When homeowners use locate, but contractors don't. I have no cable or internet pretty much all day. Only able to access anything via hotspot.


Do you think Mediacom will give me a credit? F. no.

If we don’t sign anyone else?

Interesting. Want to try

I’ve caught a few playoff games.

Still trying to figure out how this era is better than the 1990s. Someone want to explain it to me?

A lot of isolations and chucking up 3s. Almost nonexistent defense.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Prior to Lucy Olsen transferring in, I took this poll…


Fifteen members voted with only one voter optimistic for a 3-seed, five members voting for a 4-seed, seven thought lower than a 4-seed and there were two votes for NIT.

Originally I had intended to take a second poll prior to the start of next season to gauge if optimism increased due to the commitment by Lucy Olsen and, if so, by how much. However, it now appears that the Hawkeyes could possibly add a second transfer in, so I am doing this second poll now to gauge the increase in optimism due to the single addition of Lucy Olsen without a second transfer in. (If by chance the Hawkeyes were to add a second transfer in, my intention is to do a third poll.)

Assuming for the time being there is no more transfers in…

Best time to eat it is?

State of Michigan sending notice. I'm sure they're not the only ones.

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and "Peter Gunn" helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86.
Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife, Deed Abbate.
With his raucous rhythms, and backing hollers and hand claps, Eddy sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and mastered a distinctive sound based on the premise that a guitar's bass strings sounded better on tape than the high ones.




FILE - Duane Eddy performs on the third day of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, April 27, 2014, in Indio, Calif. Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, died of cancer Tuesday, April 30, 2024. He was 86. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

"I had a distinctive sound that people could recognize and I stuck pretty much with that. I'm not one of the best technical players by any means; I just sell the best," he told The Associated Press in a 1986 interview. "A lot of guys are more skillful than I am with the guitar. A lot of it is over my head. But some of it is not what I want to hear out of the guitar."

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"Twang" defined Eddy's sound from his first album, "Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel," to his 1993 box set, "Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology."


"It's a silly name for a nonsilly thing," Eddy told the AP in 1993. "But it has haunted me for 35 years now, so it's almost like sentimental value — if nothing else."
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Eddy and producer Lee Hazlewood helped create the "Twang" sound in the 1950s, a sound Hazlewood later adapt to his production of Nancy Sinatra's 1960s smash "These Boots Are Made for Walkin.'" Eddy had a five-year commercial peak from 1958-63. He said in 1993 he took his 1970 hit "Freight Train" as a clue to slow down.

"It was an easy listening hit," he recalled. "Six or seven years before, I was on the cutting edge."


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Eddy recorded more than 50 albums, some of them reissues. He did not work too much from the 1980s on, "living off my royalties," he said in 1986.
About "Rebel Rouser," he told the AP: "It was a good title and it was the rockest rock 'n' roll sound. It was different for the time."
He scored theme music for movies including "Because They're Young," "Pepe" and "Gidget Goes Hawaiian." But Eddy said he turned down doing the James Bond theme song because there wasn't enough guitar music in it.

In the 1970s he worked behind-the-scenes in music production work, mainly in Los Angeles.

Eddy was born in Corning, New York, and grew up in Phoenix, where he began playing guitar at age 5. He spent his teen years in Arizona dreaming of singing on the Grand Ole Opry, and eventually signed with Jamie Records of Philadelphia in 1958. "Rebel Rouser" soon followed.

Eddy later toured with Dick Clark's "Caravan of Stars" and appeared in "Because They're Young," "Thunder of Drums" among other movies.
He moved to Nashville in 1985 after years of semiretirement in Lake Tahoe, California.
Eddy was not a vocalist, saying in 1986, "One of my biggest contributions to the music business is not singing."
Paul McCartney and George Harrison were both fans of Eddy and he recorded with both of them after their Beatles' days. He played on McCartney's "Rockestra Theme" and Harrison played on Eddy's self-titled comeback album, both in 1987.

Joe Biden blasted for repeating lie that he used to drive 18-wheeler

In 2021, Biden was caught off-camera by a local news channel's microphone during a visit to a Mack Truck facility in Pennsylvania , making the claim that he had driven such trucks before. 'I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man,' Biden was heard saying on Wednesday in a video later posted to Twitter. 'I got to.' Large trucks such as the one Biden gave a speech in-front of during the visit to the facility require a special license to drive, and there is scant evidence that he has ever driven an 18-wheeler truck as he was heard claiming. 'There is *zero evidence* that Biden 'used to drive an 18 wheeler,"' tweeted the RNC's Zach Parkinson, who is also the director of 'RNC Research' whose twitter account posted the video online. 'The extent of Biden's trucking experience is that he **rode in** a truck once, for one night in 1973 (he made sure to return home by plane though),' he said.

Parkinson cited a 1973 opinion piece written by Biden, then a Democratic senator, in which he recalled taking a 536-mile ride from his home state of Delaware to Ohio in a '47,000 pound cargo truck'. Biden wrote at the time: 'I made the trip because I wanted a firsthand account from the truckers, who say they carry 50 per cent of all the goods shipped within the United States. They make a case worth listening to.' In a news story about Biden's journey, it is noted that he made the return journey back to Washington D.C. by plane. The flub wasn't even Biden's first on Tuesday, as the president suffered another gaffe during a speaking event as he tried to paint his opponent, former President Donald Trump, as untrustworthy.

He called out Trump, his 2024 general election opponent, as the sole person responsible for the 'cruelty and chaos' that's occurred after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. However, when he did so, he accidentally asked: 'How many times does he have to prove we can't be trusted?' ABC News tried to cover for the president, replacing the word 'we' with 'he' in describing the speech, though he was clearly heard saying 'we.'

In 2024 alone, Biden has made several mistakes, publicly forgetting the name of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny's widow, forgetting a German chancellor he'd spoken to died in 2017 and confusing the leaders of Egypt and Mexico. Then, there's the matter of the shocking transcript of his testimony to former Special Counsel Robert Hur. Hur was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in January 2022 to investigate the president's handling of classified files based on a range of areas including Afghanistan.

According to the transcript of the two-day interview reviewed by DailyMail.com ahead of Hur's highly-anticipated congressional testimony, Biden brought up Beau's death in the context of a book he wrote published in 2017. 'What month did Beau die?' Biden asked to himself during the hours-long sit down on October 8, 2022. 'Oh God, May 30th,' he seemingly responded. But the president had to be reminded about the year in which his oldest son died because he could not remember. A White House attorney stepped in to state that the year of Beau's death was 2015. 'Was it 2015 he died?' Biden again questioned out loud. The president then went on to ask if Donald Trump was elected in 2017, to which another White House attorney jumped in to correct him that it was 2016.

The mix-up of Beau's death date during the interview directly contradicts Biden's fiery denial that it ever occurred. Hours after Hur put out his scathing report on February 9, Biden engaged in a furious tirade from the White House saying 'I know what the hell I am doing!' and insisting that 'my memory is fine.' Similarly, Biden has several times erroneously said in speeches that his eldest son died in Iraq. 'My son was a major in the US Army. We lost him in Iraq,' Biden told the troops in Iwakuni on Thursday. Beau Biden, who served as Delaware's attorney general and in the Delaware Army National Guard in the Iraq War, died at age 46 in 2015 from brain cancer at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. It was at least the third time America's oldest living president - gearing up for a run for a second term in 2024 - spoke misleadingly about his eldest son's death in public. The president has previously faced criticism for embellishing his past, with claims about his involvement in the Civil Rights movement and working in coal mines coming under scrutiny.

Biden's 1988 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination also came undone over claims he embellished biographical details for years, including misstatements about his academic record, according to the Washington Examiner. However, at this point, the president's misremembering clearly affects how the voters view his ability to serve a second term.
Poll after poll has shown that Americans are more worried about Biden's age than Trump's. Only 38 percent of likely 2024 voters believe President Joe Biden will be alive at the end of another four-year term, according to an exclusive poll for DailyMail.com from early April. And that means one thing: Vice President Kamala Harris is just as likely to be in the top job as Biden come January 2029 if he wins reelection. Some 36 percent of likely voters believe Harris will be president at the end of the term. The exact same proportion as think Biden will be in the job.

The results show how the 81-year-old president's age will be a major factor on November 5 when voters pick the commander in chief they want for the next four years. Donald Trump, his Republican rival, is only four years younger but voters harbor fewer doubts. More than half say they are confident he will make it through a full term, with 34 percent saying they have doubts. Either way, the results show how Republicans and Democrats will have to weigh up not just their choice of president but also consider who is likely to step into the breach if ill health—or worse—incapacitates the leader of the free world.

Is it the last Ace in the hole for Tom to play, to right the ship, and get some momentum back for Iowa Wrestling? Or does it even matter?

Saw them for the first time tonight in far North Ankeny. Really neat.

It seem clear that Trump will not face the 2 most serious trials before the election.

It's also possible he skates on the other 2. But even if found guilty, does anyone really care?

And by all accounts doesn't like snakes.
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What is the plural form of "Worf"?

Just started on ABC. Full Court Press?

Last month Spencer Lee won the 57 KG spot on the US Olympic team for the upcoming 2024 Olympic games in Paris. But he'll only get to compete in the Paris games if the U.S. qualifies the weight. He has an opportunity to do so at this weekend's World Olympic Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey.

He needs to win four matches to qualify the weight and his quest got started earlier (much earlier) this morning.

He rolled in his first match over Ben Tarik of Morocco.

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Despite calls from Democratic lawmakers, there are no indications that Justice Clarence Thomas will recuse himself from Tuesday’s case.
Democrats have questioned whether Thomas can remain impartial in Jan. 6 cases, given that his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, pressed the Trump White House and lawmakers to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory and exchanged more than two dozen text messages with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks after the vote.


Ginni Thomas corresponded with lawyer John Eastman, a former Thomas clerk who had advocated a fringe legal theory that Vice President Mike Pence could block the certification of Biden’s electoral college win. She also attended the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally before the Capitol attack and told the House committee investigating the attack in 2022 that she still believed the 2020 election was stolen.
“I don’t think Thomas will recuse because he fails to recognize that his wife’s active involvement in the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort means his impartiality might reasonably be questioned, which is the test for recusal here,” Stephen Gillers, a judicial ethics expert at New York University’s law school, said in an email. “He’s wrong in thinking that.”
Mark Paoletta, the D.C. lawyer and former White House aide who is a staunch Thomas defender, told The Washington Post that there is “no reason” for the justice to recuse himself from the obstruction case or the upcoming presidential immunity case, in which Donald Trump is arguing that he cannot be prosecuted for actions he took while in office.
“These baseless calls for recusal are simply an effort by the Left to shrink the Court so that their preferred Justices decide these cases,” Paoletta said in an emailed statement. “Justice Thomas’ wife has no ‘interest’ as defined in the law in these cases that would require his recusal.”
If Thomas were to recuse, only eight justices would hear the case, which could result in a 4-4 tie.
He very rarely does so. Thomas didn’t sit out oral arguments for February’s ballot disqualification case or deliberations over whether to fast-track consideration of Trump’s immunity claim. The justice missed Monday’s court session but did not provide a public explanation for his absence.

And not because I think OSU will be a contender in the not so distant future. But I’m jealous because at 60 years old, this is the time of year where I use to get excited about the next season.
Couldn’t get enough of the off season moves and recruiting. Planning for next years NCAA trip that we never missed. The news on recruiting victories
The Okie St fans had to wake up feeling like kids on Christmas today.
I’m jealous because I want to experience the excitement, expectations, anticipation, and pride like the old days
I won’t rip on TnT right now, but we have none of that anymore. We have a new facility that was supposed to be a game changer, but from reviews and opinions it’s just ho-hum. We have little to get excited about. Been that way for a few years
Can you imagine the money being thrown at the OSU program this morning?
That’s what excitement and hope does -gets donors to open up the check books
With the stagnant state of the program, people are reluctant to give when they expect nothing but the same.

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