The even randomer thread

[LTS]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

I don't know; he was born like 82 years ago.  The math checks out.

Stroker Ace.

Definitely a Burt Reynolds fan... 

[SwampD]

I always thought Hooper was his best flik.

[darksabre]

13 minutes ago, LTS said:

Stroker Ace.

Definitely a Burt Reynolds fan... 

I have that on DVD somewhere.

[Weave]

13 minutes ago, SwampD said:

I always thought Hooper was his best flik.

I'm with you.  Hooper tops them.  Cannonball Run gets a solid 2nd though. And bonus pts. for being written by a dude in Wyoming, NY.

Edited September 7, 2018 by Weave

[SwampD]

2 minutes ago, Weave said:

I'm with you.  Hooper tops them.  Cannonball Run gets a solid 2nd though. And bonus pts. for being written by a dude in Wyoming, NY. 

Cool. I didn't know that.

[Weave]

14 minutes ago, SwampD said:

Cool. I didn't know that.

Brock Yates, writer for Car and Driver magazine.  had his own, real life Cannonball run race that was the inspiration for the screenplay.

[MattPie]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

Brock Yates, writer for Car and Driver magazine.  had his own, real life Cannonball run race that was the inspiration for the screenplay.

And even Yates' was an homage to Cannon Ball Baker, who rode cross-country in 14 days on an Indian Motorcycle in 1914.

[nfreeman]

3 hours ago, Weave said:

Brock Yates, writer for Car and Driver magazine.  had his own, real life Cannonball run race that was the inspiration for the screenplay.

 

1 hour ago, MattPie said:

And even Yates' was an homage to Cannon Ball Baker, who rode cross-country in 14 days on an Indian Motorcycle in 1914.

Good stuff here boys.  

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Burt in Deliverance.  That was one creepy movie.

[LTS]

Didn't mean to imply that Stroker Ace was my favorite Burt movie.. definitely not.

The name of that movie is just what pops into my head when I hear his name.  Many others as well of course.

[josie]

I can't stop watching this stupid video

 

It gives me such joy

 

Edited September 7, 2018 by josie

[WildCard]

Mac Miller died today from an overdose at 26 years old. The name probably means nothing to a lot of you but to me he's the artist I grew up with; shaped a lot of who I am today, kinda like Bowie was to some of you I guess, so now I know how you feel. Thought he was turning the corner, getting away from the drugs, but I guess not. This sucks

RIP Mac, you'll be missed

[inkman]

I just ate a mini penis cake.

[darksabre]

47 minutes ago, inkman said:

I just ate a mini penis cake.

Was the cake mini, or the penis?

[Doohicksie]

The rest of us call them Twinkies.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Had a meeting at my friend's house with the Housing Authority yestreday after Friday Prayers.  The lady from Housing was very nice on the phone and even nicer and kinder in person.

I was watching his house while he was away and had to turn the keys over and do the renter / landlord walk through when a tenancy ends ... I had never done it before (never rented, always owned).  Anyway, it was difficult at first, but was good by the end when the two friends I took with me as witnesses (yup ... I am paranoid, but that does not mean that 'they' are not actually out to get me) really had a chance to remember all the fabulous times we had at that house.

The three of us met there as a direct result of my friend that passed away.  We all visited him, by chance, on the same day several years ago.  So, i signed over the home and contents back to Housing and managed to get the family until October 15th to sort things out.  My official responsibility to my friend for his house is finished.

Some closure.  Now I can focus on mourning my friends passing and other things, like Monday afternoon ... ?

Edited September 8, 2018 by N S
stuff ...

[inkman]

On 9/7/2018 at 8:35 AM, N S said:

Burt in Deliverance.  That was one creepy movie.

Why what would ever make you say that?

 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

I am wondering why, and I am a bit miffed about it, nfreeman never mentioned that he opened up a great little spot in downtown Halifax ...

 

[Doohicksie]

At Casa de Doohickie this morning, a 12" water main broke.  That's my house in foreground.

 

Our garage, family room and backyard got pretty drenched.  I guess I know the house can withstand a hurricane now.

 

We had about 4 inches of standing water in the backyard by the time they got it turned off.

[biodork]

OMG, Doohickie!

[Sabres Fan in NS]

That is terrible Doohickie.  Also the flash flood situation.

And please tell me that the tubby guy in red shorts in the last photo is not you, eh?

[Doohicksie]

That's a random neighbor.  I was taking the video.

[Eleven]

The Russian Revolution had some weird consequences.  Lenin was so hell-bent on imposing his will on the country that he literally commanded the removal of the letter "i" from the Russian alphabet because the sound it represented was too close to that backwards N that they use for I.  But some countries retained the Cyrillic i.  It is interesting to see how totalitarianism works sometimes.

Edited September 11, 2018 by Eleven

[WildCard]

11 hours ago, Eleven said:

The Russian Revolution had some weird consequences.  Lenin was so hell-bent on imposing his will on the country that he literally commanded the removal of the letter "i" from the Russian alphabet because the sound it represented was too close to that backwards N that they use for I.  But some countries retained the Cyrillic i.  It is interesting to see how totalitarianism works sometimes.

Too much riddle for me 

[Eleven]

9 minutes ago, WildCard said:

Too much riddle for me 

That's ok.  Drink some fight milk.