Sippin lean
SLABs

Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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.........waving "thanks" after you pass them.

KyleRob12 said:

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Losing to Kansas in football.

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I think we're talking STATE of Texas, not tu.

BostonAg74 said:

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Bayside Tiger Ag said:

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A&Ms acceptance rate includes Blinn TEAM and PSA admits. Not really a fair comparison.

And I was thinking a diploma mill was a school that hands out worthless degrees.

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The primary focus of most liberal arts colleges is to prepare their graduates for a post graduate education, usually for a professional degree. I think you'll find that a high percentage of grads from those non-Ivy liberal arts college choose that path. My wife got her geology degree at one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country, but they were not known so much for their geology department as they were for sending their grads to the best grad schools. Worthless degrees are only as worthless as the students who get them, and A&M has as many of those as any other school.

I don't like what is happening at A&M any more than anyone else, but the reality is that it is being treated more as a for profit business than an institution of higher education. Being a diploma mill is better for the bottom line in the short term, so that is the path they have chosen.

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go to an expensive elitist school and rack up a bunch of debt on a degree that wont matter so that you can go to another elitist school and get even more debt so that you can finally become employable and then complain about having high student debt? or, you can you to a school and get the professional degree and move into the world of employment much quicker. we all know which one you prefer. has nothing to do with being a diploma mill and everything to do with worldview and the role of secondary education.

monica

Aren't we quite highly ranked in the 'most likely to hire" and such kinda lists? Sorta disputes the "diploma mill" talk, which I think is completely off-base and stupid.

Beer Baron said:

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MGS said:

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Access roads on big highways.

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I've never been so confused as I was the first time I drove out of state and couldn't get anywhere I wanted to be.

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NY (especially Queens) has the opposite problem and it's a bit of a cluster****. Queens Boulevard (not even a highway) is such a pain in the ass to get on and even worse to get off.

taking pride in our State, it's history and it's heroes

Being friendly

Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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NOT moving to the right lane so people can pass.

Win At Life said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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NOT moving to the right lane so people can pass.

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No, that's national.

74OA said:

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Win At Life said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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Not moving to the right lane while driving 5 miles under the speed limit so people can pass.

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No, that's national.

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FIFY

That's not national. People outside Texas may stay in the left lane, but they are all going 5-10 miles over the speed limit. That, I can live with.

GiveEmHellBill said:

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Years ago, Burger King had a menu item called the "Texas Whopper." I asked what was special about it and was told "oh, it's just a Whopper....but with mustard on it."

So, I guess mustard on a burger is a Texas thing.

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Much better than all the mouth breathing Yankees who put ketchup on their burgers

Swarely said:

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Calling every soda a coke.

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Along those same lines...Big Red

ghollow said:

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BBQ, real BBQ

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Brisket
Beef ribs

Cstrickland05 said:

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GiveEmHellBill said:

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Years ago, Burger King had a menu item called the "Texas Whopper." I asked what was special about it and was told "oh, it's just a Whopper....but with mustard on it."

So, I guess mustard on a burger is a Texas thing.

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Much better than all the mouth breathing Yankees who put ketchup on their burgers

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f'n A, dude, f'n A

spicy ketchup>ketchup> mustard. Not a yankee

azulAg said:

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spicy ketchup>ketchup> mustard. Not a yankee

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ketchup goes on fries not the burger

a majority of the population being morbidly obese

What the hell?? I thought they were big when I was in school and they might have been 6-8 inches in diameter and ribbon crap 2 feet long

But drinking mostly Dr Pepper anyways.

azulAg said:

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spicy ketchup>ketchup> mustard. Not a yankee

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You might as well be.

74OA said:

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Win At Life said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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NOT moving to the right lane so people can pass.

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No, that's national.

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Austin specifically leads the nation in slow left lane driver complaints. All our Texas self righteous a-holes are concentrated there apparently.

says who ?

Ragoo said:

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azulAg said:

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spicy ketchup>ketchup> mustard. Not a yankee

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ketchup goes on fries not the burger

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Unless it's Whataburger ketchup. That is a whole other level.

Seven Costanza said:

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a majority of the population being morbidly obese

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That's national....or at least Southern.

Fatties are everywhere. Go to the midwest

The poster did get the diploma mill thing somewhat correct even though he was intending another direction.

Even though diploma mills aren't necessarily a Tx only thing, Trinity Southern University started in Texas was one of the more famous diploma mills busted. So he is somewhat correct.

Ragoo said:

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BostonAg74 said:

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Bayside Tiger Ag said:

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A&Ms acceptance rate includes Blinn TEAM and PSA admits. Not really a fair comparison.

And I was thinking a diploma mill was a school that hands out worthless degrees.

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The primary focus of most liberal arts colleges is to prepare their graduates for a post graduate education, usually for a professional degree. I think you'll find that a high percentage of grads from those non-Ivy liberal arts college choose that path. My wife got her geology degree at one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country, but they were not known so much for their geology department as they were for sending their grads to the best grad schools. Worthless degrees are only as worthless as the students who get them, and A&M has as many of those as any other school.

I don't like what is happening at A&M any more than anyone else, but the reality is that it is being treated more as a for profit business than an institution of higher education. Being a diploma mill is better for the bottom line in the short term, so that is the path they have chosen.

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go to an expensive elitist school and rack up a bunch of debt on a degree that wont matter so that you can go to another elitist school and get even more debt so that you can finally become employable and then complain about having high student debt? or, you can you to a school and get the professional degree and move into the world of employment much quicker. we all know which one you prefer. has nothing to do with being a diploma mill and everything to do with worldview and the role of secondary education.

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Hey, he's just upset that A&M is a "diploma mill" now. He just wants it to go back to the elite, highly selective school it was when he went from 1971 to 1974.

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Win At Life said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Moving to the shoulder so people can pass.

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Not moving to the right lane while driving 5 miles under the speed limit so people can pass.

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No, that's national.

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FIFY

That's not national. People outside Texas may stay in the left lane, but they are all going 5-10 miles over the speed limit. That, I can live with.

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I don't care how fast or unfast you are going. The left lane is for passing. If you aren't passing, move back to the right lane. If you are passing, you are passing in the left lane.

azulAg said:

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says who ?

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Anyone possessing more sophisticated taste buds than your average 7 year old, maybe? Oh, and non-yankees.

azulAg said:

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says who ?

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Anyone that's not a mouthbreathing Yankee, as noted above.

whoop91 said:

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I don't care how fast or unfast you are going. The left lane is for passing. If you aren't passing, move back to the right lane. If you are passing, you are passing in the left lane.

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I'll offer up an exception. If you're travelling on a highway that does not have feeder roads and ramps, 290 in Bastrop/Lee counties for example, and you see someone trying to turn right onto the highway from a side road, move over to the passing lane and let them in. They have places to go too and don't need to wait on your oblivious, egocentric ass to pass them before they can move.

Little acts of courtesy on our roadways go a long ways towards making the world a better place.

everyone

AggieBand2004 said:

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Fatties are everywhere. Go to the midwest

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Kansas City gives San Antonio a run for fattest city not named Houston.