Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XV

[kyledvor61]

where all al da white women at?

[dick-84]

I don't drink that often. Maybe once a week.

Well we leave work early Monday, Tuesday and thursday to hit the bar. Then i drink saturday sunday and everyday that ends with Y when i get off of work. So i only drink 7 days a week. I dont think that is to bad. 

[NaturalRaptor]

Morning all! 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 28 4004 BC

GERD creates Adam and Eve five days after the rest of the universe, according to Biblical calculations by Archbishop James Ussher.

Oct 28 1919

The Volstead Act passes, over President Wilson's veto. Prohibition is ignored by most Americans, and fosters Mafia encroachment into legitimate businesses. Strangely, the lesson here has yet to be learned.

Oct 28 1922

Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini seizes power in Italy, with the assistance of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XI declared "Mussolini is a man sent by divine providence." In return for this endorsement, the silly dictator signs the Lateran treaty, restoring papal sovereignty over the Vatican. But at least the trains run on time.

Oct 28 1948

The Nobel committee announces that Swiss chemist Paul Mueller has won the 1948 chemistry prize. He discovered the unusual insecticidal properties of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2- bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane. Thanks to Mueller, the world embraces the phenomenal bug-killer... until somebody discovers that the hydrocarbon, popularly known as DDT, also excels at causing cancer.

Oct 28 1955



William Henry Gates III is born in Seattle. Even after becoming chairman of Microsoft and the richest man in the world, Bill's mother would sometimes have to remind him to wash his hair. [Seriously.]

Oct 28 1965

Pope Paul VI issues Nostra Aetate in which he absolves the Jews of killing Jesus, thus reversing 760 years of official Vatican policy. Innocent III had declared in 1205 that "the Jews, by their own guilt, are consigned to perpetual servitude because they crucified the Lord."

Oct 28 1976

John D. Ehrlichman, President Nixon's former domestic policy adviser and convicted Watergate felon, arrives at the Swift Trail Camp minimum-security facility in southeast Arizona.

Birthdays today...
1510 - Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)
1585 - Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
1667 - Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)
1691 - Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
1697 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
1718 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary (d. 1793)
1767 - Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852)
1793 - Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
1804 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)
1818 - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
1837 - Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last shogun (d. 1913)
1845 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)
1846 - Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)
1864 - Adolfo Camarillo, prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher (d. 1958
1875 - Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer and editor (d. 1966)
1877 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
1879 - Channing H. Cox, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
1881 - Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
1881 - Vin Coutie, Australian footballer
1885 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)
1889 - Juliette Béliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
1891 - Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (d. 1920)
1892 - Dink Johnson, American musician (d. 1954)
1896 - Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981)
1897 - Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
1901 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (d. 1979)
1902 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (d. 1986)
1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966)
1907 - John Harold Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987)
1908 - Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (d. 1995)
1909 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (d. 1992)
1912 - Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)
1914 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1914 - Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Congressman (d. 1988)
1917 - Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979)
1922 - Gershon Kingsley, German composer
1922 - Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (d. 2003)
1924 - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
1925 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (d. 2006)
1926 - Bowie Kuhn, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. 2007)
1927 - Dame Cleo Laine, British singer
1928 - Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general
1929 - Joan Plowright, British actress
1929 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
1929 - John Hollander, American poet
1930 - Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports impresario (F1)
1932 - Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
1932 - Spyros Kyprianou, a President of Cyprus
1933 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1935 - Alan Clarke, British film director
1936 - Charlie Daniels, American musician
1936 - Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer
1937 - Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
1938 - David Dimbleby, English television commentator
1938 - Anne Perry, English-born novelist
1939 - Jane Alexander, American actress
1939 - Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast
1940 - Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
1941 - John Hallam, Irish actor
1941 - Hank Marvin, English guitarist
1941 - Curtis Lee, American singer
1942 - Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
1943 - Conny Froboess, German singer
1943 - Charo López, Spanish actress
1944 - Dennis Franz, American actor
1944 - Anton Schlecker, German billionaire
1944 - Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
1945 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (d. 2006)
1945 - Wayne Fontana, British singer (The Mindbenders)
1946 - Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
1946 - John Hewson, Australian politician
1948 - Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1949 - Bruce Jenner, American athlete
1949 - Tracy Reed, American actress
1950 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
1950 - Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1952 - Annie Potts, American actress
1953 - Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
1955 - Bill Gates, American software executive
1956 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran
1956 - Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet)
1957 - Stephen Morris, British musician (Joy Division and New Order)
1960 - Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
1958 - William Reid, Scottish musician (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
1962 - Daphne Zuniga, American actress
1962 - Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player
1962 - Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
1963 - Lauren Holly, American actress
1963 - James Miller, the "Fan Man" (d. 2002)
1963 - Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer
1965 - Jami Gertz, American actress
1965 - Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist
1966 - Steve Atwater, American football player
1966 - Andy Richter, American comedian and actor
1966 - Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress
1967 - John Romero, American video game designer
1967 - Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director
1968 - Marc Lièvremont, French rugby union footballer and coach
1969 - Ben Harper, American musician
1969 - Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
1972 - Terrell Davis, American football player
1972 - Brad Paisley, American musician
1973 - Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler
1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
1974 - Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer
1974 - Braden Looper, American baseball player
1974 - Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
1974 - Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen
1976 - Karl Tremblay, Canadian singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)
1978 - Marta Etura, Spanish actress
1978 - Justin Guarini, American singer
1979 - Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus)
1979 - Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
1980 - Alan Smith, English footballer
1980 - Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
1980 - Kanzi, Most Literate Non-Human
1980 - Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
1981 - Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
1981 - Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
1982 - Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
1982 - Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
1982 - Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
1983 - Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
1984 - Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
1984 - Amanda Paige, American model
1985 - Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
1994 - Naelee Rae, American actress
1996 - Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress

Famous deaths...
312 - Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278)
1225 - Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)
1312 - Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen
1412 - Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1485 - Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (b. 1443)
1520 - Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter
1568 - Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)
1627 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
1639 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1646 - William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
1661 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
1676 - Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
1703 - John Wallis, English mathematician (b. 1616)
1704 - John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632)
1708 - Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne of England (b. 1653)
1716 - Stephen Fox, British politician (b. 1627)
1740 - Empress Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
1754 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
1755 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689)
1763 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
1768 - Michel Blavet, French flutist (b. 1700)
1792 - Paul Möhring, German physician and scientist (b. 1710)
1792 - John Smeaton, British civil engineer (b. 1724)
1800 - Artemas Ward, American politician and soldier (b. 1727)
1806 - Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (b. 1749)
1818 - Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
1841 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792)
1857 - Louis Eugène Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (b. 1802)
1877 - Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (b. 1835)
1879 - Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799)
1899 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (tuberculosis) (b. 1854)
1900 - Max Müller, German-born orientalist (b. 1823)
1916 - Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (b. 1838)
1916 - Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
1917 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1831)
1918 - Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (b. 1845)
1929 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
1939 - Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
1952 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
1957 - Ernst Gräfenberg, German physician and scientist (b. 1881)
1959 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
1965 - Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
1969 - Constance Dowling, American actress (b. 1920)
1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
1973 - Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (b. 1883)
1975 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894)
1975 - Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (b. 1932)
1986 - John Braine, British novelist (b. 1922)
1987 - André Masson, French artist (b. 1896)
1997 - Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
1998 - Ted Hughes, British poet (b. 1930)
2000 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (b. 1914)
2000 - Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969)
2000 - Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)
2001 - Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
2002 - Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
2002 - Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (b. 1917)
2004 - Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (b. 1907)
2005 - Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (b. 1926)
2005 - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918)
2005 - Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
2005 - Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
2005 - Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
2005 - Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
2005 - Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
2006 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1917)
2006 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955)
2006 - Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (b. 1920)
2007 - Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances...
Czech Republic - Independence Day (from Austria-Hungary, 1918)
Slovakia - Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State (independence from Austria-Hungary, 1918)
Greece - Okhi (No) Day (marking the refusal of Greece to submit to Italy and the Axis Powers, 1940)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan - Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Oct 28 1919

The Volstead Act passes, over President Wilson's veto. Prohibition is ignored by most Americans, and fosters Mafia encroachment into legitimate businesses. Strangely, the lesson here has yet to be learned.



That would have been freakin sweet to be a bootlegger!!!!

[RaptorRandy]

Mornin all

[Krandall]

Mornin RaptorRandy! Is the boat biz dying down for the winter season or do you guys typically stay rather busy throughout?

[RaptorRandy]

Mornin RaptorRandy! Is the boat biz dying down for the winter season or do you guys typically stay rather busy throughout?

Usually, because of the longer build cycle on our custom built boats this is our busy time of the year because people want spring deliveries. The orders are way down, but we have enough to keep a reduced force working.


Today I go out and Sea Trial one of our little 32 footers, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day on the water......to try and break shit on a boat       

[Krandall]

That makes sense. I suppose people want to get out and show off the new rigs as soon as possible.

32 footer. little.    I thought our 16 foot alumacraft was huge! 

[Peelz]

Happy Czech independence day!

And Raptor Randy: fun job bro!

[Krandall]

How goes it in the great world of Printing Peels?

[RaptorRandy]

That makes sense. I suppose people want to get out and show off the new rigs as soon as possible.

32 footer. little.    I thought our 16 foot alumacraft was huge! 

32's seem small to me now, as the lions share of the boats we have built the past year have been 37's,42's 49's and 54's.


Peels,
The sea trials are fun especially on nice days, but as with anything else after a while it's a job. I spend most of my time doing QA inspections and technical service to our customers who are out of warranty. I do love this company and my job here. I am going on 10 years at this company and I hope GERD willing, to be able to retire from here. 

[Krandall]

How many years you got until the big retirement?

[Peelz]

How goes it in the great world of Printing Peels?

Busy Sir. Our industry seems to grow when economy slides. Mostly because 90% of our work is non-profit, helping people in need. GERD knows, there are alot like that these days. And...the fall is the busy season, gearing up for T-giving and Xmas, the busiest giving seasons. So all is good, but I am tired.`Looks like more weekend work coming up.  

You do insurance? Business hurting there?

[Flynbyu]

We got our first frost, which is unusual for this time of year.  We usually don't get it until nearly mid November.

~Brian