Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[exentix]

haha oh yea forgot, it would have to be a baby sheep for him to reach tho 

so u impressed with the 700 yet?

[Peelz]

haha oh yea forgot, it would have to be a baby sheep for him to reach tho 

so u impressed with the 700 yet?

:grin_nod: Tore up all the new snow in the yard.    There is way more top end in this thing than the 660!

[exentix]

ive never rode a 660 but i know the 700 is a great bike, hows the comfort and handling compared to the 660?

[Krandall]

Jan 25 1980

Beatle Paul McCartney is deported from Japan for possession of nearly a half pound of marijuana. It is Paul's third pot bust and his second deportation, an earlier one occurring in Germany 20 years previously after setting fire to a condom.

"And everyone thought you were dead or something...... That was a .... hoax right...?"
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3412362/Chris_Farley_Interview_Paul_Mc_Cartney_SNL

[Krandall]

GOOD NIGHT RAPTORSOURCE!!! 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jan 26 1808

Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.

Jan 26 1837

Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.

Jan 26 1920

Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.

Jan 26 1978

The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio - Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph.

Jan 26 1998

Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Jan 26 2004

A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing Sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.

Birthdays today...
1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785)
1722 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
1763 - Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844)
1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876)
1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
1832 - George Shiras Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1924)
1842 - François Coppée, French poet and novelist (d. 1908)
1852 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905)
1857 - Trinley Gyatso, Tibetan, The 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)
1878 - Dave Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1948)
1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)
1887 - François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (d. 1915)
1887 - Marc Mitscher, American admiral (d. 1947)
1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973)
1891 - Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976)
1892 - Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
1892 - Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator (d. 1926)
1893 - Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (d. 1976)
1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
1904 - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)
1904 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1905 - Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007)
1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
1908 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
1908 - Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
1910 - Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989)
1911 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993)
1911 - Norbert Schultze, German composer and songwriter (d. 2002)
1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990)
1914 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006)
1915 - William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer
1919 - Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager for Tottenham Hotspur. (d. 2004)
1919 - Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999)
1921 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
1922 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)
1923 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress
1924 - Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot politician
1924 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998)
1924 - Alice Babs, Swedish singer
1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress
1925 - Paul Newman, American actor, philanthropist, race car driver and race team owner (d. 2008)
1925 - Claude Ryan, Quebec newspaper editor (d. 2004)
1926 - Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar
1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1927 - Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
1929 - Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
1929 - Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000)
1931 - Mary Murphy, American film actress
1932 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
1933 - Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
1934 - Roger Landry, Quebec businessman and newspaper publisher
1935 - Bob Uecker, American baseball player and broadcaster
1936 - Sal Buscema, American comic book artist
1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
1941 - Scott Glenn, American actor
1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
1942 - Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
1943 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
1943 - Jean Knight, American singer
1943 - Austin "Jack" Warner,Trinidadian FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President
1944 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist
1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
1947 - Michel Sardou, French singer
1947 - Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
1949 - Jonathan Carroll, American author
1949 - David Strathairn, American actor
1950 - Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (d. 2008)
1950 - Janet Lupo, American model
1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
1953 - Lucinda Williams, American singer
1954 - Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
1955 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch musician
1958 - Anita Baker, American singer
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
1958 - Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer
1960 - Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler
1960 - Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer
1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English musician
1963 - Riddell Akua, Nauruan politician
1964 - Paul Johansson, American actor
1965 - Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast
1965 - Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
1967 - Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer
1968 - Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
1969 - Michael O'Hearn, American bodybuilder
1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer
1970 - Tracy Middendorf, American actress
1971 - Bryan Callen, American actor
1971 - Dorian Gregory, American actor
1973 - Mayu Shinjo, Japanese mangaka
1974 - Shannon Hale, American author
1976 - Frankie Rayder, American model
1976 - Willie Adler, American guitar player
1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player
1977 - Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player
1978 - Estéban Germán, Dominican baseball player
1978 - Corina Morariu, American tennis player
1978 - Kelly Stables, American actress
1979 - Sara Rue, American actress
1981 - Juan Jose Haedo, Argentinian Cyclist
1984 - Layla Kayleigh, British television personality
1984 - Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
1984 - Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
1986 - Gerald Green, American basketball player
1986 - Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)
1986 - Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler
1987 - Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (d. 2003)
1988 - Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer
1989 - Emily Hughes, American figure skater
1990 - Christopher Massey, American actor
1993 - Cameron Bright, Canadian actor

Famous deaths...
946 - Eadgyth, German Queen
1567 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
1630 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
1697 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
1750 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
1799 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
1824 - Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
1869 - Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
1870 - Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
1885 - Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
1885 - Charles George Gordon, British general (b. 1833)
1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
1891 - Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (b. 1833)
1893 - Abner Doubleday, credited inventor of baseball (b. 1819)
1904 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
1926 - John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University
1932 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (b. 1861)
1933 - Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
1942 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
1943 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
1943 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (b. 1887)
1946 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano (b. 1898)
1947 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, (b. 1906)
1952 - Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
1953 - Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
1961 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
1962 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
1968 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
1968 - Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
1973 - Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906)
1976 - João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
1990 - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1992 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
1993 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (b. 1912)
1996 - Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1921)
1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
1996 - Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (b. 1932)
1996 - Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)
1996 - Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2006 - Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
2006 - Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
2006 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
2007 - Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
2007 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2008 - Christian Brando, actor and son of Marlon Brando (b. 1958)

Holidays and observances...
Australia - Australia Day.
Roman Empire - third day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra.
Chinese New Year
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
Timothy and Titus
Saint Paula
Saint Alberic
Saint Margaret of Hungary
India - Republic Day - One of only three national holidays in India, celebrated with pomp and a military parade in New Delhi & across Nation.
Uganda - Liberation Day.
January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
World Social Forum marks a Global Call for Action.

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Happy Chinese New Year

Clocked in and ready early today fellas. While I attended to my important business on Friday, work was slacking a little... Gotta come in early to finish a project.

[socalrappy700]

Home from Michigan.  Little man got spoiled again.

[Peelz]

Home from Michigan.  Little man got spoiled again.

I have come to realize that is what grandparents do...it is our job to even out the spoiling.

[Flynbyu]

Looks like I'll be getting a day off this week.

Ice Storm Warning in effect from noon today to 6 am CST
Wednesday...

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued an Ice Storm
Warning... which is in effect from noon today to 6 am CST
Wednesday for the following counties...

In Arkansas...
Sebastian.

In Oklahoma...
Pushmataha... Le Flore.

Rain or freezing rain will develop this afternoon and change to
all freezing rain tonight. The precipitation will continue into
Tuesday night before ending.

Significant ice accumulation on trees and utility lines will
likely cause interruptions in service. In some cases... this could
be for days or weeks depending on the severity of the icing
conditions.

Current projections indicate that ice accumulations will range
from 1/4 to 1 inch.

Significant ice accumulation on trees and power lines may
occur... which may cause power outages. Do not go near downed
lines... assume they are live and report any downed lines or power
outages to your electric company.

An Ice Storm Warning means severe winter weather conditions are
expected or occurring. Significant amounts of ice accumulations
will make travel dangerous or impossible. Travel is strongly
discouraged.

I'll stay home if it gets nasty.

~Brian

[Peelz]

put some studs in the vettes tires.

just kidding, an inch of ice would F**k up pretty much everything.

[Flynbyu]

Last bad ice storm we had here was in 2000.

It knocked power out for up to 45 days for rual customers.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

ICe storms equal roads closed......Roads closed equal.....interstate raptor trails  :grin_nod:

[Krandall]

Jan 26 1998

Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.



"I did not have.. Sexual relations, with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

[Colorado700R]

"I just checked her oil"