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"Bosom Buddies"....You like Westerns?
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Grew up on them....and

didn't like this guy:
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but loved this guy:
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And the thread Hijack award goes to... @LACHAMP46 congrats man and well done! :p
 
"Bosom Buddies"....You like Westerns?
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Really Like 'Sam Elliott' Western's!! When John Wayne Died, and everyone was talking about who could play him in his life story, I thought Elliott would have been perfect!!
 
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Patriots DC Matt Patricia named head coach of Lions

Matthew Stafford
and the Detroit Lions officially have a new head man.

The team announced Monday that former New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia will be tasked with turning around a Lions team that hasn't won a playoff game since the 1991 season.

"This position comes with great responsibility, and I will commit every ounce of my energy to this football team, starting today," Patricia said in a statement. "My family is excited to become part of this wonderful city that displays so much passion for their teams.

"I can't express enough appreciation to the entire New England Patriots franchise, particularly Robert and Jonathan Kraft and their entire family. I will truly cherish these last 14 years as a member of this incredible organization."

Patricia's hiring comes just one day after the DC fell to Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII. It wasn't the finest performance from Patricia's unit, though Sunday's outcome was more outlier than norm for Patricia-led defenses.

"On behalf of me and my family, I would like to congratulate and welcome Matt Patricia to the Detroit Lions as our new head coach," Lions owner and chairman Martha Firestone Ford said. ... I was most pleased with how we handled all the interviews and I am confident that we have found the right man to lead our football team."

The 43-year-old has been Bill Belichick's defensive coordinator in New England since 2012. In those six seasons, Patricia has never ranked outside the top 10 in scoring defense, winning two Super Bowlrings in that same time frame.

"When we launched the search for our next head coach, I wanted to find a leader that could take us to the next level and I am confident we have found that in Matt Patricia," Lions general manager Bob Quinn said. "He has been preparing for this opportunity his entire career, and he's ready for the responsibility and its challenges."

Before his time as Pats DC, Patricia coached safeties, linebackers and offensive line (as an assistant OL coach in 2005) in New England. Patricia, who's been on the Pats' coaching staff since 2004, has never been a part of an NFL team that has won less than 10 games.
 
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Patriots DC Matt Patricia named head coach of Lions

I hope he loses that silly #2 pencil in the ear routine.

Someone actually had a bet whether he'd try to use it on his laminated play card... which, would have been funny!

I know he's no dummy (I know he went to RPI and got his Aeronautical Engineering degree)... but, please, stop with the silly pencil act!
 
I know he's no dummy (I know he went to RPI and got his Aeronautical Engineering degree)... but, please, stop with the silly pencil act!
Just because you have an aeronautical engineering degree doesn't make you a smart man, RmfnIt. Americans spent millions of dollars to develop a pen that would write in 0 gravity conditions.
The Russians just used a pencil.
 
Just because you have an aeronautical engineering degree doesn't make you a smart man, RmfnIt. Americans spent millions of dollars to develop a pen that would write in 0 gravity conditions.
The Russians just used a pencil.
Graphite from pencils is highly conductive. Thus the pen. After a fire caused by the graphite dust, Russians started using our pens.
 
Graphite from pencils is highly conductive. Thus the pen. After a fire caused by the graphite dust, Russians started using our pens.

Back in the 60's NASA spent millions of dollars to develop a pen that worked upside down, the Russians used a pencil.
 
Back in the 60's NASA spent millions of dollars to develop a pen that worked upside down, the Russians used a pencil.
Right, because the graphite dust could cause electrical shorts and fires, given that it was highly conductive. Once the Russians experienced the problems that we foresaw, they used the pens too. Not to be a jerk, but I swear you quoted me saying that in the post.

We knew that pencils could be a potential serious problem. The Russians chose a pencil, which then caused problems. Afterward, they asked for our million dollar pens. Because it turns out that the pens were the correct choice from the beginning.
 
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Took em long enough to announce.


It's going to be interesting in NE next year... what with both Coordinators gone and, perhaps, no Gronkowski.

I know Bellichick has managed to overcome adversity in the past... but I think this may be the most adversity he's faced.
 
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