Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Peelz]

Fun times at work again this year.

Last week, contemplating layoffs.  this week, can't find enough people. Love the way our office works.

[BRAD]

that sucks man

[Peelz]

that sucks man

Yes and No. I could think of worse things.

[BRAD]

True.  Atleast you still have a job man

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jan 23 1556

The most devastating earthquake in history kills 830,000 people in Shanxi province, China. Many were killed when their clay caves, carved from cliffs, collapsed.

Jan 23 1812

A huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri.

Jan 23 1968

North Koreans seize the CIA intelligence ship U.S.S. Pueblo while it is in their waters and hold its crew hostage. After a humiliating series of trials, the crew is released.

Jan 23 1972

An unscrupulous New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party, killing 100 guests.

Jan 23 1978

Terry Kath of band Chicago accidentally suicides in Woodland Hills. Moral: don't pretend to play Russian Roulette.

Jan 23 1989

Salvador Dali dead.

Jan 23 1996

A professional bungee jumper practicing for the Superbowl was killed during rehearsal. Laura Patterson, 43, died of massive head injuries at the New Orleans Superdome. Way to go, Laura!

Jan 23 1998

Montana hermit Ted Kaczynski admits to four Unabomber attacks, pleading guilty in in a federal plea bargain that spares him the death penalty, but denies him the right of appeal.

Birthdays today...
1350 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)
1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)
1719 - John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)
1737 - John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793)
1745 - William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)
1783 - Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842)
1786 - Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (d. 1858)
1809 - Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter
1813 - Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (d. 1895)
1827 - Takamori Saigo, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (d. 1877)
1832 - Edouard Manet, French artist (d. 1883)
1840 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d. 1905)
1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)
1857 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (d. 1936)
1862 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943)
1872 - Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1903)
1872 - Paul Langevin, French physicist (d. 1946)
1872 - Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect (d. 1957)
1876 - Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)
1884 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1956)
1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian political philosopher, (d. 1937)
1896 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985)
1896 - Alf Hall, South African cricketer (d. 1964)
1897 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (d. 1945)
1897 - Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepid. Inspiration for James Bond. (d. 1989)
1897 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
1898 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (d. 1948)
1898 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author (d. 1978)
1898 - Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
1899 - Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (d. 1931)
1900 - William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988)
1903 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948)
1907 - Dan Duryea, American actor (d. 1968)
1907 - Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (d. 1953)
1913 - Wally Parks, Founder of the NHRA (d. 2007)
1915 - Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1985)
1915 - Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1916 - Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1979)
1916 - David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist
1918 - Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1919 - Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962)
1919 - Bob Paisley, English Football player and manager. (d. 1996)
1919 - Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist
1923 - Walter M. Miller, Jr., American writer (d. 1996)
1923 - Cot Deal, major league baseball player and coach
1924 - Bal Thackeray, founder and president of Indian political party Shiv Sena.
1927 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994)
1927 - Jack Quinlan, Chicago Cubs Broadcaster (d. 1965)
1928 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 - Jeanne Moreau, French actress
1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate
1929 - John Charles Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate
1930 - Derek Walcott, West Indian writer, Nobel laureate
1930 - Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish singer
1933 - Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican actress and dancer
1934 - Pierre Bourgault, Quebec politician and essayist (d. 2003)
1936 - Jerry Kramer, American football player
1936 - Bob Moses, American educator and 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist
1938 - Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1938 - Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
1939 - Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist
1939 - Arlene Golonka, American actress
1940 - Joe Dowell, American singer
1940 - Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1942 - Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director
1943 - Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist
1943 - Gil Gerard, American actor
1943 - Millie Jackson, American singer
1944 - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor
1945 - Mike Harris, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario
1946 - Arnoldo Alemán, ex-president of Nicaragua
1946 - Don Whittington, American businessman, car & airplane racer and convicted felon
1947 - Thomas R. Carper, American politician.
1947 - Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia
1948 - Anita Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
1950 - Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
1950 - Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) (d. 2008)
1950 - John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health)
1952 - Omar Henry, South African cricketer
1953 - John Luther Adams, American composer
1953 - Antonio Villaraigosa, Hispanic-American 52nd Mayor of Los Angeles
1953 - Robin Zander, American singer (Cheap Trick)
1953 - Alister E. McGrath, British theologian and scientist
1954 - Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter
1954 - Edward Ka-Spel, English musician (Legendary Pink Dots)
1957 - Princess Caroline of Monaco
1957 - Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist
1959 - Clive Bull, English radio talk show host
1960 - Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)
1960 - Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore's most-wanted terror fugitive
1962 - Elvira Lindo, Spanish writer and journalist
1962 - Vasia Panayopoulou, Greek actress
1963 - Gail O'Grady, American actress
1964 - Mariska Hargitay, American actress
1964 - Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Naim Süleymanoğlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
1968 - Petr Korda, Czech tennis player
1969 - Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
1969 - Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
1969 - Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Spiridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
1970 - Tracey Cherelle Jones, American actress
1970 - Brendan O'Connor, Irish Journalist, Satirist
1971 - Kevin Mawae, American football player
1971 - Lorne Spicer, British TV presenter
1971 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist
1972 - Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
1972 - Mark Curry, American rapper
1972 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer
1973 - Lanei Chapman, American actress
1974 - Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1974 - Joel Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress
1974 - Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
1974 - Richard T. Slone, British artist
1974 - Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
1975 - Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter
1976 - Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
1976 - Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer
1976 - Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler
1979 - Larry Hughes, American basketball player
1979 - Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
1981 - Greg Smith, American UFC fighter
1981 - Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
1982 - Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
1985 - Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985 - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel
1986 - Steven Taylor, English footballer
1987 - Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer

Famous deaths...
1002 - Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
1199 - Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
1548 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)
1549 - Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)
1567 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)
1570 - James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated)
1622 - William Baffin, English explorer (b. 1584)
1744 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
1785 - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
1789 - Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)
1800 - Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749)
1803 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
1805 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763)
1806 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
1810 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
1812 - Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764)
1820 - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1833 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)
1837 - John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782)
1866 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)
1875 - Charles Kingsley English writer (b. 1819)
1883 - Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)
1893 - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825)
1922 - Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)
1923 - Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)
1931 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b. 1881)
1937 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)
1939 - Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903)
1943 - Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887)
1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)
1944 - Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
1956 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian/British film director (b. 1893)
1958 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
1971 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)
1973 - Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948)
1973 - Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)
1976 - Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913)
1976 - Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (b. 1898)
1977 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. 1903)
1978 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946)
1978 - Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
1978 - Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925)
1981 - Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
1983 - Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908)
1984 - Mu'in Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926)
1986 - Joseph Beuys, German artist (b. 1921)
1988 - Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896)
1989 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)
1990 - Allen Collins, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
1991 - Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912)
1992 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b. 1924)
1993 - Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer (b. 1899)
1994 - Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (b. 1917)
1994 - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
1997 - Richard Berry, American composer and musician (b. 1935)
1999 - Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b. 1922)
1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
2002 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
2002 - Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
2002 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
2003 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
2004 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)
2004 - Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)
2005 - Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)
2005 - Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
2006 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
2007 - E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
2007 - Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
2007 - Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances...
St. Abakuh, an Egyptian Christian martyr
January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Bounty Day, celebrating the burning of the Bounty in 1790, Pitcairn Island
St. Emerentiana, virgin and martyr, d. 305 (Roman Catholic calendar of saints)
Blessed Marianne of Molokai

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Post 8000, and 800 members strong  :grin_nod:

[Flynbyu]

Holla!

~Brian

[Peelz]

Jan 23 1972

An unscrupulous New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party, killing 100 guests.


Sure...blame the dealer.  

Way to go on the 800! and 8000

[Colorado700R]

Jan 23 1972

An unscrupulous New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party, killing 100 guests.


Sure...blame the dealer.  

Way to go on the 800! and 8000

Way to give the tweaker ideas Brian, he's try'n to stir wood in his bath tub as we speek 

[socalrappy700]

mornin pussy

[Peelz]

 

Hi pumpkin.

[Colorado700R]

Hi pumpkin.

Be nice, he's trying very hard to lose weight 

[Flynbyu]

Jan 23 1972

An unscrupulous New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party, killing 100 guests.


Sure...blame the dealer.  

Way to go on the 800! and 8000

Way to give the tweaker ideas Brian, he's try'n to stir wood in his bath tub as we speek 

True dat.

Grammar Ninja posts in 3....2......1

~Brian

[Peelz]

Jan 23 1972

An unscrupulous New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party, killing 100 guests.


Sure...blame the dealer.  

Way to go on the 800! and 8000

Way to give the tweaker ideas Brian, he's try'n to stir wood in his bath tub as we speek 

True dat.

Grammar Ninja posts in 3....2......1

~Brian

meh, they did that before 100 times. Grammar ninja tired.

Guess what girlies....credit union cutting me a check.

[Colorado700R]

I got $50 that he spends the money on meth before he gets a mile from the bank