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And a salary cap cheat.
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sancarlos wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:31 pm
Pruitt wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:35 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:05 pm Longtime Denver Broncos' owner, Patrick Bowlen

Team made the Super Bowl 7 times and won 3 of them, since he bought the team in 1984. Elected to the HoF this year. He ran marathons and triathlons when he was younger. Gave up management of the team a couple years ago as signs of dementia took hold.
One of the great owners.
And, a Canadian!
Stefan Fatsis who wrote a book about trying to kick in a game for the Broncos talked about his relationship with Bowlen on Hang Up and Listen. Sounds like a pretty solid owner with the right angle on his role.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:07 am
sancarlos wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:31 pm
Pruitt wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:35 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:05 pm Longtime Denver Broncos' owner, Patrick Bowlen

Team made the Super Bowl 7 times and won 3 of them, since he bought the team in 1984. Elected to the HoF this year. He ran marathons and triathlons when he was younger. Gave up management of the team a couple years ago as signs of dementia took hold.
One of the great owners.
And, a Canadian!
Stefan Fatsis who wrote a book about trying to kick in a game for the Broncos talked about his relationship with Bowlen on Hang Up and Listen. Sounds like a pretty solid owner with the right angle on his role.
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Ms. Dog the Bounty Hunter....Beth Chapman..Cancer
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:55 am Ms. Dog the Bounty Hunter....Beth Chapman..Cancer
If it was breast cancer, it probably killed her instantly.
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well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
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Jeff Austin newgrass mando player formerly of Yonder Mountain String Band. Not my dude as I think he was too full of himself, but an important guy in the Colorado music scene and newgrass/jam band cross over scene of the past few years.

plus he was a year younger than me, fuck.
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Rush2112 wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:44 am Jeff Austin newgrass mando player formerly of Yonder Mountain String Band. Not my dude as I think he was too full of himself, but an important guy in the Colorado music scene and newgrass/jam band cross over scene of the past few years.

plus he was a year younger than me, fuck.
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He left 4-5 years ago. I liked his new band and Yonder better without him.

We went to Telluride Bluegrass when they were playing and you would have thought the fucking Beatles were performing when YMSB came on stage. I was there for the Bela Fleck and Alison Krauss thank you.
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Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
He borrowed $$$ from the American Public to save Chrysler, but then paid it back ahead of time.

Is there a "K Car" still running?
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
For a few years there he was basically a mega-celebrity.

Christ those cars were shit though.
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Iacocca's death would sure have been a much bigger deal 20 or 30 years ago. He outlived his celebrity.
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EnochRoot wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:42 pm
A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
He borrowed $$$ from the American Public to save Chrysler, but then paid it back ahead of time.

Is there a "K Car" still running?
I saw one about a month ago.
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sancarlos wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:56 pm Iacocca's death would sure have been a much bigger deal 20 or 30 years ago. He outlived his celebrity.
Another one where I thought he was dead already.
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
He postponed Chrysler's bankruptcy by more than 25 years, keeping thousands employed in the meantime.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:01 am
A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
He postponed Chrysler's bankruptcy by more than 25 years, keeping thousands employed in the meantime.
For some fucking reason, he was my commencement speaker at Hopkins. He was terrible.
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Only 38, that's fucking horrible.
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A_B wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:09 pm Lee Iacocca. I’m putting him here because just because he postponed it a few years Chrysler still went bankrupt, right. I guess they got sold to Mercedes but there ain’t a bunch of Lebarons running these days.

Seemed like a big American success story but likely him and his cronies got rich and the little guy still got screwed. I’d be glad to be wrong so swamp take me to task.
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The Hefty Lefty, Jared Lorenzen, dead at 38. Christ.
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Fucking horrible.
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A_B wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:56 pmFucking horrible.
I heard he was 38.
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For some fucking reason, he was my commencement speaker at Hopkins. He was terrible.

Wait...
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Sorry, BFJs karmic post made me think the K Car discussion was still going on.

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I’m really confused, and also laughing hard at what an extremely young Jared Lorenzen could possibly have said to new Hopkins graduates.
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Rex wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2019 5:49 pm I’m really confused, and also laughing hard at what an extremely young Jared Lorenzen could possibly have said to new Hopkins graduates.
I suspect his advice now would be to eat more salads.
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Colourful British Racing Pundit John McCririck

If you ever watched a Breeders' Cup, you saw this guy. Very entertaining and couldn't pick a winner to save his life.
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Pruitt wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:56 pm Colourful British Racing Pundit John McCririck

If you ever watched a Breeders' Cup, you saw this guy. Very entertaining and couldn't pick a winner to save his life.
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BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Missed the fact that Petey Jones passed (star of the TC Williams Titans football team)
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Rip Torn. Also attacked Norman Mailer with a hammer.

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Could dodge a hammer, couldn't dodge death.
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RIP Rip.
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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So we did not post about Walk Michaels. Jet's coach, USFL coach, Browns player and W&L alum.
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Russell Smith. Singer/songwriter. Most notably for country-rock outfit, Amazing Rhythm Aces.

Hat tip to Giff for noting it on fb.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:34 am So we did not post about Walk Michaels. Jet's coach, USFL coach, Browns player and W&L alum.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ob ... 0809245e22
One time Coach of the Year, 5 pro bowls, two time NFL champ. Pretty amazing career.
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