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OFFICIAL PREDICTION Thread, WEEK 18------------- Bungles at STEELERS

Hypocycloids said:
Me as well.
Grew up on a farm in Western Pa..
First came the driving the tractors sitting a little foward in the seat so our feet could reach the pedals.

And when it came time to learn to drive my dads F250 pickup, we learned by driving a "three on the tree".

No, we didn't learn by driving into a tree, we learned driving a "three on the tree"....for you youngsters who may not know what a "three on the tree" is.
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Never heard of that . Three on the tree…
 
slashsteel said:
Never heard of that . Three on the tree…
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I don't see a LOL there, so I'll assume you are sincere!

If you know what a 4 on the floor is, a three on the tree was a 3 gear manual shifter mounted on the steering column.

These existed before automatic transmissions were invented and continued to be sold after the introduction of the automatic.

You had the option to purchase a 3 on the tree or the more expensive automatic.
 
Kumbaya Coached Clownshow 20
Bengals 28

No - Russ gets almost all of the snaps but Fields goes in for at least one play;
Muth with 42 yards and TJ, Alex and Nick with 3 combined sacks; and
4 years old.
 
Well……last regular game. Off season seems to last forever,actual season flies by.
My pre-season prediction was 8-9…. With the thought of them loosing the last 4 games. For the paying fans at Heinz field I truly hope my prediction and score is wrong. That being said….
B&G 20
Bengals 41.
I hope our D shows some pride here,but I believe Chase and Higgins have a huge day.

No.
Receiving yards - 49
Sacks-4

Little DIC was just 9 years old when approached by a talent agent at the local hardware store. Was asked to audition for a brand new Coke a Cola commercial. While practicing his lines in walked the biggest man little DIC ever saw. In full Steelers uniform.
After doing a few takes along with other kids trying to get the role,little DIC thought he was a shoe in. Unfortunately at the luncheon after the auditions the producer brought his twin 11 year old daughters. An hour later the producer while looking for his girls walked in to DIC and the girls playing spin the bottle. Little DIC Hollywood career over before it begins. While the legend of little Tommy Okon began. DIC could never forget Mean Joe Greene and that Pittsburgh uniform and became a fan for life. Also learned a life long lesson of the female persuasion that day.

Edit….im probably way too high with my score looking at the weather. This team pisses me off so much I can’t be bothered to change it. I forgot to say Thanks Slash for your generosity,and thanks DIC for taking the time to make this more interesting with the tidbits of your life. Cheers all.
 
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I don't se a win for us here. Cincy has too much to play for here, and are better coached. But, this is our last best chance at a W for the year.

Same Old Steelers - 13
Cincitucky Inbreds - 24
 
xjx said:
I had a 79 gmc pickup. 3 on the tree. No power steering, no power brakes. Crank up windows. No delay wipers. Only heater and am radio. A cave man truck by today's standards.
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I love the cave man rides. No computers, less
systems to malfunction, an engine compartment that makes sense.

Used to absolutely love the old air cooled VWs. A 13mm wrench and the jack and you could drop an engine on the side of the road. The good old days!
 
I'm staying positive even though I have doubts of winning this game......

***** cats 20
Steelers 24

Muuuuuth 67 yds.
3 sacks total
6yrs old
 
We won't be winning a shoot out - Bengals 35, Steelers 24.
1st Tie Break Does Russ play full game: No, saving him for the playoff loss.
2nd Tie Break Total receiving yard Muth: 50 yards; sack count TJ / Alex / Nick total: 5.
3rd Tie Break At what age did the DIC become a PITTSBURGH STEELERS fan ? (10)
 
Confluence said:
Steelers 31
bungles 13

No
76 and 4
Age 6, just before he learned how to drive
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Actually about a month before I turned 5. Miniapolis-Molein came out with what they marketed as a "Childs" tractor. It was smaller than regular, but still could do farm work. It fit the "kids" so as they could work too. It was NOT a toy. I learned to drive it and became the kid who could rake hay. From there I just kept driving bigger equipment including cars / pickup by age 6 and grain trucks by age 8, combine by age 10.

My friend Calvin, and I overhauled a International Super "C" (it's a smaller tractor, but full size) with out any adult help. I was 7 and he was 9, he was the brains but I helped quite a bit.

Oh those were the days, growing up on the farm in the 60's.


Salute the nation
 
Hypocycloids said:
I don't see a LOL there, so I'll assume you are sincere!

If you know what a 4 on the floor is, a three on the tree was a 3 gear manual shifter mounted on the steering column.

These existed before automatic transmissions were invented and continued to be sold after the introduction of the automatic.

You had the option to purchase a 3 on the tree or the more expensive automatic.
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Learned to drive when friends dared me to take them for a ride in their older brothers '61 Fairlane convertible with a 3 on the tree.
15 at the time, older brother was not pleased.

Oh, and Go Stillers! Other than that, I got nothin'.
 
Hypocycloids said:
Me as well.
Grew up on a farm in Western Pa..
First came the driving the tractors sitting a little foward in the seat so our feet could reach the pedals.

And when it came time to learn to drive my dads F250 pickup, we learned by driving a "three on the tree".

No, we didn't learn by driving into a tree, we learned driving a "three on the tree"....for you youngsters who may not know what a "three on the tree" is.
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Yeppers, those three on the tree were fun, both car and truck.

My dad had an old late 50's international pickup. It had three on the floor and that particular model was notorious for how sloppy lose the transmission was. I was pretty good with it but man, sometimes you'd think you were hitting second but actually end up in 3rd and chug chug the engine. still a lot of fun driving.

I'm glad you got to drive / learn early in life and be sure to pass that onto the younger generation as life continues.


Salute the nation
 
Drink IRON City said:
Actually about a month before I turned 5. Miniapolis-Molein came out with what they marketed as a "Childs" tractor. It was smaller than regular, but still could do farm work. It fit the "kids" so as they could work too. It was NOT a toy. I learned to drive it and became the kid who could rake hay. From there I just kept driving bigger equipment including cars / pickup by age 6 and grain trucks by age 8, combine by age 10.

My friend Calvin, and I overhauled a International Super "C" (it's a smaller tractor, but full size) with out any adult help. I was 7 and he was 9, he was the brains but I helped quite a bit.

Oh those were the days, growing up on the farm in the 60's.


Salute the nation
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I was off by this much!
thanks DIC, great stories!
 
Drink IRON City said:
Yeppers, those three on the tree were fun, both car and truck.

My dad had an old late 50's international pickup. It had three on the floor and that particular model was notorious for how sloppy lose the transmission was. I was pretty good with it but man, sometimes you'd think you were hitting second but actually end up in 3rd and chug chug the engine. still a lot of fun driving.

I'm glad you got to drive / learn early in life and be sure to pass that onto the younger generation as life continues.


Salute the nation
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I remember those old Internationals.
They also made the Scout. Counterpart to the Ford Bronco.

Back to the 3 on the tree….Remember that awful sound when you didn’t have the clutch pushed in far enough? (Or a bad clutch/tranny)

Stop grinding the gears!! Grind me a pound why don’t ya!!

What’s funny is that the idiom “grinds my gears” which means to be irked or annoyed by something….its origin is probably not known by those who use it.

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And football message boards.
 
Yes SIR, we have a winner.!!! 2nd week in a row,
(I have to take credit as in my Spirit World I foretold of this reconning, my Clairvoyance is indisputable)

Congratulations to the TWO Time winner (name in bold to reflect his famous institutional being)
Fiji Mariner Along with the post office most wanted list, we already have your address.

AFTER 1st place is just a bunch of losers, but these are random order losers who are winners in my book !!!
xjx / Djfan / Papa Lazarou / speedicut / Ron Burgundy / ExUSAF / Badcat / sarge / OMAR10213245
Honorable Mention
Steelman (post 29) His explanation of the 3rd tie breaker was by far the best
Hypocloids (post 15) 3rd tie break was the actual taste breakfast again laugh
Confluence (post 40) Sincerely thank you Confluence, Life is worth sharing !!!


Always remeber to thank slash for his generosity of prizes and postage and time..................... Thank You SIR


NOW what most have been waiting for, as told by NYTimes, mentioned in Wall Street Journal,-------- Posted on JuJu's tiktok.....................................

3rd Tie Break At what age did the DIC become a PITTSBURGH STEELERS fan ? (story revealed in winner post)

Back Story: I grew up in the 60's, dirt poor and on the farm. We only got 1 and 1/2 TV channels (only came in about 1/2 the time) I went to country school and ONLY two kids in my actual class (Cheryle was the other and as 2nd graders, we got married in her basement one rainy afternoon). I didn't even know what football was. My Uncle was coach at an all-girls catholic school, both softball fast pitch & basketball. It was in the big city (for us) about 60 miles away.

UP Date: Fast forward and this was we were having a holiday meal at our house. All uncles aunts cusins would all be there. My Uncle called several times to find out if we were able to get this one game (football) or not. My dad got kind of mad because he could of cared less either way. I as a kid, suddenly became very interested in this game my uncle (a favorite) kept calling about.
-----Finally the day comes, we all eat big time and fat and full, my uncle settles in to see if he could get the game. The rest of family stayed in kitchen or ignored him with the TV on. I sat next to him to get my curiosity satified. He talked to me about what football was, somewhat explained the game and he was able find "HIS" game. He kept saying oh those bums, they aren't very good and on and on. His team was just killing the bums. In all that exchange as I'm always an underdog fan, I became the bum's team fan.
----- I suddenly started finding news paper scores / occasional highlight sports. That following draft that BUM team drafter a player named Mean Joe Greene and as they say, the rest is history.

Correct answer is 8 yrs old and still a fan for life.


Thank you to those who read my story and to all who participate in the OFFICIAL Prediction thread.



YES, there will be a playoff OFFICIAL Prediction thread till "not".



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