Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume I

[Flynbyu]

oh, my bad. I don't know what kinda car you were talking about before..

my 318 poly is nothing really for HP.. but they are built to last for sure!

318's are very reliable.....much better than this new 4.7L crap.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

well guys im oughta here. and if you can remember Brian check on a cadillac CTS hood in the mornin for me. i will try to get back on here to remind ya before i head to work.

I'll remind Dung.....He works for a Chevrolet dealer too.....He's the parts wizard.

Good night!

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

See you in a few hours.

Goodnight RaptorSource!

~Brian

[exentix]

morning dudes and dudettes! anybody awake?

[socalrappy700]

See you in a few hours.

Goodnight RaptorSource!

~Brian

You put a late one in last night.

[Flynbyu]

See you in a few hours.

Goodnight RaptorSource!

~Brian

You put a late one in last night.

Watching storms so my wife could sleep.

It got ugly again last night.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

May 14 964

Pope John XII dies of injuries inflicted eight days prior by a jealous husband who caught him in flagrante delicto with his wife. The 26-year-old pontiff had received a blow to the temple, causing immediate paralysis. Critics had accused John of converting the Lateran Palace into a whorehouse.

May 14 1610

Fanatical monk François Ravaillac jumps aboard the coach of King Henry IV and stabs him twice through the open window. Then the French monarch bleeds to death before medical help can reach him.

May 14 1976

Keith Relf, former vocalist of the Yardbirds, is electrocuted in his London home while either tuning or playing a guitar belonging to either him or his son, in either the basement or the bathtub. Details are sort of sketchy, resulting from the family's reticence to describe the death scene.

May 14 1998

Mobbed-up international recording star and Academy Award winner Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack shortly after the airing of the final Seinfeld episode. The Chairman of the Board of Show Business had an oddly appropriate personal motto: "You gotta love livin' baby, 'cause dyin's a pain in the ass."

Birthdays today...
1265 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (d. 1321)
1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 - Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 - Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (d. 1764)
1699 - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
1701 - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
1725 - Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788)
1737 - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
1752 - Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
1752 - Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1771 - Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
1781 - Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
1814 - Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
1817 - Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
1867 - Kurt Eisner, German politician (d. 1919)
1872 - Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
1878 - James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1881 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
1881 - Ed Walsh, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1885 - Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
1890 - Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
1893 - Louis Verneuil, French playwright, screenwriter (d. 1952)
1897 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
1897 - Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
1899 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
1899 - Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1900 - Hal Borland, Writer (d. 1978)
1900 - Leo Smit, Dutch composer (d. 1943)
1900 - Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
1901 - Robert Ritter, German psychologist (d. 1951)
1903 - Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
1904 - Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (d. 1973)
1904 - Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
1905 - Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
1905 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (d. 1989)
1907 - Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat, member of the European Commission (d. 2005)
1907 - Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
1916 - Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
1916 - Del Moore, American comedian (d. 1970)
1916 - Marco Zanuso, Italian architect
1917 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
1919 - Solange Chaput-Rolland, French Canadian journalist, author and politician (d. 2001)
1919 - John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
1921 - Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
1921 - Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (d. 2007)
1922 - Franjo Tuđman, President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1923 - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
1923 - Mrinal Sen, Indian film director
1925 - Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano
1926 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)
1927 - Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer
1928 - Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary (d. 1967)
1928 - Will "Dub Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
1928 - Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor
1929 - Henry McGee, British actor (d. 2006)
1929 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1929 - Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer
1931 - Alvin Lucier, American composer
1932 - Robert Bechtle, American painter
1933 - Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
1934 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
1936 - Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
1936 - Charlie Gracie, American singer
1936 - Waheeda Rehman, Indian actress
1940 - Troy Shondell, American singer
1940 - 'H'. Jones, British Soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
1942 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (d. 2003)
1942 - Byron Dorgan, American politician
1942 - Prentis Hancock, British actor
1942 - Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
1942 - Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
1943 - Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)
1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
1943 - Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
1943 - Elizabeth Ray, American sex scandal figure
1944 - George Lucas, American film director
1945 - Francesca Annis, British actress
1945 - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
1947 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
1948 - Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach (d. 2007)
1949 - Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
1950 - Adolfo Dominguez, Spanish fashion designer
1952 - David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)
1952 - Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
1952 - Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
1952 - Robert Zemeckis, American film director
1953 - Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider)
1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
1954 - Jens Sparschuh, German writer
1955 - Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player
1957 - Leon White, American professional wrestler
1959 - Patrick Bruel, French singer
1959 - Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
1959 - Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Anne Clark, English female singer
1960 - Steve Williams, American wrestler
1961 - Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
1961 - Jean Leclerc, French Canadian singer and songwriter
1961 - Tim Roth, English actor
1961 - Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach
1962 - Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)
1962 - C. C. DeVille, American musician (Poison)
1963 - Pat Borders, American baseball player
1964 - James M. Kelly, American astronaut
1964 - Eric Peterson, American guitarist (Testament)
1964 - Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
1965 - Eoin Colfer, Irish writer
1966 - Marianne Denicourt, French actress
1966 - Mike Inez, American bassist
1966 - Fabrice Morvan, French music artist (Milli Vanilli)
1966 - Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
1967 - Tony Siragusa, American football player
1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
1969 - Danny Wood, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1971 - Sofia Coppola, American director
1972 - Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician
1973 - Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
1973 - Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
1973 - Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
1973 - Julian White, English rugby union footballer
1974 - Jennifer Allan, American model
1975 - Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer
1975 - Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
1976 - Hunter Burgan, American musician (AFI)
1976 - Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
1976 - Martine McCutcheon, British actress
1977 - Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
1977 - Roy Halladay, American baseball player
1977 - Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
1978 - Eddie House, American basketball player
1978 - Henry Garza, American singer and guitarist (Los Lonely Boys)
1978 - André Macanga, Angolan footballer
1978 - Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer
1979 - Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 - Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
1980 - Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
1980 - Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
1980 - Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer
1981 - Sarbel, Greek-born singer
1982 - BeardyMan, English beatboxer
1982 - Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
1983 - Anahí, Mexican actress and singer
1983 - Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
1983 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress
1983 - Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
1984 - Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer
1984 - Michael Rensing, German footballer
1984 - Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, founder & CEO of Facebook
1985 - Sally Martin, American actress
1986 - Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
1987 - Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
1987 - Francois Steyn, South African rugby union footballer
1990 - Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress

Famous deaths....
964 - Pope John XII
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1574 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
1608 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 - Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1643 - Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1649 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)
1669 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
1688 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
1754 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
1761 - Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
1818 - Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)
1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
1860 - Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
1873 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)
1878 - Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
1887 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
1889 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
1893 - Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (b. 1810)
1906 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
1912 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912 - August Strindberg, Swedish author (b. 1849)
1918 - James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1841)
1919 - Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1923 - Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
1925 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
1931 - David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
1931 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (b. 1887)
1934 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
1936 - Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (b. 1861)
1940 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
1943 - Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 - Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1954 - Heinz Guderian, German General (b. 1888)
1957 - Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
1959 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (b. 1897)
1962 - Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
1968 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
1969 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 - Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
1973 - Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 - Keith Relf, British singer and musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943)
1978 - Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1982 - Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
1983 - Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
1983 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1984 - Walter Rauff, German colonel (b. 1906)
1985 - Mei Ling Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress (b. 1959)
1987 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
1988 - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
1991 - Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong (b. 1914)
1992 - Lyle Alzado, American football player (b. 1949)
1992 - Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899)
1993 - Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
1993 - William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908)
1995 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (b. 1934)
1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
1998 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)
2000 - Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2003 - Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
2003 - Wendy Hiller, British actress (b. 1912)
2003 - Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
2004 - Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913)
2006 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1922)
2006 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
2006 - Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
2007 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
2007 - Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances...

Believe it or not, none!

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

See you in a few hours.

Goodnight RaptorSource!

~Brian

You put a late one in last night.

Watching storms so my wife could sleep.

It got ugly again last night.

~Brian

Same for us.  But I was out like a light.  But I'm sure it wasn't as bad as what you had.  Did you get hit hard?

[Colorado700R]

Goodmorning

[Flynbyu]

See you in a few hours.

Goodnight RaptorSource!

~Brian

You put a late one in last night.

Watching storms so my wife could sleep.

It got ugly again last night.

~Brian

Same for us.  But I was out like a light.  But I'm sure it wasn't as bad as what you had.  Did you get hit hard?

Just some wind, and a tornado warning.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Good morning Aaron.

Well, time to head west.

Later gang.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Good morning Aaron.

Well, time to head west.

Later gang.

~Brian

Later Brian 

[socalrappy700]

Goodmorning

Mornin.  So what time is it there?

[Krandall]

May 14 1998

Mobbed-up international recording star and Academy Award winner Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack shortly after the airing of the final Seinfeld episode. The Chairman of the Board of Show Business had an oddly appropriate personal motto: "You gotta love livin' baby, 'cause dyin's a pain in the ass."



Poor Ol' Blue Eyes.


"I've got the world on a string... I'm Sitting on a raainbow"

[Colorado700R]

Goodmorning

Mornin.  So what time is it there?

Got here at 7 am, first post 7:11 Am