The RIP topic

[twobjshelbys]

Something yesterday reminded me that there should be a general topic for this subject.

This topic is dedicated to the memories of those people who have had an affect on us.

[twobjshelbys]

Art Linkletter passed away yesterday. Most of us over the age of 50 remember his TV shows with interviews with kids.

Art Linkletter's Everyman charm

By ROBERT LLOYD

Los Angeles Times




Art Linkletter, who died Wednesday at the estimable age of 97, had already had a long, long career in broadcasting when he crept into my consciousness as the host of "House Party," a CBS daytime television show that ran from 1952 to 1969 (with a final year on NBC) and most famously featured his interviews with small children. (Even at the age of some of his small-fry guests, I owned a well-thumbed paperback copy of his Charles Schulz-illustrated book, "Kids Say the Darndest Things.") Never talking down to them, or sinking to a grown-up's version of a child-eye's view, he was the master of this very particular form. On television, only Bill Cosby and David Letterman have done it nearly as well.
In a time of rapid social change, Linkletter was a bulwark of old-fashioned amiability and politesse, and it is somehow no surprise to learn that he was Canadian (born Gordon Arthur Kelly in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in 1912), that his adoptive father was an evangelical preacher, and that he counted Norman Vincent Peale, the author of "The Power of Positive Thinking," as a mentor. But he had an impish streak, as well, which made his niceness alluring and kept his shows, as plain as they were, from ever being boring. (His attitude and approach are maintained today, on a somewhat grander scale, in the daytime shows of Bonnie Hunt and Ellen DeGeneres.) I imagine him going well with a cup of coffee and, in the foolish practice of the times, possibly a cigarette, as somewhere nearby a dryer turns.
Linkletter himself neither smoked nor drank. He was in Hollywood but not of it, a family man - married 74 years - with a passel of kids of his own. One of them, Jack, who died in 2007, also became a TV host and was the original inspiration for the kid interviews, telling his father he wouldn't be going back to kindergarten "because I can't read, I can't write and they won't let me talk." Another, Diane, notoriously jumped to her death from a window, in 1969, at the age of 20, a suicide her father attributed to LSD; it turned Linkletter into an anti-drug crusader, which made him, for a while, a figure of counterculture ridicule.
You have to respect him in the end, however, because his work was itself couched in a democratic respect for and a delight in ordinary humanness. Unlike, say, Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" segments, which are meant to make their subjects look stupid, or what we have currently agreed to call "reality television," which seeks to reduce unscripted behavior into trite melodrama, Linkletter's work was rooted in the belief that people are inherently interesting and entertaining: "People Are Funny" was the philosophical title of the stunt-oriented, audience-participation prime-time show he hosted on radio and then television from 1943-61.
One of his gambits there was to inventory the contents of a woman's purse, an exercise that strikes me as much an exploration of human commonality and variety as it was a dodge to get a laugh at a stranger's expense. It may not have been conceived as such, but there's something in that trust in humble detail, that interest in small things, that feels quite radical to me. Television, which more and more reflects the short attention spans it encourages in its viewers, could use a little more of it.
Even after he retired from full-time broadcasting, Linkletter flitted in and out of television, as a pitchman or guest or talking head, a proponent of proactive aging, for which he was a kind of poster oldster. And he briefly returned as a regular contributor to Cosby's late-'90s franchising of the old "House Party" segment, "Kids Say the Darndest Things." Younger viewers must have regarded him, to the extent they noticed him at all, as someone who might have meant something once. And he did, children. His methods were modest, but his vision, I think, ran deep.


Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/27/1975317/art-linkletters-everyman-charm.html#ixzz0pB6kU6vu

[twobjshelbys]

John Finn was awarded his MOH for his acts during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/us/28finn.html

John Finn, 100, Dies; Received Pearl Harbor Medal

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/richard_goldstein/index.html?inline=nyt-per)

Published: May 27, 2010





John W. Finn, the last survivor of the 15 Navy men who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Thursday at a nursing home in Chula Vista, Calif. He was 100 and had been the oldest living recipient of the medal, the nation’s highest award for valor.
His death was announced by J. P. Tremblay, deputy secretary of the California Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed the American battleships in Hawaii, plunging the nation into World War II, numerous acts of valor played out. Most of them took place aboard the stricken ships — in some cases efforts by the wounded and the dying to save their fellow sailors. Amid the death and destruction, Chief Finn, on an airfield runway, was waging a war of his own against the Japanese.
A few minutes before 8 o’clock, Japanese planes attacked the Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station, about 12 miles from Battleship Row at Ford Island, hoping to knock out three dozen Navy aircraft before they could get aloft.
Mr. Finn, the chief petty officer in charge of munitions at the naval station and a veteran of 15 years in the Navy, was in bed in a nearby apartment with his wife, Alice. He heard the sound of aircraft, saw one plane flash past his window, then another, and he heard machine guns.
He dressed hurriedly, and drove to the naval station. At first, he observed the base’s 20 miles-per-hour speed limit. But then, “I heard a plane come roaring in from astern of me,” he recalled decades later in an interview with Larry Smith for “Beyond Glory,” (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Glory-Medal-Honor-Heroes/dp/039305134X) an oral history of Medal of Honor recipients.
“As I glanced up, the guy made a wing-over, and I saw that big old red meatball, the rising sun insignia, on the underside of the wing. Well, I threw it into second and it’s a wonder I didn’t run over every sailor in the air station.”
When Chief Finn arrived at the hangars, many of the planes had already been hit. He recalled that he grabbed a .30-caliber machine gun on a makeshift tripod, carried it to an exposed area near a runway and began firing. For the next two and a half hours, he blazed away, although peppered by shrapnel as the Japanese planes strafed the runways with cannon fire.
As he remembered it: “I got shot in the left arm and shot in the left foot, broke the bone. I had shrapnel blows in my chest and belly and right elbow and right thumb. Some were just scratches. My scalp got cut, and everybody thought I was dying: Oh, Christ, the old chief had the top of his head knocked off! I had 28, 29 holes in me that were bleeding. I was walking around on one heel. I was barefooted on that coral dust. My left arm didn’t work. It was just a big ball hanging down.”
Chief Finn thought he had hit at least one plane, but he did not know whether he had brought it down. When the attack ended, he received first aid, then returned to await a possible second attack. He was hospitalized the following afternoon.
On Sept. 15, 1942, Chief Finn received the Medal of Honor from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, in a ceremony aboard the carrier Enterprise at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz cited Chief Finn for his “magnificent courage in the face of almost certain death.”
John William Finn was born on July 23, 1909, in Los Angeles County, the son of a plumber. He dropped out of school to join the Navy at age 17.
He served stateside after he recovered from his Pearl Harbor wounds, became a lieutenant in 1944 and remained in military service after the war. He had been living on a cattle ranch in Pine Valley, Calif., about 45 miles east of San Diego, before entering the nursing home where he died.
His survivors include a son, Joseph. His wife died in 1998.
Ten of the 15 servicemen who received the Medal of Honor for their actions at Pearl Harbor died in the attack. Among them were Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, commander of Battleship Division 1, who was aboard the Arizona when it blew up and sank; Capt. Franklin Van Valkenburgh, commander of the Arizona; and Capt. Mervyn S. Bennion, commander of the battleship West Virginia.
Four of the Pearl Harbor medal recipients survived the war. Cmdr. Cassin Young, awarded the medal for reboarding and saving his repair ship, the Vestal, after being blown into the water, died in November 1942 in the battle for Guadalcanal.
In 1999, Mr. Finn was among Pearl Harbor veterans invited to Hawaii for the premiere of the Hollywood movie “Pearl Harbor.” “It was a damned good movie,” he told The Boston Herald in 2001. “It’s helped educate people who didn’t know about Pearl Harbor and what happened there.”
“I liked it especially,” he said, “because I got to kiss all those pretty little movie actresses.”

[mastersmech1]

Elvis...


RIP...

[Joker]

http://www.odmp.org/officer/20288-police-officer-javier-bejar

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7316811

[68fastback]

Jim Morrison - RIP

[Little Debbie]

RIP, Wayne Davis, 12/14/63-5/27/08

[Stew]

How about Gary Coleman, 2/8/68-5/28/10

[Joe G]

Whatchutalkinaboutwillis??

I didn't know Gary died today.

[HSURB]

Whatchutalkinaboutwillis??

I didn't know Gary died today.

Sure did. Party foul. Fell and had a head injury.

That could have happened at Shelbyfest - just sayin'.

HSURB®

[Joe G]

That could have happened at Shelbyfest - just sayin'.

HSURB®

I think it did... but I wouldn't remember.

:frolic:

[Black Vert SS]

That's why I always wear a safety helmet when I drink

[Shlbylvr]

John Lennon
(9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

[mastersmech1]

Ronald Reagan...RIP

God knows we miss you...:patriot:

[HSURB]

Ronald Reagan...RIP

God knows we miss you...:patriot:

What a blessing it would be to have Reagan back now instead of this rookie.

HSURB®

[Lurker]

How about Gary Coleman, 2/8/68-5/28/10

:doh2:

[tekheavy]

RIP Dennis Hopper!!


http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Media/dennis-hopper-dies-age-74/story?id=10214007

[twobjshelbys]

Jimmy Dean. Sausages and songs.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx59fmP7jYE

[Tommy Gun]

Something yesterday reminded me that there should be a general topic for this subject.

This topic is dedicated to the memories of those people who have had an affect on us.


Can't think of anyone. :look:

[Boston Mike]

Can't think of anyone. :look:

Ummm..................Jesus? Duh

[Joe G]

:spitcopy:

[twobjshelbys]

Funny you should kick this old topic, but this is a relevant reply.

James Garner passed away yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

He was in so many good movies. Grand Prix of course from the "actors turn race driver" era. Then there was Maverick and Rockford Files on TV.

[Tommy Gun]

Ummm..................Jesus? Duh



He's not dead. :yay:

[Tommy Gun]

Funny you should kick this old topic, but this is a relevant reply.

James Garner passed away yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

He was in so many good movies. Grand Prix of course from the "actors turn race driver" era. Then there was Maverick and Rockford Files on TV.



I remember faintly seeing him on TV, but never saw him in a movie.

[Joe G]

Grand Prix of course from the "actors turn race driver" era. Then there was Maverick and Rockford Files on TV.

Was thinking about that this weekend.

Who were the main guys who were known for that?

I remember:
Neuman
McQueen
James Dean (though did he actually race much?)
Patrick Dempsey (more recently - saw a multi-part special on him last year, was kinda neat)

[68fastback]

Jim Garner was great ...loved just about everything he did!

[Alloy Dave]

Funny you should kick this old topic, but this is a relevant reply.

James Garner passed away yesterday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

He was in so many good movies. Grand Prix of course from the "actors turn race driver" era. Then there was Maverick and Rockford Files on TV.
I really liked him as an actor...especially his role in Murphy's Romance.

[Carnut]

He gave us the Rockford turn, what could be better than that?

[Joe G]

He gave us the Rockford turn, what could be better than that?

But it was in a Firechicken? :redcard:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pruex3pgX1g



:giggle: ... http://jalopnik.com/5737615/how-to-do-a-j-turn-in-the-snow/1607942121/+pgeorge

[Carnut]

True, but that was because it didn't have enough power to flat foot it and turn the wheels. You should know that having a black car.

[Darkside]

True, but that was because it didn't have enough power to flat foot it and turn the wheels. You should know that having a black car.

I still have enough time to fire up the hyperdrive in the Darkmobile and get to Arizona to pay you a visit Mr Nut before the sale is final......

:starwars:

[Joe G]

I still have enough time to fire up the hyperdrive in the Darkmobile and get to Arizona to pay you a visit Mr Nut before the sale is final......

:starwars:


:goodpost:


Better run rodent.


:shotgun: 12620

[Tommy Gun]

True, but that was because it didn't have enough power to flat foot it and turn the wheels. You should know that having a black car.



:webers:

[Carnut]

I still have enough time to fire up the hyperdrive in the Darkmobile and get to Arizona to pay you a visit Mr Nut before the sale is final......

:starwars:


:goodpost:


Better run rodent.


:shotgun: 12620

Uhh.................we moved, my real name is Tony.

[68fastback]

:lol:

[Tommy Gun]

Uhh.................we moved, my real name is Tony.



Welcome to the site Tony. :wtg:

[Carnut]

Welcome to the site Tony. :wtg:

Cheers!

[68fastback]

I've heard of Tony the Tiger ...are you Tony the Squirrel ...his l'il rodent brother? :hiding: ;-)

[Boston Mike]

I still have enough time to fire up the hyperdrive in the Darkmobile and get to Arizona to pay you a visit Mr Nut before the sale is final......

:starwars:

please bring your video camera with you.................

[Carnut]

please bring your video camera with you.................

Sicko

[twobjshelbys]

Bob Bondurant sent out his Goodbye to James Garner today:

https://www.firedrummarketing.com/public_message_view.jsp?s=c5qy0qqd5o

It's a great story, from someone who lived it and a story that will be in Bondurant's obit as well...

[twobjshelbys]

RIP Lauren Bacall. Her passing will be lost in all the chatter about Robin Williams

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/08/12/lauren-bacall-dead-legendary-actress-was-8/

[Alloy Dave]

Yes I had not heard about her passing. RIP.

[Joe G]

Great James Bond villain. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/09/10/richard-kiel-dead-jaws-from-james-bond-movies-was-74/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64yHgoQMQVM


And of course he was great in Happy Gilmore. :rofl3:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwpXT0J-yA

[68fastback]

Great James Bond villain. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/09/10/richard-kiel-dead-jaws-from-james-bond-movies-was-74/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64yHgoQMQVM




That was a GREAT set of clips !!

[Joe G]

That was a GREAT set of clips !!

:uwelcome:

[Tommy Gun]

Clips?

You sure they weren't magazines? :look:

[68fastback]

...talking about the Bond video clips...

[Tommy Gun]

Oh, thought we we're talking about the magazines he carries... Lol

[68fastback]

Henchmen Weekly? :grin:

[Joe G]

Henchmen Weekly? :grin:

:spitcopy:

[twobjshelbys]

So long Elly Mae:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/01/02/beverly-hillbillies-star-donna-douglas-dead-at-81-reports-say/

[Joe G]

Cutie with a gun. :wtg:



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cIEJkD82e60/TFLGSQU0fMI/AAAAAAAADVY/oNdpN-QX3mY/s1600/Ellie+Mae.png

[Tommy Gun]

Played in some movie before my time then nothing else?

[Grabber]

Cutie with a gun. :wtg:



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cIEJkD82e60/TFLGSQU0fMI/AAAAAAAADVY/oNdpN-QX3mY/s1600/Ellie+Mae.png

Very cute girl. Perfect figure.

[Carnut]

I hadn]t realized she was 81.

[Highwayman]

I hadn]t realized she was 81.

Black and White was a long long long time ago :tease2:

[68fastback]

then and just before (http://cringefringe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Elly-Mae-Clampett-Today.png)...

[Joe G]

I hadn]t realized she was 81.

Yeah... still a young whipper snapper compared to you.

[Tommy Gun]

Black and White was a long long long time ago :tease2:



:rofl3:

[Carnut]

Black and White was a long long long time ago :tease2:


Yeah... still a young whipper snapper compared to you.

:furious:

[Joe G]

:furious:
:goodpost:

[twobjshelbys]

Lesley Gore

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/16/it-my-party-singer-lesley-gore-dies-at-68/

[68fastback]

Wow! Hadn't heard that ...she's only two years older than I am. She grew up in the village adjoining where my cousin lived in NJ and I met her when I was 13 or 14 after she sang the national anthem at the July 4th fireworks display. She was already singing for a while but it was just before she made it really big, I think. One of those performers who never let her fame go to her head -- just a nice kid from suburbia who could really sing!

[twobjshelbys]

Mr Spock. Probably no rescue this time.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/02/27/leonard-nimoy-spock-star-trek-dead-at-83/

[Alloy Dave]

I liked Star Trek as a kid. RIP Leonard.

[Carnut]

Enjoyed a lot of Star Trek, RIP.

[Grabber]

In the 70's me and my 2 brothers used to really enjoy watching Star Trek with my Dad. Memories to cherish. RIP sir.

[68fastback]

RIP ...he was a big part of making it all work...

[68fastback]

Just one more reason why EVERYONE should get an annual skin cancer check..

Jimmy Greenspoon, the keyboardist for rock band Three Dog Night, has died. He was 67.
Greenspoon's agent, Chris Burke, says he died Wednesday of cancer his home in North Potomac, Maryland.
The keyboardist joined the rock band in 1968 and had been working with them until last October, when he took a medical leave of absence to pursue treatment for metastatic melanoma.

RIP JG...

[twobjshelbys]

BB King died today. There was a fair amount of drama here because he lived in Vegas and there was some sort of power struggle over life support etc.

I remember my daughter and a friend of hers asking if they could go to a concert to see "some old black guy they heard and liked". It was at Fiddler's Green in Denver, a fair drive from our place. It was BB King and I told both girls if they wanted to go see him I would pay for their tickets. They were amazed at him. I think they were 15 or so.

[68fastback]

What a great musician and player!
I've always been amazed how he can work a fretboarrd as he does with fingers that are twice the diameter of mine!
He is so loved by so many in the music industry.
RIP

---

Ben E. King died two weeks ago; now B.B. King -- wonder how Carole King is feeling :shades:

[Joe G]

Saw him once at a House of Blues. He wasn't scheduled to play but said after hearing the first band play he "felt the music that had to get out tonight" and asked the Manager if he could play a few songs.

Amazing night I won't forget. :git:

[68fastback]

...today I watched about 8 different performances of The Thrill Is Gone -- some played on his black Gibson ES-355 -- the quintessential incarnation of "Lucille" ...he played many Gibsons over the decades including many early ones, but the ones he loved most seemed to be his ES-335, 345 and black 355 -- he was surely in love with that last Lucille. Even as late as 2013 he still had "it" and could make Lucille speak the blues so gently and with such emotion as few others ever could ...often while sitting down -- the sheer energy of the emotion causin him to sweat profusely under the lights. There will simply never be another blues artist like him. One of a kind.

[Joe G]

BB King died today. There was a fair amount of drama here because he lived in Vegas and there was some sort of power struggle over life support etc.

I remember my daughter and a friend of hers asking if they could go to a concert to see "some old black guy they heard and liked". It was at Fiddler's Green in Denver, a fair drive from our place. It was BB King and I told both girls if they wanted to go see him I would pay for their tickets. They were amazed at him. I think they were 15 or so.

:nonono:


http://news.yahoo.com/b-b-king-death-investigated-homicide-013348501.html

[68fastback]

Yeah, saw that on the news -- will be interesting to see what they find. I wonder what their motive was tho.

[Tommy Gun]

:(


http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chris-squire-dies-yes/

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[68fastback]

RIP ;-( ...great band and great musician.

[Alloy Dave]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

[Orf]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

Condolences, Dave.

[HSURB]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

Dave:

I'm very sorry for your loss. I can't believe I just read this.

HSURB®

[68fastback]

Dave, so sorry to hear this -- may she RIP.

[Tommy Gun]

Sorry to hear this Dave. :(

.

[CH53Driver]

Sorry for your loss Dave.

[Carnut]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

I am really sorry to hear this. Moms are very close and I know you are hurting, my thoughts are with you. Grieve and remember all of the good things she gave you.

[Boston Mike]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

Condolences Dave.

It's hard to believe that it's been over 12 years since my mom passed away (and harder to see how much my dad has aged over those 12 years..........he will be 77 in October). When my mom passed, by niece asked a very interesting question (she was 6/7 at the time): "How old is Grammy now that she is in Heaven?" I share that, as it really made us think of when she was probably happiest and not think so much about the loss.

[twobjshelbys]

Very sorry to hear.

[Joe G]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

So very sorry to hear Dave. You've had one heck of a year so far. I don't know what words to say besides I'll pray for you and your family. :pray:

[Shelby-Don]

Sorry to hear this Dave, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Alloy Dave]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers...it means a lot.

My mom had a very tough life, especially the last half of it. She was diagnosed with a mental illness in her mid '20s and spent scattered times in mental hospitals. She was a "functioning" mental patient...so long as she took her medicines she was able to function ok in society and lived on her own after my parents' divorce when I was a teenager...until she was about 65 years old. At that time, she was confined to a "controlled" nursing home where they limit egress, and became a ward of the state. She has been in poor health for a number of years. It was very difficult over the past 4-5 years, as she had dementia and although she knew who I was...it was not uncommon for her to wander off in her thinking in her later years. She was a gifted artist...too bad I never got any of that.

The below photo is a lunchsack from Christmas about 6-7 years ago. This is not a kit or stencil...she drew with colored pencils one such sack for each of us kids and had a box of candy in it...that was our gift from her. Even through her illness, she was able to do things like this...it was one of the few enjoyments she had in the last 20 years of her life along with having us visit her in the nursing home.
14042

[onecrazydog]

That's a nice keepsake Dave... You should put in a frame...

[Tommy Gun]

:goodpost:

[Joe G]

Great mememto. Mom liked cooking and always wore an apron. We'd tease her about it, but it was just "her". She gave me one a while ago and I rarely wore it, until recently when I found it in a box. I feel connected to her when I wear it now.

[Alloy Dave]

RIP Kenny Stabler "The Snake"

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13230192/ken-stabler-former-oakland-raiders-quarterback-dies

[Gr8snkbite]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

So sorry Dave, our condolences...

[Alloy Dave]

So sorry Dave, our condolences...

Thanks Keith

[HSURB]

RIP to Greg Zimmerman (Chris Cakes). What a great Shelby Fan. God Speed.

HSURB®

[Joe G]

RIP to Greg Zimmerman (Chris Cakes). What a great Shelby Fan. God Speed.

HSURB®

What a fun guy. RIP


http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/JoeG_09/ShelbyFest%202009/Shelbyfest2009007.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/JoeG_09/media/ShelbyFest%202009/Shelbyfest2009007.jpg.html)


http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/JoeG_09/ShelbyFest%202009/Shelbyfest2009010.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/JoeG_09/media/ShelbyFest%202009/Shelbyfest2009010.jpg.html)

[Boston Mike]

rip to greg zimmerman (chris cakes). What a great shelby fan. God speed.

Hsurb®

amen

[68fastback]

Wow!! Such a young guy ...RIP.

[Tommy Gun]

What happened to this guy?

[Tommy Gun]

:waiting2:

[HSURB]

What happened to this guy?

He chose to take his own life.

HSURB®

[Tommy Gun]

:(

[Alloy Dave]

Oh wow, I had not heard...RIP Greg Z. He always made breakfast so fun.

[68fastback]

I knew a kid in grammar school -- seemed like one of the happiest kids in my class ...hung himslef ...could not believe it ...still can't. I guess you can never really tell ...how sad. His name was Greg too.

[ati]

RIP Clara Alma Rosenberger.

My mom died today.

Just seen this Dave,
I'm very sorry for your loss.

[Alloy Dave]

Just seen this Dave,
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thanks Alan.

[onecrazydog]

I knew a kid in grammar school -- seemed like one of the happiest kids in my class ...hung himslef ...could not believe it ...still can't. I guess you can never really tell ...how sad.

I can't come up with sympathy for people who commit suicide, sure their pain and suffering is done, but what about the family and friends left behind... To me it seems selfish...

[68fastback]

I can't come up with sympathy for people who commit suicide, sure their pain and suffering is done, but what about the family and friends left behind... To me it seems selfish...

I agree. It is selfish and uncaring -- and seemed incomprehensible even when I was a kid. But people having such mental problems are surely not thinking right.

[Boston Mike]

I agree. It is selfish and uncaring -- and seemed incomprehensible even when I was a kid. But people having such mental problems are surely not thinking right.

methinks some are generalizing the issue. None of us know what was going on here. To sit and call someone selfish and uncaring is just another form of lacking compassion. Yes, the family and friends they leave behind have A LOT to deal with without such public scorn............it's usually the hardest part for them to get over. Try walking in one's shoes before casting judgement....................:rantoff:

[onecrazydog]

methinks some are generalizing the issue. None of us know what was going on here. To sit and call someone selfish and uncaring is just another form of lacking compassion. Yes, the family and friends they leave behind have A LOT to deal with without such public scorn............it's usually the hardest part for them to get over. Try walking in one's shoes before casting judgement....................:rantoff:

Totally generalizing... I also have a ton of compassion, just not going to direct it at someone who took the easy way out imo...

When I first bought my house it had a single car garage, and I had two roommates... I came home one day and went out to the garage to get something and found one of them and her car in the garage... When it clicked in what was going on, I went to shake her awake but rigamortis had already set in... Then watching her parents have to bury their daughter...

I couldn't go back in there for almost a year, and even then still smelled the carbon monoxide in my head because no one else did... I finally tore it down and built this one...

A good friend who was 18 at the time, went home one day for lunch and found his Dad in a closet with his brains blown out... All people do that kill themselves, is pass their suffering onto others to deal with... I have compassion for the demons people have to deal with, but not the actions some take...

[HSURB]

Wow OCD. You were in a crazy wreck also if I remember right. Life is short.

HSURB®

[Joe G]

... I came home one day and went out to the garage to get something and found one of them and her car in the garage... When it clicked in what was going on, I went to shake her awake but rigamortis had already set in... Then watching her parents have to bury their daughter...

I couldn't go back in there for almost a year, and even then still smelled the carbon monoxide in my head because no one else did... I finally tore it down and built this one...

I can't imagine what you felt Stacey. :hug:

[Carnut]

I have had to deal with a few suicides in all my many years.

In one case, a neighbor chose to end it in the front seat of a 64 Chevy Impala via carbon monoxide. I heard his wife screaming and rushed over to see what was wrong. It was indeed devastating however I found later, the old guy had an incurable cancer and it was expected to be a pretty painful death. After I thought about it, I certainly see why he made that choice. After the initial shock, the wife understood his decision as it was okay with her. He left a note, he didn't want to burden the wife with the huge medical costs and the daily pain of him withering away. Hardly totally selfish.

Another incident, quite different, a younger relative, had substance abuse problems. She was a mom but seemed not shake her abuse, her husband divorced her and had custody of the child. She had been battling to get her child back and was refused by the court. One night, she shot herself while under the influence. It was devastating for everyone, especially her kid. I believe this was a substance induced episode that should not have happened, but it did. Who knows what she was thinking at the time.

Two different suicides, two different reasons. One that most people accept and the other not.

My point is, you gotta walk the walk before you can judge. Maybe they were selfish and maybe not.

[Tommy Gun]

I can't come up with sympathy for people who commit suicide, sure their pain and suffering is done, but what about the family and friends left behind... To me it seems selfish...

It is selfish, that's why it's called suicide, else it would be a homicide. :look:

[Boston Mike]

I have had to deal with a few suicides in all my many years.

In one case, a neighbor chose to end it in the front seat of a 64 Chevy Impala via carbon monoxide. I heard his wife screaming and rushed over to see what was wrong. It was indeed devastating however I found later, the old guy had an incurable cancer and it was expected to be a pretty painful death. After I thought about it, I certainly see why he made that choice. After the initial shock, the wife understood his decision as it was okay with her. He left a note, he didn't want to burden the wife with the huge medical costs and the daily pain of him withering away. Hardly totally selfish.

Another incident, quite different, a younger relative, had substance abuse problems. She was a mom but seemed not shake her abuse, her husband divorced her and had custody of the child. She had been battling to get her child back and was refused by the court. One night, she shot herself while under the influence. It was devastating for everyone, especially her kid. I believe this was a substance induced episode that should not have happened, but it did. Who knows what she was thinking at the time.

Two different suicides, two different reasons. One that most people accept and the other not.

My point is, you gotta walk the walk before you can judge. Maybe they were selfish and maybe not.

:thumbsups:

That's my point. No one here knows what drove him to this.....................and maybe we won't know. Calling him selfish with no basis upon which to make that judgement is callous IMO.

[onecrazydog]

Wow OCD. You were in a crazy wreck also if I remember right. Life is short.

HSURB®

Yes, head on collision at highway speeds... Both drivers died, so I got off pretty easy with a screwed up back and some nerve damage...

[CH53Driver]

This is a depressing thread.

[Carnut]

Cheers :tease2:

[KC BadCat]

Both Gregg and his wife were dealing with many issues, financial and health etc, and appeared to be on the verge of ending their marriage over some of it. I think it is possible that he was also bipolar, but don't quote me on that. I will be at the service in Louisburg, KS this sat at 10 am....and if a couple of folks who might know him better can shed light, I will share if appropriate. Gregg wore many hats, and left the air force at the rank of captain after 10 years. He piloted those big ass planes that transport trucks, tanks, etc. and will be buried at Fort Leavenworth. He was an amazing guy.

[papashelby]

This is a depressing thread.

Exactly why I have never opened it ... until today. Guess I'm a wimp. With that said, I'm sorry for everyone's losses.

[twobjshelbys]

Jack Larson, aka Superman's Jimmy Olsen

http://metv.com/stories/jack-larson-televisions-first-jimmy-olsen-dies-at-87

[68fastback]

...every superhero needs someone like him -- RIP J.O.

[twobjshelbys]

Another article

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/09/21/adventures-superman-actor-jack-larson-dies-at-87/

[twobjshelbys]

Maureen O'Hara, one of my favorite actresses passed away today at 95.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/10/24/maureen-ohara-spirited-movie-star-dies-at-5/

My favorite movies were the ones with John Wayne, especially The Quiet Man and McClintock.

She was Esmerelda in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

So long Red.

[68fastback]

Yeah, I saw that on the news ...amazing actress!!! 95! God bless!

[twobjshelbys]

Former actor and US Senator Fred Thompson dies at 73

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/01/fred-thompson-former-us-senator-dead-at-73/

[Alloy Dave]

RIP Fred. Wasn't he also an actor?

[Tommy Gun]

RIP Fred. Wasn't he also an actor?

Guessing you just skim and don't actually read posts? :shades:

.

[tekheavy]

Let's not forget about Al from Happy Days.

http://www.people.com/article/happy-days-star-al-molinaro-dead

[68fastback]

RIP Fred. Wasn't he also an actor?

...and does the reverse-mortgage commercials

RIP Fred.

[Tommy Gun]

Let's not forget about Al from Happy Days.

http://www.people.com/article/happy-days-star-al-molinaro-dead

:(

.

[HSURB]

Lets not forget the New York Mets. RIP

HSURB®

[Joe G]

Lets not forget the New York Mets. RIP

HSURB®
:spitcopy:

[68fastback]

:rofl3: ...they got whumped! ;-(

[tekheavy]

Lets not forget the New York Mets. RIP

HSURB®

Ouch.

[Darkside]

Lets not forget the New York Mets. RIP

HSURB®

and the NY J-E-T-S

[tekheavy]

and the NY J-E-T-S

Maybe we should throw the Giants in there too. :popcorn:

[Alloy Dave]

Guessing you just skim and don't actually read posts? :shades:

.:oops:

[Alloy Dave]

and the NY J-E-T-S
:webers:

[Carnut]

We all should remember George Barris. He passed yesterday. Here is a link............http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/11/05/george-barris-creator-tv-original-batmobile-has-died/?intcmp=hplnws

He was the "King" when I was a kid.

[twobjshelbys]

We all should remember George Barris. He passed yesterday. Here is a link............http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/11/05/george-barris-creator-tv-original-batmobile-has-died/?intcmp=hplnws

He was the "King" when I was a kid.

Pretty much any TV show that had a car in it was his

Batmobile
Black Beauty
Munsters hearse
Beverly Hillbillies truck
Mannix

etc
etc

[68fastback]

This isn't an individual RIP, but RIP for an era -- the 50s and 60s <sigh> What a great time it was to grow up!! :banana:

Us 'vintage guys' will enjoy it ;-)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDc0ID6PJeg

[Carnut]

The girls back then dressed up so nice back then too. Now the have blue hair, and that's the young ones.

[68fastback]

...and pierced ...well ...everything! :rofl3:

[Carnut]

and tattoos galore.

[68fastback]

...those everywhere too -lol

[Tommy Gun]

You two talking about Badgirl? :look:

[twobjshelbys]

Marjorie Lord, Make Room For Daddy star, passes at 97

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/12/marjorie-lord-obituary-make-room-daddy-star

My wife and I watch the oldies TV channel COZI and Danny Thomas is on mid afternoon. It's a great show that I wish the style of which would come back today.

[68fastback]

I remember that series -- a classic!

RIP.

[twobjshelbys]

I remember that series -- a classic!

RIP.

One episode last week had Danny meeting an old time Vaudeville comedian and convinced him to do his show at the Copa. Well, the actor was real (although the situation was contrived) and the schtick they did was the "Slowly I turn...Niagra Falls" routine. The old Vaudeville guy was Joey Faye who (among a short list) claimed to have invented the routine. My favorite was always the Three Stooges version.

[68fastback]

Joey Palladino. That was back when an Italian last name was a liability. He also invented the Susquehanna Hat Company routine that Abbott and Costello (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZV5g1CNZM)did.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZV5g1CNZM :rofl3:

[twobjshelbys]

Meadowlark Lemon

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/12/28/harlem-globetrotters-star-meadowlark-lemon-dies-at-83.html?intcmp=hpbt4

I remember watching them every year on the ABC Wide World Of Sports show. I liked that show too bad it's not on any more.

[Carnut]

I saw Meadowlark a few times when I was kid. He was astounding, what he could do with basketball was amazing. He did more for race relations than our Racist in Chief has or will ever do.

[Alloy Dave]

I saw Meadowlark a few times when I was kid. He was astounding, what he could do with basketball was amazing. He did more for race relations than our Racist in Chief has or will ever do.
squirells and birds together....strange things in this world.

[Carnut]

squirells and birds together....strange things in this world.

Not that strange, Snow White.

[68fastback]

Meadowlark Lemon was a truly amazing player ...NJ Generals, I think ...they did mostly exhibition games with lots of 'stunts' in the mix but were outstanding players ...saw him play a couple of times as a kid/teen ...had to be well into his 80s now? What a nice person too! Always took time to talk to the kids and fans. RIP...

[twobjshelbys]

So long Trapper John

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/12/31/wayne-rogers-trapper-john-on-mash-dies-at-82/?intcmp=hpbt4

I'll really miss him. MASH is one of my favorites. I recorded the "final episode" from MeTV and will watch it again when I'm feeling blue (even though Trapper isn't in it).

[68fastback]

Natalie Cole (Nat "King" Cole's daughter) died today ...she was 65. They didn't mention the cause on the news but she had lifelong kidney problems so that may be it.

Talented singer and I especially liked the duet she recorded 'with' her dad (deceased at the time) using the magic of the recording studio medium and some vintage material. I also loved her dad's singing and, tho he was primarily a singer, he was also a recording perfectionist who did much of his recording in his own studio which enabled the most excellent postmortem duet album.

RIP Natalie.

[Alloy Dave]

65 is too young to die. Many of us are approaching that age too fast. Live hard, love a lot, and laugh at everyone including yourself...while you can.

[68fastback]

Amen to that, Dave!

[Carnut]

65 is too young to die. Many of us are approaching that age too fast. Live hard, love a lot, and laugh at everyone including yourself...while you can.

Some have already passed it.

[Joe G]

Some have already passed it more than 100 years ago.

:look:

[Carnut]

:look:

Quit picking on Dan.

[Joe G]

Quit picking on Dan.
:oops:

[68fastback]

Some have already passed it.

...only the truly wise :biggrin:

[HSURB]

The Ambulance just picked up my neighbor. He's 92. Hope everything is fine.

HSURB®

[68fastback]

Hope so, Tim :pray:

[Joe G]

The Ambulance just picked up my neighbor. He's 92. Hope everything is fine.

HSURB®

:pray:

[Joe G]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872

[twobjshelbys]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872


David Bowie

Another notice

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/11/rock-star-david-bowie-dead-cancer-at-age-6/?intcmp=hpbt1

[Shlbylvr]

One of my all time fave musicians.

����

[68fastback]

RIP David. Definitely some good tunes.

Strange dude for sure too.

Only 69 y.o. ;-(

[Alloy Dave]

David Bowie

Another notice

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/11/rock-star-david-bowie-dead-cancer-at-age-6/?intcmp=hpbt1He was a strange guy, as most great artists are. He was the kind of guy where I disliked much of his music but he had 3-4 songs that I really loved. RIP David.

[twobjshelbys]

He was a strange guy, as most great artists are. He was the kind of guy where I disliked much of his music but he had 3-4 songs that I really loved. RIP David.

Sort of here too. As I think about it there are lots of artists that I think of that way. I never cared much for Micheal Jackson, yet his Thriller and Billie Jean were brilliant. Alice Cooper and Madonna too.

Did you ever see Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth? Definitely strange.

[JTB]

The Serious Moonlight and Glass Spider Concerts in Toronto :canada: were both epic!

Legendary musician and showman and a quality actor too.

R.I.P. David


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptc5EcJdb9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptc5EcJdb9w

Great performance here, Heather Locklear's introduction is a bonus. :smile:

[68fastback]

Bowie recorded his Heathen album here on Tonche mountain at Allaire studios -- the old Glen Tonche estate bilt by the Pitciarns of PPG Glass fame.

I toured the place with some friends in 1995 before the sale ...considering it was built on the top of a small mountain in 1929 it is an awesome place ...complete with amenities like full indoor basketball court ...and the 'road' up to it was so difficult to put in that Pitcairn has to convince his friends-in-high-places to put a US Weather Service station just off the peak so they had to maintain access for them (clever, eh?) Anyhow, one of the many recording studios in this area ...the Catskills were historically the playground of the rich and famous so you have some of these old extravagant places sprinkled in an are of relative 'mountain-folk' poverty. Then, when IBM arrived in the mid-50s you had the middle class explosion in the valley ...three very different 'communities'

[Joe G]

Another great actor that cancer has taken too soon. Didn't even know he was sick. :nonono:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/14/alan-rickman-star-stage-and-harry-potter-dead-at-6/


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03549/Alan_Rickman_Harry_3549327b.jpg


https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/hans.jpg


https://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-ec7cab9f018c794cd50cd08f5d032da2?convert_to_webp=t rue

[Tommy Gun]

I was going to text you this early this morning, but didn't think you even knew him since most here shun Harry Potter movies which he was probably most known for....

[HSURB]

Hans Gruber

[Tommy Gun]

Hans Gruber


That's a good one ! :wtg:

[Joe G]

I was going to text you this early this morning, but didn't think you even knew him since most here shun Harry Potter movies which he was probably most known for....

I have kids. Of course I've seen all the HP movies.

[Joe G]

Hans Gruber

Probably the first time I remember him in a movie.

And one of my favorites.

[Joe G]

Probably the first time I remember him in a movie.

And one of my favorites.

https://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/die-hards-director-tricked-alan-180811170.html

[twobjshelbys]

The Stock Market. It was on life support over the past few weeks but I think it died today.

[Carnut]

It will go through it death throws for a while and miraculously come back to life.

[Tommy Gun]

Here goes my 401K again, it was just recovering from 6 months ago. :nonono:

[68fastback]

Actually the markets have not truly recovered from 8 years ago ...since 'money printing' has devalued what we have left ...even if it looks like more numerically -lol
It's amazing how there's so little inflation :innocent: yet everything costs so much more* ...must be Obama's funny math. :shades:

(*except fuel, which he's now taking credit for but which he's done virtually everything he can to make more expensive so alternatives can look like a good deal, yet, to his chagrin, fracking supplies and a weak economy have driven the cost down, compounded by the mid-east pumping more and driving the price down further so they preserve some semblance of steady income).

[68fastback]

Dan Haggerty died today ...wonder who will take care of the bear?

RIP Dan.

[Joe G]

Here goes my 401K again, it was just recovering from 6 months ago. :nonono:

Unless you're retiring now, don't worry about it. In fact, it's good since you can now buy more at a lower price = making more when you actually retire down the road.

All markets have eventually rebounded. Have no reason to believe it won't rebound again.

[Shelby-Don]

With all the tools OCD purchases I'm thinking Snap-On tools might be a good investmenthttp://stangsunited.com/images/smilies/new%20smilies2/moneyman.gif

[Tommy Gun]

Unless you're retiring now, don't worry about it. In fact, it's good since you can now buy more at a lower price = making more when you actually retire down the road.

All markets have eventually rebounded. Have no reason to believe it won't rebound again.


I'm not touching it. I did buy some elsewhere, hopefully it doesn't disappear too.

[Tommy Gun]

With all the tools OCD purchases I'm thinking Snap-On tools might be a good investmenthttp://stangsunited.com/images/smilies/new%20smilies2/moneyman.gif


:goodone:

[Carnut]

I'm not touching it. I did buy some elsewhere, hopefully it doesn't disappear too.

You really want to avoid buying high and selling low.

[Orf]

You really want to avoid buying high and selling low.

Buy when everyone else is selling. Don't buy when everyone else is buying.

[onecrazydog]

With all the tools OCD purchases I'm thinking Snap-On tools might be a good investmenthttp://stangsunited.com/images/smilies/new%20smilies2/moneyman.gif


That's why I bought company stocks... "Winning"

[Tommy Gun]

Buy when everyone else is selling. Don't buy when everyone else is buying.


ORF ? :faint:

[Joe G]

Another taken by cancer.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/15/grizzly-adams-star-dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/

[Carnut]

This thread is too depressing, I'm going to quit looking at it.

[twobjshelbys]

This thread is too depressing, I'm going to quit looking at it.

I used to think that and then I got a little older and realized I will sooner or later be one of them.

Then I also remembered that there our kids will be having these same discussions about the celebrities they grew up with.

These days when I watch an old show I haven't seen for a while I go to the "who from this show is still alive". Sadly, it's fewer and fewer. Check out one of the funniest shows ever - SOAP - and not many around any more. Barny Miller was on the other night, not many left. Andy Griffith, Hogan's Heroes, Charlies Angels, even Baywatch. Sigh.


It's a classic implementation of sliding window flow control.

[68fastback]

Another taken by cancer.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/15/grizzly-adams-star-dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/

:-(

(that's so post #190 :giggle:)

[68fastback]

I used to think that and then I got a little older and realized I will sooner or later be one of them.

Then I also remembered that there our kids will be having these same discussions about the celebrities they grew up with.

These days when I watch an old show I haven't seen for a while I go to the "who from this show is still alive". Sadly, it's fewer and fewer. Check out one of the funniest shows ever - SOAP - and not many around any more. Barny Miller was on the other night, not many left. Andy Griffith, Hogan's Heroes, Charlies Angels, even Baywatch. Sigh.


It's a classic implementation of sliding window flow control.


Each show is not unlike the pig-in-a-python 'baby boomer' effect.

[Joe G]

:-(

(that's so post #190 :giggle:)

Dang it, that's twice I did that with your posts this week. :banghead:

[68fastback]

Dang it, that's twice I did that with your posts this week. :banghead:

:giggle: ...I'm honored! ;-)

[Joe G]

:giggle: ...I'm honored! ;-)

:webers:

[Tommy Gun]

I used to think that and then I got a little older and realized I will sooner or later be one of them.

Then I also remembered that there our kids will be having these same discussions about the celebrities they grew up with.

These days when I watch an old show I haven't seen for a while I go to the "who from this show is still alive". Sadly, it's fewer and fewer. Check out one of the funniest shows ever - SOAP - and not many around any more. Barny Miller was on the other night, not many left. Andy Griffith, Hogan's Heroes, Charlies Angels, even Baywatch. Sigh.


It's a classic implementation of sliding window flow control.


I remember SOAP, man was that funny!

Use to kill me when that guy would click his fingers then think he was invisible everytime he didn't want to face a stressful situation. :rofl3:

[Carnut]

I remember SOAP, man was that funny!

Use to kill me when that guy would click his fingers then think he was invisible everytime he didn't want to face a stressful situation. :rofl3:

I do that a lot. :sofa:

[Shlbylvr]

RIP Glenn Frey.

One of my fave musicians.

[twobjshelbys]

RIP Glenn Frey.

One of my fave musicians.


The Eagles were my favorite group

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/18/glenn-frey-founding-member-eagles-dead-at-67/?intcmp=hpbt4

Frey and Debbie Harry were actors in a story arc (Dead Dog Records) of Wiseguy (starring Ken Wahl). Due to rights on the music from the story the episodes were never part of the DVD or syndication.

I saw The Eagles 4 times in the past two tours, and skipped the last show in Vegas just a few months ago because it hadn't been that long. Their music never gets old.

[Joe G]

Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvNtAVZyOc

[Tommy Gun]

They're dropping like flies! :rant:

[68fastback]

RIP Glenn Frey.

One of my fave musicians.


The Eagles were my favorite group

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/18/glenn-frey-founding-member-eagles-dead-at-67/?intcmp=hpbt4

Frey and Debbie Harry were actors in a story arc (Dead Dog Records) of Wiseguy (starring Ken Wahl). Due to rights on the music from the story the episodes were never part of the DVD or syndication.

I saw The Eagles 4 times in the past two tours, and skipped the last show in Vegas just a few months ago because it hadn't been that long. Their music never gets old.

So sad -- awesome musician!! Love the Eagles ...one of the very best bands of all time

RIP Glenn :-(

[Grabber]

Jimmy Bain was a true musician and songwriter. He was involved and wrote more than u probably imagine. He was only 68 years old.

RIP Jimmy thanks for the music. !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-sNGXRfQ-E&amp;feature=youtu.be

[68fastback]

RIP JB.

I like Thin Lizzy ...they played here in 2013.

[HSURB]

Abe Vigoda aka "Barney Miller" checked out last night.

HSURB®

[twobjshelbys]

Abe Vigoda aka "Barney Miller" checked out last night.

HSURB®


I just heard it on the news.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/26/barney-miller-actor-abe-vigoda-dies-at-4/

[Joe G]

He went against the Family and had to be taken care of. :bigboss:



http://youtu.be/d30Y0n1nDH4

[68fastback]

I've been to his old summer house in CT many times ...my friend's dad bought it from him in the 70s. Modest little lake house.

RIP Abe!

[Carnut]

He looked 90 fifty years ago. Sorry but I calls em as I sees em.

[Joe G]

I looked 90 fifty years ago. Sorry but I calls em as I sees em.

:bigboss2:

[Carnut]

:bigboss2:

I keel you , infidel.

[68fastback]

He looked 90 fifty years ago. Sorry but I calls em as I sees em.

:lol: For sure ...but a funny dude!

[68fastback]

Joe Alaskey, voice of Looney Tunes characters since Mel Blanc died in 1989, dead at 63.
(http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/joe-alaskey-voice-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-dead-age-63-article-1.2519738)
Used to watch Looney Tunes all the time as a kid!!

...some real vintage Looney Tunes ;-) :rofl3:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=looney+tunes+youtube&FORM=HDRSC3

[Tommy Gun]

Who you calling looney tunes? :rant:

.

[Carnut]

Shhhh.......be veeery veeery quiet. I'm hunting wabbits.

[68fastback]

thuffering thuccotash :rofl3:

[Carnut]

:rofl:

[68fastback]

:webers: ;-)

[Tommy Gun]

:(



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mirra


.

[68fastback]

Wow!! Shot himself in the head at 43! ...how sad.

[The Bone]

These are the folks that some of us watched as kids and grew up with. I wonder how much time i have left. 80 is not that far and most of these people didn't make that far.

[Carnut]

These are the folks that some of us watched as kids and grew up with. I wonder how much time i have left. 80 is not that far and most of these people didn't make that far.

Stop it. Your depressing me.

[68fastback]

:lol:

[Tommy Gun]

These are the folks that some of us watched as kids and grew up with. I wonder how much time i have left. 80 is not that far and most of these people didn't make that far.


I always assumed I'd die by 30, then 40 passed by... I guess I'm grateful to make it this far.

If I actually live to 70...80... I'll need Dave and HSURB to support me because I never prepared.... :(

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[68fastback]

Your story has touched my heart :shades:


Never have I felt more compassion since...













...the Clintons were down and out...













...with only four houses and $15-20M in liquid assets :haha:[J/K ;-)]

[Carnut]

I always assumed I'd die by 30, then 40 passed by... I guess I'm grateful to make it this far.

If I actually live to 70...80... I'll need Dave and HSURB to support me because I never prepared.... :(

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Shall I send a transport for all your cars now, or wait a few more weeks.

[HSURB]

Shall I send a transport for all your cars now, or wait a few more weeks.

I think you meant two transports.

HSURB®

[Carnut]

:doh2:

[onecrazydog]

i always assumed i'd die by 30, then 40 passed by... I guess i'm grateful to make it this far.



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same here!!

[68fastback]

I'm down with the grateful part but never thought that I'd die by 30 :doh:

[onecrazydog]

I was pretty lucky to even make it to 20... Had a few close calls...

[Carnut]

Same here.

[68fastback]

I was almost killed when I was 18 but I never thought about dying by a particular age.
...when it's time, it's time.
In the meantime, I'm grateful and give thanks for every day.

[Tommy Gun]

same here!!



:webers:

[Tommy Gun]

I'm down with the grateful part but never thought that I'd die by 30 :doh:


I was serious.

[Tommy Gun]

I was almost killed when I was 18 but I never thought about dying by a particular age.
...when it's time, it's time.
In the meantime, I'm grateful and give thanks for every day.



I give thanks too.


And give thanks for everyone I have met, though they wish they never met me back. LOL

[68fastback]

I was serious.

Never doubted that ...but you didn't say why ...and I wasn't going to ask since it seemed personal -- and you'd presumably have shared it if you wanted anyone to know :shades:


I give thanks too.


And give thanks for everyone I have met, though they wish they never met me back. LOL

:doh: ...or do they? ...or do you just think they think that :shades:


I guess that's two things I've just never thought about :rofl3:

[Tommy Gun]

Guess I just think that since no one has expressed care...but that is the problem w impersonal internet interaction.

[Tommy Gun]

Never doubted that ...but you didn't say why ...and I wasn't going to ask since it seemed personal -- and you'd presumably have shared it if you wanted anyone to know...


I don't know. Just a personal feeling I've always had I guess. Kinda bad if you think about it, me having a family and all. But just a feeling down inside that keeps me on edge of not fearing if I die tonight or tomorrow or in 10 years...I know where I'm going and guess just not scared of being on the next bus...despise this world and know I can't change it....I try to make the best of it...

Said too much lol


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