The Goat Pen

hedge wrote:So you had less fouls and shot more ft's when he was reffing in the UConn game, and you shot 6 more ft's than UCLA when you played them. Seems like a strong basis to keep him from ever reffing UK games again...

Saint wrote:"To make a long story short, my parents put all 4 of us kids though college on their OWN money... never borrowed one red cent from anyone or got student loans. "


If tuition rates were what they are today, comparable to income, you'd still be standing around the fambly stove, crotch.

crotch wrote:

Saint wrote:Fambly fun times from crotch's younger days

Enjoyed the humor, Saint, but all joking aside you'll never know just how close to being accurate that pic was of growing up here in Eastern Kentucky in the early 50s. Dad was making $35/week working as a mechanic at a garage in town and mom was busy taking care of us 'youngins. We were never hungry but food was scarce to say the least. We had a cow and several chickens which helped out tremendously. Mom saved every dime she could so we kids wouldn't have to do without and she hardly EVER spent anything on herself. By the late 50's, she had saved enough for us to buy a better house. I was the youngest of the 4 kids and when I got in grade school, she went to work at the Elementary school as the lunchroom director. Brought in another paycheck to say the least. Dad had started his own garage by that time and was doing pretty good. Mom was still saving every penny she could. To make a long story short, my parents put all 4 of us kids though college on their OWN money... never borrowed one red cent from anyone or got student loans. We were the first of both sides of our family to go to college and we ALL got degrees. Both of my sisters were Valedictorians of their senior classes in the early 60's and one got a $100 scholarship to Morehead and the other got a $250 scholarship to Eastern. And FWIW, I wouldn't change one thing about the way I grew up. These 'spoon fed' kids today know absolutely nothing about earning something or what it's like to see their parents scrape the bottom of the bowl for a few pennies. Once I graduated college and got my teaching job, I made sure I paid them back for everything they did for me and then some. Again, thanx for the pic... that stove in the pic is exactly like the one we had to keep our whole house warm. Mom used to tell the story of my older brother eating ashes out of the bottom of the stove. Those were great days to be a kid. Some of you wouldn't understand that though.

Professor Tiger wrote:

crotch wrote:

Saint wrote:Fambly fun times from crotch's younger days

Enjoyed the humor, Saint, but all joking aside you'll never know just how close to being accurate that pic was of growing up here in Eastern Kentucky in the early 50s. Dad was making $35/week working as a mechanic at a garage in town and mom was busy taking care of us 'youngins. We were never hungry but food was scarce to say the least. We had a cow and several chickens which helped out tremendously. Mom saved every dime she could so we kids wouldn't have to do without and she hardly EVER spent anything on herself. By the late 50's, she had saved enough for us to buy a better house. I was the youngest of the 4 kids and when I got in grade school, she went to work at the Elementary school as the lunchroom director. Brought in another paycheck to say the least. Dad had started his own garage by that time and was doing pretty good. Mom was still saving every penny she could. To make a long story short, my parents put all 4 of us kids though college on their OWN money... never borrowed one red cent from anyone or got student loans. We were the first of both sides of our family to go to college and we ALL got degrees. Both of my sisters were Valedictorians of their senior classes in the early 60's and one got a $100 scholarship to Morehead and the other got a $250 scholarship to Eastern. And FWIW, I wouldn't change one thing about the way I grew up. These 'spoon fed' kids today know absolutely nothing about earning something or what it's like to see their parents scrape the bottom of the bowl for a few pennies. Once I graduated college and got my teaching job, I made sure I paid them back for everything they did for me and then some. Again, thanx for the pic... that stove in the pic is exactly like the one we had to keep our whole house warm. Mom used to tell the story of my older brother eating ashes out of the bottom of the stove. Those were great days to be a kid. Some of you wouldn't understand that though.

Make that a little shorter, and rhyme, and this has the makings of a Top 10 Country music song.

Professor Tiger wrote:These are the kind of people that Democrats used to champion.

Not anymore. Today they are called "deplorables" and blamed for all the world's problems.

eCat wrote:this has the UK fans stirred up

not saying I believe it - I wouldn't know dick gabriel if he said hi to me everyday but supposedly he has some credibility

listen at the 7:50 mark

http://bigblueinsider.com/2017/03/march ... ike-pratt/

hedge wrote:

eCat wrote:this has the UK fans stirred up

not saying I believe it - I wouldn't know dick gabriel if he said hi to me everyday but supposedly he has some credibility

listen at the 7:50 mark

http://bigblueinsider.com/2017/03/march ... ike-pratt/

Jesus christ, you had a 5 point lead (or was it 7?) with under 5 minutes to play and you lost. Had nothing to do with anything that happened in the first half. Would've lost worse if not for three 3's in the final 50 seconds, one of them borderline miraculous. Monk and Fox were a combined 9-24 for the game, and if they hadn't hit those 3's at the end, it would've been worse than that. It was a gift that Humphries and Hawkins got to play as much as they did, they were far more effective than Monk and Fox. We were playing with a white mormon at point and a 4th string freshman in the first half when Berry rolled his ankle. Let it go...