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Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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It's amazing how the coach Bearzot kept with him. It was a shock he made the team after serving a three year ban for match fixing. Then he starts and is awful in Italy's 3 draws in the first group stage. Due to scraping through Italy gets put into a second group with Brazil and Argentina. He was poor again against Argentina. Then he scores 6 goals in the last 3 games and wins everything.
I love the first goal against Brazil. Ball goes the width of the field to the left back then is crossed back to the far side of the box.
I love the first goal against Brazil. Ball goes the width of the field to the left back then is crossed back to the far side of the box.
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Not sure if he's obscure...
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'Spy Who Came In From The Cold' is a masterpiece.
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Definitely one of my favorite. He’s probably behind Stephen king and Christopher Moore only in terms of sheer number of books read. Made (Cold War) pulp themes seem like literature.
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Gerard Houllier. Always seemed a really likable guy. Loved by that crap club.
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Wow, that's a shock. I always loved him as a player. He just had such a great energy about him. I got to see him up close a lot when he was the LB coach with the Jets. He always went over to talk to fans at practices and on the field during pregame warmups. He was always one of the first on the field, playing catch with the equipment guys, ball boys, and non-coaching personnel, and he always had a huge smile and was making the players laugh. You could just see how much everyone around him loved and respected him.
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Arguably deserves his own thread. Believe he’s been battling cancer for awhile.
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Had I known about the mullet stroking story...
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Mississippi Queen! ... If you knowwwwww what ah meeean!
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Here's a great thread about KC Jones...
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That was an awesome read. Thanks!
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Wild read.
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Fuck.
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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What an amazing story. Though why British Intelligence wouldn’t revoke the security clearance of a man who spent three years as a POW is beyond me, let alone even grant him clearance (he never considered himself to be British).Baloney wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:51 am Cold War spy George Blake
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/obit ... Ifnstn2T8c
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Jon Huber, aka Mr. Brodie Lee fka Luke Harper.
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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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Didn’t see this before I posted in the cfb thread. Very sad.
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Just listen to "Turn The Page" again and check out what he brought to Seger's work.
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Can we at least acknowledge that "Alto Reed" is the worst pseudonym ever?
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I mean, at least he didn't name himself after a sexual gratification device for women. (Teasing.)The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:27 pm Can we at least acknowledge that "Alto Reed" is the worst pseudonym ever?
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Ha!!!! (both names equally fitting)brian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:33 pmI mean, at least he didn't name himself after a sexual gratification device for women. (Teasing.)The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:27 pm Can we at least acknowledge that "Alto Reed" is the worst pseudonym ever?
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You know the Professor was getting after that...
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Dawn Wells was a former Miss Nevada and her ancestors settled the state. (There are several cities and landmarks named after her family that pre-date her birth.) The more you know.
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Aw, bummer.
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So Ginger is the last remaining survivor. She’s 86.
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RIP Ozone. There was a time in my life when we didn't have a VCR, so if we wanted to rent a movie we had to also rent the VCR. Publix's customer service counter morphed into its own tiny video rental store, before Blockbuster was a thing. My two most rented movies were Rocky 3 and Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo. I'll never forget what you did for that community center, Adolfo. Or how you danced on the ceiling.
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Probably my first celebrity crush. Damn.
But man did I get squicked out yesterday to learn she was my mom's age.
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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Former Derby, Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy Doc
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MF Doom. To be fair, I have no idea who this is. But everything I’m reading is saying he’s legendary.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.