dmet0225

6 minutes ago, HelloItsMeB said:

Well, hello, Marty! 🤩

I have volunteered at the Byron Nelson golf tournament for the past 10 years.  One year, Marty caddied for Brenden Morrow in the pro-am.  I had my picture taken with both of them.  Last year, Marty played in the pro-am.  I took his picture just after he hit his tee shot.

2 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

It was crazy around here last night. 
 

 

I saw that video earlier.  5 are now confirmed dead.  Pictures of the downed tree limbs from my front yard in the Tribe.  Didn’t want to take away from your trip report.

18 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

the trip has officially begun

 

Here we go. 

What a stormy 6 hours that was. Just before I was about to go to bed, I see a tornado warning for our county.  The lone supercell had actually moved from the NW to the SE, which isn’t typical.  Got about 10 miles to my north.  At least 2 confirmed fatalities from that storm.

Then this morning at about 5:00, another round to my south.  We didn’t get a lot of rain, and it wasn’t even severe warned.  However, when the storm collapsed, the winds started howling with reported gusts over 60.  Limbs were crashing into my house.  I picked up the aftermath.  One was even impaled into the ground.  Still a limb on top of my second story and one landed leaning over my neighbor’s fence.  One limb was about 3-4” in diameter.

9 minutes ago, dmet0225 said:

The wind in this storm right now is not fooling around.  

And now I’m losing tree limbs in my front yard.

14 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

It’s getaway day!!! The forecast was for sunny and clear, but stuff is lingering…. My flight is still on time but imma need this to clear out…..

 

The wind in this storm right now is not fooling around.  

Wow.  This storm is 10-15 miles north of me.  I’m listening to storm spotters, and there is a wedge tornado out there with lots of power flashes.  I can see nasty lightning out my back window.  This one snuck up on us.

5 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

Okay so there’s a tornado in my county but it’s way north of me. What a night 

Yep, wait just a second.  Looking at the radar loop, it appears to be on a NW to SE trajectory.  That’s an odd movement.  And now looking at the NWS X feed, Anna, Melissa and Celina are in the tornado warned area.  That’s definitely south from where this supercell started.

8 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

 

Loudest sporting event of my life was Game 7 against the Avs in 1999. Mike Keane forever.

Oh, and who could forget the “Eddie’s better” chant?

Just now, TxTeach79 said:

 

Loudest sporting event of my life was Game 7 against the Avs in 1999. Mike Keane forever.

I was at that game, too.  Mike Keene was one of those character guys.  We always used to watch him in pregame warmups spit out the piece of gum he was chewing in warmups and flip it into the crowd.
 

I have to say, though, that the loudest sporting event in which I was attending was a game 7 double OT between Philly and Washington in Washington.  I happened to be there for work and got myself a ticket about 5 minutes into the game. Unbelievable experience.  

6 minutes ago, Retired-N-Happy said:

OT playoff hockey?

Well, that goes without saying, but I’d much rather Dallas take care of business in regulation.  In game 7 against Vegas, I took my pulse in the waning moments….let's just say my doctor would have been startled.  My resting pulse is high enough as it is.

I was actually in attendance for the double OT loss against the Devils in 2000 and also in the 5 OT game against Anaheim in 2003.  

3 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

Dad and I on Norwegian Breakaway to Bermuda, 2016

 

 

never mad about Showtime. Showtime is fun. Showtime = memories. 
 

Great pictures.  Thanks for sharing.

3 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

She’s just waiting for morning toiletry musts and then we’re live 

 

Hope you’re able to enjoy the cruise.

1 minute ago, TxTeach79 said:

 

That's as good as it gets in the NHL. The Oilers top end is insane elite. The Stars are the deeper team. Gonna be a heck of a series. That Canadian crowd is gonna be INSANE, and Dallas is the best road team in the league. 

The depth of the Stars is unbelievable.  They are not afraid to throw out the 4th line, and that 4th line can even score.  Nothing better than playoff hockey.  

51 minutes ago, dmet0225 said:

You better hope the Stars figure out how to better handle the puck pressure by the Oilers.  Dallas is lucky it’s still tied right now.

Stars figured it out in the 3rd.  I was seriously nervous after the 2nd.  McDavid-Draisaitl together is lethal.  

1 hour ago, TxTeach79 said:

 

The last bits of packing amidst a crazy day can wait, time to toast one to the boys and hope for the best!

You better hope the Stars figure out how to better handle the puck pressure by the Oilers.  Dallas is lucky it’s still tied right now.

On 5/23/2024 at 12:29 PM, MeganGC1983 said:

He likes the orange flowers. 

Had to revive anything related to this topic.  I have the app 7 Little Words that I play daily. One of today’s clues was “North American Lizards.”  I immediately spotted the puzzle pieces that spelled out “Iguanas.”  Guess who I thought of?

2 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

It’s always a good day with Russ Courtnall comedy lands. Thank you, friend  

I have never bothered with buying sweaters with a name or number, as the player invariably gets traded or signs elsewhere as a free agent.  Now, if you had said a Claude Lemieux Stars sweater, we’d have a problem 
 

My favorite sweater?  There was no option for a blank, but there is no name.

1 hour ago, TxTeach79 said:

So back in 1993 when the Dallas Stars moved here from Minnesota, my buddies and I were fired up and saved up for some real deal hand stitched sweaters…. My buddies all went the obvious route with the Mike Modano 9, but not me. Oh no. I was too smart for that. I was all in on who would REALLY be the big star on the roster….. so yeah, I’m the guy in Dallas who dumped a month’s worth of waiting tables into a RUSS COURTNALL 26.

 

 

 

it still taunts me every time I see it the back of my closet since I can’t get rid of it for some reason. 
 

The Jackie Treehorn shirt is DEFINITELY coming with me, though. 
 

I audibly laughed out loud at the Russ Courtnall sweater.  Not many on here will get it.

2 hours ago, TxTeach79 said:

Solo I just look for a window with nobody in the middle seat (or preferably a still empty row) and dive in. The weird way I convince myself I’m good with the back of the plane is on these rare occasions when I check a bag, like this one (because it’s an 11 day trip and bags are free on SW), I just tell myself by the time I get off the plane and to the baggage claim there’s that much less of a wait. 
 

look, I may not be the athlete I once was, but I’m still pretty good at mental gymnastics 

I once was stuck with the back row against the wall (no window) with the engine just on the other side of the wall in front of the bathroom…..from Newark to DFW.  Absolutely miserable.

57 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

That's exactly what it means... I'm going completely "off the grid", which is uncharted territory for me. Hopefully I survive being disconnected from the modem World...

Trust me….you’ll survive without the inter webs.  Enjoy your vacation..

3 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Are they upside down? 😁

They were not, but at this point, just seeing a pineapple doesn’t matter I believe.

Stopped by Hawaiian Bros. yesterday with the family for some dinner.  They sell t-shirts there.  On the back of two of the shirts is a single pineapple.  Imagine how that goes over these days.  Who would have thought that a single fruit would represent something totally different?

Well, that was a frustrating check-in process for my cruise on the Dream in 2 weeks.  Waited until 11:00 last night to check in.  Kept getting an error message stating it wasn’t time to check in, even through the link to check in on the Carnival was activated.  Speculation on that other site was that maybe it was changed to 12:00am in the time zone of the cruise (Galveston) rather than the eastern time zone.  I was already awake due to the Stars’ loss in 2OT, so I stayed awake until after 12.  Still the same error message, so I went to bed.  Was wide awake at 4am, and checked the Carnival website, and was able to check in for an arrival time of 10:00-10:30am.  

6 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said:

Do you like pina coladas?!

I generally shy away from the frozen drinks, as they're too watered down.  That looks like a good-sized shot of rum in it, so I might enjoy that one.  If that's the ONLY rum in it, then not worth my while.