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Ohio State Prediction thread -- Guess and you win!
RG956 replied to Hank South's topic in On Texas Football Forum
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Thank you for sharing and your service! Truly a hero alongside so many others who have valiantly served our country. I agree that it is unfortunate that we’re so polarized in this country now in so many ways.
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Ohio State Prediction thread -- Guess and you win!
Weave77 replied to Hank South's topic in On Texas Football Forum
Ohio State wins, 31-27. -
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I pray for this country. We are all from God and made in His image (Genesis 1:26-27) and we need to treat each other like it. On that day we all came together and prayed or hugged or cried or some combination. We should do that more often and remember how blessed we are to live in this country. Every gift is from God (James 1:17).
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Like others, I grew up in a community affected by 9/11, with untold folks who commuted in and out of the WTC every day, worked in the towers, etc. Family members have their stories about what they saw, what they heard, what the experienced - the mail sent from the towers that they received after 9/11 from people who perished in the meantime. I am proud to have grown up in a community near where Todd Beamer raised his family and, by chance, am now raising a family in the town where he grew up halfway across the country. Every 9/11 has remained a somber occasion since, but in the years that have passed, there has been remarkable clarity about two things - our shared humanity and, stripped of politics, the historical greatness of this country and its people. Every firefighter who worked in the NY fire department deserves our thanks, not only for rushing into the towers to experience certain death, but for the men, women, and dogs who worked what became known as the "pile" at Ground Zero after, searching for every human remain and scrap, and treating it all with dignity and care. But, as the years have passed, we have learned more about the non-uniformed folks on the upper floors who gave their lives in service of their fellow man. The security guy for Morgan Stanley who, contrary to tower security, told all of his people to evacuate down the stairs and refused to leave until all under his care had left. He lost his life. And for our football fans, spend the time to watch Tom Rinaldi's vignette on Welles Crowther, the trader who dreamed of becoming a firefighter (linked below). Crowther went up and down the upper floors multiple times to direct folks to safety. His family would learn how Crowther perished by reading a NY Times story months later about a man with a red bandana, which he carried around wherever he went. May we continue to remember all of these people for who they were - heroes.
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OTF Premium CFB Week 2 Thread
MikeyHookEm replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
now the question is if he plays bad/average against the only team with a pulse they play do the heisman voters realize he is playing local high schools and thats why his stats are so padded? -
I remember being promoted to SGT/E-5 on September 1. Man I was so proud, I felt as if I was one step closer to my goal of becoming a Drill Sergeant. Weird, but growing up I always wanted to be a teacher, a mentor, a coach, and now my dreams were becoming a reality. So after PT, as it's said if you're on time you're late, so I headed to the motor pool. Feeling the responsibility of the weight of the rank on my shoulders, as a 21 y/o I felt the need I had to prove I was worthy. So I get to the motor pool to make sure all things are ready, plans and roles for the day are in order, and I'm ready to lead. I sat in the motor pool for almost an hour by myself. Now I'm mad, I did all of this preparation and my whole squad hasn't shown up. This is before today where everyone has a computer in their hands, so I had no idea what was going on. My girlfriend at the time called our office and told me I needed to get to Squadron. The irony of me thinking everyone was wrong, but I was the one incorrect. We were briefed and shortly after locked everything down, drew weapons, and started guarding assigned areas. I can't speak for the other branches, but in the Army nothing makes sense, you're briefed on severity based on position and duty somehow it all kind of works out. I remember thinking to myself, we were attacked from above; what is this M-4 and 5.56 gonna do? Depending on what kind of soldier you are, you either leave basic training with a hero/God complex or you just want to ride your time and fulfill your contract. After the lockdown was lifted, because I was from Port Arthur and I was stationed at Ft Polk, LA, I made the hour and half drive home and told my mom that if anyone from my division gets deployed that I would volunteer if they asked(and I did). 9/11, changed everything, I grew up that day. I never became that Drill Sergeant, I never got to train future soldiers, I now had a more important mission. I have to prepare our nation's greatest asset for the unknown and bring them home. I don't go out much nowadays, I remember how unified and connected we were back then. I don't know if the division is real or if it's an online thing but it hurts all the same to see. I miss those days and would give anything to have a unified country again❤️🇺🇸
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Ohio State Prediction thread -- Guess and you win!
lazyl121 replied to Hank South's topic in On Texas Football Forum
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I was 18 going on 19. I was asleep, and the next thing I knew, my older sister wakes me up screaming and saying “we’re going to war”! We went to the living room and I saw what happened on TV and my heart sank. It was terrifying. In 2017, I went to NYC, and I saw the memorial and it was one of the most chilling experiences of my life. Never forget 🙏
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OTF Premium CFB Week 2 Thread
alrightalrightalright replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
100%. Just calling out the efficiency he’s playing with is a step up from last year for him. 41/45 for 652 yards and 8 touchdowns. It might be awhile until they play a team with a pulse. Mensah’s stat line is going to be off the charts. -
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MikeyHookEm replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
well yeah i didnt say them hahah but really if we played an FCS school it would be just as ugly if Sark wanted it too. -
My last semester at Texas. Couldn’t process hearing on radio those towers fell. Remember all the bad info coming out. A car bomb at the state department per abc radio. Watching that night on tv and a police car driving down there and it looking like it was snowing from the ash. All those lives lost. All the heroes. My one I always remember. Todd Beamer. Jeremy Glick. “Let’s roll”
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OTF Premium CFB Week 2 Thread
alrightalrightalright replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
If they could beat Stanford too that would be impressive -
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MikeyHookEm replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
there are high school teams that would beat FAMU. -
I still can’t get myself to listen to the voicemails left by the victims to their family members without getting teary eyed.
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OTF Premium CFB Week 2 Thread
alrightalrightalright replied to Gerry Hamilton's topic in On Texas Football Forum
Darian Mensah has more touchdown passes than incompletions through two games. -
Talked to my daughter about it this morning. She was my age when it happened (5th grade). Hard to believe it's been 25 years. Never Forget 🇺🇸
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I was in a dentist’s chair in midtown Manhattan. When I was checking out the dentist popped out and said some plane hit one of the towers, everyone kind of shrugged and thought it was some private plane gone awry. By the time I got back to our office the second plane hit and the tone got way worse. A couple of our traders were on the phone with guys in the towers who ended up not making it. Everything stopped cold. We watched the news for a few hours absolutely silent outside of some sobbing. Around noon we went a few blocks to the Red Cross to donate blood. The line was already around the block and they were sending people away. They started running trains to the burbs where every train was local and they just filled them up and sent them. We were with many people covered in dust from the collapse. As a town we were fortunate, less than two dozen died. And no one from our church or elementary school. But our church offered our cathedral to any nearby church who had capacity issues. I remember the entire region being in a walking coma for weeks. It wasn’t until Christmas season that things began to feel back to normal.
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Was walking into a client office in downtown Houston when the 2nd plane hit.
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Ohio State Prediction thread -- Guess and you win!
charlie990 replied to Hank South's topic in On Texas Football Forum
Texas 38 - 28 Feel like horns will give it to them early especially in the run game as their D will be tired with the heat. Then it will be white knuckle football to hold onto the lead. -
Feel bad for people involved but the unnecessary carnage that resulted is equally, if not more so, appalling. The destruction of Iraq should have never had to happen.