Introduction
Yesterday, Saturday, 11/6/2021, was an excellent day for anything outside. The 28° Fahrenheit morning low left a good freeze. The sun with a clear, blue sky warmed the temperature to a high of about 68 degrees, too warm for this Appalachian Irishman. In contrast, yesterday in Moscow, Russia, the morning low was 46° Fahrenheit and the high reached 49° Fahrenheit. The weather was cloudy. Yesterday, the low in this area of northeast Tennessee was lower than in Moscow, Russia.
The normal lows and highs in November for Moscow, Russia, and our home location in northeast Tennessee are as follows: Moscow, Russia: 29° Fahrenheit and 35° Fahrenheit. Our home location: 39° Fahrenheit and 58° Fahrenheit. Source: World Weather Online. This is not “global climate change.” It is variations in weather patterns! Anyone can research the historical weather patterns over decades or centuries. The earth is in a slight historical warming pattern cycle, not a slight historical cooling pattern. I will not waste further time on this. Anyone with any sense and without a hidden agenda knows. Enough talk about the weather!
My Georgia Bulldogs Won as Anticipated.
Yesterday, my #1 ranked (AP/Coaches) Georgia Bulldogs stomped the unranked Missouri Tigers, 43 to 6, a double stomping! A stomp is a win by at least 14 points. A double stomp is a win by at least 28 points. The win was a double stomp, with an additional nine points. Source: https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/stats/2021/missouri/boxscore/22739.
The game started at 12 PM. I watched a little of it before I had to haul off trash. Afterward, my 2006 Frontier enjoyed another good handwashing and exterior detailing at Synergy Auto Wash, in Halls. The 9/12/2021 article mentioned the truck wash. I didn't mention then, but do now, that the usual price had increased from $13 to $18 on 9/11/2021. A dollar ain't worth much these days.
I thought that I would return home to watch the last of the game. Delayed by many folks being out and about, I was prohibited. Local radio stations did not carry the game, of course. I do not have and will not buy a satellite radio system for my truck. I watched game highlights online.
What did Mrs. Appalachian Irishman do, you ask? She bought supplies at the Tractor Supply for Molly, our “old puppy.” After that, she took our 2008 Honda Civic to get an oil change. I had been noticing oil drips in the pan under the car in the garage. The oil pan plug was stripped out enough to cause the drip. The car got a new oil pan drain plug. What was the cost, you ask? You do not want to know. A dollar ain't worth much these days. Next, she shopped at our local IGA, spending more than she would have preferred. It is the inflationary “new normal.” Finally, and as usual, she visited with her folks for a while. They live about three miles away from us.
The Tennessee “Vowels” Won, as a “Miracle!”
Some Christians use “miracle” very loosely. A miracle involves the setting aside of natural law. Many examples are in the Bible (e.g., Jesus raised from the dead and so forth). I almost died on Tuesday, 3/29/2016. The topic section My Bionic Life - since 3/29/2016 includes articles about the wreck. At times, folks have said that my recovery from being about 90% dead, as I call it, was a “miracle.” No, it was not. I was, by some degree of providence, fortunate or unfortunate. Once published, my book, Light at the End of the Tunnel, will include further information.
Let's get back to the “Vowels!” I call them “Vowels,” since a former Tennessee basketball head coach, who was from up north, pronounced “Vols” as “Vowels.” It was just funny!
Last evening, the unranked Tennessee (TN) “Vowels” beat the Kentucky (KY) “Wild Kitties” in Lexington, Kentucky, 45 to 42! (Kentucky, in week 8, was ranked #15 AP and #14 Coaches.) I watched the game (7 PM start). I was amazed! I had predicted KY 49, TN 42 in an offensive shootout loss. Neither team had much defense, as I had predicted. Source: https://utsports.com/news/2021/11/7/football-vols-outlast-no-18-wildcats-in-road-shootout-45-42.aspx.
With 55 seconds left in the 4th quarter, the score was already TN 45, KY 42. KY had 4th down and 24 yards to go at their 34-yard line. I had expected the “Vowels” to stop them. But wait! The KY quarterback, Will Levis, passed complete to Izayah Cummings for 28 yards to the TN 38-yard line for a 1st down! Next, however, KY had four incomplete passes and turned the football over to the “Vowels” on 4th down and 10 yards. The “Vowels” ran out the clock, taking three victory formations.
Way to go, Vols! Yes, I will give them credit. I may start saying “Vols” instead of “Vowels” now that they have beaten a ranked team in the SEC. I would rather see the Tennessee Vols win than lose. I still like the team. Tennessee is my second favorite college football team. I do not have enough decades left in life to see “them Vols” return to their former glory, unless they surprise me. If they do, I will let you know.
Conclusion
The Tennessee Vols host the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday, 11/13/2021, at 3:30 PM. It is the homecoming game for Tennessee.
I predict that the Dawgs will give the Vols a homecoming game loss by at least a stomp. Does anyone want to bet against me? I didn't think so! (Sorry, Mom, I know that I should not bet.) As the sun goes down, I will wind down. I am glad that we are back on normal time! Don't worry, Elmcroft at Halls, I ain't ready for a rocking chair yet! (See my first article today.)
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