Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Krandall]

  evening gents.

[BRAD]

evening randy

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

March 10 1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

March 10 1891

Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

March 10 1933

An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.

March 10 1945

The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.

March 10 1952

Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president."

March 10 1969

In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He would later retract his guilty plea.

March 10 1975

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.

March 10 1977

Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.

March 10 2000

The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.

Birthdays today...
1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
1745 - John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
1787 - William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
1846 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
1881 - Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)
1905 - Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot
1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant.
1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel laureate
1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
1931 - Georges Dor, Québécois author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
1938 - Marina Vlady, French actress
1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
1940 - Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)
1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former police commisioner
1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
1948 - Richard Park (broadcaster), British media consultant and broadcaster
1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician
1952 - Mike O'Donnell, American Composer
1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, son of Roy Lichtenstein
1956 - Robert Llewellyn, Writer, Actor, Presenter
1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant
1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor
1957 - Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
1957 - Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter
1958 - Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress
1960 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
1961 - Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1963 - Rick Rubin, American record producer
1964 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
1964 - David Faber, American television reporter
1964 - Jasmine Guy, American actress
1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player
1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer
1966 - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
1966 - Mike Timlin, American baseball player
1968 - Felice Arena, Australian children's author
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress
1970 - Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth)
1970 - Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver
1971 - Jon Hamm, American actor
1971 - Timbaland, American rapper
1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer
1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
1972 - Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
1973 - Eva Herzigova, Czech model
1973 - John LeCompt, American guitarist
1973 - Chris Sutton, English footballer
1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
1975 - Lyne Bessette, Canadian bicycle racer
1976 - Kisaki, Japanese musician
1976 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
1977 - Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
1977 - Colin Murray, British radio DJ
1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
1977 - Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1977 - Rita Simons, English actress
1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer
1978 - Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
1981 - Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
1981 - Steven Reid, English-born footballer
1982 - Timo Glock, German racing car driver
1982 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
1983 - Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer
1983 - Rafe Spall, English Actor
1983 - Carrie Underwood, American country singer
1983 - Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
1984 - Ben May, English footballer
1984 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer
1985 - Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
1985 - Kim Leclerc, Canadian politician
1986 - JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
1987 - Martellus Bennett, American football player
1988 - Ivan Rakitić, Croatian Footballer
1992 - Emily Osment, American actress and singer

Famous deaths...
1291 - Arghun, Persian ruler
1391 - Tvrtko I, first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
1510 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)
1513 - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
1549 - Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat
1584 - Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)
1585 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
1588 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)
1669 - John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
1670 - Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
1776 - Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
1776 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1792 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
1832 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
1861 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
1910 - Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
1910 - Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
1913 - Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist (b. 1820)
1937 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)
1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1942 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
1949 - James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
1950 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
1951 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
1966 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1967 - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
1970 - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
1977 - E. Power Biggs, English-born organist (b. 1906)
1982 - Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult(b. 1899)
1984 - June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
1985 - Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1986 - Ray Milland, British actor (b. 1905)
1988 - Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)
1992 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
1996 - Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
1997 - La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
1998 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
1999 - Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
2001 - Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and activist (b. 1958)
2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
2004 - Dave Blood (David Schulthise), American musician (b. 1956)
2005 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
2005 - Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (b. 1951)
2006 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
2007 - Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
2007 - Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
2008 - Richard Fran Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances...
Tibetan Uprising Day

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Good Morning Brian 

And if you get a chance, can you look up that liscense plate bracket for me please?

Thanks,

Aaron

[Krandall]

March 10 1977

Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.


Wouldn't have thought it'd take an astronomer.   

[Flynbyu]

March 10 1977

Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.


Wouldn't have thought it'd take an astronomer.   

Exactly.



~Brian

[kyledvor61]

where's the day crew at

[Peelz]

Actually working again today

Happy Tibetan Uprising Day. Dalai Lama is burning some doobies today fo sho!

[kyledvor61]

Actually working again today

Happy Tibetan Uprising Day. Dalai Lama is burning some doobies today fo sho!

haha im not

[Flynbyu]

Just had a Dodge buyback.

Ram 2500 with emmissions issues. Customer was getting 9.8 mpg on a Cummins motor. Somthing is definitely not right!

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Just had a Dodge buyback.

Ram 2500 with emmissions issues. Customer was getting 9.8 mpg on a Cummins motor. Somthing is definitely not right!

~Brian

Yikes, yeah, I'd say it's got some issues 

[kyledvor61]

damn. my dad gets 22 with his driving and 28 when he's nice

[Flynbyu]

It's been in the shop five times for more than two weeks at a time!

It was purchased at a neighboring dealer.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Just had a Dodge buyback.

Ram 2500 with emmissions issues. Customer was getting 9.8 mpg on a Cummins motor. Somthing is definitely not right!

~Brian

wow.

[kyledvor61]

my head hurts