real turf fan
| Favorite team: | Tennessee  |
| Location: | East Tennessee |
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| Occupation: | Retired geologist |
| Number of Posts: | 11930 |
| Registered on: | 12/22/2016 |
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re: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Posted by real turf fan on 5/17/26 at 11:56 am to GeauxTigers123
I could be misrembering, but I think Redstick is Black.
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re: NAACP official condemns White politicians trying to replace resigning Black mayor
Posted by real turf fan on 5/17/26 at 11:48 am to cgrand
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a black person should fill the term of the departing black person, as that was the will of the voters
Well, that's insulting as all get out. What that says is that the current mayor was elected for the color of her skin, not for her character, nor for her competence at handling the business of running Charlotte.
re: Pratt at it again: Everything is Awful
Posted by real turf fan on 5/16/26 at 11:49 am to Deuces
I may be the only person here who remembers the JFK-Nixon debate on black and white TV.
JFK somehow didn't perspire, Nixon- you could see the drops of sweat on his forehead and upper lip.
Whoever prepped JFK and his body for that hour was the first (that I know of) to get a candidate camera ready. Even way back then, it made a difference.
JFK somehow didn't perspire, Nixon- you could see the drops of sweat on his forehead and upper lip.
Whoever prepped JFK and his body for that hour was the first (that I know of) to get a candidate camera ready. Even way back then, it made a difference.
re: Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches closed to swimming due to bacteria
Posted by real turf fan on 5/16/26 at 10:53 am to CR4090
When I moved to Houston, I was looking forward to going to the oh-so-close
Gulf of Mexico. My second weekend I went down. The sand was brown, the water was brown, and the wave action was less than two inch high.
I never went back.
Gulf of Mexico. My second weekend I went down. The sand was brown, the water was brown, and the wave action was less than two inch high.
I never went back.
re: If your kid is giving a valedictorian speech… tell them to not be poitical
Posted by real turf fan on 5/14/26 at 10:01 am to Traveler
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I'll bet her parents were the first to stand and applaud when she was finished.
First and ONLY let's hope
re: Texarkana "community activist" arrested for scamming USMC Toys For Tots program.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/13/26 at 8:59 pm to OweO
Are you sure that's not Geraldine, Flip WIlson's alter, who used to be on his TV show?
re: Scholars trash a Wendy’s.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/13/26 at 8:46 pm to Kafka
They photographed well, shouldn't be hard to id them IF they are still occasionally attending classes in deportment.
South Carolina: Murdaugh murder convictions overturned
Posted by real turf fan on 5/13/26 at 9:58 am
The state supreme court 5-0 overturned it.
LINK
May have been? not the evidence?
Did that have any effect on the evidence against him?
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the trial was marred by jury tampering at the hands of the court clerk Becky Hill.
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In the 5-0 ruling, the justices issued a scathing reprimand of Hill, writing that she 'egregiously attacked Murdaugh's credibility' throughout the March 2023 trial.
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His fight for a retrial was chiefly based on allegations that Hill, the Colleton County Clerk of Court during his high-profile trial, tampered with the jury.
Hill, who was in charge of managing the jury and read out the guilty verdict to the court, pleaded guilty in December to four charges connected to the case: obstruction of justice, perjury, and two counts of misconduct in office.
The 58-year-old admitted to showing sealed court exhibits including graphic crime scene photos to a reporter during the trial and then lying about it. She also admitted to taking bonuses and promoting a tell-all book about the trial through her public office.
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Prosecutors had investigated allegations of jury tampering against Hill after three jurors or alternates claimed she may have been trying to influence them, but found there was not the evidence to prove charges.
May have been? not the evidence?
Did that have any effect on the evidence against him?
re: Annual post Mother’s Day termite thread
Posted by real turf fan on 5/13/26 at 9:33 am to CCT
The lost opportunity thanks to the scum of New Orleans:
Jeffery LaFage was murdered in the French Quarter in 1989 after leaving a meeting about Formosan control
Jeffery LaFage was murdered in the French Quarter in 1989 after leaving a meeting about Formosan control
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The Formosan termite expert murdered in New Orleans was Jeffery LaFage, a Louisiana State University (LSU) entomologist.Key details regarding this event include:Murder Details: Dr. LaFage was shot and killed in a robbery in the French Quarter in July 1989.Significance: He was a pioneering researcher in controlling Formosan termites and had just, in July 1989, secured an agreement for a chemical bait system to combat the termites in the French Quarter.Impact: His death delayed the implementation of his termite research and control programs for nearly a decade, until the start of "Operation Full Stop"
re: What Eisenhower had to say about Robert E Lee and secession.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/11/26 at 1:07 pm to Chad504boy
Chadboy,
If you think that's word salad, you need to pay more attention to people in Hollywood and certain politicians nowadays who spew gibberish and you would go away hard pressed to remember a single thought they expressed.
If you think that's word salad, you need to pay more attention to people in Hollywood and certain politicians nowadays who spew gibberish and you would go away hard pressed to remember a single thought they expressed.
re: Has anyone every read "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/11/26 at 10:08 am to Cosmo
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According to Crichton's brother Douglas, Crichton was diagnosed with lymphoma in early 2008.[127] His cancer was not made public until his death. He was undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the time of his death, and Crichton's physicians and relatives had been expecting him to recover. He died at age 66 on November 4, 2008
State of Fear was his next to last book published in his life time. According to his wiki, other half finished novels were found and completed. (I've read several of them and they lead me to wonder what if. Although his notes detailed where the novels were going.
His wiki is almost as long as State of Fear, it's a great rabbit hole to wander into with the help of Interlibrary loans if your library is missing some of his novels.
We bought a used library copy from Amazon, and it was the most used "Used" book we've ever gotten and could understand the heavy readership.
re: Stepson Picks the Trades
Posted by real turf fan on 5/11/26 at 9:44 am to chrome_daddy
An interesting read, thanks for the effort here (and for your stepson).
re: Considering leaving the sun belt, who has did it and how has it been
Posted by real turf fan on 5/10/26 at 12:27 pm to northshorebamaman
When we retired, we looked at a lot of towns and cities on both coasts.
That city in Maryland that appears to be charming..we even subscribed to their local newspaper and visited with some real estate agents.
The rocking chairs on front porches were charming until we noticed that they were attached to the porches with heavy chains.
Their historic district included tear downs that had been rebuilt ultra moderns. And a lot of the fuss that we had endured in the Quarter.
Don't let one visit define your destination. Follow locals on the internet, and try to find if there are interest groups that align with what you hope to do.
That city in Maryland that appears to be charming..we even subscribed to their local newspaper and visited with some real estate agents.
The rocking chairs on front porches were charming until we noticed that they were attached to the porches with heavy chains.
Their historic district included tear downs that had been rebuilt ultra moderns. And a lot of the fuss that we had endured in the Quarter.
Don't let one visit define your destination. Follow locals on the internet, and try to find if there are interest groups that align with what you hope to do.
re: What's Board's take on House MD?
Posted by real turf fan on 5/10/26 at 9:54 am to DeoreDX
We watched for Hugh, and wished the ancillary characters would be killed off.
It's not on our rewatch list (which includes anything with James Garner).
It's not on our rewatch list (which includes anything with James Garner).
re: List of things that would kill college football
Posted by real turf fan on 5/10/26 at 9:47 am to bstaceyau19
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What would they say to that?
What's "media"?
re: The hantavirus has made it to land in Switzerland from the cruise ship
Posted by real turf fan on 5/10/26 at 9:31 am to LordSaintly
Here's a map showing where passengers with problems are now
From the daily mail
eta link with text and some other interesting graphics
LINK
From the daily mail
eta link with text and some other interesting graphics
LINK
re: Fauci's beagles, if anyone is in Alabama.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/9/26 at 6:22 pm to scrooster
Look at that tail wagging so hard.
re: Ooops, Dearborn Public Schools says that 206 servings of pizza containing pepperoni.
Posted by real turf fan on 5/9/26 at 6:19 pm to WildcatMike
Just an f'in minute.
There is no chance in hell that good little ethnic children would eat anything during the daylight hours for the entire month of Ramadan.
Why is the school district worried.
Those children should not be eating anything, nor should they be drinking anything (even water) unless they are physically in need of water to live.
If the school district was encouraging them to eat during Ramadan, then they have a real problem when their mullah-equivalents hear about it.
There is no chance in hell that good little ethnic children would eat anything during the daylight hours for the entire month of Ramadan.
Why is the school district worried.
Those children should not be eating anything, nor should they be drinking anything (even water) unless they are physically in need of water to live.
If the school district was encouraging them to eat during Ramadan, then they have a real problem when their mullah-equivalents hear about it.
re: Don’t walk across an active runway
Posted by real turf fan on 5/9/26 at 10:39 am to soccerfüt
Was that close encounter meant to be a suicide or was it meant to bring the plane down (except the person may have been from another culcha and not known how to time his encounter for maximum life loss.)
re: Chaos on Harwin Dr in Houston
Posted by real turf fan on 5/9/26 at 10:15 am to Tridentds
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Some good news. Apparently 1 of the drivers actually has insurance.
Do all of the hit and runs, or hitted and runs lack identification showing their legal status as citizens?
re: California to provide free diapers to newborns leaving hospitals
Posted by real turf fan on 5/8/26 at 9:24 pm to CapitalTiger
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him to fish..........................
Now give a man a diaper, he poops for a day. Teach his parents to clean cloth diapers and line dry them in that warm california sun, and .........
Now give a man a diaper, he poops for a day. Teach his parents to clean cloth diapers and line dry them in that warm california sun, and .........
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