Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Krandall]

Yeah, but I've been here since 8:30.

[BRAD]

oh well sucks for you then.  I didnt come in till 3 today

[Krandall]

well gents.. I'm outa this place. catch you guys later!

[BRAD]

later man. have a good one

[exentix]

im bored

[Colorado700R]

you're also a midget

[Krandall]

What up gents.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

March 13 1639

Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.

March 13 1781

William Herschel discovers Uranus.

March 13 1930

The news of the discovery of Pluto (next to Uranus ) is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.

March 13 1933

Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandated a "bank holiday".

March 13 1957

Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.

March 13 1969

Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

March 13 1986

Microsoft has its initial public offering.

March 13 1989

A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. Six million people were left without power for nine hours.

March 13 1991

The United States Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

March 13 2008

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time.

Birthdays today...
1372 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)
1615 - Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
1683 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
1700 - Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)
1719 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
1720 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
1733 - Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)
1741 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
1763 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
1764 - Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
1770 - Daniel Lambert, Englishman famous for his obesity (d. 1809)
1777 - Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (d. 1864)
1781 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
1798 - Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
1815 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
1825 - Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
1855 - Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
1855 - B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
1860 - Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)
1864 - Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
1870 - Albert Meyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. 1953)
1883 - Enrico Toselli, Italian (Florentine) composer and pianist(d. 1926)
1884 - Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist (d. 1941)
1890 - Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)
1898 - Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (d. 1985)
1899 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1899 - Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
1900 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)
1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1907 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
1908 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2002)
1910 - Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
1910 - Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)
1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)
1913 - William Casey, American CIA director (d. 1987)
1913 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1913 - Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer
1914 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)
1914 - W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
1921 - Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
1923 - William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)
1925 - Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer
1926 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
1927 - Robert Denning, American interior designer (d. 2005)
1929 - Peter Breck, American actor
1930 - Jan Howard, American singer
1933 - Mike Stoller, American songwriter
1934 - Barry Hughart, American author
1935 - Joseph Mascolo, American actor
1935 - Leslie Parrish, American actress
1935 - Michael Walzer, American philosopher
1938 - Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)
1939 - Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter
1941 - Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose.(d. 2008)
1942 - Dave Cutler, American software engineer
1942 - Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
1942 - Scatman John, (real name John Larkin) American singer (d. 1999)
1943 - André Téchiné, French film director and screenwriter
1945 - Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, Russian mathematician
1946 - Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (d. 1976)
1947 - Beat Richner, Swiss physician and cellist
1948 - Robert S. Woods, American actor
1949 - Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (d. 1974)
1949 - Julia Migenes, American soprano
1950 - Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator
1950 - William H. Macy, American actor
1951 - Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1952 - Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
1953 - Deborah Raffin, American actress
1955 - Bruno Conti, Italian footballer
1955 - Glenne Headly, American actress
1956 - Dana Delany, American actress
1957 - Steve Lake, American baseball player
1957 - John Hoeven, American politician, governor of North Dakota
1958 - Linda Robson, English actress.
1959 - Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton
1960 - Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
1960 - Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
1960 - Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
1963 - Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter
1964 - Will Clark, American baseball player
1967 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
1968 - Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 - Tim Story, American film director
1971 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
1971 - Robert Lanham, American author and satirist
1972 - Common, American rapper
1973 - Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
1973 - David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)
1973 - Bobby Jackson, American basketballer
1974 - Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player
1974 - Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
1976 - James Dewees, musician
1976 - Danny Masterson, American actor
1977 - Ed Sloan, American musician (Crossfade)
1977 - Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer
1977 - Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
1978 - Tom Danielson, American cyclist
1978 - Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian dancer
1978 - Kenny Watson, American football player
1979 - Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 - Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1979 - Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete
1980 - Caron Butler, American basketballer
1980 - Lee Jung-hyun, South Korean pop singer and actress
1980 - Molly Stanton, American actress
1981 - Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player
1981 - April Matson, American Actress and singer
1982 - Jeremy Curl, British explorer
1982 - Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player
1983 - Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
1984 - Rachael Bella, actress
1984 - Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete
1984 - Steve Darcis, Belgian tennis player
1984 - Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
1984 - Matthew Randazzo V, American writer
1984 - Yuuka Nanri, Japanese seiyū
1984 - Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
1985 - Emile Hirsch, American actor
1985 - Austin Scott, American football player
1985 - Alcides, Brazilian football player
1986 - Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
1987 - Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti)
1989 - Harry Melling, British actor
1999 - Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress

Famous deaths...
1271 - Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
1395 - John Barbour, Scottish poet
1516 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1456)
1569 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (b. 1530)
1573 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman
1604 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)
1619 - Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)
1711 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
1773 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727)
1778 - Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
1803 - William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)
1808 - King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
1842 - Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)
1854 - Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle, French statesman (b. 1773)
1879 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (b. 1818)
1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
1884 - Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
1901 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
1906 - Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffrage activist (b. 1820)
1911 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1844)
1918 - César Cui, Russian composer (b. 1835)
1925 - Lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909)
1938 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual (b. 1888)
1938 - Clarence Darrow, American attorney (b. 1857)
1941 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (b. 1881)
1943 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (b. 1898)
1949 - Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
1955 - King Tribhuvan of Nepal (b. 1906)
1963 - Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912)
1964 - Kitty Genovese, American murder victim (b. 1935)
1965 - Corrado Gini, Italian statistician (b. 1884)
1965 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882)
1965 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
1972 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
1975 - Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate
1983 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (b. 1925)
1988 - John Holmes, American porn star (b. 1944)
1990 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist (b. 1903)
1990 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b. 1915)
1995 - Leon Day, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1995 - Odette, French-born WWII heroine (b. 1912)
1996 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
1998 - Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
1998 - Hans von Ohain, German engineer (b. 1911)
1999 - Lee Falk, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
1999 - Garson Kanin, American writer and director (b. 1912)
1999 - Bidu Sayão, Brazilian born soprano (b. 1902)
2001 - Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2004 - Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2006 - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006 - Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006 - Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2007 - Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

None.

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

March 13 2008

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time.

And we see the rise of black people trading in teeth.

[Flynbyu]

March 13 2008

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time.

And we see the rise of black people trading in teeth.

Post of the Day!



I remember when gold was $350 an ounce.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Thank you, Thank You! 




It's friday the 13th.. Ooohhhhhh!

[Flynbyu]

Hopefully nothing crazy happens today.

~Brian

[Krandall]

so far so good here.

A couple friends of ours are moving to Australia to stay w/ lydia's brother for a couple months....
They are leaving in January, going to Fiji for one week.....
Lydia and I may go with them. I've heard nothing but good about fiji

Brian, any recommendation?

[Peelz]

March 13 2008

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time.

And we see the rise of black people trading in teeth.

Please keep insensitive comments off the board...



That being said. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA

I just peed.

[Krandall]

I second guessed posting it... but couldn't think of a nicer way to put it.