Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume X

[kyledvor61]

Here  Ho

so you and dick live and work together?

[kyledvor61]

just passed colorado in posts

[Sand84]

Here  Ho

so you and dick live and work together?

Yes u are correct....   

[Krandall]

Grats kyle!!!

And Dick done for the eve?

[Sand84]

Who knows?

[Krandall]

you don't know?

[Sand84]

He's at his machine Prolly playing PACMAN

[Krandall]

And I don't doubt you're telling the truth. freaking slackers

[Sand84]

His machine is running

[who else but rk]

well im off to get the viper. and unfortunatly its raining here  :'( but it supposed to stop and just be cloudy for the rest of the day 

[socalrappy700]

I'm not a tree huggin hippie by any means, I'm for finding out how to lower gas costs, but Drilling in Alaska seems like a stretch ....

It's not a fix, it's a bandaid. Some how they need to bump funding for some big scientists and get this solved. If they can figure out how to make a cloaking device, (pretty sweet) they can make a freakin renewable gas.

+1

6 million acres in the Gulf we aren't drilling, and it's much closer to refineries in TEXAS vs. Alaska.

~Brian

On thing that will help is the Alaskan pipeline.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_System

This makes it much easier to get it down here.  And the main reason they want this so much is because of the amount up there.  Way more then in the gulf.  Put I do have a touch of environmental in me so I hope they can work hard to find ways to protect the area they are working in.  It can be done, they will just need tight regulation. 

And lets not all jump the gun by jumping on McCain for picking Palin for his VP.  Yes her state has a smaller population but she is a maverick, she doesn't take any bull shit and she shakes things up.  Anyone who pisses of their own party is ok in my books, because that is because they are willing to work with the "other side of the room" to get things done.  And this is what we need right now more then ever.  This was one reason Regan was so successful, he was willing and able to work with the other side.  It would ruffle a few fethers but he always had the skill to sell his ideas.  Oh, and she races snowmobiles.....should be a +1 for our group.   

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 30 1859

At the University of Göttingen, PhD candidate Albert Niemann isolates the alkaloid C17H21NO4 from leaves of the plant Erythroxylum coca. Niemann names his white, powdery discovery "cocaine" and observes firsthand its peculiarly strong anesthetic effect: "it benumbs the nerves of the tongue, depriving it of feeling and taste."

Aug 30 1974

153 passengers are killed and 60 injured when a Belgrade - Dortmund express train jumps the tracks pulling into Zagreb terminal at full speed. It is Yugoslavia's worst rail disaster.

Aug 30 1976

A riot at the Notting Hill Carnival in London sends over 100 police officers and 60 carnival-goers to the hospital. Sixty-six are arrested.

Aug 30 2001

Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević is charged with genocide. He avoids charges by heart attacking in his cell before the trial can finish.

Birthdays today....
1334 - Pedro of Castile (d. 1369)
1377 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)
1705 - David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)
1720 - Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)
1748 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (d. 1825)
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer (d. 1851)
1808 - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
1813 - Princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862
1818 - Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1821 - Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)
1839 - Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903)
1842 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)
1848 - Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
1852 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)
1856 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)
1860 - Isaac Levitan, Russian artist (d. 1900)
1870 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
1871 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1937)
1884 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1893 - Huey Long, American politician (d. 1935)
1896 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (d. 1983)
1898 - Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)
1901 - Roy Wilkins, American civil rights leader (1981)
1901 - John Gunther, American writer (d. 1970)
1906 - Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979)
1908 - Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
1912 - Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1912 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
1913 - Richard Stone, British economist Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1991)
1915 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003)
1918 - Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1918 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1919 - Kitty Wells, American singer
1922 - Lionel Murphy, Australian politician (d. 1986)
1922 - Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano
1923 - Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology (d. 2001)
1923 - Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist (d. 1969)
1923 - Vic Seixas, American tennis player
1924 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
1925 - Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
1928 - Lloyd Casner, American racecar driver and owner (d. 1965)
1930 - Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur
1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach
1930 - Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1981)
1931 - Jack Swigert, American astronaut (d. 1982)
1933 - Don Getty, Canadian politician
1934 - Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
1935 - John Phillips, American singer (Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2001)
1937 - Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970)
1939 - John Peel, English radio disc jockey (d. 2004)
1939 - Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
1941 - Ben Jones, American actor and politician
1942 - Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
1943 - Robert Crumb, American cartoonist
1943 - Jean-Claude Killy, French skier
1944 - Molly Ivins, American political humorist (d. 2007)
1944 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1946 - Peggy Lipton, American actress
1946 - Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
1947 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
1948 - Lewis Black, American comedian
1948 - Donnacha O'Dea, Irish poker player and swimmer
1949 - Peter Maffay, German musician
1949 - Ted Ammon, American financier (d. 2001)
1949 - Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1949 - Don Boudria, Canadian politician
1951 - Timothy Bottoms, American actor
1951 - Dana, Irish singer and politician
1953 - Robin Harris, American comedian (d. 1990)
1953 - Horace Panter, British musician (The Specials and General Public)
1953 - Robert Parish, American basketball player
1953 - Ron George, American politician
1954 - David Paymer, American actor
1954 - Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
1958 - Martin Jackson, British drummer (Swing out Sister)
1958 - Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
1959 - Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor
1960 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)
1960 - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah
1960 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1960 - Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
1962 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer (d. 2006)
1963 - Michael Chiklis, American actor
1963 - Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
1964 - Gavin Fisher, British engineer
1966 - Michael Michele, American actress
1967 - Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer
1968 - Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player
1969 - Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist
1970 - Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer
1971 - Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress
1972 - Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
1973 - Lisa Ling, American journalist
1974 - Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
1974 - Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish
1975 - Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer
1976 - Mike Koplove, American baseball player
1977 - Shaun Alexander, American football player
1977 - Marlon Byrd, American baseball player
1977 - Elden Henson, American actor
1977 - Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
1977 - Jens Ludwig, German guitarist
1978 - Swizz Beatz, American rapper/producer
1978 - Cliff Lee, American baseball player
1979 - Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Leon Lopez, British actor
1979 - Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
1979 - Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1982 - Andy Roddick, American tennis player
1982 - Will Davison, Australian racing driver
1983 - Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor
1983 - Jonne Aaron, Vocalist of the Finnish Band Negative
1983 - Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (d. 2007)
1984 - Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 - Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer
1985 - Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer
1985 - Steven Smith, Scottish footballer
1985 - Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer
1986 - Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco)
1988 - Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player

Famous deaths...
526 - Theodoric the Great (b. 454)
1158 - King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
1428 - Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)
1483 - King Louis XI of France (b. 1423)
1580 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)
1617 - Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1619 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
1723 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist (b. 1632)
1751 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
1856 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
1879 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (b. 1831)
1886 - Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (b. 1836)
1896 - Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1906 - Hans Auer, Swiss architect (b. 1847)
1907 - Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
1928 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
1935 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
1938 - Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (b. 1877)
1940 - J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
1941 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (b. 1874)
1943 - Father Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch Catholic priest (b. 1890)
1946 - Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian fascist (executed) (b. 1907)
1946 - Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
1949 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1961 - Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
1963 - Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy (b. 1911)
1968 - William Talman, American actor (b. 1915)
1970 - Del Moore, American comedian (b. 1916)
1971 - Nathan Leopold, American murderer (b. 1904)
1981 - Vera-Ellen, American actress (b. 1921)
1981 - Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian statesman (b. 1933)
1985 - Taylor Caldwell, English-born author (b. 1900)
1989 - Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
1991 - Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
1993 - Richard Jordan, American actor, (b. 1938)
1994 - Lindsay Anderson, English film director (b. 1923)
1995 - Fischer Black, American economist (b. 1938)
1995 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (b. 1942)
1996 - Christine Pascal, French actress and director (b. 1953)
1999 - Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910)
2001 - Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1907)
2002 - J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
2003 - Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
2004 - Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906)
2004 - Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (b. 1949)
2006 - Glenn Ford, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1916)
2006 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2006 - Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords (b. 1926)
2007 - Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author/expert. (b. 1942)
2007 - Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)

Holidays and observances...
Peru - Saint Rose of Lima's Day.
Turkey - Victory Day (to commemorate the Battle of Dumlupinar in 1922).
International Day of the Disappeared
Feast day of Felix and Adauctus

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

In other news, the Cubs are kicking ass and taking names.

[Flynbyu]

Feeling better?

I read you got a little sick. It happens to me at times too. Usually when I don't eat anything before flying/boating. I just love the tricks the inner ear can play.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

I was just a dumb ass and didn't drink enough water.  I still have the headache this morning.  It wasn't too hot out.  (80's and perfect on the water) but I was in the sun all day.  Just wasn't smart enough to take the time to drink up.  But yesterday was some of the most fun I've had all summer.  These are some of the most down to earth and coolest people I've been around.  But like I was talking to Jenee' last night, these people are "old" money.  Most rich dicks are people who just came into money or had it handed to them.  One thing I can say is these people know how to throw a bbq...granted it would take me two paychecks to do the same but it was some damn good eating. 

And I got my first ride on a donzi boat.  I've only heard of them a few times but this was one sick boat.  I even got some wheel time.....just don't tell my old teammates.