Media is not the first Media

Date: May 14, 2004

Media is not the first Media

Date: May 14, 2004

Thanks for clarifying this. I hope you are not as down-in-the-dumps as the other "Media." I was getting very depressed and discouraged after reading his/her posts!

Date: May 14, 2004

No, I am not as down in the dumps. Far from it. Let's just say, I know things that others do not. In fact, it is precisely because I can handle a marathon and do not expect a quick sprint that I want to distinquish myself from this new Media person. By the way, whatever action may be forthcoming to old shelby, it will occur regardless of whether or not he is president. Statutes of limitations on some matters are quite long....

Date: May 14, 2004

Aw, shucks! Can you be a little less cryptic? You are almost (but not quite) as bad as "Chess."

By the way, can you scotch the rumor that SFT will be given a new four-year-term next week? Please?

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: USM Sympathizer
"By the way, can you scotch the rumor that SFT will be given a new four-year-term next week? Please?"

Well, I can't scotch that rumor, but if it bothers you too much, treat it with scotch

If SFT receives a four-year extension, we have proof positive that IHL does not have the best interests of the University at heart for a very simple reason wholly unrelated to any "controversy" surrounding his management style: If he gets an extension, he will be about 74 years old when it expires.

The reason I say "about 74 years old" is that the University and the press have been very secretive & inconsistent whenever his age is mentioned. During the presidential search, he was reported as being 66 years old in some articles & 67 years old in other articles (in the same newspaper). There are other inconsistencies (for example, the age of his oldest child) that suggest that Thames is a little older than he is purported to be. So right now, he's somewhere between 68 & 70 years old. He could be as old as 76 when any rumored extension expires.

How old is Shelby Thames?

[I am not espousing age discrimination, but I am suggesting that a board who hires a guy who could be drawing -- and very well may be drawing -- Social Security benefits has not concerned itself with a real "long term vision" for the stability of the college.]

Date: May 14, 2004

see http://www.stevemorse.org/ and click on "Find almost anyone's birthday"

quote:
Originally posted by: Invictus
"

Well, I can't scotch that rumor, but if it bothers you too much, treat it with scotch

If SFT receives a four-year extension, we have proof positive that IHL does not have the best interests of the University at heart for a very simple reason wholly unrelated to any "controversy" surrounding his management style: If he gets an extension, he will be about 74 years old when it expires.

The reason I say "about 74 years old" is that the University and the press have been very secretive & inconsistent whenever his age is mentioned. During the presidential search, he was reported as being 66 years old in some articles & 67 years old in other articles (in the same newspaper). There are other inconsistencies (for example, the age of his oldest child) that suggest that Thames is a little older than he is purported to be. So right now, he's somewhere between 68 & 70 years old. He could be as old as 76 when any rumored extension expires.

How old is Shelby Thames?

[I am not espousing age discrimination, but I am suggesting that a board who hires a guy who could be drawing -- and very well may be drawing -- Social Security benefits has not concerned itself with a real "long term vision" for the stability of the college.]
"

Date: May 14, 2004

The search turned up

August 10, 1936!

Makes him 68!

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Anon
"see http://www.stevemorse.org/ and click on "Find almost anyone's birthday""

Thanks. He's 68. I'll send him a card next year

Date: May 14, 2004

Okay, why can't I get Angeline G. Dvorak of Angeline Godwin's birthday to come up on that site?

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: margarita
"The search turned up August 10, 1936! Makes him 68! "

And a Leo...no wonder he has such issues with loyalties ("you're either with him or agin him") and an ego bigger than TX.

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: foot soldier
"Okay, why can't I get Angeline G. Dvorak of Angeline Godwin's birthday to come up on that site?"

Because she's an illegal alien and you don't know her real name? Or she's using a pseudonym assigned by the witness protection program? Or because she was abandoned at birth and raised by wolves? Or her name at birth was Angeline Thames? Or she was born Angelo Godwin, before her reassignment surgery? The possibilities are endless....

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Austin Eagle
"The possibilities are endless...."

Synthesized in a polymer science lab.

Just curious, but is it true that graduate assistants in polymer science are all named Igor & have severe kyphosis?

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: truth4usm/AH
"And a Leo...no wonder he has such issues with loyalties ("you're either with him or agin him") and an ego bigger than TX. "

Oh Lord, you're right. My mother once threatened me if I brought another Leo home, I kid you not. I was once married to someone whose birthday is August 11, and he had to be the center of attention every minute. I am not surprised at all, and I don't even really believe in this stuff!! (Although as an Aquarius, I keep an open mind about it . . .)

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: LVN
"Oh Lord, you're right. My mother once threatened me if I brought another Leo home, I kid you not. I was once married to someone whose birthday is August 11, and he had to be the center of attention every minute. I am not surprised at all, and I don't even really believe in this stuff!! (Although as an Aquarius, I keep an open mind about it . . .)"

It may all be just coincidental, but it's fun to think about...an interesting when it works! And as a Gemini, I'll continue my chatty ways!

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: foot soldier
"Okay, why can't I get Angeline G. Dvorak of Angeline Godwin's birthday to come up on that site?"

Maybe they were hatched?

Date: May 14, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Patti
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Maybe they were hatched?"

Dumb me, should have read the first post more carefully. Not they, she was.