Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XI

[NaturalRaptor]

Whats up people.   

[Krandall]

Whats' up Natural and Dung!!!!

[Krandall]

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Wednesday Sep 24 2008
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Sep 24 622

Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

Sep 24 1789

The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established.

Sep 24 1906

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument

Sep 24 1946

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

Sep 24 1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded.

Sep 24 1957

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

Sep 24 1996

U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

Sep 24 2005

Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.


1501 - Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)
1583 - Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general
1625 - Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland
1667 - Jean-Louis Lully, composer
1717 - Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Cattle of Ontario)
1739 - Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II
1748 - Philipp Meissner, composer
1755 - John Marshall, Va, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35)
1762 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets)
1773 - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer
1780 - Henry F C Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Neˆrlands Blood)
1806 - George Alexander Osborne, composer
1817 - Ram¢n de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)
1821 - Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda)
1824 - Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
1825 - Frances E W Harper, famous African
1827 - Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1829 - James St Clair Morton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1833 - Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1848 - Pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle)
1859 - Julius Klengel, cellist/composer
1860 - Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist
1870 - Georges Claude, inventor (neon light)
1884 - Ismet In"n, [Moestafa Ismet], Turkish gen/premier/president
1885 - Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives)
1886 - James Burke, NYC, actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy)
1890 - Alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen)
1892 - Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Wandering Jew)
1893 - Julia Faye, Richmond VA, actress (10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah)
1895 - Andr, Cournand, physician
1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby)
1898 - Charlotte D baroness of Pallandt, Dutch sculptress
1898 - Howard W Florey, Aust, pathologist; purified penicillin (Nobel '45)
1899 - Eduardo Hernandez Moncada, composer
1902 - Cheryl Crawford, producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon)
1904 - Cemal Resit Rey, composer
1904 - Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer
1906 - Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong)
1907 - Pierre Moulaert, composer
1910 - Cao Yu, dramatist
1910 - Frank Pelleg, composer
1910 - Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor (Every Man is My Enemy)
1910 - Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder (LSE)
1911 - Konstantin Chernenko, USSR leader
1912 - Don Porter, Miami Okla, actor (Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show)
1912 - Ian Serraillier, children author
1913 - Lawrence Hugh ?, US astronomer (Gaseous nebulae)
1914 - Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture)
1914 - Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor
1914 - Herb Jeffries, Detroit Mich, actor (Where's Huddles)
1915 - Seymour Egerton, CEO (Coutis Bank)
1915 - Margarita J Aliger, Russian poetess (Zoja) [OS]
1915 - Larry Gates, St Paul Minn, actor (Guiding Light, Body Snatchers)
1916 - John Lapsley, British air marshal
1917 - Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford)
1917 - William Putnam Bundy, London, editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries)
1918 - Audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers)
1918 - Richard Hoggart, author/warden (Goldsmith's College London)
1919 - Dayton Allen, NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show)
1919 - Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman)
1921 - Leonardo Lopez Salzedo, composer
1921 - Leonard Overton, British glider pilot (Arnhem 1944)
1921 - Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1922 - Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata)
1922 - David Lane, CEO (Commission for Racial Equality)
1922 - Theresa Merritt, Newport News Va, actress (Mama-That's My Mama)
1923 - Ladislav Fuks, writer
1924 - Walter Fufido, Bronx NY, Iwo Jima casualty (WW II)
1924 - Simpson Guillen, cricketer (wicket-keeper for West Indies and NZ)
1924 - Sheila MacRae, London England, actress (Jackie Gleason Show)
1924 - Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge
1927 - Richard Swift, composer
1929 - George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)
1930 - John Watts Young, SF Calif, astronaut (Gem 3 10, Apol 10 16, STS 1 9)
1931 - Anthony Newley, Engld, actor (Dr Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids)/composer
1931 - Brian Glanville, author/journalist
1931 - Cardiss Collins, (Rep-D-Illinois, 1973- )
1932 - Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina
1933 - Catherine Pestell, principal (Somerville College Oxford)
1933 - Mervyn Brown, diplomat
1934 - Bernard Nevill, textile designer
1934 - John Brunner, [Kilian Houston], UK, sci-fi author (100th Millennium)
1934 - Manfred W"rner, German general/sect-gen (NATO, 1988-94)
1934 - Robert Lang, actor (Night Watch)/director
1935 - Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer
1935 - Lawrence Urquhart, CEO (Burmah Castrol)
1936 - Jim Henson, Greenville Miss, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1937 - Alan Grose, British vice-admiral
1940 - Barbara Allbut, Orange NJ, rock vocalist (Angels)
1941 - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
1941 - Linda Eastman McCartney, NYC, Mrs Paul McCartney, rocker (Wings-Ram)
1942 - Gerry Marsden, rock vocalist (Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry crossed Mersey)
1942 - Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut Meister, Orange NJ, rocker (Angels)
1943 - Lee Aaker, LA Calif, actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin)
1945 - David A[llen] Drake, US, sci-fi author (Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot)
1945 - Catherine Burns, NYC, actress (Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher)
1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pitts Steelers), Coke spokesman
1946 - Carson Van Osten, rocker
1946 - Jacqueline Courtney, NJ, actress (Another World, One Life to Live)
1946 - Jerry Donahue, rocker (Fairport Convention)
1946 - Marc Edward Neikrug, composer
1946 - Pat Pocock, cricketer (intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85)
1946 - Richard Spring, British MP
1946 - Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service
1947 - Richard Northcott, producer (9« Weeks)
1948 - Bernadette Hingley, British priest
1948 - Gordon Clapp, North Conway NH, actor (Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue)
1948 - Phil Hartman, Brantford Ontario, actor (SNL, Peewee's Playhouse)
1950 - Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer (son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's)
1951 - Terry Metcalf, Seattle, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto)
1952 - Joseph P Kennedy II, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
1954 - Stephen Jones, art historian
1956 - Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1958 - Kevin Sorbo, actor (Hercules Legendary Journeys, Kull The Conquerer)
1961 - Dillard Pruitt, Greenville SC, PGA golfer (1991 Chattanooga Classic)
1962 - Arden Knoll, Saskatoon Sask, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike-2nd)
1964 - Gene Watkins, Waco Tx, actor (James Walsh-As the World Turns)
1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, Havana Cuba, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles)
1966 - Atul Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman 1994- )
1966 - Bernard Gilkey, St Louis MO, outfielder (NY Mets)
1966 - Kevin Koslofski, Decatur Ill, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1966 - Paul Michael Valley, actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World)
1967 - Roland Jansen, soccer player (Willem II)
1967 - Frank Cornish, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Phila Eagles)
1967 - Chris Swan, rower (Olympics-1996)
1969 - Andrew Greene, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 - Gene Hunt, RandB musician (Acid Man)
1969 - John Morton, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - Lisa Matthews, Peoria Ill, playmate (Apr, 1990)
1969 - Megan Ward, LA Calif, actress (Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies)
1970 - Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1970 - Paul Spoljaric, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1970 - Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Jeanette Kollasch, Evanston Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo-17th-1995)
1971 - Shane Conrad, actress (Cody-High Mountain Rangers)
1972 - Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1973 - Rodrick Rhodes, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1974 - Kiwane Garris, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1974 - Matt McKeon, Florissant MO, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)




Famous Deaths:

0366 - Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies
0768 - Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53
0786 - Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies
0911 - Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies
1143 - Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies
1228 - Stefanus I Nemanjic de Eerstgekroonde, king of Serbia (1217-28), dies
1230 - Alfonso IX, king of Le¢n/Castili‰, dies
1435 - Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies
1517 - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1536 - Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24
1545 - Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop/monarch of Mainz, dies at 55
1568 - Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47
1755 - Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45
1790 - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
1813 - Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72
1815 - John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70
1834 - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies
1855 - Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86
1856 - Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies
1865 - Frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81
1875 - William Walker, composer, dies at 66
1881 - Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74
1892 - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69
1892 - Patrick S Gilmore, composer, dies at 62
1894 - Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies
1896 - Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies
1896 - Percy McDonnell, cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies
1898 - Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70
1910 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
1919 - Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
1934 - Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69
1939 - Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies
1948 - Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53
1949 - Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88
1951 - Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75
1951 - Phillippus Paracelsus, physician/alchemist, dies at 48
1953 - Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68
1960 - Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55
1960 - Melanie Klein, [Reizes], child psycho-analyst, dies
1961 - Sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68
1964 - Paul E Kahle, German ori‰ntalist, dies
1967 - Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies
1967 - Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71
1968 - Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67
1968 - Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1968 - Virginia Valli, actress (Flames, Guilty?, Storm), dies of stroke at 70
1975 - Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71
1975 - Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75
1976 - Romney Brent, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74
1976 - Bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54
1978 - Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
1981 - Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop and the Kid), dies at 71
1982 - Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67
1983 - Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies
1984 - Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85
1990 - Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
1991 - Theodore Geisel, author (Dr Seuss), dies of cancer at 87
1991 - Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
1993 - Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1994 - Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
1994 - David Napley, solicitor, dies at 79
1994 - Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66
1996 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87
1996 - Mark Frankel, actor (Solitaire for 2, Simon-Sisters), dies at 34
1996 - Pavel Anatolievich Sudoplatov, spy, dies at 89
1997 - Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47

Cool Happenings:
"Bullwinkle and Rocky" premiers, September 24, 1961
"Love of Life" premiered 1951
"Mod Squad" TV Series first aired September 24, 1968
"60 Minutes" premiered, September 24, 1968
The first Transatlantic telephone cable was completed, 1956
USS Enterprise, the first nuclear aircraft carrier, launched on September 24, 1960
Women's Health & Fitness Day (National US)
Held the last Wednesday in September.  Source: www.fitnessday.com/women/index.htm
World's longest kiss recorded - 17 days, 10.5 hours, September 24, 1984

[NaturalRaptor]

Here at work, the boss was off Monday and now he went out of town for a conference for the rest of the week!  

How you'all?

[Krandall]

Nice..

We were getting bitched @ earlier by my boss's boss due to some other area giving us some sh*t about something that wasn't our fault..... SO gay.

[Colorado700R]

Sep 24 1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded


Celebrating 60 years of being slow

[Krandall]

 

at least slow w/ good mileage.

[Peelz]

"World's longest kiss recorded - 17 days, 10.5 hours, September 24, 1984"

Shortly thereafter, Kyle removed his lips from Socal's a$$.

Morning whores, how's the corner today? I have had too much actual work to do. No whoring or even meth production

[Colorado700R]

"World's longest kiss recorded - 17 days, 10.5 hours, September 24, 1984"

Shortly thereafter, Kyle removed his lips from Socal's a$$.

Morning whores, how's the corner today? I have had too much actual work to do. No whoring or even meth production

If your boss knew how much more productive you could be while tweaking, he might make it manditory for all staff members 

[Peelz]

"World's longest kiss recorded - 17 days, 10.5 hours, September 24, 1984"

Shortly thereafter, Kyle removed his lips from Socal's a$$.

Morning whores, how's the corner today? I have had too much actual work to do. No whoring or even meth production

If your boss knew how much more productive you could be while tweaking, he might make it manditory for all staff members 

Agreed, time for a staff meeting!   Hitler gave it to his troops and workers.... :grin_nod:

[Krandall]

and look what he did in a mere few years...

I can see it in the news..... Kodak corporation overtaking globe..

[Peelz]

and look what he did in a mere few years...

I can see it in the news..... Kodak corporation overtaking globe..

New work week adopted 120+ hrs!  No breaks, no lunch. Coffee unnecessary.

[Krandall]

where do I sign up?

is OT paid after 8 hours? 

[Peelz]

where do I sign up?

is OT paid after 8 hours? 

No OT! Straight-time Oh..and the 120 hrs is a solid 120 hrs...no sleep until Saturday, then you get to sleep for 2 days straight.

Computers processing speed wil have to be adjusted to match operators "tweak speed"

[Krandall]

 

That'd be awesome..

There is a guy I work with who is from cali, he used to be big on meth. not the crazy back woods stuff, but the good stuff (so he says) he always says he'd love to work on Meth..