Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VI

[Peelz]

long island accent for me

I saw your vid when you got your KTM. Sound just like the italian guys from upstate NY I know. Like Rocky but with more profanity.

[dick-84]

Help me! Where the hell is everyone?

[Colorado700R]

ole

[socalrappy700]

Socal checkin in.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jun 30 1520

After looting Tenochtitlan, Spaniards are attacked by an angry Aztec mob. Tied down by armor and treasure, they are no match for the natives and nearly half of Cortes' men lose their lives.

Jun 30 1837

England outlaws the use of the pillory.

Jun 30 1882

Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, is hanged. Tickets for the event went for as much as $300.

Jun 30 1908

A huge airburst explodes over Podkamennaya Tunguska at 7:30 am. The blast flattens thousands of square miles of trees, and is now believed to have been caused by an asteroid or comet impact.

Jun 30 1934

Acting on behalf of the Fuhrer, SS troops around Germany arrest hundreds of loyal SA stormtroopers under the charge of treason in order to eliminate the group. One squad descends on a Bavarian resort, where it interrupts a contingent of SA men engaged in homosexual festivities. Lieutenant Edmund Heines is caught in bed with a teenaged boy, and shot to death on the spot. The rest are taken into custody. The event will come to be known as The Night of the Long Knives.

Jun 30 1999

Two members of the Old Order Amish, Abner Stoltzfus and Abner Stoltzfus, are sentenced to one year in prison for trafficking cocaine to other Amish folk in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The men had scored their drugs from a Philadelphia motorcycle gang.

Birthdays today...
1286 - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1503 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
1641 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
1685 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1755 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
1823 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
1884 - Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1891 - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
1892 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
1906 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
1906 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
1907 - Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
1908 - Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
1912 - Dan Reeves - Owner of the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d. 1971)
1913 - Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
1914 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
1931 - Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
1936 - Nancy Dussault, American actress
1936 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1939 - José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folksinger (d. 2007)
1941 - Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
1942 - Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
1942 - Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
1944 - Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
1944 - Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter; co-founding member of Little River Band
1944 - Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
1950 - Leonard Whiting, British actor
1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
1953 - Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1955 - David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
1957 - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1959 - Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
1962 - Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1965 - Steve Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Gary Pallister, English footballer
1966 - Mike Tyson, American former boxer
1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
1973 - Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1974 - Melanie Lambert American ice skater
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)
1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
1978 - Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae singer
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
1979 - Travis Minor, National Football League Runningback
1980 - Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1982 - Mitch Maier, American baseball player
1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
1985 - Cody Runnels, American wrestler
1986 - Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
1991 - Kaho,Japanese actress

Famous deaths...
350 - Nepotianus, Roman usurper
1181 - Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
1224 - Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1364 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
1538 - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
1579 - Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary
1607 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
1660 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1666 - Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
1670 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
1704 - John Quelch, a pirate was hanged (b. 1665)
1709 - Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
1785 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
1796 - Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1857 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
1882 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
1890 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
1919 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)
1934 - Night of the Long Knives murders
       Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
       Gregor Strasser, former Nazi politician (b. 1892)
       Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
       Karl Ernst, SA-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
       Erich Klausener, Catholic politician (b. 1885)
1953 - Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
1959 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
1966 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One champion. First person to win an F1 championship. (b. 1906)
1971 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
1971 - Crew of Soyuz 11
       Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
       Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
       Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
1973 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
1974 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
1976 - Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)
1984 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
1993 - Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
1995 - Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
1995 - Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
1995 - Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
2001 - Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
2001 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
2002 - Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
2006 - Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2007 - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances...
Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First Martyrs of the See of Rome.

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Jun 30 1999

Two members of the Old Order Amish, Abner Stoltzfus and Abner Stoltzfus, are sentenced to one year in prison for trafficking cocaine to other Amish folk in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The men had scored their drugs from a Philadelphia motorcycle gang.




Yup.... I think that'd give it away... Amish and Motorcycle gang members hanging out........ 

[Flynbyu]

Amish? Motorcycle gangs? Together?



On that note, I'm headed to work.



~Brian

[Krandall]

See ya in a few!!!!


On a side note... I'm kind of bummed, this past weekend was the Minneapolis "Pride Parade"

I wanted to go there to take some pics

Didnt get a chance to.

[Peelz]

See ya in a few!!!!


On a side note... I'm kind of bummed, this past weekend was the Minneapolis "Pride Parade"

I wanted to go there to take some pics

Didnt get a chance to.

good morning

Hey was it the kind of "pride parade" where they wave rainbow flags?

[Krandall]

That'd be the one! 


They showed some clips on the news. F*ckin ferry's prancing around.. Seriously...

[Peelz]

That'd be the one! 


They showed some clips on the news. F*ckin ferry's prancing around.. Seriously...I wish I was there!

can't miss it......

had to be done.

[Krandall]

 

lol

[Peelz]

lol

you find your stock bars? I am watching ebay for a few, but it would be cool to get em from a member of a raptor site.

[Krandall]

lol

you find your stock bars? I am watching ebay for a few, but it would be cool to get em from a member of a raptor site.

I just talked to my buddy about them Friday, he's being a weiner about it.
I just sent him a text to see if he can get them to me on/before this Saturday, I'll let you know what he says. If he says no.. I'll let you know.. 

[Peelz]

O'TAY!