| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Montgomery, AL |
| Biography: | Played tuba in Tiger Band 85-89 |
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| Occupation: | Air Force Retired |
| Number of Posts: | 2055 |
| Registered on: | 5/31/2008 |
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re: Jalen Milroe will be better NFL quarterback than Cam Newton ever thought about being
Posted by Thorny on 4/30/25 at 4:04 pm
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Jalen Milroe will be better NFL quarterback than Cam Newton ever thought about being
How is that possible? Has LSU become an NFL team?
GEAUX TIGERS (Sigh)
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re: Pope Francis has Died
Posted by Thorny on 4/23/25 at 1:47 pm
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You would have to bi-pass their vows of poverty so that a priest could support a family.
diocesan priests do not take a vow of poverty
True, but you would be surprised at how low their pay is. They do (generally) get the benefit of not having to pay for housing and getting food & mileage allowances, but otherwise their pay is a pittance.
I was a bookkeeper in a parish for a while a little over a decade ago. We paid three priests about $18,000 a year (again, they had housing and some food reimbursement), as was standard in my Archdiocese.
re: Holy Moly College is expensive
Posted by Thorny on 4/11/25 at 10:03 am
The system is designed to screw the parents. It has to be the design, because it's so good at it.
I have 4 sons. #1 was happy to go to an in-state school and #3 went to the Naval Academy. They were pretty easy.
The other two wanted to test the waters of top private schools, so we did many trips to top engineering and computer science schools.
When we talked to the financial aide office, we always got the same story. "Mr. Thorny, from your FAFSA, we have determined that your son is eligible for loans and grants that cut our $55,000 cost to $20,000 that will come out of your pocket."
"Okay, I have the Post 9-11 GI Bill, which I can apply to my kid. I can pay the $20,000 from that."
"Oh, no. If you applied that benefit, it would change the grants and scholarships, but you would still need to pay $20,000 out of pocket."
EVERY TIME. They wanted to take my benefit and make it theirs.
They both ended up at Auburn and graduated with no debt due to a mix of scholarships and that GI Bill.
As for the others, I have no sympathy for the schools. I'm willing to forgive some of the student loan debt, but the schools have to have some skin in the game. Right now, they don't.
GEAUX TIGERS
WAR EAGLE
I have 4 sons. #1 was happy to go to an in-state school and #3 went to the Naval Academy. They were pretty easy.
The other two wanted to test the waters of top private schools, so we did many trips to top engineering and computer science schools.
When we talked to the financial aide office, we always got the same story. "Mr. Thorny, from your FAFSA, we have determined that your son is eligible for loans and grants that cut our $55,000 cost to $20,000 that will come out of your pocket."
"Okay, I have the Post 9-11 GI Bill, which I can apply to my kid. I can pay the $20,000 from that."
"Oh, no. If you applied that benefit, it would change the grants and scholarships, but you would still need to pay $20,000 out of pocket."
EVERY TIME. They wanted to take my benefit and make it theirs.
They both ended up at Auburn and graduated with no debt due to a mix of scholarships and that GI Bill.
As for the others, I have no sympathy for the schools. I'm willing to forgive some of the student loan debt, but the schools have to have some skin in the game. Right now, they don't.
GEAUX TIGERS
WAR EAGLE
re: Holy Moly College is expensive
Posted by Thorny on 4/11/25 at 9:42 am
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There are maybe 10 schools that are actually worth that, from a national perspective. No one in Orlando is going to be impressed you went to UC Davis over USF and 3 years after graduation the school you went to barely matters at all (for most fields)
As I told my son when he was about to graduate from Auburn and looking for a job, "Right now, companies will judge you based on their opinions of Auburn. After about 6 months of you working there, they will judge Auburn based on their opinion of you."
re: Anytime we play Auburn in anything, I can’t get these two images out of my head
Posted by Thorny on 4/11/25 at 8:46 am
I was at the 1994 Interception Game. Howard threw 5 interceptions in the 4th quarter. The first three were the pick-sixes, and then he threw two interceptions on consecutive plays, as the first one was fumbled back to LSU on the run back. The first of those two was thrown on the 5 and the second was in the endzone. We were so close to winning that game: all we needed was to have Howard take a knee on the third down with less than 2 minutes left.
As for 2001:
GEAUX TIGERS
As for 2001:
GEAUX TIGERS
re: Fail Gifs. Let's post them.
Posted by Thorny on 4/8/25 at 10:41 am
Yes, JUMAS.
Those sweats sucked. We had the worst basketball band uniforms ever.
GEAUX TIGERS!
Those sweats sucked. We had the worst basketball band uniforms ever.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Fail Gifs. Let's post them.
Posted by Thorny on 4/7/25 at 5:45 pm
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Auburn at LSU, 1987. I was filling in on trumpet in the basketball band for the game because one of the other trumpet players had an exam that evening.
I was in Bengal Brass that year, playing tuba.
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He gave up and walked to center court with a basketball, tossed it (no look) over his right should from the logo and caught nothing but net.
I remember that shot. Everyone was stunned.
GEAUX TIGERS
re: Last 9 games Auburn when 5-4. They fell apart coming down the stretch.
Posted by Thorny on 4/7/25 at 4:09 pm
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When it came time to be champions Pearl the secret witness coach and his team of mid 20's misfits and thugs failed.
Failure and disappointment is nothing new for Auburn fans.
I love feeling the pain of Auburn fans and reading their weak post.
Reasonable post if they had failed to make the Sweet Sixteen.
Delusional post about a team that lost in a National Semifinal.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Darren McFadden, Peyton Hillis and Felix Jones SHOCK No. 1 LSU
Posted by Thorny on 4/4/25 at 2:18 pm
I was in the North End Zone that day.
Before the Ark 4th & 10 in the 1st OT was incredibly loud--one of the loudest moments I've ever experienced in Tiger Stadium. After Hillis caught the ball, it never got that loud again.
After the game was the quietest I've ever heard Tiger Stadium.
What an incredibly frustrating game.
GEAUX TIGERS!
Before the Ark 4th & 10 in the 1st OT was incredibly loud--one of the loudest moments I've ever experienced in Tiger Stadium. After Hillis caught the ball, it never got that loud again.
After the game was the quietest I've ever heard Tiger Stadium.
What an incredibly frustrating game.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Thorny on 4/1/25 at 10:47 am
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I believe that's a fake photo Chin, that's a good looking woman, or maybe AI likeness of a woman, but that's not a 737, and something off about that glassware? also that guys leg looks jacked up, I think that's AI or shopped
Also, I don't think airliners of that size ever had rear facing seats and tables between them. That's a passenger train seat configuration. Probably AI.
JMHO.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Thorny on 3/31/25 at 6:02 pm
These serve in box cereals were a staple on our family trips as a kid.
My mom wanted to drive really early, but hated to drive during dawn or dusk. So, we had these and some milk in a cooler. She would get us up and start driving at around 3am, stop near dawn at a rest area for breakfast, and then drive until lunch once the sun was high enough for her.
Those box/bowls were really convenient.
My mom wanted to drive really early, but hated to drive during dawn or dusk. So, we had these and some milk in a cooler. She would get us up and start driving at around 3am, stop near dawn at a rest area for breakfast, and then drive until lunch once the sun was high enough for her.
Those box/bowls were really convenient.
re: Car wash places have lost their minds
Posted by Thorny on 3/27/25 at 11:28 am
Yeah, I know how to hand wash my own car: two buckets, post-wash detailer, clay before waxing, etc.
But, I just bought a pretty nice 4 year old F150, and by using the car wash I can get it done in 15 minutes out the door. No, it isn't showroom perfect, but it looks better than 90% of the cars out there and I don't have to spend an hour every Saturday morning getting out the pressure washer and shop vac (assuming they haven't crapped out, like my pressure washer has.)
$30 a month for unlimited washes is just fine by me.
But, I just bought a pretty nice 4 year old F150, and by using the car wash I can get it done in 15 minutes out the door. No, it isn't showroom perfect, but it looks better than 90% of the cars out there and I don't have to spend an hour every Saturday morning getting out the pressure washer and shop vac (assuming they haven't crapped out, like my pressure washer has.)
$30 a month for unlimited washes is just fine by me.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Thorny on 3/18/25 at 9:22 am
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Johnny Bench & The Cincinnati Greens
Growing up in Tampa when the Reds did spring training there, I remember them wearing this uniform every year.
re: When did LSU fans become so invested in MBB??
Posted by Thorny on 3/17/25 at 2:43 pm
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I’d prefer to actually be a serious contender, something that we won’t ever be, so there’s no reason to take basketball at LSU seriously in comparison to football and baseball
Auburn, outside of Charles Barkley, has no basketball history at all yet Bruce Pearl has them as a #1 seed this year.
Those of us who remember the Dale days know it can be done and it takes nothing away from football or baseball. But, you have to start somewhere.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Why haven’t the JFK files been released yet?
Posted by Thorny on 3/14/25 at 11:25 am
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watch it baw, you're about to kill an entire cottage industry
Well, I try. :lol:
re: Why haven’t the JFK files been released yet?
Posted by Thorny on 3/14/25 at 11:22 am
Several outlets have demonstrated conclusively that the physics involved show the shots that hit Kennedy both came from behind him. A bullet makes a larger exit wound than entry room. While it seems counter-intuitive, the explosive force will push the head toward the shooter.
The most famous of these outlets is the book "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner. I've also seen a Discovery Channel documentary that recreated the shots as if they were from the Book Depository and the wounds on the dummy were consistent with what we know from the Zapruder film and the autopsy data available.
It's entirely possible that Oswald wasn't the shooter, but the physics do not support the idea that the bullets that hit Kennedy came from the grassy knoll.
The most famous of these outlets is the book "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner. I've also seen a Discovery Channel documentary that recreated the shots as if they were from the Book Depository and the wounds on the dummy were consistent with what we know from the Zapruder film and the autopsy data available.
It's entirely possible that Oswald wasn't the shooter, but the physics do not support the idea that the bullets that hit Kennedy came from the grassy knoll.
re: When LSU Upset Ole Miss
Posted by Thorny on 3/11/25 at 11:35 am
I was at that game in Tiger Band. The 89 Tigers were so snakebit, I was actually surprised when Young came down with that INT. We had lost so many close games in so many ways. It was a very emotional game.
I dropped some cash into the boxes they were passing around to help Mullins' family.
GEAUX TIGERS!
I dropped some cash into the boxes they were passing around to help Mullins' family.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Is it a stretch to say Angel Reese is the most overrated LSU player of all time?
Posted by Thorny on 3/10/25 at 10:45 am
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4 Net ?
Derrick Henry made him look like a high schooler
Henry didn't make him look like a high schooler. The Bama defense did.
Don't get me wrong; I was mistaken about Henry. He has had a much better pro career than Fournette, which I didn't expect, because of the way most RBs are used in the NFL. But, he's the size of a left tackle and has great speed; teams can't ignore that. He's also proven to be more durable than I expect a RB to be in the NFL.
Then again, Fournette has a Super Bowl ring.
Back to the original question, nobody will ever be more overrated than JaMarcus Russell. He's the biggest bust in NFL history.
GEAUX TIGERS!
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Thorny on 3/4/25 at 6:19 pm
They got a room service menu for food and drink
A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink
Two big pillows to rest my head
A Magic Fingers and a king-size bed
Put in a quarter
Turn out the light
Magic Fingers makes ya feel alright
Uh feel alright
Feel alright
Magic Fingers makes you feel alright
Jimmy Buffett, "This Hotel Room"
A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink
Two big pillows to rest my head
A Magic Fingers and a king-size bed
Put in a quarter
Turn out the light
Magic Fingers makes ya feel alright
Uh feel alright
Feel alright
Magic Fingers makes you feel alright
Jimmy Buffett, "This Hotel Room"
re: Where in Baton Rouge did Barry Seale live?
Posted by Thorny on 3/3/25 at 12:45 pm
My wife's family lived in Sherwood Forest, so I know where Cannon's house is.
My father-in-law tells of having a flat tire in front of Cannon's house, and while he was changing it, Cannon came out and helped him. He said Cannon was as nice as he could be.
Father-in-law was an LSU freshman the year Cannon won the Heisman, so Cannon being a good dude made an impression.
My father-in-law tells of having a flat tire in front of Cannon's house, and while he was changing it, Cannon came out and helped him. He said Cannon was as nice as he could be.
Father-in-law was an LSU freshman the year Cannon won the Heisman, so Cannon being a good dude made an impression.
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