Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XII

[BRAD]

alright guys. i already posted this pic up in my Jeep topic. but i was figuring i could get a few opnions alittel quicker here.  what do you guys think of these rims?

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[Krandall]

sexy to say the least.

[BRAD]

the only thing is im gonna go with  a 16x10 with a set of 285/75's which is about a 33" tire. i hope they look good in the smaller size

[Krandall]

ignore the small error just seen...

I was supposed to be testing on my test forum. not on this one...  I just about pooped my pants.

thanks beans for pointing it out!!!

[Krandall]

I'm off to bed. Have a good night everyone!

GOOD NIGHT RAPTORSOURCE!!! 

[dick-84]

Everyone left me.  :'(

[exentix]

tis a good day today  my girly friend is coming home with me after school =) so no whoring today, try not to miss me too much mini-hos 

[darkside94]

yea ill be chattin it up with my gf sooooooooooooo ill be on here   

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 1 1938

Germany annexes the Sudetenland!

Oct 1 1946

The International Military Tribunal at Nuremburg (Broken link for Nuremburg Trials) announces verdicts against its Nazi defendants: 3 acquittals, 4 prison terms between 10 and 20 years, 3 life terms, and 11 executions by hanging.

Oct 1 1971

Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

Oct 1 1985

Youths go on the rampage in Toxteth, Liverpool; widespread damage results. [We're still investigating exactly why this rampage occurred.]

Oct 1 1987

The Whittier Narrows earthquake hits Los Angeles, killing 7 and causing hundreds of millions in damage.

Oct 1 1993

Richard Allen Davis kidnaps Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her Petaluma, California home and later murders the 12-year-old.

Birthdays today...
1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
1577 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)
1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
1671 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
1691 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
1800 - Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (d. 1861)
1835 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
1842 - Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
1893 - Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
1893 - Yip Man, Martial Arts Master d.(1972)
1896 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
1909 - Maurice Bardèche, French fascist, (d. 1998)
1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1910 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
1910 - José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
1921 - James Whitmore, American actor
1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1924 - William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
1925 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1926 - Roger Williams, American pianist
1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor
1927 - Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
1928 - Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
1928 - Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
1929 - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
1930 - Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver
1930 - Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1930 - Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1930 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1932 - Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993)
1935 - Dame Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
1936 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress
1939 - George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
1939 - Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
1942 - Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
1943 - Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
1943 - Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
1945 - Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
1945 - Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
1945 - Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
1946 - Tim O'Brien, American writer
1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor
1947 - Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author
1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
1950 - Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
1952 - Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
1953 - John Hegley, British poet
1953 - Pete Falcone, American baseball player
1953 - Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete
1954 - Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
1955 - Duško Tadić, Bosnian Serb
1955 - Howard Hewett, R & B Singer
1956 - Theresa May, British politician
1957 - Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1959 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
1961 - Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
1961 - Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
1961 - Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
1962 - Paul Walsh, English footballer
1963 - Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player
1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian
1964 - Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
1965 - Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
1965 - Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Ted King, American Actor
1965 - Chris Reason, Australian journalist
1966 - Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian
1966 - George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
1966 - Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
1967 - Scott Young, American ice hockey player
1967 - Mike Pringle, American football player
1968 - Jon Guenther, American author
1968 - Rob Collard, British racing driver
1969 - Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player
1969 - Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
1970 - Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1970 - Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
1971 - Song Il Gook, Korean actor
1971 - Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
1973 - Jana Henke, German swimmer
1973 - Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1973 - John Thomson, American baseball player
1974 - Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
1974 - Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
1974 - Christian Borle, American actor
1975 - Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
1975 - Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
1975 - Kim Suna, Korean actress
1976 - Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
1976 - Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
1976 - Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
1976 - Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
1977 - Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
1978 - Andrew JC Jackson, Australian surf lifesaver
1978 - Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
1979 - Cameron Bruce, Australian rules footballer
1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player
1979 - Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979 - Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
1981 - Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981 - Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 - Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
1982 - Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1982 - Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
1983 - Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
1984 - Matt Cain, American baseball player
1984 - Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
1985 - Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
1985 - Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 - Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
1985 - Tim Deasy, English footballer
1986 - Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986 - Sayaka, Japanese singer
1986 - Ricardo Vaz Té, Portuguese footballer
1987 - Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
1988 - Cariba Heine, Australian actress
1989 - Brie Larson, American pop singer & actress
1990 - Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube Personality

Famous deaths...
959 - King Edwy of England
1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
1500 - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)
1588 - Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
1609 - Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1708 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
1768 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
1837 - Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1838 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
1864 - Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)
1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)
1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
1913 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
1942 - Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1970 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1974 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
1975 - Al Jackson, American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
1984 - Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1985 - E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)
1990 - Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)
1992 - Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
1994 - Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
1996 - Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)
1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
1998 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
1999 - Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2000 - Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
2001 - Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2001 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)
2002 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2006 - Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2006 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007 - Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007 - Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
2007 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances...
National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
Republic of Cyprus - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
Nigeria - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
San Marino - two Captains Regent, elected by parliament, take office for six months.
Tuvalu - Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
French Republican Calendar - Cuve (Barrel) Day, tenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
World Vegetarian Day
Singapore - Children's Day
Armenia - Teachers' Day
RC Church - Feast days of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux; formerly of Saint Bavo, Saint Remigius and the Blessed Edward James
Also see October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church - Patronage/Protection of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary, Mother of GERD) dating to 10th Century Constantinople, when she appeared holding her mantle over the faithful who were praying in a church during a military attack on the city. Second oldest Marian Feast in the Eastern Church.
Abai (martyr) in the Syrian Church
Abhai the general in the Syrian church
International Day of Older Persons
Teachers' Day in Uzbekistan

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

no funny facts....

oh well, happy nigerian, tuvaluan, and Cyprus-ian independence days.

Oh and: International day of the older persons...

[Flynbyu]

They are partying their asses off in Nigeria, Tuvalan, and Cyprus today.



~Brian

[Krandall]

Oct 1 1971

Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.



And pedophiles went wild!

[Flynbyu]

Yeah, people thought Walt was crazy buying up all that land.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Morning all 

[Krandall]

Mornin Aaron.

Did ya see when I broke the forum last night?