BerniePragle

Well, I see again I haven't missed a thing in being away for a few months. It takes a very small person to stoop to insinuating such a thing about someone's wife and then squeeze out a semi-apology followed by "but, but". Reminiscent of Jake Blues in the sewer with Carrie Fisher. "It wasn't my fault!" On the subject of who's smarter, GWN or H_D, I've conversed with GWN outside this forum. He's a VERY smart guy, and...well... I'd love to have both in a big, quiet room with an IQ test in front of them. Opening Line: GWN -32.5

I don't know if that was directed at me?? Mine was meant to get a laugh. Nothing more, nothing less. Wild Bill trying to define "is". Is weed legal in OH? If not, maybe it ought to be. Merry Christmas to you too.

Definitions is tough.

Exactly. Since skin color is one of the first and easiest things we notice about people, that's why racism happens, IMO. Let's instead stick to the more evolved form... Screaming at the TV on Sunday afternoon based on the color of people's jerseys. And, you're also exactly correct about your warning. I call them sheep but lemming is better. “You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.” — Pee Wee Reese

JimmyBT's "Me against the world, Please kick me in the nuts again " M.O. seemed Dan-ish to me. Just co-ink-a-dinky I guess.

I know I'll probably regret asking this, but: Has anyone ever seen JimmyBT and NJDan at the same time?

I would think a Portajohn could appreciate a cesspool. Yeah, it is not a place for man nor beast. On the plus side, it IS over there. Otherwise it would be here.

You and I both know for the vast majority of people, this isn't possible. They just have to believe what someone else says. I also know that you know, as important as doing the Math is, knowing what numbers to work with is at least as important. Either of us could do the Math in 90+% of the other's field, but wouldn't know what assumptions/theory to use to get to the Math. I have to believe someone's numbers in Finance, you have to believe that plane really will fly. I always remember my second year of college I had a lab partner in an EE course that asked me "Which formula do I use for this problem?" I looked at him and said "That IS the problem. Once you know that, a monkey could take it from there." Now with the computers and software available, that's even more true than it was 50+years ago.

Is this reversible? If I call Bono a Turdbiscuit, will I then become someone of high moral fiber? I'd really like to have that going for me.

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Gents, proceed cautiously. If we keep spelling like this, pretty soon we'll be Facebook.

Troy Nickerson @125 Jordan Burroughs Vito for last year at NCAAs

Quite a number of years ago there was a high school tournament in Watkins Glen, NY. For the finals they brought out practice mats or mats from other schools and made what they called "the biggest mat in the East". It was huge and great because there were very, very few OOBs. One year the final at 215 was Isaiah Kacyvenski (later a linebacker at Seattle Seahawks) and some kid from Long Island that also had a D1 full ride in football. That was about half wrestling match and half full speed tackling drill with almost no breaks. A buddy who still lives in the area said the tournament no longer exists because the Watkins Glen coach was tent camping at the top of the glen one night with some buddies and some adult beverages, got up in the middle of the night to... well you know... and was found the next morning at the bottom of the ravine. Maybe not such a bad way to go, I don't know.

Just out of curiosity I checked "Fields of Study " at my first alma mater (second doesn’t have wrestling). You are right, there are many that would make Jeff Spicoli happy. Of course there were some worthless majors when I went there 50 years ago, but not that many. Sad. How much these types of degrees are worth out in the world, I don't know. I have no idea what jobs they would even be applicable to, except teaching those things. Supply and Demand says they aren't worth much. I always smile when I look at the wrestling rosters at some of the better schools and service academies and see majors like Engineering, Math, Finance, Pre-Med and Law. The opportunities are there.

Maybe I'm just naive, but lost in this so far is the value of a college education. You know, the old trading 4 (or so) years of wrestling for a 4 (or so) year degree. I have no idea of the size of NIL money, donor dollars, etc but for many (most) actual students the future value of a college education is not negligible. It would be interesting to see how much the landscape would change with an increase in the number of scholarships and with athletic scholarships at the Ivies.