from cooking animal blood. Not sure if swine or bovine. English food is terrible man. So glad I wasn't raised there.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
A "full English" apparently also includes Black Pudding as well as beans that look like the Bush Beans we eat at BBQs etc...

Black Pudding is made from cooking animal blood. Not sure if swine or bovine. English food is terrible man. So glad I wasn't raised there.
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With how picky you are, you would've starved to death.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I will be shocked if we lose a close one to UGA (especially with Moore) and aren't in with a 10-2 record. They currently have 3 SEC teams in the playoff who are 8-2 or 7-2, so I don't think it's going to be a problem.

Miami and ND are going to cancel each other out and one of them will be a 2-loss team with a worse resume than us. SMU isn't jumping the 2-loss teams with their soft schedule.

The only things that might put us in jeopardy is TAMU beating Texas and BYU going 12-0 and then losing the CCG. I think both those things have to happen and we still might be in. Also, I think BYU is going to choke one of these next two games.
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Good post Huff. Hope so. BYU can stumble and still get in though due to the Big12 auto slot #3 or 4. That being the case, its probably better for us that BYU runs the table and gets their overrated auto slot right? Then get hammered in their 1st game after the bye...likely from an SEC non champion?
 
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McDad said:
With how picky you are, you would've starved to death.
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Serious. I am a puss when it comes to food. Could never make it on "Survivor" etc...i could make awesome shelters for everyone, weapons for hunting, and even hunt and fish...but I would starve and eventually get removed for malnutrition in a couple weeks when i dropped 20lbs and looked like Skeletor 😄
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Serious. I am a puss when it comes to food. Could never make it on "Survivor" etc...i could make awesome shelters for everyone, weapons for hunting, and even hunt and fish...but I would starve and eventually get removed for malnutrition in a couple weeks when i dropped 20lbs and looked like Skeletor 😄
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What do you like when you wanna snack?
 
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n_huffhines said:
I will be shocked if we lose a close one to UGA (especially with Moore) and aren't in with a 10-2 record. They currently have 3 SEC teams in the playoff who are 8-2 or 7-2, so I don't think it's going to be a problem.

Miami and ND are going to cancel each other out and one of them will be a 2-loss team with a worse resume than us. SMU isn't jumping the 2-loss teams with their soft schedule.

The only things that might put us in jeopardy is TAMU beating Texas and BYU going 12-0 and then losing the CCG. I think both those things have to happen and we still might be in. Also, I think BYU is going to choke one of these next two games.
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Definitely agree with your analysis, but logic is in extremely short supply where the CFP committee is concerned.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
A "full English" apparently also includes Black Pudding as well as beans that look like the Bush Beans we eat at BBQs etc...

Black Pudding is made from cooking animal blood. Not sure if swine or bovine. English food is terrible man. So glad I wasn't raised there.
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I saw a video of some journalist interviewing Tom Holland and the journalist made a joke about British food and Holland went on the offensive. "What even is American food? You just steal from everybody else." and the Journo says, "What about hamburgers?" and Holland says "that's from Germany. Pizza is from Italy. Tacos are from Mexico. Etc." and totally stumped the guy.

I almost threw my phone. Hamburgers are American. They are nothing like what they serve in Hamburg. Pizza is Italian, but American pizza (Chicago, NY, and Detroit) still deserves credit for being its own thing. My guy couldn't come up with barbecue? Soul food? Pathetic.
 
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