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cthomas

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  1. "Alice's Restaurant", man that takes me back.
  2. I love the under dog who over achieves. Who doesn't. Kinda like sticking it to the man. But this is looking like a UCon natty.
  3. If we ever get quantum computers worked out, we will really be in trouble. I love tech as much as the next guy but it can get out of control and once it's out, there's no going back.
  4. I have to believe that going against XJ and possibly Love in practice every day will speed up Cupps development quite a bit.
  5. In the mid 1970's I had a Porsche 356 SC for a couple of years. It had a broken piston ring so I rebuilt the engine. I had already rebuilt a couple of he's and the process was pretty much the same. It had the European license plates still on it and, of course, the speedometer was in kph not mph. It was a lot of fun.
  6. I have said forever that our greed keeps us from dealing with any of the hard problems we have as a society. If money can't be made off of a problem, then no one has any interest in solving it. The same thing goes for medical research. If you have a rare cancer you are screwed. No one is spending research money to treat that. No return on investment. Common cancers get the research money because there is a profit to be made. It's never about people, only about profits.
  7. I'm not and will never be a gun owner. It's my individual choice. I'm also not about to tell anyone else what he or she should do. Guns are currently the tool of choice for the disturbed individuals who feel the need to express themselves by killing innocent people. The problem to me has always been the perpetrators. We, as a nation, always make these incidents political and go for an easy, visible, grandstanding solution. As jarring as school shootings are, I am as appalled by the daily stories right here in Indianapolis of teenage young men killing each other. Something is broken in our society and we had better figure out how to address it pretty soon. Whatever the social problem is, I guarantee the fix won't come from politicians.
  8. Maybe CMW wants to lock down the roster early and spend the summer playing golf with Scott May.
  9. Purdue had a really good team this year. They were the best in our conference. They lost again in an embarrassing fashion. My thoughts are that they didn't have a lot of talent beyond Edey who was a really good college big. Unfortunately for them, they are playing a game that no longer exists at the elite level of college basketball. I hate Purdue but like CMP and think he is doing the best he can with the resources available to him.
  10. I know everyone is mad, but do we still get a participation trophy?
  11. I never understood how people could question CMW's coaching ability. He has coached at the highest level and he played at IU for a legendary coach. Not many people have the background he has. That said, I have seen him grow so much from last year to this one. I believe we are in good hands going forward.
  12. You are right about that, brother. I'm am old guy now and damn lucky to be here. The chances I have taken over the years scare me just thinking about them. I hope there is no rush to judgement here and the proper amount of time is taken to sort this out.
  13. CMW this week didn't sound all that positive that XJ would return at all. Said he still wasn't practicing or doing contact drills. Also said he was going to meet with him about what XJ wanted to do. While I think he will give it a shot just because he doesn't want his career to end like this, I'm not sure he will be physically ready to play at a high level.
  14. It feels like we are getting close to just dropping the pretenses and letting schools hire a basketball team. The evolution of this is not going to be pretty. Nothing corrupts like money.
  15. If I was his coach, I would address it from the standpoint of maintaining emotional control. The incident is inconsequential but the behavior, if left unchecked, could cost his team at some point. The player has some maturing to do. Part of a coaches responsibility is the personal development of young people.
  16. Every possibility exists somewhere in the multi verse. Even you are a Purdue student somewhere there.
  17. About three years ago I noticed that my vision in my left eye had degraded significantly. Made an appointment with my optometrists and found out that a capillary in my retina had ruptured. Was referred to a retina specialist and began a series of injections in the eye to reduce swelling. I learned the true meaning of "needle in the eye" and didn't like it much. Thankfully, the injections did their job, the retinal swelling went down, and my vision has returned to the previous level. I never had the flashes of light but that is the first question they ask at each appointment. I'm going to need cataract surgery at some point and I have scar tissue on my left retina that may need to removed eventually, unless, of course, I die first. Things are stable now and not more shots for almost two years. I feel for anyone having serious eye issues. Very frightening stuff.
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