Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Colorado700R]

sure did, just got back from riding, seems real close.  maybe a touch rich down low, but my filter needs cleaning too so not sure yet 

[Colorado700R]

from today  :grin_nod:

[dick-84]

Damn that looks like a fun place to ride. 

[Colorado700R]

Damn that looks like a fun place to ride. 

It's "ok" at best, but becuase of the rainstorms, it was close and not crowded

[shookie]

Hey dick im loving the new pic

[DECEPTiON21]

Hey kids, long time no post. How's everyone?

[Peelz]

Hey dick im loving the new pic

not sure I would announce such a thing.   Colorado might get ideas.....

[dick-84]

Who in the hell put that pic on my profile?

That is some funny shit tho. I bet it was one of the mods! 

[DECEPTiON21]

I'm laughing... Those damn mods.

[Peelz]

nice pics Colorado.

THink i've seen a pic of you jumping that same spot with the crossing before.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 18 1227

Genghis Khan dies in his sleep, after a fall from his horse. His old age and drinking probably contributed to his death, which the Mongols manage to keep secret for some time.

Aug 18 1503

Pope Alexander VI dies. He was the father of seven illegitimate children, and during his reign chose as his lover the lovely sixteen year old Guilia Farnese. A portrait of Guilia dressed as the Virgin Mary appeared over Alexander's bedchamber door, but by no means was she his only liaison.

Aug 18 1590

Sent to England to get supplies three years prior, John White finally returns to Roanoke Island and discovers his colony "strongly enclosed with a high palisade of great trees, with [curtain walls] and [bastions] -- very fort-like." There is no sign of the settlers or where they may have gone, but carved in the bark of one of the trees is the word CROATOAN.

Aug 18 1999

A giant black rainbow encircles the Earth, sucking all oxygen from the atmosphere. The air returns shortly thereafter, but only after millions die from asphyxiation. On the bright side, the survivors go on to build a utopian civilization. It all happens precisely as predicted in the 1950s by Criswell, the TV psychic immortalized in the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Birthdays today...
1414 - Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)
1450 - Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
1579 - Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, Roman Catholic nun (died 1640)
1587 - Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America (d. 1588)
1596 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)
1605 - Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)
1606 - Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)
1611 - Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, queen of Poland (d. 1650)
1657 - Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1743)
1685 - Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
1692 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
1720 - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760)
1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
1754 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
1774 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
1792 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1803 - Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
1819 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876)
1822 - Isaac P. Rodman, American Union general (d. 1862)
1830 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916)
1841 - William Halford, American naval officer (d. 1919)
1855 - Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)
1857 - Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (d. 1926)
1870 - Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918)
1870 - Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954)
1879 - Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
1890 - Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960)
1893 - Ernest MacMillan, Canadian musician (d. 1973)
1893 - Burleigh Grimes, baseball player (d. 1985)
1896 - Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (d. 1933)
1900 - Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964)
1902 - Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1903 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1904 - Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1906 - Marcel Carné, French film director (d. 1996)
1908 - Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (d. 1988)
1908 - Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977)
1909 - Gérard Filion, French Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
1913 - Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
1915 - Max Lanier, baseball player (d. 2007)
1916 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (d. 2005)
1917 - Caspar Weinberger, American politician (d. 2006)
1918 - Cisco Houston, American folk singer (d. 1961)
1919 - Walter Joseph Hickel, 2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska
1920 - Bob Kennedy, baseball player (d. 2005)
1920 - Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1920 - Godfrey Evans, England cricketer (d. 1999)
1921 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish art historian
1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer (d. 2008)
1923 - Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer (d. 1982)
1923 - Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
1925 - Brian Aldiss, English writer
1925 - Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (d. 2006)
1927 - Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States
1928 - Marge Schott, baseball team owner (d. 2004)
1929 - Hugues Aufray, French singer
1930 - Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
1931 - Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvation Army general
1931 - Dick White, English footballer
1932 - William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
1933 - Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor
1933 - Just Fontaine, French footballer
1934 - Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney
1934 - Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (d. 1972)
1934 - Ronnie Carroll, British singer
1935 - Rafer Johnson, American athlete
1935 - Howard Morrison, New Zealand entertainer
1936 - Robert Redford, American actor
1938 - Joe Frank, American radio personality
1939 - Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1939 - Robert Horton, British businessman
1939 - Johnny Preston, American singer
1943 - Martin Mull, American comedian
1943 - Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
1943 - Carl Wayne, English singer (d. 2004)
1945 - Barbara Harris, American singer (Toys)
1948 - Joseph Marcell, British actor
1949 - Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
1952 - Elayne Boosler, American comedian
1952 - Patrick Swayze, American actor
1952 - Ricky Villa, Argentine former footballer
1953 - Louie Gohmert, American politician
1955 - Taher ElGamal, Egyptian scientist
1956 - John Debney, American composer
1956 - Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician
1956 - Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer
1957 - Carole Bouquet, French actress
1957 - Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1958 - Madeleine Stowe, American actress
1959 - Tom Prichard, American wrestler
1960 - Fat Lever, American basketball player
1960 - Mike LaValliere, baseball player
1961 - Bob Woodruff, American journalist, anchor
1962 - Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico
1962 - Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter
1964 - Kenny Walker, American basketball player
1965 - Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
1965 - Jim Florentine, American comedian
1966 - Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist
1966 - Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress
1967 - Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book writer
1967 - Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer
1968 - Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress
1968 - Dan Peters, American musician
1969 - Masta Killa, American rapper
1969 - Everlast, American musician
1969 - Edward Norton, American actor
1969 - Christian Slater, American actor
1970 - Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress
1970 - Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist
1970 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
1971 - Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin)
1971 - Jacob Vargas, American actor
1972 - Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer
1972 - Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer
1972 - Shaun Wilson, Australian artist
1976 - Daphnee Duplaix Samuel, American actress, Playboy Playmate
1976 - Bryan Volpenhein, American rower
1977 - Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire
1978 - Andy Samberg, American comedian
1979 - Selena Silver, pornographic actress
1980 - Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer
1980 - Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
1980 - Rob Nguyen, Australian racing driver
1980 - Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker
1980 - Jeremy Shockey, American football Tight End
1981 - César Delgado, Argentine footballer
1981 - Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K)
1983 - Kris Boyd, Scottish footballer
1983 - Michael Montgomery, American football player
1983 - Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician
1983 - Daniel Keith Swain (Danny!), American record producer/hip-hop artist
1984 - Robert Huth, German footballer
1987 - Mika Boorem, American actress
1992 - Frances Bean Cobain, daughter Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
1992 - Riko Narumi, Japanese actress
1994 - Jessie Flower, American actress
1995 - Parker McKenna Posey, American actress

Famous deaths...
353 - Decentius, Roman usurper
472 - Ricimer, Roman general
849 - Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian
1227 - Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire
1258 - Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 - Pope Adrian V
1318 - Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (born c. 1268)
1430 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)
1503 - Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1559 - Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
1563 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
1613 - Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1620 - Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563)
1634 - Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1642 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1645 - Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608)
1683 - Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
1707 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b. 1640)
1712 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
1765 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
1809 - Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728)
1815 - Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1842 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (b. 1779)
1850 - Honoré de Balzac, French writer (b. 1799)
1919 - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
1940 - Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)
1942 - Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (b. 1888)
1943 - Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1949 - Paul Mares, American musician (b. 1900)
1952 - Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit saint (b. 1901)
1963 - Clifford Odets, American playwright (b. 1906)
1981 - Anita Loos, American screenwriter (b. 1889)
1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (b. 1902)
1990 - Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
1990 - B.F. Skinner, American psychological theorist (b. 1904)
1992 - Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
1992 - John Sturges, American film director (b. 1911)
1994 - Martin Cahill, The General, infamous Dublin criminal (b. 1949)
1998 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (b. 1950)
2001 - David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931)
2002 - Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (b. 1918)
2003 - Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
2004 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)
2004 - Hiram Fong, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii (b. 1906)
2005 - Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982)
2005 - Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (b. 1959)
2006 - Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
2006 - Jamie Astaphan, Caribbean-born physician (b. 1946)
2007 - Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances...
International Lighthouse Day
Australia - Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day) named after the Battle of Long Tan
Roman Catholic Saints - Saint Helena of Constantinople, and Saint Alberto Hurtado
Buhe in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Who in the hell put that pic on my profile?

That is some funny shit tho. I bet it was one of the mods! 

check the "funny pic" thread in the "other pics/vids" section 



D!!!! It's been to long, Hope all is well.



Aaron, how you likin the barkers? You feel it on the mid-top end?


Oh, and Socal.. you were right...... again..........

32" was to small, bought it last week, returned it to best buy yesterday, picked up a 40"   MUUUUUUUUCH better.
I should just listen to you and save myself a few bucks and trips along the way... 



Aug 18 1999

A giant black rainbow encircles the Earth, sucking all oxygen from the atmosphere. The air returns shortly thereafter, but only after millions die from asphyxiation. On the bright side, the survivors go on to build a utopian civilization. It all happens precisely as predicted in the 1950s by Criswell, the TV psychic immortalized in the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Whew.. Thank GERD all of us made it. 

[socalrappy700]

Someday you will learn to listen to me.

[Krandall]

Someday you will learn to listen to me.

Maybe.. 

[Colorado700R]

Someday you will learn to listen to me.

He's used to being a bit "smaller" than most E