Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Today in history..

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

Apr 4 1958

Lana Turner's 14 year old daughter stabs her mother's boyfriend. A coroner's jury finds she committed justifiable homicide.

Apr 4 1968

Early morning, April 4, Shot rings out in the Memphis sky, free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride" -U2, Pride

Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee.

Apr 4 1988

Arizona Governor Evan Mecham becomes the first U.S. governor to be impeached and removed from office in nearly 60 years. He was convicted for obstructing justice by discouraging a state official from investigating a death threat, and also misusing $80,000 in public money. Mecham was known for rescinding the state's observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, requesting lists of state employees who were gay, and using the word "pickaninnies."

Apr 4 2006

Brian J. Doyle, a Department of Homeland Security official, is arrested and charged with using a computer to seduce a child as well as 16 counts of transmitting harmful material to a minor. Doyle had arranged a meeting with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl but turned out to be police. In chat, he bragged about working for DHS and sent her pornographic movies.

Birthdays today...
186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1572 - William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)
1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1718 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
1772 - Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
1818 - Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1821 - Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
1826 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1842 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
1853 - Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)
1858 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
1884 - Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (d. 1971)
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)
1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)
1897 - Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (d. 1975)
1898 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
1905 - Eugene Bozza, French modern composer (d. 1991)
1906 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)
1906 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
1911 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
1913 - Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005)
1913 - Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
1916 - Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)
1916 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916 - David White, American actor (d. 1990)
1918 - George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007)
1920 - Éric Rohmer, French film director
1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1925 - Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)
1925 - Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer
1931 - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
1932 - Clive Davis, American record producer
1932 - Estelle Harris, American actress
1932 - Richard Lugar, American politician
1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
1933 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989)
1939 - JoAnne Carner, American golfer
1939 - Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician
1940 - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (d. 2002)
1942 - Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
1942 - Kitty Kelley, American writer
1944 - Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor
1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
1945 - Caroline McWilliams, American actress
1946 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
1946 - Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
1946 - Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
1947 - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
1947 - Luke Halpin, American actor
1947 - Wiranto, Indonesian general
1948 - Michael Blassie, American military officer (d. 1972)
1948 - Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
1948 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
1948 - Dan Simmons, American writer
1948 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
1949 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999)
1949 - Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress
1951 - John Hannah, American football player
1951 - Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
1952 - Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
1952 - Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
1953 - Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
1953 - Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician
1953 - Henry Fotheringham, former South African cricketer
1956 - Tom Herr, American baseball player
1956 - David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer
1957 - Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
1957 - Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
1958 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano
1960 - Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
1962 - Craig Adams, English musician(The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
1964 - Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
1964 - Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964 - David Cross, American actor and comedian
1964 - Robbie Rist, American actor
1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor
1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor
1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director
1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
1970 - Michael Schwartz, American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
1971 - Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
1971 - John Zandig, American professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Scott, American soul singer
1972 - Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1972 - Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian actress
1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist
1973 - Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
1973 - Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1974 - Dave Mirra, American athlete
1975 - Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
1975 - Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
1975 - Pamela Ribon, American author, actress
1975 - Scott Rolen, American baseball player
1976 - Emerson, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (d. 1997)
1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage)
1977 - Stephen Mulhern, British magician, CITV Presenter
1977 - Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, American Arena Football League defensive back
1978 - Jason Ellison, American baseball player
1978 - Lemar, English singer
1978 - Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
1978 - Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
1978 - Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
1978 - Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian/American actor. (d. 2008)
1979 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice-hockey goaltender
1979 - Natasha Lyonne, American actress
1979 - Andy McKee, American musician
1979 - Jessica Napier, New Zealand actress
1980 - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
1980 - Trevor Moore, American comedian
1980 - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
1983 - Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
1983 - Doug Lynch, Canadian ice-hockey player
1983 - Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game-show host
1983 - Ben Gordon, American professional basketball player
1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
1985 - Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
1986 - Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer,
1986 - Cameron Barker, Canadian ice-hockey player
1986 - Lee Hyuk Jae, Korean singer
1987 - Devon Anderson, English actor
1987 - Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
1987 - Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
1988 - Frank Fielding, English footballer
1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
1992 - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
1994 - Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer

Famous deaths...
397 - St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. c. 338)
636 - Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. c. 560)
896 - Pope Formosus (b. 816)
1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
1305 - Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. c. 1217)
1536 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)
1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
1643 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. c. 1580)
1701 - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
1743 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
1761 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
1766 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
1774 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1728)
1792 - James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
1817 - André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
1846 - Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
1861 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
1863 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1878 - Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)
1883 - Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)
1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
1890 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
1919 - William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
1923 - John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
1929 - Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)
1931 - André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
1951 - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
1953 - King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
1957 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
1958 - Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
1961 - Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
1962 - James Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)
1967 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
1967 - Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908)
1972 - Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902)
1976 - Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)
1979 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
1980 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
1983 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1897)
1984 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)
1985 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
1987 - C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
1987 - Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist master (b. 1939)
1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
1991 - H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
1991 - Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
1992 - Jack Hamilton, Australian Football Player (b. 1956)
1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
1993 - Alfred Butts, American architect and inventor (Scrabble) (b. 1899)
1995 - Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
1995 - Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
1996 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
1996 - Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1999 - Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924)
1999 - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
2002 - Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
2003 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 - Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
2004 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
2004 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
2005 - Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
2007 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
2007 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
2008 - Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances...
International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance
Taiwan and Hong Kong - Children's Day

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

happy saturday. 

[Flynbyu]

Holla.

~Brian

[Krandall]

hola B. Have a great weekend man!   (minus the work part... )

[Flynbyu]

hola B. Have a great weekend man!   (minus the work part... )

Thanks. You too.

I noticed a burnt oil smell last night driving the whip so I drove the whip today, and I put it on the rack. I had a little moisture on the oil cooler line, and some on the starter so I'm guessing some oil splashed up on it when I changed it.

~Brian

[Krandall]

least nothin major. What kinda warrenty come w/ that beast?

[Peelz]

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

One might assume that my Ancestors were responsible for this alleged hallucination. 

[Flynbyu]

3/36 bumper to bumper (plastic bumper to plastic rear end ) and a 5/100 on the engine, transmission, and driveline.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

One might assume that my Ancestors were responsible for this alleged hallucination. 

So was L. Ron Hubbard a customer too?

~Brian

[Krandall]

so, it'll be 3 bumper to bumper and 5 engine tranny ect.. 

[Peelz]

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

One might assume that my Ancestors were responsible for this alleged hallucination. 

So was L. Ron Hubbard a customer too?

~Brian

Almost certainly.

"Man is not an animal!!!" excerpt from commercial.

So being space aliens is a better explanation?

[Flynbyu]

so, it'll be 3 bumper to bumper and 5 engine tranny ect.. 

Correct.

Technically, the dealer can get items covered at their discretion up to 50,000 miles under the 3 year/36,000 mile warranty.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

One might assume that my Ancestors were responsible for this alleged hallucination. 

So was L. Ron Hubbard a customer too?

~Brian

Almost certainly.

"Man is not an animal!!!" excerpt from commercial.

So being space aliens is a better explanation?

He was a Naval officer. He was relieved of command a few times due to him being bat shit crazy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard#Military_career
~Brian

[Peelz]

Apr 4 1561

Over Nuremberg, Germany, a battle in the sky transpires between black and blood-red balls, disks, and crosses. It is never made clear who prevailed in this UFO incident.

One might assume that my Ancestors were responsible for this alleged hallucination. 

So was L. Ron Hubbard a customer too?

~Brian

Almost certainly.

"Man is not an animal!!!" excerpt from commercial.

So being space aliens is a better explanation?

He was a Naval officer. He was relieved of command a few times due to him being bat shit crazy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard#Military_career
~Brian

Holy biscuits, you learn something new every day. Scientology pre-requisite: Bat Shit Crazy.

[Colorado700R]

Good morning gents ( and goat molester), no snow here yet, but windy as F@ck