ThirdGeneration
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
| Location: | Huntsville, Al |
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| Occupation: | retired from IBM |
| Number of Posts: | 66 |
| Registered on: | 10/4/2014 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: AU has a new swag filled walk on WR...
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 12/22/23 at 2:40 pm
I seem to remember early 2000s when Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown were both injured that a tiny white boy named Tre Smith went wild for 200+.
Still of the best quote I ever saw during the game. On Alabama's game thread - we are making this little white guy look like Bo Jackson...
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re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 12/13/23 at 3:22 pm
Why do the British drink warm beer?
Their refrigerators have Lucas wiring
The Lucas motto - be home before dark!...
re: 72 Iron Bowl was played at Jordan Hare?
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 10/23/23 at 4:31 pm
5 bucks a car at Whitesburg Drive In in Huntsville. Also had triple feature of James Bond at times :lol:...
re: Your go-to meal when you were a student at AU
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 8/12/23 at 5:07 am
Oh yeah. Right on the corner of Glenn and Dean. Used to buy weed from the Tiger Pies delivery driver. Still remember the number 826-PIES
That's a nice duo. One stop for pizza and weed. ...
re: Your go-to meal when you were a student at AU
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 8/10/23 at 4:32 pm
Every night I had to walk home late from Chem Eng building from studying. Lived in Goodwin apartments so had to walk thru either Wendy's or McDonalds parking lot. Gained weight. Also got fried chicken a lot from Hartz (IIRC) ...
re: Chopper flyover at Titans game draws Feds attention
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 12/7/21 at 4:01 pm
Senior year at Auburn in 80's. Army and Navy ROTC had an event on drill field and the fighters came over from Maxwell. By that I mean in afterburner at about 200 feet above the field. The old chem eng building has 8 foot windows that were open and I literally jumped out since I figured the Russians ...
re: World War 2 still boggles my mind
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 11/22/21 at 3:48 pm
Southeast Europe was a powder keg. The Austro Hungarian and Ottoman empires were on the verge of disintegrating. Germany wanted to be the big swinging dick and England said Nah. France was itching for revenge over the 1870 Franco Prussian War. And Russia was Russia. The balloon was going up in Europ...
re: Texas People: Is there a good Tex Mex restaurant in Austin
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 8/5/21 at 5:12 am
Going to suggest Fonda San Miguel as an alternative. It is great but not Tex Mex. Proudly claim Central Mexico...
re: 80 Years Ago Today: Operation Barbarossa
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 6/23/21 at 4:15 pm
Pretty sure the fuel tanks which really did help shorten the Pacific War were planned to be bombed in the 3rd wave. Fortunately for the US that wave was called off....
re: May 1, 1942 - Japan: One Battle From Victory?
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 5/1/21 at 3:56 pm
You’re right. Without the code breakers giving Nimitz the intel he needed to put our carriers at the exact right spot at the exact right time, Midway would have fallen and very likely Hawaii would have been next. What was left of our Pacific Fleet would have been forced to fallback to the west coast...
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 3/27/21 at 4:05 pm
That may have been taken right before his crash. I remember that Bill Hickman was a stuntman and teaching him to race - was driving a car with trailer and was first to the crash. Hickman also was the stunt driver/actor for black Charger in Bullit. Liked his tightning the seat belt before starting t...
re: Fry’s Electronics is closing business nationwide effective tonight
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 2/24/21 at 4:19 pm
For tech there was no better place for years. went to them in 91 (original store by the power station) and in Austin for years the Friday ad caused traffic jams to get there for the hot deals. No other store let you buy parts, buy fully assembled items, buy stereo and buy appliances under one roof. ...
re: My pipes froze how screwed am I?
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 2/15/21 at 3:29 pm
Also if it has a break and you can get to it you don't have to do a permanent repair right away. Get some auto heater hose and a couple of hose camps. Cut out the broken section and patch with heater hose until it warms up...
re: Dec 16th began the Battle of the Bulge.
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 12/17/20 at 4:00 pm
Always loved the end credit of BOB - No member of the 101st has ever admitted they needed rescuing!...
re: Car detailing products
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 11/5/20 at 3:55 pm
The bets I have found in past 5 years is Griot's Poly Glass wax. Get it at Advance Auto. I also use a random orbital to apply and remove. Very easy which is nice...
re: Surprised we haven't discussed the Mississippi Highway Patrol stellar tackles yet
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 10/18/20 at 3:12 pm
Old school video of Mike Curtis deciding anyone with the football deserves to be tackled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdP2G7UtS9I...
re: Examples of some of what your vehicle maker made during WWII
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 10/5/20 at 4:00 pm
Two of the most desirable M1 carbine's were made by IBM and Rockola (jukeboxes). Before retiring from IBM I always wanted to get an IBM model and hang it in my office just to see what HR would say....
re: One of the craziest endings in football happened tonight in Tuscaloosa
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 9/12/20 at 5:43 am
How in the world did that count. Clearly a forward fumble at 45 seconds. Unless high doesn;t have the rule about advancing a fumble in last 2 minutes...
re: Pilots Approaching LAX Reoprt: "Guy In a Jetpack" Off Their Wing
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 9/1/20 at 4:06 pm
honorable mention to the guy in the 80's who tied the lawn chair to a bunch of weather balloons and took off into the landing pattern...
re: if you remember the 60s and 70s, name a product line everyone knew about
Posted by ThirdGeneration on 8/30/20 at 3:40 pm
Gulf
Amoco
Holiday Inn
Tang
Rambler
and of course
Ronco Bass O Matic :lol:...
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