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jonnycantdo


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I remember it....I was like 12 but I remember it well...I remember when Nixon resigned when Onassis died and when Elvis died.

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I'll add both Shuttle losses, Kennedy assassination, MLK, RFK, I can probably think of others that I knew where I was.

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Easy Cy, easy... Ya might wanna limit yourself ta one at a time, since there is NO prize for reporting multiple deaths as coming in threes. Nope! Ya might consult with the Splooge Brothers about BJPC rules. Which reminds me, haven't you already won twice before?



-- Edited by Uke on Friday 16th of August 2019 02:38:44 PM

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And they were singin,

"Bye Bye Miss American Pie",

Drove my Chevy to the Levy,

But, the Levy was dry.

Them good ol boys were drinkin Wiskey and Rye,

Singin "This will be the day that I die". 



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Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it was way passed in the past events. Meanwhile, in current events:

https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/16/peter-fonda-dead-dies/



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That is sad there.....I thought Pete would outlive me!

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Well too bad about Peter Fonda. I always liked his "Ulee's Gold" role. Opposite his dad in that one. One of his best. Almost got him an Oscar. Jack Nicholson in "Easy Rider" was his best ever. Hopper just played himself. Stoned the whole way...



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Just one year ago they took one of our sweetest, finest voices who'll never be forgotten... Aretha. The "Queen" of soul!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

Helluva loss around the world. That song "Respect" was written especially for Aretha by Otis Redding, another great voice!



-- Edited by Uke on Friday 16th of August 2019 06:56:24 PM

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Otis wrote that song about being on tour and coming home and wanting a little respect from his wife. Didn't have anything to do with Aretha but when Otis heard her version, he said she'd made it her own.

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Maybe this will start a trend. Like rich, old, 'CONservative' white guys. We are allowed to petition Gawd with preyer just in case...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/23/billionaire-industrialist-and-libertarian-activist-david-koch-dies.html

Buh-bye dickhead!



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My buddy, the retired CSX HAWG, who worked out of Etowah, TN, hired out on the L&N, retired off a yard job in Knoxville, died today after a long cancer fight. Met him nearly 30 years ago, I think.

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I'll bet he knew Rick Skidmore.
Another passing of something that will never be again.
My condolences.

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Rick was his LC, yes, he did. One of the many things we used to discuss.

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Phew... At least Danica survives! While this other gal, Jessi Combs not no more. Yep. She fucked up trying ta beat her own land speed record by going faster than ever! I think she's a "Darwin Award" winner nonetheless...

https://jalopnik.com/fastest-woman-on-four-wheels-jessi-combs-killed-in-jet-1837654356

Let's not forget what Danny the Tourettes Guy said..."I'd kill myself too, if my name was Combs!"

 

BTW... Jessi Combs met her demise over in Eastern Oregon. Just heard an update on local NPR affiliate KLCC

 

Kari Byron, another former star of "Mythbusters," remembered Combs for her toughness.

"So sad to hear about Jessi. She was a badass. Always pushing limits. Sending smiles into the universe for her," Byron said in a tweet.

Combs was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and lived in Long Beach, California, according to a biography on her racing team's website.

She not only appeared on Discovery's "Mythbusters" but also on the network's "Break Room," as well as "Overhaulin'" and "All Girls Garage" on Velocity.



-- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 28th of August 2019 05:42:07 PM



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Oilman T. Boone Pickens~dead at 91

"It has been one hell of a roller coaster ride," he wrote last year. "I've seen oil prices bounce around from $10 a barrel up to $147, down to $26 and now appear to be inching up ever so slowly. I'm ecstatic that I've hung on long enough to see it all unfold."


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