Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume IX

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 25 1835

The New York Sun publishes stunning revelations that Sir John Hershel has observed little men living on the surface of the moon. The stories, now generally believed to be false, brings the paper record circulation.

Aug 25 1900

Nietzsche is dead.

Aug 25 1989

Homosexual Congressman Barney Frank confirms that he paid a male whore, Stephen L. Gobie, for sex on several occasions. Frank later hires the man as a housekeeper, but scandal erupts when Gobie is discovered using the congressman's apartment as a sodomite bordello.

Aug 25 1993

Snoop Dogg arrested on charges of accomplice to murder, manslaughter, in Los Angeles.

Aug 25 2001

Rhythm and blues singer Aaliyah and 8 others die in a plane crash on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas. Excessive weight aboard the tail end likely caused the plane to go down.

Birthdays today...
1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)
1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
1741 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)
1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796 - James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
1803 - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1867 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951)
1868 - Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter
1882 - Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966)
1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
1900 - Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
1903 - Arpad Elo, American chess writer (d. 1992)
1905 - Faustina Kowalska, Polish mystic (d. 1938)
1909 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp), Vietnamese general and statesman
1912 - Erich Honecker, East German politician (d. 1994)
1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1913 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
1915 - Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
1916 - Van Johnson, American actor
1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 - Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator (d. 2000)
1917 - Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)
1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
1919 - George Wallace, American politician (d. 1998)
1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host
1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)
1921 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1925 - Thea Astley, Australian writer, (d. 2004)
1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1930 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor
1930 - Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
1930 - Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
1931 - Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (d. 2007)
1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host
1933 - Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician
1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
1934 - Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician
1934 - Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
1935 - Charles Wright, American poet
1938 - David Canary, American actor
1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author
1939 - John Badham, American film director
1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor
1944 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
1944 - Jacques Demers, Canadian hockey coach
1946 - Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
1946 - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and Children's Author
1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player
1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist
1949 - John Savage, American actor
1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
1949 - Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer
1950 - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1951 - Bill Handel, American radio personality
1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)
1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1956 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (d.1986)
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director
1958 - Christian LeBlanc, American actor
1960 - Ashley Crow, American actress
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
1961 - Joanne Whalley, British actress
1962 - David Packer, American actor
1962 - Vivian Campbell, Irish musician (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio)
1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor
1964 - Vassilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster
1964 - Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer
1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
1966 - Albert Belle, American Major League Baseball player
1966 - Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
1966 - Robert Maschio, American Actor ("The Todd" in Scrubs)
1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco)
1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
1968 - Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and racing driver
1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
1968 - Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer
1968 - Rachael Ray, American chef and television personality
1968 - Spider One, American musician (Powerman 5000)
1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
1970 - Robert Horry, American basketball player
1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
1971 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1971 - Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer
1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
1973 - Fatih Akin, Turkish-German film director
1973 - Olavi Mikkonen, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Amon Amarth)
1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor
1974 - Dave Luza, Dutch comedian
1974 - Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
1975 - Jeremy Horn, American MMA Fighter
1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1977 - Sophie Cadieux, Quebec actress
1977 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
1977 - Jonathan Togo, American actor
1978 - Kel Mitchell, American actor
1979 - Marlon Harewood, English footballer
1980 - Neal Musser, American baseball player
1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
1981 - Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist (d. 2007)
1983 - James Righton, Musician (Klaxons)
1983 - James Rossiter, British racing driver
1983 - Janet Chow, Miss Hong Kong 2006 Runner-Up
1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1987 - Blake Lively, American actress
1987 - Justin Upton, American baseball player
1987 - James Wesolowski, Australian soccer player
1987 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
1988 - Angela Park, Brazilian golfer
1988 - Raymond Quinn, English singer
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
1994 - Josh Flitter, American actor
1997 - Holly Gibbs, English child actor
1998 - China Anne McClain, American actress

Famous deaths...
383 - Gratian, Roman Emperor
471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople
1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1270 - King Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint
1330 - Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1482 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist
1650 - Richard Crashaw, English poet
1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer
1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738)
1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
1904 - William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1852)
1924 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1938 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
1939 - Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1950 - Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
1956 - Alfred Kinsey, American research biologist (b. 1894)
1965 - Moonlight Graham, American baseball player
1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1967 - Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895)
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1979 - Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)
1980 - Gower Champion, American dancer, actor, and choreographer (b. 1919)
1984 - Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
1984 - Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899)
1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist (b. 1972)
1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
1999 - Rob Fisher, English musician (b. 1956)
2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
2000 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2001 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
2001 - Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
2001 - Ken Tyrrell, former race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
2001 - Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
2007 - Ray Jones, English professional footballer (b. 1988)

Holidays and observances...
Roman festivals - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops.
Roman Catholic Saints - Genesius of Arles, Saint Louis IX of France, Saint Joseph Calasanz.
Uruguay - National Day (independence from Brazil in 1825).

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[who else but rk]

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.

the original viper didnt have door handles out side, no power windows ,no cup holders, no radio, and no top. think thats a gimick? its what the viper is. its not a refined car, its not meant to be a daily driver.
people dont get the viper and thats fine, its not for everyone. the viper is an awsome car but it is alot of money. the vette z06 is a great car for its money, and it does some things better then the viper. but the viper and the z06 are 2 completly different cars

[Warren]

shouldn't you be off to school? lol

[darkside94]

first day of public school for me ever wish me luck 

[who else but rk]

shouldn't you be off to school? lol

not till 2 weeks

[Flynbyu]

Gotta love that $1700 gas guzzler tax on the Viper.

It's better than the $3000 on previous Viper models though.

The Challenger even has a gas guzzler tax too. Dodge needs to work on that six speed transmission and get their fuel economy up on all of their products. That would really help selling them. Right now we are selling more GM products because they get better fuel economy vs. our Dodge, Chrysler Jeep line. The only thing that doesn't need much refinement are the Cummins powered trucks. I think they are doing a great job there.

So you went and checked out the Corvette Peels?  There's a few changes in the 2009 model, not too much, just Bluetooth, and radio controls on the steering wheel are standard. The Chevrolet dealer down the street from me has an Atomic Orange Z06 on the showroom.

Is this the color you saw?



~Brian

[Krandall]

Aug 25 2001

Rhythm and blues singer Aaliyah and 8 others die in a plane crash on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas. Excessive weight aboard the tail end likely caused the plane to go down.


That was some fine chocolate.

[preddy08]

The only thing that doesn't need much refinement are the Cummins powered trucks. I think they are doing a great job there.

~Brian

I might beg to differ about the cummins. People are NOT liking the new 6.7 motor, and the interiors are about a decaid behind the rest.

The MPG on the 6.7's are not any better than the d-max or powerstroke.

[Colorado700R]

Good "oww" Morning "ouch", I'm "grr" a bit "oww" sore today  :'(

[Krandall]

Good "oww" Morning "ouch", I'm "grr" a bit "oww" sore today  :'(

Erich wasn't in Colorado this weekend was he?

[yfm700lover]

good morning everyone

[Colorado700R]

Good "oww" Morning "ouch", I'm "grr" a bit "oww" sore today  :'(

Erich wasn't in Colorado this weekend was he?

Nope, but I sure feel like I was rode hard and put away wet 

[Flynbyu]

Aug 25 2001

Rhythm and blues singer Aaliyah and 8 others die in a plane crash on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas. Excessive weight aboard the tail end likely caused the plane to go down.


That was some fine chocolate.

Yup.

She was fine as a mofo.

Pilot error killed them all. One of the cardinal rules of flight planning. Weight and balance. This particular case, the Cessna was too heavy in the aft section, causing the aircraft to stall due to the high angle of attack.



NTSB report: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20010907X01905&ntsbno=MIA01RA225&akey=1

~Brian

[Krandall]

good morning everyone

Mornin YFM.

At least you had fun Aaron!

And bummer on the Plane Crash.

[BRAD]

whats up guys? hows the day going for yuns?