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Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:16 am to OSqueal
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I'm pretty sure I had more fun in Germany when I was 18-20.
+1, same here. Spent a lot of Marks in the city center in Boeblingen...
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:33 am to WonderWartHawg
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Saw several folks head to the Hill after high school, be home in a couple of semesters, have to regroup and try again at UCA etc...
It's a damn shame the way kids are forced to pick what they want be for the rest of their life right out of high school when most are far from mature enough to make that decision. And they are led to believe they should work a 40 hour a week job that they most likely wont like till they reach an old age that they are able to hopefully retire. frick that. I'll drop everything and go be a beach bum before I get stuck working 40 hrs a week at a career I don't like.
I'm glad I had the opportunity to try different stuff and find a career path that I know I'll enjoy doing the rest of my life. I thought it was gonna be working for my dad doing land surveying and civil engineering. But I wouldn't have enjoyed doing that the rest of my life. Once I realized to make the kind of money my family has made all I needed was to invest my income/capital wisely, I wanted to make that capital doing something I enjoy doing the rest of my life.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:41 am to WonderWartHawg
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It was always known (and probably still is) that there is a high 'flunk out' rate at UofA.
Saw several folks head to the Hill after high school, be home in a couple of semesters, have to regroup and try again at UCA etc...
This was happening at UofA even in the dinosaur age when I was in college. It happened to a few of my friends & family members, as well.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:54 am to Arkla Missy
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This was happening at UofA even in the dinosaur age when I was in college. It happened to a few of my friends & family members, as well.
Happened to the Co-Valedictorians, and Salutatorian in my graduating class.
One joined the Air Force, one caught up at North-Ark then transferred back to finish, the other is selling shingles or some shite (he had the highest GPA while taking all the AP classes).
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:23 pm to NCrawler
Amen brother... spent my fair share in Landstuhl and surrounding areas....best mixture of food and beer.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:44 pm to DaleDenton
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Happened to the Co-Valedictorians, and Salutatorian in my graduating class.
It almost happened to the valedictorian of my class, who still holds the record for the highest GPA (all AP courses) at my high school. He started out at UofA, then transferred to Auburn, then Ole Miss, then finally graduated from Alabama. He started out in engineering of some kind, I think chemical, but is a chiropractor, now, so I guess he ended up ok, but it was kind of rocky for a while.
We used to tell him to just continue with his education, be a professional student, & try to attend every SEC school for at least a semester.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 3:36 pm to SunHog
Old bar downstairs in the square was definitely JR's
When I was a freshman you could get in with just about any kind of ID that said you were 21.
dollar domestic bottles on Monday nights... saw lots of fights and puking at that place. about two months into pledging most of the sorority pledges were told they couldn't go because they'd end up shacking
When I was a freshman you could get in with just about any kind of ID that said you were 21.
dollar domestic bottles on Monday nights... saw lots of fights and puking at that place. about two months into pledging most of the sorority pledges were told they couldn't go because they'd end up shacking
Posted on 8/15/13 at 3:41 pm to YumYum Sauce
JRs was on Block Street, not technically on the square. I thought he meant OPO, which was on the square.
I've puked in the urinals at JRs a few times.
I've puked in the urinals at JRs a few times.
This post was edited on 8/15/13 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 8/15/13 at 6:40 pm to SunHog
If I remember correctly it was either the Brass Monkey, or the Cellar. Been so long I can't remember which one. I did bounce there for a short time in the late 70's.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:29 pm to SunHog
I just realized something.
2010 was the first year they awarded the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, and it coincided with the big push in DFW recruitment.
That year, freshman enrollment jumped 30% over the previous all time record.
Those kids all turned 21 this year.
Every year since, the incoming classes have been larger and larger.
Its only going to keep swelling the number of drinkers on Dickson for a few years down the road. That's probably the biggest reason why, in spite of paid parking, Dickson seems packed on any given night of the week this past year.
2010 was the first year they awarded the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, and it coincided with the big push in DFW recruitment.
That year, freshman enrollment jumped 30% over the previous all time record.
Those kids all turned 21 this year.
Every year since, the incoming classes have been larger and larger.
Its only going to keep swelling the number of drinkers on Dickson for a few years down the road. That's probably the biggest reason why, in spite of paid parking, Dickson seems packed on any given night of the week this past year.
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:55 pm to SunHog
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What was the name of that old bar on the square you had to walk down the stairs and into the bar? It had a pool table in the back, small band area and trough style bathrooms. This would be 2000 or 1999.
Between 1999 and 2000 the bar located downstairs of the Old Post Office Building on the square was Hog City. I think I still have a plastic cup or two from that place laying around.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 9:22 am to wmr
I thought he was talking about he downstairs of the OPO, which I recall as The Brass Monkey at some point. IIRC, saw Kobe Tai there once.
Loved the Lightbulb Club. Better Than Exra played there in early 90's, pretty cool.
Loved the Lightbulb Club. Better Than Exra played there in early 90's, pretty cool.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 4:49 pm to SLC
Yes Better than Extra was another good show. They played there both before hitting MTV and after. They had show posters framed along that long way to the pisser of tons of great early alt rock band shows. Truly a great venue, which is now a cheesy gay bar.
The remains of JRs have moved a couple of blocks next door, next to Sound Warehouse's latest incarnation.
The remains of JRs have moved a couple of blocks next door, next to Sound Warehouse's latest incarnation.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 5:00 pm to SunHog
I was up there a couple of weeks ago. Dickson looks like every other tourist trap these days. Its lost its quirky character if you ask me.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 5:06 pm to arkiebrian
Its really been built up. I wouldn't say it looks like a tourist trap. Its gotten a lot slicker and more moneyed. But there are bars there that have been there for decades.
The only thing I don't like is the chains that have come in on the western edge due to the really high rents driving the mom and pops out, and their ability to sell tons of food after 2:00 am.
The only thing I don't like is the chains that have come in on the western edge due to the really high rents driving the mom and pops out, and their ability to sell tons of food after 2:00 am.
Posted on 8/17/13 at 6:11 pm to arkiebrian
quote:Tourist trap? Do you travel?
I was up there a couple of weeks ago. Dickson looks like every other tourist trap these days. Its lost its quirky character if you ask me.
I don't see how it's anything like a tourist trap. It's almost all locally owned and driven by local business. Basically the opposite of a tourist trap.
Posted on 8/18/13 at 9:40 am to SLC
It was the Brass Monkey back in the late 70's, now that you have jogged my memory. Dam, that was a long time ago, lol.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 8:18 pm to Hog on the Hill
Dickson looks like its processed and canned...too neat...not like what it used to be at all.
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