Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[VolsDoc81TX]

I would probably start with "Beat TCU" then go from there.

I’m hoping that Tennessee has the same kind of thing. A neat gators, a best bama, and a beat dawgs period. Finish up with the annihilate usc period just for funsies.

 

[VolNash17]

Vols not getting Billy Amick anymore? Losing him to Florida is the talk? I have no clue. Seemed super positive a few days ago now the talk is Florida it seems

 

[drvenner]

City of JC, at least in my neighborhood - as of last two years - strictly enforcing the noise ordinance. Aggressively.

Personal fireworks prohibited in Johnson City, ordinance to be enforced

Good

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Can confirm. Just stick to the touristy areas and avoid Limon Province. There's some "our sh*t don't stink" vibe with Costa Rica but I still loved it.

Welp...the ship is porting in Limon, so not much I can do about that.

 

[Glitch]

View attachment 560449 y’all know what to do

 

[Glitch]

I understand both sides. I like the fireworks, but this non-stop barrage for a week and half before and after the 4th is too much. I was hoping people had decided on a single day to light. . . kinda like people informally pick a day to trick-or-treat on, if Halloween is midweek.

Never thought about applying this model to other holidays. We should decorate for Christmas, like a month early and see how these fireworks bastages like that. Maybe we can convince local radio stations and stores to bombard them with nothing but Christmas songs from November through New Years. Now we are thinking!

 

[Glitch]

Does your doctor know that for all the essential proteins, you have to eat egg yolk too?

There’s nutrients in the egg yolk.

The amount of cholesterol in the yolk is overblown as far as the way it affects you.

Case in point: my family has a significant familial hypercholerolemia issue.
When my cholesterol went up at age 37, I lost weight, ate all “the right foods” and went nuts on cardio. Guess what, my cholesterol continued to rise because it was a genetic issue. I have been on atorvastatin ever since. At 60, my cholesterol and triglycerides are normal. My cardiac stress tests are all normal including a 0 cardiac calcium score. I have come to terms with the medicine. I have an extremely high family history of heart attacks. I also take 3 omega 3 fish oil capsules daily. That also has helped raise my HDL.

One theory that I would ask your doctor is how much nutrition was taught at their med school? Many schools only teach nutrition for 1-2 weeks.
I took nutrition at Tennessee. My med school taught it as an entire class. It was taught by the Desn of the basic science division, so we took it very seriously, especially since he wrote our first recommendation letters.

I was eating egg white omelets because I was under the impression that the yolks were bad for me. Someone informed me otherwise and pointed me to some information. I did some reading and verification. Who knew the yolks are so important for the body to take in the proteins. It's like it was almost designed that way.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Never thought about applying this model to other holidays. We should decorate for Christmas, like a month early and see how these fireworks bastages like that. Maybe we can convince local radio stations and stores to bombard them with nothing but Christmas songs from November through New Years. Now we are thinking!

You are looking at it wrong. . . should trick-or-treat every night for a week before and after Halloween. Christmas should be that way too. . . maybe just before Christmas day, since New Years is so close. Maybe just give a gift each day for like 12 days before Christmas. . .

 

[Glitch]

I will agree with both of you. Turkey sausage is okay mainly because of the sausage spices.

Turkey bacon is just awful. A minor crime against humanity.

 

[Glitch]

I do it 4-5 days a week.

 

[SoilVol]

Costa Rica is awesome. Amazing reserves. Limon province is sketchy for the most part.

I liked Limon, but we had to evacuate in the middle of the night because of an ongoing armed robbery of the neighboring resort (and we weren't even at a fancy resort like that one). The only place I didnt get to go was the Pacific coast which is more affluent apparently.

 

[bignewt]

That’s what’s wrong with you! I knew it was some sort of nutritional issue.

I'm healthy as a horse. And I get to watch cute piggies on Instagram without feeling guilty.

 

[SoilVol]

What's scary about concrete?

Really though, how did it's body react to the feeling of a bite with its head gone?

Snakes (and lizards) have an impressive nervous system that continues to fire after death. For example, if you break the tail off a skink it will continue to thrash for a minute or two. Even more vigorously in reaction to being touched. This is an anti-predation adaptation, but it's kinda what you see here. The nervous system doesn't stop working after being severed (unlike humans where you go paralyzed when the connection with the brain is severed).

Likewise, the snake doesnt immediately die when the head is severed. They last longer than is comfortable to think about. So in a scenario where a snake needs to be euthanized humanely (lets say its severely injured ) the fastest and most humane method is to crush the head. It crushes the brain and nervous system and quickly kills it. It also prevents a venomous snake from being able to envenomate and pose a risk to someone.

 

[SoilVol]

Why avoid Limon? That's a big swath of beach close to the airport that you're saying to avoid lol

Its a cool area and great remote beaches. But it's the most dangerous province of CRC. We were warned before we went and didnt think much of it because we'd be in a group but the second day we had to evacuate when a group of armed locals (and maybe Panamanians) invaded and robbed Americans in the neighboring resort. Limon City has the highest unemployment rate, highest organized crime, and its like the number 1 port city in the Caribbean for drug trafficking.

 

[Orangeburst]

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Sally doesn’t remember conversations
yea right
getting testy

 

[SoilVol]

Welp...the ship is porting in Limon, so not much I can do about that.

See last post. Just be aware and stay in the touristy spots with a lot of people lol. We were blissfully unaware and were having fun but noticed our guides were on edge the entire time.

 

[Brillovol]

Texans aren’t so bad after educated by a Tennessean. When you put them in their place, they let the true Alpha rule

Most of them have no idea that without the Tennesseans that Texas really would have become part of Mexico. General Santa Ana was kicking their asses until the Volunteers made the trip.

It’s funny to watch their smug faces turn from smug superiority to confused subservience when I educate them.

My kids will even tell them to just surrender because I never lose this educational reckoning.

I had the opportunity to represent our great state last week at a national conference. Being seated alphabetically, I was between South Dakota and Texas. Part of introductions was to share who your favorite team is. I gave the obvious answer.

Next, the Texas guy said they were the real UT. Game on.

In break he mentioned something again, to which I replied…

“If it weren’t for Tennessee Volunteers, you’d be another state in Mexico. You needed us to beat Santa Ana.”

He had no response.


Here’s my seat at the table by the way:

 

[Orangeburst]

I had the opportunity to represent our great state last week at a national conference. Being seated alphabetically, I was between South Dakota and Texas. Part of introductions was to share who your favorite team is. I gave the obvious answer.

Next, the Texas guy said they were the real UT. Game on.

In break he mentioned something again, to which I replied…

“If it weren’t for Tennessee Volunteers, you’d be another state in Mexico. You needed us to beat Santa Ana.”

He had no response.


Here’s my seat at the table by the way:

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How was Hooters?

 

[Jameis Jones]

I'm healthy as a horse. And I get to watch cute piggies on Instagram without feeling guilty.

For a meat eater pork seems like a weird thing to avoid. It is better for the environment and leaner that beef and the meat yield per animal that has to be killed is 40x that of chicken.

Also, it is cheap and delicious and you can get those same benefits by killing invasive wild ones all over America.

 

[Rishvol]

I had the opportunity to represent our great state last week at a national conference. Being seated alphabetically, I was between South Dakota and Texas. Part of introductions was to share who your favorite team is. I gave the obvious answer.

Next, the Texas guy said they were the real UT. Game on.

In break he mentioned something again, to which I replied…

“If it weren’t for Tennessee Volunteers, you’d be another state in Mexico. You needed us to beat Santa Ana.”

He had no response.


Here’s my seat at the table by the way:

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Should've replied with "you're a Vols fan too!"

 

[gordonr24]

Does your doctor know that for all the essential proteins, you have to eat egg yolk too?

There’s nutrients in the egg yolk.

The amount of cholesterol in the yolk is overblown as far as the way it affects you.

Case in point: my family has a significant familial hypercholerolemia issue.
When my cholesterol went up at age 37, I lost weight, ate all “the right foods” and went nuts on cardio. Guess what, my cholesterol continued to rise because it was a genetic issue. I have been on atorvastatin ever since. At 60, my cholesterol and triglycerides are normal. My cardiac stress tests are all normal including a 0 cardiac calcium score. I have come to terms with the medicine. I have an extremely high family history of heart attacks. I also take 3 omega 3 fish oil capsules daily. That also has helped raise my HDL.

One theory that I would ask your doctor is how much nutrition was taught at their med school? Many schools only teach nutrition for 1-2 weeks.
I took nutrition at Tennessee. My med school taught it as an entire class. It was taught by the Desn of the basic science division, so we took it very seriously, especially since he wrote our first recommendation letters.

Good info. And sometimes, it’s hard to beat genetics. I’ve seen perfectly healthy looking people have a coronary at 45 and need triple bypass.

 

[gordonr24]

 

[bignewt]

For a meat eater pork seems like a weird thing to avoid. It is better for the environment and leaner that beef and the meat yield per animal that has to be killed is 40x that of chicken.

Also, it is cheap and delicious and you can get those same benefits by killing invasive wild ones all over America.

I have no problem with people eating boars and I have in occasion because yes they are invasive. Pigs however, may have more yield or whatever they are also highly intelligent. Smarter than dogs. As for the environment, I doubt I'm making a dent either way by eating poultry and beef over pork.

"Pigs have the intelligence of a human toddler and are ranked as the fifth most intelligent animal in the world! In fact, pigs are more intelligent and trainable than any breed of dog. They learn their names in just two weeks and come when they're called."

 

[bignewt]

Good info. And sometimes, it’s hard to beat genetics. I’ve seen perfectly healthy looking people have a coronary at 45 and need triple bypass.

That's me. Got my heart calcium score and it's very bad. I run 15 miles a week, don't smoke, hardly drink. It sucks.

 

[gainesvol82]

No to all. Our neighbors have been blowing them off for the past three or four nights already and our dog can't stand storms or fireworks. We give him CBD treats and they help some but we hate the week leading up to the 4th of July and even a few days after cause everyone spends their kids college funds on fireworks to make pretty boom booms. It use to be one night and it was over. Now it is at least a week and a half of having to have a stressed out dog.

Sorry for the vent.

Your neighbors have been blowing who off?
Just one set of neighbors or all the neighbors? I bet your neighborhood is a real popular place to live with such generous, caring people.

And what does that have to do with your dog being scared of fireworks?