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Dulay

Only one seed

  
By:  Dulay  •  Op/Ed  •  4 years ago  •  212 comments

Only one seed
I bet I'm the only member

Here's the rules.

One thing only. It can an achievement, an event or an item. 

I'll start: 

That owns a froe

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Dulay
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1  author  Dulay    4 years ago

Got another one:

Who met and worked with Steve Jobs. 

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  Dulay @1    4 years ago

who, as a boy, shook RFK's hand and then illegally set off fireworks with his sons in a national recreation area 11 months before he was assassinated.

 
 
 
Krishna
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1.1.1  Krishna  replied to  devangelical @1.1    4 years ago

Who shook JFK's hand (but missed the fireworks).

 
 
 
Krishna
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1.2  Krishna  replied to  Dulay @1    4 years ago
Who met and worked with Steve Jobs. 

What were you doing? (Software Engineer?)

 
 
 
Dulay
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1.2.1  author  Dulay  replied to  Krishna @1.2    4 years ago

Managing a Graphic Arts company in Mt. View, CA.

We worked with all of the silicon valley companies to do R&D on there imaging software and corporate IDs. We had worked with Apple for years but I met Jobs AFTER he was kicked out and was starting up "Next". He brought in his new logo for us to print signs and create rub off transfers and asked me if he could open an account with us. Our accountant wanted to deny him because Next wasn't listed with Dun & Bradstreet yet.

That was the one and only time I overruled her. 

 
 
 
Split Personality
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2  Split Personality    4 years ago

Who has had a 400 gallon reef tank.

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.1  author  Dulay  replied to  Split Personality @2    4 years ago

Not I but I did have a 30 gal salt water tank. Your's was YUGE dedication.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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2.1.1  Split Personality  replied to  Dulay @2.1    4 years ago

Easier than learning how to properly use a froe, lol.

Actually, the larger the tank and the more live rock, the easier the hobby gets.

Used a lot of electric though, lol

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.1.2  author  Dulay  replied to  Split Personality @2.1.1    4 years ago

I actually carved the mallet we use for the froe. My wife is tinny so a froe is easier than an ax or maul for cutting kindling. 

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1.3  devangelical  replied to  Split Personality @2.1.1    4 years ago
Used a lot of electric though

that may have raised a few official eyebrows where you live.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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2.1.4  Split Personality  replied to  devangelical @2.1.3    4 years ago

I went solar, insulated the attic and switched all of the lights to LED strips or PAR bulbs and it was a substantial savings, not to mention the tank temperature dropped to 75 without any cooling. The old lights used to heat the water above 80, great for marine fish, not coral

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.1.5  author  Dulay  replied to  devangelical @2.1.3    4 years ago

Yes in the day too much electric would alert the cops about pot growers. Fluorescents kept me under the radar. My neighbor could smell it though... 

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1.6  devangelical  replied to  Dulay @2.1.5    4 years ago
could smell it though...

try driving thru any of the warehouse districts of denver in the summer

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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2.1.7  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  devangelical @2.1.3    4 years ago

That's cool. You are a part of history.

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1.8  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @2.1.7    4 years ago

shook cat woman and lurch's hand the same night. a bunch of other TV and movies stars I didn't recognize were there too. watched my mom get a serious case of buh, buh, buh, when gregory peck and omar sharif were 10 feet across the gas dock from us the next day. I didn't know who they were either.

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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2.1.9  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @2.1.7    4 years ago

for raisin eyebrows...?

 
 
 
Krishna
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2.1.10  Krishna  replied to  Split Personality @2.1.1    4 years ago
Actually, the larger the tank and the more live rock, the easier the hobby gets.

Something I've always wondered about the really large tanks-- isn't the weight YUGE? ((I would imagine that in some cases before setting one up you'd have to take into consideration the strength of the floor underneath...?)

 
 
 
Split Personality
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2.1.11  Split Personality  replied to  Krishna @2.1.10    4 years ago

I easily topped 3,500 lbs. Possibly 4,000

It had to be on a concrete floor.

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1.12  devangelical  replied to  Krishna @2.1.10    4 years ago

I'm guessing 4 tons filled, in an acrylic tank with the rock and accessories

 
 
 
devangelical
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2.1.13  devangelical  replied to  Dulay @2.1.2    4 years ago
That owns a froe

I may have once. was the underside a basic arc shape with a crude blade bevel? if so, I did, but I couldn't figure out what it was for and sold it for next to nothing at the flea market.

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.1.14  author  Dulay  replied to  devangelical @2.1.13    4 years ago

No. Mine is flat. They are designed to split thin shakes, like cedar shakes for siding and roofing. Like I said, we use it for splitting kindling. Sharp as hell but much safer than swinging an ax at a hand held log. 

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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2.1.16  1stwarrior  replied to  Dulay @2.1.14    4 years ago

Keep more fingers that way too.

 
 
 
Krishna
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2.1.17  Krishna  replied to  Split Personality @2.1.11    4 years ago

I easily topped 3,500 lbs. Possibly 4,000

It had to be on a concrete floor.

That makes perfect sense now that you mention it!

I once had a Fish Tank. As a kid. A tad less ambitious than your project.

Freshwater. Maybe 10 or 12 gallons.

On a much smaller scale than what you did   (whether or not the floor in my bedroom could hold it was not a major consideration! LOL)

 
 
 
Krishna
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2.1.18  Krishna  replied to  devangelical @2.1.6    4 years ago

Another who:

Who wrote a letter to a company called "Texas Cactus Growers" that basically said"

Dear Sirs:

Please send me ten dollars worth of Peyote buttons. Enclosed is a check in the amount of ten dollars plus postage.

(or words to that effect).

Several days later went to the local P.O. and picked up a cardboard box lined with old newspapers and some parts of several  small cacti. 

Brought it back to the dorm, and my friend and I took the scalples from our dissecting kits (for Freshman Biology class ) and cut out the spines, cut up the cactus, and ate it!

(Not surprising behaviour actually-- College freshman are known to do some rather strange things!!!)

 
 
 
Wheel
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2.1.19  Wheel  replied to  Krishna @2.1.10    4 years ago

1 gallon of water weighs 8 lbs, not counting everything else

 
 
 
Wheel
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2.1.20  Wheel  replied to  Dulay @2.1.14    4 years ago
Sharp as hell but much safer than swinging an ax at a hand held log. 

Then you may doing it wrong.  Now a days when we want to say someone is dumb we say, "He's not the brightest light on the tree." or, "He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer." or, "He's so dumb he has to be retrained after lunch." There was an old country saying my grandmother always used about someone who was dumb.  She would say, "He's dull as a froe."  A froe was not meant to be sharp, it's meant to separate shingles from a piece of wood by forcing apart the wood without cutting through the strands of wood. Roy Underhill on the Woodwright's Shop series on PBS did a segment about splitting off cedar shingles, or 'shakes' using a froe.

 
 
 
Dulay
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2.1.21  author  Dulay  replied to  Wheel @2.1.20    4 years ago
Then you're doing it wrong. 

Since I'm using it to split kindling, not to make shakes, I want it to be sharp. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3  Perrie Halpern R.A.    4 years ago

Who kissed Christopher Walken on the lips. 

 
 
 
devangelical
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3.1  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3    4 years ago

hussy. did you hear any cowbells at the time?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3.1.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  devangelical @3.1    4 years ago

You mean cheep hussy... and that was what was ringing in my head. I thought it was BOC.

Which brings me to...

Who got baby clothing from BOC wives. 

 
 
 
devangelical
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3.1.2  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.1.1    4 years ago

I meant shameless. I ran out of edit time. cool. saw BOC in 73 with zz top at the coliseum in denver. I still don't fear the reaper.

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.1.3  Krishna  replied to  devangelical @3.1    4 years ago
did you hear any cowbells at the time?

Probably very little I would imagine...

Just my own opinion, of course...but I think it actually needed a bit more....

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3    4 years ago

Did you wash your lips? I wouldn't have

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3.2.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2    4 years ago

NO! I'm a huge fan. This was when he was young and adorable. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3.2.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.2.1    4 years ago

He's still adorable

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.2.3  Krishna  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.2.2    4 years ago
He's still adorable

So is Perrie! jrSmiley_2_smiley_image.png

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.3  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3    4 years ago
Who kissed Christopher Walken on the lips. 

How did you get to meet Christopher Walken?

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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3.3.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Krishna @3.3    4 years ago

Perrie doesn't kiss and tell, i tell

u

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3.3.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Krishna @3.3    4 years ago

I went to see him in a play "House of Blue Leaves". When he came out of the theater I asked him for an autograph and then he asked me if I wanted a kiss too, so I said sure!

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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3.3.3  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  igknorantzrulz @3.3.1    4 years ago

Opps Iggy, I think I did. jrSmiley_85_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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3.3.4  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @3.3.3    4 years ago

Opps Iggy, I think I did.

well, as long as our secret is still safe...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4  Buzz of the Orient    4 years ago

An achievement?

I got the lowest final mark in calculus in the history of the university.

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.1  Krishna  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    4 years ago
I got the lowest final mark in calculus in the history of the university.

Most people do . . . 

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.1.1  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @4.1    4 years ago
I got the lowest final mark in calculus in the history of the university.
Most people do . . . 

That and Organic Chem (for those who take it)...those are usually two of the real "Killer Courses"....

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.1.2  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @4.1    4 years ago
I got the lowest final mark in calculus in the history of the university.
Most people do . . . 

That and Organic Chem (for those who take it)...those are usually two of the real "Killer Courses"....

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.1.3  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @4.1.2    4 years ago

Whoops, along with my incurable case of "TDS" it appears my computer has a case of "PSCTS" (posting same comment twice syndrome). Please delete dups. 

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.1.4  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @4.1.2    4 years ago

Whoops, along with my incurable case of "TDS" it appears my computer has a case of "PSCTS" (posting same comment twice syndrome). Please delete dups. 

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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4.2  1stwarrior  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    4 years ago

Oh yeah?  Who had to take college algebra three times to pass it with a "C-"?

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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4.2.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  1stwarrior @4.2    4 years ago

Do you guys really want to get into a pissing contest about who got the worst grades?

I graduated with a 2.45....beat that!

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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4.2.3  1stwarrior  replied to  Trout Giggles @4.2.1    4 years ago

I "almost" gotcha - 2.54 and finished # 820 out of 1056.

 
 
 
Krishna
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4.2.4  Krishna  replied to  1stwarrior @4.2    4 years ago

Who failed only one course in Junior High School. 

Typing!

This was on an old fashioned manual typewriter-- before ordinary folks had computers ( in many cases people didn't actually know for sure what computers were). I took typing in summer school 'cause my parents convinced me it would come in handy in High School to type up terms papers... I flunked because it was boring so I didn't practice).. 

 
 
 
Wheel
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4.3  Wheel  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    4 years ago
I got the lowest final mark in calculus in the history of the university.

I got straight 4.0's on calculus and differential equations.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Wheel @4.3    4 years ago

LOL.  Wish I could have had you sit in for me on the final calculus exam - I'd be a doctor today, instead of having to be a lawyer.  Maybe I could have discovered the cure for cancer and won the Nobel Prize - oh well, too bad for the world.

 
 
 
Kavika
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5  Kavika     4 years ago

Who saved Bob Dylan from a beating.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @5    4 years ago
(deleted)
 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1    4 years ago

I deleted that because I realized too late that it was supposed to be only ONE item, and I had already posted one.

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.1.3  Krishna  replied to    4 years ago
Who knows the de facto winner in this most enjoyable of threads. (thanks Dulay)

This is definitely one of the most interesting threads in a long, long time! (bet there would be many entries tied for first place! :-).

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.1.4  Krishna  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.2    4 years ago
I deleted that because I realized too late that it was supposed to be only ONE item, and I had already posted one.

Well, there's an old saying:

There are two types of people in the world . . . 

 
 
 
devangelical
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5.1.5  devangelical  replied to    4 years ago

very fun article. kudos to dulay.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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5.1.6  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.2    4 years ago

That's OK Buzz, since that makes the other one null also. You both did it. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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5.1.7  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Krishna @5.1.4    4 years ago

Great minds!

 
 
 
Dulay
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5.1.8  author  Dulay  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.2    4 years ago

Post as many as you want individually... 

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.1.9  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @5.1.6    4 years ago
That's OK Buzz, since that makes the other one null also

Actually I would imagine that one is Null and the other one is Void!

(Sometimes I feel like a nut . . . )

Almond Joy Commercial 1978

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.1.10  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @5.1.9    4 years ago

Null and Void, Laurel and Hardy...

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.1.11  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @5.1.10    4 years ago

Bert and Harry Piels!

(1950s. people loved the commercials the commercials but didn't really like the taste of the beer...)

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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5.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Kavika @5    4 years ago

Now that is really cool!

 
 
 
Krishna
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5.2.1  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @5.2    4 years ago
Now that is really cool!

I remember that some time ago Kavika did mention that and briefly told what happened-- and yes, that was very, very cool!

 
 
 
Dulay
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5.3  author  Dulay  replied to  Kavika @5    4 years ago

Thank you. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8  Trout Giggles    4 years ago

Who flew in a T-38 and puked in her O2 mask?

 
 
 
devangelical
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8.1  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @8    4 years ago

for a zoomie, very classy. ha ha ha

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @8.1    4 years ago

Wasn't it tho?

It was an award for winning Base NCO of the year. I had never flown in a jet like that and the pilot did a very fast something that my stomach did not like. Fortunately, I hadn't eaten much lunch before my flight.

But a lot of people never got to throw up like I did.

 
 
 
devangelical
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8.1.2  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.1.1    4 years ago

meh, I still luv ya...

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.1.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @8.1.2    4 years ago

luvs ya too

 
 
 
devangelical
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8.1.4  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.1.1    4 years ago

what's the zoomie barf during a flight ribbon look like?

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.1.5  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @8.1.4    4 years ago

like cheese crackers and water

 
 
 
devangelical
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8.1.6  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.1.5    4 years ago

so a white ribbon with orange specks in abstract shapes and no common pattern then. interesting.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.1.7  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @8.1.6    4 years ago

That's the only time I get creative...when I puke

 
 
 
Ender
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8.2  Ender  replied to  Trout Giggles @8    4 years ago

Haha.  Sorry but   Hahahaha

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.2.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ender @8.2    4 years ago

It's cool. I laugh about it now.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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8.3  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Trout Giggles @8    4 years ago

Gee, that sounds like a treat.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
8.3.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @8.3    4 years ago

It was. We even flew over my house

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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9  igknorantzrulz    4 years ago

Went Deep Sea Fishin with a bunch of hung over well, well hung over buddies in the early 90's. We had flown down to Key West to DRINK a HELL OF A LOT, and whatever else we might indulge upon. We chartered a boat and crew. Think there was about 10 of us, but only 6 made the {Dis} stilll

ed

drunken journey ,

still drunk & drinking and severely hung over,

to the dock the next mournin g. 

We showed up with a half keg and a few bottles of licqour, (for 6 ) for a full day of Drinkin, while dropping lines to pass the time. The Captain we named Morgan, his first mate Skipper, and his second mate

Skip her II,  as them dudes     weren't even beer goggle worthy   but, as we see them shaking their heads as we loaded our 'gear', we told em' start shakin our drinks cause we didn't bring stirrers    

.

to be continued

 
 
 
Krishna
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9.1  Krishna  replied to  igknorantzrulz @9    4 years ago
Went Deep Sea Fishin with a bunch of hung over well, well hung over buddies in the early 90's. We had flown down to Key West to DRINK a HELL OF A LOT, and whatever else we might indulge upon. We chartered a boat and crew. Think there was about 10 of us, but only 6 made the {Dis} stilll

ed

drunken journey

I think I knew that ship! The Sloop John B... I was the Deuxieme Mate,  sailin' aboard her in the Northern Baltic Sea, off the coast of Easter Island, during Lent. During the latter days of The Boer War 'twas! Grandpappy and me wuz drinking all night... got into more than one round of fist-i-cuffs....well you catch my drift!

 
 
 
Krishna
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10  Krishna    4 years ago

Who met and conversed briefly with MLK.

 
 
 
Krishna
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10.1  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @10    4 years ago

Another one: who met Jack Kerouac.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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10.1.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Krishna @10.1    4 years ago

Well, I read "On the Road". Does that count?

 
 
 
Dulay
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10.1.2  author  Dulay  replied to  Krishna @10.1    4 years ago

I await your novel with bated breath...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Krishna @10.1    4 years ago

Okay, you want celebrity meetings?

Who shook hands with Princess Diana and carried on a conversation with her?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.3    4 years ago

Who sat next to Jodi Foster at a luncheon?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.5  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.4    4 years ago

Who had a visit at home from Arlo Guthrie, discussing with him copyright matters concerning his father's songs?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.6  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.5    4 years ago

Who assisted Michael Caine to videotape a PSA for a charity, having to hold cue cards very close because he needs glasses to see okay?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.7  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.6    4 years ago

Whose home did Ramblin' Jack Elliott stay in when he played gigs in Toronto?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.8  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.7    4 years ago

Who was trying to sleep in the living room of a rooming house in Toronto in 1964 when Joni Mitchell (then Joni Anderson) walked in with a backpack and guitar case having just arrived on her first time in Toronto, and as an audience of one, listened to her play some of her songs, and then slept on the floor to allow her to sleep on the couch. and who got her her first paying gig in Ontario, remaining friends with her for many years.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.9  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.8    4 years ago

Who did Bob Dylan shake hands with, while meeting with him, his wife Sara and son Jessie?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.10  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.9    4 years ago

Who was visited at home by Johnny Winter before his Toronto concert to pick up a gift to make his playing more fantastic?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.11  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.10    4 years ago

Who was presented with the International Heart Award in London, England, by an International Children's Charity?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1.12  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.11    4 years ago

You want more?

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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10.1.13  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.5    4 years ago

Very cool Buzz! My mom loved Arlo, too. 

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
10.1.14  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @10.1.1    4 years ago
Well, I read "On the Road". Does that count?

Depends on what you been smokin'!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
10.1.16  Krishna  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.12    4 years ago
You want more?

Wow........"Who" ....really got around!

 
 
 
Krishna
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10.1.17  Krishna  replied to  Dulay @10.1.2    4 years ago
I await your novel with bated breath...

Well I only met Kerouac-- and apparently his writing skills weren't passed on by social contact! jrSmiley_9_smiley_image.gif

However, back in those days

I saw the the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,

Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz,
who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,
who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war,
And so on . . .
(Actually that's Ginsberg, not Kerouac, the opening stanzas of "HOWL" ....
( San Francisco, 1955—1956)
but what the heck, a Hippie is a Hippie is a Hippie....
(Does a Hippie by any other name smell as sweet...?)
I've never been all that into poetry, but for some reason that is one of my favourite poems.
 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
10.1.18  Krishna  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1.12    4 years ago
You want more?

You really did meet a large number of celebrities!

Was it because of business (did you give them legal representation) or was it because (I assume?) you went to lots of concerts and hung out afterwards?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.1.19  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Krishna @10.1.18    4 years ago

Some, like Diana, Caine, Foster were because of my being involved with an international charity, others because of my involvement with folk music and other entertainers, rarely through my profession. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
10.1.20  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Krishna @10.1.16    4 years ago

I've lived an interesting life, met fascinating people, travelled to many places, but my biggest adventure did not start until I was 69 years old, to travel to and live in China where I have had many experiences, explored many ancient historical sites, made a new life in a totally different culture even to the extent of marrying a Chinese Buddhist.  Makes me feel like Bilbo Baggins in his old age, who said it was never too late to go on a new adventure. 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
10.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Krishna @10    4 years ago

That is really cool. Was he as nice as he seemed?

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
10.2.1  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @10.2    4 years ago
Was he as nice as he seemed?

Au contraire mon petit Chou!

My Friend Marshal H, who (like most Southerners) was from a "fine old aristocratic Southern Family" from Virginia Beach was driving back to school after IIRC Spring break. He was a total hippie. He saw another Hippie on the side of the road hitch-hiking, and picked him up. They started discussing whatever it is that 2 Hippies discuss and the conversation turned to what they were reading. Marshall said he like Ginsburg and Kerouac. The other guy said "I am Kerouac". Marshall made him show him his driver's licence and sure enuf he was Kerouac!

They drove into town (Chapel Hill, N.C.) went to a house off campus rented by a few friends. K asked for some booze, drank most of it, and passed out on the floor.

Soon the work spread that the great man himself was in town, and campus hippies came from far and wide to pay homage to the great one!

He finally woke up, smoked some weed and acted very crudely,  attempting to paw any nearby (hippie) women and muttering profanities! 

(The whole thing was IMO quite a giggle).

 
 
 
Old Hermit
Sophomore Silent
11  Old Hermit    4 years ago

Who, in the mid 70's, stopped to pickup an old man walking north on I35 one late, rainy night in Dallas only to discover he was an international model and Military icon who's face I had seen prominently displayed many for many years at my airbase, Cherry Point N.C.?

For giving him a lift from the roadside in South Dallas to a Waffle House near downtown he gave me a signed copy of his world famous poster. 

My one brush with greatness.

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I hadn't recognized him with his teeth in. (snicker)

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
PhD Quiet
11.1  igknorantzrulz  replied to  Old Hermit @11    4 years ago

Is that 'Ole Blue',

from Will Farrel's   'Old School', who died jello wrestling those young bitc....babes ?

 
 
 
Old Hermit
Sophomore Silent
11.1.1  Old Hermit  replied to  igknorantzrulz @11.1    4 years ago
Is that 'Ole Blue'

Not "Ole Blue".

I've forgotten the name he gave me all those years ago but looking for an image of the poster to post I did run across his back story over on a "RAF" web site  .

original

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
11.1.2  Krishna  replied to  Old Hermit @11.1.1    4 years ago

Interesting! (I have to admit I had no idea who that was when I saw the picture...)

 
 
 
Old Hermit
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11.1.3  Old Hermit  replied to  Krishna @11.1.2    4 years ago
I have to admit I had no idea who that was when I saw the picture...

That " Sleep tight America " poster was hung all over Military airbases in the 70's.

He was so popular that I think the only poster I saw put up more often were the mouse and eagle " Defiance! " ones.

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Krishna
Professor Expert
11.1.4  Krishna  replied to  Old Hermit @11.1.3    4 years ago
That " Sleep tight America " poster was hung all over Military airbases in the 70's.

Thanks for the information.

(Potentially there's a lot to learn on a site like this...its a pity most users are mainly interested in engaging in childish personal attacks on other users...or in prostelytizing some political or religious view to the exclusion of any intelligent conversations... when there's so much more of value that this site I have  :-(

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
11.1.5  Trout Giggles  replied to  Old Hermit @11.1.1    4 years ago

What a great story!

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
11.2  devangelical  replied to  Old Hermit @11    4 years ago
at my airbase, Cherry Point N.C.

small world. that's where I was born. squid or jarhead?

 
 
 
Old Hermit
Sophomore Silent
11.2.1  Old Hermit  replied to  devangelical @11.2    4 years ago
squid or jarhead?

Marine. (smile)

70-74 Airborne Radio Operator on C-130's flying out of Cherry Point.

2nd MAW * MAG-14 * H&MS-14, (my old squadron has been re-designated - Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14, (MALS-14), changed from the Headquarters & Maintenance Squadron 14, (H&MS 14), of my time.

Except for the few months I spent at the Naval Air Station in Memphis Cherry Point was home base.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
11.2.2  devangelical  replied to  Old Hermit @11.2.1    4 years ago

cool.  my dad serviced aircraft electronics. ... he told me the other marines stationed there had to help keep the swabbies from falling out of their planes and off their boats while underway.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
11.2.3  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Old Hermit @11.2.1    4 years ago

Semper Fi!  HM1/FMF  USN/RET.

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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11.2.4  1stwarrior  replied to  Old Hermit @11.2.1    4 years ago

Semper Fi Old Hermit.  Spent some time with VMF(AW)-235 in Beaufort and we'd visit Cherry Point occasionally in the early 60's.

 
 
 
Old Hermit
Sophomore Silent
11.2.5  Old Hermit  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @11.2.3    4 years ago
HM1/FMF

Cool Doc! 

My dad was a corpsmen in Korea, (Army), but the only time he described his experiences it was to claim that all he did was carry the wounded around on stretchers in a MASH unit.  (yeah, right

His training was good enough that, in the 50's, he got all the vaccines and other basic medical supplies from an aunt that was a nurse at Parkland Hospital, and used them to act as the GP for his three young sons.

From vaccinations to flue shots to broken fingers, he did it all.

 
 
 
Old Hermit
Sophomore Silent
11.2.6  Old Hermit  replied to  1stwarrior @11.2.4    4 years ago
Semper Fi Old Hermit

Oorah 1st, Oorah!

 
 
 
Wheel
Freshman Quiet
11.2.7  Wheel  replied to  devangelical @11.2.2    4 years ago

Know why Marines are stationed on Navy vessels?

Could never teach the sheep to clean up after themselves.

MM1/C  SS '70-76'

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
12  Ed-NavDoc    4 years ago

Who jumped into freezing water naked though a hole cut in the sea ice in Antarctica?

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
12.1  Krishna  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12    4 years ago
Who jumped into freezing water naked though a hole cut in the sea ice in Antarctica?

Wow!

What were you doing in Antarctica?

(That is to say... when you weren't jumping through holes cut....etc. ???)

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
12.1.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Krishna @12.1    4 years ago

I was in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman ssigned to "Operation Deep Freeze" in support of the National Science Foundation's Divison of Polar Programs. At that time the Navy provided logistical support for operations. I was the only x-ray technician on the continent of Antarctica at the time. We deployed for 6 months a year from our home port in Pt Hueneme, CA.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.1.2  Kavika   replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12.1.1    4 years ago

Were you the inspiration for the ''Shrivel Factor''?jrSmiley_10_smiley_image.gif  

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
12.1.3  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Kavika @12.1.2    4 years ago

Either that or the polar bear club. The ice was about 6 feet thick and they cut steps out of the ice down to the water. You had a rope around your waist so they could haul you up immediately before hypothermia set in, which some people did get.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
12.1.5  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Kavika @12.1.2    4 years ago

It was "shrinkage".

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
12.1.6  Kavika   replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @12.1.5    4 years ago

Shrivel or Shrinkage either one is something that no one wants...LOLOL 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
12.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12    4 years ago

Why were you naked?

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
12.3.1  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @12.3    4 years ago

meh, I would've been wearing at least 1 wool sock.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
12.3.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @12.3.1    4 years ago

And you would have sunk like a rock. Have you ever felt how wool gets when it's wet?

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
12.3.3  devangelical  replied to  Trout Giggles @12.3.2    4 years ago

yeah, but still. I'm certain it would have fallen off immediately on first contact with the freezing water and I sure as hell wouldn't want to risk that kind of icicle.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
12.3.4  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Trout Giggles @12.3    4 years ago

A tradition on the "Ice" as we called it dating back to the early 1900's with the first Antarctic explorers. Because of the advent of increasing numbers of women in Antarctica nowadays, undergarments are optional. Men get the option of underwear or swim trunks or nothing at all, while ladies get the option of a bikini or the buff. In my day, women were definitely the minority and very few had the desire for a cold water immersion experience. Different story nowadays. I actually got a certificate for participating.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
12.3.5  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12.3.4    4 years ago

crazy

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
Professor Quiet
12.3.6  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Trout Giggles @12.3.5    4 years ago

Yeah, but I was young!

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
12.3.7  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12.3.6    4 years ago
Yeah, but I was young!

ahhhh.. to be young again. 

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
12.3.8  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @12.3.7    4 years ago

that skinny golden window of time when older people tell you it can't be done and you do it anyway

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
12.3.9  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @12.3.6    4 years ago

Good point!

 
 
 
evilone
Professor Guide
13  evilone    4 years ago

Who in the mid 80's was the basis for a fictional character in a fantasy 4 book series. Icelandic author Thorarinn Gunnarsson wrote a seris with characters based partly on a group of friends of mine. The first book is Make Way For Dragons and the twins in the books were based on me and my best friend at the time Dave. My character dies in book 2 :(. Thor is a very understated guy that loves puns.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14  Krishna    4 years ago

Who met and briefly conversed with a Grand Dragon of the KKK.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
14.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Krishna @14    4 years ago

But why?

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
14.1.1  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @14.1    4 years ago

... his sheets were still in the laundromat dryer?

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.2  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @14.1    4 years ago

But why?

Along (but interesting) story. It's late and I have to work tomorrow (recently doing a lot of stock trading...).

Will explain the mtg tomorrow.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.3  Krishna  replied to  devangelical @14.1.1    4 years ago
.. his sheets were still in the laundromat dryer?

Ran out of regular detergent and had to eat Tide Pods...and that was the beginning of his downfall!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.4  Krishna  replied to  devangelical @14.1.1    4 years ago
.. his sheets were still in the laundromat dryer?

Ran out of regular detergent and had to eat Tide Pods...and that was the beginning of his downfall!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.5  Krishna  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @14.1    4 years ago
But why?

During the 60s I was in college (still undergraduate) at UNC Chapel Hill. Politically it was mixed-- but had a significant group of more progressive students and faculty than most other Southern schools. So when Civil Rights demonstrations began nationwide, there were some there as well.

Many people in the state, (including the KKK) were not happy about that. So the Klan intended to have a caravan of cars drive to Chapel Hill and do a a counter-demonstration (probably to be similar to what some right wing extremists did fairly recently in Charlottesville):



(cont'd in following comment)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.6  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @14.1.5    4 years ago

Part of the reason that recent rally by far-right extremists (in C'Ville) was able to occur apparently was the local government and the police present did not act responsibly to prevent it.

ironically, though it was decades earlier, the situation in the early 60s in N. Carolina was a bit different. For a while NC had a man considered to be a relative "moderate"-- Governor Terry Sanford:

A lifelong Democrat, he was noted for his progressive leadership in   civil rights   and education, although his opponents criticized him as a " tax-and-spend "   liberal . Sanford is remembered as a major public figure of the South after World War II.

And when Gov. Sanford heard that the Klan was going to drive to ChapelHill and rally, he did the opposite of what most Southern Governors at the time would've done-- he ordered the State Highway Patrol to set up roadblocks and to prevent the Klan from entering Chapel Hill!

(cont'd in next comment)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.7  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @14.1.6    4 years ago

I believe the Klan got wind of Sanford's plan, so they drove to Chapel Hill dressed in regular clothes-- without anything identifying them as Klansmen. Hoping to evade the police.

But the police set up a roadblock and checked every car. So many of the Klansmen, when seeing the roadblock, drove up on a hill off to the side of the road and tried to decide how to proceed.

At the time I was very active in the local Civil Rights movement, as well as friendly with the staff of the DTH, the school newspaper. One of the editors was going to try to see what would happen so gave me a ride to the roadblock. We parked and walked up the hill. 

(cont'd next comment)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
14.1.8  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @14.1.7    4 years ago

I saw some guy parked there, leaning against his car talking to a few people. He looked important so I (cautiously) chatted with him breifly. he wasn't too friendly so I withdrew. When I was a safe distance away I took a picture of him.

Later my newspaper friend told me who he was-- it turned out he was the Grand Dragon of the state KKK!

He wasn't supposed to be there. So my newspaper friend who was a stringer for either Time or Newsweek (I forget which now) asked me to give him my camera so he could quickly develop the photo and publish it in the school paper as well as send it to the newsmagazine!

As I left I thought "Wow, I'll have a picture published in a national news-magazine-- I'll be famous!"

Anyway, that's how this "who" met the Grand Dragon (PBUH).

(But does it count if I hadn't known who he was at the time?)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
15  Krishna    4 years ago

Who went to an Acoholics Anonymous New Year's Eve party and finding only lots of  soda and bottled water there went out and returned with a small hidden bottle of liquor.

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It Is ME
Masters Guide
16  It Is ME    4 years ago

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Krishna
Professor Expert
16.1  Krishna  replied to  It Is ME @16    4 years ago
"Here's the rules. One thing only. It can an achievement, an event or an item." ??????????????

Are you aware of who posted this article?

 
 
 
It Is ME
Masters Guide
16.1.1  It Is ME  replied to  Krishna @16.1    4 years ago
Are you aware of who posted this article?

No ! jrSmiley_99_smiley_image.jpg

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
17  Krishna    4 years ago

I bet I'm the only member . . . who

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had a "20 Bagger"  jrSmiley_26_smiley_image.gif

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during the "Tech Bubble".

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(Tech Bubble" Was is das "Tech Bubble"?)

320

YEPPERS!!!  jrSmiley_123_smiley_image.gif

(My off-topic no-value bullshit derail is better than your off-topic no-value bullshit derail...Nyah, nyah, nyah...nyah!)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
18  Krishna    4 years ago

Who knows what Hilly's was?

("ceptin maybe Alice? Errr...I mean Buzz?)

And of course MUVA must know... or Perrie?

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
19  author  Dulay    4 years ago

Who hung out in a laundry mat with Chaka Khan. 

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
19.3  Krishna  replied to  Dulay @19    4 years ago
Who hung out in a laundry mat with Chaka Khan. 

Wow!

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
Professor Principal
20  Just Jim NC TttH    4 years ago

Who met Billy Martin in the Kansas City airport with his friend on the way to go pheasant hunting and he bought me a beer..................we talked...........he yelled at his friend for NOT packing any ammo. (Circa 1980). Classic Billy

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
21  Ender    4 years ago

Wow, you all have me beat. The only thing I can think of, well,

When I was a kid my best friend was a girl that lived a couple of houses down. Her father was a teacher and he use to record us singing little jingles, songs for his classes.

The only one I remember goes like...

We've got blood, and it goes round round round

As it's pumped a long with a lub dub sound

And it spreads o2 and food around

And collects the waste from all our cells.

Ha.  Last I heard, they are still playing them in classrooms.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
21.1  Krishna  replied to  Ender @21    4 years ago

Did you ever learn the tune "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round, Round, Round"?I memorized all the words

(must've been in one of the lower grades-- still remember the words!)

Who says a classical education isn't useful!

 
 
 
charger 383
Professor Silent
22  charger 383    4 years ago

who had a drink at a bar with Ric Flair and couldn't figure out who he was 

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
Professor Principal
22.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  charger 383 @22    4 years ago

That would have made two of us. 

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
22.1.1  devangelical  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @22.1    4 years ago

a steroid infused acrobat and choreographed tumbler in an arena based melodrama with a sports theme

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
23  Krishna    4 years ago
You might have met my hubby and me then. 

I would imagine that knows what Hilly's was!

(Guess I'm in a mysterious mood tonight...asking these rather weird questions...)

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
24  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom    4 years ago

...whose brother smacked Bob Hope over the head with a rolled-up menu in the Senate Dining Room in Washington, DC in the summer of 1968.  

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
24.1  devangelical  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @24    4 years ago

story. give it up...

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
24.1.1  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  devangelical @24.1    4 years ago

We had been in Pennsylvania for my uncle's wedding.  My parents decided to make a vacay out of it, so on the way back, we spent several days in DC.  Senator John Tower was a friend of my grandparents and knew we were all in town, so he invited us to lunch in the Senate Dining Room.  Apparently, children were seldom seen in that particular dining room and we attracted a bit of attention.  At one point, a man came over to our table and said that Bob Hope wanted to meet us (my brothers and I).  During the introductions, Mr. Hope made some sort of joke at my little brother's expense, and while everyone was laughing, little bro reached up and snatched a menu from the table, rolled it up, and smacked Bob Hope over the head with it.  There were more laughs about that than the joke.

On a side note, it was years later when I learned why it was so busy in DC while we were there.  Lots of folks were in town for Robert Kennedy's memorial service.

 
 
 
pat wilson
Professor Participates
25  pat wilson    4 years ago

Who saw the Beatles perform on tour when who was 12.

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
25.1  Krishna  replied to  pat wilson @25    4 years ago

Not quite the same as in person, but this Who saw what I believe was Elvis Presley's first public appearance playing Rock music (on Ed Sullivan Show on TV-- Black and White of course). 

My parents, being somewhat old-fashioned,  didn't know quite what to make of Elvis...I was just a little kid but I really liked the music.

(IIRC before RNR he did white gospel music which IMO he did really well)

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
25.2  Krishna  replied to  pat wilson @25    4 years ago
Who saw the Beatles perform

Ah-- but did the Beatles ever see The Who perform?

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
26  Krishna    4 years ago
You want more?

You really did meet a large number of celebrities!

Was it because of business (did you give them legal representation) or was it because (I assume?) you went to lots of concerts and hung out afterwards?

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
27  Krishna    4 years ago

Who set up a computer lab with Apple IIes (first release Jan. 1983) and taught third graders how to use them.

First lesson-- how to put disks in the 2 external drives.

(Operating system was on a removable external  5 1/2 floppy-- the program being used was inserted on a second floppy). Then how to turn it on.

Next: Type your first name.

First question:

My teacher says the first letter is a capital. This computer is broke-- it don't make capital letters!

When finished, remove program floppy, insert a blank floppy to save work. The monitor will collect each kid's disk and put in the box for this class. 

The children who are "behaved" will get a printout to take home to show parents and blow their minds!

Next week you will have an introduction to C++ or if you're behaved I may teach you Python...

(Jus' kidding).

 
 
 
Wheel
Freshman Quiet
28  Wheel    4 years ago

I'll bet I'm the only member who has ever met former head of the CIA, L. Patrick Gray and former CNO Admiral Frank B. Kelso

OH, and you'd be wrong, I do own a froe.  Used to belong to my grandfather.

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
28.2  author  Dulay  replied to  Wheel @28    4 years ago
OH, and you'd be wrong, I do own a froe.  Used to belong to my grandfather.

I've inherited most of my hand tools, a table saw and a drill press. It's good to know that someone thought enough to know they were in good hands. 

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
28.3  Krishna  replied to  Wheel @28    4 years ago
I'll bet I'm the only member who has ever met former head of the CIA, L. Patrick Gray and former CNO Admiral Frank B. Kelso

That's nothing-- I used to play softball with Dennis Murphy!

 
 
 
Krishna
Professor Expert
28.3.1  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @28.3    4 years ago
That's nothing-- I used to play softball with Dennis Murphy!

Seriously...I'm probably the only one on NT who did that . . .