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Ball under the basket down 1 and can’t get it in. Fml.
We can’t throw a ball in the ocean from the beach.
Ole Miss shooting 60% overall and from 3. Bama at 45% and 36%.
Couple weeks to go in Middle-North Alabama.
I started work at a veterinarian as a vet tech in 1982. I was 17. This was before tech licensing laws, etc. Worked all summer for two summers, 5 1/2 days a week. First year I made $100 a week, got a raise to $125 the next year. Assisted in surgery/anesthesia, exams, large and small animals. Gelded horses, wormed cows and horses. We once pulled a dead calf out of a momma cow. Both died. During the school year I cleaned kennels before school every morning. I was a distance runner - track & cross country - and I would clean kennels, run 3-5 miles, shower and go to school. I worked for the vet right up until I left for college.
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God Bless you Brother. That's a tough one to beat. It took my Grandfather and a couple of close friends.

It's the one that scares me.


I didn’t mention that my dad died from pancreatic cancer in 2017. He lived seven months. Eight years later I had it. I thought I was a goner. Got all my affairs in order. Mine was found much earlier, which is unusual with this beast. Very thankful.
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Has Trump laid out any plan whatsoever on how he plans to do this?


You’re not owed a detailed “plan” on how Trump plans to fix the Iran problem or anything else in the military realm. He’s the commander-in-chief. He commands the US military and they do what he orders. He’s been clear for years on how he wants to put America first in trade, energy and military positioning.
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Did it cause your hair to fall out? I ask because my father also responded really well to chemo, but he didn't lose his hair.


It didn’t “fall out” but it got very thin. I could see it in the shower floor. It has come back as thick and full as ever. The texture is different with more body and wave or whatever, lol.
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How did the chemo treat you? I mean, make you feel?


It sucked. Nausea, weakness, loss of appetite. I lost 20 pounds in two months. Felt like I was being poisoned (because basically I was). I can only say I saw it as a necessary “evil” to kill the cancer cells.
I’m probably in the minority on this board who actually has had cancer . Pancreatic cancer diagnosed May 29, 2025. I was treated at UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center in Birmingham. Six rounds of folfirinox chemo, then Whipple surgery. The last six rounds of chemo were canceled because they weren’t necessary.

I can honestly say the physicians, nurses and all support staff believe 100% in what they are doing. Is there a better protocol, a better “cure”? Are they doing it “for the money?” I don’t know. I only know that I was diagnosed with one of the Top 3 lethal cancers known to mankind and after all that, I was declared cancer-free on January 26, 2026.

I had friends, acquaintances and strangers messaging me to never do chemo, only fenbendazole and ivermectin, along with various other “holistic” remedies such as eating crushed apricot seeds, dandelion root and 5-day fasts. Not against any of those things. But I went with established medical protocols.
I’m betting at least half of Bama’s growth came in Baldwin County (Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Foley, Fairhope, Spanish Fort). It’s busting at the seams. Most of the other half probably Huntsville metro. Complete opposite ends of the state.
I don’t watch or follow rowing - although I want our Bama folks to win - but I have massive respect for the strength and endurance these athletes display. Some of the Olympic rowing races I’ve seen have been epic.
My problem is why and how did they know this so quickly? Fine with and support teacher oversight, but not a fan of the surveillance state.
I haven’t listened to radio for music in nearly 10 years.
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I was asked in 2004 to go to the Ukraine


It’s not “the Ukraine.” It’s just Ukraine. You wouldn’t say “the France” or “the Germany.”

Carry on.
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Well Oklahoma has 50 conference championships and that was playing Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, and A&M back when the SEC was irrelevant.


The SEC has never been irrelevant.
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Despite everything that's been said and done, there's a potential future world where the US and Russia are allies. I won't attempt to quantify that, but the concept doesn't seem bizarre to me.


I have long thought this. Russian culture is conservative and traditional, we fought together in WWII. I grew up during the Cold War, but it is a distant memory. It’s a different world. Problem is Trump is nearly 80 and Putin is 73. Trump will be out of “official” power in three years, although I expect he’ll stay in the public eye and will have an influence as an elder statesman. Could be interesting in years to come.