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h/t Gawker, and their take was pretty good:

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Post by **Sabo** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:21 am

Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:22 am

Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.

RVs!

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:26 am

A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!

"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:06 pm

Sabo wrote:
A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.

And Lima. My grandparents got the NBC affiliate out of there and I remember cracking jokes revolving around changing his name to "Raped'er".

Post by **brian** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:15 pm

Random trivia. Lima was at one point the smallest DMA (TV market) in the United States. But changes to DMAs have since made it something like only the 8th or 9th smallest.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:40 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:
Sabo wrote:
A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.
And Lima. My grandparents got the NBC affiliate out of there and I remember cracking jokes revolving around changing his name to "Raped'er".

Indianapolis too. I could probably get there blindfolded.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:22 pm

BSF21 wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:
Sabo wrote:
A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.
And Lima. My grandparents got the NBC affiliate out of there and I remember cracking jokes revolving around changing his name to "Raped'er".
Indianapolis too. I could probably get there blindfolded.

Wasn't there a store in Richmond also? What was the place off 69 near the 28 exit?

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:27 pm

duff wrote:Wasn't there a store in Richmond also? What was the place off 69 near the 28 exit?

Yep, that was the place. I think the story I linked indicated the sales lot was 60 acres in size. That's pretty freaking massive.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:49 pm

duff wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:
Sabo wrote:
A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.
And Lima. My grandparents got the NBC affiliate out of there and I remember cracking jokes revolving around changing his name to "Raped'er".
Indianapolis too. I could probably get there blindfolded.
Wasn't there a store in Richmond also? What was the place off 69 near the 28 exit?

I always thought it was the only store. Just assumed they advertised to all 3 major metros because of the proximity.

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:55 pm

BSF21 wrote:
duff wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
Wasn't there a store in Richmond also? What was the place off 69 near the 28 exit?
I always thought it was the only store. Just assumed they advertised to all 3 major metros because of the proximity.

I think you are right. I just know the commercials always played on WTTV during Ma & Pa Clampett and Planet of the Apes.

The one off 69 just north of the 28 exit was a giant lumberjack holding a sign. Maybe it was just an ad for Raper's RV.

teeteebee · Post by **teeteebee** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:43 pm

What a lazy headline.

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rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:02 pm

teeteebee wrote:What a lazy headline.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... eave-field" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Was that after the TD was overturned? Because a Philly crowd would have skipped right to murder if that had happened at the Vet.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:37 am

BSF21 wrote:
DSafetyGuy wrote:
Sabo wrote:
A_B wrote:
Sabo wrote:Iconic Greater Cincinnati businessman Tom Raper dies.
RVs!
"Save today, the Tom Raper way!"

Raper RV was a long-time staple of Cincinnati and Dayton TV and radio advertising.
And Lima. My grandparents got the NBC affiliate out of there and I remember cracking jokes revolving around changing his name to "Raped'er".
Indianapolis too. I could probably get there blindfolded.

Grew up in Indiana, so I was very familiar with the commercials. I went with a friend's family to the Grand Canyon in the early 90s and saw a commercial for them while we were staying at the Best Western there. I guess it's an interesting target demographic, but can't imagine that advertising paid off well.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:43 am

phxgators wrote:Grew up in Indiana, so I was very familiar with the commercials. I went with a friend's family to the Grand Canyon in the early 90s and saw a commercial for them while we were staying at the Best Western there. I guess it's an interesting target demographic, but can't imagine that advertising paid off well.

Perhaps, but I can understand how that advertising could work, too. Ma and Pa Kettle from Fort Wayne go on vacation to the Grand Canyon, are blown away by what they see and decide their retirement will be spent in an RV, going from one national park to another. Plus, I can't imagine the advertising rates for Flagstaff and communities in northern Arizona are terribly expensive. Hell, the profit from one RV might pay for a month's worth of radio spots there.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:46 am

Sabo wrote:
phxgators wrote:Grew up in Indiana, so I was very familiar with the commercials. I went with a friend's family to the Grand Canyon in the early 90s and saw a commercial for them while we were staying at the Best Western there. I guess it's an interesting target demographic, but can't imagine that advertising paid off well.
Perhaps, but I can understand how that advertising could work, too. Ma and Pa Kettle from Fort Wayne go on vacation to the Grand Canyon, are blown away by what they see and decide their retirement will be spent in an RV, going from one national park to another. Plus, I can't imagine the advertising rates for Flagstaff and communities in northern Arizona are terribly expensive. Hell, the profit from one RV might pay for a month's worth of radio spots there.

Yeah, this. RVs are insane expensive these days.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:58 am

Sabo wrote:
phxgators wrote:Grew up in Indiana, so I was very familiar with the commercials. I went with a friend's family to the Grand Canyon in the early 90s and saw a commercial for them while we were staying at the Best Western there. I guess it's an interesting target demographic, but can't imagine that advertising paid off well.
Perhaps, but I can understand how that advertising could work, too. Ma and Pa Kettle from Fort Wayne go on vacation to the Grand Canyon, are blown away by what they see and decide their retirement will be spent in an RV, going from one national park to another. Plus, I can't imagine the advertising rates for Flagstaff and communities in northern Arizona are terribly expensive. Hell, the profit from one RV might pay for a month's worth of radio spots there.

Yeah, that's true. Didn't stop to think about how relatively cheap the ad rates might be.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:27 am

B1G Tight End of the Year Belongs to Jake Butt

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 7:41 am

Manitoba Zamboni Operator Arrested At Hockey Game For Impaired Driving

Also a finalist for "Most Canadian Headline Of The Year"

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:11 am

Actor Nicolas Cage returns stolen dinosaur skull he bought

I like the awkwardness of this one, because they had to include the "he bought" to make to make it clear Cage didn't personally steal it.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:53 am

rass wrote:Actor Nicolas Cage returns stolen dinosaur skull he bought

I like the awkwardness of this one, because they had to include the "he bought" to make to make it clear Cage didn't personally steal it.

National Treasures 3

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:51 pm

No ‘malicious intent’ in machete, bacon incident at Titusville mosque, suspect says

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:43 am

Not a headline exactly, but one of the coverlines on the copy of Cosmo in my checkout line last night:

I think I might want to be a procrasturbator, and I'm not even 100% sure what it means...

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:03 am

From Urban Dictionary:

Someone who puts off doing work and masturbates instead. procrastinator + masturbator.
Will didn't even do his project last night he stayed up all night jerking it, he's such a procrasturbator.

Must be a hell of an article.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:33 am

I thought you were going to point to the fact that this article goes into Hough's phone performances with her fiancee (Washington Cap Brooks Laich)

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:55 am

I reject the implication that jacking it isn't doing something productive.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:18 am

And I thought it meant someone who draws out the process of masturbating. Like taking a half-hour instead of a couple of minutes.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:21 am

I'm just happy to learn I can stop stressing out about what I eat.

Ice Cream and Pizza for lunch!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:43 pm

Eddie George to appear in a Broadway production of "Chicago."

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:26 am

Dog Finishes Seventh In Half marathon

Seems to be true.

Ludivine, a young hound dog, finished a race that featured 165 humans – even after she took a break to investigate a dead rabbit

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:14 am

Good boy.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:17 am

bitch

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:23 pm

Whatevs. Good dog.