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You didn't stay very long bc I'm still waiting for you to come back out.
I lasted for just about 30 minutes, but then real life stopped my experiment with tolerating Saturday morning's cold weather and I had to take a friend, Brian, from my neighborhood to the hospital because he was in intense abdominal pain. I got home around 2PM and thought I was going to watch the SEC Championship, but then a different Bryan (Brian number two? UGA Bryan?). That Bryan asked me I could help him out because while he was in class taking a final exam, he was evicted and came home to all his stuff be strewn all over his front lawn with a lot of it missing/stolen.

He thought he could tough it out out and live on his porch for the final few days of the semester, but the cold weather was too much. Helping him took until well after the end of the SEC championship game because I needed to pick him up at UGA during the game and bring him to my house.
 
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Kansas City pulls out another win, is it luck or is it destiny for Chiefs to get that 3 peat.

We all know MaHomes and Kelce will not wake up til playoffs start.
KC took a step forward and the Bills, a step back. The die has been cast for the AFC and it's going to be an uphill battle for the Bills for the rest of the season to catch them.
 
Something has to be done about the Titans. Heads need to roll. They lead
all day long & lose 10-6 to a 3-9 team. Levis isn't the answer for them. How
anybody who keeps paying to go see this team play needs to seek mental help.
For season ticket holders, the owner should offer free beer, parking, hotdogs, popcorn and PTSD therapy.
 
@chuckiepoo

You think Bregman's agent will use Adames contract as a match or better tool.
I am sure they will attempt to do so. That’s the court of public opinion for the most part because each club competing for his services understands the show. Astros fans know how Jim Crane operates. He allowed George Springer, Gerrit Cole and Carlos Correa to walk in free agency. Of course that was during a period when the farm was exceptional.
 
I lasted for just about 30 minutes, but then real life stopped my experiment with tolerating Saturday morning's cold weather and I had to take a friend, Brian, from my neighborhood to the hospital because he was in intense abdominal pain. I got home around 2PM and thought I was going to watch the SEC Championship, but then a different Bryan (Brian number two? UGA Bryan?). That Bryan asked me I could help him out because while he was in class taking a final exam, he was evicted and came home to all his stuff be strewn all over his front lawn with a lot of it missing/stolen.

He thought he could tough it out out and live on his porch for the final few days of the semester, but the cold weather was too much. Helping him took until well after the end of the SEC championship game because I needed to pick him up at UGA during the game and bring him to my house.
UGA Bryan: My age, junior at UGA, neighbor to my ex, raised by his dad. Kind of a loner, not a frat boy, more of a type B personality. Met him maybe 4 times and was out of options when he texted me.

Before he texted me UGA Police had arrived at his porch because his slumlord or someone called the police over him trespassing at the property because he had been sleeping on his porch and all Bryan wanted to do was keep an eye on his remaining stuff - that's why he was on his porch. Legally, his stuff was curtilage and people were allowed to take whatever was placed outside. Whatever is placed outside was available for one month and then the landlord could throw it out.

He thought he could tough it out on his porch through finals and then work over winter break to catch up on his rent and move on, but the police told him he had to leave or they'd arrest him. Food is thrown out.

Sadly, there wasn't much of his stuff left because so much was taken while he was taking his exams. What was left was thrown around, kicked around or whatever.

As far as Bryan knew, I was living in the dorm and had 2 extra bedrooms there and thought I was fairly well off financially because I visited my GF I always brought a lot of groceries far in excess of me staying at her place for a night or weekend and I/we invited him over to eat with us whenever we had a cookout which was almost always. His front yard was kind of my gf's backyard.

I transferred some money to his landlord to get the eviction lifted, but the landlord wasn't taking any call even though he was financially in the clear. Maybe the landlord was at or going to the SEC game? IDK.

There's a shuttle that runs between UGA and GT, so he'll be able to get to his remaining finals. I offered to lend him my car, but he didn't want to do that. Marc and I are done with our finals so I/we will drive him, but he insists he's okay with the shuttle and just being able to sleep inside, shower and eat was MORE than enough help from someone he doesn't know very well.

The whole ordeal really got to me though and has me thinking how close to being homeless so many people are; people that live paycheck to paycheck and how insufficient funds in an account leads comes with a financial penalty etc and it can spiral downwards in just a couple of days if they don't have parental support etc.

When we got back to my place he pretty much showered, ate and went to sleep. We washed his remaining clothes while he slept. After sleeping until around 1AM he saw that we had washed his clothes folded them and next those made a new pile of clothes we gave him.
 
I am sure they will attempt to do so. That’s the court of public opinion for the most part because each club competing for his services understands the show. Astros fans know how Jim Crane operates. He allowed George Springer, Gerrit Cole and Carlos Correa to walk in free agency. Of course that was during a period when the farm was exceptional.
Just read Bregman is looking for $200 million, Astros offered 6/$156 earlier..
 
UGA Bryan: My age, junior at UGA, neighbor to my ex, raised by his dad. Kind of a loner, not a frat boy, more of a type B personality. Met him maybe 4 times and was out of options when he texted me.

Before he texted me UGA Police had arrived at his porch because his slumlord or someone called the police over him trespassing at the property because he had been sleeping on his porch and all Bryan wanted to do was keep an eye on his remaining stuff - that's why he was on his porch. Legally, his stuff was curtilage and people were allowed to take whatever was placed outside. Whatever is placed outside was available for one month and then the landlord could throw it out.

He thought he could tough it out on his porch through finals and then work over winter break to catch up on his rent and move on, but the police told him he had to leave or they'd arrest him. Food is thrown out.

Sadly, there wasn't much of his stuff left because so much was taken while he was taking his exams. What was left was thrown around, kicked around or whatever.

As far as Bryan knew, I was living in the dorm and had 2 extra bedrooms there and thought I was fairly well off financially because I visited my GF I always brought a lot of groceries far in excess of me staying at her place for a night or weekend and I/we invited him over to eat with us whenever we had a cookout which was almost always. His front yard was kind of my gf's backyard.

I transferred some money to his landlord to get the eviction lifted, but the landlord wasn't taking any call even though he was financially in the clear. Maybe the landlord was at or going to the SEC game? IDK.

There's a shuttle that runs between UGA and GT, so he'll be able to get to his remaining finals. I offered to lend him my car, but he didn't want to do that. Marc and I are done with our finals so I/we will drive him, but he insists he's okay with the shuttle and just being able to sleep inside, shower and eat was MORE than enough help from someone he doesn't know very well.

The whole ordeal really got to me though and has me thinking how close to being homeless so many people are; people that live paycheck to paycheck and how insufficient funds in an account leads comes with a financial penalty etc and it can spiral downwards in just a couple of days if they don't have parental support etc.

When we got back to my place he pretty much showered, ate and went to sleep. We washed his remaining clothes while he slept. After sleeping until around 1AM he saw that we had washed his clothes folded them and next those made a new pile of clothes we gave him.
Your a great young man Drew, not many individuals your age will do the things you do for less fortunate individuals. Kudos to you my friend..
 
Your a great young man Drew, not many individuals your age will do the things you do for less fortunate individuals. Kudos to you my friend..
Thank you and I'll make sure my roommates see this when they wake up.

Hope you had a nice weekend and honestly, I had a great weekend because of Bryan. Very few things make me as happy as helping out other people. For years, when I get in a not so great mood, it snaps me right out of it by helping classmates, neighbors, my friends. My point is, don't think I don't gain a LOT by being this way, because I think it's why I'm generally a happy person and if not absolutely happy and excitable person, it makes me content.

For example:

About 10% of my high school was special education kids and kids with significant or severe disabilities, so I had a daily reminder of just having a healthy mind and body was and is a blessing and that I really appreciate those things. Imagine not knowing what it's like to run or jump? Or being able to navigate science or math classes etc. without much effort.

Every other Friday, our high school would allow us to pursue a hobby with a group of like minded people. There were so many clubs or groups to choose from. One group of kids, spent time with the special education kids so I did that as a challenge to myself because up to that point in my life, I was really, REALLY uncomfortable around kids with Down's Syndrome (sp ) and I wanted to get over that.

I swear I got more out of it than they did because to them, I was their hero because I taught them how to shoot a basketball.



After a few months, basketball season started and early on I was feature on the morning news at our school. Normal a feature is about a minute long, but mine they extend to 6-7 minutes so those kids thought I was famous.


I was the point guard and as soon as I touched the ball, even walking to dribble it up the court, those kids went nuts cheering wise and after the first game they insisted that I sign their shirts with my number and name on it. Their parents took pictures of me with them as if I was Labron James.

Their cheering was so loud that it fired up the entire gym. Imagine that for a moment, please. Imagine being me or YOU having that kind of vocal support in THAT environment.

It inspired me to practice more on my own and made me a better player.

It's like investing a quarter and getting back a dollar.


For me, I learned early on that it's better to give than receive. On top of that, I noticed a pattern that I still can't comprehend and that is: I do something nice or consistently for a while, I get back from life 10-1000 fold of what regular/normal people get. It blows my dad's mind how consistently that works out for me such big ways and to what a great extent even if there are long periods of time between me "getting back" from the system, but so much so my dad says about me, "Drew? That kid could fall off a short cliff and softly land in a pile of money".

One time I was being punished by my mom for some talking back to her and my punishments was that I had to go to Walmart with her and that was a punishment because I hate shopping. So, I'm already in a not so great mood and while walking the parking lot a stone gets stuck in the tread of my sneaker and I don't want to listen to that thing clicking every step I'd take in Walmart, so I start scraping my foot on the ground every step trying to get it out and it won't come out.

In frustration I yell "Daaaang it!" because it won't come out, so I have to stop to dig it out. My mom is NOT happy about me yelling, at all. It turns out to be a 1.5 or 1.7 carat diamond and I hand it to my mom and say, "Okay, sorry and here you go and hand her the diamond from my shoe.

A couple years later my buddy Jason got a Rolex for his birthday and my other buddy Marc commented that IF he ever got a Rolex, he'd get a sapphire blue one: Less than two weeks later on a misty, drizzly, warm morning, I wanted to go for a run with my buddy Marc and he wouldn't go with me. So I go by myself, and I go wayyyy off the trail so that I have dodge and bull dodge trees, jump over logs, over or through standing water etc. ie I'm a muddy mess, which, I like. I don't get 500 yards into my run and barely notice an odd sparkle as I'm running, so I wonder what that was, so I turn around to check it out.

Sure enough it's a saffire blue Rolex. So I sprint over to Marc's house, he comes out through their garage, I tell him to close his eyes and put out his hands and he says, if this is a hand full of worms or something else like that to get back at him for not going with me, he's not going to think it's funny at all, so it better not be. He closes his eyes, I put the muddy watch in his hand then sprint away as fast as I can and I'm definitely faster than he is. Once Marc realizes what it is, he starts chasing me as I'm going back to my house. Marc's in his socks. I hear his mom yelling at him about ruining his socks. By the time he gets to my house I'm sitting in my garage just giggling my butt off. Marc arrives and can't catch his breath because he's giggling HIS butt off because I ran away so quick after handing him a watch he thought he'd buy himself when he was 40 or so years old. Eventually, when we calm down I explain where I found it and he says he can't accept it and that I should have it, but I refuse and point out to him that my dad already offered me the 2nd Rolex AT&T gave him and I didn't want it because I'm more of a Timex Ironman watch guy than I am a Rolex guy. Eventually we decide to give it the police in case someone is looking for their watch. The police explain they'll hang on to it for year, but after a year the watch will become Marcs and sure enough no one claimed it so Marc has it. I have a picture of him holding mud smudged Rolex somewhere and will post it if I can find it.

Do you see what I mean when I say my life is SOOOO blessed. There are about 15-20 more instances where things just work out for me in over the top ways that are just as outrageous or surprising.


Again, thank you very much for the compliment. 🎄
 
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UGA Bryan: My age, junior at UGA, neighbor to my ex, raised by his dad. Kind of a loner, not a frat boy, more of a type B personality. Met him maybe 4 times and was out of options when he texted me.

Before he texted me UGA Police had arrived at his porch because his slumlord or someone called the police over him trespassing at the property because he had been sleeping on his porch and all Bryan wanted to do was keep an eye on his remaining stuff - that's why he was on his porch. Legally, his stuff was curtilage and people were allowed to take whatever was placed outside. Whatever is placed outside was available for one month and then the landlord could throw it out.

He thought he could tough it out on his porch through finals and then work over winter break to catch up on his rent and move on, but the police told him he had to leave or they'd arrest him. Food is thrown out.

Sadly, there wasn't much of his stuff left because so much was taken while he was taking his exams. What was left was thrown around, kicked around or whatever.

As far as Bryan knew, I was living in the dorm and had 2 extra bedrooms there and thought I was fairly well off financially because I visited my GF I always brought a lot of groceries far in excess of me staying at her place for a night or weekend and I/we invited him over to eat with us whenever we had a cookout which was almost always. His front yard was kind of my gf's backyard.

I transferred some money to his landlord to get the eviction lifted, but the landlord wasn't taking any call even though he was financially in the clear. Maybe the landlord was at or going to the SEC game? IDK.

There's a shuttle that runs between UGA and GT, so he'll be able to get to his remaining finals. I offered to lend him my car, but he didn't want to do that. Marc and I are done with our finals so I/we will drive him, but he insists he's okay with the shuttle and just being able to sleep inside, shower and eat was MORE than enough help from someone he doesn't know very well.

The whole ordeal really got to me though and has me thinking how close to being homeless so many people are; people that live paycheck to paycheck and how insufficient funds in an account leads comes with a financial penalty etc and it can spiral downwards in just a couple of days if they don't have parental support etc.

When we got back to my place he pretty much showered, ate and went to sleep. We washed his remaining clothes while he slept. After sleeping until around 1AM he saw that we had washed his clothes folded them and next those made a new pile of clothes we gave him.
Drew, you’re a great person for helping him out. At UT, they have a program, which I think is called Vols Helping Vols where there’s a support system for students in similar situations. Any idea if your UGA friend has looked around for a similar program at that school?

Here’s one thing I found: Food Pantry - Well-being Resources

Here’s another thing: Let All The Big Dawgs Eat - UGA Student Affairs
 
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I lasted for just about 30 minutes, but then real life stopped my experiment with tolerating Saturday morning's cold weather and I had to take a friend, Brian, from my neighborhood to the hospital because he was in intense abdominal pain. I got home around 2PM and thought I was going to watch the SEC Championship, but then a different Bryan (Brian number two? UGA Bryan?). That Bryan asked me I could help him out because while he was in class taking a final exam, he was evicted and came home to all his stuff be strewn all over his front lawn with a lot of it missing/stolen.

He thought he could tough it out out and live on his porch for the final few days of the semester, but the cold weather was too much. Helping him took until well after the end of the SEC championship game because I needed to pick him up at UGA during the game and bring him to my house.
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Drew, you’re a great person for helping him out. At UT, they have a program, which I think is called Vols Helping Vols where there’s a support system for students in similar situations. Any idea if your UGA friend has looked around for a similar program at that school?

Here’s one thing I found: Food Pantry - Well-being Resources

Here’s another thing: Let All The Big Dawgs Eat - UGA Student Affairs
Drewby IS a good dude and I’m glad he’s a part of the dugout crew.
 

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