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Yesterday was National King Kamehameha Day!
Today is Loving Day!
Tomorrow is Kitchen Klutzes of America Day!
WTF!!!!!! Who TF moved this thread to the Alumni Kennel??????
Move it back, please.
Yesterday was National Peanut Butter Cookie Day!
Today is Weed Your Garden Day!
Tomorrow is National Bourbon Day!
Let's keep this thread going.
A curse be on the Moderator that moved this thread and his family until this thread is moved back to the Blond Bomber Board!!!!!:furious3:
Yesterday was Sewing Machine Day!
Today is Pop Goes The Weasel Day!
Tomorrow is National Smile Power Day!
It's pretty easy to find if you go to "What's New."Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Plus, the warmth and joy of this thread should be shared among the forums from time to time :D
Yesterday was Family History Day!
Today is National Lobster Day!
Tomorrow is Ladies' Initiated in Baseball Day!
Keep it up guys. Where's Russdog?
I am not sure whose birthday is today, but on this father’s day we will recognize an individual and his family that is tried and true Lincoln Parish, Ruston and Louisiana Tech.
Born at Lincoln General Hospital and raised on Neal Street, he attended Ruston Elementary School before graduating from Ruston High School and Louisiana Tech University. Even cheering his Bulldogs while in graduate school at LSU.
A quiet lady born in a house at the intersection of Alabama and Everett, his mother retired from Louisiana Tech after working many years in the Library. Helping raise her younger sisters, she was never able to graduate college. Her last name is shared with a creek running north from Ruston, Colvin Creek. She is a founding member of Emanuel Baptist Church. Before learning the Louisiana Tech fight song, the last Saturday of football season you could find him cheering “Go Navy, Beat Army”. His father served in the pacific campaign during War-War II.
His aunts graduated Louisiana Tech in the 1940’s, one having citizens of Ruston pay her tuition (one also graduated High School from Tech when it also housed a 1-12 grade school) throughout. Upon registering for class, Harry Howard always told her that her tuition had already been paid – see below for reason.
His grandfather served as police chief for Ruston during the depression when one of his jobs was to go the train station and say no jobs as trains continued north to El Dorado. Passing away of pneumonia, he left his wife with four young girls. Raising 4 young girls as a widowed mother was only possible due to the generosity of the people of Ruston. The City of Ruston paid her the postage saved to deliver the water bills throughout the city (on foot); she also did the sowing for the Ruston Police Department. She is an original member of Temple Baptist Church.
His great-grandfather is the founder and namesake of Ruston, Robert E. Russ. He is also a decedent of George Lomax, who was a state representative that introduced the legislation creating Louisiana Tech.
A great father who taught me much about life and respecting people, he is known around Haughton Baptist Church for his involvement with youth leading many camping and canoeing trips. Life lessons he taught me and many other contribute greatly to our success. Eccentric, he has had many hobbies but none more than canoeing and triathlons. His latest adventure is mud runs.
His other passion is Louisiana Tech. You will always find him staying for the alma mater and going out to the sounds of the Band of Pride Saturdays during the fall no matter the score or weather. A face for over 40 years in section OO of the Joe, you will seldom find him in Independence Stadium. However, you have seen him waving the Tech blanket at every bulldog and Lady Techsters basketball game. Tech could use many fans like him.
You know him as Russdawg, I know him also as father.
A curse be on the Moderator that moved this thread and his family until this thread is moved back to the Blond Bomber Board!!!!!:furious3: Have you started to have any bad luck yet, Mr. MODERATOR???
I had "lost" the thread until this weekend and look forward to getting back to it Wednesday after a paddling trip in Arkansas. Thanks for asking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
Special appreciation to Caseydawg for the father's day post. I am a blessed man guys, thankful to God in so many ways, sometimes just overwhelmed at it all. Viva la thread, viva la Dawgs!!
Yesterday was Nature Photography Day!
Today is National Fudge Day!
Tomorrow is National Cherry Tart Day!
Today in History... In1903 Ford Motor Co. was incorporated. :)
I gave Caseydawg green for his special father's day post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
The jerk moderator has deleted my "Why" thread!:furious3:
Check the members help section.
Is it the moving away from prominence or the inability to look elsewhere that you are having a problem with?
Is it wrong to hope for another hacker?Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
BOTH!!! I see....so, now the Gestapo moderator is moving my "Why" thread around! Guess he just wants to aggravate me. Okay...I'm aggravated! Any possibility of calling a truce??Quote:
Originally Posted by JuBru
Buy him an icee machineQuote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Yesterday was Bloomsday!
Today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day!
Tomorrow is International Picnic Day!
I think I'm done with being jerked around. Thanks for all your support, sportdawg. I'm outta here!! I can't put up with this B.S. anymore and don't have to....Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
Yesterday was Husband Caregiver Day!
Today is International Sushi Day!
Tomorrow is Recess at Work Day!
OMG, thanks for the reminder, it slipped up on me. I love celebrating that one every year!!! Or make that every day?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
70 TECHGRAD, you are an inspiration!!!:thumbsup: Don't let anyone get to you. Hang in there and let's AMP IT UP!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 70techgrad
:laugh::laugh::laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by CaseyDawg
Wow, were the Germans really that bad?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Good to see you Russdawg. Maybe I'll see you in Norman.
I don't understand the affinity furniture makers have with using glass.
I have a scar on my finger from a glass coffee table that no longer exists
I'm shocked!!!!! How did this thread return?????
I might start posting again........:)
St. Augustine, City of God.Quote:
And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.
There are so many things about Louisiana Tech to be grateful for: in no particular order here's numbers 21 - 30:
- Mr. JIMMY WASHINGTON!!
- Argent Pavillion pre-game events with friends, the Walk of Pride, food, excitement
- The fans in 107 offering vociferous, animated critique and censure of officiating:)
- LTAC parking: you gotta love it!!
- Kenneth Dixon
- Fast Break Club
- THE REGAL BLUES
- Hideaway Park
- Having a wife who has fallen in love with Louisiana Tech with all her heart (in spite of being an Ark State grad)
- Maddawg's posts (even the ones on the Techsters)
On this date in history, June 25:
Custers Last Stand 25th June 1876 : Custer's Last Stand during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (Wondering if the Sun Belch is now experiencing Benson's Last Stand?:D)
Hurricane Audrey Jun. 25th 1957 : Hurricane Audrey hits Louisiana's Gulf Coast which kills 390 people. Water on the coast reached as high as 15 feet above the normal high-tide mark.
North Korea Attack South Korea Jun. 25th 1950 : Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War
Michael Jackson Dies Jun. 25th 2009
Guess it's too late now, but I wish I'd known about this when I first joined!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
..........--BruisedOrange, on learning of existence of "If you want a thread to die" thread
..........--anyone in Custer's 7th Cavalry
Hmmmmmmmmmm...I was wondering if the jerk moderator put this thread back on The Blond Bomber Board just to jerk me around again! Looks like he did! It has been moved AGAIN!!!I have become Extremely disappointed with BB&B Moderators!!!! They are not professional at all!! :(
June 26, 1974
The supermarket price scanner made its debut in Troy, Ohio, as a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum costing 67 cents and bearing a Uniform Product Code (UPC) was scanned by Marsh Supermarket cashier Sharon Buchanan for customer Clyde Dawson. (The barcoded package of gum, never chewed, is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.)
On this day in history, June 26:
It's now been 552 days since December 21, 2012, the date ancient Maya civilization believed that the end of the world would happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 552 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
- President John F. Kennedy 26th June 1963, 'ICH BIN EIN BERLINER" speech: President John F. Kennedy expresses solidarity with democratic German citizens in a speech in front of the Berlin Wall that separated Berlin into west Berlin and East Berlin, he declared to the crowd, “Ich bin ein Berliner” or “I am also a citizen of Berlin.” Oddly enough, NO ONE has ever said with pride "Ich bin ein Sunbelcher."
- Elvis Presley June 26, 1977: - Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, the last performance of his career
- Germany & Poland on June 26, 1934 sign a non-aggression treaty (Poland soon learned how American Indians felt after their treaties with us). Wonder if ULM's defense has signed a non-aggression pact? Sure looks like it sometimes.)
Glad you found us. We've been changing addresses a lot lately.:icon_wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by BruisedOrange
This thread is a lot like "having a beer with your buddies." We live far enough apart we can't do that literally, but it's a good place to hang out and enjoy camaraderie with fellow Tech fans. We love our university and the bonds that unite us a much deeper than just athletics. It brings us together and keeps us pumped up with our Bulldog bretheren. Sisteren are welcomed too. Since you're now a Techster fan you are welcomed to visit here often and have a metaphorical beer with us.:) And to you in honor of today's historical note above, “Ich bin ein Lady Vol fan.” I'm beginning Pat Summitt's book SUM IT UP. I've skimmed a few pages and it looks awesome.
This thread is like a Super Wal-Mart. Do everything at one place. You could stay on the football thread and get information or a laugh without going to another forum. This is a thread where you can ask other posters in certain areas where to go and eat, where to shop, where to take your kids in that area, etc. And, you can talk about whatever is on your mind. Are you having problems with something and don't know how to fix it??? Maybe someone on here can help. This is a FUN, INFORMATIONAL thread.
However, a jerk, unprofessional Moderator keeps moving this thread around to different forums!
Some folks masterbate and will soon go blind!
Well I, for one, find it hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Do you realize that if you click on the settings (user CP) option at the top right of your screen, it will show all of the unread threads in which you've posted? There's no need to go searching through different sub-forums for a specific thread when you can access all of your subscribed threads with one click.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Ich bin ein Berliner
I am a jelly donut.
That's what I thought he said, too, but evidently the speechwriter did some research with the German grammar and somehow this was actually correct. Something about where the person was from. It was complicated. I'm no German expert (eine grosse bier bitte and that may not be correct matching the two adjectives with the noun so genrally I said zwei grosse bier so I got one of the two adjectives right).Quote:
Originally Posted by DJDAWG
Thank you Russdawg, though I still feel a bit like an interloper (or brother-in-law) because of those shared experiences and the obviously strong (read: tolerant :icon_wink: ) relationships y'all have established over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
Speaking of in-laws, it's my time of year again to go offline and trespass into the familial wilderness of Pennsyltucky. If you don't hear from me for two weeks, it only means I haven't found a small burg public library to duck into while making a voluntary, sanity-preserving run to the grocery store.
It's not that bad, really. I should get a lot of writing done (on an intentionally un-wired laptop) and eat my weight in cheesesteaks and scrapple.
If you're not familiar with scrapple, understand that the name is descriptively accurate but has nothing to do with apples. Think: what would you do with all the anatomical stuff you wouldn't put into sausage? The regional population divide is between RAPA and Habbersett brands. Thin sliced and crispy fried, I'm a RAPA man myself! Okay--that's got me ready to pack now. :) God bless the LaTech family! (...and go get 'em Tyler!)
I grew up eating scrapple. Mmmmm. I would butter some toast, fry up the scapple nice and crisp, and have me a nice scrapple butter sandwich.
We eat scrapple whenever we go up to visit family in Maryland. I enjoy it more than is definitely good for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by BruisedOrange
Scrapple is bacon for Yankees.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuzDawg73
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Originally Posted by DJDAWG
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Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
Nice work, DJ and Houston. While it was reported in the New York Times a few years after the speech that JFK actually said "I am a jelly donut" in German, the Times was WRONG (imagine that!!) and JFK was right. http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/berliner.asp
I grew up in Baltimore, so I guess that is why I ate it so much. Didn't realize it was yankee food.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
Yes, as the article says, the use of "ein" is preferred by one who was not from Berlin. I knew it was something like that. Now if he said "Ich ben ein Frankfurter" would he be a hot dog? Now Wiener is not so obvious, but that is the adjective for a person or thing from Wien or Vienna. So when you're eating Vienna Sausages from a can you're really eating Weiners, although the I believe I read that the original "Frankfurter" guy did move to Vienna so a hot dog may be a Wiener or Frank(furter). So much for my little German. I was only there for about eighteen months forty years ago.
Contrary to JFK, in what WAS INDEED apparently a gaffe, the first president George Bush unknowingly gave a British version of "the bird" in Australia, in 1992 to a group of farmers in Canberra, who were protesting about U.S. farm subsidies, and instead gave the reverse peace sign: palms in, knuckles outward, an insulting V sign known as the two finger salute.
It does mean the same thing as the bird. I believe it goes back to the Battle of Agincourt in France during the reign of Henry V. Follow me if you will on this: the "reverse peace sign" is actually what an archer does to pull the string back on his bow. The English archers with Henry V were credited with turning the tide in favor of the English against the French forces. The "reverse peace sign" was the English way of taunting the French whenever they met in battle after Agincourt. It took the current meaning during the 700 years that have followed that battle.
So maybe when Dawg fans wished "peace, brother," to Benson ...
Question to Bill Clinton:
How is Hillary's head??
Bill: Well, she's no Monica! :D
That is hilarious!
On June 28, today's date in history:
- 1997 U.S.A. Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield's Ear 28th June 1997 : Mike Tyson was disqualified in a heavyweight title match after biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during the fight.
- 1914 Austria On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosnian Muslim) The assassination led directly to the First World War when Austria-Hungary subsequently issued an ultimatum against Serbia, which was partially rejected. Austria-Hungary then declared war, marking the outbreak of World War I.
10 more things related to Louisiana Tech to be grateful for from the abbreviated "If You Want A Thread... II" to get in this thread, THE THREAD:
- Mr. Dave Nitz
- Sitting in JAS late in the evening in the cool fall air watching the sunset colors light up the pines north of the stadium
- Terry Bradshaw's enthusiasm and loyalty to his alma mater
- Still having prayer before ballgames
- THE HOOP TROOP
- Fans who display Tech gear (Saw license plate and tshirt in Bastrop Fri; polo in Dick's Spt Goods Sat; logo polo at church Sun; tshirt in spin class this morning
- Paul Millsap Vision board and the generosity of Mr. Millsap
- Student faithfuls like BlueDawg, and JustinCad before that, and Abominable Gorilla before that. Thank you!!
- SECTION 00:D
- Cane's Challenge buy one/get one free and the atmosphere there after another Bulldog win!!
+100Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
Excellent post!!! Green for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
On June 29, today's date in history:
- 2007 Apple iPhone Released 29th June, 2007: The first Apple iPhones went on sale in stores for the first time as people lined up and waited outside shops for days. The long anticipated phone featured a touch-screen with no keyboard, wi-fi access, a camera, and the ability to browse the web. Apple stated that they hoped they would take hold a significant portion of the mobile phone market with the immensely popular iPhone. (First person I ever saw use one was DogSince65 checking scores and a Bulldog football game!!) And remember: iPhone, iPad, iPod YES: iBowl, just say NO!!!
- 1956 Interstate Highway system approved: Federal Aid Highway Act Jun. 29th 1956 : Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 bill into law. The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways over a 20-year period and was the largest public works project ever undertaken. Sure makes it nice getting to Tech athletic events. I remember as a child playing in the dirtwork when I-20 was being built through Ruston.
- 2009 Bernie Madoff Sentenced Jun. 29th, 2009: Bernard Madoff, the man behind one of the largest investment fraud crimes in history, was sentenced to one hundred and fifty years in prison for stealing sixty-five billion dollars from investors. After the sentence was announced the courtroom audience applauded and cheered.
Ms. Terri asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures of their favorite Bible stories.
She was puzzled by Kyle's picture, which showed four people on an airplane,
So she asked him which story it was meant to represent.
"The Flight to Egypt ," was his reply.
Pointing at each figure, Ms. Terri said,
"That must be Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus.
But who's the fourth person?"
"Oh, that's Pontius - the pilot!"
On this date in history, June 30:
1953: The first Corvette, the first all-fiberglass-bodied American sports car rolled off the assembly line on this day, and with it's sleek lines is considered among the best cars ever produced by the American Car Industry.
1955: The Johnny Carson Show debuted on CBS TV.
1971: US voting age lowered to 18 when Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve lowering the age to 18, this ratifying the 26th amendment.
2014: Original "If You Want A Thread To Die" thread shuffled around for what seems like the umpteenth time, similar to nature when a jackal pees on a tree to mark his territory.
We change addresses more than Bonnie and Clyde!!!:D
Well, at least I can now post on this thread. For a while I was blocked from this thread when it first moved to this location. I was not blocked from posting on other threads.
This is not a Democratic board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
So...who wants to talk about football. After all, this thread SHOULD BE in the Blond Bomber forum. I think we are going to have a damn good team this year. Our coaches went out and got some BIG boys for the O line and D line!!!! And we have some good QB prospects coming in. I think the dawgs are going to surprise some people this year!!
60 (?) days till GAME DAY !!!
Love Louisiana Tech football!! 60 days until gameday, including today.
Saw my first Tech game in either 1957 or 58 as a Ruston kid, I'll have to look it up. Was at the first game in JAS!! I've posted before that in grad school in baton rouge I'd drive up to Ruston for TECH games even if the baton rouge guys were at home.
So many things related to Louisiana Tech to be grateful for, here's my original list to go with the two others above, up to 30, more comin':
- Tech people (like in this thread) are so awesome and classy
- Friends from our days at Tech we've stayed in touch with, like Dawgsince65 and a number of others
- Nights in Joe Aillet Stadium
- ROAD TRIPS TO FOOTBALL GAMES
- Sons who share my love for Louisiana Tech
- THE ENERGY IN MBB RIGHT NOW
- Our alma mater
- Fight, fight, fight for old red and blue...
- Our school colors
- Michael White
- Those Exit 84 signs that remind me I'm comin' home
- BEING SO VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR BEING A BULLDOG!!!
Ok Russ, you went to the first game in JAS when we beat East Carolina. I assume you went to the last game in the old Memorial Stadium. Who did we play? Probably Northeast. The last game I went to there was Lamar when Phil Roberston had his best game and it was a breakout game for Ken Liberto, but don't know if it was the last game.
What led you to think it ever was?Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
We have been pretty steadfast that we operate as a benevolent oligarchy to the proletariat...
Like they say ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.
We're an anarcho-syndicous commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of an officer for the week, but all the decisions of the officer must be ratified at a biweekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs, but by a 2/3rds majority in the case of...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
. . . and buy ink and paper by the truckload.Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
Y'all sure are throwin' around some big ole words.
Today is the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth's Major League Debut!
life support
....and we're back!Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
I think I hear laughing in the moderator's control booth.
A dyslexic man walks into a bra...
How can you tell if you're a dyslexic, agnostic insomniac?Quote:
Originally Posted by RhinoDawg
You like awake at night wondering if there's a dog.
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