Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVIII

[BRAD]

must be nice having a laid back boss like that

[Colorado700R]

If I didn't tell him to go f@ck himself a few times a week, he'd probably be worried about me 

[BRAD]

  my boss that im working for now. is actually pretty cool. he usually buys a case of beer once aweek for me and the other worker to split.

[Krandall]

I'm off to bed!


GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Dec 17 1793

Children are executed by the new Guillotine invention for the first time, at Nantes France.

Dec 17 1903



The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Dec 17 1935



First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane.

Dec 17 1941

"There is only one danger in the world -- that is the yellow danger. China and Japan are really bound together against the white race. There could only have been one efficient weapon against this alliance... Germany." -- Charles Lindbergh

Dec 17 1944

Malmedy massacre, where 81 Americans of Battery B, 285th Field Artillery are killed by Waffen SS in Belgium.

Dec 17 1961

Adilson Marcelino Aviles sets a circus tent on fire at the Gran Circo Norte Americano, Niteroi Brazil, killing 323 people, mostly children. 500 other youngsters were badly burned in this worst circus fire in history. Aviles stated that he wanted revenge on circus owners.

Dec 17 1969

The US Air Force terminates Project Blue Book, which investigated reports of UFO's.

Dec 17 1989

Bartholomew J. Simpson's listed birthday.

Dec 17 1989

Over two thousand protesters area massacred by the government in Timisoara, Romania. It is the spark that brings down the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed on Christmas Day.

Dec 17 1996

Lima, Peru - Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) guerrillas seize 460 hostages at the Japanese ambassador's residence December 17 1996 All but 72 hostages are released through negotiations. Peruvian special forces storm the residence, kill the 14 members of the MRTA and release hostages April 22 1997.

Dec 17 1997

An episode of the animated TV show Pokemon induces seizures in at least 750 Japanese children. The convulsive sequence contains the depiction of a "vaccine bomb," followed by the flashing red eyes of a rat monster. Of those afflicted, 200 remain hospitalized the next day.

Birthdays today...
1239 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)
1267 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1619 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)
1632 - Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)
1685 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)
1706 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
1734 - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
1749 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801)
1770 - (Baptism) - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1778 - Sir Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)
1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865)
1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (d. 1892)
1830 - Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (d. 1870)
1835 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist; son of Louis Agassiz
1847 - Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)
1853 - Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933)
1859 - Paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927)
1873 - Ford Madox Ford, English writer (d. 1939)
1874 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)
1883 - Raimu, French actor (d. 1946)
1887 - Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957)
1887 - Hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)
1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1892 - Sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950)
1893 - Erwin Piscator, German film director (d. 1966)
1894 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
1900 - Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998)
1900 - Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)
1903 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)
1903 - Ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)
1904 - Paul Cadmus, American artist (d. 1999)
1905 - Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002)
1905 - Érico Lopes Veríssimo, Brazilian writer (d. 1975)
1906 - Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist (d. 1994)
1908 - Willard Frank Libby, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1910 - Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger and bandleader (d. 1988)
1915 - André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003)
1916 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (d. 2000)
1920 - Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (d. 2004)
1922 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (d. 2005)
1923 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (d. 2006)
1926 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1927 - Richard Long, American actor (d. 1974)
1929 - Jacqueline Hill, English actress (d. 1993)
1929 - William Safire, American columnist
1930 - Bob Guccione, American magazine publisher
1930 - Bob Mathias, American decathlete and congressman (d. 2006)
1930 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor
1931 - Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor
1934 - Ray Wilson, English footballer
1935 - George Lindsey, American actor
1935 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball coach (d. 1999)
1936 - Tommy Steele, English singer and actor
1937 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (d. 2005)
1937 - John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
1937 - Calvin Waller, US Army general (d. 1996)
1938 - Carlo Little, English drummer (d. 2005)
1938 - Peter Snell, New Zealand runner
1939 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1940 - Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist
1942 - Paul Butterfield, American musician (d. 1987)
1943 - Mary Brunner, American former "Manson Family" member
1943 - Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and composer
1944 - Jack L. Chalker, American novelist (d. 2005)
1944 - Bernard Hill, English actor
1945 - Ernie Hudson, American actor
1945 - Chris Matthews, American journalist
1945 - Jacqueline Wilson, English author
1946 - Eugene Levy, Canadian actor
1947 - Wes Studi, American actor
1949 - Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
1949 - Paul Rodgers, English singer (Free; Bad Company)
1950 - Laurence F. Johnson, American educator
1951 - Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey coach
1951 - Tatyana Kazankina, Soviet athlete
1953 - Samuel Hadida, film distributor
1953 - Barry Livingston, American actor
1953 - Bill Pullman, American actor
1955 - Brad Davis, American basketball player
1956 - Peter Farrelly, American film director
1957 - Earl Hudson, American drummer (Bad Brains)
1958 - Mike Mills, American musician (R.E.M.)
1960 - Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist
1961 - Sara Dallin, English singer (Bananarama)
1962 - Paul Dobson, English footballer
1962 - Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (d. 2007)
1962 - Rocco Mediate, American golfer
1964 - Ginger, English singer and guitarist (The Wildhearts)
1964 - Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player
1964 - Joe Wolf, American basketball player
1964 - Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster
1965 - Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Tracy Byrd, American musician
1966 - Valeri Liukin, Soviet gymnast
1966 - Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician
1967 - Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and musician
1967 - Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician
1968 - Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver
1969 - Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist
1969 - Chris Mason, English darts player
1970 - Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
1971 - Alan Khan, South African radio disc jockey
1971 - Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
1972 - John Abraham, Indian actor
1972 - Laurie Holden, American actress
1973 - Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower
1973 - Paula Radcliffe, English runner
1974 - Duff Goldman, American chef
1974 - Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
1974 - Sarah Paulson, American actress
1975 - Nick Dinsmore (Eugene), American professional wrestler
1975 - Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress
1975 - Bree Sharp, American singer/songwriter
1975 - Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress
1976 - Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater
1976 - Zsanett Égerházi, Hungarian-born porn actress
1976 - Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer
1976 - Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer
1976 - Takeo Spikes, American football player
1977 - Arnaud Clement, French tennis player
1978 - Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican baseball player
1978 - Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor
1978 - Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer
1978 - Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace)
1978 - Chase Utley, American baseball player
1979 - Jaimee Foxworth, American actress and porn star
1979 - Ryan Key, American musician and songwriter (Yellowcard)
1979 - Matt Murley, American ice hockey player
1980 - Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
1980 - Eli Pariser, American political activist (MoveOn.org)
1982 - Josh Barfield, American baseball player
1982 - Craig Kielburger, Canadian labour activist
1982 - Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player
1982 - Ryan Moats, National Football League runningback
1983 - Erik Christensen, NHL player
1984 - Andrew Davies, English footballer
1985 - Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
1986 - Vanessa Zima, American actress
1992 - Thomas Law, British Actor
1992 - Jordan Garrett, American actor
1994 - Nat Wolff, American actor, and singer-songwriter
2007 - James Windsor, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Famous deaths...
535 - Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)
942 - William Longsword
1187 - Pope Gregory VIII
1195 - Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
1273 - Rumi (b. 1207)
1663 - Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1721 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)
1830 - Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan-born libertator, six nations (b. 1783)
1833 - Kaspar Hauser, German foundling (b. 1812)
1847 - Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (b. 1791)
1860 - Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (b. 1777)
1907 - William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (b. 1824)
1909 - Léopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
1917 - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836)
1917 - Frank Gotch, American professional wrestler (b. 1878)
1929 - Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
1933 - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
1940 - Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860)
1957 - Dorothy L. Sayers, English writer (b. 1893)
1962 - Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
1964 - Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
1967 - Harold Holt, Australian Prime Minister (b. 1908)
1967 - Jack Perrin, American actor (b. 1896)
1978 - Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934)
1982 - Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (b. 1889)
1987 - Linda Wong, American porn star (b. 1951)
1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist (b. 1903)
1992 - Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
1999 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1920)
1999 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)
2002 - James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)
2003 - Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (b. 1925)
2003 - Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921)
2004 - Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (b. 1931)
2005 - Jack Anderson, American journalist (b. 1922)
2005 - Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (Sol) (b. 1929)
2006 - Larry Sherry, American baseball player (b. 1935)

Holidays and observances...
Bhutan – National Day (1907)
Greek Orthodox Church-Saint Barbaras day – Feast of Daniel the Prophet
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
Roman festivals – Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn, began
USA – Wright Brothers Day (by Presidential Proclamation)
Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Mad Dog]

No one must want to talk to me today, I can't get any of my family or my co-workers to answer the phone, and when I turn to the internet (sad I know) everyone is offline doing their jobs

I have a work question...I have 41hrs of combined vacation/sick time that I have to burn between now and year's end or I lose it.  Our company gets Christmas day as a holiday.  New year's is too, but I realize that's next year.

So is it better to take all of next week off and either this friday or the monday after christmas or to take the second half of next week (W-F) off and then take all of the week after off (using 1 vaca day from 2009)?

I'm going out of town for Christmas, but the festivities are held on Christmas day only.

[Flynbyu]

Burn it next week. I wouldn't want to burn a day of 2009's vacation the other way.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Like Brian said, I'd go for next week and run into the following week.




I couldn't pick one item to comment on.. All I can say is today is a bloody day in history. so many massacre's/mass deaths. 

[Flynbyu]

It's a great day if you're an aviation nut or Simpson's fan.....Today is the birthday of powered flight, and Bart Simpson's listed birthday.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

It's a great day if you're an aviation nut or Simpson's fan.....Today is the birthday of powered flight, and Bart Simpson's listed birthday.

~Brian

Those things make it a great day in history.  But as far as today goes its cold as shit outside.  Tons of snow and freezing rain on the way for tomorrow night.

[Flynbyu]

We finally got above freezing.

Thunderstorms tomorrow, and we may see some sunshine on Friday through partly cloudy skies.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Gonna be warm enough there to get icey rain?


Sunny today, high of 10. Snow tomorrow through sunday. highs through the weekend around 20

[Flynbyu]

I got your picture too.

Looks cold!!!!!!!!

Brrrrrrr.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

yup, high of 32 tomorrow.

[BRAD]

whats up guys? hows work going?