Same thing here, keeping my mouth shut -- ARKHOO 09/25/2023 1:45PMThe Corner
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Same thing here, keeping my mouth shut -- ARKHOO 09/25/2023 1:45PM We had a similar situation -- Joey Wahoo 09/23/2023 09:51AM Let him apprentice to a trade and also take some business courses at a -- Roanoke Rich 09/23/2023 09:01AM Become a plumber-he'll never be without work -- townie 09/23/2023 12:43AM ...and after fishing for some brown trout...he may elect to go to school ** -- GoochlandHoo 09/23/2023 07:35AM I question the return on investment for going to college for many careers -- NVHoo 09/23/2023 12:06AM And really, its like 90% of careers. College is just a big ribbon for the -- GoochlandHoo 09/23/2023 08:40AM I won’t repeat the advice given but will add -- tchrhoo 09/22/2023 7:56PM As long as he doesn't have a baby it'll work out (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 09/22/2023 7:39PM I wasted 4 years of college -- Spudnut 09/22/2023 7:25PM You failed to mention milkshakes. Lots of milkshakes. ** -- Ronald Mexico 09/23/2023 07:55AM I had that girl friend who was going to wait forever for me -- NJHoo 09/22/2023 4:26PM That ho ** -- CCSGods25 09/22/2023 8:44PM He's young....and could possibly switch back to seeking a college again ** -- Mo Better Hoos 09/22/2023 4:16PM Lots of good advice in this thread -- Trugoy 09/22/2023 3:08PM I took a gap year - best decision I ever made.... -- HooWa 09/22/2023 2:54PM Dad of 5, Granddad of 10 (several in their 20s) -- Wahoos1 09/22/2023 2:50PM A couple of thoughts. If the kid doesn’t want to go to an elite. -- HburgCav 09/22/2023 2:47PM Hard to know without being in your exact shoes and my kids are still -- HooStu 09/22/2023 2:41PM If he wants to go to the shipyard, hell yeah, let him go. -- GoochlandHoo 09/22/2023 2:20PM Agree with this. Maybe a year of seeing people dumber than him -- HoosWillWin 09/22/2023 2:51PM Did none of you learn from Issac Traudt? This one is easy. ** -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 2:11PM The "failure" talk makes me think he's burned out on school. -- Wahoo0408 09/22/2023 2:03PM I can tell you that in 1989, the fall of my senior year at Chantilly, most -- QBSacker 09/22/2023 3:29PM He's found a way to give them an answer they cant push him on -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 2:10PM So what? A young adult has to be allowed some agency. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/22/2023 2:47PM I agree but many are fooling themselves thinking its about most anything -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 2:55PM Honestly I'd encourage him to NOT apply to college right now, but instead -- QBSacker 09/22/2023 1:46PM Or apply and defer.... ** -- Wahoos1 09/22/2023 2:51PM A gap year or two might not be bad -- Wahoo90 09/22/2023 1:45PM I have a 16 year old son & he already knows he is heading for the trades -- SoCalWahoo 09/22/2023 1:35PM When you say all three trades, can you expand? -- Trugoy 09/22/2023 3:01PM The classic three trades are plumbing, electrical and HVAC -- HburgCav 09/22/2023 5:18PM Bingo and you get paid to get trained! ** -- SoCalWahoo 09/22/2023 9:17PM The Newport News shipyard has an unbelievable apprentice school -- HburgCav 09/22/2023 2:49PM It sounds like you have already identified the issue -- Waverly 09/22/2023 1:08PM NGL, I think this answer is garbage. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/22/2023 2:01PM Yeah, if he is both in love and getting laid your getting nowhere. ** -- Wahoos1 09/22/2023 2:53PM Let him spend a year on the docks and get a taste of life as a stevedore. -- chicken 09/22/2023 1:08PM Are deferrals still a thing? Could he apply and then defer for a year, -- 111shamrock 09/22/2023 12:53PM Good thought -- GordonAve 09/22/2023 1:25PM Will send some thoughts over the weekend ... -- Trigon 09/23/2023 01:37AM Sorry, just noticed Zhoo beat me to this below ** -- 111shamrock 09/22/2023 12:55PM Agree with a lot of what Ron said. -- mikec171 09/22/2023 12:46PM Same. Same. Totally agree with everything you said. ** -- The Hook 09/22/2023 12:51PM Why is he shortchanging his future by not going to college? ** -- walkthecorner 09/22/2023 12:46PM I didn’t go to college straight out of HS. -- Ronald Mexico 09/22/2023 12:28PM Great story Ron. When is the inaugural U.S.S Sabre cruise trip taking plac ** -- GoochlandHoo 09/22/2023 2:22PM I pull a similar stunt with my parents, pump gas and get a job with name on -- CAV itee 09/22/2023 1:00PM Not many gas pumping jobs outside of NJ these days! ** -- NJHoo 09/22/2023 4:17PM I've wondered if mandatory civil service after HS would be a good idea. ** -- Cav113 09/22/2023 12:55PM YES, it absolutely would! ** -- SoCalWahoo 09/22/2023 1:45PM How wish i had taken that path. Encouraging my boys to defer college.** -- walkthecorner 09/22/2023 12:50PM What are the girlfriends future plans? That could possibly answer a lot of -- Scarsnhoos 09/22/2023 12:13PM She has a 9 month plan :) ** -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 12:28PM College, maybe . . . -- GordonAve 09/22/2023 12:20PM Ok . . . so now we know why he is saying only ODU . . . and the shipyards -- graycalhoo 09/22/2023 5:15PM You have your answer on why he wants to go to ODU now. All the other things -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 2:07PM I don't know, but him learning a trade could very well be the better choice -- Scarsnhoos 09/22/2023 12:24PM My wife coordinates some of the trades programs at our local CC... -- Cav113 09/22/2023 1:20PM It's tough and kids get worn out -- ChathamHoo 09/22/2023 12:12PM Ha, your first paragraph is priceless. -- mikec171 09/22/2023 12:41PM Let him take a year. College is worthless these days other than credential -- Wembley 09/22/2023 12:03PM Yea, not sure about that first part * ** -- T Room Cav 09/22/2023 1:56PM Can he apply, get into a school and defer for a year? ** -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 12:28PM Well, you're not going to be an engineer, or investment banker... -- Stimp 09/22/2023 12:13PM Or could be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuck ** -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 12:29PM You can’t be an engineer without a degree/PE, anyone can “bank” with a -- Wembley 09/22/2023 12:25PM You misspelled 'CDSs' ** -- The Hook 09/22/2023 12:37PM You can be an engineer without a degree or PE -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 12:30PM Yep! I know and work directly with MANY people that do this. -- SoCalWahoo 09/22/2023 1:25PM Man that is tough... -- Wahoos79 09/22/2023 12:00PM He can always go to school next year or later -- 007 Hoo 09/22/2023 11:45AM I imagine with how competitive the better colleges have gotten recently -- HOOfan_1 
09/22/2023 1:31PM It is likely to be a positive differentiator on applications ** -- 007 Hoo 09/23/2023 07:17AM Haven't been through it but it sounds like... -- Lucius 09/22/2023 11:44AM ODU would give him a free ride. If he insists on no college, tell him to -- Hoogle.com 09/22/2023 11:43AM Bubbles Up is the #1 most downloaded song right now. ** -- JMHoo 09/22/2023 8:52PM He's quite a talent -- elmonthoo 09/22/2023 3:34PM Will Kimbrough is an Alien -- SWVAHoo 09/22/2023 1:30PM I saw him open for Paul Thorn at the renovated Lyric theater in downtown -- Hoodlum 09/22/2023 1:41PM I saw him at a house concert. Told some of those same Buffett stories. -- JMHoo 09/22/2023 8:53PM
Random music poll. Favorite songs not involving Peter Frampton where the -- 1994Wahoo 09/22/2023 10:18AM In Your Eyes , Peter Gabriel ** -- astrohokie 09/22/2023 9:10PM As @walkthecorner mentioned, the Live Aid version is absolutely magical. -- QBSacker 09/22/2023 5:27PM Any AC/DC live is better........ ** -- me chuckles 09/22/2023 4:05PM “Travelin Man/ Beautiful Loser’, Bob Seger -- 757 09/22/2023 4:04PM "Midnight Rambler" - Rolling Stones -- golfdad 09/22/2023 3:37PM Must Have Got Lost - J Geils Band ** -- BoomHoo98 09/22/2023 3:09PM UFO: "Too Hot to Handle" on Strangers in the Night live LP (1979) ** -- zeropointzero 09/22/2023 2:32PM "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from Under a Blood Red Sky (Live at Red Rocks) -- EHoo 09/22/2023 1:31PM I reject your rules. Show me the Way - Peter Frampton. ** -- The Hook 09/22/2023 12:17PM Don’t make me bring up Humble Pie’s “Performance Rockin' the Fillmore” -- 1994Wahoo 09/22/2023 12:40PM Dark horse pick: Boom, Boom (out go the lights) -- Stimp 09/22/2023 11:34AM Does song need to be by same artist? ** -- walkthecorner 09/22/2023 12:20PM Good Ones! ** -- HoosQ 09/22/2023 11:59AM Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat - Dylan ** -- HoosQ 09/22/2023 11:22AM Which live performance? -- DownTownHoo 09/22/2023 12:05PM The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana ** -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 11:12AM Great song, but not the original artist... and I think Nirvana only did -- vwahoov 09/22/2023 11:32AM Pearl Jam "Black" and AiC "Nutshell" from Unplugged ** -- EHoo 09/22/2023 1:22PM Best unplugged ever. Where did you sleep last night is so haunting -- Wembley 09/22/2023 11:40AM Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains were also outstanding. Wish Soundgarden did -- EHoo 09/22/2023 1:21PM One of the greatest live albums of all time. Not one bad song on it. ** -- vwahoov 09/22/2023 11:39AM No but who cares, its great ** -- hooman#1 09/22/2023 1:00PM Yep, great live covers are a completely different animal. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/22/2023 12:14PM Ya beat me to it. ** -- vwahoov 09/22/2023 11:32AM Heaven and Hell - The Who (Live at Leeds) ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/22/2023 10:52AM Free Bird ** -- Guy Caballero 09/22/2023 10:51AM The ones in Oakland and England, to be sure. ** -- WahooKnows 09/23/2023 12:34PM Great pick! ** -- Wahoos79 09/22/2023 12:01PM ^ clear winner * ** -- T Room Cav 09/22/2023 11:15AM Surrender by the criminally underappreciated Cheap Trick at the Budokan -- Wembley 09/22/2023 10:49AM This!! ** -- Jorge Welch 09/22/2023 12:03PM Whipping Post ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 09/22/2023 10:43AM Life During Wartime; No Woman No Cry; I Want You to Want Me ** -- Hoodlum 09/22/2023 10:43AM Does "Life's Been Good" count since Walsh was in the Eagles at that point? ** -- Hoodlum 09/22/2023 10:40AM Every time I hear that song, I think about that time as a freshman at my -- 1994Wahoo 09/22/2023 10:44AM Folsom Prison Blues ** -- hokieincville2 09/22/2023 10:38AM This is my pick, too. ** -- vwahoov 09/22/2023 1:36PM Boy Named Sue. -- Lucius 09/22/2023 11:47AM This is my #1 - Got to Give it Up in the team picture ** -- fishhoo 09/22/2023 11:12AM Bob Seger - Turn the page? ** -- walkthecorner 09/22/2023 10:27AM That's what inspired me to post this. For some reason XM had been playing -- 1994Wahoo 09/22/2023 10:33AM Yeah, hearing studio version of that or any of the Frampton Comes Alive is -- Mad Bowl Hoo 09/22/2023 10:48AM There's a zillion different edits and remixes of all his songs out there, -- 1994Wahoo 09/22/2023 10:58AM Dead's Bertha -- Smeds 09/22/2023 10:23AM My favorite Bertha is on Dick’s Picks Vol. 18 -- DownTownHoo 09/22/2023 12:09PM You sure you don’t mean Dark Star? Have never heard of a Bertha single. ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 09/22/2023 10:46AM Oops. You are correct. But it still fits the bill. ** -- Smeds 09/22/2023 10:59AM That is good one. Watched the live aid version the -- walkthecorner 09/22/2023 10:23AM .** -- Guy Caballero 09/22/2023 10:48AM I Want You to Want Me - Live from Budokan -- Wiz92 09/22/2023 10:21AM Got there -- me chuckles 09/22/2023 09:59AM 32C in iceland - we have problems ** -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 10:20AM You actually used the word trousers? ** -- 111shamrock 09/22/2023 1:01PM Unless his daughter’s name is Rochelle….. ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 09/22/2023 11:22AM Probably getting phased out for ODU gear at the rate we’re going. ** -- hokieincville2 09/22/2023 08:02AM ODU and JMU :) ** -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 10:19AM I didn’t want to bring up a sore subject. ** -- hokieincville2 09/22/2023 12:25PM I dont blame VT for delaying the game against JMU -- Zhoo 09/22/2023 12:32PM 👍😄 ** -- phoo 09/22/2023 09:29AM Thursday pre-football clothing thread-your favorite t-shirt, can be concert -- Wembley 09/21/2023 6:32PM I have a Prince shirt that says "CREAM" in, uh, off-white puffy paint -- HooShotYa 09/22/2023 11:04AM Grey Ramones T-shirt bought about 4 years ago on line. Have it on today -- jdubforwahoowa 09/22/2023 09:27AM I wish I still had the Ramones shirt I wore in high school. -- vwahoov 09/22/2023 11:34AM My ancient UVA shirt with Yosemite Sam Cavalier ** -- hootn 09/22/2023 08:22AM Prob smashmouth shirt ** -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 10:08PM Eras Tour ** -- CavMan1 09/21/2023 9:26PM Right now it is my UVA Strong shirt ** -- Bluetrain 09/21/2023 8:46PM Woman had one on at Regency (Richmond) Starbucks this morning ** -- Wembley 09/21/2023 9:38PM You are back in Richmond now? ** -- Birddog 09/22/2023 09:03AM Yup, did all I could for over a year, have to admit it was a failure- other -- Wembley 09/22/2023 10:22AM Sorry to hear about your dog. -- Birddog 09/22/2023 10:49AM The tip, the pass and the shot (breaking Ts) ** -- hooman#1 09/21/2023 8:01PM My 2019 NCAA natty t-shirt. ** -- Birddog 09/21/2023 6:50PM Since nobody seemed to like the General Sherman one, how bout this. -- Wiz92 09/22/2023 08:25AM Same here -- 757 09/21/2023 7:39PM I waited 40 years for that t-shirt! ** -- 1994Wahoo 09/21/2023 7:48PM State removes requirement for State beer breweries to use a distributor -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 6:28PM It might help a few small breweries… -- CDCHoo 09/22/2023 06:28AM Up to 500 barrels … ** -- wahoooooo 09/21/2023 10:37PM This is the key point I just saw. -- Lucius 09/22/2023 09:29AM I'm not holding my breath. ** -- Lucius 09/21/2023 8:19PM Would have been a big deal 10 years ago, now I wonder how many -- southdenverhoo 09/21/2023 7:55PM The bid deal for breweries is that they don't have to ship their beer off -- FreshHoo 09/21/2023 10:33PM In Virginia? That's news to me. I thought Virginia breweries could sell -- southdenverhoo 09/22/2023 04:08AM If it's Virginia, his friend got screwed ** -- WamplerR 09/22/2023 10:17AM OK, that's what I thought. Didn't track with my research when I was -- southdenverhoo 09/22/2023 10:29AM I think it will be a very slow shift. -- Lucius 09/21/2023 8:23PM Question: must winerys use distributors? ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 9:00PM Won't the brewers want to share the wealth with consumers?? :-) ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 8:20PM What wealth? (seriously) What a distributor-less brewery will need to get -- southdenverhoo 09/21/2023 8:47PM Unless the industry has changed significantly a brewery still needs... -- Lucius 09/22/2023 09:39AM I agree with this 100%. I will quibble over whether most small breweries do -- southdenverhoo 09/22/2023 10:49AM Sounds like a win for consumers? ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/21/2023 6:51PM Nailed it ** -- EHoo 09/22/2023 06:35AM Ouch! ** -- MBHoo 09/21/2023 8:06PM true ** -- Trigon 09/21/2023 7:49PM Succinct and funny ** -- TELawrence 09/21/2023 6:11PM Builtbadgers ** -- The Grand WazHoo 09/21/2023 11:33PM Mike Bronson ** -- BogeyHoo 09/21/2023 11:07PM Fletch F Fletch 🥲 ** -- HooTiger 09/21/2023 10:41PM Chilli beans ** -- me chuckles 09/21/2023 10:31PM I saw some posts in the In Game Chat board this Football season. ** -- Asheville Hoo 09/22/2023 1:26PM Vanilla Ice, Mike Bronson ** -- Hoodlum 09/21/2023 10:30PM You sure Mike Bronson has come back as Silky Johnson? ** -- Asheville Hoo 09/22/2023 1:25PM I thought it was MG234......... ** -- me chuckles 09/22/2023 4:07PM VBHOO..... -- Beachoo 09/21/2023 10:05PM Think he posts on 247 now. -- Birddog 09/22/2023 09:47AM I asked about him I think within the last year and was told he is alive -- 111Balz 09/22/2023 07:23AM D4** -- MBHoo 09/21/2023 8:10PM Would be great to get @rdm take on SMU ** -- jackethoo 09/21/2023 6:02PM Houston-area Longhorn guy ... seems he was having some medical challenges ** -- Trigon 09/21/2023 5:16PM Hooville1 hasn’t posted in over 200 days. ** -- hooshouse 09/21/2023 5:04PM Word is, he eloped with Mg234 but hoo knows? ** -- WAH00WA 09/21/2023 7:33PM Think MG gave up on the sabre and now exclusively posts on 247. ** -- Birddog 09/21/2023 8:40PM Wondered about Hooville1. Hope he is ok? ** -- Birddog 09/21/2023 5:41PM I was surprised to not see him around for the start of the NFL. ** -- hooshouse 09/21/2023 6:10PM
09/21/2023 3:50PM That's actually good news to hear! ** -- Hoodafan 09/21/2023 5:11PM This is what I remember -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2023 3:20PM I remember -- Trigon 09/21/2023 3:09PM So, Sao Paulo in last week of winter is like South Florida in mid March. -- Jim C 09/21/2023 7:01PM That's a bit of a misleading and sensationalist headline. -- CDCHoo 09/21/2023 5:47PM I love how the politicization of everything has now made it impossible to.. -- EAPo 09/23/2023 11:57PM "Climate alarmism" is a wild phrase. Wild. ** -- SchmHoo 09/22/2023 1:09PM There's a bull market in alarmism of all bents, anymore. Culture of Fear. ** -- EAPo 09/24/2023 12:11AM “Alarmism” thanks for the laugh, I needed that. ** -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 7:16PM Record. I think that was the point ** -- 111Balz 09/21/2023 6:31PM Yes but a record over how many years of measurement -- Wahoos79 09/21/2023 10:19PM Well, that is a good point. Their numbers only reference since 1931. -- 111Balz 09/22/2023 07:27AM Yes, only point is we need some level of context -- Wahoos79 09/22/2023 08:19AM And this has happened multiple times on a much larger scale -- Wahoos79 09/22/2023 11:36AM Always have to keep in mind that winter is a relative term -- PatK1990 09/21/2023 3:21PM Unusual? Record ** -- 111Balz 09/21/2023 6:32PM Also of note, Brazil has hot-semi arid and hot desert classifications... -- CDCHoo 09/21/2023 5:50PM Add it to the list of records ** -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 3:40PM Well yeah, it is surrounded by water. What about the Sahara? ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2023 3:37PM Yeah I get it. It's aberrant, but would it shock you? ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2023 3:50PM Meanwhile, closer to home... -- The Hook 09/21/2023 2:12PM Feels a bit like pointing to Mt. Washington and saying... see! ** -- TELawrence 09/21/2023 5:58PM During the polar vortex we had -30 windchill -- Wembley 09/21/2023 2:47PM As long as climate change gets credit for the pleasant anecdotal weather -- hoomonger 09/21/2023 5:20PM Agree, was an easy summer after a very easy winter weatherwise -- Capital City Hoo 09/21/2023 3:10PM Should have been at Timberline last winter... -- The Hook 09/21/2023 6:27PM Nina or Nino ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 5:26PM Yup. ** -- The Hook 09/21/2023 6:27PM Yup. I'm a little ways East of you, just outside of DC these days -- Capital City Hoo 09/21/2023 4:20PM I remember one month in 1975 when the temp didn't get above freezing. NOVA ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 5:28PM The previous winter we had a little. The past winter nothing. ** -- Lucius 09/21/2023 4:44PM Agree ** -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 2:50PM We had a rough few weeks in northeast NC, but it wasn't nearly as hot as -- QBSacker 09/21/2023 2:47PM Jennifer Garner is from Charleston? ** -- Hoogle.com 09/22/2023 10:27AM Pretty crazy ** -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 2:17PM Conversion: 45C = 113F ** -- Stimp 09/21/2023 1:53PM RIP Coach McFall. Will Collegiate get lights on the field? Has Russ donated -- jackethoo 09/21/2023 1:58PM Hmm, we got them last year.:) -- Birddog 09/21/2023 2:47PM So sorry to hear that. -- Birddog 09/21/2023 12:38PM I would also quit after coaching Russell Wilson ** -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 2:19PM He had been at Collegiate for nearly 30 or more years . He retired. ** -- Birddog 09/21/2023 9:36PM Here's a country music/dancing event Saturday in Stanardsville 4:30-8:30 pm -- Hoos in da house 09/21/2023 11:55AM I would do it for the sheer joy of flying but not as a -- NewBernHoo 09/21/2023 9:12PM I looked into it and took a few lessons locally -- typed by ben 09/21/2023 11:53AM I know plenty of people that have their license but don’t have a plane -- hoolu 09/21/2023 11:46AM I think all the major ones have guarantees… -- Wahoos79 09/21/2023 8:01PM The "insurance" can be misleading. Depends on the event. -- HWA 09/22/2023 12:02AM Used Seat Geek on Sunday for a Mariners game. No issues whatsoever. ** -- felkadelic 09/21/2023 7:41PM Meet the Iceman & Slider there for a grudge match ** -- me chuckles 09/21/2023 10:46AM My first homoerotic experience that left me confused, and a bit curious ** -- Wembley 09/21/2023 11:11AM Tarantino -- DownTownHoo 09/21/2023 11:24AM Thanks chef! ** -- MBHoo 09/21/2023 12:01PM Threadjack: earlier this week, the Wordle was my name. Told my -- HoosADaddy 09/21/2023 1:40PM Ha exact opposite for me ** -- 111shamrock 09/21/2023 1:12PM I take a different approach. I waste a choice with a word that contains as -- HooInDE 09/21/2023 11:59AM I got it in 2 today by some random miracle ** -- HoozDaMan 09/21/2023 09:53AM I also got it in 2 -- KaHOOnah 09/21/2023 10:38AM Mine is... -- HoozDaMan 09/21/2023 8:21PM I also got it on second line. My first word, as usual, was … -- powerhouse 09/21/2023 11:28AM That’s my starter also ** -- SaxonHoo 09/23/2023 4:38PM Likewise. It dovetailed nicely with the first word I always use ** -- darkstar 09/21/2023 10:36AM Is it the same as mine? ** -- KaHOOnah 09/21/2023 10:38AM Today's is a candidate for a secondary challenge -- Faz d. Hoo 09/21/2023 09:40AM I saw Badfish (Sublime cover band) there. The sound is pretty darn good -- SabreNation 09/21/2023 09:07AM Wishing the owners the best of luck. Spent some time in the kitchen with -- chefhoo 09/21/2023 06:58AM Kickball was tonight: went down early 6-0 and did not allow another run -- HillaryHoo2U 09/20/2023 9:30PM Btw I love plaid ** -- Covhoo2 09/21/2023 12:48PM Nice! How are we looking in the standings? ** -- CavMan1 09/21/2023 09:23AM 2-0; season just started last week ** -- HillaryHoo2U 09/21/2023 1:43PM If you can kick a wrench, you can kick a ball! ** -- AlcoHOOliday 09/21/2023 07:16AM Similar to the Boardsi post a few days ago, anyone familiar with ExecThread -- North Main Hokie 09/20/2023 8:03PM I received something similar 2x a couple months ago. Deleted. ** -- 2001 Hoo 09/21/2023 10:42AM By 'executive' do they mean half a million thirsty 20 and 30-somethings -- HoooHooo 09/21/2023 08:15AM It’s $300/year ** -- Wembley 09/21/2023 08:09AM Exclusive and 500,000 seem to be mutually exclusive to me. ** -- EHoo 09/21/2023 07:49AM Yeah, but when you figure there's like 8 billion people that aren't in it.. ** -- Lucius 09/21/2023 08:54AM Haven't seen that one, but it sounds like this person -- Saratoga Hoo 09/20/2023 9:55PM Check out this Nathaniel Murphy version on a B-bender Gibson Dove -- SabreIsJericho 09/21/2023 09:50AM This and her Rain Song cover are two of the most ridiculously good things -- fishhoo 09/20/2023 11:40PM Impressive! Here is one of my fav Zeppelin covers - When the Levy Breaks -- YabaDabaHoo 09/20/2023 5:02PM What a overhyped and silly event that was. Remember it well. ** -- HoonDog 09/20/2023 6:08PM Indeed, old man that was never that good vs a women at.he top of her game. -- Wahoo61 09/20/2023 9:23PM Former pro at my club said he personally watched an older male pro ranked -- phoo 09/21/2023 09:22AM Who are you calling an old man? I'll be 55 next year and that comment hits -- BocaHoo91 09/21/2023 06:46AM McEnroe is correct. Yes, that was an overhyped event. -- Wahoos79 09/20/2023 10:31PM Along the lines of the Wordle thread, what's the most # of Hoos you've put -- croakerhoo 09/20/2023 3:08PM .007 JA and .6 Mike Scott today. ** -- hooshouse 09/22/2023 12:07AM He wasn't a Hoo, but got to use a former student today in a game... fun. ** -- CavMan1 09/20/2023 7:57PM Not familiar immaculate grid but keep Gary Cuozzo in mind ** -- NJHoo 09/20/2023 4:35PM A Phi Beta Kappa Quarterback ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 4:42PM Get Portnoy on the case. One bite, everybody knows the rules ** -- Bourbon Bowl 09/21/2023 08:09AM Not everybody -- Trigon 09/21/2023 3:02PM It's decent - tried their mushroom pizza. ** -- Trigon 09/21/2023 01:23AM Average to poor -- DevinSprite 09/20/2023 4:24PM Poor to bad ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 8:52PM Wawa has the best gas station subs... -- The Hook 09/20/2023 3:48PM Bellaire Market is the standard for gas station food. Everyone else is a -- Wembley 09/20/2023 5:15PM Yes its one of them but there are others that are just as good ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 5:24PM The Markets by Tiger Fuel have the same sandwiches at a couple locations -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 5:58PM "The Market" kept the old guy who fried chicken at the -- Hoogle.com 09/21/2023 11:51AM …they’re a local franchise. Or am I stating the obvious? -- HoosGuy 09/20/2023 7:14PM We have urban counter in the chicago -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 6:27PM Agreed, very good for a gas station. ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 5:11PM Their "bargain" sub (1/2 hoagies and a side for $6) has been noticeably -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 4:33PM Someone recently recommended Royal Farms fried chicken to me. -- mikec171 09/20/2023 3:30PM 'RoFo' as the youts say. ** -- Trigon 09/20/2023 10:34PM The 16 piece dark is -- Spudnut 09/20/2023 10:32PM World Famous. -- Lucius 09/20/2023 3:47PM I have and would seek! -- DeltaPsiberHoo 09/20/2023 7:33PM Slightly OT, but related. C-store at Manakin exit on I-64, just -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 3:13PM It's called "Wise Choice" and the chicken is great ** -- WAH00WA 09/20/2023 4:14PM Yes! That road is a.k.a. Ashland Rd, I believe. ** -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 3:23PM Haven't had it, but you mentioned Hunt Brothers; an arcade down the road -- QBSacker 09/20/2023 2:59PM My kids would prefer Hunt Brothers over any other pizza ** -- HoozDaMan 09/20/2023 3:05PM It is now. They are 15 and 17 and have pretty decent taste in food -- HoozDaMan 09/20/2023 10:27PM My kids thought Little Caesar's couldn't be topped ** -- HburgCav 09/20/2023 4:05PM And for the price, they are right. ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 5:11PM That crazy bread though. ** -- Scarsnhoos 09/20/2023 4:51PM My kids love Domino's thin and crispy cheese pizza. It's mind boggling to -- QBSacker 09/20/2023 4:09PM And it costs $19! ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 8:53PM I don't know where your Domino's is but that's an insane price. We pay $7. -- QBSacker 09/20/2023 8:55PM I'm there with you...never liked Domino's before or after the recipe change ** -- HOOfan_1 09/20/2023 7:09PM 4,419 stories or diamond earrings? If the latter, did she lose another -- EHoo 09/21/2023 07:42AM Stories :( ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/21/2023 07:57AM Beaches at Turks ** -- 1991Hoo 09/20/2023 9:43PM More than $15k for Negril, I’d bet T&C is 18K ** -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 10:14PM Disney cruise? -- HooStu 09/20/2023 3:21PM Will second Disney Cruise, particularly new ship Wish -- peeweehooman 09/20/2023 3:28PM Do they have adults only pool or sections of the ships? ** -- Oregon Hoo 09/21/2023 10:16AM Yes -- peeweehooman 09/21/2023 11:28AM Anyone been to Moon Palace in Ocho Rios? ** -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 3:05PM Here are some ideas (have no idea on costs) -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 2:57PM Beaches Turks and Caicos is over $15k for the week. I had seen -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 3:01PM Yeah, we stayed there 14 or 15 years ago and it was really expensive back -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 4:25PM Why are they recommending against DR? -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 3:44PM Almost every place you recommended was $11k for just lodging -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 3:58PM Have you tried to go via a travel agent? ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 4:39PM I may need to ** -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 6:57PM Did you look into Hotel Xcaret at Playa Del Carmen? ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 9:58PM Yeah lodging alone for a week was 11k. Now add four flights to Mexico and -- hooman#1 09/21/2023 10:00AM Article on this in Travel and Leisure this past Spring -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 2:13PM Those places look nice - maybe too nice though -- GtownHoo 09/20/2023 2:24PM Lol...Oil Nut Bay...just slightly more accessible than Richard Branson's -- HooStu 09/20/2023 3:20PM I was about to add that, but you are 4 Seasons kind of guy! ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 2:43PM Wordle today - frustrating! Took all 6 tries after 4 of 5 first try! -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:02PM I got SNARE in four attempts ** -- DownTownHoo 09/20/2023 5:04PM Uh, spoiling a Wordle is very bad form. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 09/20/2023 6:07PM Sorry I don’t know the etiquette -- DownTownHoo 09/20/2023 6:19PM Wordle can be started up until midnight of that day and I recently learned -- Asheville Hoo 09/21/2023 1:17PM Same! Kept inserting the random letter expecting a green response... ** -- U Remember 09/20/2023 4:15PM NT Times Wordle? Had 4 letters by 2nd guess, took me 2 more trys to get it ** -- NJHoo 09/20/2023 3:14PM Are you playing in hard mode? Because otherwise you just need to -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:26PM This is the equivalent of laying up in golf -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:40PM That IS solving (spoilers inside) -- Smeds 09/20/2023 2:29PM When you play hard mode, you have to be much more strategic in your word -- Faz d. Hoo 09/20/2023 2:58PM Wordle is fun, but an easy game to win -- Stimp 09/20/2023 1:56PM It is too easy to win in 6. I consider 4 or less a win and try -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 2:52PM Yeah I don't use hard mode but I guess I play that way anyway ** -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:58PM I agree. But if you’re on a par 4 and after your -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:45PM I hear you, but you're hitting for average. I play for glory. ** -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:51PM Ha. I’m old. I used to swing for the fence in softball too until -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:57PM I am not in hard mode. Until now didn’t realize there was a hard mode. ** -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:35PM Yeah, I guessed RAISE for my first guess -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:41PM My first word today was … (spoiler alert) -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:59PM I had four correctly placed letters on line two -- Stimp 09/20/2023 1:25PM I did as well, but to keep from guessing the last letter one try at a time, -- Bourbon Bowl 09/20/2023 1:51PM Got it on 2! Which is always pure luck ** -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:03PM Same here. Rare and lucky ** -- woodyhoos 09/20/2023 1:05PM Also got it in two. I think a good player will have more 2s than 6s and -- Faz d. Hoo 09/20/2023 1:11PM My weighted average score is 3.92 (attributing 7 guesses to a miss). -- rcm 09/20/2023 5:41PM Over the last 2+ years, my average is 3.85 w/ 7s for not getting it and 8s -- Asheville Hoo 09/20/2023 5:58PM Agree. I think of 4 as “par” and also shoot for more 3s than 5s. -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:21PM Yeah. That’s how I think about it too. I optimize for 4 or -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:38PM I am close to that. 76% 4 or less. On 3 vs 5 I am -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:54PM I’ve been on the lucky side too. Random at that point. ** -- powerhouse 09/20/2023 1:09PM Not sure but I’m “older” and provide tech support for… -- Wahoos79 09/20/2023 5:15PM This seems to apply -- QBSacker 09/20/2023 2:34PM Laughing at the thought of the older guys and gals reading this thread and -- hooshouse 09/20/2023 2:17PM If so, my sons need to join ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 2:05PM BTW. With that said, back in 1996 or so, my mom called me long-distance.... -- 1995hoo 09/20/2023 2:09PM Went home for Christmas, and printed some travel/passport information. -- HWA 09/20/2023 1:59PM Oh my gosh. Just went through this with my mother-in-law -- GoneFromBad 09/20/2023 1:38PM Edit: Meant for QBSacker below. We averted complete disaster -- GoneFromBad 09/20/2023 3:28PM Holy crap...I laughed so hard at the first part of your post. I lost it -- QBSacker 09/20/2023 2:38PM Happened 2 times with my mother. Kept trying to remind her -- Saratoga Hoo 09/20/2023 2:09PM Had something similar happen. -- Wahoo0408 09/20/2023 1:52PM Classic ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/20/2023 1:49PM You mean those of us who then get stuff fixed by our teenagers? ** -- LeadingEdge 09/20/2023 1:26PM Brother, I have fixed my mom’s phone 3 days in a row. -- hooshouse 09/20/2023 1:23PM Present. The real kicker is when they have a flip phone ... -- Trigon 09/20/2023 1:09PM OMFG. it's a nightmare -- CAVern 09/20/2023 1:05PM I required my mom to get a pro tech guy to help her -- townie 09/20/2023 4:12PM Some lessons I’ve learned -- 757 09/20/2023 1:18PM Unfortunately I just avoid it as much as possible because i cannot fix -- CAVern 09/20/2023 1:51PM Never thought of that. I also get the "my phone won't send email!!!" calls. -- HWA 09/20/2023 2:02PM Yeah. He almost always is replying to someone else -- CAVern 09/20/2023 4:26PM I have created flow charts so my mom could use her dvd -- Saratoga Hoo 09/20/2023 1:03PM That's not how this works, this isn't how any of this works . . . ** -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 1:08PM Even trying to teach my mom who live with me how to search on Youtube has -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:46PM Asking for your kids? :-) ** -- Hoodafan 09/20/2023 12:41PM I wish -- 757 09/20/2023 1:00PM "It's a struggle...." ** -- Skeets 09/20/2023 1:21PM A PC, 2 iPads, 2 TV remotes -- 757 09/20/2023 12:28PM I was just watching Dr. Rick ads and realized there was an Easter Egg -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 12:31PM I was watching clips of a British improv comedy show -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 09/20/2023 12:43PM I feel ya. But I save ~$150/month on all the streaming services -- TheFlash 09/20/2023 12:20PM ETOH? -- FfxStationHokie 09/20/2023 12:15PM My parents, born in 1916 and 1918 did after taking a course -- NJHoo 09/20/2023 12:56PM "Get in there!!!!!" ** -- Scarsnhoos 09/20/2023 2:46PM But I figure "hey, when's the next time I'm gonna be in Haiti?" ** -- chicken 09/20/2023 12:58PM Hall of fame one right there ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 09/20/2023 1:35PM YOLO! ** -- EHoo 09/20/2023 12:28PM The fire department guy helped the person up, while the other medical -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:49PM Considering the helicopter crashed, it's a miracle the heart even survived -- HOOfan_1 09/20/2023 12:33PM First a crash then a drop. Methinks this heart is cursed already ** -- Oregon Hoo 09/21/2023 10:19AM That's not how rub some dirt on it works! That's not how any of this works! ** -- Hoodafan 09/20/2023 12:01PM Dude was more concerned with getting himself up and dusted off! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 12:02PM 10 lb bags of ice are now 7 lb bags of ice. Same price ** -- 79 Wahoo 09/20/2023 3:15PM If 50% use their own ziplock and 50% use a tupperware, that's a 50% drop. -- Wiz92 09/20/2023 2:33PM You don't have the equation right.... -- The Hook 09/20/2023 9:07PM Oh hell yeah. Too many things to count. Nearly everything. I noted fries at -- EAPo 09/20/2023 1:22PM Interesting - I haven't had that experience so far at Five Guys. ** -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:55PM I know originally the "extra fries top off" was strategic and priced in. ** -- mikec171 09/20/2023 3:32PM Little Debbie oatmeal cream pie from machine at work went up to $1.75 from -- Scarsnhoos 09/20/2023 12:05PM Little known factoid: Little Debbie is manufactured in Stuart's Draft** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 1:47PM Chomp down on one of the Swiss Cake Rolls and skin the other one. -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 2:01PM Debbie is being a real downer. ** -- Scarsnhoos 09/20/2023 1:51PM Or Drafter ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 8:48PM That is a LOT of quarters for that oatmeal creme pie from under those -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 12:22PM Betting it's driven more by a sustainable packaging initiative -- hoomonger 09/20/2023 12:01PM Its called shake and bake not flop and bake :) ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:07PM Normally I bake first, then flop... -- The Hook 09/20/2023 9:08PM I buy pink starburst for my daughters, used to get it for a dollar -- Wembley 09/20/2023 11:47AM I don't like that they sell single flavors. Takes the risk/fun out of it. ** -- 111shamrock 09/20/2023 1:53PM I feel like you can do better at amazon...... ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 11:57AM That adds up big time as you fill the cart. It is still significant in it's -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 11:55AM Solution: Go to the ABC Store Buy a bottle of Elijah Craig Rye and a -- mudshark 09/20/2023 11:44AM Can you get the same result with one bottle? ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 11:54AM The one bottle bag is too small (narrow). ** -- mudshark 09/20/2023 11:59AM Even if you buy a handle? :) ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:07PM Shrinkflastion. I noted this with Gatorade Zero(and regular, tbf)quietly -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 11:41AM And this is how you know this has nothing to do with the environment... -- The Hook 09/20/2023 9:13PM I noticed this a few months back as well. I used to drink the gatorade then -- Scarsnhoos 09/20/2023 11:59AM I noticed this too. I’m out here in the streets doing math -- hooshouse 09/20/2023 11:44AM The beer per oz designations are sometimes tricky in the different -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 11:46AM Beer cans keep getting smaller. Forcing me to Miller HL ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 11:55AM Good stuff there MHL ** -- me chuckles 09/20/2023 2:30PM Other than some funky German stuff isn't it 12oz cans? ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/20/2023 12:00PM Good thing I'm not buying beer on absolute value. -- Lucius 09/20/2023 11:48AM I've been getting their 19.3 oz cans. A bit pricier per oz but the perfect -- Page105 09/20/2023 1:46PM You live in Free Union, right? ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 1:39PM I bet the store hasn't repriced its beer in ages. ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 1:42PM Because you live in the Coun-tree! ** -- Hoogle.com 09/20/2023 1:49PM Yeah, that's a fair price. ** -- Lucius 09/20/2023 11:54AM Took my 16 year old son to the DMV today to get his driver's license and -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 11:23AM Very thweet of him ** -- SchmHoo 09/20/2023 6:17PM Ha. I didn’t think cracking that joke seemed like a very good idea. -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 7:03PM Did they get their face tats at the same place? -- 007 Hoo 09/20/2023 4:34PM Awesome ** -- hooman#1 09/20/2023 12:46PM He didn’t happen to give him a Bentley…. ** -- CAV itee 09/20/2023 12:36PM Where does one get a pimping suit like that? ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:19PM Chess King ** -- Stimp 09/20/2023 2:01PM Looks like a place called “Pine Crest”. ** -- 1994Wahoo 09/20/2023 1:30PM South Florida! ** -- Capital City Hoo 09/20/2023 12:33PM Woah! ** -- mikec171 09/20/2023 11:57AM Hope it didn't turn out like this (video) -- stubbyhoo 09/20/2023 11:56AM That cant be funny anymore after what happened in Gillette stadium..... ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:20PM That's how it turned out for me when I added him to my insurance policy -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:11PM To answer your responses -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:44PM I wish. I'm guessing you don't have teenage boy drivers. -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:53PM Or live in Florida or drive fancy cars..... -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:55PM Florida hurts for sure. Other than my wife’s car, they’re -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 1:00PM I had two boys under 25 on an USAA policy for many years. Down to one now! -- stubbyhoo 09/20/2023 12:23PM You dont seem like a Miata kind of guy..... ** -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:21PM I wanted a Boxster GTS but there was an 18-24 month lead time. -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:33PM It reads like I really wanted to eat a steak at -- Zhoo 09/20/2023 12:43PM I wanted a manual transmission so that rules out any Mercedes or the M3/M4 -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:51PM Awesome! ** -- darkstar 09/20/2023 11:36AM Very cool ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 11:26AM He looked like he was ready to go 10 rounds with the young guys. And -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:16PM Know he is fairly short, didn't know about the freakish large feet. ** -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:53PM I never knew that. You are a little younger than me but man was -- jdubforwahoowa 09/20/2023 12:20PM Oh for sure. Even beyond the ring, he was a cultural phenomenon... video -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 12:27PM Another version of the same (link) -- stubbyhoo 09/20/2023 11:59AM $50 million gift to UVA equally divided between McIntire, Master Athletics -- JMHoo 09/20/2023 09:05AM These people make me wonder where I went wrong in life. -- Wiz92 09/20/2023 10:25AM But I thought nobody beats the Wiz! ** -- GtownHoo 09/20/2023 2:05PM I think becoming moderately successful in this country is pretty easy and -- BocaHoo91 09/20/2023 11:19AM When my family first immigrated to US in early 80's, they told friends -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:42PM If only the way to mega wealth was as simple as ** -- Lucius 09/20/2023 10:53AM If I went to Richmond airport 15 min earlier, I could have won the lottery -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 10:43AM So you are just hanging on to your $50 Million? ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 10:37AM Yeah, the same tape plays in my head--- I have to remember that for each -- HooInDE 09/20/2023 10:34AM Keep in mind there's a lot of luck with most people's success. -- Lucius 09/20/2023 10:57AM Skill, will, and some help, whether “luck” or a benefactor -- 111Balz 09/20/2023 1:02PM "Fooled by Randomness" is a fantastic read and delves into this topic. -- Hoodlum 09/20/2023 11:09AM Yup! What's worse is that many consider me to be successful..just neuroses ** -- HooInDE 09/20/2023 11:00AM Agreed, I try to shrug it off and move on. -- Wiz92 09/20/2023 10:44AM One important fact to remember is that there is no direct correlation -- Hoodlum 09/20/2023 11:02AM One happiness correlation I read is your wealth compare to your bro-in-law -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:17PM People definitely typically care much more about what other people make -- Hoodlum 09/20/2023 12:25PM Sort of odd that we have such innate competitiveness when human evolved -- JohnHoo2 09/20/2023 12:45PM We are only damned when we are satisfied, so it spurs innovation and -- Hoodlum 09/20/2023 1:48PM Probably right, but hard to acknowledge sometimes ** -- ARKHOO 09/20/2023 11:12AM Well, Step 1 is to cut a hole in a box... ** -- Waverly 09/20/2023 10:31AM Very generous contribution, glad to see a big donor recognize the -- 1994Wahoo 09/20/2023 09:16AM Ray has done amazingly well. I knew him when I was a banker in Va Beach -- 111Balz 09/20/2023 09:45AM
