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Blackjack Lanza is 85
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_Lanza

Gladiator is 84

Beverly Shade 84

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wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:27 pmInternet gonna internet
https://wiki2.org/en/List_of_oldest_sur ... _wrestlers
I don't buy the list, as SanCarlos is missing.
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IT WAS A JOKE AND ALSO TED WILLIAMS HAD HIS HEAD CUT OFF IN 2002.
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I got the Williams one, buddy. I would have posted "ice cold!" or something if I had known you were in need of affirmation.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:46 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:27 pmInternet gonna internet
https://wiki2.org/en/List_of_oldest_sur ... _wrestlers
I don't buy the list, as SanCarlos is missing.
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Does Larry Flynt warrant his own thread? Not sure what crosses the threshold these days...

Anyways, here's a thread with some good Flynt/Hustler stories:

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DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:25 pm Does Larry Flynt warrant his own thread? Not sure what crosses the threshold these days...

Anyways, here's a thread with some good Flynt/Hustler stories:

The 1A dunk he threw down on the Christian Fundamentalists would suggest yes, he does (frankly I thought he died a long time ago).
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Shortly after I graduated college, I spent a decent amount of time in the Flynt Publications building... because the insurance agent for the company I worked for had his office there and original documents had to be picked up/dropped off.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:33 am Shortly after I graduated college, I spent a decent amount of time in the Flynt Publications building... because the insurance agent for the company I worked for had his office there and original documents had to be picked up/dropped off.
DSafetyGuy was there for the articles.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:44 am
DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:33 am Shortly after I graduated college, I spent a decent amount of time in the Flynt Publications building... because the insurance agent for the company I worked for had his office there and original documents had to be picked up/dropped off.
DSafetyGuy was there for the articles.
Awesome.
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: Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:09 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:44 am
DSafetyGuy wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:33 am Shortly after I graduated college, I spent a decent amount of time in the Flynt Publications building... because the insurance agent for the company I worked for had his office there and original documents had to be picked up/dropped off.
DSafetyGuy was there for the articles.
Awesome.
Brilliant!

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Billy Conigliaro, Tony's little brother, and the answer to the trivia question: Who was the Boston Red Sox first ever draft pick?

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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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omg seriously if i tell my family this they will burst into tears.
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Danny Ray, James Brown’s ‘Original Hype Man,’ Dies at 85
Danny Ray, who opened thousands of concerts for James Brown with a stem-winding, hype-filled introduction and ended them by draping a sequined velvet cape over the singer’s sweaty, bent-over body, only to have him burst forth in a paroxysm of soulful funk for one last encore, died on Feb. 2 at his home in Augusta, Ga. He was 85.
Here's the video linked in the obituary...

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Reggae pioneer U Roy.

One of the first toasters.

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Prince Markie Dee of the Fat Boys.
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Fat boys are back.... And ya say we will never be wack
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Disorderlies got a bunch of plays in the vcr back in the day.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:44 am Disorderlies got a bunch of plays in the vcr back in the day.
Yeah it did. Back when there were only three channels and most house's VCR tape collections were only what you could check out from the grocery store because Blockbuster hadn't been formed. Watched a ton of Disorderlies.
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govmentchedda wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:43 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:44 am Disorderlies got a bunch of plays in the vcr back in the day.
Yeah it did. Back when there were only three channels and most house's VCR tape collections were only what you could check out from the grocery store because Blockbuster hadn't been formed. Watched a ton of Disorderlies.
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Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos of all time:
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Emil Freireich, Groundbreaking Cancer Researcher

Hadn't heard of him until just now.

A man who helped so many people.
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Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:

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Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:19 am
Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:
I had no idea there was such a big debate over "the meatball" v. "the worm". Until this past summer, I didn't even know that the two logos had names. Maybe this should've gone in the Learn Something New thread.
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Reaper wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:53 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:19 am
Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:
I had no idea there was such a big debate over "the meatball" v. "the worm". Until this past summer, I didn't even know that the two logos had names. Maybe this should've gone in the Learn Something New thread.
Yeah I had no idea until this morning. I think I’m Team Meatball though. The Worm is too retro-futuristic for me.
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: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:13 am
Reaper wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:53 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:19 am
Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:
I had no idea there was such a big debate over "the meatball" v. "the worm". Until this past summer, I didn't even know that the two logos had names. Maybe this should've gone in the Learn Something New thread.
Yeah I had no idea until this morning. I think I’m Team Meatball though. The Worm is too retro-futuristic for me.
Team Meatball belongs knitted onto a golf shirt or a cap. The Worm belongs emblazoned on the hull of a ship, exploring through space.
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EnochRoot wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:46 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:13 am
Reaper wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:53 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:19 am
Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:
I had no idea there was such a big debate over "the meatball" v. "the worm". Until this past summer, I didn't even know that the two logos had names. Maybe this should've gone in the Learn Something New thread.
Yeah I had no idea until this morning. I think I’m Team Meatball though. The Worm is too retro-futuristic for me.
Team Meatball belongs knitted onto a golf shirt or a cap. The Worm belongs emblazoned on the hull of a ship, exploring through space.
... in 1975.
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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The use of negative space on NASA is awesome. Not as good as FedEx, but still really good.
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:54 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:46 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:13 am
Reaper wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:53 am
Steve of phpBB wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:19 am
Reaper wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:49 pm Bruce Blackburn, designer of two of the most iconic logos off all time:
Man, that Bicentennial star was everywhere.

Here’s the other one:
I had no idea there was such a big debate over "the meatball" v. "the worm". Until this past summer, I didn't even know that the two logos had names. Maybe this should've gone in the Learn Something New thread.
Yeah I had no idea until this morning. I think I’m Team Meatball though. The Worm is too retro-futuristic for me.
Team Meatball belongs knitted onto a golf shirt or a cap. The Worm belongs emblazoned on the hull of a ship, exploring through space.
... in 1975.
Eh. Having a logo that depicts stars and orbits while you are traveling amongst them? Lame.

The meatball logo is actually a seal. They're used for special events, awards, etc. And my guess is the two were never on the same material, ever (style guide faux pas).
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:54 pm The use of negative space on NASA is awesome. Not as good as FedEx, but still really good.
Negative space logos is worthy of its own thread.
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Dowtown Baltimore Telescope Guy

I used to see this guy all the time and would always stop and give him a few bucks and look into space. He was a very good guy and a pretty good teacher (to a drunk bfj).
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Ferlinghetti. At the age of 101.

I've probably spent more time in City Lights bookstore than any other single bookstore in the last 10 years, which is remarkable since I don't live anywhere near SF and I read a lot of books. Just not been buying a lot in the last 10 years.
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brian wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:36 pm Ferlinghetti. At the age of 101.

I've probably spent more time in City Lights bookstore than any other single bookstore in the last 10 years, which is remarkable since I don't live anywhere near SF and I read a lot of books. Just not been buying a lot in the last 10 years.
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For those of use old enough to remember...

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A female passenger in an evening gown ran from the car, climbed the stone parapet along the Tidal Basin and — acting on what she later described as a frantic impulse — leaped headfirst into the frigid, inky water. Her splashdown would ripple into one of the capital’s most infamous sex scandals.
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Remember it well.
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Overshadowed by the other two Wailers, but Bunny produced a lot of good music."Blackheart Man" is a truly great album.

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