Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Flynbyu]

103F outside and climbing.

~Brian

[shookie]

I know damn it was hot down there 105 one day damn

[Flynbyu]

I just got back from the airport and ran into a unique visitor.....

Chinese Nanchang Yak-18! Tail number N99YK

These guys are based in Fort Worth, TX. They made a fuel stop on their way back from Oshkosh!











Notice the puddle under the nose gear in the first picture. That's oil....old birds like to leak a little, and this one was leaking like crazy!

They have just departed, and you can see the flight here: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N99YK

~Brian

[Peelz]

YAK's, sweet! I have seen those fly before.


no raptor riding today, but me and the boy took the Prairie on a good old fashioned redneck ride. Creek riding.
It was a good time. Rode with two grizzly's and a king quad. The lil' 360 handled 3ft of water just as well if not better than them.

[Flynbyu]

Sounds like fun here.

It's just way too hot to attempt to ride here.

~Brian

[yfm700lover]

hey every1 hows it going?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 3 1950

The U.S. Army knowingly kills hundreds of civilian refugees when Maj. General Hobart R. Gay gives the order to demolish the bridge, including refugees, over the Naktong River at Waegwan, Korea.

Aug 3 1963

Almost a year after the world barely averted World War III during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Hotline between the Pentagon and the Kremlin goes live. The system consists of two teletype machines, with a full-time communications link routed through London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki.

Aug 3 1966

Comedian and social critic Lenny Bruce dies of a morphine overdose in his Hollywood Hills home, two years after his original obituary was published in The Realist. At the time of his death, Bruce was being maliciously harassed by police and districts attorney in various states for his groundbreaking standup performances, causing great difficulty in finding venues at which to perform.

Aug 3 1973

A fire kills 46 people at the Summerfield Amusement Park on the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Aug 3 1996

An angry GERD makes "Macarena" by Los Del Rio #1 on the pop charts. The accompanying dancing disease afflicts millions before final eradication.

Birthdays today...
1509 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1770 - King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
1808 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
1817 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
1850 - Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)
1855 - Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1856 - Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
1867 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1894 - Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1895 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
1899 - Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 - Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
1900 - John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)
1901 - Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)
1902 - Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi (d. 1944)
1903 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988)
1905 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (d. 1983)
1905 - Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)
1911 - Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1913 - Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-born television comedy writer (d. 2007)
1915 - Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (d. 2006)
1915 - Pete Newell, American basketball coach
1916 - Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
1917 - Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
1918 - Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1920 - P. D. James, English novelist
1920 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
1920 - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect
1921 - Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1921 - Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic
1922 - Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author
1923 - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity
1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
1925 - Marv Levy, American football coach
1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer
1926 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)
1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 - Cécile Aubry, French actress
1933 - Pat Crawford, Former Australian cricketer
1934 - Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
1935 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
1935 - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1937 - Steven Berkoff, English actor
1937 - Duncan Sharpe, Former Pakistani cricketer
1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter
1939 - Jimmy Nicol, English musician
1939 - Egil Krogh, American lawyer and Watergate figure
1939 - Apoorva Sengupta, Former Indian cricketer
1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor
1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
1941 - Martha Stewart, American media personality
1945 - Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer
1946 - Jack Straw, British politician
1946 - Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
1948 - Pierre Lacroix, National Hockey League executive
1949 - Reed Waller, American comic book author
1950 - John Landis, American film director
1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 - Jay North, American actor
1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
1952 - Frank Schaeffer, American author
1952 - Loles León, Spanish actress
1954 - Gary Peters, English footballer
1956 - Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
1956 - Balwinder Sandhu, Former Indian cricketer
1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
1958 - Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director
1958 - Lambert Wilson, French actor
1959 - John C. McGinley, American actor
1959 - Martin Atkins, English musician
1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate
1960 - Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
1960 - Gopal Sharma, Former Indian cricketer
1961 - Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
1961 - Molly Hagan, American actress
1963 - James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono
1963 - Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul)
1963 - Isaiah Washington, American actor
1963 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (d. 2007)
1966 - Eric Esch, American boxer
1967 - Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter
1968 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
1971 - Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1971 - DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
1972 - Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1973 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1973 - Patrick Wilson, American actor
1973 - Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 - Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973 - Michael Ealy, American actor
1975 - Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1975 - Chris Nevin, Former New Zealand cricketer
1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 - Tom Brady, American football player
1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
1977 - Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1979 - Kris Jenkins, American football player
1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress
1980 - Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
1983 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
1984 - Jon Foster, American actor
1984 - Amanda Kimmel, American beauty queen
1984 - Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
1984 - Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 - Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer
1985 - Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
1987 - Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model
1993 - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer

Famous deaths...
1460 - King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
1527 - Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
1546 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
1546 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1604 - Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander
1621 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
1667 - Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
1712 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
1720 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
1721 - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
1761 - Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
1773 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
1780 - Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1792 - Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)
1797 - Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (b. 1717)
1805 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
1839 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
1857 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1867 - Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1877 - William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1879 - Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
1916 - Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
1917 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1924 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (b. 1857)
1925 - William Bruce, Former Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
1929 - Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
1929 - Thorstein Veblen, American economist (b. 1857)
1942 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1872)
1954 - Colette, French writer (b. 1873)
1958 - Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
1964 - Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
1966 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
1973 - Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (b. 1895)
1977 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892)
1977 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b. 1913)
1979 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1983 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
1990 - Betty Amann, German-American actress
1993 - Swami Chinmayananda, spread the teachings of Vedanta (b. 1916)
1995 - Ida Lupino, English actress and director (b. 1914)
1995 - Edward Whittemore, American writer (b. 1933)
1997 - Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
1998 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
2001 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)
2002 - Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
2003 - Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
2004 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)
2005 - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
2006 - Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)
2006 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (b. 1915)
2007 - John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances...
Niger - Independence Day.
Venezuela - Flag Day (since 2006)

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[yfm700lover]

good morning every1

[exentix]

good mornin' 

[yfm700lover]

hows it going?

[RR34]

holy shit brian you must me near melting.

[who else but rk]

mx cmp tomorow 

[SULLY0556]

   Mornin guys.   Thanks for the pm's, all is fine here.   If you didn't hear, the rampage that ended in a tripple murder of 3 local teens while swimming in a group of 9 kids happened 1/4 mile from my house and has the whole community shocked and in mourning.   It was truly an interesting night Thursday.  read the story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_us/wisconsin_shooting

[who else but rk]

well im off to mx camp fellas. peeeeeeeeaaace

[Peelz]

   Mornin guys.   Thanks for the pm's, all is fine here.   If you didn't hear, the rampage that ended in a tripple murder of 3 local teens while swimming in a group of 9 kids happened 1/4 mile from my house and has the whole community shocked and in mourning.   It was truly an interesting night Thursday.  read the story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_us/wisconsin_shooting

  that's scary.