Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:44 pm

Sorry, DiS.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:51 pm

That sucks Dave. Sorry for your loss.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:00 pm

condolences

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:35 pm

Really sorry to hear that, DiS. That's some rough stuff.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:05 pm

Oh, that's horrible, Dave. I'm so sorry.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:07 pm

Thanks everyone...guy that I've known and sailed with and against for years, and its wild that he died this way. He LOVED being a pilot (I ran into him a couple of times at the airport, when he'd be all decked out in his short-sleeve dress shirt and pilot tie), and I've heard from other people that this plane in question was getting work done on it, and Darrin and the co-pilot were flying it back to Tacoma to get it back in service. Guessing it must have been some kind of mechanical problem.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:27 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:07 pm Thanks everyone...guy that I've known and sailed with and against for years, and its wild that he died this way. He LOVED being a pilot (I ran into him a couple of times at the airport, when he'd be all decked out in his short-sleeve dress shirt and pilot tie), and I've heard from other people that this plane in question was getting work done on it, and Darrin and the co-pilot were flying it back to Tacoma to get it back in service. Guessing it must have been some kind of mechanical problem.

Oh, that sucks...

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:09 pm

That sucks, Dave. At least he went out doing something he loved (mechanical failures aside).

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:29 am

Founder of Bob’s Red Mill, Bob Moore, dies at 94

Bob Moore, the founder and bearded face of internationally distributed Bob’s Red Mill food products, died Saturday.
He was 94.
Moore launched Bob’s Red Mill in 1978 with the help of his wife, Charlee, after their family embraced a nutritious diet full of whole grains.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:12 pm

Too bad. They make lots of good, esoteric stuff.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:29 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:12 pm Too bad. They make lots of good, esoteric stuff.

From their website:

That happy day came in April 30th of 2020: as of our 10th anniversary, Bob’s Red Mill is now 100% employee owned, one of only about 8,000 businesses in the country to achieve this incredible feat.

So it looks like its not going anywhere...

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:13 pm

Marathon world record holder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68270866

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:00 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:13 pm Marathon world record holder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68270866

Got to watch him do that in Chicago before watching my wife finish (much, much later)

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:13 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:00 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:13 pm Marathon world record holder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68270866
Got to watch him do...my wife.

RIP

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:50 pm

[insert giff joke]

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:40 pm

bfj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:13 pm
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:00 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:13 pm Marathon world record holder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68270866
Got to watch him do...my wife.
RIP

He's much too fast for her.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:43 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:40 pm
bfj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:13 pm
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:00 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:13 pm Marathon world record holder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68270866
Got to watch him do...my wife.
RIP
He's much too fast for her.

Both too soon and too funny

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:41 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:50 pm [insert giff joke]

Sometimes you let a pitch go by.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:27 pm

Bob Edwards of NPR's morning edition

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:24 pm

Don Gullett, Ace for the Big Red Machine, Dies at 73

Don Gullett, a flame-throwing left-handed pitcher who starred for three World Series champion teams in the 1970s, first with the Cincinnati Reds and then with the New York Yankees, died on Wednesday. He was 73.
...

Willie Stargell, the Hall of Fame slugger for the Pittsburgh Pirates, once said that Gullett “could throw a ball through a carwash without it ever getting wet.”

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:44 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:24 pm Don Gullett, Ace for the Big Red Machine, Dies at 73

Don Gullett, a flame-throwing left-handed pitcher who starred for three World Series champion teams in the 1970s, first with the Cincinnati Reds and then with the New York Yankees, died on Wednesday. He was 73.
...

Willie Stargell, the Hall of Fame slugger for the Pittsburgh Pirates, once said that Gullett “could throw a ball through a carwash without it ever getting wet.”

He was unhittable in my 1977 strat-o-matic league

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:55 pm

William Post.. inventor of the pop tart
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/busi ... %20classic.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:19 pm

HOF Maryland Hoops coach Lefty Driesell, 92.

ETA didn’t see he got a thread.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:43 am

My uncle's dad. UVA lax star.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/news-media- ... asses-away

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:31 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:43 am My uncle's dad. UVA lax star.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/news-media- ... asses-away

Damn, that's quite a resume

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:22 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:31 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:43 am My uncle's dad. UVA lax star.
https://www.usalacrosse.com/news-media- ... asses-away
Damn, that's quite a resume

Four Halls of Fame - very impressive.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:39 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:14 pm

He was a funny guy.

Post by **brian** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:21 pm

Even a hypochondriac is right once. (Curious if he figures at all into the finale of Curb. Kind of sad they didn’t get to honor him by writing it into the show like they did Bob Einstein.)

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:39 pm

No commentary about Lewis, who was great (can you believe they made him a romantic lead in a sitcom with Jamie Lee Curtis? "Anything But Love"...'89-'92), but is someone really obscure when you get a New York Times alert about their death?

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:55 pm

Respect for rocking that 80’s ‘do up to the end.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:11 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:25 pm

One of those cartoons of people arriving in heaven but its Richard Lewis and Virgil escorting in Stacy Wakefield.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:47 pm

Rough day for close associates of millionaires

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:05 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:19 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:39 pm
No commentary about Lewis, who was great (can you believe they made him a romantic lead in a sitcom with Jamie Lee Curtis? "Anything But Love"...'89-'92), but is someone really obscure when you get a New York Times alert about their death?

WHO do you trust more?

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:27 pm

Canada's Prime Minster from 1984-93... Brian Mulroney

Not the worst we've had, but a real sleazeball.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:20 pm

Holy shit Costas

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:22 pm

Costas must have taken some edibles.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:29 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:27 pm Canada's Prime Minster from 1984-93... Brian Mulroney

Not the worst we've had, but a real sleazeball.

A conservative who brought in a new sales tax!

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:32 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:29 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:27 pm Canada's Prime Minster from 1984-93... Brian Mulroney

Not the worst we've had, but a real sleazeball.
A conservative who brought in a new sales tax!

I'll translate that for our American friends - "A Canadian Conservative"