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Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

kcmets Jan 01 2019 06:51 PM

If you intercept a pass on a two-point conversion and run it back all the way you get two points. (I probably knew this years ago, just wanted to start a thread)

MFS62 Jan 02 2019 06:21 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Cher was a backup singer for the Ronettes. Later

smg58 Jan 02 2019 08:33 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=289 time=1546393874 user_id=53] If you intercept a pass on a two-point conversion and run it back all the way you get two points. (I probably knew this years ago, just wanted to start a thread)

The rule was introduced last year (meaning 2017) I think. I also think it applies to blocked extra point kicks.

kcmets Jan 02 2019 08:42 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Thanks! I guess I probably didn't 'knew this' years ago then.

Edgy MD Jan 02 2019 07:24 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Growing up in Ussy-sur-Marne in northeastern France, Andre the Giant's next-door neighbor was Samuel Beckett.

Willets Point Jan 03 2019 08:35 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=289 time=1546393874 user_id=53] If you intercept a pass on a two-point conversion and run it back all the way you get two points. (I probably knew this years ago, just wanted to start a thread)

So the strategy should be to run it back to the one-yard line then and give your team 4 downs to get a touchdown or field goal.

The Hot Corner Jan 03 2019 05:49 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I'm pretty sure it's all or nothing deal. You either return all the way or you might as well have dropped it or simply ran out of bounds with it.

kcmets Jan 03 2019 07:33 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Of course, the next play would be a kickoff, two points or no two points.

Willets Point Jan 04 2019 02:35 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Ah, that's weird.

Fman99 Jan 05 2019 10:37 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Just recently passed away Super Dave Osborne, aka Bob Einstein, was the real life sibling of Albert (Einstein) Brooks.

Lefty Specialist Jan 06 2019 06:37 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=Fman99 post_id=611 time=1546709840 user_id=86] Albert (Einstein) Brooks.

Boy, no pressure there, mom and dad.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 06 2019 07:31 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=Fman99 post_id=611 time=1546709840 user_id=86] Just recently passed away Super Dave Osborne, aka Bob Einstein, was the real life sibling of Albert (Einstein) Brooks.

Yeah, I didn't know that either. Or if I did I forgotten it. I should start a thread for things I used to know but have forgotten.



He was really great. I binged the whole CYE not long ago and fell in love with Funkhouser

RealityChuck Jan 08 2019 07:24 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

England doesn't have a national anthem. "God Save the Queen/King" is the anthem for the UK, but there's no actual anthem for teams/athletes who compete as England instead of the UK. It's commonly used, but other songs are also used

MFS62 Jan 08 2019 07:32 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

A question about college football rules. Isn't a kickoff a "free kick" that can be recovered be either team after it goes ten yards? That used to be true for balls that reach, but don't go out of, the end zone. But this year, I've seen many kickoffs that reach the end zone, are not fielded by the receiving team, and are immediately blown dead by the refs. Is that a rule change or is the rule not being called properly? Later

Lefty Specialist Jan 08 2019 07:35 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Susan Zirinsky, the new head of CBS News, is LITERALLY the Holly Hunter character from 'Broadcast News'. Literally as in James Brooks, the director, went to her with the idea and she was an advisor on the movie. Hunter shadowed her at work in the CBS News Washington bureau, had her hair cut the same way, and even wore some of Zirinsky's clothes in the movie.

dgwphotography Jan 08 2019 11:02 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=MFS62 post_id=295 time=1546435269 user_id=60] Cher was a backup singer for the Ronettes. Later

She was a member of Phil Specter's Wreckng Crew. There was a great picture of the group in the Back To Mono box set.

Theoldmole Jan 08 2019 11:20 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: Growing up in Ussy-sur-Marne in northeastern France, Andre the Giant's next-door neighbor was Samuel Beckett. Beckett used to drive him to school. I used this and some other Beckett trivia in a play I wrote with my brother about Samuel Beckett crossing the River Styx.

kcmets Jan 08 2019 12:42 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Until today, I always thought it was 'raining mad' not 'men.' Not mad like angry, more like crazy. (cooby has to lose that bird monicker and be cooby again)

Edgy MD Jan 08 2019 02:18 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

That's great. It explains a lot — Andre's strangely generic manner of calling most everybody he addressed as "Boss," and the sad existential journey of his constant life on the road.

Edgy MD Jan 09 2019 07:20 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I was thinking about Hal Blaine, because Darryl Dragon supposedly played every instrument on "Love Will Keep Us Together" except drums, which were played by Hal. As it turned out, he was the drummer on SIX consecutive Grammy-Winning Records of the Year: 1966: "A Taste of Honey" — Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 1967: "Strangers in the Night" — Frank Sinatra 1968: "Up, Up and Away" — The 5th Dimension 1969: "Mrs. Robinson" — Simon & Garfunkel 1970: [CROSSOUT]"Up, Up and Away"[/CROSSOUT] "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" — The 5th Dimension 1971: "Bridge over Troubled Water" — Simon & Garfunkel

Willets Point Jan 10 2019 03:44 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Walt Disney's final words were "Kurt Russell," and nobody knows why.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 10 2019 03:46 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I imagine that Kurt Russell might find that rather freaky.

Willets Point Jan 10 2019 03:48 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Well, he's ended up in at least 6 Walt Disney company films (most recently Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2) so it's worked out pretty well for him.

whippoorwill Jan 10 2019 06:25 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

“Up, Up and Away” was a Grammy winning record d in both 1968 and 1970

Frayed Knot Jan 12 2019 06:22 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Queen's guitarist Brian May (does that make him the May Queen?) was a Physics major in college prior to his R-n-R career and in 2007 received a PhD in Astrophysics for studying 'reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System' Those are a couple of lines you're not likely to see on a typical rock and roll resume.

Edgy MD Jan 12 2019 09:07 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

“Up, Up and Away” was a Grammy winning record d in both 1968 and 1970 I'm sorry. The 1970 winner was The 5th Dimension, but the record was "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."

whippoorwill Jan 13 2019 05:55 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Just kiddin' ya Edgy. I knew Aquarius was later because my whole sixth grade class was in love with it :)

Edgy MD Jan 13 2019 06:43 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

What's fun about HAIR is how much the show and songs are still powerful even as you recognize how many embarrassingly silly and childish philosophies and ideologies it was pushing. Also, a lot of the performers on the original soundtrack went on to perfectly respectable and successful careers acting in middle-of-the-road fare.

metsmarathon Jan 14 2019 06:13 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

that would make a hell of a song title, though.

MFS62 Jan 15 2019 07:12 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Happy Bagel Day! I celebrated with an everything bagel with a schmear of lox cream cheese. Later

nymr83 Jan 16 2019 12:21 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Chiefs MVP-candidate QB Patrick Mahomes' father is none other than ... Pat Mahomes! https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mahompa01.shtml

Frayed Knot Jan 16 2019 12:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Chiefs MVP-candidate QB Patrick Mahomes' father is none other than ... Pat Mahomes! https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mahompa01.shtml As Jerry once said to Kramer concerning something Kramer fessed ignorance about: "I didn't know it was possible not to know that"

MFS62 Jan 19 2019 05:25 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Salt does not melt ice below 17 degrees F. Also, I just watched the Oklahoma City thunder against the Philadelphia 76ers NBA game and realized what any NBA superstar and Nancy Pelosi have in common. They can't travel. Later

kcmets Jan 19 2019 06:47 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=MFS62 post_id=1430 time=1547943907 user_id=60]Salt does not melt ice below 17 degrees F.

Does it make pasta water boil faster?

MFS62 Jan 19 2019 07:28 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=1431 time=1547948849 user_id=53] =MFS62 post_id=1430 time=1547943907 user_id=60]Salt does not melt ice below 17 degrees F.

Does it make pasta water boil faster?

Only if its on your driveway.

Later

whippoorwill Jan 21 2019 02:37 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

They changed the 2019 tax forms. A lot

LWFS Jan 22 2019 05:08 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Black Kkklansman's Oscar-snubbed star, John David Washington, is the eldest son of Spike Lee muse/collaborator Denzel.

nymr83 Jan 22 2019 06:30 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=MFS62 post_id=1430 time=1547943907 user_id=60] Salt does not melt ice below 17 degrees F. Also, I just watched the Oklahoma City thunder against the Philadelphia 76ers NBA game and realized what any NBA superstar and Nancy Pelosi have in common. They can't travel. Later

I learned the salt + ice thing the hard way this week!



no travelling calls on stars has been an NBA thing for at least 30 years

MFS62 Jan 22 2019 07:29 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=nymr83 post_id=1588 time=1548207035 user_id=54] =MFS62 post_id=1430 time=1547943907 user_id=60] Also, I just watched the Oklahoma City thunder against the Philadelphia 76ers NBA game and realized what any NBA superstar and Nancy Pelosi have in common. They can't travel. Later

no travelling calls on stars has been an NBA thing for at least 30 years


I knew that part. But my comment was really about Trump taking away Nancy Peolsi's military aircraft.

You realized that, didn't you?

Or did you?

Later

nymr83 Jan 22 2019 08:47 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Having no idea how much basketball you watch, I thought you were actually first realizing it and making the pelosi/trump comment just as a timely joke about it

Frayed Knot Jan 23 2019 05:15 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The better recent sports joke in that vein is the one about what the moon and Clemson have in common ... they both control the tide.

MFS62 Jan 23 2019 06:58 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: The better recent sports joke in that vein is the one about what the moon and Clemson have in common ... they both control the tide. Nice. Later

Edgy MD Jan 25 2019 11:52 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Pete Rose had a role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

Lefty Specialist Jan 25 2019 12:05 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back. https://i.redd.it/d982owoxwzk01.jpg>

batmagadanleadoff Jan 25 2019 12:36 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back. https://i.redd.it/d982owoxwzk01.jpg> ... and a tattoo of Tom Hausman on his front.

kcmets Jan 25 2019 02:28 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I have no strong feelings about Nixon's legacy (or lack thereof) but that's an image I hope falls to the next page pronto asap...

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 25 2019 02:41 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

It's going to be disturbing to the guys fucking him up the ass in prison

A Boy Named Seo Jan 25 2019 02:45 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

heyoooooooooO!

Lefty Specialist Jan 28 2019 07:40 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Chimpanzees have photographic memories. It's an evolutionary device to prevent them from getting lost in the jungle. When humans and chimps are given the same objects to remember in memory tests, they wallop humans.

ashie62 Jan 29 2019 08:26 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I do not trust Kamala Harris.

nymr83 Jan 29 2019 09:58 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=ashie62 post_id=2039 time=1548818786 user_id=90] I do not trust Kamala Harris.

Neither do I but 1) I knew that long before 2019 and 2) I think you are in the wrong thread.

Willets Point Feb 01 2019 09:48 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Randy Newman wrote the "Be a Pepper" jingle. Come to think of it, a lot of his music has a jingle quality to it.

Edgy MD Feb 01 2019 03:54 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I just asked my wife, "Remember the 'I'm a Pepper' jingle? Who do you think wrote that?" She squinted for two seconds and said, "Randy Newman?" I just dialed up one of the commercials on YouTube, and hey! that's David Naughton at the center of the campaign!

Theoldmole Feb 01 2019 04:33 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

My friend Jake Holmes wrote "Be all that you can be in the Army" and "Schaefer is the one beer to have..."

dgwphotography Feb 01 2019 04:36 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: I just asked my wife, "Remember the 'I'm a Pepper' jingle? Who do you think wrote that?" She squinted for two seconds and said, "Randy Newman?" I just dialed up one of the commercials on YouTube, and hey! that's David Naughton at the center of the campaign! Didn't he lose one of his commercial deals because he showed his ass in American Werewolf in London?

Edgy MD Feb 01 2019 06:31 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I visited his page at The 'Pedia, and yeah, Dr. Pepper dropped him after AWiL. It was a handful of years before he got another lead, and that was in the sex romp on skis Hot Dog…The Movie. That ass cost him big time.

Frayed Knot Mar 10 2019 07:37 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The harmonica on the Doors' recording of 'Roadhouse Blues'? --- John Sebastian (under an assumed name due to record label status)

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 11 2019 05:56 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

When Jim Morrison died? They asked Ian Hunter to take his place.

whippoorwill Mar 11 2019 06:57 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Jim Morrison used to party with Miss Beadle from Little House on the Prairie (in real life)

Edgy MD Mar 11 2019 01:03 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

That's a good combination of three straight didn't-know facts right there. Just yesterday, I was thinking about The Lovin' Spoonful and whether they are placed correctly in the pantheon. They hit the Hot 100 14 times, the top 40 10 times, the top 20 nine times, and the top 10 seven times. But if you asked Big Radio, they'd say that the Spoonful only ever released two songs.

Willets Point Mar 13 2019 07:00 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Elephants don't get cancer.

Willets Point Mar 13 2019 07:03 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Admiral Ozzel, the first Admiral that Darth Vader kills for incompetence in The Empire Strikes Back, and Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were played by the same guy, Scottish character actor Michael Sheard.

kcmets Mar 16 2019 06:52 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Doc Adams first name was Galen.

MFS62 Mar 17 2019 01:03 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I never knew this... fitting for St. Patrick's day: The real reason for the Jets' switch to green in 1963 is that team president David A. "Sonny" Werblin was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1910. A 1965 Sports Illustrated profile of Werblin stated that: Sonny was born on St. Patrick's Day, and his favorite color is green. His Jet office has a green rug. Jet Stream, the team's house organ, which is given to such superlatives as JETS SIGN THE BEST, NAMATH, HUARTE LEAD THE PARADE, is printed in green ink. The team colors are green and white. When Sonny signed Namath he gave him a green Lincoln Continental. He once said that the green and white were assigned to the team "because they're my colors." Later

Willets Point Mar 19 2019 01:50 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

All these years I thought The Band wanted to take the load off Annie, but it was Fanny all along.

Willets Point Mar 26 2019 03:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Jim Brady retained the title of Press Secretary for the entirety of the Reagan Administration. Larry Speakes and Marlin Fitzwater were considered Acting Press Secretaries.

Theoldmole Mar 27 2019 09:57 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The guy who wrote "As Time Goes By" is also known for "Goopy Geer (He Plays the Piano and He Plays by Ear," and "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba."

41Forever Apr 02 2019 06:35 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Baseball Digest lives! I thought it disappeared years ago, and kinda sorta did. Apparently there's a new effort to give it new life, run by Rick Cerrone, the former MFY PR guy, not the former MFY-Mets catcher. It scaled back to six issues a year in 2009, made a lot of changes after a merger with ProScouting in 2012 and was "re-imagined" last year, with heavier stock and more stories. More excitingly, 77 years of back issues will be online sometime this year. I'll try to find a new issue.

MFS62 Apr 02 2019 08:39 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I bought 2 issues every year, rookie report and the full roster issue. Later

Theoldmole Apr 03 2019 08:05 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Abraham Lincoln's son Robert was a witness to the assassinations of his father and Presidents Garfield and McKinley.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2019 09:00 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Isn't that just crazy? I think I learned that when I read Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard. I don't think Robert Lincoln was a witness to the Kennedy assassination, but it's possible that Jeff Wilpon was.

41Forever Apr 03 2019 09:06 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Isn't that just crazy? I think I learned that when I read Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard. I don't think Robert Lincoln was a witness to the Kennedy assassination, but it's possible that Jeff Wilpon was. That's a good book. Heartbreaking to hear how Garfield suffered, and how he didn't get a chance to be the president he was capable of being. Such a waste. If you ever get to Cleveland, his tomb is incredible.

dgwphotography Apr 04 2019 07:08 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Something I can now never unsee [attachment=0]chip.jpg[/attachment]

whippoorwill Apr 05 2019 10:30 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

ew no pants

HahnSolo Apr 05 2019 01:10 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The band Survivor had two different lead singers during their heyday (such as it was). A guy named Dave Bickler sang lead on Eye of the Tiger, their biggest hit. He was replaced by Jimi Jamison for Vital Signs, their album known for High on You, The Search is Over, and … something else. Both Bickler and Jamison had interesting credits in their post-Survivor careers, too. Bickler would go on to be the singer for Bud Light's Real Men of Genius commercial campaign; while Jamison wrote and sang “I'm Always Here,” the theme song from Baywatch.

dgwphotography Apr 05 2019 02:21 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=HahnSolo post_id=6502 time=1554491408 user_id=63] The band Survivor had two different lead singers during their heyday (such as it was). A guy named Dave Bickler sang lead on Eye of the Tiger, their biggest hit. He was replaced by Jimi Jamison for Vital Signs, their album known for High on You, The Search is Over, and … something else. Both Bickler and Jamison had interesting credits in their post-Survivor careers, too. Bickler would go on to be the singer for Bud Light's Real Men of Genius commercial campaign; while Jamison wrote and sang “I'm Always Here,” the theme song from Baywatch.

Bickler had to have surgery on his vocal chords and needed rest. Jim Peterik didn't want to wait, fired him, and brought in Jimi Jamison.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 05 2019 02:46 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The band Survivor had two different lead singers during their heyday (such as it was). A guy named Dave Bickler sang lead on Eye of the Tiger, their biggest hit. He was replaced by Jimi Jamison for Vital Signs, their album known for High on You, The Search is Over, and … something else. Both Bickler and Jamison had interesting credits in their post-Survivor careers, too. Bickler would go on to be the singer for Bud Light's Real Men of Genius commercial campaign; while Jamison wrote and sang “I'm Always Here,” the theme song from Baywatch. Bickler had to have surgery on his vocal chords and needed rest. Jim Peterik didn't want to wait, fired him, and brought in Jimi Jamison. That's some good facts. Loved "Real Men of Genius" more when it was "Real American Heroes" but it's an example of subtle change 9/11 brought on.

Edgy MD Apr 05 2019 03:37 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

"The two lead singers in Survivor" was an ongoing theme in our Desert Island Survivor poll. The band definitely had two different sounds with the two different guys, though they eventually were able to do a tour with both. What did we decide Survivor's genre should be called? Junior College Rock?

Double Switch Apr 06 2019 11:39 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I discovered two things: 1) D. Keith Mano died on September 14, 2016, and 2) he wrote an episode for Homicide: Life on the Streets, which I am presently binge watching. Back, way way back in the day, I read his novel, Horn, of which I can recall very little beyond it being about a guy with a horn growing out of his forehead, but I never forgot the author's name. And now it's back in my face again. Dead at 74.

dgwphotography Apr 08 2019 07:09 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

This is a Nine Inch Nails shirt that Captain Marvel is wearing... [attachment=0]captain-marvel-nine-inch-nails-mcu.jpg[/attachment]

kcmets Jun 03 2019 11:00 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Madagascar produces some 80% of the world's vanilla needs.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 03 2019 11:35 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=11877 time=1559581208 user_id=53] Madagascar produces some 80% of the world's vanilla needs.

I knew that.

RealityChuck Jun 04 2019 06:21 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The device that hangs down from the back of a tractor-trailer is known as a Mansfield Bar. https://assets0.roadtrippers.com/uploads/blog_post_section/attachment/image/181919/blog_post_section/attachment-image-64288c03-3510-4118-b027-fbba31448c0f.jpg> It got its name from actress Jayne Mansfield*, who was killed when the car she was in went beneath the trailer. The horrific accident -- legend has it that Mansfield was decapitated -- led to a movement to add a safety device to prevent it from recurring. *Mariska Hargitay was also in the car; Mansfield was her mother. Hargitay was too young to remember the accident.

dgwphotography Jun 04 2019 08:01 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The device that hangs down from the back of a tractor-trailer is known as a Mansfield Bar. https://assets0.roadtrippers.com/uploads/blog_post_section/attachment/image/181919/blog_post_section/attachment-image-64288c03-3510-4118-b027-fbba31448c0f.jpg> It got its name from actress Jayne Mansfield*, who was killed when the car she was in went beneath the trailer. The horrific accident -- legend has it that Mansfield was decapitated -- led to a movement to add a safety device to prevent it from recurring. *Mariska Hargitay was also in the car; Mansfield was her mother. Hargitay was too young to remember the accident. Yes, her brothers were also in the car.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 10 2019 10:01 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Hedy Lamarr was the inspiration for Bob Kane's original golden age Catwoman, and also, for Walt Disney's Snow White. https://physicsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PWAug18REV-lamarr_HERO.jpg> https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9e/6e/7f/9e6e7fb1f6083f00e6fcb1c5f62e1aeb.jpg> https://i1.wp.com/pleasekillme.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Hedy-Lamarr-750.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1> https://media.glamour.com/photos/577525ed8f840064047ac752/16:9/w_1280%2Cc_limit/snow-white-original-dwarves-0630-giphy.gif>

Willets Point Jun 10 2019 10:32 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Dang, those cheekbones.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2019 02:48 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

She is also a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, having developed a frequency-hopping torpedo guidance system for the navy during World War II, that was so forward-thinking that it wasn't instituted until the 1960s. The principles of the system also underpin the establishment of Bluetooth technology. Also, six husbands. That's more than Snow White and Catwoman put together.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 19 2019 10:43 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Laura's Branigan's "Gloria" which is experiencing a 35-year bounce back onto the top download charts due to its association with St. Louis Blues Cup championship, is actually an English remake of a 1979 Italian pop song: [YOUTUBE]HYvuWlOnBjI[/YOUTUBE]

HahnSolo Jun 19 2019 01:16 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Solitaire (French) and Self Control (Italian) were also covers of European hits by Ms. Branigan.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 19 2019 02:02 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I did not know that

Frayed Knot Jun 19 2019 02:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Things the St Louis Blues, who adopted Branigan's 'Gloria' as their theme song, didn't know until 2019: that she's been dead for 15 years. They only learned of this after the club went about inquiring as to whether she would be willing to sign her song at their arena.

Willets Point Jun 19 2019 02:26 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Things the St Louis Blues, who adopted Branigan's 'Gloria' as their theme song, didn't know until 2019: that she's been dead for 15 years. They only learned of this after the club went about inquiring as to whether she would be willing to sign her song at their arena. Woulda been really cool if they pulled that off!

Ceetar Jun 19 2019 02:31 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=11877 time=1559581208 user_id=53] Madagascar produces some 80% of the world's vanilla needs.

curious where you stumbled across this factoid.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 19 2019 03:12 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

It's a funny story of how the Gloria association happened: The team on an offday were hanging in a South Philly bar watching football when rowdy bar patrons harrangued the DJ to play Gloria during commercial breaks and they thought it was cool.

kcmets Jun 19 2019 04:24 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=Ceetar post_id=13546 time=1560976318 user_id=102]curious where you stumbled across this factoid.

It was on the biz news that day; vanilla prices soaring and shortages due

to weather and maybe something else I've forgotten. Someone probably

made a boat load of money on vanilla futures and now it's not news again.

Edgy MD Jun 19 2019 05:12 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Climate change has fucked Madagascar coming and going.

whippoorwill Jun 19 2019 06:59 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Things the St Louis Blues, who adopted Branigan's 'Gloria' as their theme song, didn't know until 2019: that she's been dead for 15 years. They only learned of this after the club went about inquiring as to whether she would be willing to sign her song at their arena. I didn't know that

Ceetar Jun 20 2019 07:33 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=13558 time=1560983062 user_id=53] =Ceetar post_id=13546 time=1560976318 user_id=102]curious where you stumbled across this factoid.

It was on the biz news that day; vanilla prices soaring and shortages due

to weather and maybe something else I've forgotten. Someone probably

made a boat load of money on vanilla futures and now it's not news again.


Ah. It was a trivia question a week later and I was just curious if maybe there was some secret place I should be listening/reading for future hints. ;-)

41Forever Jun 20 2019 07:40 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Willets Point wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Things the St Louis Blues, who adopted Branigan's 'Gloria' as their theme song, didn't know until 2019: that she's been dead for 15 years. They only learned of this after the club went about inquiring as to whether she would be willing to sign her song at their arena. Woulda been really cool if they pulled that off! I actually saw her in concert. We went to the Great Adventure theme park in 1984 and she was performing. She could really sing!

MFS62 Jun 27 2019 05:05 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I just heard that Drake has now has more top 10 hits than the Beatles. And, I thought # 1 is Michael Jackson, but he's not. Number 1 is Madonna. Later

whippoorwill Jun 27 2019 06:03 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Who is Drake?

MFS62 Jun 27 2019 06:09 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Who is Drake? A Canadian singer/rapper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(musician) Later

whippoorwill Jun 27 2019 06:41 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Well! I didn't know that :)

kcmets Jun 27 2019 11:27 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

The floating tv graphics that show the player's names and move as they move pick up a signal from the buttons on the player caps that are sent to the production truck.

Double Switch Jun 27 2019 07:29 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=14388 time=1561656470 user_id=53] The floating tv graphics that show the player's names and move as they move pick up a signal from the buttons on the player caps that are sent to the production truck.

What a great time to be alive. This is particularly fascinating. In fact, this particular thread is my favorite and the reason I joined your merry band.

MFS62 Jun 28 2019 06:10 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: What a great time to be alive. This is particularly fascinating. In fact, this particular thread is my favorite and the reason I joined your merry band. We're glad you did. Later

kcmets Jun 28 2019 06:18 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

98.76% of the stuff in this thread is legit, it's that other 1.24% that's sometimes a little fuzzy. "Pay no attention to that man behind..."

whippoorwill Jun 28 2019 06:36 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: =kcmets post_id=14388 time=1561656470 user_id=53] The floating tv graphics that show the player's names and move as they move pick up a signal from the buttons on the player caps that are sent to the production truck. What a great time to be alive. This is particularly fascinating. In fact, this particular thread is my favorite and the reason I joined your merry band.

Welcome Double Switch!

I just thought you were someone with a new name :)

kcmets Jun 28 2019 06:54 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I did too; if not -- ¡Welcome Abordick!

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 08:41 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: The floating tv graphics that show the player's names and move as they move pick up a signal from the buttons on the player caps that are sent to the production truck. What a great time to be alive. This is particularly fascinating. In fact, this particular thread is my favorite and the reason I joined your merry band. Welcome Double Switch! I just thought you were someone with a new name :) Thank you. I have been following this board for a number of years but when your "open enrollment" opportunity came up, I decided to give it a go.

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 08:43 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=14487 time=1561726474 user_id=53] I did too; if not -- ¡Welcome Abordick!

No clue re Abordick. Just as with Popeye, I yam what I yam. ... although my avatar may change from time to time.

kcmets Jun 28 2019 09:23 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Many many years ago someone adopted the Welcome Abordick (take-off on NYM Mike Bordick, circa 2000) and it's stuck.

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 09:26 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=14505 time=1561735392 user_id=53] Many many years ago someone adopted the Welcome Abordick (take-off on NYM Mike Bordick, circa 2000) and it's stuck.

Ah. Well, I recall his Balmer years but otherwise that slipped right over my head. Thanks for the explanation.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 28 2019 09:45 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Many many years ago someone adopted the Welcome Abordick (take-off on NYM Mike Bordick, circa 2000) and it's stuck. Ah. Well, I recall his Balmer years but otherwise that slipped right over my head. Thanks for the explanation. I'm not sure who "invented" the slogan but I did make up a sign that said so to take the Shea on the day Bordick arrived. My seatmate was some guy called Mezzman. The game was the "Game of the Week" on national TV, and the camera caught us cheering at one point. Mets won. Bubba Trammell who also arrived that day, hit a home run but I might be wrong about that. Rick White also arrived that day but I can;t recall if he pitched. He probably did. Not for nothing but as much energy at the park that day as any visit I've ever made to Citi Field except maybe game 3 of the Dodgers playoff.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 28 2019 09:52 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2019 10:23 AM

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kcmets Jun 28 2019 09:58 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I'm not sure who "invented" the slogan but I did make up a sign that said so to take the Shea on the day Bordick arrived. My seatmate was some guy called Mezzman. The game was the "Game of the Week" on national TV, and the camera caught us cheering at one point. Ya beat me! I was looking for the picture... http://www.kcmets.com/Pictures/WelcomeAbordick.jpg> This terrible screenshot is from the official team VHS!

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 28 2019 11:01 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Too funny. Blows my mind this was nearly 20 years ago

kcmets Jun 28 2019 11:16 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I know, crazy...

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 28 2019 11:46 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Actually it was Bordick himself who homered. I also remember razzing cardinals fans for using their hot young lefty pitcher as a pinch runner: Rick Ankeil. I also wrote a "game memory" on UMDB but forgot that: http://www.ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=6178&tabno=A

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2019 01:04 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Thank you. I have been following this board for a number of years but when your "open enrollment" opportunity came up, I decided to give it a go. Been reading our stuff for a number of years AND STILL decided to join!?!

MFS62 Jun 28 2019 01:26 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Double Switch wrote: Thank you. I have been following this board for a number of years but when your "open enrollment" opportunity came up, I decided to give it a go. Been reading our stuff for a number of years AND STILL decided to join!?! Sure. It drives you crazy enough to do it. Later

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 02:27 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Double Switch wrote: Thank you. I have been following this board for a number of years but when your "open enrollment" opportunity came up, I decided to give it a go. Been reading our stuff for a number of years AND STILL decided to join!?! Sure. It drives you crazy enough to do it. Just you tell me where else am I going to run into Rick Ankeil references ?

MFS62 Jun 28 2019 02:36 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Just you tell me where else am I going to run into Rick Ankeil references ? Well, he played for the Cards, and their fans are nuts, too. But they only remember Stan Musial, Bob Gibson and stories of the Gashouse Gang. So probably not on their site (if the have one). Rick's family facebook page? Uh, ... , I see your point. Welcome. But as a rookie, you will have to stand on that virtual table in the middle of the room and sing your school's fight song. And you'll have to carry our luggage on the next road trip. Later

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 02:58 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Just you tell me where else am I going to run into Rick Ankeil references ? But as a rookie, you will have to stand on that virtual table in the middle of the room and sing your school's fight song. If you're the one who recently had the heart attack, I recommend you not hold your breath waiting for this performance. Being the center of attention has no appeal. WYSIWYG and at this moment you get Bruce Lee. Be like water.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2019 04:06 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Like the slogan at the top of the page says (well, it used to say it before we moved servers, or whatever we did. Maybe it'll be back at some point): Discussion of the Mets ... and just about every freakin' thing else.

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 04:34 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Like the slogan at the top of the page says (well, it used to say it before we moved servers, or whatever we did. Maybe it'll be back at some point): Discussion of the Mets ... and just about every freakin' thing else. I'm not really into discussing baseball teams after all these years. Because, well, they all pretty much break our hearts and there's not a damn thing we can individually do about it. We are not owners (for which we all should thank our deity of choice - those are some dismal, grim people and you would be hard pressed to find a single one of them who owns a team for love of the game). I could "jump up on the virtual table" and bitch my backside off about Edwin Diaz but Edwin does not read here and why waste the keystrokes? No, guys, I am here for the "just about every freakin' thing else." If that's ok by you, then I'll toss in my small change when the energy moves me. Thanks for the kind welcome as well. I am not surprised because, as mentioned, I've been reading here for quite a long time. Let's call "Longtime Lurker" my "school song." It's been eons since I was at school anyway and would be hard pressed to recall the fight song at all.

MFS62 Jun 28 2019 04:40 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

If you've been lurking for a long time, then I hope you realize that many, if not all, of my posts are written with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, with more than a soupcon of sarcasm. If you were offended, then I apologize. A hearty welcome to our little world, and partake in as much of it as suits you. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2019 05:20 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Come for the Mets, stay for the circus. It's how we bring most of the new recruits in.

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 05:39 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Come for the Mets, stay for the circus. It's how we bring most of the new recruits in. So how many have you snared lately besides me? Ha! Kidding. Circus is what I do best.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2019 06:43 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I don't want to say that our last new member was a while ago, but I think I remember his first posts were on the topic of whether George Michael was going to be better or worse now that he was going solo from Wham!

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 06:51 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: I don't want to say that our last new member was a while ago, but I think I remember his first posts were on the topic of whether George Michael was going to be better or worse now that he was going solo from Wham! Cripes! Hoping said poster is doing better than George Michael is. So - the recruiting program is pretty much nil then ...

Edgy MD Jun 28 2019 07:54 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I hereby dub you chief admissions officer and recruiter. Seawolf pretty much sucks at the job.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2019 08:06 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: So - the recruiting program is pretty much nil then ... We trail only slightly behind the recruiting rate of the 'Flat Earth Society' but your appearance here did nudge us ahead of those seeking to introduce kale ice cream to prison inmates.

Double Switch Jun 28 2019 08:18 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: I hereby dub you chief admissions officer and recruiter. Seawolf pretty much sucks at the job. Thanks, I think. Uhh, could Seawolf give me some pointers to ignore?

MFS62 Jul 04 2019 08:02 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

You don't want to cut yourself shaving if you're taking blood thinners. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2019 01:05 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Yeah, I forgot to mention the part about how little cuts don't stop bleeding as quickly as you're used to. You tend to bruise more easily too. iow, you're pretty much a watery banana at this point.

41Forever Jul 09 2019 03:16 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I learned this on a Delta flight last week. You know the little clear plastic cups they use for the complementary in-flight beverages? Ever notice that when it comes time to collect the trash, they dump the wrapper from the peanuts into the trash, but stack the cups? The Delta people told us over the intercom that as part of their sustainability efforts, they wash the cups and reuse them. Huh? Do they wash them on the plane? Do they take them off the plane and run them through some sort of sanitizing dishwasher? Do they clean them by a quick rinse in a sink somewhere? I have my doubts. Next time, I'm either bringing my own cup or asking for the whole can (Which I used to do when I was addicted to Diet Coke.)

kcmets Jul 09 2019 04:48 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I think you should take a bus more often haha

whippoorwill Jul 13 2019 03:36 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

One of my favorite ‘Teen Magazine models, Lisa Lindgren, died in 2005 at age 44

metsmarathon Jul 16 2019 01:52 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Like the slogan at the top of the page says (well, it used to say it before we moved servers, or whatever we did. Maybe it'll be back at some point): Discussion of the Mets ... and just about every freakin' thing else. I'm not really into discussing baseball teams after all these years. Because, well, they all pretty much break our hearts and there's not a damn thing we can individually do about it. We are not owners (for which we all should thank our deity of choice - those are some dismal, grim people and you would be hard pressed to find a single one of them who owns a team for love of the game). I could "jump up on the virtual table" and bitch my backside off about Edwin Diaz but Edwin does not read here and why waste the keystrokes? No, guys, I am here for the "just about every freakin' thing else." If that's ok by you, then I'll toss in my small change when the energy moves me. Thanks for the kind welcome as well. I am not surprised because, as mentioned, I've been reading here for quite a long time. Let's call "Longtime Lurker" my "school song." It's been eons since I was at school anyway and would be hard pressed to recall the fight song at all. i can hardly remember the last time i posted in the baseball forum. at least prior to the home run derby. god what must that say about me...

seawolf17 Jul 16 2019 02:12 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: I hereby dub you chief admissions officer and recruiter. Seawolf pretty much sucks at the job. Hey, I can only recruit to one place at a time.

Double Switch Jul 16 2019 04:34 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: I hereby dub you chief admissions officer and recruiter. Seawolf pretty much sucks at the job. Hey, I can only recruit to one place at a time. Let's say you recruited me and that will get you off the Edgy MD hook. You all sort of did anyway.

41Forever Jul 18 2019 06:06 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I had no idea the Steve Miller song "Jet Airliner" was a cover. The things you can learn in a West Wing Weekly podcast. Kind of a cool story, if Wikipedia is accurate. "Jet Airliner" is a song composed by Paul Pena in 1973 and popularized by the Steve Miller Band in 1977. Pena wrote and recorded "Jet Airliner" in 1973 for his New Train album. However, New Train was not released until 2000, due to conflicts between him and his label. Steve Miller decided to record the song for his band's Book of Dreams album in 1977, after hearing the unreleased album via Ben Sidran, who produced it, and who was formerly in Miller's band.

stevejrogers Jul 21 2019 08:56 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I had no idea the Steve Miller song "Jet Airliner" was a cover. The things you can learn in a West Wing Weekly podcast. Kind of a cool story, if Wikipedia is accurate. "Jet Airliner" is a song composed by Paul Pena in 1973 and popularized by the Steve Miller Band in 1977. Pena wrote and recorded "Jet Airliner" in 1973 for his New Train album. However, New Train was not released until 2000, due to conflicts between him and his label. Steve Miller decided to record the song for his band's Book of Dreams album in 1977, after hearing the unreleased album via Ben Sidran, who produced it, and who was formerly in Miller's band. Somehow [podcast co-host] Hirishi's misheard lyrics of “Go Down Carolina” does fit with the rest of the song's lyrics ;)

Edgy MD Jul 21 2019 10:54 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

If you hadn't heard that, then I beg you to view the documentary Genghis Blues, featuring an older Paul Peña — blind, depressed, and with little income beyond his royalties from "Jet Airliner" — but long a closet fan of the exotic and mesmerizing art of Tuvan throatsinging, which he discovered as a child through his short-wave radio. Teaching himself the elusive style as best as he could as a side project through his career, and his blues guitar career on the wane, he courageously heads off (by jet airliner, natch) to The Autonomous Republic of Tuva, a tiny, forgotten world wedged between Siberia and Mongolia, a protectorate of Russia, but otherwise mostly passed by in history and left alone for centuries, apart from a period of Soviet-era restrictions, which hadn't quite disappeared at the time the film was made in 1993, and even to the extent it had, it would continue to linger in the local psyche. Genghis Blues. Tell them I sent you. [YOUTUBE]-_xlbCq0WTw[/YOUTUBE]

Willets Point Jul 23 2019 11:27 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Love, love, LOVE Ghengis Blues and I was going to promote it before I saw that you had alread done so.

Edgy MD Jul 24 2019 09:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I'm always shocked at the associations The Old Mole has. Today I learned that he's BFFs with Peter Stoller, son of Mike Stoller of Lieber and Stoller.

whippoorwill Jul 26 2019 07:25 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Haha edgy I saw you there! I was too embarrassed to ask who he was

Edgy MD Jul 26 2019 07:44 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I would place Lieber and Stoller behind only Lennon and McCartney among greatest rock 'n' roll-era songwriting partnerships — and their catalog includes far more than rock 'n' roll. Peter stewards the legacy now. And I want to work with them. The Old Mole's associations stun me. Did you know he was the one who schooled John Belushi in the blues?

whippoorwill Jul 26 2019 08:07 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

His latest book is awesome! I looked up Leiber and Stoller and saw a lot of songs I know! Good catch edgy!

Double Switch Aug 03 2019 11:01 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Mort Sahl is still alive (May 11, 1927 to present) and living in Mill Valley, CA.

Frayed Knot Aug 03 2019 02:21 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Mort Sahl is still alive (May 11, 1927 to present) and living in Mill Valley, CA. I wonder if he ever runs into BJ Hunnicut around town. They'd be about the same age assuming BJ is still alive (can't find any documentation).

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2019 06:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music5/v4/cb/03/35/cb033590-66a8-1b7e-8568-cad468ef2de8/603497897681.jpg/268x0w.jpg> Not only did the couple in the foreground of this picture not go their separate ways after the festival was over, but they later married ... and they're still married, and are grandparents! Whoda thunk it now almost 50 years later?

Chad ochoseis Aug 11 2019 08:40 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

There was an actual Murphy whom Murphy's Law was named for. [url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Murphy_Jr

MFS62 Sep 01 2019 12:00 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

ABBA's Greatest Hits has been on the British pop charts list for 900 consecutive weeks. Later

whippoorwill Sep 06 2019 08:41 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Our own Joan Payson's grandpa was Secretary of State forseveralyearsand a personal friend of Lincoln's

batmagadanleadoff Sep 06 2019 08:56 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=whippoorwill post_id=21057 time=1567780868 user_id=79] Our own Joan Payson's grandpa was Secretary of State forseveralyearsand a personal friend of Lincoln's

Joan Payson was a blue blood. Her family, the Whitneys were practically original pilgrims who arrived here on the Mayflower. That's not exactly true but the Whitneys arrived in Massachusetts from England in 1635, just 20 years after the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Oh, the ginormous advantages in life to be had and to be passed down to your descendants if you came here before practically anybody else did. Joan's oldest son served in WWII and was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge.

whippoorwill Sep 06 2019 02:13 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

And I thought she was just a sweet old lady :)

batmagadanleadoff Sep 06 2019 02:29 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=whippoorwill post_id=21083 time=1567800828 user_id=79] And I thought she was just a sweet old lady :)

She probably was. A sweet old lady with enough money to buy the New York Mets.

whippoorwill Sep 06 2019 09:23 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

And lots of horses!

MFS62 Sep 07 2019 05:58 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

1) The ATM is 50 years old, and was invented on Long Island. 2) The man who invented it is still alive at 93 years old. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/09/06/inventor-of-atm-honored-on-cash-machines-50th-anniversary-during-long-island-celebration/? Later

Willets Point Sep 13 2019 01:00 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

"Family Man" by Hall & Oates - a song I liked a lot as a kid despite its risque subject matter - is a cover song. The original is Mike Oldfield, and strangely has a female vocalist, Maggie Reilly.

kcmets Sep 13 2019 01:53 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

... who Felicity Huffman is.

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2019 02:06 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=kcmets post_id=21825 time=1568404390 user_id=53] ... who Felicity Huffman is.

Her I knew. It was the other one in the college admissions scandal thingie (Loughlin?) that I didn't know.

Willets Point Sep 13 2019 02:13 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Her name does sound like a metaphor used by kids who plan to get high on inhalants. "Hey Joey, meet after school for some Felicity Huffman!"

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 13 2019 02:18 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I don;t know the person Trump is having a tweet war with

LWFS Sep 13 2019 06:56 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don;t know the person Trump is having a tweet war with Chrissy Teigen (she's a model/the wife of singer John Legend)? Or somebody else?

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 14 2019 06:58 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

yes Teigen.

Chad ochoseis Sep 26 2019 10:06 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

"Latinx" is pronounced "Latin-X" and not, as I always thought, in a way that rhymes with "Sphinx".

Willets Point Sep 27 2019 10:13 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

It should be pronounced "Latin-equis."

whippoorwill Sep 27 2019 11:14 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Hebrew national only puts six hot dogs in their packages now

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2019 11:34 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Well, that's six more hot dogs than you get in a box of Fig Newtons.

whippoorwill Sep 27 2019 11:51 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I didn't know that either!

Lefty Specialist Sep 29 2019 02:55 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

During the Cold War, Albania, a very paranoid nation, built concrete bunkers in case of invasion. A LOT of bunkers. 173,371 to be exact, or 14.7 bunkers per square mile in a country smaller than the size of Maryland. Most are still standing.

Frayed Knot Sep 29 2019 03:52 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: Most are still standing. How many of them have teenagers drinking in them on any given Saturday night? I mean, shyeet, what else are they good for at this point?

41Forever Oct 02 2019 10:53 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

That the American League was formed in Milwaukee. There's a historical marker on a fence in what is now the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's parking lot.

Lefty Specialist Oct 02 2019 12:36 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Most are still standing. How many of them have teenagers drinking in them on any given Saturday night? I mean, shyeet, what else are they good for at this point? Trump retirement home in exile?

Edgy MD Oct 02 2019 01:28 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Little Steven seems to suggest that "jutebox" is just as valid a spelling and pronunciation as "jukebox." I have my doubts, but he had his sources.

Double Switch Oct 02 2019 03:31 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Edgy MD wrote: Little Steven seems to suggest that "jutebox" is just as valid a spelling and pronunciation as "jukebox." I have my doubts, but he had his sources. That's like my reaction to when someone uses "hone in" when they mean "home in." A sort of "huh?" moment. ... but then this would truly belong in the misused words thread. Sorry.

RealityChuck Oct 07 2019 07:15 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I just happened to see a still of the junkyard where they first found the TARDIS in the first Doctor Who Episode. It's run by "I.M. Foreman." I.M. Foreman = I am for man. Which perfectly describes the Doctor's role.

Lefty Specialist Oct 08 2019 07:03 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

If anyone subscribes to The Athletic, they'll have a new writer on the Brooklyn Nets beat this year, Alex Schiffer. My son and Alex were soccer teammates in high school. I am old.

RealityChuck Oct 12 2019 02:04 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Baseball great Nap Lajoie's last name was pronounce la-Joey. I always thought it was the French La-jwa.

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2019 03:49 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I've alternately heard it as: La-ZHOY (probably closest to above) and LAH-Zhu-Way -- more often as the latter than the former.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 12 2019 04:08 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I thought it was "LAY ZEE BOY"

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2019 04:31 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought it was "LAY ZEE BOY" That was his Twitter handle.

RealityChuck Oct 19 2019 09:02 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Anyone who took a course on the French revolution learned that the revolutionaries came from the class called the "sans-culottes." It was rarely explained what culottes were and any explanation pointed to what we mean today: a skirt-like garment that split into two legs. Turns out "culottes" means "breeches" in French -- a knee-length pair of pants, worn with high stockings. This type of style was favored by the aristocracy, while the lower classes wore what would be termed "trousers."

41Forever Oct 23 2019 11:53 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

"Stars and Stripes Forever" was officially adopted as the national march of the United States of America in 1987. And, it was nicknamed "the Disaster March" because circuses, movies and other places with live music back in the day would play it as a traditional code signaling a life-threatening emergency. It subtly notified personnel of emergency situations and ideally allowed them to organize the audience's exit without causing the chaos and panic that an overt declaration might.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 23 2019 06:06 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

REM proposed the LIFES RICH PAGEANT disc as a "concept album" a la THE WHO SELL OUT, recording short viginettes connecting every song to the next, but were talked out of it by producer Don Gehman. Bits that remained included the gobblygook preceding "Superman" -- the sound of a Godzilla pull string toy-- the banjo proceeding "I Believe" and "Underneath the Bunker" which started as a bumper and wound up as a standalone song. [YOUTUBE]IxQS6lfn0yU[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Oct 23 2019 08:44 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I like Life's Rich Pageant, because for one album, the band moved away from the introverted obscurantism which had defined them, but not fully into the slick, major-key, radio-readiness of the Scott Litt breakthrough years, which sort of was a triumph and a surrender all in one. LRP represented a middle ground between confidence and compromise. It also did a great job pulling forward the hidden strength of Mike Mills' harmonies.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 24 2019 05:49 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I was so into REM at the time LRP came out I literally ran a red light on my way home from the record store to hear it for the first time. I was buying import 12" singles and bootleg live albums and everything I could get my hands on. One live recording I'd obtained had a song called "Hyena" on it that I couldn't wait to hear on an album, and when I saw the track listing on the LRP sleeve I literally exploded. As it turned out my expectations were so impossibly high the album was unable to meet them at that time. It was as though I was thinking that Alonso would be a cinch for 70 home runs next year. By the way, this and more Things I Didn't Know Until 2019 came from a new book, BEGIN THE BEGIN, all about the REM origin story and their first 5 albums up to the Warner signing, a period which couldn't be more in my wheelhouse. The writer interprets some things differently than I did, and it kind of sputters near the end, so it might have been better but it's really terrific in how it tells the story of how they got together and the Athens scene they emerged from.

Lefty Specialist Oct 24 2019 08:32 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I did not know Colorado bordered Mexico. Now I do. https://twitter.com/i/status/1187226467857584128

MFS62 Oct 24 2019 08:59 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

But at least you know the Constitution. Later

Edgy MD Nov 16 2019 07:52 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: It's going to be disturbing to the guys fucking him up the ass in prison I hate that I woke up thinking about this post.

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 16 2019 09:37 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Lollol

RealityChuck Nov 19 2019 10:40 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Blues legend Robert Johnson's first instrument was something called a diddly bow -- a piece of wire attached to a board and strung over a bottle. While the origins of Bo Diddley's stage name is unclear, it's quite possible it had to do with this, if not directly, then from another who used the name.

dinosaur jesus Nov 21 2019 11:49 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Byron Houck, who won fourteen games for the World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics in 1913, had a second career as a cameraman for Buster Keaton in the 1920s. At the end of his career he pitched for the Vernon Tigers, owned by Keaton's good friend Fatty Arbuckle, and I guess one thing led to another. Keaton and his film unit would extend their lunch break sometimes to play some baseball. I don't know what position Keaton played, but he would have been a natural shortstop. Former major leaguers who can be seen in Keaton's films include "Turkey" Mike Donlin, "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, and Jim Thorpe. Thanks to sabr.org for fine articles on Houck and on Keaton.

Double Switch Nov 21 2019 03:20 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Buster Keaton is the finest movie creator ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CM9SDKQRQc

Lefty Specialist Nov 22 2019 11:11 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1197299493068255232/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1197299493068255232&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagelive.com%2F2019%2F11%2F22%2Fa-nepotism-job-rudy-giulianis-son-gets-90000-at-white-house-as-sports-liaison%2F[/TWEET]

dinosaur jesus Nov 22 2019 11:25 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Double Switch wrote: Buster Keaton is the finest movie creator ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CM9SDKQRQc I love that scene. It's from The Cameraman, which I was lucky enough to see last month at the Buster Keaton Festival in Muskegon, at a great old movie theater. Buster's granddaughter was there. Everyone applauded when he slid into home.

Willets Point Nov 22 2019 03:03 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Why does Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew resemble a Trump offspring?

kcmets Nov 22 2019 03:35 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Willets Point wrote: Why does Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew resemble a Trump offspring? Or one of those Ukrainian guys the feds picked up at the airport a month or so ago?

Edgy MD Nov 22 2019 03:41 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Lefty Specialist wrote: [TWEET]https://twitter.com/HoodlumRIP/status/1197299493068255232/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1197299493068255232&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagelive.com%2F2019%2F11%2F22%2Fa-nepotism-job-rudy-giulianis-son-gets-90000-at-white-house-as-sports-liaison%2F[/TWEET] He is EXACTLY what you knew that kid who hijacked the inauguration would become.

Double Switch Nov 22 2019 04:07 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

He looks suspiciously like Eric Trump. http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/608210/608210_v9_bb.jpg> Gag me. That is waaay too much Eric.

Frayed Knot Nov 22 2019 05:04 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

If you use the fimg functions -- fimg = somenumber and then /fimg to close it out -- rather than just the straight img in brackets, you can customize your image size As an example, using 300 as my fimg = number, that monstrosity above becomes this [fimg=300]http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/608210/608210_v9_bb.jpg[/fimg] I mean, that's STILL waaaay too much Eric Trump, but it hasn't got as much spam in it as Spam eggs Spam bacon and Spam

Edgy MD Nov 22 2019 05:11 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Andy Jewels shares his dad's largely missing upper lip.

Double Switch Nov 22 2019 05:31 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Frayed Knot wrote: If you use the fimg functions -- fimg = somenumber and then /fimg to close it out -- rather than just the straight img in brackets, you can customize your image size As an example, using 300 as my fimg = number, that monstrosity above becomes this [fimg=300]http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/608210/608210_v9_bb.jpg[/fimg] I mean, that's STILL waaaay too much Eric Trump, but it hasn't got as much spam in it as Spam eggs Spam bacon and Spam Thanks. Not a skill I have, so thanks for describing and resizing.

LWFS Nov 23 2019 09:59 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I knew a bunch of these in college (including-- distantly--Don Jr!). Jowly, looks half-in-the-bag-when-sober, can't smile without looking like they're trying to sell you something, poorly. It's the FailsonFace. How many nannies/other non-relative adult women do you think BabyGiuliani called "bitch" in front of other adults before puberty? I'd guess 4 or 5, at least.

MFS62 Dec 01 2019 09:29 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

My wife, who has a Black Belt in Shopping and knows about these things told me that Thanksgiving is an American Holiday, but Black Friday is a major shopping day all over the world. Later

Benjamin Grimm Dec 01 2019 03:12 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

I'm in Vietnam right now and there are Black Friday signs all over the place.

MFS62 Dec 01 2019 04:05 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm in Vietnam right now I got chills when I read those words. Later

Benjamin Grimm Dec 01 2019 05:26 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

My circumstances are quite different than yours were.

MFS62 Dec 04 2019 06:26 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

There's an interstate highway in Hawaii. I thought WTF, but then I read this: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/hawaii.cfm Later

Edgy MD Dec 21 2019 09:07 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Johnny Mathis was a world class high jumper — outjumping, among others, San Francisco's other star schoolboy athlete, Bill Russell. But he had to make a hard choice when the Olympic trials conflicted with his first recording sessions. At San Francisco State, he cleared a then-school record 6'-5 1/2". [fimg=500]https://s.hdnux.com/photos/35/07/17/7631820/7/940x0.jpg[/fimg] A rather young looking Johnny is joined by his older brother Ralph inspecting the high jump bar. [fimg=500]https://s.hdnux.com/photos/70/65/63/14900421/3/gallery_xlarge.jpg[/fimg] Bill Russell clears the bar and his much smaller rival Johnny in one leap. Despite those great ups and also starring in basketball, Mathis said he could never dunk because his hands were too small to palm the ball.

LWFS Dec 21 2019 09:59 PM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

Chances are, I would NEVER have known this otherwise. In honor of this week... the word "Ewok" is never spoken in a single Star Wars movie.

MFS62 Dec 22 2019 06:32 AM Re: Things I Didn't Know Until Just Now -- 2019

=LWFS post_id=28762 time=1576990748 user_id=84] Chances are, I would NEVER have known this otherwise.

I knew it, but its not for me to say.

Later