Hessel Blvd
stop listening to sleepers
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dollar pints, blind pig...
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I made a pitcher of Long Islands once, ONCE.
Shark bowl at R&R still got a shark somplace
I’m not a five-finger discount kind of guy, but I did snatch a rubber bar mat from Kams back in 2012. Fourteen years later, it’s still one of my prized possessions in my kitchen, which probably says more about me than the theft itself.
VERY few places will serve up a pitcher of LIIT and if they did, it's a bad deal for the drinker. You'll end up with a 90/10 mix to liquor ratio. They're not going to fill half the pitcher up with booze, so what you'll end up with is an old lady's drink. Just as well order an Arnold Palmer.
Always order them by the glass. If you're at a bar for a few hours....a good bartender will give you two shots of liquor on top of the mix. You're good after 2, real good after 4, dance on the bar with a lampshade on your head and not making an 11AM kickoff after 6 and it's a Widowmaker after that.
Use that in good health everyone.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
sorry (not sorry), not a drinking post
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
I had some friendly banter there one night with the bartender, who turned out to be an Illinois O-lineman (I could not tell you who). I never had to pay for a beer that night.Frosty mugs at Second Chance for $.35…I’m old…
Another night I was in there and the guy sitting on the stool next to me, peacefully sipping his beers, was a WR for USC. Why yes, they were playing the Illini the next day, and yes they hung half a hundred on the Beloved.
It's optimistic for sure, but just a counter to my perception of the certainty that we won't be good enough defensively that the post I was replying to implied.
We will have to be better in all the ways I pointed out (anything but certain), but I do think there is a path to get there.
That said, I'm the type of fan who is more inclined to find a reason to believe than to look for reasons not to. I just don't think it's as fun. When we lose it's going to be disappointing whether you already believe we will or not. Why not have some fun while we can?
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
I remember that. Thank goodness I rarely partook of those.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
Frosty mugs at Second Chance for $.35…I’m old…
10 cent Sunday night draft beer at Kams in the summer. No foam in those though.
Thursday Lil Kings buckets at Cochrans. Can’t remember prices. But we set the world record twice. Fought it out with Buckeyes. Opened up at 9am for those 2 events.
Mid 80s
Great point about this in case anyone was wondering. 1:25:15
I don't think people realize how good Andrej could be.
This past year, he averaged 13.5 points on 26.3 minutes per game. The totals come out to 459 points in 895 minutes.
If we take that exact points per minute rate (0.513) and just multiply it by 31 minutes, he's at 15.9 points per game. Add in the fact he'll make improvements to his game, get more usage... that's very realistically a 17 point per game scorer next year (or more).
This past year, he averaged 13.5 points on 26.3 minutes per game. The totals come out to 459 points in 895 minutes.
If we take that exact points per minute rate (0.513) and just multiply it by 31 minutes, he's at 15.9 points per game. Add in the fact he'll make improvements to his game, get more usage... that's very realistically a 17 point per game scorer next year (or more).
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That is a lot of frosty mugs!!!
It's notable that some people thought he'd be our best player going into last season. FWIW I'd like to see him do more than nailing 3-pts (though that's nice).
Agreed, the 3-pointers are the cherry on the sundae. I want to see Ivisic do more of what we saw during Iowa. If the standard offense gets stale or has stalled out, be more willing to immediately go to Ivisic down low and let him work for a shot or make the smart pass out for an open look (I realize he does the latter often, the former seemed a rarer beast this past year).
25c Little Kings, was there most Thursdays, played darts for buckets. Used to go to Cochrane's with $5 and my buddy and I would usually go home with money left over....lol
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Agree. Also, let's recall he got here late. I remember all the times BU bemoaned the fact that he didn't have time to make Andrej learn how to defend and work hard. Well, he'll have that this year. If he improves his 3pt shot so that it's approaching 30% and becomes close to a lock down percentage combined with all the things he already does well - that sounds like All American potential to me.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I remember that. Thank goodness I rarely partook of those.
I imbibed once. Spring '85, IIRC. Once. I learned that evening.
As I type the memory of that cloying, syrupy taste, liquid velvet concealing the sledgehammer beneath, surfaces.
I need the GIF of Bart Simpson shivering as Aunt Selma demands that he trim her corns.
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