Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XIX

[kyledvor61]

7000th post


nighty nighty raptorsource

[Krandall]

Car Start # 2 of the evening.

1 more. See u all in about 3.5 hours.

Temps expected to see -25 tonight as per the weather service. WindChill -40   

[Warren]

in before the lock on this one. sense i'm going to work soon i won't be able to post anymore in here. 

[Flynbyu]

Car Start # 2 of the evening.

1 more. See u all in about 3.5 hours.

Temps expected to see -25 tonight as per the weather service. WindChill -40   

Randy, have you thought about getting a remote start on your autos?

There are some you can even program. Start them every hour or two and let them run for 10-15 minutes, etc..

http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/home_n.asp?dir=detail&id=2403

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Car Start # 2 of the evening.

1 more. See u all in about 3.5 hours.

Temps expected to see -25 tonight as per the weather service. WindChill -40   

Randy, have you thought about getting a remote start on your autos?

There are some you can even program. Start them every hour or two and let them run for 10-15 minutes, etc..

~Brian

That would be the way to go.  Do you by chance know the brand that can be programed? 

[Flynbyu]

Car Start # 2 of the evening.

1 more. See u all in about 3.5 hours.

Temps expected to see -25 tonight as per the weather service. WindChill -40   

Randy, have you thought about getting a remote start on your autos?

There are some you can even program. Start them every hour or two and let them run for 10-15 minutes, etc..

~Brian

That would be the way to go.  Do you by chance know the brand that can be programed? 

http://www.autoaccessorystore.com/home_n.asp?dir=detail&id=2403

~Brian

[Krandall]

how is it so cheap...

I'll have to talk to the local shop to see about pricing on the install.

[socalrappy700]

Damn, that is really cheap.  I haven't seen one that low before.

[Flynbyu]

how is it so cheap...

I'll have to talk to the local shop to see about pricing on the install.

That's the cheapest one I've found yet.

There are some thay have built in alarms too.

I would contact your local auto accessory/stereo shops around you. Remote start installs are $149-199 here.

~Brian

[Peelz]

flynbyu....slackin!

facts o' the day?

[Flynbyu]

This was just in our store......





This guy creeps me out.

~Brian

[Peelz]

WHo let Buddha in?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jan 16 1936

Serial killer cannibal Albert Fish executed at Sing Sing. GERD wanted him to castrate boys, and who was he to disagree. At his electrocution, the twenty-nine needles he had inserted into his crotch meant he needed a second jolt.

Jan 16 1942

Raising money for the war, actress Carol Lombard and her mother are killed along with a score of others in a Las Vegas airplane crash.

Jan 16 1969

Jan Palach self-immolates in Wenceslas Square, Prague, to protest the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. His gasoline powered sacrifice starts a wave of copycat suicides, seven of which are successful.

Jan 16 1987

President Leon Cordero of Ecuador is kidnapped by followers of Gen. Frank Vargas, held in a Quito prison for a 1986 coup attempt. Vargas is free and so was the President. Lesson: crime pays.

Jan 16 1989

Three days of race riots begin in Overtown, Miami when a black man fleeing on motorcycle is killed by a Hispanic police officer. 125 blocks are sealed off during the riots.

Jan 16 1991

Operation Desert Storm commences as Baghdad is pummeled live on CNN. Targeted with smartbombs are "command and control facilities" and Saddam Hussein himself. We seem to miss both, but do manage to kill about 100,000 Iraqi soldiers in the surreal bombardments that follow.

Jan 16 1997

Bill Cosby's 27 year old son Ennis William Cosby is shot to death at Skirball Center in Sepulveda Pass, near Los Angeles CA. It was a robbery attempt while he was attempting to change a flat tire.

Birthdays today...
1245 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)
1477 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1501 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
1616 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
1626 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
1634 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
1675 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
1728 - Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
1807 - Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877)
1815 - Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
1821 - John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (d. 1875)
1834 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
1836 - King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1838 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1844 - Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
1853 - Andre Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
1853 - Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937)
1853 - Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
1853 - Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
1872 - Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
1872 - Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
1874 - Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958)
1875 - Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
1878 - Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
1885 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
1886 - John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
1888 - Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1894 - Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
1895 - Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
1896 - Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
1897 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
1898 - Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
1898 - Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
1901 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
1901 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
1902 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
1903 - William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945)
1905 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1906 - Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964)
1907 - Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
1907 - Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
1908 - Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1911 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982)
1914 - Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
1916 - Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
1917 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
1918 - Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
1918 - Clem Jones, Australian Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
1918 - Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
1920 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1922 - Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
1923 - Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
1924 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1928 - Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1928 - William Kennedy, American author
1930 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
1930 - Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
1931 - Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
1933 - Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
1935 - A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
1937 - Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
1937 - Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
1938 - Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
1942 - René Angélil, Canadian music executive
1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer
1943 - Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
1943 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
1944 - Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
1946 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
1946 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
1947 - Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
1947 - Harvey Proctor, British politician
1947 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
1948 - John Carpenter, American film director
1948 - Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
1948 - Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
1948 - Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
1949 - Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1950 - Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
1950 - Brian Castro, Australian author
1950 - Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
1951 - Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
1952 - King Fuad II of Egypt
1952 - L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
1953 - Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
1955 - Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut
1956 - Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
1956 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
1958 - Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
1958 - Lena Ek, Swedish politician
1959 - Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
1961 - Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
1961 - Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
1962 - Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician
1962 - Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
1963 - James May, English television presenter
1965 - Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
1968 - David Chokachi, American actor
1969 - Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
1969 - Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
1970 - Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
1970 - Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
1970 - Ron Villone, American baseball player
1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
1972 - Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
1972 - Ang Christou, Australian rules footballer
1972 - Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
1972 - Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
1972 - Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
1972 - Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
1972 - Joe Horn, American football player
1972 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
1972 - Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
1972 - Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
1973 - Josie Davis, American actress
1974 - Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
1974 - Kate Moss, English model
1975 - Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
1975 - Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1976 - Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
1976 - Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
1977 - Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1978 - Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
1979 - Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
1979 - Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
1980 - Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
1980 - Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
1981 - Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
1981 - Bobby Zamora, English footballer
1982 - Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
1982 - Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
1983 - Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1984 - Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
1985 - Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
1986 - Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
1987 - Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
1988 - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer

Famous deaths...
960 - Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople
1400 - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)
1545 - George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)
1547 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
1554 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)
1585 - Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
1659 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
1710 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
1711 - Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)
1747 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
1748 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
1750 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
1752 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)
1794 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737)
1809 - John Moore, British general (b. 1761)
1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759)
1834 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
1856 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
1864 - Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (b. 1795)
1865 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)
1879 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)
1886 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (b. 1834)
1891 - Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836)
1898 - Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)
1901 - Hiram Revels, U.S. Senator, first African-American to serve in the United States Congress (b. 1822)
1901 - Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825)
1901 - Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1906 - Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)
1917 - George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)
1919 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
1920 - Reginald De Koven, American music critic and composer of operettas (b. 1859)
1924 - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)
1935 - Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
1936 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870)
1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, Governor General of Canada (b. 1850)
1942 - Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
1957 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
1957 - 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, Governor-General of South Africa and Canada (b. 1874)
1962 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (b. 1883)
1962 - Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (b. 1885)
1963 - Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918)
1967 - Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (b. 1901)
1969 - Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
1969 - Jan Palach, Czech protester against the Soviet led invasion.(b. 1948)
1971 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
1972 - Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895)
1972 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American actor and creator of The Chipmunks (b. 1919)
1979 - Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
1979 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1981 - Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
1982 - Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
1985 - Robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910)
1986 - Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1987 - Bertram Wainer, Australian pro-abortion campaigner (b. 1928)
1988 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
1988 - Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
1993 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1995 - Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924)
1996 - Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
1997 - Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby (b. 1969)
1998 - Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921)
1999 - Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)
2000 - Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
2000 - John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (b. 1959)
2001 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2001 - Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)
2002 - Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2002 - Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002 - Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 - Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2002 - Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
2003 - Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2004 - Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2005 - Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
2006 - Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)
2007 - Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2007 - Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances...
Teacher's Day in Thailand
National Religious Freedom Day in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786
Berard of Carbio
Saint Fursey
Honoratus of Arles

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

For you car buffs.....I took these last week when it was nice and forgot to post them.

1970 Challenger R/T









Sweeeeeeeeet.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Happy National Religious Freedom Day for real. A freedom I don't take lightly.

love the challenger pics.