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    The Great Jerry West

    Probably the greatest shooter ever in the NBA Imagine him shooting a 3 pt shot He would break records I watched a video of him and he explained his jump shot . He had such a high arc and quick release His brother would make him shoot over a broom so his release was high. He learned his...
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    June 6th D-Day

    great video If my father graduated Manhattan College in 1936 then he was probably about 21-22 when he graduated . So in 1944 he was older around 28-29..Amazing .. not sure of his age but imagine having an Expresso in Rome that morning. Also the day before when the 5th US Army entered Rome...
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    June 6th D-Day

    I loved listening to my dad tell his WW2 stories It wasn't about him being a hero etc He was part of AMG which had English,Canadians, and other allied soldiers. He hated Clark and always thought he was a show boat. He also didn't like Patton who although was the most successful US generals in...
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    June 6th D-Day

    My fathers favorite story that my 2 nephews filmed and taped I watched again tonight, I remember almost the entire story but watching it made me realized its a " living history " that I have and showed some of it to my own kids and grandkids. It is June 5th and my father is in General Clarks...
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    Memorial Day need help

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    Memorial Day need help

    every year I post a Memorial day post. About growing up on a US Army base in Italy. On memorial Day my elementary school always took a school trip to the American Cemetery to honor the American soldiers killed in Northern Italy Camp Darby in Livorno was about an hour outside of Florence. I...
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    Stu Marquis RIP

    My daughter here in Austin just called . She is very upset about Stu and said she remembers 15 yrs ago she landed in Austin and Stu and his wife were at the airport to meet her. She was alone and scared coming to Texas where she knew no one and Stu and Sheila made the transition so easy and...
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    Stu Marquis RIP

    Last night went out to dinner with my 10 racquetball buddies and their wives I didn't want to look at my texts because Stu a former VietNam vet Providence College, North Texas St D-1 player was in hospice and refused to eat and was shutting down / He passed away yesterday afternoon. I think...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    thanks Old south and damn They couldn't find a good vein and stuck me 5 times for the IV , The anthologist came in and went over my procedure Then the doctor came in and told me they were going to remove the stent ,scrap my duct for the lab . So after a few hours in recovery the doctor and my...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    Sorry have a procedure to remove a stent in my bile duct this morning Anyway I am sitting on this bleacher looking up at the banners and crying when all of a sudden the double doors on the gym open up and a ray of the hallway lites enters the dark gym Its Yashoo our school custodian and see's a...
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    School discipline USA Today Headlines in yesterdays newspaper

    Front page headlines in yesterdays USA Todays newspapers on School Discipline . It was all about what high schools around the country are doing in their states and how they are dealing with it. Reasons for suspending students . Research data,etc Very interesting for me since I was a dean of...
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    UCONN tonight

    So much already written and heard on this game. Its bigs vs Bigs, perimeters vs Perimeters ,coach vs Coach etc Think Uconn plays better defense,has a little more perimeter players and wins and covers . So much info . I am Hurley fan and dad sits a few rows behind his son and pop has passed...
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    Final 4

    Purdue game already started Uconn -10.5 over bama *** I have Uconn to win it all vs Purdue but Bama will run and gun. They avg almost 90 pts a game But think Huskies defesne will slow them down That is double digits to cover but Huskies are on a " run away train " Like Newton a lot and...
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    Final 8

    Purdue -3 typo
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    Final 8

    NC St +6.5 over Duke ** Purdue +3 over Tenn **** Bama -2.5 over Clemson ** UConn -8.5 over Illi ****
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    Box & one

    ewa glad you went. It was great meeting you at Southpoint . Good luck he rest of the way Back in Austin now and as soon as i landed was given my assignments for the the week Take granddaughter to school Take the other one to nursery school. Pick up one take her to TCBY then pick the other one...
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    WTF???

    Nice meeting you in Vegas this weekend good luck with your plays Back in Texas now.. take care
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    Texas-Col St and a few more

    I am going to Southpoint now its 6.50 am Should be there around 7.15 I will have breakfast in the breakfast restaurant not the free all you can it place but the other one I am wearing my red phillie hat .. Hope we can connect
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    Texas-Col St and a few more

    ewa went early to the M .. there are no lines there and its empty then went to Southpoint Went to the main sports casino and later walked down their long hallway to the March Madness room where it was packed . I'm sorry I missed you I couldn't download MJ's site because I didn't have my...
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    Texas-Col St and a few more

    When I gamble Pepsi Its hard to be disciplined here. Its like going to the candy store when your a kid and looking up at all the candies You walk up to the sports casino and look up on their board and want to bet on almost every game . Then you see something you didn't bet on and you knew they...
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