Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVIII

[Warren]

nope none of that. lol

[kyledvor61]

night night all

[Krandall]

hey guys, just stopped in for a quick sec.

Got our x-mas tree up and decorated!

I got the calendar nearly fully layed out.

haev a good night everyone. I'm gonna go to bed.....      :grin_nod: :grin_nod:


GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!

[Warren]

i'm going to bed too. good night everyone.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Dec 3 1890

Isaac Jordan, the U.S. Congressional Representative from the great state of Ohio, dies after an interesting elevator accident in Cincinnati.

Dec 3 1948



Ozzy Osbourne's birthday. "I never set out to be a businessman. I just wanted to have fun, FERK chicks and do drugs."

Dec 3 1968

Elvis makes a comeback! Only slightly chunkier than in the old days, everyone thought he was a has-been. Elvis sure showed them.

Dec 3 1974

Civil aviation authorities in England issue a warning to pilots to avoid a 40 foot long inflated pig. The aeropork had escaped its tether during a Pink Floyd photo shoot. Radar contact was lost at 18,000 feet. [At this time, the sex of the pig was indeterminate. Later, oversized male genitalia are attached.]

Dec 3 1979

At Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, eleven concertgoers variously aged 15 to 27 years are trampled and suffocated trying to get in to see The Who. Insufficient exits were available, and a request by police to open more was ignored.

Dec 3 1984

Methyl isocyanate leaks from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located at a slum in Bhopal, India. The gas kills 4,000 people and injures 200,000 others, many of whom were permanently blinded or disabled. The event set a standard for industrial accidents that has yet to be equalled.

Dec 3 1997

Former Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is arrested in Los Angeles for obstructing justice and lying about a securities fraud scam. The fifty-six-year-old former child star had tried to make stock transactions at a public company without paying.

Birthdays today...
1368 - King Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
1560 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)
1596 - Nicolo Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684)
1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
1729 - Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1783)
1755 - Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
1776 - Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
1800 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849)
1826 - George B. McClellan, American Civil War general (d. 1885)
1838 - Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (d. 1916)
1838 - Octavia Hill, British housing and open-space activist (d. 1912)
1842 - Phoebe Hearst, American socialite (d. 1919)
1842 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (d. 1899)
1842 - Ellen Swallow Richards, American scientist (d. 1911)
1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (d. 1924)
1875 - Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
1880 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1883 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)
1884 - Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
1884 - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1965)
1886 - Manne Siegbahn, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1887 - Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990)
1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian-born British psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
1899 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
1900 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004)
1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1908 - Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989)
1911 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979)
1918 - Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (d. 2000)
1921 - Phyllis Curtin, American soprano
1922 - Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
1924 - Roberto Mières, Argentine racing driver
1924 - John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
1924 - Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
1925 - Ferlin Husky, American singer
1925 - Kim Dae Jung, South Korean President, Nobel laureate
1927 - Andy Williams, American singer
1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French film director
1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author
1931 - Jaye P. Morgan, American singer
1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
1933 - Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate
1934 - Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut
1937 - Bobby Allison, American race car driver
1937 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
1938 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
1940 - Jeffrey R. Holland, American religious leader
1942 - Alice Schwarzer, German journalist
1945 - Paul Nicholas English actor producer
1946 - Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
1949 - John Akii-Bua, Ugandan athlete (d. 1997)
1949 - Heather Menzies, American actress
1949 - Mickey Thomas, American singer (Jefferson Starship)
1951 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (d. 1994)
1951 - Riki Chōshū, Japanese professional wrestler
1951 - Rick Mears, American race car driver
1951 - John and Greg Rice, American twin actors
1951 - Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1952 - Benny Hinn, American televangelist
1952 - Mel Smith, English comedian
1953 - Franz Klammer, Austrian skier
1954 - Grace Andreacchi, American author
1955 - Steven Culp, American actor
1955 - Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist
1959 - Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish TV presenter
1960 - Daryl Hannah, American actress
1960 - Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
1960 - Julianne Moore, American actress
1960 - Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player
1961 - Adal Ramones, Mexican television host
1963 - Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
1963 - Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005)
1965 - Steve Harris, American actor
1965 - Andrew Stanton, American animator
1965 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
1966 - Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer
1968 - Brendan Fraser, American actor
1968 - Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer
1969 - Bill Steer, British guitarist
1970 - Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1970 - Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player
1970 - Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1971 - Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
1971 - Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
1971 - Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
1972 - Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder
1973 - Holly Marie Combs, American actress
1973 - Super Crazy, Mexican professional wrestler
1973 - Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1975 - Mickey Avalon, American rapper
1975 - Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép)
1975 - Malinda Williams, American actress
1976 - Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976 - Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1976 - Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1976 - Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1977 - Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977 - Adam Małysz, Polish ski-jumper
1977 - Troy Evans, American football player
1978 - Trina, American rapper
1978 - Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1979 - Daniel Bedingfield, English singer
1979 - Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor
1979 - Rock Cartwright, American football player
1980 - Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1980 - Jenna Dewan, American actress
1980 - Jim Sorgi, American football player
1981 - Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981 - David Villa, Spanish footballer
1981 - Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1982 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1982 - Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
1982 - Manny Corpas, American baseball player
1983 - Sherri DuPree, American vocalist
1984 - Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1985 - Mike Randolph, American soccer player
1985 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1985 - Marcus Darrell Williams, American basketball player
1985 - László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1987 - Michael Angarano, American actor
1987 - Alicia Sacramone, American Gymnast
1992 - Joseph McManners, English actor
1994 - Jake T. Austin, American actor
2005 - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

Famous deaths...
1154 - Pope Anastasius IV
1265 - Odofredus, Italian jurist
1533 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1479)
1552 - St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506)
1610 - Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
1706 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)
1765 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
1789 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
1815 - John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)
1845 - Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)
1882 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)
1888 - Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)
1890 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (b. 1820)
1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (b. 1850)
1902 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist (b. 1821)
1912 - Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1919 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist painter (b. 1841)
1928 - Ezra Meeker, American pioneer and businessman (b. 1830)
1934 - Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849)
1941 - Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (b. 1883)
1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born American actress (b. 1876)
1955 - Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)
1967 - Harry Wismer, American original owner of the New York Jets (b. 1913)
1969 - Mathias Wieman, German actor (b. 1902)
1972 - Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
1973 - Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
1979 - Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905)
1980 - Oswald Mosley, British politician (b. 1896)
1981 - Walter Knott, American farmer (b. 1889)
1984 - Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
1993 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (b. 1913)
1994 - Elizabeth Glaser, AIDS activist (b. 1947)
1995 - Jimmy Jewel, English actor (b. 1909)
1995 - Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (b. 1946)
1996 - Georges Duby, French historian (b. 1919)
1998 - Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
1999 - Scatman John, American singer (b. 1942)
1999 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (b. 1942)
1999 - Jarl Wahlström, 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917)
2000 - Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)
2002 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2003 - David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
2004 - Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)
2005 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)
2007 - James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)

Holidays and observances...
International Day of Disabled Persons
International Day of the Basque language
Feast day of St. Francis Xavier in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints
Among the seven other saints listed for that day in the Roman Martyrology is Saint Birinus
Advocate's Day in India, in memory of Rajendra Prasad, first President and an eminent lawyer

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[webb429]

good morning ass wipes

[socalrappy700]

Whats up Webb?

[Peelz]

Happy International Day of Disabled Persons.

in other words...Kyle's day.

[Flynbyu]

Happy International Day of Disabled Persons.

in other words...Kyle's day.

TIMMAY!

~Brian

[Krandall]

Dec 3 1948



Ozzy Osbourne's birthday. "I never set out to be a businessman. I just wanted to have fun, F   ck chicks and do drugs."


Mission f*ckin accomplished. 

[Flynbyu]

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaron!



The new cell phone commercial with him in it cracks me up.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaron!



The new cell phone commercial with him in it cracks me up.

~Brian

I about died last night when I saw that.  I was laughing so hard and coughing like mad at the same time.  This cold is really kicking my ass.

[Flynbyu]

Do you have any antibiotics lying around? If you have fever, you've got a nasty infection that needs a helping hand.

~Brian

[Krandall]

can't say I've seen it.

Lydia and I got a christmas tree last night and decorated it

[socalrappy700]

I think we're going out this weekend or next to get a tree.  They have a really nice farm west of the city that we go to.