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Stock image of Sparky the Fire Safety Dog that we used.
Football team has quite a bit more talent than what buzz inherited, but it could still follow a similar path.
One of the reasons I'm a bit more gung ho on football is that the level of competition in ACC plays is lower than basketball. You don't have as many Top 25 teams on the gridiron schedule. Heck, we don't even play a team this year that is in the discussion for the national title (Tenn and ND might get there by mid season). We play a handful every year in basketball.
Yes I am 32 how did you know?
1)a cell phone is not going to start a fire at a gas pump, what will start a fire is the static electric charge when you pull your phone out of your pocket. There has been somewhere around 160 confirmed static electricity started gas pump fires in the US recorded. It may not seem like a lot but to the person caught in the gas fed fire it's a lot.
2)the trigger locks are removed from gas pumps usually to keep people from getting in and out of their cars while they pump gas. This is for several reasons first to keep people paying attention to what is happening at the pump and secondly to keep the risk of static charge build up as you get I and out of your car. (See above)
2a) There are not a lot of gas pump fires however a fire at a gas station is very dangerous. The obvious reason is because of the presence of large amounts of gas. But you also have the risk to people standing exposed to the fire outside their cars and the very high risk of people in their cars not being able to get out if a gas station fire occurs.
3) Haven't had that problem down here in SC but when I was in Ohio the medic crew at the other station in the city had a kid come in with his tongue stuck to a plate he had frozen.
4) no animals rescued. Unfortunately I've had to deal with animals that didn't make it out of fires though.
Obvious question:
What is your favorite doughnut (or donut) type and from what vendor? (other than Carol Lee's because that's just a given)
Does Frank have his rings stacked on his finger? Because that's the ultimate badass move
Well said!
I would have to disagree with your statement about Bronco. If we hired him, I think the hokie nation would embrace him. We always complained about change, blue collar work ethic, and bringing the grit back to VT football. I think Bronco would have had the potential to do these things at Tech, and the "DDP Yoga" and "earning your locker" would have been interpreted differently by members of our fan base.
I think UVA did well in hiring him, and I hope he brings intensity back to the rivalry. That also being said, I think that even though we would have probably embraced him as our new head coach, we should continue to mock him and his program mercilessly.
THAT AIN'T YO CAKE, PHILLIP!!!
Aw man, I remember Lt. Col. Stringer introducing the pup Addison to the Corps. Of course the USMC officer picked a boxer lol! That dog looked like a freaking bodybuilder by the time I graduated, though.
What do police officers think/what is their opinion when they are driving 5mph under the speed limit and I pass them? Everyone else on the road matches the officers pace and here I come passing everyone (on the left of course).
We made it through the off-season. Thank the football gods!
Tom Savage sucks too
You got to stand? We had to drag the halls and make First/Last Calls.
You know you need a cover sheet on your TPS report Richard...that ain't new baby! Hey Janice...
I might have watched it one too many times...
Ditto.
This seems like as good a place as any to post my Beamer retirement story.
I took my boys, 5, 3 and 1, to the Salem Red Sox College Rivalry Night where they were giving away Frank Beamer Bobbleheads. My two older boys got chosen to wipe the plate off before the game (I guess that's something they do with a kid each game). So we are standing on the field pre-game, and I'm mostly trying to keep my 5 and 3 year old from sprinting out to second base while the 1 year old is strapped to me in a carrier. I'm looking at my 1 year old when I hear a guy say to my older boys "Hey there young fellas". I look up and it is Frank Beamer himself. He went out of his way to say hello to them and then posed for a picture.
This should go without saying, but he was so kind and gracious. He seemed genuinely happy to be interacting with my boys. He answered my fumbled questions about retirement, that he has heard a million times, and acted like I was the first to ask him about if he missed football practice. He seemed to be enjoying himself and retirement. It was a pretty cool moment for us and we now have a picture with the Hall of Famer that we'll treasure.
It is going to be a LONG week....
Made me think of this:
What is the maximum speed I can go on a 65-mph highway before an officer is likely to pull me over? Assume I am otherwise not doing anything stupid, just driving fast in the left lane.
I go by a suggestion I got from a former VA state trooper (through a friend, the trooper was in her family) during college and I'm curious to see if the conventional wisdom still holds.
Post a picture of your firehouse dog.
so wait what?!? im confused.
I'm so happy. Legs are on me!!
Poor Shultz
But for you, good sir:
A lot of variables here. What is traffic like, what is flow of traffic speed, weather, other hazards. When I was an officer I usually gave people a 5-9 mph cushion. However that cushion went away in school zones, residential areas, kids playing signs, heavy traffic or work zone, recent traffic fatality there. But troopers, county police, county sheriffs, city police and small town police will all have different standards. For example, under no circumstances should you speed through Hopewell VA. There are also lots of small towns along roads like Route 1, 301 and 460 that will pull you over for anything over 3/4 mph over speed limit.