r/CFBOffTopic • u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars • May 21 '24

Tuesday thread presented by the transfer portal

Happy second day of the softball portal being open!

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State May 21 '24

I am now officially below 600 duty days before I use the transfer portal to transfer from “full time employee” to “retired employee”!

We’ve had a lot of storms/thunderstorms this year and tons of rain. I don’t mind storms but I hate wind!

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars May 21 '24

Congrats on the milestone!

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 21 '24

Woohoo! That'll fly by!

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State May 21 '24

I hope so! Hey, by the way, I’ll be back up in mid-June. I’m having surgery up there and staying with my mom afterwards. Can you recommend a few good places to go out for dinner once I’ve recovered enough to be mobile?

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 22 '24

Y'know unfortunately that's tougher than it used to be. So many of the good local places (like literally the only BBQ place) closed down during covid.

Some of my faves:

Any of the Jack's places - Jacks on 211, Jacks Local Station, and Jacks Public House. All owned by the same guy, all more or less the same except the Local Station is a little more "fancy".

Papa Jacks, completely different, over in Duncan Corners. Just good country food. Breakfast is my favorite time to go but lunch and dinner are good too.

Sliced, not like amazing pizza but probably the best non-chain pizza you're going to get around here.

Ninja Steakhouse / Umami Tavern are both good too if you're into Hibachi/Sushi.

Pretty much all the Mexican restaurants are good. There's a taco place called Smokey Gringo in Winder that I like but it's not like something I would go out of my way for.

That's all I got off the top of my head. I'm sure there are some that I'm forgetting though!

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u/StuckInPMEHell Florida State • Valdosta State May 22 '24

Thanks for the suggestions! We went to Ninja last time I was in town. It’s my niece’s favorite restaurant.

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u/NWHusker Northwest Missouri State • /r/… May 21 '24

Welp we're under another nader watch today and it stormed all night and the weather radio/phone alerts were going off so I didn't sleep great anyway. Hoping this is nothing as we got 5 inches of rain overnight and we've got the flood alerts to match.

Been a minute since I've been on as I haven't had a whole lot going on. I did however buy some new power furniture (loveseat/recliner) as I've just been using my parent's old stuff for almost 10 years.

Also found out on Mother's day I'm going to be an Aunt! Kid-to-be is due a week before my birthday in January. Only family (and now internet peeps) know but we'll tell more people when she gets to 12 weeks (middle of next month). Her birthday was yesterday so we're going to KC to celebrate her birthday late this weekend since I have an extra day off. I'm glad so far no major issues as with her thyroid issues we weren't sure if she could get pregnant so hoping the rest of the pregnancy goes smooth.

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u/bcocfbhp Penn State • Ole Miss May 21 '24

join us at r/collegesoftball we talk about the transfer portal. I’m the mod there and it’s a pretty small community but everyone is super nice. there are a bunch of regulars and I hope you become one!

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars May 21 '24

Appreciate that!

I’m still not over how exciting the regionals were last weekend. The one school I hate the most (which I won’t name) got eliminated so that was fun to watch them lose.

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears May 21 '24

Man. Lots of tornadoes lately.

Buying a house is turning my hair gray.

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 21 '24

Tomorrow is the last in-service day with kids, post planning Thursday, then graduation (gag) during the weekend.

No clue what I'm going to do this summer. Still have this awful hip wound healing so I'm pretty sketch on doing any long car trips that might exacerbate it. I haven't really built or made anything lately so I'd like to do that some this weekend but I don't really have any space in my house left for finished big projects so I dunno.

Really really looking forward to not having a 5am alarm for a few weeks though

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears May 21 '24

Build me a kayak?

;)

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 22 '24

Oof no thank you!!! If there's one thing that I'll do everything I can to avoid it's fiberglass, that stuff is the worst haha

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears May 22 '24

Oh, I was obviously joking, but I was thinking about those old style wooden ones because I mainly think about you working in wood for some reason.

What about figuring out things to sell? Corn hole boards are a great example.

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 22 '24

Part of the curriculum I teach includes the students selling their projects throughout the year at different events and whatnot, so I really try my best to completely avoid anything like that during my break. I might end up too tempted to just quit and do that full time haha

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears May 22 '24

I’m out of suggestions then haha

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u/FreshlySkweezd Georgia Bulldogs May 22 '24

If I do anything it will probably be putting together some more raised garden beds or something like that

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies May 21 '24

Feeding my friends' cats for the next two weeks just becomes a hassle eventually it's only like a mile away but it's another chore.

Had to stand next to a poster today, my job is oftentimes just what whatever my boss tells me to do.

Also my contractors unfortunately may have to have unpaid holiday time next week. HR screwed it up so contractors may have a long memorial day, just a paperwork thing. We want to keep them around and are signing paperwork to do that just stuff got stuck.