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Didn't you know these woods were sacred fucking grounds to the various Inidan tribes of SW Virginia. Pocahontas' cousin, Pokahotass, lost her virginity to Chief Long Knife in these woods.
Didn't you know these woods were sacred fucking grounds to the various Inidan tribes of SW Virginia. Pocahontas' cousin, Pokahotass, lost her virginity to Chief Long Knife in these woods.
Why you hatin on hippies??
And when we move to the SEC, our football players will be smokin there too #GodsConference #PuffPuffGive #YOLO
SEC lenient on discipline for marijuana, investigation says - ESPN
Fuck you Sparko for typing "YOLO" on this GD board. Even in jest.
ARE THERE NO SAFE HAVENS FROM THE STUPIDITY OF THE INTERWEBS!!??? IS NOTHING SACRED!!???
I had hoped we could insulate ourselves from things like that here... I'm all for free speech...
... but some words should never be uttered.
Just to add, my roommate works for a construction company and has told me that they will be submitting a bid on a contract that would be adding an overpass to 460 and an additional exit for the expansion of the Corporate Research Center, as well as expansion of the VT airport (mainly for the CRC tenants) that would eventually replace the 460 'entrance' into Tech from Southgate, to a new one that would cut across where the rec sports fields are currently, which would explain why the school isn't more open to putting the indoor facility up there
the baseball field isn't THAT far away.. i think college athletes can handle walking a 1/4 mile to their practice facility? if it was across campus i'm with you, but the baseball field is just down the hill?
Just to add, my roommate works for a construction company and has told me that they will be submitting a bid on a contract that would be adding an overpass to 460 and an additional exit for the expansion of the Corporate Research Center, as well as expansion of the VT airport (mainly for the CRC tenants) that would eventually replace the 460 'entrance' into Tech from Southgate, to a new one that would cut across where the rec sports fields are currently, which would explain why the school isn't more open to putting the indoor facility up there
- I don't think it's been brought up yet, but I think the athletic department messed up when it built the basketball facility where it did. Unless the basketball teams need to go back and forth between the practice and game facility, I fail to see why the basketball facility couldn't be further away. A continous practice compound is optimum, while the game day facility can be disconnected IMO. Maybe there is a tunnel connection to basketball practice facility? Do the basketball teams walk into Cassell from the practice locker room like the football team does in Lane Stadium? The location of the basketball facility makes me think the AD had the woods location as their primary site all along.
Efficiently using practice time is a big deal, as the NCAA limits it.
Just ask Maryland, who self imposed a limit of 17.5 hours a week last year, after exceeding the limit by 2 hours a week in 2010. Schools are looking for every edge they can get, and the NCAA limit is 20 hours a week.
So I can see where 20-minutes of additional time to move between facilities might be a big deal to a program that's trying to optimize its practice time.
What is historically significant about these trees? Everything that happened in the past is historical, but not everything is significant. If someone wiped their ass under one of these trees in the fall of 1798, that's quite historical... but also quite insignificant. It's not like a famous treaty was signed there or something.
I think what you really mean by historical significance is actually significance based on the uniqueness of their age, which is something different. That is a case that can be made. But I would counter that unless there is some immediate usefulness (are we going to start having a bunch of scientists come here to study these trees for some reason?) that is not terribly important. You don't preserve something old just because it's old. Especially when there are a whole lot of other trees of this type in SW VA and so forth that are aging every day... if we discover some useful study of 300 year old white oaks 100 years from now, well, by then there will be more somewhere else (besides the ones that they're not talking about cutting down in this case).
its not about being able to "handle" a 1/4 mile walk. Its about the time that it takes to move. If a lightening storm pops up they wont have time to make the walk so instead of just stepping a few feet and carrrying on with practice, practice may have to be cancelled. You also have to consider the logistics of moving gear and such from one field to the other.
Not trying to argue but i can think of 20 good reasons that the practice facility needs to be close to Merryman and the other sports facilities, can you tell me why the rec tennis courts need to be there?
Efficiently using practice time is a big deal, as the NCAA limits it.
Just ask Maryland, who self imposed a limit of 17.5 hours a week last year, after exceeding the limit by 2 hours a week in 2010. Schools are looking for every edge they can get, and the NCAA limit is 20 hours a week.
So I can see where 20-minutes of additional time to move between facilities might be a big deal to a program that's trying to optimize its practice time.
Why you hatin on hippies??
And when we move to the SEC, our football players will be smokin there too #GodsConference #PuffPuffGive #YOLO
SEC lenient on discipline for marijuana, investigation says - ESPN
SW VA is pretty broad, so I'd say to VT's campus, these trees represent historical significance because there doesn't appear to be any others on the campus.
You preserve something because it has meaning to you and these trees have meaning to VT. They may not mean something to you, but they mean something to others. It doesn't matter how useful they actually are.
woah 200!! I'm just poking a little fun at Matt and his not-on-twitter hashtags and today's youths' YOLO bullshit ... it's like the teenager buzz word in high school now
but it's funny .. one who drops #YOLO down everywhere and then pokes a little fun at the hippies, who basically live by the mantra "You only live once"
Matt: If you trully feel that #YOLO, you should be in the woods smoking a fatty with those hippies. Bet they're a lot cooler than most people are ... and I bet they have good pot too.... but i'm not in the mood for arguing .. just havin a little fun .. don't take me so seriously
It originated from Matt?
GD it. Whoever it was, fuck that shit. I don't make the rules around here, but I'm making this is one - This board is a no YOLO zone. It's also a no Juggalo zone as well and I feel like they're related (read retarded) phenomenon.
hey, you only live once!