Recent content by John Deaux VII

  1. John Deaux VII

    Assuming we make it to Athens for the Super but lose...

    Yes. It is the equvalent of making the Sweet 16 in basketball. That is a sucessful year for any school, I think - even for the teams that expect to play for a NC year in and year out.
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    OT: Colors

    You mean like the Alabama Crimson colored "Maroon Is All That Matters" shirt? I do my best to avoid red and blue at the same time, that's about it.
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    UFO/aliens……

    There are all kinds of items and concepts that exist but are not referenced in the Bible.
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    USM walk off grand slam

    When the "Golden" Eagles went about picking school colors, they made a point to find the "fugliest shade of yellow known to man"....
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    UFO/aliens……

    I'm hoping to see this sight again a few days after the Egg Bowl....
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    UFO/aliens……

    This is what I think is going on. We test them against our own planes and let the videos get out for plausible deniability and to troll the Chinese....
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    UFO/aliens……

    There are perhaps billions of solar systems just in the Milky Way galaxy alone and there billions of galaxies. The universe is so massive that I think it is more likely than not that there is advanced life out there somewhere, but they have never been in contact with us and we will never be in...
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    OT: North Atlanta restaurants

    I assume he is talking about the guy that helped Will Redmond get a deal on a used Ford Mustang....but then again, nothing would surpise me with any of those Elite Dawg tools...
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    College budgets…

    Public universitites, by and large, issue revenue bonds that are secured by future income such as student fees and dorm rent. This is one reason the "Student Activity Fee" portion of college expenses has gotten so high. Since a bunch of that is paid for through student loans, easy access to...
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    OT: Healthcare

    I don't know how much this actually impacts the cost of insurance, but it has always seemed to me that it would work better if we utilized health insurance the way we do any other insurance. We pay routine upkeep and maintenence out of pocket for a homes and cars, but use insurance for something...
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    MS Beach Advisory

    I am guessing from all the rain up stream the past few weeks. This is fairly common down there. You could not pay me to go into the MississippI Sound, though - advisory or no advisory.
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    OT: Natchez documentary

    Both grandparents on my mother's side came from circumstances that would make what many consider to be "poverty" in this day and age look like life in the British aristocracy. "Not having a pot to piss in" is a common idiom around here for a reason.