Fungo Squiggly said:

Yeah, no kids, a fairly cheap lifestyle, and a ridiculous 15-year run in the market have definitely helped. I'd been aiming for 55 but lowered it to 50 maybe 5 years ago. But last year nearly killed me and I've decided I've had enough of all of this nonsense.

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I'm sure you know this, but if you do go that early, just make sure you're diversified enough to weather a major market correction without having to sell when the market is down because that correction will come at some point. It seems like it should have happened already or happen fairly soon given the incompetence and venality of our overlapping political and plutocratic classes. That said, it's likely been in significant part due to that venality that the system has been set up to inflate the paper value of financial assets and thereby benefit both the capital R and lower-case r rich (the latter being people like financially prudent or investment savvy doctors, lawyers, tech professionals, engineers, skilled tradespeople, successful small business owners, some government employees, etc.) to the detriment of folks who get all of their money from working so it may be that the powers that be don't allow a market crash to get too severe.

B1G scheduling info announced (no dates yet). OSU will play 3 B1G teams twice: UM, Iowa & PSU. Other home games include Maryland, MSU, NW, Oregon, Rutgers, Washington and Wisconsin.

BigWoof31 said:

What are we doing here?

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Is state going to have a big year?

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Why does that coach look like the love child of Fitz and Herbie?

sparcboxbuck said:

My hat is off if you're doing it at 46. Congrats. The ACA genie is out of the lamp. I don't know how they try to put her back in without a huge catastrophe.

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Yeah, no kids, a fairly cheap lifestyle, and a ridiculous 15-year run in the market have definitely helped. I'd been aiming for 55 but lowered it to 50 maybe 5 years ago. But last year nearly killed me and I've decided I've had enough of all of this nonsense. My midlife existential crisis hit like a truck and my solution is to quit the entire game. If you need me, I'll be off in the woods somewhere working on my manifesto.

one of the schools he setup a visit with this summer (DIII Bluffton) emailed him to let him know they have discontinued the swim program at the school (they were the one with only 2 male swimmers) - so now down to 3 officially scheduled visits

last game (last thursday) he was a DH, went 2/4 with a pair of singles and 2 RBI's - a K, and a fly out. stole 2 bases. game tonight, we'll see how much he plays again

gregorylee said:

Advice - when you get old, don't do dumb shit.

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that requires an explanation... please tell me it involves what would clearly be an OHSA violation?

Whatever happened to all of the P90X people on this board? Are they still alive?

That’s fine.
I didn’t want to learn how to say his name, anyway.

gregorylee said:

Thanks Iam, my insurance runs out Sunday-ish anyway so at that point I'm going home either way shitty roommate or no, and I can't wait!

PSA- Been gone for almost 2 months. Advice - when you get old, don't do dumb shit.

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iambrutus said:

get better soon GL - that's a rough spot with a shitty roommate

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Thanks Iam, my insurance runs out Sunday-ish anyway so at that point I'm going home either way shitty roommate or no, and I can't wait!

PSA- Been gone for almost 2 months. Advice - when you get old, don't do dumb shit.

this past winter, i got tired of my then 15 year old, 5'10" 165lb son walking around flexing and showing off, so I went to the gym with him and had him put me through his normal work outs (lifts 3x per week for football, then usually 1-2 days on his own) - I thought I was going to die. So a few weeks ago, I had him come to my MIL's with me to help me pour a small concrete pad for her trashcans - he thought he was going to die, I taught him what old man strength means, LOL. That being said, I really need to get back to the gym on a more consistent basis before he gets to much bigger

calibuck said:

Stack up enough OL cordwood, and in two-three years, hopefully someone stands out. Not a terribly unique plan, and when it works, great. When it doesn't, need a QB that can scramble. Also seems like the apparent OL studs visit tOSU, hear their pitch, and compare with what other schools have (to give?), and go elsewhere. Just may be me, but don't see the best OL guys in the portal, and if are, don't sign with tOSU.

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Its all relative, in what deems is the "best OL guys in the Portal". Guys like Josh Simmons, Philip Daniels and Seth McLaughlin weren't considered the best in their Portal classes, but they worked out great for the Buckeyes. And the best guys are relative to the needs, because none of the sites know how to rank transfers. And they're left ranking them based off either what they just did at a school or what their HS ranking was. Of all position groups, OL is the biggest crapshoot of them all, in the Portal and with HS recruits

Cade is an outstanding player but if he and the rest of the Pistons were ever called for barreling into their defender then using the forearm to push off so they're wide open for the shot.. Pistons would already be eliminated

I see Bitcherstaff is crying about officiating...I guess he thinks Detroit should automatically get all the calls. Funny, he never seemed so intense when he was coaching here...he's clearly feeling the pressure of being a perennial underachiever.

I decided to retire the first time I realized I'd been working for 60 years. I was 68 in 2010. The wife wanted me to keep working. yeah, right.
I stayed on 1/2 day for about a month to get the new guy settled. and havent worked since.
Buckeye games, Fishing, pitchin Horseshoes, frosty cold ones, debauchery with the wife, active in the American Legion.
Now I'm 84 in July and down pretty much to the frosty cold ones lol.
Advice: work to 68 or till you want to. then enjoy the rest of your life because when you join the elderly there's usually a steep drop off.
And oh yeah....... DON'T GET OLD!

LOL AT DEETY IN HEAVEN... One of the last "deety" posts.

Deety said:

I rush forward, imitate an attacking bear, run into the office, run into the bedroom, hide in the bathroom, run around the kitchen island, hide in a closet, rush forward and backward and jump side to side, and flail around a 20 lb. grocery bag while shouting, "Swingies! Swingies!"

Sometimes the cats even join me.

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calibuck said:

One thing you can bet on, UT will have the best team money can buy. Whether they perform like that, kinda up in the air. PS, seem to recollect that tOSU was in the 'hunt' for Brandon Baker, but got outbid by the Longhorns. Anyone know definitively how well he's doing? Or is it a 'whew' that he went to Texas (a la Felix Ojo)? Anyway, I get a bang out of seeing which 'next best things' that was/were going to tOSU find out who cratered, and contrarywise, cringe when look at the pre-season mags and see someone tOSU went after on the ratings lists.....

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A second-year offensive lineman who has played in 21 career games with 13 starts.

SOPHOMORE (2025)
Started at right tackle in games against Ohio State (8/30), San Jose State (9/6), Florida (10/4), Oklahoma (10/11), Kentucky (10/18), Mississippi State (10/25), Vanderbilt (11/1), Georgia (11/15), Arkansas (11/22), Texas A&M (11/28) and Michigan (12/31).

FRESHMAN (2024)
Appeared in eight games during his freshman campaign ... played against Colorado State (8/31), UTSA (9/14), ULM (9/21), Georgia (10/19), Florida (11/9), Georgia (12/7), Arizona State (1/1) and Ohio State (1/10).