Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XVIII

[dick-84]

yea i hear ya on that one, its kinda starting to scare me

im glad my dad runs his own business

Yeah that is a good thing. Kinda hard to lay your self off.

[exentix]

yea, he has plenty of work, its just gettin paid is the problem... he said hes sending registered letters to people this weekend, so i guess u could say hes feeling it too

[BRAD]

whats up guys?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Dec 16 1920

In Kansu, China, an 8.6 earthquake kills 180,000 people, mostly from building collapses. But 20,000 froze later because they were unwilling to reoccupy housing during the winter.

Dec 16 1943

At Auschwitz, Dr. Horst Schumann was radiating genitals of Jewish men and women. After a time their genitals were removed and sent to Berlin. Records from his experiments do not survive intact, but the daysheet for today indicates 90 castrations. What were they doing with all those balls?

Dec 16 1950

To fight "world conquest by communist imperialism" in Korea, President Truman declares a state of National Emergency. The order is still in effect, one of four current states of national emergency granting extraordinary powers. We must be fools.

Dec 16 1954

In San Carlos, Venezuela, a hairy dwarf creature attacks residents, then flees into a hovering disk shaped UFO. The creatures escape.

Dec 16 1977

The pinnacle of the Disco era attained with the release of the polyester-clad film Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta.

Dec 16 1985



John Gotti has Gambino boss Paul Castellano whacked at Spark's Steak House in Manhattan.

Birthdays today...
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
1584 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)
1614 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1714 - George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770)
1716 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
1717 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806)
1742 - Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
1775 - Jane Austen, English writer (d. 1817)
1775 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (d. 1834)
1776 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1787 - Mary Russell Mitford, English writer (d. 1855)
1790 - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1804 - Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
1834 - Léon Walras, French economist (d. 1910)
1861 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)
1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (d. 1952)
1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (d. 1918)
1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)
1867 - Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
1869 - Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1872 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
1882 - Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (d. 1963)
1882 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
1882 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (d. 1974)
1883 - Max Linder, French pioneer of silent film (d. 1925)
1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1888 - Alphonse Juin, marshall of France (d. 1967)
1899 - Sir Noel Coward, English playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
1900 - V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (d. 1997)
1901 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)
1902 - Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (d. 1999)
1905 - Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996)
1906 - Barbara Kent, Canadian actress
1913 - George Ignatieff, Russian-born Canadian diplomat (d. 1989)
1915 - Turk Murphy, American trombonist (d. 1987)
1917 - Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar
1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
1918 - Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)
1922 - Cy Leslie, American music and video executive (d. 2008)
1926 - James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988)
1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer (d. 1987)
1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
1929 - Nicholas Courtney, English actor
1932 - Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet/Russian composer
1934 - Elgin Gay Baylor, NBA Hall of Famer
1936 - Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
1937 - Joyce Bulifant, American actress
1938 - Frank Deford, American sportswriter
1938 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
1941 - Lesley Stahl, American journalist
1942 - Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island
1943 - Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer
1943 - Tony Hicks, English guitarist (The Hollies)
1945 - Patti Deutsch, American actress and Match Game panelist
1945 - Bobby George, English professional darts player
1945 - Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator
1946 - Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
1946 - Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist
1947 - Ben Cross, English actor
1947 - Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
1948 - Christopher Biggins, English actor
1949 - Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
1950 - Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (d. 2007)
1950 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006)
1951 - Robben Ford, American guitarist
1952 - Joel Garner, Barbadian West Indies cricketer
1952 - Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
1955 - Xander Berkeley, American actor
1955 - Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1960 - Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer
1961 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994)
1961 - Jon Tenney, American actor
1962 - Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress
1962 - William "The Refrigerator" Perry, American football player
1963 - Benjamin Bratt, American actor
1963 - Jeff Carson, American singer
1963 - James Mangold, American film director and screenwriter
1964 - Heike Drechsler, East German-born sprinter
1964 - Georgie Parker, Australian actress
1964 - Billy Ripken, American baseball player
1965 - Chris Jones, American baseball player
1965 - Melanie Sloan, American attorney
1965 - Nancy Valen, American actress
1966 - Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
1966 - Dennis Wise, English footballer
1967 - Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter
1967 - Miranda Otto, Australian actress
1971 - Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1971 - Paul van Dyk, German DJ
1972 - Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
1972 - Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1972 - Željko Kalac, Australian soccer player
1973 - Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
1973 - Scott Storch, Canadian-American hip-hop producer
1974 - Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress
1975 - Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer
1975 - Nawo Kawakita, Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
1975 - Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1975 - Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor
1977 - Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Sylvain Distin, French footballer
1978 - Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer
1978 - Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)
1979 - Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer
1979 - Jessie Ward, American professional wrestler
1979 - Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
1979 - Flo Rida, American rapper
1981 - Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer
1981 - Took Leng How, Malaysian criminal (d. 2006)
1981 - Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
1982 - Garnon Davies, Welsh actor
1982 - Antrel Rolle, National Football League defensive back
1983 - Kelenna Azubuike, English basketball player
1983 - Danielle Lloyd, English model
1985 - Keita Tachibana, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
1987 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress
1988 - Anna Popplewell, English actress

Famous deaths...
705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
714 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
867 - Eberhard of Friuli
999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
1378 - Otto III of Montferrat
1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England
1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (b. 1453)
1598 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)
1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. c. 1608)
1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
1765 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
1774 - François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
1783 - Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
1783 - Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (b. 1840)
1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1914 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (b. 1832)
1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865)
1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
1935 - Thelma Todd, American actress (b. 1905)
1940 - Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1944 - Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
1945 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866)
1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
1949 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873)
1956 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b. 1890)
1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (b. 1874)
1976 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (b. 1917)
1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
1980 - Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
1982 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1984 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
1985 - Paul Castellano, American mafioso (b. 1915)
1988 - Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)
1989 - Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
1989 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
1993 - Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
1993 - Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (b. 1973)
1995 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
1995 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
1996 - Quentin Bell, English art historian (b. 1910)
1997 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952)
1998 - William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
2001 - Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958)
2001 - Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913)
2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
2005 - Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (b. 1937)
2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
2006 - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
2006 - Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
2006 - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
2007 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)

Holidays and observances...
Bahrain - National Day
Bangladesh - Victory Day
India - Vijay Diwas (Victory Day)



Kazakhstan - Independence Day

South Africa - Day of Reconciliation
Afrikaners (South Africa) - Day of the Vow
Mexico - First day of Las Posadas
Philippines - First day of Misa de Gallo
St. Adelaide

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Dec 16 1943

At Auschwitz, Dr. Horst Schumann was radiating genitals of Jewish men and women. After a time their genitals were removed and sent to Berlin. Records from his experiments do not survive intact, but the daysheet for today indicates 90 castrations. What were they doing with all those balls?

Krandall's got em' 




Dec 16 1954

In San Carlos, Venezuela, a hairy dwarf creature attacks residents, then flees into a hovering disk shaped UFO. The creatures escape.





LittleBuddha is still on the loose......





heat wave here 7 degrees! 

[Krandall]

-8 w/ a -16 windchill this morning......

It's gonna be a good day...

[Peelz]

-8 w/ a -16 windchill this morning......

It's gonna be a good day...

yikes.

[socalrappy700]

6 here.  And a major storm on the way.   

[Peelz]

by noon here. I will have the rappy out on the streets. We'll see if they change the municipal code eventually because of me.

"considerable snow coverage" is how it is worded.

[socalrappy700]

Who knows what we'll get, but I looked at the radar and it looks like we are going to get hit hard.  My friends are in big bear today tearing up the slopes, 2 feet of fresh powder.

[socalrappy700]

Just looked at the winter storm warning for big bear, looks like they are going to get hit again with another 6-14 inches above 4000 feet tonight. 

[Flynbyu]

We got freezing rain last night, so everything is slicker than greased owl shit.

I cross 18 bridges a day one way, and the biggest bridge goes across the Arkansas River and is at least 100 feet tall. Needless to say it was a little hairy on my 32.8 mile trek this morning.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Todays drive was ok, just cold.  Tonight and tomorrow are going to suck.

[Flynbyu]

Currently 7F (-4 windchill) at ORD.

Today
Mostly cloudy. Snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the lower 20s. Lowest wind chill readings 5 below to 15 below zero in the morning. East winds around 10 mph.

Tonight
Snow in the evening...then a chance of snow after midnight. Additional snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches. Total snow accumulation 3 to 5 inches. Lows 17 to 21...except in the lower 20s downtown. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening shifting to the south...then shifting to the west during the predawn hours. Chance of precipitation 100 percent.

Damn, sounds like a great day for the gorcery stores, but a shitty day for you commuters.

~Brian

[BRAD]

whats up guys?  its sitting at about 37