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What would be the rapper name for your city/state if based off popular convenience stores?

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Giff wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:03 am What would be the rapper name for your city/state if based off popular convenience stores?

Jimmy Buccees
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Jimmy Terrible.

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Johnnie wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:05 pmBig Van Vader
Well, damn. Shafted by Vince and HBK.
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brian wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:35 am Jimmy Terrible.

ETA: Seriously.

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Johnny Carwash wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:06 pm Art Vandelay
Which guy went by that name in that old blog run by Hood and Jerloma?
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V.S. Naipaul

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I can't believe that was his real last name.
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Robin Leach (of "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous" fame). Has also worked and lived in Las Vegas as a gossip columnist for the last 35 years.
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brian wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:43 am Robin Leach (of "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous" fame). Has also worked and lived in Las Vegas as a gossip columnist for the last 35 years.
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He was actually "only" 76. Which I guess means he was in his mid-40s when that show was on, which I thought he was much older than that then.
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brian wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:43 am Robin Leach (of "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous" fame). Has also worked and lived in Las Vegas as a gossip columnist for the last 35 years.
A few years ago he showed up as the ring announcer for an HBO Boxing card in Macau of all places, complete with the "champagne wishes and caviar dreams" line, and it was one of the most bizarrely random celebrity appearances I can remember.
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brian wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:57 am He was actually "only" 76. Which I guess means he was in his mid-40s when that show was on, which I thought he was much older than that then.
Yeah, I would have thought he was like 60 during the heyday of that show.
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bfj wrote: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:27 pm Neil Simon
That's one from the "Still Alive?" file.

Back in the 70s, he was the King of Comedy - movies, plays, everything.

Quite a career - a lot of schmaltz, but some good stuff in there too.
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Freddie Oversteegen - Dutch Resistance Fighter

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In perhaps their most daring act, they seduced their targets in taverns or bars, asked if they wanted to “go for a stroll” in the forest — and “liquidated” them, as Ms. Oversteegen put it, with a pull of the trigger.
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Pruitt wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:32 am Freddie Oversteegen - Dutch Resistance Fighter

What a woman!
With Hannie Schaft, a onetime law student with fiery red hair, they (Freddie and her sister) sabotaged bridges and rail lines with dynamite, shot Nazis while riding their bikes, and donned disguises to smuggle Jewish children across the country and sometimes out of concentration camps.

In perhaps their most daring act, they seduced their targets in taverns or bars, asked if they wanted to “go for a stroll” in the forest — and “liquidated” them, as Ms. Oversteegen put it, with a pull of the trigger.
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Pruitt wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:32 am Freddie Oversteegen - Dutch Resistance Fighter

What a woman!
With Hannie Schaft, a onetime law student with fiery red hair, they (Freddie and her sister) sabotaged bridges and rail lines with dynamite, shot Nazis while riding their bikes, and donned disguises to smuggle Jewish children across the country and sometimes out of concentration camps.

In perhaps their most daring act, they seduced their targets in taverns or bars, asked if they wanted to “go for a stroll” in the forest — and “liquidated” them, as Ms. Oversteegen put it, with a pull of the trigger.
Nancy Wake has an amazing story too
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They'd be called AnitFa today.
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hdo's (Steve Maitlen) mother passed away this morning. He's not on here much these days but know a lot of us are friends with him on FB, so might want to drop him a message or something.
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Blues Great Otis Rush

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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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NFL Hall of Famer Jim Taylor

Before my time, but my father used to go on and on about Taylor.

Sounds like a tough S.O.B.
“Jim Brown will give you that leg (to tackle) and then take it away from you,” Lombardi said. “Jim Taylor will give it to you and then ram it through your chest.”
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Pruitt wrote: Thu Oct 18, 2018 5:38 pm NFL Hall of Famer Jim Taylor

Before my time, but my father used to go on and on about Taylor.

Sounds like a tough S.O.B.
“Jim Brown will give you that leg (to tackle) and then take it away from you,” Lombardi said. “Jim Taylor will give it to you and then ram it through your chest.”
When I was a little boy, I was a Packer fan. They were in their glory, my dad was a big Paul Horning fan, and they were on TV every Sunday. Through most of the 1960s, Horning and Taylor were backfield running mates carrying the ball in the highly successful Vince Lombardi power sweep. So, I have fond memories of Jim Taylor.

One memory from Jerry Kramer's book Instant Replay that crystallized management/labor relations in football in that period:
After the 1966 championship, both backs left Green Bay, albeit in different ways. Jim Taylor became a free agent, as he had played out his team contract and declined to sign a new one. Paul Hornung was busted up and done, so he was exposed by the Packers to the expansion draft and taken by the newly formed New Orleans Saints. He never played a game for them. Ironically, Taylor signed with New Orleans and was their leading rusher for the season, then retired.
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Songwriter Tony Joe White

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Whitey Bulger was murdered in prison overnight.
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Winter Hill represent.
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Whaaa. Legend.
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Whatever happened to those paintings though.
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In the least surprising news of the week, it’s being reported that Bulger was killed by a mafia hitman from Massachusetts.
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mister d wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:16 pm Winter Hill represent.
He and my dad are probably hanging out.
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Joe K wrote: Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:42 pm In the least surprising news of the week, it’s being reported that Bulger was killed by a mafia hitman from Massachusetts.
Honestly kind of impressed the mafia still has that kind of reach. Reports of its demise might have been overstated.
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"The mafia is so badass." - white dude terrified of MS-13
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