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Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Fman99 Apr 10 2018 08:55 PM

I couldn't find a version of this thread for the current calendar year, forgive me if I missed it. Somehow, despite 45 years of life and nearly that many immersed in classic rawk, I didn't know until today that the original/best known lead singer of 38 Special, Donnie Van Zant, was the brother of both original/deceased and current lead singers of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant. How did I never learn this before?

d'Kong76 Apr 10 2018 09:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Funny, I looked for a 2018 one today and couldn't find one. So here it is. Don't remember what I didn't know though.

MFS62 Apr 11 2018 08:24 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

d'Kong76 wrote: Funny, I looked for a 2018 one today and couldn't find one. So here it is. Don't remember what I didn't know though. Relax, Kase. Its just old age creeping up on you. You'll get used to it after a while. Uh. What were we talking about again? Later

RealityChuck Apr 11 2018 10:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton teamed up to be defense attorneys for a man who was on trial for murder, 4 1/2 years before their duel. It was the most sensational case in NYC history at the time, and the defendant was considered already convicted when the trial began. The two of them got the man off, and even pointed the way to the real killer. Bonus: The murdered women's body was found in a well that was owned by one of Burr's businesses.

MFS62 Apr 11 2018 12:39 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I guess he was kind of a drag: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/art ... a94e136ad2 But he wasn't a Buckingham. Later

Fman99 Apr 11 2018 08:37 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

RealityChuck wrote: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton teamed up to be defense attorneys for a man who was on trial for murder, 4 1/2 years before their duel. It was the most sensational case in NYC history at the time, and the defendant was considered already convicted when the trial began. The two of them got the man off, and even pointed the way to the real killer. Bonus: The murdered women's body was found in a well that was owned by one of Burr's businesses. Read a cool book about this at some point in the last 6-7 years. Don't remember the author, title or any other detail.

MFS62 Apr 11 2018 08:43 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton teamed up to be defense attorneys for a man who was on trial for murder, 4 1/2 years before their duel. It was the most sensational case in NYC history at the time, and the defendant was considered already convicted when the trial began. The two of them got the man off, and even pointed the way to the real killer. Bonus: The murdered women's body was found in a well that was owned by one of Burr's businesses. Read a cool book about this at some point in the last 6-7 years. Don't remember the author, title or any other detail. The book about him that I recall was Burr by Gore Vidal. Was that it? Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 11 2018 08:52 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton teamed up to be defense attorneys for a man who was on trial for murder, 4 1/2 years before their duel. It was the most sensational case in NYC history at the time, and the defendant was considered already convicted when the trial began. The two of them got the man off, and even pointed the way to the real killer. Bonus: The murdered women's body was found in a well that was owned by one of Burr's businesses. Read a cool book about this at some point in the last 6-7 years. Don't remember the author, title or any other detail. The book about him that I recall was Burr by Gore Vidal. Was that it? Later Ron Chernow touches on this in his Hamilton biography.

Rockin' Doc Apr 11 2018 10:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

[fimg=200:1yfird5t]https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780307956460_p0_v1_s550x406.jpg[/fimg:1yfird5t] I read this book a year or two ago. It gives a detailed accounting of the murder and the legal collaboration between rivals Burr and Hamilton, which Reality Chuck alluded to earlier in the thread.

RealityChuck Apr 12 2018 12:22 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

That's the book. Fascinating reading, especially about life in 1800 Manhattan.

Fman99 Apr 15 2018 07:47 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Rockin' Doc wrote: [fimg=200]https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780307956460_p0_v1_s550x406.jpg[/fimg] I read this book a year or two ago. It gives a detailed accounting of the murder and the legal collaboration between rivals Burr and Hamilton, which Reality Chuck alluded to earlier in the thread. Yep, that's the one. Read it myself. Quite interesting.

41Forever Apr 23 2018 07:56 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The iconic red Wrigley Field marquee was first painted green with yellow piping. George "Pappa Bear" Halas objected to Packers colors. It was then painted dark blue before the red. When the marquee was renovated a few years back, the back of it was waited with the original colors, and you can see it from inside the stadium. Took a Wrigley tour on Sunday. Pretty cool!

MFS62 Apr 23 2018 08:02 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

We have a TV star in our midst. Well, uh, he was on TV. Saw Greg on Madam Secretary last night. Kudos. Later

Mets Willets Point Apr 25 2018 06:08 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Bill Russell and Huey Newton were both born in Monroe, Louisiana and both moved to Oakland when they were children. Don't know if they knew one another though.

Lefty Specialist Apr 26 2018 07:45 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Patton Oswalt's late wife had been obsessed with finding the Golden State Killer and was writing a book about him when she died in 2016. Oswalt finished the book, got it published, and authorities credit her work for his arrest this week. A fascinating story. https://www.thedailybeast.com/patton-os ... ers-arrest

MFS62 May 01 2018 08:19 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Today is National Bugs Bunny Day. Show some love for the silly wabbit! Later

Fman99 Jun 15 2018 08:28 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The George Harrison 1987 hit "Got My Mind Set On You" was a cover of a 1963 R&B song. [youtube:3owu29h3]k68Fob0QA_k[/youtube:3owu29h3]

Lefty Specialist Jun 15 2018 11:04 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes.

Nymr83 Jun 15 2018 11:06 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes. Wish I could be a beaver next time i take the subway...

41Forever Jun 21 2018 08:03 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

My job title in Portuguese is "porta-voz da escola." I was quoted in an AP story about colleges stepping up to help students facing out-of-classroom challenges. The story was picked up all over -- which is cool -- and, apparently, by a Portuguese news site.

cooby Jun 22 2018 10:05 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Very cool!

MFS62 Jun 24 2018 09:46 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

In Kase's thread about what to wear at a wedding, I shared the story of how my Best Man wore dirty shoes to our wedding. He and I lost touch many years ago and I hadn't thought about him for a long time. That made me look him up. I found out he died several years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He had gone there for his PhD and stayed there. RIP, Andy Later

metirish Jun 25 2018 06:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I meant to post this the other night , while watching the Dodgers/Mets they showed a pitcher warming up in the Dodgers bullpen....Mark Prior is the Dodgers bullpen coach...I did not know that until that moment

Chad Ochoseis Jul 01 2018 08:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Geddy Lee is the son of Holocaust survivors. Don't know if this is common knowledge among Rush fans; I just found out today when I went down a Rush internet rabbithole.

Edgy MD Jul 01 2018 08:33 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

So is Gene Simmons. Michael Cohen, too, for that matter.

MFS62 Jul 02 2018 07:14 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Edgy MD wrote: Michael Cohen, too, for that matter. I knew that. And it makes me sick and ashamed that anyone descended from family that suffered the Holocaust should be so hateful to others. Later

MFS62 Jul 04 2018 05:45 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Today is the 80th birthday of MFY broadcaster John Sterling. He has never missed a single game. He has broadcast every pitch of every inning of every game, for 30 years. He says his heroes include Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks because they both worked into their 90s. Happy Birthday, John. Later

Rockin' Doc Jul 04 2018 06:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I admire his work ethic and dedication, though not his team loyalty.

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2018 06:55 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

For years Sterling hid not only his birth date but also his birth year and his original birth name (Sloss) so his age hasn't been public knowledge for most of his career. But I guess that stuff got harder to hide in the internet age as Wikipedia cites long ago census reports as their source.

MFS62 Jul 04 2018 07:17 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Frayed Knot wrote: For years Sterling hid not only his birth date but also his birth year and his original birth name (Sloss) so his age hasn't been public knowledge for most of his career. Didn't know that either. George Steinbrenner was also born on the 4th of July, so maybe he didn't want to take some spotlight away from "Boss George". Just a guess. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2018 07:45 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Sterling's hiding of his age might go back to pre-NYY days so it probably has nothing to do with George. Plus, I always speculated that Steinbrenner's birthday was made up anyway. I have absolutely zero proof of that but he seemed like the type who'd invent something like that. In fact, I'm half surprised that his buddy cheeto-head (currently residing in Washington DC) doesn't claim the same birthday.

d'Kong76 Jul 05 2018 10:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I would have guessed Sterls was barely sixty. Wow.

MFS62 Jul 08 2018 11:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The Tour-de-France is going on. I guess that will be followed International sports fans who don't care about soccer. Later

Lefty Specialist Jul 12 2018 12:35 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I bet the Wilpons wished they had fans like this. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh charged tens of thousands of dollars to personal credit cards over the past decade and was sometimes as much as $200,000 in debt, according to financial disclosure forms reported by The Washington Post. The reason, according to the White House: baseball. Kavanaugh incurred much of that debt buying Washington Nationals season tickets for himself and his friends, White House spokesman Raj Shah told the Post, noting that some of the expenses were also used for unspecified home improvements. The judge had between $60,000 and $200,000 stretched between three credit cards and a personal loan in 2016, but all were paid off in full or had balances below reporting requirements by the following year. Kavanaugh has since stopped buying Nationals season tickets, Shah said. The White House did not reply to HuffPost’s request for comment. Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) downplayed the newest controversy. “In a breaking news bombshell report just last night, we learned that Judge Kavanaugh enjoys America’s pastime,” McConnell said. Kavanaugh’s financial disclosures also showed he had two assets worth up to $65,000 in 2017, far less than current members of the Supreme Court. He is not required to disclose the value of property on such documents (he owns a house with his wife, Ashley, in the D.C. area, purchased for $1.2 million in 2006). Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed by Trump last year, reported assets of at least $3.6 million, and the average net worth of current members of the court was $4.6 million last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Kavanaugh has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since his appointment in 2006 and draws an annual salary of about $220,000 a year. He also earned around $27,000 from teaching at Harvard Law School. “It sounds like he’s living on what he earns,” Larry Noble, a former lawyer for the Federal Election Commission, told Bloomberg. If confirmed to the Supreme Court, he’ll be paid $255,300 as an associate justice.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2018 12:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It tells us he's not too good at personal finances. It looks like he had a mortgage that was much higher than his and his wife's salaries would seem to support.

Edgy MD Jul 12 2018 12:54 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It's hard to live in the DC suburbs and save $$, man. They all carrying debt.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2018 01:03 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

But I'm sure you can find a suitable home for less than $1.2 million. I read that his current mortgage balance is something like $895,000.

Edgy MD Jul 12 2018 02:15 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It's crazy down there. He ain't unique.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2018 02:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Oh, I'm sure he's not. There are plenty of people who get in over their heads with mortgages.

Ceetar Jul 12 2018 02:38 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

There are 1.2 million dollar houses on my block. They're nice. they're not mansions with extensive property or anything. I imagine the DC area is similar.

Nymr83 Jul 12 2018 02:42 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Ditto. Part of why I left Queens was that a million dollars got you a 3 bedroom house on a tiny lot that needed 100k+ in renovations. Was this supposed to make him look bad, or was it pushed by Republican sources tomake him seem like the rest of us?

Lefty Specialist Jul 12 2018 05:30 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It's just weird. I mean, who loves the Nats THAT much? And I can vouch for DC real estate. Rents are outrageous, too.

Ceetar Jul 13 2018 07:26 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Here's one around the block from me. (different town technically)

metsmarathon Jul 13 2018 08:27 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

i totally feel for the guy. i bought my house in 2006 as well.

seawolf17 Jul 13 2018 10:33 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

metsmarathon wrote: i totally feel for the guy. i bought my house in 2006 as well. 2005 for us, and we didn't quite break even when we sold it earlier this year. Sucked.

d'Kong76 Jul 13 2018 04:08 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Black Sabbath's first album was released on Friday the 13th.

MFS62 Jul 16 2018 07:52 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Marcel Marceau was Jewish. And he never said a word about it. Later

41Forever Jul 18 2018 08:10 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

That the guy who painted the iconic Kiss solo album covers ALSO did the amazing Rush "Fly By Night" cover!!

Edgy MD Jul 18 2018 08:21 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Before Neil Peart was in Rush, he was in a band called Hush. Maybe he played with Crush, Tush, and Bush along the way also.

seawolf17 Jul 26 2018 06:52 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"Macarthur Park," which Dave Barry once called "the worst song ever," was originally sung by Dumbledore, aka Richard Harris.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2018 07:20 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

You missed out. Heck, it went to #2!

41Forever Jul 26 2018 07:52 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Donna Summer has a disco version! [youtube:1fb8tq6x]nRnInih0PbQ[/youtube:1fb8tq6x]

cooby Jul 30 2018 05:55 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Don Henley was not happy with his vocals on Desperado, one of their most beautiful songs

d'Kong76 Jul 30 2018 06:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

41Forever wrote: Donna Summer has a disco version! Let me fix that for you: Donna Summer has a godawful disco version that is probably played on the music shuffle piped in on the escalator to hell. What a horrific time in the history of modern music/culture.

Edgy MD Jul 30 2018 07:25 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Produced by Giorgio Moroder, who oversampled his vocals into dozens of voices and multiple parts to create an entire backing chorus of Moroders. It was her first #1!!

41Forever Jul 31 2018 06:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Edgy MD wrote: Produced by Giorgio Moroder, who oversampled his vocals into dozens of voices and multiple parts to create an entire backing chorus of Moroders. It was her first #1!! Speaking of Donna, I confess that I secretly kind of liked "Hot Stuff," or at least didn't complain much when it was played at the roller rink. (As opposed to "Bad Girls," which we all openly mocked.) But I did not know until now that the blistering guitar solo in that was Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Doobie Brothers fame.

Edgy MD Jul 31 2018 07:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"Hot Stuff" is a Van Halen record in disguise. If anybody wants to know what in God's name Donna Summer is doing in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, "Hot Stuff" is Exhibit B in her defense. Exhibit A is "The Wanderer."

cooby Jul 31 2018 07:33 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

41Forever wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Produced by Giorgio Moroder, who oversampled his vocals into dozens of voices and multiple parts to create an entire backing chorus of Moroders. It was her first #1!! Speaking of Donna, I confess that I secretly kind of liked "Hot Stuff," or at least didn't complain much when it was played at the roller rink. (As opposed to "Bad Girls," which we all openly mocked.) But I did not know until now that the blistering guitar solo in that was Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Doobie Brothers fame. Now THAT is cool! He was in so many bands too!

Frayed Knot Jul 31 2018 01:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"He was in so many bands too!" He also worked as a consultant for missile defense systems.

41Forever Jul 31 2018 07:31 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I had no idea what the Trailblazers logo was supposed to be. Since the team’s inception in 1970, the Trail Blazers logo has been the subject of both admiration and diverse interpretation. The concept is a graphic interpretation of five basketball players from one side against five players from the opposing side rotating around a center circle in a pinwheel-like motion.

d'Kong76 Jul 31 2018 07:48 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Never saw that in that logo, and it has nothing trail-blazing about it either. Weird.

Frayed Knot Jul 31 2018 07:55 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"... five basketball players from one side against five players from the opposing side rotating around a center circle (the ball?) in a pinwheel-like motion." Which is great because everyone knows that's how basketball is played. This now represents the longest I have ever thought about the Portland Trailblazers in my life.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2018 11:13 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Anne Baxter, who was famous for, among other things, her role as the title character in All About Eve, was the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2018 11:13 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Oh, and according to the CDC, you're not supposed to wash and reuse condoms.

MFS62 Aug 04 2018 05:39 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Oh, and according to the CDC, you're not supposed to wash and reuse condoms. Even if you turn them inside out? Singer Bobby Brown, who was accused of abusing his wife, Whitney Houston, had an album titled, "Don't Be Cruel". Later

cooby Aug 05 2018 07:55 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The quieter the sequence in a movie (video) that you (REALLY[/bigpurple]) want to hear, the noisier the toddler(s) you are watching it with will become.

cooby Aug 05 2018 07:56 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Spent the weekend with my grandkids. Hoping all my daughter's and her husband's friend are married now

Edgy MD Aug 08 2018 08:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Christopher Guest is a baron, holding the peerage title of Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, since his father's passing in 1996. Upon his death, the title passes to his brother, actor (mostly voice in recent years) Nicholas Guest, because Christopher's children are all adopted and peerage rules are stupid.

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2018 08:12 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Edgy MD wrote: Christopher Guest is a baron, holding the peerage title of Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, since his father's passing in 1996. Upon his death, the title passes to his brother, actor (mostly voice in recent years) Nicholas Guest, because Christopher's children are all adopted and peerage rules are stupid. And it can't pass to wife Jamie Lee either seeing as how she's an American by birth whose father's name was Schwartz ... and peerage rules most decidedly look down upon those type of details.

MFS62 Aug 08 2018 08:20 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

cooby wrote: The quieter the sequence in a movie (video) that you (REALLY[/bigpurple]) want to hear, the noisier the toddler(s) you are watching it with will become. I really laughed out loud at that. Hope I didn't spoil your movie. Later

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2018 08:43 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I doubt that cooby was able to hear you laughing.

MFS62 Aug 08 2018 08:50 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I doubt that cooby was able to hear you laughing. That's how loud I laughed. Been there, done that watching the grand-infant thing. Later

Benjamin Grimm Aug 08 2018 08:55 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I remember when my kids were little they'd be especially demanding of my attention whenever I was on the phone. Now I have a cat that does that!

MFS62 Aug 19 2018 04:29 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The name of the El Paso team in the Pacific Coast League is the CHIHUAHUAS!!! It should be a law that a baseball team in El Paso should be named the Sun Kings, in honor of their great AA (Texas League) teams of the past. Later

MFS62 Aug 21 2018 07:57 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Those beautiful sunsets we've been seeing lately here in the East are actually the result of particulate matter and smoke in the atmosphere from the huge forest fires in the Western US. Later

MFS62 Aug 30 2018 07:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I found out where Donald must have met Melania. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... ronto.html Never knew these places existed. Later

cooby Aug 30 2018 05:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Notlookingnotlookingcosit’sprollysomewhereinfestedwithsomething

MFS62 Aug 30 2018 06:03 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

cooby wrote: Notlookingnotlookingcosit’sprollysomewhereinfestedwithsomething No. Its legit, and funny. They're Canada's largest on-line news site. Real news. Later

cooby Aug 30 2018 06:51 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Argh! (Looked and sunburned head explodes)

MFS62 Aug 31 2018 07:17 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

cooby wrote: Argh! (Looked and sunburned head explodes) See - I knew you'd like it. :) Later

Benjamin Grimm Sep 03 2018 11:42 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

F. Lee Bailey is a partner in a small legal consulting business with an office over a hair salon in Yarmouth, Maine. http://baileyandelliott.com/bio_bailey.htm

Edgy MD Sep 06 2018 10:04 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Sojourner Truth grew up speaking Dutch as her first language.

d'Kong76 Sep 06 2018 01:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Until today, gay sex was against the law in India.

Lefty Specialist Sep 14 2018 07:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Donald Trump is the first president since James Polk in 1849 not to own a pet.

Edgy MD Sep 14 2018 07:30 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

That I knew. He doesn't need a pet. He just dehumanizes people.

d'Kong76 Sep 14 2018 07:35 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: Donald Trump is the first president since James Polk in 1849 not to own a pet. Melania doesn't count?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2018 07:41 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

What about that squirrel-like thing that lives on his head?

MFS62 Sep 14 2018 07:46 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Tornadoes can occur in a hurricane. Later

Lefty Specialist Sep 14 2018 08:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Edgy MD wrote: That I knew. He doesn't need a pet. He just dehumanizes people. His kids have a fondness for cats.

d'Kong76 Sep 14 2018 09:27 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What about that squirrel-like thing that lives on his head? It's alive??

Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2018 09:28 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It's alive and it's been chewing on his brain, which may explain his behavior.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 14 2018 09:29 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Lefty Specialist wrote: Donald Trump is the first president since James Polk in 1849 not to own a pet. I knew that, too. That was noted like around the first day he moved into the White House. I think I read once that that might be a sign of sociopathy. Many years ago, I used to have a friend who I secretly thought was a sociopath. Once, we were visiting another friend who had a pet small dog. There came a moment when me and psycho were alone in a room with the pet dog. Suddenly, my friend approached the dog and, totally unprovoked, kicked the dog very hard in its stomach, after which he started giggling as if he'd done the most amusing thing ever. I was bone-chill horrified.

Ashie62 Sep 17 2018 08:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The CPF is on its last legs

d'Kong76 Sep 17 2018 08:27 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The Magic Eight Ball says: most likely so

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 18 2018 09:09 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Ashie62 wrote: The CPF is on its last legs Get the fuck out then

Ashie62 Sep 18 2018 01:42 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ashie62 wrote: The CPF is on its last legs Get the fuck out then Fuck you too foodboy We need new members

Nymr83 Sep 18 2018 02:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

foodboy? i don't think i've ever seen a lamer "insult"

Benjamin Grimm Sep 18 2018 02:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Challenge accepted! How about "Nostril Nose"?

Edgy MD Sep 18 2018 02:54 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Shut up, water drinker!

d'Kong76 Sep 18 2018 03:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Caustic fucktard and bisexual turd are among the top five imho.

Edgy MD Sep 18 2018 03:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Thanks a lot, Firefox User!!

d'Kong76 Sep 18 2018 03:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Haha, just playin... and I'm on Chrome, bro

MFS62 Sep 18 2018 03:48 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Going lowest of the low here - Jeter lover. Later

RealityChuck Sep 25 2018 08:19 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I'm currently reading Beatles vs. Stones by John McMillian, which will probably provide plenty for this thread. So far: 1. When Decca turned down the Beatles, a factor was that the group was from Liverpool. There was some prejudice against Liverpool, but another factor was the cost of traveling there to meet with the band. 2. Keith Richards sang at Queen Elizabeth's coronation.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 25 2018 10:21 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I read that book some time ago. Good examination of the question!

41Forever Oct 10 2018 12:20 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The duo comprising the group Boy Meets Girl, responsible for one of my fave guilty pleasure songs, also wrote two big hits for Whitney Houston — “I Want to Dance with Somebody” and “How Will I Know?” Check out their one hit as a group, “Waiting for a Star to Fall” from 1988. [youtube:wadkhfzo]RhxF9Qg5mOU[/youtube:wadkhfzo]

Frayed Knot Oct 11 2018 05:20 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

You probably have to have sharp/quick eyes to catch it, but many of the football clips shown in movies, TV shows, and advertisements, especially TV advertisements for TVs themselves which, not surprisingly, are often showing football games in their ads, are actually from [u:2d0trvlu]USFL games[/u:2d0trvlu]. Because the NFL will only allow their stuff to be used by brands which are their official sponsor, those who either aren't allowed to show NFL clips, or don't want to pay the price it would take to get them, contact the owner of the USFL library to use their footage.

MFS62 Oct 11 2018 05:49 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

That's a big WOW! Now we have to look for New Jersey Generals clips. In the background we might see Donald Trump negotiating for an NFL franchise. Later

d'Kong76 Oct 12 2018 02:13 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Skin is a human organ.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 12 2018 02:35 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

One of the biggest laughs I ever invoked was based on this fun fact. Someone at the office read a trivia question: "What's the largest organ in the human body?" And the answer was, of course, "skin". Then one of the guys made the obvious joke. He strutted around and said, "You can't say that about me!" I immediately said, "I guess that means that you don't have any skin on yours." The idea that he was boasting about having a gigantic skinless penis make him literally drop to the floor in prolonged laughter.

RealityChuck Oct 30 2018 01:35 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I was, of course, familiar with the Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and the line, "late of Pablo Fanques fair." I suppose I could have deduced the Pablo Fanque* was a real person -- after all, Lennon took the words from an old circus poster -- but I also just discovered that he was the first non-white circus owner in Britain. He also did many other benefit performances for retired members of his troupe and was one of the most popular circuses in the UK. *The poster said "Pablo Fanque's" but the written lyrics dropped the apostrophe.

Fman99 Nov 04 2018 08:33 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Robert Patrick, the actor who played the T-1000 bad guy in Terminator 2, is the brother of Richard Patrick, lead singer of the hard rock band Filter.

Lefty Specialist Nov 05 2018 09:21 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

William Rehnquist actually dated Sandra Day O'Connor, long before either of them wound up on the Supreme Court.

Edgy MD Nov 07 2018 08:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"Lying Eyes" is a better song if you sing it as "Lying Ass," with just a little bit of vindictive malice.

Frayed Knot Nov 07 2018 01:36 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

You can't hiiiiide your lyin' ass Cuz your styyyyyle is a bit too crass My biggest feeeeears have come to paa-aass That there ain't no way to hide your lyin' ass Yeah, that works for me.

Edgy MD Nov 07 2018 03:36 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Yeah, that's good stuff. Though if you sing it from the point of view of the rich old guy whose trophy wife is cuckolding him, you don't have to change much at all.

Edgy MD Nov 09 2018 03:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

"White Lightning," George Jones' classic proto-rocker ode to getting crocked, was written by The Big Bopper.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 11 2018 05:13 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Chris Hardwick's mother-in-law is Patricia Hearst.

MFS62 Nov 14 2018 08:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I moved it to the politics thread. Later

Lefty Specialist Nov 14 2018 12:28 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

There is a website, 11foot8.com, which has a camera focused on a very low overpass in North Carolina that trucks just can't stop crashing into. Like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7fvQVP ... QmO-J8%3A6 Fun for the whole family, if not for the truck drivers.

d'Kong76 Dec 01 2018 03:36 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

How do you know when oil is hot enough to fry without a thermometer? Food Network wrote: Use the Handle of a Wooden Spoon or a Wooden Chopstick. When the oil has preheated, dip the handle of a wooden spoon or a chopstick into the oil. If the oil starts steadily bubbling, then the oil is hot enough for frying. If the oil bubbles very very vigorously, then the oil is too hot and needs to cool off a touch.

Edgy MD Dec 01 2018 08:05 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Barbara Bush's maiden name was "Pierce," having been descended from President Franklin Pierce. This means GWB's twin daughters (and Jenna's two daughters) are descended from THREE presidents.)

Frayed Knot Dec 04 2018 01:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

In addition to all the other elements conspiring against one getting to the south pole -- y'know: cold, wind, desolate landscape, lack of Burger Kings along the way -- the pole itself is at 9,300 feet above sea level. That's about 75% higher than Denver.

Frayed Knot Dec 09 2018 05:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

According to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was supposed to play the Andre the Giant role in 'PRINCESS BRIDE' but he was still active in the NBA at the time and the filming conflicted with his season. On the other hand, he DID get the role in 'AIRPLANE' because that filming was done in the summer where it conflicted with the schedule of the guy originally slated to do it, Pete Rose.

MFS62 Dec 09 2018 05:59 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Frayed Knot wrote: According to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was supposed to play the Andre the Giant role in 'PRINCESS BRIDE' but he was still active in the NBA at the time and the filming conflicted with his season. On the other hand, he DID get the role in 'AIRPLANE' because that filming was done in the summer where it conflicted with the schedule of the guy originally slated to do it, Pete Rose. The role in Airplane was someone who was likable. And the dialogue, was very basketball-specific. If Rose could have pulled that off, it would been an Academy Award worthy performance. (Yeah, they would have re-written the dialogue) Later

Frayed Knot Dec 09 2018 08:08 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: According to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was supposed to play the Andre the Giant role in 'PRINCESS BRIDE' but he was still active in the NBA at the time and the filming conflicted with his season. On the other hand, he DID get the role in 'AIRPLANE' because that filming was done in the summer where it conflicted with the schedule of the guy originally slated to do it, Pete Rose. The role in Airplane was someone who was likable. And the dialogue, was very basketball-specific. If Rose could have pulled that off, it would been an Academy Award worthy performance. (Yeah, they would have re-written the dialogue) Well the implication is that they re-wrote it for Jabbar, that the part was written with Pete in mind only to have the schedules conflict and force the change to KA-J.

Lefty Specialist Dec 10 2018 06:36 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Joey: Wait a minute! I know you. You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers! Murdock: I'm sorry son, but you must have me confused with some-one else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot. Joey: You are Kareem! I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets. Murdock: I think you should go back to your seat now Joey. Right, Clarence? Capt. Oveur: Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he's not bothering anyone, let him stay here. Murdock: But just remember, my name is ROGER MURDOCK. I'm an airline pilot. Joey: I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try... except during the playoffs. Murdock: The hell I don't!! ( grabs Joey by collar ) LISTEN KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns..every...night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.....

RealityChuck Dec 10 2018 09:11 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

It would be unlikely that this joke would work for Charley Hustle. And jokes about betting wouldn't make any sense when the movie was made.

Mets Willets Point Dec 13 2018 10:19 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The song "You're Sixteen," which was a #1 hit for Ringo Starr, was written by The Sherman Brothers who are most famous for writing Disney movie scores and song for the "It's a Small World" ride.

HahnSolo Dec 13 2018 12:39 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

SInce we are talking about Kareem, I really didn't know that he was a Sherlock Holmes fan and co-wrote a couple of Holmes novels.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 13 2018 12:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Something tells me that Anna Waterhouse, whoever she is, did most of the writing.

MFS62 Dec 13 2018 01:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Something tells me that Anna Waterhouse, whoever she is, did most of the writing. You just pissed off a lot of English Teachers at Power Memorial High School. Later

Mets Willets Point Dec 13 2018 01:10 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

My dad's Catholic high school in Brooklyn played basketball games against Power Memorial and thus he has tales of his school's team getting creamed by some kid named Lew Alcindor.

Edgy MD Dec 14 2018 08:28 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

TV shows Alice and The Dukes of Hazzard were set in the same universe.

Mets Willets Point Dec 15 2018 09:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

The Land of Southern Stereotypes?

Benjamin Grimm Dec 15 2018 09:40 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Edgy MD wrote: TV shows Alice and The Dukes of Hazzard were set in the same universe. Can you elaborate?

Edgy MD Dec 15 2018 10:33 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

I will! Alice and The Dukes of Hazzard were both based on films: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Moonrunners, respectively. These films had absolutely nothing to do with one another, and weren't even from the same studio. But both became spun into TV shows, and both featured none or virtually none of the players from the films — TV at the time being considered a step down from film acting. Playing the role of Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore was big shot Diane Ladd. Even though she won a Golden Globe for the role, she was married to Bruce Fuckin' Dern and no way was she going to step into some fly-by-night TV show that may crash and burn and take her career with it. So the part of the manhungry smart-ass went to Polly Hloliday. Wouldn't you know it, but the show was a hit! And Holliday made that sassy role her own, establishing catchphrases that passed over into the zeitgeist. Screw you, Diane Ladd! Flo was so big, in fact, that Holliday got her own spinoff series, Flo (1980-1981). Holliday's character needed to be replaced, and who was interested this time? If I give you 100 guesses you won't be able to tell me who was interested in stepping into Holliday's job? DIANE FUCKIN' LADD, that's who!! Ladd wasn't going to become Flo again, so they wrote her a new part, Isabelle "Belle" Dupree, a tough-talking chick with a kind heart under her rough exterior, and a former paramour of Mel, who had gone off and was now back to drive him nuts. But here's where the story turns AGAIN!! It turned out that Ladd still hadn't gotten over being a big screen Golden Globe winner, and she big-leagued the rest of the cast. They were established players in a hit show, and they were going to let this newcomer show up and act all superior?! NO WAY! They all hated her, the producers picked up on it, and the character was eliminated after a year. Enter Celia Weston. Celia joined the cast as a good-natured, loudmouth (and hotheaded) truck driver-turned waitress Jolene Hunnicutt. Jolene was from Myrtle Point, South Carolina. Apparently this slot in the cast was reserved for loud southern chicks. But Jolene like to talk a lot which allowed her backstory to get filled in pretty quick, always yapping about her "Granny Gumms," and other eccentric southern types from her family, including a distant relative who was a county commissioner in Georgia, one Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg. Holy shit, right?! But wait, there's more! In one episode, who happens to be coming through Phoenix on the way to the west coast, taking a stop in at Mel's Diner? Why it's Boss Hogg himself, getting a ride out west with his honest-but-shakey Deputy Enos Straight! What. The. Fuck?! Enos, like Flo, had gotten his own spinoff show, but unlike Holliday, had the good sense to return to the show his character started on when the spinoff crashed in flames. Now he was appearing on Alice, only because his hopelessly corrupt boss was related to the character who replaced the character who replaced Holliday's character!! Fuckin' Alice! Fuckin' Dukes!

Benjamin Grimm Dec 15 2018 01:05 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Well, how do you like that! I do kind of remember Flo getting a spinoff (why wasn't it called Kiss My Grits ?) but I have no memory of any characters replacing her on Alice. If pressed, I probably would have said that the Flo series started after Alice ended, like with Frasier and Cheers. But I would have been wrong!

Frayed Knot Dec 16 2018 05:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

re: Alice, Flo, Dukes, etc.: Do you ever get a feeling that maybe it's possible to have just a bit too much knowledge on certain topics?

Edgy MD Dec 16 2018 09:52 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Sure, just not those topics.

MFS62 Dec 24 2018 09:56 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

A friend who just retired from NBC News told me that the "bartender" at the annual NBC Holiday party is Rachel Maddow. And she mixes a strong drink. Later

Mets Willets Point Dec 24 2018 10:15 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

Peter Robbins, the first child actor to voice Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, is currently serving a prison sentence for multiple counts of stalking and threatening bodily harm and death.

Lefty Specialist Dec 24 2018 11:45 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until JUST Now, 2018

MFS62 wrote: A friend who just retired from NBC News told me that the "bartender" at the annual NBC Holiday party is Rachel Maddow. And she mixes a strong drink. Later Maddow does a Friday night cocktail segment on her show periodically. And I believe in her younger days before TV she did a little bartending.