The O.K. "Buddy" Davis Pressbox (former Demolition Thread)

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Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD

Good gosh...put your pecker in there and it might be transported into the Twilight Zone!

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

TWSS!

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Tailor made TWSS!!

you guys have me creating some interesting pictures in my brain of what the new Press Box addition is
I like it!looking like! led lighted urinals and a beer gardon!

Per AD's twitter the donors are picking their suite furniture... Kinda reminded me of the scene from John Wayne's the Hellfighters when he joined the oil company and was sitting thru the meeting on picking colors for the company's gas station bathrooms :laugh:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7YF7z5VoAA31Tx.jpg

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Originally Posted by bleudog

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Thank you! Looks so awesome!!!!!!!!

I'd love for us to take a construction break and read something from OKD. His blog today in Facebook:

(O.K. (Buddy) Davis has been around highly competitive athletes and coaches his entire life. Now, in year No. 3 of a stroke, such relationships have helped him cope with a major change in his lifestyle. Equally vital has been a tremendous support system of so many friends and others. He paid tribute to those parties in his O.K.'s Corral column).
When a stroke
honestly has a
good side to it
Believe it or not, there's a good thing about having a stroke.
At least it has been for me, crazy as it might sound.
First of all, I don't wish a stroke on anyone.
It's that unexpected and unwanted territory that nobody wants to discover.
But for me personally, I have faced it as a challenge to conquer and remain positive.
The latter is of utmost importance.
When one undergoes a drastic.change in their health and lifestyle, there are two options: travel the ''woe is me'' route or turn off at the ''optimistic and upbeat'' exit.
For me, it's being in the ''optimistic, upbeat'' lane.
And my axiom is ''down, but not out.''
Maybe it's having been around highly competitive athletes/coaches all my life that has transfused such a trait into my DNA.
A classic example is former Shreveport Woodlawn High/Arkansas/NFL legendary quarterback Joe Ferguson, who met cancer face-to-face and has worked his way back to every day life. He never gave up.
Granted, I have little use -- precious little -- on the left side, but I can still function on the right side. Not totally, but enough to where I can still write.
And that's a special delivery gift from the good Lord, because I would be an ornery guy to deal with minus my love of writing.
So I can only write with my right side.
Hey, I feel blessed after seeing hospital patients and Princeton Place residents with no arms or legs.
They and others with disabilities have it far worse than I do.
Or I think about my No. 1 hero, my father (Howard C. Davis), who was critically wounded and
left for dead before being saved in the jungles of the South Pacific during World War II.
Again, if I couldn't write -- type with my iPhone keyboard with that right hand -- I would likely become unhinged.
It's something I have done since I was 14 years old, when I knew this was what I wanted to do as long as I could. More than 50 years later, I still love it. It's a passion whose flame keeps burning brightly. It's a love affair that lives on.
Many of my good friends wanted to be lawyers, doctors or teachers.
Since I wasn't going to be like my all-time favorite baseball player, Mickey Mantle, my ambition was to write about sports.
Mission accomplished.
And still being accomplished, even with only that trusty right hand.
But here's the No. 1 reason -- it even trumps the love of writing -- why I've stayed cheerful: having such a fantastic support system, from longtime friends to new ones being formed constantly.
No way I would be without them.
We have laughed, reminisced and -- yes -- cried together.
Of course, it's been aided by regular deliveries of Starbucks' Pike, but that's probably another column/blog item for another day.
Besides, again, the more important point is that this tremendous circle of supporters is what has been so valuable and appreciated in the recovery process.
Now, see why this stroke has a good side -- that right one included -- to it?

Thanks Dawgpix! That was great to read!!!!

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Originally Posted by bleudog

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I don't know when this has been taken, but my seats in EE is getting some nice shade!

what a GREAT photo!

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Originally Posted by qng001

I don't know when this has been taken, but my seats in EE is getting some nice shade!

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Some DD folks will be cold early. Looks like it could get below 70 around 4ish.:)

Hey dawgpix, tell Mr. Davis that there is nothing wrong with him. I an only type with my right hand too;)

Thanks for sharing that

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Originally Posted by rabiddawg

Hey dawgpix, tell Mr. Davis that there is nothing wrong with him. I an only type with my right hand too;)

Thanks for sharing that

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Wasn't that a great essay? I can't even call it a "blog". . . .

OKD would LOVE to get emails from you guys:

ODavis@aol.com

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

I'd love for us to take a construction break and read something from OKD. His blog today in Facebook:

(O.K. (Buddy) Davis has been around highly competitive athletes and coaches his entire life. Now, in year No. 3 of a stroke, such relationships have helped him cope with a major change in his lifestyle. Equally vital has been a tremendous support system of so many friends and others. He paid tribute to those parties in his O.K.'s Corral column).
When a stroke
honestly has a
good side to it
Believe it or not, there's a good thing about having a stroke.
At least it has been for me, crazy as it might sound.
First of all, I don't wish a stroke on anyone.
It's that unexpected and unwanted territory that nobody wants to discover.
But for me personally, I have faced it as a challenge to conquer and remain positive.
The latter is of utmost importance.
When one undergoes a drastic.change in their health and lifestyle, there are two options: travel the ''woe is me'' route or turn off at the ''optimistic and upbeat'' exit.
For me, it's being in the ''optimistic, upbeat'' lane.
And my axiom is ''down, but not out.''
Maybe it's having been around highly competitive athletes/coaches all my life that has transfused such a trait into my DNA.
A classic example is former Shreveport Woodlawn High/Arkansas/NFL legendary quarterback Joe Ferguson, who met cancer face-to-face and has worked his way back to every day life. He never gave up.
Granted, I have little use -- precious little -- on the left side, but I can still function on the right side. Not totally, but enough to where I can still write.
And that's a special delivery gift from the good Lord, because I would be an ornery guy to deal with minus my love of writing.
So I can only write with my right side.
Hey, I feel blessed after seeing hospital patients and Princeton Place residents with no arms or legs.
They and others with disabilities have it far worse than I do.
Or I think about my No. 1 hero, my father (Howard C. Davis), who was critically wounded and
left for dead before being saved in the jungles of the South Pacific during World War II.
Again, if I couldn't write -- type with my iPhone keyboard with that right hand -- I would likely become unhinged.
It's something I have done since I was 14 years old, when I knew this was what I wanted to do as long as I could. More than 50 years later, I still love it. It's a passion whose flame keeps burning brightly. It's a love affair that lives on.
Many of my good friends wanted to be lawyers, doctors or teachers.
Since I wasn't going to be like my all-time favorite baseball player, Mickey Mantle, my ambition was to write about sports.
Mission accomplished.
And still being accomplished, even with only that trusty right hand.
But here's the No. 1 reason -- it even trumps the love of writing -- why I've stayed cheerful: having such a fantastic support system, from longtime friends to new ones being formed constantly.
No way I would be without them.
We have laughed, reminisced and -- yes -- cried together.
Of course, it's been aided by regular deliveries of Starbucks' Pike, but that's probably another column/blog item for another day.
Besides, again, the more important point is that this tremendous circle of supporters is what has been so valuable and appreciated in the recovery process.
Now, see why this stroke has a good side -- that right one included -- to it?

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That man writes poetry. Well done, OKD.

Thanks for posting that, Dawgpix.

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Originally Posted by ETxBullDawg

Per AD's twitter the donors are picking their suite furniture... Kinda reminded me of the scene from John Wayne's the Hellfighters when he joined the oil company and was sitting thru the meeting on picking colors for the company's gas station bathrooms :laugh:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7YF7z5VoAA31Tx.jpg

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A really bad and unnecessary Tweet -

Reeks of elitism and stodgy ole rich men

Not very flattering of the group who makes this all possible and I feel that they deserve better

And definitely NOT the way to engage the average Joe and keep him excited and engaged in the progress of the project

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

A really bad and unnecessary Tweet -

Reeks of elitism and stodgy ole rich men

Not very flattering of the group who makes this all possible and I feel that they deserve better

And definitely NOT the way to engage the average Joe and keep him excited and engaged in the progress of the project

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Agreed. Also, why are these donors selecting their own suite furniture? Is this normal, does this happen at other schools? I would think each suite would have a consistent look.