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VolsDoc81TX said:
My Father-in-law lost his battle. He went peacefully with loved ones in attendance. I believe that he is in a better place. No longer hurting snd able to walk again. As gruff as he could be, he will still be missed.

My all time favorite experience with him:
My in-laws came to visit in the Fall, shortly after we moved to Knoxville. He and I went to play golf. It sprinkled on us through the first 15 holes. It started raining harder on the 16th hole. Players were leaving the course. He asked if I wanted to finish the round, of course I did (no lightning). It was raining so hard by the 18th hole that we could barely see the golf balls. We finished and were totally soaked.

We get back to my house, get showered and dry. Then my wife asks if I still plan to go to Neyland to the football game? I say of course, Tennessee is going to beat Georgia. Wouldn’t miss it. She looks to her Dad. His response was what the hell, why not! I gave hime an Orange and White poncho that was really long (I am 6’ tall) it barely passed his knees at 6’7”.
We stayed for the whole game. Tennessee crushed Georgia 38-13 before 106K screaming Volunteers.

He told the story of that day repeatedly over the years. He always ended it with the statement: “The driest that I was that day was while I was taking a shower!” Then he and I would laugh because that was true.

I will miss Big Jim.

Thank y’all very much for your prayers.
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Sorry for your loss. Love the golf story . Reminds me of Caddyshack.
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RiotVol said:
One of the longest nights of my life was getting straight up drubbed by Cloudland. Weirdest damned thing to get the holy hell beat out of you by the nicest bunch of guys you’ve ever met.
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Used to hang with a couple dudes that played at Johnson Cty. Great guys, quiet. Somebody smarter off to one of em one night. Dude literally broke dudes face. Not a big guy either.
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
My Father-in-law lost his battle. He went peacefully with loved ones in attendance. I believe that he is in a better place. No longer hurting snd able to walk again. As gruff as he could be, he will still be missed.

My all time favorite experience with him:
My in-laws came to visit in the Fall, shortly after we moved to Knoxville. He and I went to play golf. It sprinkled on us through the first 15 holes. It started raining harder on the 16th hole. Players were leaving the course. He asked if I wanted to finish the round, of course I did (no lightning). It was raining so hard by the 18th hole that we could barely see the golf balls. We finished and were totally soaked.

We get back to my house, get showered and dry. Then my wife asks if I still plan to go to Neyland to the football game? I say of course, Tennessee is going to beat Georgia. Wouldn’t miss it. She looks to her Dad. His response was what the hell, why not! I gave hime an Orange and White poncho that was really long (I am 6’ tall) it barely passed his knees at 6’7”.
We stayed for the whole game. Tennessee crushed Georgia 38-13 before 106K screaming Volunteers.

He told the story of that day repeatedly over the years. He always ended it with the statement: “The driest that I was that day was while I was taking a shower!” Then he and I would laugh because that was true.

I will miss Big Jim.

Thank y’all very much for your prayers.
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Very sorry for your loss Doc
 
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Wickman said:
Explain this to me like I’m 5
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I have the game for PS3 and I have a PS3. I installed a software on the PS3 that allows me to copy the game from the disc to the internal hard drive on the PS3. I then transfer these files to my PC and on my PC I have a software called an emulator that lets me then play the PS3 game, only the emulator improves the game performance. It looks better, plays faster and allows for the updating/modding of the game.

Right now though I just have updated rosters (2019-20) and the general graphics improvements the emulator does. Unfortunately the emulator requires a lot from the CPU, so my i7-7700K isn't quite enough to cut it. Which means my audio files lag/stutter when I'm playing the game :( the only negative at the moment though.
 
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franklinpence said:
Thank you for the prayers.

Dad has been discharged from the hospital. He’s off oxygen and starting to regain his appetite.

Given his fight with dementia, we thought COVID was likely the end. But he’s stubborn, and his nurse - God bless her - shared her concern about his condition early, and he received the care he needed quickly.

Don’t understand this virus. It seems to take folks much healthier than my dad.

And honestly, there have been a few times over the past couple of years where I thought my dad was ready to quit. But he’s recovering, and while I know he has a fight ahead, I get another chance to talk to him tomorrow, and I am so thankful for that.

Mark chapter 2 has meant a lot to me over the past decade - for many reasons. I’m thankful for the folks in this thread - thankful for the privilege to pray for you in your time of need and thankful for the comfort in knowing how many of you are praying when a need is shared.
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Cherish your time with him. Thankful that he pulled through.
 
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Catbone said:
I got everything to work perfectly now when I try to download the 2020 roster it doesn't work... F this
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Yeah let me give you a better roster. For some reason the ones created on PS3s are "locked" in the emulator or something.

Also this it where you need to drop the folder (in the .rar file) for the roster to work in the emulator.

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here's the .rar file for the roster, just extract out the folder and copy it to the above location

Dropbox - BLUS31159-ROSTER-2020NAMED.rar - Simplify your life
 
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UTProf said:
VolsDoc, I'm so sorry for your loss. Sounds like you had a great father in law.
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Thanks UTProf.

Big Jim was a good guy. He was brusque, socially awkward, and always seemed to rub his adult children the wrong way. Wouldn’t have traded him at all. When he and I played golf, I got to see just how proud he was of his children. He just couldn’t seem to tell them.

He helped me out when I became a Dad, with as much what to do as what not to do...his regrets for having a career that required lots of travel really helped me see that I wanted to be there when I had kids.
 
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Also sorry for your loss @VolsDoc81TX he sounds like he was a hell of a guy and there's comfort in the ending of suffering.


It's tough going through losing a parent, we lost my father-in-law 9 years ago my wife was just 22 at the time. Our son is named after him, and he has some of his personality and mannerisms even at 6.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Also sorry for your loss @VolsDoc81TX he sounds like he was a hell of a guy and there's comfort in the ending of suffering.


It's tough going through losing a parent, we lost my father-in-law 9 years ago my wife was just 22 at the time. Our son is named after him, and he has some of his personality and mannerisms even at 6.
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Thanks MoCo_Vol, totally agree. Sorry for your loss. Cherish your son every day (especially before the teen years 😊)
 
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