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OB Bus Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2003 Posts: 2531 Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:04 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Da TOW'D wrote: |
Elvis died today in 1977 |
It was during my first week of working for the IRS. Shocking news on the 19" motel TV that night. _________________ Larry in OB
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Iowa Mark Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2004 Posts: 1071
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Bonesberg55 wrote: |
Last I heard was that Elvis was seen bagging groceries in the Detroit area. |
I heard he has a show in Vegas as an Elvis impersonator. Guess he's not half bad. |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7599
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Iowa Mark wrote: |
Bonesberg55 wrote: |
Last I heard was that Elvis was seen bagging groceries in the Detroit area. |
I heard he has a show in Vegas as an Elvis impersonator. Guess he's not half bad. |
In Reno,NV at the IGA _________________ Keep on Busin'
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7839 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:46 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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no,no,no - it's the guy who works down the chip shop _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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Long-roofs Samba Member
Joined: March 20, 2002 Posts: 2295 Location: Millwood, Wa
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:10 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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21 years
_________________ Glenn
74 Beetle Specs | 74 Beetle Restoration | 2180cc Engine
"You may not get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get"
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31268 Location: Hot Arizona
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33882 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I was disgusted to find NO stories about this on the L.A. Times online version, and even the N.Y. Times buried it 16 stories down.
Apparently, "never" is 20 years or less... |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5538 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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September 30, 1968
The Boeing 747 is rolled out and was shown to the public for the first time. _________________ Prosit!
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31268 Location: Hot Arizona
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31268 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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October 13, 1960: Bill Mazeroski hits home run in bottom of the ninth inning as the underdog Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the might Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series 10-9.
Game time for a game with 19 runs then: 2 hours 36 minutes.
The only world series game ever with zero strikeouts.
First World Series ending on a walk-off.
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:56 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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on this date, the USS constitution was launched. 1797. Gilligan was not abord |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33882 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:16 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Today in 1970.
Link
Article by Dave Barry (1990):
I am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape.
The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.
So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan — remember, I am not making this up — of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.
So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe.
First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting “Yayy!” and “Whee!” Then, suddenly, the crowd’s tone changes.
You hear a new sound like “splud.” You hear a woman’s voice shouting “Here come pieces of… MY GOD!” Something smears the camera lens.
Later, the reporter explains: “The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere.”
One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in Brazil. This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties.
But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol. |
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madmike Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2005 Posts: 5291 Location: Atlanta,Michigan
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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Should of used 'C-4' and directed the Blast to the Sea _________________ 'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
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cbeck Samba Member
Joined: January 14, 2014 Posts: 2494 Location: high ridge, mo
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:42 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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I’m embarrassed that we missed both the collapse of the Berlin Wall and KrystallNacht a few days ago, but we should not forget either one, ever. _________________ .ssS! |
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31268 Location: Hot Arizona
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33882 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:29 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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The end of American Camelot.
As posted in prior years, I remember as a kid watching the grainy B&W tv coverage of the procession, the sound of hoofs on the pavement. Our mom kept us home from school to watch. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:32 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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You’d be surprised how many people from all over the world are drawn to the book depository looking for answers even now. |
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slayer61 Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2021 Posts: 999 Location: CA
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:41 am Post subject: Re: This day in history |
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KTPhil wrote: |
The end of American Camelot.
As posted in prior years, I remember as a kid watching the grainy B&W tv coverage of the procession, the sound of hoofs on the pavement. Our mom kept us home from school to watch. |
Phil,
You must be just a little bit older than me. It is one of my earliest memories as a child not yet in school.
My mother was at the ironing board crying her eyes out and there was a long line of black cars on the TV. I was so young, I had no realization of what was happening, except that my mother was crying. _________________
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