Riverguy

I always liked Vermont's for some reason. And here in VA we have a crazy amount of (good) variety, IMHO

I may draw open eyeballs on my eyelids, so I can sleep through our first week meetings.

who doesn't love a little armpit hair on an album cover? I always smile when I think of Gilda, and Patti Smith makes me think of Gilda

No. j/k

... I used to know Alonzo Tweedy's dad during this era. I never understood what 'Zo had done to get stuck in Bud's doghouse. Kid never played. But boy, did he ever come through on that last down. I wasn't at the game. I'll always remember where I was though. My HS reunion. I spent the first half of the reunion at the bar watching the game until it was over. And only then would I go make my speech. LOL The names on the roster... It's been a long while since we had that kind of talent on the field. DeChristopher. Wilson. Fuller. etc etc Here's to hoping for 2026 and on~! Go Hokies.

my fav fro article: Lombardi has faced scrutiny on multiple occasions during his time in Chapel Hill, including his boast in February 2025 when he said the Tar Heels "consider ourselves the 33rd NFL team." He also made headlines last September when he informed the Patriots that their scouts would be banned from access to the Tar Heels' program. UNC went 4-8 last season under Belichick and did not have any players selected in this year's NFL draft.

"my hypeness" LOL

We anticipated that ...and shortly after began the long slide into horror.

This is all fundamental to the role of government.

Whether he reimburses me or not does not negate that this crime committed follows me and my car.

Absolutely constitutional

Horrible incrementalism standard being set. "It's just a fine" doesn't cover the problem that it is voiding constitutional rights. ** Edited by Riverguy at 7/25/2026, 5:14:28 PM

looks like w/ wildfires, they're going to curtail the final stage from approx 80 to fitty miles.

If I lend my car to you, and you speed, I get the ticket. Cars don't speed, people do. At least w/ the cop backed up behind a billboard, there is human interaction.

When he & my sister moved in, there were something like 100 cats running around. The widow had fed cats This is how you get 100 cats Coach. Caaarrrrefullllll booosssss.... but then the coyotes moved through the area. They got down to 2 or 3 cats after that.

Will "Nutrition Bar" become Franklin's equivalent of the old Frank Beamer "..will really get after ya"? It seems he plugs the "Nutrition Bar" at every opportunity. Nutrition Bar!

Tell you what. What you just laid out, I did not know. And it is insightful. I'm on my way to log up a subscription. :o)

He's a really good kid. In HS, he was good-not-great. But I liked his style; he was punishing any would be tacklers. He'll hit ya back. Leo Boehling. Any construction folks on here (I know there's a few) will recognize the last name. A bit like our Sam Rogers was, IMHO. Not as talented, but same mold.

Granted, I have done zero research on any of them. Is UVA really supposed to be that good again? Are they portaling super talent? Bellicheck seems to be claiming great back-ness. Top 4 no surprise. What the heck w/ Stanford? I pre-merger thought they'd compete on this coast.

great place to find a wife. I did.

LOL... j/k That's what my son used to call the MVs when he was an HT

My son was in the VTCC (HT, too). Out of HS, he went up two weeks early with all the other cadets. Others went early too. Athletes, foreign exchange students, etc. Well the first day, they are issued a Guidon (which is to be held three inches in front of the nose anytime left standing in line), get the buzz cut, get issued essentials, and get yelled at a lot. LOL. Hell weeks. We parents doing the drop off were ushered into an assembly and told under no uncertain terms that the best support of our new cadets was to encourage them to stick it out and endure the suck and that certainly there'd be many calling the parents saying "Mom, dad... I'm just not cut out for this. This sucks! I want to come home or drop out). About two weeks into the school year, a guy in my son's company went to commandant and said, "I'm in the wrong place. I don't belong here. This is all wrong" "Ah, stick it out. You'll be glad you did later! This is the hardest part and the rewards will make it all worth while~!" "You don't understand. This is all wrong. I don't belong here" Turns out, he didn't. His folder had somehow ended up in the wrong pile of "two weeks early" students. He never signed up for the corps. He was an exchange student from India. LOL. What was going through his mind, with the buzz cut and all the yelling? LOL. "this America thing isn't what I thought it'd be" I'm sure. The boy transferred out and integrated into foreign student life. ...with shorter hair and a better understanding of making a bunk.

the 12th, for me.

hush that up :o)

j/k ....maybe.

My son has 2 large dogs (German Shepherd and large mutt we call "Moose"). He is out in the country, and commutes to work (~45 minutes each way). A simple flap style dog door won't do. (?raccoons, burglars?). Does anyone have experience w/ a door mounted dog door? I'm thinking something w/ a security feature and dog collar that opens and closes when one or both dogs want out while he's at work. Anyone have good experiences? Bad experiences? thoughts to offer up? tia

** Edited by Riverguy at 7/19/2026, 3:27:24 PM

(Napoleon Dynamite) "Idiot" (/Napoleon Dynamite)

we've been around just as long as they have. We're both land grant schools. PSU is simply PA's VT and one could say VT is VA's PSU. We agree. They aren't dying. Paterno did a great job up there. Like Beamer, here. Only, JoPa did more of it, just a touch longer. Then the devil sent in Sandusky....and boom! what a cluster.

...not even Miami. Nor SMU UNC just did it without the cocaine gold chains opting instead for (sissy) light blue argyle and sockless penny loafers. Granted, Butch Davis (ex-Miami) helped, but all those basketball coaches were dirtier than roach poop

getting more coffee now. :oD

The movie was just okay, but it had everyone talking about the soundtrack for sure, and a mini-resurgence of classic R&R ensued.

that is one expense I'd support paying.. the uniforms.

I would have assumed uniforms were issued as part of the cost of having a soldier. We don't make them pay for bullets, do we? Give 'em the uniforms.

My new dog:

...you're exactly right. Great filming. Production value was top notch, IMHO

I think I'd seen it decades ago, but fell asleep. I got a kick out of it a few months ago. Good movie. You're right about some of the time-stamp elements. Hackman was great

It cuts accident probability by something like 80% or so.