Everything posted by Iowa Horn
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2019 Rain Thread
Well, you know, Friend of Dorthys and whatnot...
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Mm, good catch! But you can't blame the reporter. After all - ejected, injected, ejaculated are all terms that Aggy use interchangibly.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
New Northgate Bar Bursts Onto Scene and Puts the Cock in Craft Cocktails By Benjamin Dover benjamin.dover@theeagle.com May 15, 2019 Howdy, Aggies! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, surely you’ve heard about “Mason’s Jar” – College Station’s white-hot new venue that has injected some real stuff into Northgate’s otherwise flaccid food and drink scene.
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Do you believe in demons?
I was Joan of Arc in my former life
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2018 Pro Cycling: Team Sky Goes Postal, the Chris Froome Saga (Plus TdF)
Oh man, bumping this thread because I just learned that tv commentator and former cyclist Paul Sherwen has died. His analyses were always spot on and really made broadcasts come to life. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/12/02/paul-sherwen/?utm_tags=nbcsemail1000&mi_u=0D6A6B46-ECEB-4175-A131-0CFD29CEF248
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Tell me about Iowa State
I was at that game, sitting a few rows behind the Drake bench. Miserable game. Then somehow in our final game that year we turned around and beat a #7 Okie State team led by Thurman Thomas in one of the coldest and windiest games I've ever attended.
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aggy vs. Auburn - game thread
Today he also picked aggy to win
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Austin Water Issues Boil Water Notice
These lake levels aren't unprecedented. Yes, demand is higher than the last time it was this high ('06-'07?) - but I would hope this was not unforeseen and some sort of multi-day/week flaw in our water system that has just been glossed over.
- WVU - ISU
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Official Surly - Texas vs Baylor Game Thread
Ok, sweet!
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Official Surly - Texas vs Baylor Game Thread
Not an INT. Commentators are terrible - no careful analysis of the replay. The guy was not in control, the ball hit the ground first, while he was securing it. Then he wrapped up possession.
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Your most dangerous travel experiences
At Petra, Jordan I somehow got caught up in an adventurous moment and decided to accept a rather sketchy Bedouin's offer for a clearly not sanctioned off-path "hike" out of the park on foot to the south, and to some nearby areas with good views into Petra. After a few kilometers of nice level walking, the hike turned into some really serious rock climbing going up, up, up. Now, truly in the middle of nowhere, after scrambling up a particularly steep climb and having an extremely close call with falling backwards to my death due to not being used to the weight of my backpack, I was glad for my guide's offer to let him to tote my backpack the rest of the way. But the most dangerous moment was when we came to a crevasse/gorge and had to jump across it. No way down at this point. So, the only choice is to jump across and keep going up. I told him I didn't think I could make it. It was only about 8-ft which seems easy until you do it with no runup and just a push-off to get from one side of the cliff to the other. He said to jump and grab for his arm, and he would make sure I didn't fall. Missing this jump would result in falling a couple hundred feet to a painful death wedged between some cracks in the rock, and obviously with no help close by. I took what can only be described as a leap of faith. He grabbed me just like he said, in a moment totally out of my control or physical ability to make it on my own. We sat on a rock ledge for 10 minutes while I got my heart rate back down and stopped my involuntary shaking.
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New building development projects in Austin
Has anyone been tracking the Grove at Shoal Creek mixed-use development project? http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/the-grove-at-shoal-creek-project-approved-after-three-years/1182605087 https://thegroveatx.com/ Prime piece of land. Will it be successful?
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Chuck E. Cheese is terrible
In my head I always translate it to Carlos y Queso's as a play on words. But come to think of it, Carlos y Queso's could be a pretty sweet concept to revive a struggling brand!
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Things you're a little bit embarrassed to admit
Does he know you raid his wardrobe?
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Stormy's Sketch
or Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray?
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Tell Me About Baylor
Yeah, right! I remember the story, but reading that again just stokes the fire of Baylor hatred! (also a downer: the linked story also included the news of Iowa State discontinuing baseball and men's swimming)
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Guilty Pleasure Songs/Movies/TV Shows
Song - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Movie - Armageddon TV (this is from 15 years ago) - Gilmore Girls
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Brush with greatness
When I was 12, a golf pro-am - the Amana VIP (any olds remember that one?) in 1982, the newly-minted Masters champ, Craig Stadler, hit an errant tee shot way into a grove of trees into a deserted area without any gallery ropes. My Mom and I were cutting through that area as a shortcut, and stopped to watch his him try to hit some kind of heroic swooping cut shot first under a branch, then over a grove of trees. Right in his backswing, my clueless Mom blurted out, "Heyyy, is that Craig Stadler??" He flubbed his shot and glared at my Mom, and I was equally embarrassed so all I could do was mutter a "sorry Mr Stadler"
- 2018 Masters
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How many posts until NSAA?
and whatnot
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How many posts until NSAA?
in the first place
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How many posts until NSAA?
a NSAA forum
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How many posts until NSAA?
whether there is
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How many posts until NSAA?
to check on