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re: Tell me interesting stories/facts about your SEC campus.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:39 am to TulsaTimeTiger
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:39 am to TulsaTimeTiger
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Those 2 years of state history...is there twice as much
This.
When Spindletop blew out we created the modern petrochemical industry. When a newbie at Texas Instruments didn't have enough vacation time to take off during summer shutdown, he invented the integrated circuit and created the modern computer industry.
We f'n create history here.
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Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:57 am to OBReb6
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Hume is my favorite.
Might as well throw in Lewis. I'll never set foot near that sum bitch again, unless it's to relieve myself after a game. And on a lighter, near horrific note, one of my dad's employees nearly shattered one of the stain glass windows once during a renovation. The old man said he nearly killed some folks that day.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:57 am to MontanaMax
wasn't it Longstreet who initially didn't advance on the right flank until it was too late?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:04 am to Quidam65
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:43 am to TheSandman
LINK
I can't share the pic without the link.
This is the inside of Perry Cafeteria, which was the largest cafeteria in the U.S. when it was built in the early nineteen hundreds. It's gothic arches were restored in '97 and it has had another rennovation since. It contains a flag from evert country that has had a citizen attend MSU iirc.
I can't share the pic without the link.
This is the inside of Perry Cafeteria, which was the largest cafeteria in the U.S. when it was built in the early nineteen hundreds. It's gothic arches were restored in '97 and it has had another rennovation since. It contains a flag from evert country that has had a citizen attend MSU iirc.
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 9:53 am
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:44 am to Tds & Beer
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They will bet you up and down that the SEC doesn't allow alcohol. Everybody will.
My father to this day swears that every on campus stadium is 100% dry, something about how federal laws do not permit them.
I just smile and nod.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:04 am to Tds & Beer
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This is the inside of Perry Cafeteria, which was the largest cafeteria in the U.S. when it was built in the early nineteen hundreds.
'largest when built', nah.
As 1 example, Sbisa was built in 1913, is 100,000 square feet and was built to seat 2500 (FWIW, Perry was built in 1921, is 33120 square feet and seats 1100). Its hard to explain just how big Sbisa is unless you've been in it, The place is just cavernous
I wonder how these rumors about 'the largest' and all get started?
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 10:10 am
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:15 am to NBamaAlum
Some frat stars used bolt cutters to let Mike out of his cage back in the day. Could you imaging a big arse Bengal tiger struttin' around campus?
Pretty CSB IMO.
Pretty CSB IMO.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:16 am to relapse98
I don't even think Perry is big. Actually it isn't. I was just repeating what I read, that it was the largest when it was built in 1913 or 14. That wasn't really the point. I just wanted to show the gothic arches and the flags.
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 10:17 am
Posted on 4/20/12 at 11:55 am to Tds & Beer
According to legend, while they were building Francis Hall on the A&M campus, the plans ended up exceeding the proposed budget for the building. Instead of redesigning, the architects simply shrunk the plans of the building in order to meet the budget. Because of this, there are some very odd angles and even some crazy stairways to nowhere that can be found in the building. Francis Hall History
Posted on 4/20/12 at 12:02 pm to GalvoAg
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Why do people think Dallas and Houston are so great?
Because people like to make money (and keep more of it)
Yeah, because people in New York, LA, Chicago, and DC don't make money.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 3:01 pm to DCRebel
Florida's campus has been used in movies as a stand-in for Harvard and other Ivy League universities - Sledd Hall, University Auditorium, and Century Tower in particular for their Gothic revival architecture. Spanish moss was removed from all of the trees that made it into the campus scenes since it doesn't grow up north. Filmmakers were also careful not to film any palm trees.
Century Tower was used in a scene where a kid goes crazy and starts shooting people from the tower.
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Century Tower was used in a scene where a kid goes crazy and starts shooting people from the tower.
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This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 4/20/12 at 4:52 pm to NBamaAlum
I know I've posted this before, but I always enjoy it.
When the Union army set fire to UA, only one book was saved from the library....what was that book?
When the Union army set fire to UA, only one book was saved from the library....what was that book?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 4:55 pm to NBamaAlum
I am betting it all ALEX , what is the Quran ?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 4:59 pm to leoj
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wasn't it Longstreet who initially didn't advance on the right flank until it was too late?
John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade was in General Longstreet's Corps. The 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas infantry regiments, along with the 3rd Arkansas, saw heavy fighting at Devil's Den and the Peach Orchard.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 4:59 pm to KillianRussell
I would post a picture of Allah saying "Yes", but I don't want a fatwah issued.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 5:10 pm to deltaland
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And if you look on the brochure/website of the owners for the Destrehan Plantation my great great great grandfather is on there. Initials SH
I've been to about 4 of the weekend festivals at the Destrehan Plantation. Up until a couple of years ago my brother lived like 2 miles from the Destrehan Plantation and we'd go each year.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 9:16 am to busey
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guidos.
Gainesville, FL
Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:06 pm to NBamaAlum
LSU has an underground tunnel system. We have two big indian mounds where early corndog artifacts were found.
We have the skankiest chicks in the conference.
We have the skankiest chicks in the conference.
Posted on 4/22/12 at 5:08 pm to sheek
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We have the skankiest chicks in the conference
you seem to be in a bad mood today..
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