chinese58
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | NELA. after 30 years in Dallas. |
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| Occupation: | advertising sales |
| Number of Posts: | 33575 |
| Registered on: | 6/14/2004 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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What are we watching tonight?
quote:That's a 2:00 PM CDT start!
game one of LSU baseball
ESPN College Baseball schedule & scores
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re: Who else got the raisin canes
Posted by chinese58 on 2/13/26 at 8:38 am to nicholastiger
re: Houston Texans announce plans for new HQ/training complex in NW Houston (Bridgeland)
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 9:06 pm to LSU alum wannabe
quote:The Rangers said, "You're a salute to classic baseball stadiums, and a work of art, but it's still freaking hot!"
20+ years old. It’s ridiculous but 30 is about the lifespan now.
Near Conner Weigman High School?
ETA:
Tommy Yarrish made that boy a high school superstar every week on Twitter.
ETA:
Tommy Yarrish made that boy a high school superstar every week on Twitter.
What comes out of a Chinaman;s arse?
Rice! Rice!
Rice! Rice!
re: What college football looked like 36 years ago...
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 7:41 pm to AbuTheMonkey
quote:I feel that way about the Southwest Conference and the Big 8. too, and they have been gone for 30 years. Back then you didn't miss USC vs. UCLA, OU vs. Nebraska, or Texas vs. A&M. Those and Michigan vs. Ohio State & Alabama vs. Auburn were that way Every major conference game wasn't on TV every week, but those big games were shown by whichever network had the NCAA contract then, were shown every year.
One of the great institutions in American sports with a legacy more than a century old just collapsed almost overnight.
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In 1990, NCAA football broadcasts were primarily divided between major networks based on conference affiliations and membership in the
College Football Association (CFA).
Major National Networks
ABC Sports: Televised regular-season games primarily for the Big Ten and Pacific-10 (Pac-10) conferences.
CBS Sports: Held the rights to televise games for the CFA (which included the SEC, Big 8, and SWC at the time), the ACC, and the University of Miami.
NBC Sports: While NBC signed a landmark exclusive deal with Notre Dame in 1990, that contract did not begin until the 1991 season. In 1990, NBC’s coverage was limited to major bowl games like the Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.
ESPN: Served as the primary national cable home for a wide variety of NCAA games, often broadcasting primetime matchups on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Cable and Syndication
TBS: Televised a package of regular-season games, often focusing on the SEC.
Regional & Syndicated Networks: Many games were broadcast via syndication or regional sports networks:
Raycom Sports and Jefferson-Pilot: Heavily syndicated games from the ACC and SEC to local affiliates.
SportsChannel and Prime Ticket: Provided regional coverage for various West Coast and Midwest matchups.
BET: Televised a "Black College Football" package featuring HBCU matchups.
Google AI
re: What college football looked like 36 years ago...
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 7:12 pm to RollTide1987
Seeing the SWC made me do this:
1990 NCAA Sanctions at a Glance
School Primary Penalty in 1990 Reason
Florida Postseason ban & SEC title ineligibility Improper payments to staff/players
Clemson 1-year probation Recruiting inducements
SMU Probation extension Legacy of "Death Penalty" violations
Oklahoma Ongoing probation Recruiting violations
Other programs, such as Texas Tech and Texas, were also noted as being under investigation or facing scholarship losses during the late 1980s and early 1990s as the NCAA tightened control over the Southwest Conference.
From Google's AI
EDT: I moved to Dallas in 1984. I had no idea how much eight schools from Texas could hate each other, and Arkansas so much. The reason they had so many teams on probation was because of their hatred for each other. Other conference's teams think they hate each other, but the SWC was like Bama vs. Auburn with all of their teams, and they all hated when Arkansas won anything. The coaches and AD's would rat each other out.The conference had no control over the athletic departments. If they fined them, they didn't care. They happily would have paid a fine. College Football was making so little money, compared to now, that money would not matter over team pride!
1990 NCAA Sanctions at a Glance
School Primary Penalty in 1990 Reason
Florida Postseason ban & SEC title ineligibility Improper payments to staff/players
Clemson 1-year probation Recruiting inducements
SMU Probation extension Legacy of "Death Penalty" violations
Oklahoma Ongoing probation Recruiting violations
Other programs, such as Texas Tech and Texas, were also noted as being under investigation or facing scholarship losses during the late 1980s and early 1990s as the NCAA tightened control over the Southwest Conference.
From Google's AI
EDT: I moved to Dallas in 1984. I had no idea how much eight schools from Texas could hate each other, and Arkansas so much. The reason they had so many teams on probation was because of their hatred for each other. Other conference's teams think they hate each other, but the SWC was like Bama vs. Auburn with all of their teams, and they all hated when Arkansas won anything. The coaches and AD's would rat each other out.The conference had no control over the athletic departments. If they fined them, they didn't care. They happily would have paid a fine. College Football was making so little money, compared to now, that money would not matter over team pride!
re: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - S1 Thread (no book spoilers, please)
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 6:56 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:What day does a new episode drop?
the next episode.
I waited until there were four episodes to start watching, and finally caught up.
The Waiting on YouTube
re: Best Crime Drama Set in Boston
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 6:28 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
Double Post.
re: Best Crime Drama Set in Boston
Posted by chinese58 on 2/12/26 at 6:26 pm to BabysArmHoldingApple
The Fighter is as much a crime drama as GWH.
The Verdict is about a specific type of white collar crime, and it's coverup.
City on a Hill is about more than just race. It's mostly about Kevin Bacon's character being an old school cop, and Aldis Hodge being an idealist.
The 1st two seasons from Showtime were good. Amazon picked it up and did a third season. It wasn't as good, mostly because Kevin Bacon's character has been kicked out of the FBI and is doing work as a security guy for a dirty judge. I made it thru five of the eight episodes and quit watching.
The Verdict is about a specific type of white collar crime, and it's coverup.
City on a Hill is about more than just race. It's mostly about Kevin Bacon's character being an old school cop, and Aldis Hodge being an idealist.
The 1st two seasons from Showtime were good. Amazon picked it up and did a third season. It wasn't as good, mostly because Kevin Bacon's character has been kicked out of the FBI and is doing work as a security guy for a dirty judge. I made it thru five of the eight episodes and quit watching.
Theo: "Baby Diego was a wanker!"
Jasper: "Yeah, but he was the youngest wanker on Earth!"
When I was younger I wanted to be like Jasper when I got old. Now that I'm old, I don't want to fool with long hair, nor do I want to smoke weed. I shave my head and only eat gummies.
Instead of looking like Sir Michael Caine in Children of Men, I look more like Sir Ben Kingsley in An Ordinary Man.
Jasper: "Yeah, but he was the youngest wanker on Earth!"
When I was younger I wanted to be like Jasper when I got old. Now that I'm old, I don't want to fool with long hair, nor do I want to smoke weed. I shave my head and only eat gummies.
Instead of looking like Sir Michael Caine in Children of Men, I look more like Sir Ben Kingsley in An Ordinary Man.
re: Ice Hockey at the Olympics - Official Thread
Posted by chinese58 on 2/11/26 at 11:25 am to GeauxPanthers2
Schedule of when the Stars players are playing.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Their biggest rival has God on their side. They will not be allowed to win until The Tribulation. Maybe then God will have a sense of humor and let them win seven Super Bowls, one for each of the world's seven worst years ever.
#WhoDat
#WhoDat
quote:It seems everyone involved has a great sense of humor! :bow:
CL making endorsement money off a Kentucky bank.
re: Rewatching Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman for the first time since childhood
Posted by chinese58 on 2/10/26 at 8:39 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:There's a whole generation of us that grew up watching and imitated that show. I was 15. We'd make the "Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba" sound when we ran to 1st base, or when doing sprints at football practice, Our parents thought we we crazy.
As kids we would play games making the mechanical sound and moving really slow.
quote:I started it a couple of nights ago and finished Episode 4 last night to catch up. Been enjoying it and now I'm am waiting with lots of anticipation for the rest of the season. Love the relationships Dunk is forming with the other characters.
If you watch all of the episodes up to this one, I think you'll be happy you did. It's the perfect place for a mini-binge before the final 2 episodes.
As someone who has been retired for about a decade, my advice to anyone is you better start saving when you start working. I did that with one investment that cost me $33/month from 1985-2024. That was a life insurance policy that paid me $65K in 2024 when I turned 65. I started that the first year I got out of college. Started it thru a frat brother who moved to Dallas a couple of years before I did. My company didn't have 401k's until my 15th year on the job there. As soon as the 401K was available, I put as much as I could into that for the next 10 years
In October of 2010, when I was 51 years-old, I had a blood clot that caused compartment syndrome in my left leg. They did a fasciotomy on it to save my life, but there was nerve and vascular damage to the leg that can't be fixed. I was on life support for six weeks and had to do dialysis when my kidneys quit functioning. Besides the fasciotomy I had 10 follow up procedures before getting out of the hospital. My kidneys started back working, but my health was kind of ruined. I had great health insurance, but owed the hospital a little over $9K when I went home.
I haven't worked since 2010. I kept my money in the 401K and kept up the life insurance thru 2024. I paid the $9K over about six months after I started receiving disability insurance during the first year and a half of being away from work. I started getting my Social Security retirement money about 20 months after getting out of the hospital. It's the same as what I would get from retirement. I did get a lump sum payment for the 20 months I went without it, but I had to pay back the $11K I got from the disability insurance.
I didn't think I was going to have enough money to live on, but I do. Now that I've reached 65, I reinvested both the $65K from the insurance and $100K of the 401K in an annuity that's done well the first year. I'm basically here in Ruston, living off my Social Security. I couldn't do that in Dallas.
I wish the company I started working for in 1984 had offered the 401K from the beginning. That would have been 15 more years of contributions from both me and the company. I also wish I'd done the life insurance for more money.
In October of 2010, when I was 51 years-old, I had a blood clot that caused compartment syndrome in my left leg. They did a fasciotomy on it to save my life, but there was nerve and vascular damage to the leg that can't be fixed. I was on life support for six weeks and had to do dialysis when my kidneys quit functioning. Besides the fasciotomy I had 10 follow up procedures before getting out of the hospital. My kidneys started back working, but my health was kind of ruined. I had great health insurance, but owed the hospital a little over $9K when I went home.
I haven't worked since 2010. I kept my money in the 401K and kept up the life insurance thru 2024. I paid the $9K over about six months after I started receiving disability insurance during the first year and a half of being away from work. I started getting my Social Security retirement money about 20 months after getting out of the hospital. It's the same as what I would get from retirement. I did get a lump sum payment for the 20 months I went without it, but I had to pay back the $11K I got from the disability insurance.
I didn't think I was going to have enough money to live on, but I do. Now that I've reached 65, I reinvested both the $65K from the insurance and $100K of the 401K in an annuity that's done well the first year. I'm basically here in Ruston, living off my Social Security. I couldn't do that in Dallas.
I wish the company I started working for in 1984 had offered the 401K from the beginning. That would have been 15 more years of contributions from both me and the company. I also wish I'd done the life insurance for more money.
quote:Lab work?
Page was hired as a biology teacher in Academy of Sacred Heart's upper school in Aug. 2025, school officials said.
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