Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume IX

[Peelz]

think the vette is sexy? go look at a 08 viper. ohhhhhh weeeeeeeeee. the viper handles like a champ now. see, the viper just aint a refined car and thats what makes it a viper. it doesnt even have cup holders!
why not look at the dodge srt8 line? there all 4+ seaters and all boasting 425 horse

If I could plunk that kind of money down...it would be German car, maybe Italian.  Porsche, Audi, BMW or a Ferrari 355 spyder..  It is not enough for me to just have power. A full-on rally car would be my first choice.  I was thinking about importing a Peugot 206 a few years back. Tiny little hatchback with AWD, 400+hp, and daily driveability.

[kyledvor61]

no cup holders?!?!?! F*CK THAT!

[Peelz]

no cup holders?!?!?! F*CK THAT!

+1 where do you put your can of Pabst?

[kyledvor61]

no cup holders?!?!?! F*CK THAT!

+1 where do you put your can of Pabst?

more like my juice box

[Peelz]

Hey, i think my buddy just bought an 05 660R. Member name "Jetmech" (1 post) . Usually rides a modded banshee.  We have assimilated another one into the collective.

[Peelz]

no cup holders?!?!?! F*CK THAT!

+1 where do you put your can of Pabst?

more like my juice box

Dyin' over here.

[kyledvor61]

no cup holders?!?!?! F*CK THAT!

+1 where do you put your can of Pabst?

more like my juice box

Dyin' over here.

i seriously dont get how a car doesnt have f*ckin cup holders. everywhere else the car is awesome but no cup holders!


my juicy juice has to go somewhere

[Peelz]

Then they can market it as a "purists car" and people will buy it, beliveing not having cup holders makes them eccentric. I love the car business sometimes. Like when VW put the damn flower vase in the dash of the new beetle...It is a gimmick.

[kyledvor61]

Then they can market it as a "purists car" and people will buy it, beliveing not having cup holders makes them eccentric. I love the car business sometimes. Like when VW put the damn flower vase in the dash of the new beetle...It is a gimmick.

alright thats just plain weird


i got a nasty cold :'( :'( :'(

[Peelz]

half of the car business is correct marketing, not engineering and design. More money is spent on advertising than r&d.

[kyledvor61]

half of the car business is correct marketing, not engineering and design. More money is spent on advertising than r&d.

well obviously look at toyota

[kyledvor61]

nighty night raptorsource


goin on a motorcycle run tommorrow

[Peelz]

half of the car business is correct marketing, not engineering and design. More money is spent on advertising than r&d.

well obviously look at toyota

not toyota...try GM.

ford has gotten much better.

dodge is pretty good these days.

Later miniho

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 24 79

Pompeii buried by Vesuvius, apparently to punish the debauchery that made the town famous. Tens of thousands of people perished only to have plaster casts made centuries later of the hollows their bodies once occupied.

Aug 24 1572

Troops loyal to the French crown alongside Catholic civilians massacre the Protestant Huguenots of Paris, estimates range between 20,000 and 100,000 deaths. At news of this carnage of this St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, a gleeful Pope Gregory XIII ordered celebrations and a medal to be struck.

Aug 24 1812

The White House and other public buildings in the District of Columbia are torched by the British.

Aug 24 1958

Red China commences the shelling of the islands of Quemoy and Matsu, which hold one-third of Chiang Kai Shek's troops. The United States threatens nuclear retaliation for this, but the American people do not support the stance. A very strange compromise is worked out, permitting China to shell the islands on odd dates and Chiang Kai Shek's troops to resupply the islands on even dates.

Aug 24 1981

Mark David Chapman sentenced to 20 years for killing Beatle John Lennon.

Birthdays today...
1113 - Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
1198 - King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
1358 - King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
1580 - John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
1707 - Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
1750 - Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
1758 - Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d. 1833)
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
1787 - James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834)
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1837 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
1845 - James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1851 - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
1852 - Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
1872 - Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur (d. 1965)
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
1887 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
1890 - Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
1895 - Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
1897 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989)
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
1899 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
1899 - Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993)
1901 - Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
1902 - Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
1902 - Carlo Gambino, Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976)
1903 - Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1904 - Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
1905 - Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1976)
1905 - Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
1909 - Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
1911 - Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (d.1995)
1912 - Durward Kirby, American television personality (d. 2000)
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)
1916 - Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
1916 - Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
1917 - Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
1918 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
1919 - Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1921 - Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver
1922 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
1922 - Howard Zinn, American historian and activist
1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
1927 - David Ireland, Australian author
1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor
1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist
1936 - Kenny Guinn, American Governor, Nevada
1937 - Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
1938 - David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
1938 - Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
1940 - Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
1942 - Max Cleland, American politician
1942 - Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
1943 - Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1944 - Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1944 - Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 - Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
1947 - Anne Archer, American actress
1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
1947 - Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
1949 - Joe Regalbuto, American actor
1949 - Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
1950 - Tim White, American anthropologist
1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer
1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author
1952 - Bob Corker, American politician
1952 - Mike Shanahan, American football coach
1953 - Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
1954 - Alain Daigle, French Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
1956 - John Culberson, American politician
1956 - Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
1957 - Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor
1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist
1958 - Chris Offutt, American author
1959 - Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer
1960 - Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
1960 - Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
1961 - Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
1962 - Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
1962 - David Koechner, American actor
1963 - John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut
1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress
1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player
1965 - Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan cricketer
1967 - Michael Thomas, English footballer
1968 - Benoit Brunet, French Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 - Tim Salmon, American baseball player
1970 - Dan Henderson, American Mixed martial artist
1970 - Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
1971 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
1974 - Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress
1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1976 - Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer
1977 - Denílson, Brazilian footballer
1977 - Robert Enke, German footballer
1977 - Per Gade, Danish footballer
1977 - John Green, American author/Nerdfighter
1977 - Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
1978 - Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
1979 - Michael Redd, American basketball player
1980 - Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
1981 - Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer, actor
1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor
1981 - Mercedes Scelba - Shorte, American model
1982 - Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
1983 - Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
1983 - Christopher Parker, British actor
1984 - Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
1985 - Destiny Davis, American model and Playboy Playmate
1987 - Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
1987 - Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor
1995 - Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model
2003 - Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Famous deaths...
  79 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
1042 - Michael V, Byzantine Emperor) (b. 1015)
1103 - King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
1217 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (bc. 1170)
1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
1542 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
1572 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
1572 - Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
1572 - Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535)
1595 - Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
1647 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
1664 - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 - Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
1683 - John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
1759 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
1779 - Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
1798 - Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1831 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1841 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
1888 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
1921 - Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b. 1860)
1943 - Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
1946 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1954 - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (b. 1882)
1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
1958 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876)
1967 - Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
1967 - Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (murdered) (b. 1930)
1974 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
1977 - Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
1978 - Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)
1979 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (b. 1912)
1979 - Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker (b. 1898)
1980 - Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
1982 - Félix-Antoine Savard, French Canadian catholic priest and novelist (b. 1896)
1985 - Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
1987 - Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
1990 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
1990 - Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
1991 - Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b. 1904)
1995 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
1998 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
1999 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (b. 1929)
2001 - Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 - Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
2003 - Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
2005 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian Vallenato singer (b. 1984)
2006 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
2006 - Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979)
2007 - Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
2007 - Aaron Russo, American film producer and director (b.1943)

Holidays and observances
Roman calendar
Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.
Ukraine: National holiday, independence from the Soviet Union (1991).

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[kyledvor61]

rode 120 miles on the motorcycle today