My tastes are all over the place, and I have my family and friends to thank.

Dad: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
Mom: Elvis
My aunts: The Beatles, Meat Loaf
Friends: Everything from rap to heavy metal

I'm going to be in the Pensacola, Florida area for a 4-day trip in a few weeks, combination of business and leisure, I will have some time to spare.

What do you recomend?

I like:
- historic stuff (Old forts, bridges, etc)
- Geography
- Unique / quirky things

Don't care about:
- Breweries
- Live music

I listen to music when I’m getting ready in the morning and she typically doesn’t like the vibe. She’s straight new country. Last weekend she started talking **** about me listening to David Allen Coe’s Long Haired Redneck and I need some ammo. I need some complete off the wall **** to start playing. Metal/hard rock usually gets her riled up too.

For example, I think tomorrow is going to straight Tom Waits. What do you got?

I think most of us know few or no other CF posters. However, being on here connects all of us.
How are you doing following today’s weather events? Families, too.

My quarterly roundup of notable comments/quips from Cyclone Fanatic, January-March 2023.

Merely a sample of amusements I encountered & documented. If anyone recalls a nugget I missed, please add to thread.

Some entries have been edited for clarity, brevity, spelling or what-not(s).

KEY:
Bold is thread title (or summary of it) ...
"***" indicates break in narrative flow.

• In case you missed it: CF Notable Posts Q4 2022

Nominee for “Thread Title of the Quarter”: Somebody is walking by and spitting on my dog

***Iowa State vs. Oklahoma Game Day Thread***
@HFCS: When you watch that game tracker, the line on the graph looks like the patient died.

Strange Snacks/Odd Foot Combinations
@NATEizKING: I can eat mustard on anything ... sticky rice, Fruity Pebbles, tequila shots ... anything.

Side job/side hustle ideas
@ScottyP: Our family budget is going to get extremely tight for the next couple of years, with two kids in daycare. Any recommendations for side jobs to help supplement income?
@coolerifyoudid: Can you coach special teams?

When you win Powerball or Mega Lottery (thread continued from 2022)
@LeaningCy: If I win, prepare to feast your eyes on a second, identical pedestrian bridge.
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@CyclonesRock: After careful consideration and consulting with family and friends, I would like to announce I am placing my $2 winnings in the lottery transfer portal. I will purchase a Powerball ticket and will be forever grateful to Mega Millions for the opportunity. It is not about the money, I just feel Powerball will be a better fit for me...

Most valuable men’s basketball player so far
@pourcyne: Conrad Hawley … He is the Hester of Millennials.

ISU’s top highly touted busts of all time
@cytor: My junior-year girlfriend had a highly touted bust. I'm putting her on my list.

Sweet Caroline
@intrepid27: I love it when the team is winning enough that we get to debate insignificant stuff. Personally, I think the team should wear taller socks.

Rotations with Jaz back
@Clonefan32: I started this thread with the hopes we’d have a comparative analysis of Bob Jones and Jared Homan, and you fools fell right into it!

My wife says I’m condescending
@carvers4math: I’ve never considered CF to have any insight into women other than JLH, so good luck!

Iowa State ranked No. 12 in latest AP poll…
@twincyties: Are we the only team in the conference without a weird hand signal that involves a gun or an animal?

Help us, Mr. Science
@dafarmer: What earworm question is in your head that no one answers, like why do whiskers not grow all over your face and stop below your eyes?
@KnappShack: Because I'm not a goddam wolf. Next question!
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@PSYclone22: Why haven't we built a perpetual motion machine yet?
@cdnlngld: Entropy.
@Entropy: Yeah, sorry about that.

MBB Computer Projections Thread
@Gunnerclone: Someone tell me what our record would be if we filter out all of the wins.
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@isufbcurt: Can I get our NET ranking if Eli, Hasson, Watson, Bob and Conrad were the only guys playing? This will tell us the true ranking of ISU.

Mike Miles?
(OP): Anyone know if Mike Miles is playing tomorrow?
@Cyforce: I’m sure somebody does.

Is Iowa State even a tournament team? (Parody of the original thread)
@Gunnerclone: Whether we’re in or out, it’s clear this team doesn’t deserve either outcome.

***Auto-Bid Madness 2023***
@1UNI2ISU: I hate this stupid game. When can we enter for next year?!

Watson
@VeloClone: Play Holmes and Watson together more. It is elementary.

(Combined) Bracket Thoughts / ***Official March Madness NCAA Tournament Thread***
@CoachHines3: Colgate over Texas, ‘cuz f*** Texas.
@cyphoon: Colgate frickin’ invented toothpaste. They sure as hell can beat Texas.
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(nominated by @CycloneRulzzz)
@GTO: Golgate got pasted.
@stormchaser2014: They fought tooth and nail, but decayed at the end.
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@Die4Cy: Why does Brad Underwood dress like he sells Lincolns in 1977?
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@HoopsTournament: FAU will play FDU.
@nfrine: There will be a lot of F’ing around.
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@exCYtable: These Miami uniforms are hideous. Looks like Halloween had sex with a Christmas tree.

USC-UCLA To Big Ten (continuous)
@FriendlySpartan: The love of prime JLH on this board is one of my favorite aspects.
@jcyclonee: She’s so GIFable.
@Cyclonscin: Is that how you say it?

New Pepsi Logo
cydonk: How f’ing bored are you, nobody gives a turd?
@Gonzo: Dude, "boring" doesn't even begin to describe my dullness.

I would be pounding beers and the M shop if this was back in the day.

Tomorrow a horse named after our Cyclones runs at Gulfstream Park Race 14 (5:40pm ct) in the Florida Derby for a chance to solidify its spot in the Kentucky Derby. The number 9 horse CYCLONE MISCHIEF.

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With Ashley Joen's career completed, I will start wondering:
1) Why isn't Chelsea Poppen's number already retired?
2) Why isn't Bridget Carlton's number already retired?
3) Can you retire Ashley's number ans not those two? Without coming back for the COVID year those two would hold almost every record she broke.

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Very scary deal. Amazing he took the mat Saturday morning feeling like he was. Here's to hoping for a full recovery and the wrestling community rallying around him and his family.

Thanks so much to @WhatchaGonnaDo for today’s topic!

“If you could go back in time and see anyone in concert, who would you see?”

My personal answers are (each in their prime):

- Bowie
- Prince
- Rolling Stones

What are yours?

My wife has an old IRA as well as a Roth IRA with the same large broker. I'm thinking of doing a Roth conversion on this IRA. I'd like to pay these taxes with some funds I have in a non retirement account. How does this work? Do I just send the government a check? Will waiting until the 4th quarter make it easier?

Just moments after leading North Texas to the NIT championship. They played a really slow, grind you out style this year, they may have been the slowest team in the entire country in terms of pace of play.

Good luck on your next school Caleb.
Didn’t end well but the fans have the North Carolina game memories.

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@kentkel @azhuth09 @Cardinal and Gold @Bubbahotep @ameslurker @delt4cy @Cybyassociation @el tornado @TOFB4ISU @packattack425 @daniel22

100-62 Let's Go!!

Hopefully the rain holds off. If only there were a stadium with a roof within 90 miles they could play at instead...

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okay everyone now that we have emily staying how do we utilize addy brown kelsey and arianna jackson. we know where audi is going to be. is this team going to be faster? i have not seen any highlights of addy brown or arriana jackson.

Some clarity. Near the end he talks about getting a concussion.

Opening Day is here!

Hopefully we will at least be in the Wild Card Race come late Summer/Early Fall.

Latest on Iowa State women's basketball:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2023/03/wbb-addy-brown-says-23-class-is-ready-to-work/

My wife took on a treasurers fob for a small non-profit, previously the books have been on paper and I am trying to setup up a Drive spreadsheet to help make reporting easier. I have the first sheet as a report sheet and sheets 2-13 as monthly ledger. I would like to have cell b6 on sheet one as a reference for the sheet of the monthly report, instead of changing each cell manually every month. When I use =b6!i50 I get an error, unresolved sheet name. If I use =January!i50 I get the correct number, how do I assign b6 as the sheet name, so we just type in the month of the report and all cells change.

With the draft approaching, I was just wondering, if Iowa State was known as [position] U, what position would you want it to be?

For me, I would choose O-Line (just barely ahead of D-Line)

I think if you're doing things right up front, everything else becomes a lot easier & O-lineman are so valuable in the NFL

There is nothing cooler in sports than the image of five BIG, talented O-lineman striding up to the LOS to take their positions knowing that they are about to impose their will on the other team's defense

Hi gang,

Later this week is April First, AKA April Fools' Day. In observance of that, this week at OTN we're looking for songs with titles/lyrics that contain the word "Fool." Variations of the word are also allowed such as Fooled, Fooling and Foolin'.

The team making up OTN weekly are @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

Last week Rulzzz posted the topic, which was I Wish. You can find it here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-i-wish.278089/

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My First 5...

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Too good to be just a B-Side:
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Today - Addy Brown 6'3" Wing gets to perform