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I've been a dreamer my entire life....literally! I have vivid dreams relatively often but I can only remember snip its of them. So last nite or rather this morning right before I woke up (I think that's REM sleep or the deepest sleep I read somewhere) I had a dream about KU Buckets members!

Randomly, a few of us decided to meet in a undisclosed mall. And we all love KU Basketball so that's how this qualifies to go in KU Basketball News @approxinfinity!

Anyway, this is a true story and we're in the off season so stick with me!

So I first meet a female. I introduce myself cuz ultimately I'm not that worried about anonymity...at least at a undisclosed mall in my dream....which isn't offensive like requiring someone to register with a FB account! But I digress.

There are 10-15 people all milling around....and I first meet a female that I think is MO3 from @Jesse-Newell's blog...then I see another female about ten feet away who I assume is @Crimsonorblue22 but we never speak.

So then I'm suddenly in another part of the undisclosed mall and I'm talking to @HighEliteMajor and he's like 85 years old! And I think to myself I really thought he'd be younger and I was bummed cuz I was always hoping he'd move to Vail and help coach my kids someday. Then @jaybate-1.0 walks up and I introduce him to @HighEliteMajor and JB asks me to lower my voice cuz he doesn't want anyone else to hear!

Then I'm suddenly in some totally random convention like hall with my dad and I'm standing in line to get a free coors light and I HATE coors light!!!!

Then I wake up.

Can anyone else confirm or deny you were in my dream?!?!

@VailHawk go back to sleep and make it more exciting!!!

@VailHawk

Gosh... you had me until the Coors Light!

I would like to know where @HighEliteMajor lives so I can move in his area in a couple of years and have him work with my boy.

I think I'm most curious about everyone's age. I'll give mine away. I'm 56. And my birthday... was the first date picked in the last Vietnam draft. Luckily I was a couple of years too young and the war had already died down for us.

@VailHawk
I wasnt there. I was confused why my office was gone and all my stuff was tossed into a cubical with two other people.

@drgnslayr
4 years older and my draft card was 1-H, but by then troops were leaving Vietnam so they weren't drafting in big numbers.

And happy bday.

I'm 43 and have a 8 yr old girl and two boys ages 4 & 2.

Happy birthday @drgnslayr !!!!!

Joseph had a dream

Pharoah had a dream

Nebuchadnezzar had a dream

Pilots wife had a dream

John had a dream

MLK had a dream

Vailhawk had a dream

You're just next in the line of those with vivid dreams. Dream on!

Dream on brother, dream on...here is a little help...

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@drgnslayr I'm 56 as well ! Will be 57 in July.

It's weird, I get better looking all the time....

@nuleafjhawk 👬

@Crimsonorblue22 lol - i get better looking, but my vision gets worse. Hmmmm.

What are the little icons supposed to be?

@nuleafjhawk you and @drgnslayr

@JayhawkRock78

Ha... must have said it wrong about the draft. I think it was the last lottery pick. My birthday in November 12! I just tried to do some research on it and nothing is matching that date... maybe I'm wrong?! I'm finding December 8?

Thanks, @Crimsonorblue22 ... I always knew there was a connection between @nuleafjhawk and I.

@drgnslayr
I wasn't saying you were wrong about the draft. I am only saying the war was winding down and the numbers they drafted dropped significantly.
That, and the fact I was in college I think meant they did not send me a notice.

I might add I am very patriotic and thought serving in the military was something I considered. After all my Grandfather. Was a decorated WWII vet (South Pacific Theatre) and pop was a Korean War Vet. He made it very clear he did NOT want me to join-one of his 5 rules.

Truth be told when 9-11 happened I was so fired up I considered it.
But then I was 45 years old and had two kids. I didn't even look into it as I was way past age wise and our minister made a good point most of us needed to continue to continue in our current roles to keep things moving as they had been.

He also said when the planes fly again get on them. And I made it a point to fly and fly often. I made it a point a point to make extra connections and be alert-and it was obvious many around me on the planes were very attentive and focused. I was flying out of LA airports and felt like I was on a program similar to WWII drives for tires, metal, victory gardens, etc.

@drgnslayr Well so far ya'll are a bunch of young pups. Dec 22, 1948. I must've been smart (ass) for my age as I started early and graduated hs at 17 in 1966, so I had a bit of a delay before US came looking for me. By the time he did the AF had already given me a job in electronics and put up with me for 20 years. Now ya'll keep bustin your butts and payin those SS taxes. I appreciate it. It pays for the :beers:

Ironically I've always played nice with older friends. 1/2 my friends are 20 years+ older than I am. Nov. '78

@brooksmd There's one in every damn crowd ain't there? Make it 2 you old geezer, I'm 3 flippin years younger than you !! And ya'll keep payin that 5,8%, ya hear ?

@JayHawkFanToo

If we are going to "Dream on" lets do it right. ")

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@brooksmd I'm almost exactly 30 years younger than you. Always was the youngest in my grade too. Guess cut off dates for public school don't change much :smile:

@VailHawk HA! Thats awesome, wish I was in it! Dreams are so fun. Its like one big movie to me sometimes. I had a dream recently that I met Wiggins after one of his Timberwolves games. Oh yah, Im 40 and a half! lol

@DoubleDD

Best. Video. Ever.

@JayhawkRock78

It has me miffed about that date, I must have something confused because I went looking for it and couldn't find it.

I have a patriotic streak, too. Sort of disappointed that I never served directly, but have been involved in several volunteer services for military families. I have a real weak spot for veterans, and many have slept on my couch during hard times.

My dad was the youngest of 5 brothers and they all served, from WWII on through to my dad serving in Korea. One of my uncles landed on Normandy.

I was with my dad during the 9-11 attack. We were glued to the TV and both in utter shock. TV blasted super loud. I have some hearing loss from being near my dad too many years because of him blasting a TV. He is almost completely deaf from being too close to the big guns on his ship in Korea. It blew out one ear and the other he can barely hear a thing. We have all endured a lifetime of screaming loud and repeatedly... all for the red-white-blue, and we are proud to do it!

@brooksmd

"Well so far ya'll are a bunch of young pups. Dec 22, 1948"

Thanks! I needed that!

My goal is to pay as much tax as I possibly can so I'm making as much profit as possible! Drink up!

@drgnslayr ... Sorry, but the ole' RedRooster has seen HIS day ... How about August, 1942. And ... with the Lord's Grace ... I feel younger each and every added year.

My past included riding Horseback to an old country school, Grades K-8 with a total student count of 18, with 2 teachers. Coldest day I rode horseback to school was 18 below zero!.

@RedRooster and like my dad, you rode uphill to and from school. He walked though.

@RedRooster

Cool! You're two months younger than my dad! Did you graduate HS in 1960 and then attend KU?

@RedRooster

"How about August, 1942. And ... with the Lord's Grace ... I feel younger each and every added year."

Blessings, my friend, blessings!

My lone surviving uncle is 92 and he made me promise not to get old. So I'm doing everything I can to keep the promise I made to him.

I envy your horseback days to school. I was stuck on one of those big yellow school buses. My hair was always wet from an early morning shower and on cold days my hair would freeze solid as I waited for the dumb bus. Didn't mind the bus ride but hated to wait for a bus!

@RedRooster RR, my grandmother used to teach in one of those country schools. Somewhere around Topeka. And I bow to your seniority.

@drgnslayr 10 months older. Class of 66 also.

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@wrwlumpy

HS Class of '76. They called us "the Bicentennial Kids."

When the Beatles landed in NY, I watched them play on Ed Sullivan and grew my hair out into a "Beatle cut." It was simple enough... just let your hair grow and put a bowl on your head and cut around the edges. Went to elementary school that fall and they sent me home because I didn't have either a crew cut or flat top. My father was a big, bad azz man back then and he took me back to school and screamed at the Principal... demanding to read their policy on hair (which, I guess, they didn't have). So I was back in school, hair and all, and paved the way for the other boys in my school district to let it grow!

@drgnslayr that's where you get your badassness!

@VailHawk YES ... Graduated in 1960 outside of Pueblo, Colorado at Pueblo County High School, then to college in Ft. Collins, Colorado at Colorado State University. The CSU logo is "RAMS.". Then got my first real paying job just outside of Amarillo, Texas ... then moved to the K.C. Area (Overland Park) and got "hooked on the Jayhawks." Yes ... I must clarify that I LOVE their Style of BASKETBALL ... not football or any other K.U. sports.

@Crimsonorblue22

True... and I only have 10% of his!

@RedRooster Upvote for the king of upvoters!

@KUSTEVE ... I Love ALL You Guys and/or Gals! Your posts are interesting and generally "On Topic" and always cast a professional approach to the discussions. Thank You ALL !!

@RedRooster You're tops in my books, too.

Okay-not making this up but last night had a vivid dream. I was sitting on a dock at some lake and a 7 foot tall ( best guess he towered over me) kid with a baby face walks up. He is dressed ready to play, is holding a bBall with one hand against his hip. He looks about 16 years old-thin and needs a few years to develop a div 1 body. He is pasty white and needs to get out in the sun.
I ask him where is he looking to play in college. He rattles of a couple of colleges I've never heard of and then says maybe Arkansas or Nebraska-(I am thinking "not one blue blood" ) and I am about to give him a KU pitch but he walks off and says over his shoulder, " certainly not KenSucky"

This board is getting in to my dreams! I can't recall who on this board posts "KenSucky" on a regular basis but it stuck with me.

@JayhawkRock78 you are crazy!!

@Crimsonorblue22
Not the worse thing that's been said about me, and coming from you I take no offense.

@drgnslayr
I remember our whole family watching them on Ed Sullivan. My older sister got the "Beatles 65" album that Christmas and still has it. My favorites on that album.
Rock & Roll Music, I Feel Fine, She's a Woman, No Reply. I"ll Follow the Sun.

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PS,
Saw McCartney in Houston a while back. Phenomenal Show.

@JayhawkRock78

My sister, mom and dad, and I watched the Ed Sullivan show at my grandmother's house. I will never forget looking over at my parents, and their eyes were popping out and they didn't say a word, probably in shock. I then looked at my sister, neither of us said a word, but we both had a big smile. I should check, but I think my sister still has our collection of 45s. Those became the big deal around that time.

We spent a big chunk of the 60s at a nearby diner that had the nickel jukeboxes at each table. I can't recall, but I think we got 3 plays for a nickel. Between that and radio, our lives changed around all our musical discoveries.

@drgnslayr
Yeah, My father DID NOT like the hair and my mom would say, "I'm sick of hearing yeah, yeah, yeah." I'm sure they kicked themselves for buying that Album-my sister played it constantly.

Who ever fixed the links, many thanks.

🎶🎶it's been a hards day night, and I've been working like a dog. Oh wait- that's already been taken, hasn't it?🎶🎶

Looks like I'm the baby of the group so far. Just turned 33 this winter. No wonder everyone else's memory goes back further than mine does.

Gee, I thought I was an old fart, but now I see a few of you guys (or gals) really ARE old farts. I was born in 1949. I guess I'll have to change my name from "oldhwkfan" to "notquiteasfaroverthehillasIthoughthwkfan" or maybe just "springchickenhwkfan" to make it simple.

@oldhwkfan hey leave the gals out of the old statements!! You are older then me!

@Crimsonorblue22
I didn't name names! That was a generic "gals" to avoid sounding sexist.

Going to hit the big 6 0 on Nov. 20th. Knew I liked @drgnslayr! We both are gardeners and Scorpions.

Mostly kids here. Thus far only @RedRooster has me by a few. Feb 12, 1946 another bad February event for my family.

June 1965. I turn 50 in about 47 days. Had big plans to run a marathon to celebrate, but about a week ago, my knees started encouraging me to sit out on my back deck and enjoy the best Belgian beer I can get my hands on instead. Kind of a bummer, but I'm satisfied with the backup plan.

@DanR good one!

@sfbahawk I bet you were a happy event!! Almost valentines bday!!

@DanR

Solid plan!

@DanR
Didn't know how bad my knees were until a sales meeting bowling party a few years back. I couldn't even finish 10 frames and ached for two days after.

@RockChalkinTexas

Awesome!

Except someone told me I'm now a Libra!!! What The Heck?!

New Zodiac Signs 2011: Did Your Sign Change? Will You Change? ↗

I also thought I fit the description of a Scorpion. Women scornfully told me I was a typical Scorpion. And now I'm a Libra? The diplomat? What about all those women I upset? Should I go backwards and apologize to be a good diplomat? Naa.... I'm still a Scorpion!

@DanR

If you made the decision to drink a nice Belgian beer instead of running a marathon you now meet the qualifications of a sensible 50 year old... welcome aboard!

Soon you will realize... that the fears you had about turning 50 are fears created by being immature in your 40s. Real life starts now for you. Be the maverick you always wanted to be because now you have the perfect excuse to do everything you want to do.

When I turned 50 I suddenly realized all the tricks my dad was pulling. "Son.. I don't have much time left so I'm not going to waste it doing that!" or "I don't care who sees me check out the young skirt... I could care less!"

You are about to be freed from all the self-created stress you have put on yourself all these years. Freedom in 47 days! I'm happy for you!

@Crimsonorblue22
Speaking of age, last night was my son's track banquet. This was the last chapter of his track career as he will not compete at the next level. One special thing, he got the last award of the night for Texas Track All State Academic. Pretty happy he is smarter than the old man.

@JayhawkRock78 yes, we always want better for our kids. Congrats, he has a great support system, dad and mom!

He is going to leave quite a void behind. him at home. His coach asked me to keep timing at the home meets which was nice.

I was going to comment again on this thread, but I realized it's just the old guys commenting, so I'll defer to my elders.

@wissoxfan83
Ouch

@JayhawkRock78 oh boy, do I know about that!!

@wissoxfan83 I'm thinking I might be the spring chicken around here at 54.

@KUSTEVE More like a mid-September chicken .... I think some places start senior discounts at 55 don't they?

@HighEliteMajor HEY!!!! Old fart discount smack talk is not allowed!

Enjoying the Beatle references on this thread. My girlfriend from KU days ('73-'75) lives in NoCal these days...we went to see McCartney last summer at Candlestick (where the Beatles played their last US concert). Not bad for an old fart of 72!

By the way, I heard that Jaybowl in the Kansas Union (where she and I first met) shut down for good last weekend after 60-plus years. Sign of the times...

@KUSTEVE

Well, I just got my AARP card in the last year, so even you are ahead of me!

@KUSTEVE

Fashion tips for aging baby boomers

Many baby boomers, caught between wanting to stay young, and the reality of slipping into old age are confused about what is considered appropriate dress. So here are a few fashion tips. Despite what you may have seen, the following combinations DO NOT go together!

1. A nose ring and bifocals
2. Spiked hair and bald spots
3. A pierced tongue and dentures
4. Mini skirts and support hose
5. Speedos and cellulite
6. Short shorts and varicose veins
7. A belly button ring and a big belly
8. Banana shorts and Depends
9. Halter-tops and a hanging bulge
10. Bikinis and liver spots, or bikinis and gray hair

@drgnslayr Hilarious. I saw an older woman with teeny shorts the other day. At Walmart, of course. Even the camouflage design couldn't hide a terrible fashion mistake. It was ...memorable, but not in a good way.

@KUSTEVE

Funny how stretch pants became a fashion trend with the young and fit. I still fight the mental Pavlovian imagery when I see ankles in stretch. Makes it hard for me to follow my eyes up higher. Shorts... OMG. What are some people thinking? Or not thinking?

Walmart... the mecca for confused people. People who would go on a battlefield and die for their country, but won't drive another block and pay another buck to buy American. That stuff drives me nuts. I'm all for International commerce, but not with a country that smashes the iron fist on their people, and the world (with toxic pollution and product materials). The Chinese are missing out on the good part of capitalism... the sweet spot.... the years where monopolies don't control everything and people/businesses really go head-to-head in actual competition!

For what it's worth I average a Walmart trip about once every 24 months and those were trips to locate LARGE out door Christmas Bulbs that hung from out
Door trees-I finally located them at Home Depot