OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[Sea Ray]

At least it’s late Friday instead of late Thursday? Altho for the retired crowd that may not matter

Nice that it’s Friday and doesn’t conflict with MLB Opening Day

 

[tn4elvis]

I rarely drink coffee that late. I try to limit coffee to maybe an after dinner cup and… no more.

I am a coffee addict and snob.

 

[knoxvol52]

MLB opening day is Thursday.

 

[VolGirl81]

Neighbor pressure?

Too funny. No, I thought they were the better team. You never know which Vol team is going to show up!

 

[volfannga]

Too funny. No, I thought they were the better team. You never know which Vol team is going to show up!

And you were telling everyone , Oh I had UVA on my bracket. What surprise.

 

[knoxvol52]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I am a coffee addict and snob.

I too am a coffee addict but Never a snob.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

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[W.TN.Orange Blood]

6 seed TN Vols takes on 2 seed Iowa St. Alabama is in our Bracket who plays Michigan.

 

[Sea Ray]

Strider (oblique strain) to begin season on IL

The Braves' pitching staff took yet another hit on Monday, as Spencer Strider will begin the 2026 season on the injured list with an oblique strain. Amid a series of injuries, Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep underwent elbow surgeries within the first two weeks of Spring Training...

www.mlb.com

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I have no clue what's making the stock market go crazy
but its up above a 1,000 pts. already on a Monday.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[Sea Ray]

I have no clue what's making the stock market go crazy
but its up above a 1,000 pts. already on a Monday.

Who knows but we'll take it. Here's the WSJ's take on it:

Oil prices dropped and stocks rallied after President Trump said the U.S. will postpone strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, and that the two countries are in talks over a potential deal to end the war.
Brent crude futures fell sharply, trading below $100 a barrel for the first time in days following the news, reflecting optimism that energy flows through the Persian Gulf could recover soon.
All three major U.S. stock indexes pushed sharply higher, with the Dow industrials gaining nearly 1,000 points. Travel stocks rose, while shares in energy and fertilizer companies fell. Stock futures had been in the red early Monday before Trump's announcement.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-03-23-2026?mod=hp_lead_pos1

 

[tn4elvis]

I too am a coffee addict but Never a snob.

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Coffee snob only. Jamaican Blue Mountain in my favorite.

 

[Sea Ray]

All four teams are underdogs this week. In fact we're the "best" dog at only 4.5 pts

 

[Volprofch05]

Sweet 16 by conference

Big 10: 6
SEC: 4
Big 12: 3
Big East: 2
ACC: 1

 

[GSPVol]

Who's old enough to remember this 1965 song from the Yardbirds?

Greatly underappreciated band.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Coffee snob only. Jamaican Blue Mountain in my favorite.

My Kroger store close by has nothing like that available for me to try.
Besides, coffee prices aren't coming down anytime soon it looks like.

 

[GSPVol]

6 seed TN Vols takes on 2 seed Iowa St. Alabama is in our Bracket who plays Michigan.

Funny how they loaded up one side of the bracket with SEC teams. Yeah, I know....it was random and I'm a tin hatter.

 

[MAD]

Ummm, no

 

[MAD]

I am a coffee addict and snob.

I love my instant coffee.
Nescafé for the win.

 

[MAD]

Fu

Funny how they loaded up one side of the bracket with SEC teams. Yeah, I know....it was random and I'm a tin hatter.
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Did you just say F U to @W.TN.Orange Blood ?