Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[dragonz]

Dragonz, have they renamed the Islands yet?  Can one of them be called "Raptor Island" 

Yo Maddog!
I wish!
Don't get enough time to ride my own, let alone lobby to evict half of the north island to make a decent quad-bike riding park....................

Hows you black rappy going?
Black is best after all!

I hear ya, never enough time to have fun.  But that makes each ride just that more special.

The black rappy is broken, like it always is.

What keeps breaking?
Or do you keep it just to try new things on & see how long they last?
Mine was hauling ass sweet last time I rode it.
Have slowly been dialling the jetting in after the pipe install, & it's pretty sweet now.
The CT sonic jets were wwaaayyy over the size they specify (& even that would be too rich, I ride at sea level too), fortunately I have jet drills in 0.005mm increments, so not a major impediment.
I have flipped the rear link, +2" spacers on the rear, & made my own front end widening kit (similar to the diamond j kits) & lowered the front as well, & it sure handles sweet now!
Funny how I can still fall off it when just goofing round all the same!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 28 585

An unforeseen total eclipse of the sun interrupts a battle between Lydia and Media, bringing a sudden end to their six-year war.

Apr 28 1789

In the middle of the South Pacific, the crew of the HMS Bounty mutinies, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 other crewmen adrift in an open boat.

Apr 28 1881

Billy the Kid escapes from a New Mexico jail, killing jailer Bob Ollinger and a fellow prisoner in the process. Billy will survive for another three months before Pat Garrett finally kills him.

Apr 28 1942

The ongoing global conflict is given the name "World War II" after a Gallup Poll is taken.

Apr 28 1945

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are captured by partisan fighters and executed.

Apr 28 1996

After finishing his lunch at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, 28-year-old Martin Bryant pulls out an AR15 rifle and kills 12 tourists. Then he drives to a nearby bed & breakfast and slays 23 others. Bryant surrenders himself to police the next morning, after catching himself on fire in the act of burning down the B&B.

Apr 28 2006

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh surrenders to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. He is placed under arrest (booked, photographed) then released. The charge is a single count of doctor shopping to obtain painkillers. Rush can have his case dismissed if he stays clean for 19 months, gives up the right to own a gun, forks over $30,000 to the state and continues to undergo treatment that includes random drug testing.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1442 – King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
    * 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
    * 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
    * 1686 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
    * 1715 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
    * 1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
    * 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (d. 1834)
    * 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
    * 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
    * 1863 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (d. 1933)
    * 1868 – Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
    * 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
    * 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
    * 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
    * 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
    * 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
    * 1900 – Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
    * 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
    * 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
    * 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
    * 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
    * 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
    * 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
    * 1911 – Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
    * 1912 – Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
    * 1914 – Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
    * 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
    * 1921 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
    * 1922 – William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
    * 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
    * 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
    * 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
    * 1925 – T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
    * 1926 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
    * 1926 – Harper Lee, American author
    * 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
    * 1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
    * 1930 – James Baker, American politician
    * 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
    * 1934 – Lois Duncan, American novelist
    * 1937 – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
    * 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
    * 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
    * 1941 – Nico Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer
    * 1941 – K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
    * 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
    * 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
    * 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer
    * 1943 – Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
    * 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
    * 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
    * 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef
    * 1946 – Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
    * 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English author
    * 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress
    * 1948 – Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
    * 1949 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
    * 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
    * 1950 – Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa musician
    * 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
    * 1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
    * 1953 – Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
    * 1954 – Ron Zook, American Football Coach
    * 1955 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
    * 1955 – Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
    * 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
    * 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
    * 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
    * 1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
    * 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
    * 1960 – Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
    * 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
    * 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
    * 1961 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
    * 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
    * 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player
    * 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
    * 1965 – Steven Blum, American voice actor
    * 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
    * 1966 – Too Short, American rapper
    * 1967 – Kari Wührer, American actress
    * 1968 – Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
    * 1968 – Howard Donald, British musician
    * 1968 – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
    * 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
    * 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
    * 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, American actress
    * 1972 – Joseph Bruce, American musician
    * 1973 – Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
    * 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor
    * 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
    * 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
    * 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
    * 1974 – Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
    * 1977 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
    * 1978 – Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
    * 1979 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
    * 1980 – Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
    * 1981 – Jessica Alba, American actress
    * 1982 – Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
    * 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
    * 1986 – George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter
    * 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
    * 1986 – Jennifer Palm Lundberg, reigning Miss World Sweden
    * 1988 – Alice Glass, Canadian singer

    Famous deaths...

    * 1192 – Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem
    * 1489 – Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician
    * 1533 – Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
    * 1695 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
    * 1710 – Thomas Betterton, English actor
    * 1716 – Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
    * 1726 – Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
    * 1741 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)
    * 1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
    * 1781 – Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
    * 1813 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
    * 1816 – Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
    * 1841 – Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
    * 1853 – Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
    * 1858 – Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
    * 1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)
    * 1905 – Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
    * 1926 – Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
    * 1936 – King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
    * 1944 – Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)
    * 1945 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
    * 1945 – Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
    * 1945 – Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
    * 1946 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)
    * 1949 – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)
    * 1954 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
    * 1957 – Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913)
    * 1964 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
    * 1970 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
    * 1973 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
    * 1975 – Tom Donahue, American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (b. 1928)
    * 1978 – Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
    * 1988 – B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
    * 1991 – Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
    * 1992 – Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
    * 1992 – Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
    * 1993 – Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
    * 1994 – Berton Roueché, American medical writer, The New Yorker magazine staff writer (b. 1910)
    * 1998 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
    * 1998 – Jerome Bixby, American writer (b. 1923)
    * 1999 – Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
    * 1999 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)
    * 1999 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)
    * 2000 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
    * 2000 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
    * 2002 – Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
    * 2002 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
    * 2005 – Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
    * 2005 – Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
    * 2005 – Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959)
    * 2007 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
    * 2007 – Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
    * 2007 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Roman Empire – first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
    * Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Jamál (Beauty) – First day of the third month of the Bahá'í calendar.
    * National Day of Mourning in Canada to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness from occupational hazards and accidents.
    * National Heroes Day – Barbados.
    * Workers Memorial Day – International Workers Memorial Day

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Apr 28 1945

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are captured by partisan fighters and executed.




a straight up badass.

[Flynbyu]

A very dead bad ass.



~Brian

[Krandall]

That's what happens. People get jealous of how badass he was and takes him out... he obviously had a flaw in his mafia.

[Peelz]

That's what happens. People get jealous of how badass he was and takes him out... he obviously had a flaw in his mafia.

You need to find a new game to play.

[Krandall]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be kickin ass and takin names.

[dragonz]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be f*ckin ass and makin games.

You da player, bro

[Peelz]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be f*ckin ass and makin games.

Me too guys!

Why am I not shocked?

[Krandall]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be f*ckin ass and makin games.

Me too guys!

Why do you never include me.... I love the shocker?

invite only peels....

[Peelz]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be f*ckin ass and makin games.

Me too guys!

Why do you never include me.... I love the shocker?

You're in, I will be manning the velvet rope.

Aww shucks.

[Krandall]

  jackass.   

[dragonz]

Brian and I have already decided..... If it was real.. We'd be f*ckin ass and makin games.

Me too guys!

Why do you never include me.... I love the shocker?

You're in, I will be make man of you with the velvet rope.

Aww shucks.

You'll make krandall jealous..................

[Peelz]

check out my new sig. LOL  Too big and photobucket sucks, I will fix later.

[dragonz]

check out my new sig. LOL  Too big and photobucket sucks, I will fix later.

looks small & insignificant to me???
can't read the writing