htowntyger

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If this doesn't sum it all up....

Truer words have never been spoken - could replace government with kingdom or empire though - it applies to all of them

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Pete was before my time so he's more of a mythical figure for me.
like a Babe Ruth would be in baseball.
Just a god that was hanging out with mere mortals.

I'm not much younger than Shaq so I remember him well at LSU.

Shaq was dominant and amazing to see, but there is just something about legends before your time that just have a special aura about them.

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you stole my answer - was at dale's camp when Pete was supposed to be the guest/keynote speaker but passed away - had pizza every night with Shaq and Vernel that week on the steps of Kirby - one is mythical to me - the other a legend I was able to interact with - dad was in school with Pete - his stories are great - no wrong answer here

You nailed it. One of the best parts of Christmas is the first notes of O Come All Ye Faithful as the mass entrance starts.

Silent Night is up there for me because we inherited a tradition from wife's family of singing it together on Christmas Eve.

My grandfather swam for his life at pearl harbor on the day after his birthday then spent the rest of the war in the Sea of Japan. Refused to speak about it. The only time I saw any emotion from him on the subject was when I was with him on the pearl harbor anniversary watching football and we came across a project on tv saying we were wrong for dropping the bomb. Papa was having none of that.....He was in it to win it at all costs. You would never meet a more gentle and kind man - until that subject came up - then he became the biggest bada$$ I've ever seen - truly the greatest generation

The immigrants (from any nation) who go through the process correctly always get forgotten about in these situations. The ones I know who are here legally are proud of their choice to do things the right way because they want to be here and be a true American citizen, they do not like people who skip the line because it marginalizes their sacrifices and hard work, from personal experience they feel the same way about border crossers as you would about being passed over for a promotion because of dei (or something similar). I employed a woman who was a legal citizen, as was her whole family (except her husband), husband left and went back to mexico to do it right and gain citizenship - I gladly gave her pto to be with him every step of the way and the day he was granted citizenship was such a proud day for all of them. Couldn't be more happy for a family.

no one on my street had a political sign up - one harris sign goes up - within 48 hours every other house had a trump sign

lot of people in college - many more are not - I chalk that one up to more of a sample size thing than anything else

that bike and pellet gun bring back a lot of memories