What would be the rapper name for your city/state if based off popular convenience stores?
Jimmy Buccees
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:30 am
by duff
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
Jimmy Rickers
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:35 am
by brian
Jimmy Terrible.
ETA: Seriously.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:51 am
by GoodKarma
Jimmy Circle-K
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:37 pm
by Pruitt
Mac Rabah
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:05 pm
by Johnnie
Big Van Vader
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:30 pm
by duff
Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:05 pmBig Van Vader
Well, damn. Shafted by Vince and HBK.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:30 pm
by Steve of phpBB
brian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:35 am
Jimmy Terrible.
ETA: Seriously.
Back in college, I had a roommate named Herb. After guys on my floor went out for the Rose Bowl, they gave him the nickname "Terrible." I never knew what the fuck that meant until we drove out to Vegas last year.
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.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:53 am
by GoodKarma
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.
I'll take "People I Already Thought Were Dead" for $800 Alex...
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:57 am
by brian
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.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:58 am
by Johnny Carwash
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.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:26 pm
by Pruitt
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.
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.
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.
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
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:49 pm
by L-Jam3
They'd be called AnitFa today.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:15 pm
by brian
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.
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.”
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.
Kramer related that at the beginning of the 1967 training camp, Lombardi tearfully announced to the team that he had let "Paulie" go and it pained him greatly. He spoke for awhile about what a great guy Hornung was. After he was done with all that, he mentioned as an afterthought that they'd also be replacing the other (unnamed) running back. Kramer related the story as an example of how Lombardi viewed and valued a player's loyalty to the team.
In the least surprising news of the week, it’s being reported that Bulger was killed by a mafia hitman from Massachusetts.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 6:20 pm
by Johnnie
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:16 pm
Winter Hill represent.
He and my dad are probably hanging out.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:53 am
by brian
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.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:03 am
by mister d
"The mafia is so badass." - white dude terrified of MS-13