Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVI

[Colorado700R]

Not bad, just put Cole to bed, and talking to Nikki (RappyPrincess) on the phone

[Warren]

nice

[Colorado700R]

What are you up to tonight?

[Warren]

nothing much. just playing fantastic contraption. thats all.

[Warren]

well i'm going to bed. good night raptorsource.

[Colorado700R]

L8ter 

[Krandall]

I'm headed to bed as well.

GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!

[exentix]

and good morning raptorsource 

and now goodbye raptorsoure, im off to skool, report cards today

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Nov 12 1912

Frozen bodies of Captain Robert Scott and his men found on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

Nov 12 1933

Hugh Gray of the British Aluminium Company took five pictures of the Loch Ness Monster, the first known photos. Four the the five exposures were blank, and the remaining photo was later proven to be a hoax.

Nov 12 1934

Charles Manson born in Cincinnati to a 16 year old prostitute and an unknown father. He grows up to do... interesting things.

Nov 12 1938

Hermann Goering announces that Madagascar will be the Jewish homeland, with support from Himmler and others. The original idea actually belongs to a jew of the 19th century, Theodore Herzl. Negotiations were conducted with the French government regarding this so called "Madagascar Plan" (France owned the island at that time), but were broken off in 1942 -- probably because Britain controlled the seas.

Nov 12 1942

Mobster Frank Costello has mob informer Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, then in protective custody under guard of six policemen, defenestrated. Reles was in a position to put away several important bosses including Bugsy Siegel and Albert Anastasia. Brooklyn police are greased with $50,000 to allow the killing to occur. His body isn't found until much later.

Nov 12 1970

Cyclone and floods hit Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan). Over 200,000 poor people die.

Nov 12 1993

A Russian woman purchases meat at the Saratov public market at a very good price, but a sutured wound indicates foul play. Yuri Lukin, a local hospital worker, is subsequently arrested for removing human body parts from his employer's refrigerator to raise cash for booze.

Nov 12 2001

An American Airlines Airbus A300 crashes after takeoff from New York City, the first major crash after the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Birthdays today...
1493 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
1606 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)
1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1651 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican mystic and author (d. 1695)
1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1755 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813)
1795 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)
1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
1833 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
1842 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1848 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
1850 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
1866 - Sun Yat-sen, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
1881 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
1881 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 - Günther Dyhrenfurth, German born geologist, geographer and Himalayan explorer (d. 1975)
1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
1889 - DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (d. 1981)
1890 - Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
1896 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
1898 - Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
1903 - Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
1908 - Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1999)
1908 - Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
1910 - Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
1911 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
1915 - Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980)
1916 - Jean Papineau-Couture, French Canadian composer (d. 2000)
1916 - Paul Emery, British racing driver (d. 1993)
1916 - Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
1917 - Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
1920 - Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989)
1922 - Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
1923 - Vicco von Bülow, German film director
1924 - Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981)
1927 - Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1929 - Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995)
1929 - Princess Grace of Monaco, American Actress, Royalty (d. 1982)
1930 - Ann Flood, American actress
1931 - Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer (The Four Seasons)
1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader
1936 - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee
1936 - Mort Shuman, American songwriter and singer (d. 1991)
1938 - Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Ruby Nash Curtis, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
1939 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
1940 - Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
1940 - Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
1943 - Brian Hyland, American singer
1943 - Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
1943 - Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver
1944 - Booker T. Jones, American musician and songwriter (Booker T and the MG's)
1944 - Al Michaels, American television sportscaster
1945 - Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer and musician
1947 - Ron Bryant, American baseball player
1947 - Patrice Leconte, French film director and screenwriter
1947 - Buck Dharma, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
1948 - Errol Brown, English singer (Hot Chocolate)
1948 - Cliff Harris, American football player
1949 - Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 1992)
1952 - Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
1953 - Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
1958 - Nick Stellino, Italian-American television chef
1958 - Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
1959 - Vincent Irizarry, American actor
1960 - Maurane, Belgian singer
1961 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
1961 - Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
1961 - Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
1961 - Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
1962 - Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
1962 - Neal Shusterman, American author
1962 - Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 - Brix Smith, American musician and songwriter (The Fall, The Adult Net)
1962 - Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian born journalist and television presenter
1963 - Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
1964 - David Ellefson, American musician (Megadeth)
1965 - Lex Lang, American voice actor
1967 - Michael Moorer, American boxer
1967 - Grant Nicholas, British singer (Feeder)
1968 - Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler
1968 - Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer
1968 - Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player
1968 - Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)
1969 - Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
1969 - Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
1969 - Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
1969 - Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter
1970 - Donna Adamo, American female professional wrestler
1970 - Tonya Harding, American figure skater
1970 - Craig Parker, New Zealand actor
1970 - Harvey Stephens, British child actor
1972 - Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
1973 - Mayte Garcia, American dancer
1973 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
1974 - Tamala Jones, American actress
1975 - Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress
1975 - Angela Watson, American actress
1975 - Jason Lezak, American swimmer
1976 - Tevin Campbell, American R&B musician
1976 - Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
1976 - Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
1977 - Dalene Kurtis, American Playboy model
1977 - Lee Murray, English Mixed Martial Artist
1977 - Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
1978 - Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician
1978 - Alexandra Maria Lara, German Romanian actress
1978 - Ashley Williams, American actress
1978 - Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer ,and WWE Diva
1979 - Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
1979 - Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player
1979 - Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
1980 - Trent Acid, American professional wrestler
1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
1981 - DJ Campbell, English football player
1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actress
1982 - Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
1983 - Carlton Cole, English football player
1984 - Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
1984 - Omarion, American R&B musician
1984 - Sandara Park, South Korean actor
1984 - Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
1986 - Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
1987 - Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

Famous deaths...
607 - Pope Boniface III
1035 - Canute the Great
1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1434 - King Louis III of Naples
1555 - Stephen Gardiner, English statesman
1567 - Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (b. 1493)
1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)
1606 - St. Nicholas Owen (martyr), one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
1667 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
1671 - Thomas Fairfax, English Civil War general (b. 1612)
1742 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1757 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
1916 - Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855)
1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1941 - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)
1944 - Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (b. 1876)
1948 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
1955 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
1965 - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
1969 - Liu Shaoqi, Former Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1972 - Rudolf Friml, Czech composer of operettas (b. 1879)
1976 - Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
1976 - Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1981 - William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
1984 - Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
1990 - Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
1993 - H. R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926) Matt Lawrence, Student
1994 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b. 1940)
1997 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
2000 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, (b. 1928)
2000 - Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
2001 - Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2003 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
2003 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
2003 - Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 - Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
2003 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2005 - William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (b. 1923)
2006 - General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
2007 - Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 - Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances...
Catholicism: Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych
Bahá'í Faith: Holy Day, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
Birth of Sun Yat-Sen (observed in Taiwan)

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

So... COD-World @ War came out.... Lydia invited like... 10 people over so I'm stuck listening to these hippies.

She said I can't play COD, I'm going to be on the forum. f*ck em.

Drama freeks?

All Except 2 people. Me and one other chick.





Nov 12 1933

Hugh Gray of the British Aluminium Company took five pictures of the Loch Ness Monster, the first known photos. Four the the five exposures were blank, and the remaining photo was later proven to be a hoax.


Nessie's real I tell you (in a thick irish accent)

[socalrappy700]

Damn, luck you.   

[Flynbyu]

I've been to Loch Ness. It's a long as train ride up into the Scottish highlands. Neat place, friendly people.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Damn, luck you.   

ended up not being ALL bad. It was a pot luck so I got to eat real food. 

[Flynbyu]

This day is dragging by.

Where's everyone at today?

~Brian

[Krandall]

Dragging here as well.. I have a cold that is kickin my ass. Just picked up some Tylenol Cold Severe medicine. Waiting for it to kick in. Supposed to be going to a concert tonight. We'll see. Just not feeling all that great.