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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Jul 6 2014 9:06 AM

  garylewisgr:

  Sweetie Pie----You also could come north and visit your friendly Canadians ! LOL 

   

  Ahh, yes ! Gladly....what is more delightful this time of year than Banff Springs ?

  Hey Kat - That was a wonderful touch with the D of I bit...sweet! 0h...Huey Lewis, so fine

  July 6

  1747 - John Paul Jones ~ His hero status is of legend, but the finding, in France, of his buried body, it's identification, it's shipping to the US Navel Academy in Maryland by Congressional decree and push by Teddy Roosevelt for buriel in 1906, is a story even more interesting...I have the Congressional Publication (book). The details contained within are amazing.

  1781 - Stamford Ruffles ~ British Founder of Singapore

  1796 - Nicholas Pavlovitch ~ Tsar of Russia

  1832 - Maximilian I of Mexico ~ 1st & only Monarch of Mexico

  `~ Bye the Bye ~ 

  in 1189, Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England

  in 1483, Richard III is likewise crowned

  and in 1560. England & Scotland sign the Treaty of Edinburgh --- Ya, You Betcha

  in 1776, The Declaration of Independence makes the first page of "PA Evening Gazette"

  0h, in 1777, Brit General "Gentleman Jonny" Burgoyne, a natty, lover of poon-tang, drink, and finery, captures Fort Ticonderoga

  in 1848, Mexican-American War ends

  in 1885, Louis Pasteur tests successfully an anti-rabie vaccine

  0pps --- 1893 tORnaD0 blows tiny Pomery, Iowa to smitherines, without so much as a "by your leave" and kills 71 souls & gravely injures another 200 for g00d measure

  in 1935, The 35th US Open held at Inverness in Ohio is won by Billy Burke with a fine 292

  and in England, in 1956, Peter Thompson becomes the 85th British 0pen Champion at Hoylake shooting 286

  ~ See Ya ~  

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Jul 6 2014 10:17 AM

  6 July,

  Today's Tributes:

  • Bill Haley (1925 - 1981)
  • Laverne Sophia Andrews (1911 - 1967)

  Notables:

  • Former US President George W. Bush is 68
  • Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan is 93
  • Comedian Kevin Hart is 35
  • LA Laker Power Forward Pau Gasol is 34
  • The Dalai Lama is 79
  • Singer Della Reese is 83
  • Singer Kate Nash is 27
  • Merv Griffin (1925 - 2007)
  • Songwriter Libby Titus is 67
  • Drummer Louie Bellson (1924 - 2009)
  • Singer/Songwriter Nanci Griffith is 61

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Sylvester Stallone is 68
  • Tia and Tamera Mowry is 36
  • Becky and Milly Rosso is 20
  • Burt Ward is 69
  • Geoffrey Rush is 63
  • Jennifer Saunders is 56
  • Jeremy Suarez is 24
  • Janet Leigh (1927 - 2004)
  • Ned Beatty is 77
  • Shelley Hack is 67
  • William Schallert is 92
  • Adam Busch is 36
  • Allyce Beasley is 60

  Tribute Videos ...

  These are like before my uncle's time ... but extremely jazzy tunes.  I know I've heard these before ... hope they bring you FOPs some wonderful memories ...

  First off ... the oldest of the tunes today ... From the Andrews Sisters ...

  And now, a very popular tune by Bill Haley ...

  Finally, I'll leave you with this tune ... still a very popular phrase ... have a wonderful Sunday!

• garylewisgr 415 Posts

  Sun, Jul 6 2014 6:26 PM

    Hey Lily--Congratulations on the new niece ! A joy to behold !

    You mentioned Banff Springs---I presume you meant that grand old hotel?

    A long time ago I and a fellow co-worker had a small job there. We had to work way down in the basement where the columns hold up the building-----It was like a dark dungeon down there !  SPOOOOKY!!!

    When riding the elevator one of the maids said she was sure one of the rooms she was in was haunted!  SPOOOOKY !! 

    Needless to say we hurried up our job and got the h@ll out of there! LOL

    That was a long time ago though.

    PS- It always felt we were being watched !!

    Cheers  keep up the good work !        Gary

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Jul 7 2014 7:41 AM

  7 July,

  Tributes:

  • Drummer Ringo Starr is 74
  • Trumpet Player Doc Severinsen is 87

  Notables:

  • Guitarist Synyster Gates is 33
  • Singer Sevyn Streeter is 28
  • Comedian Jim Gaffigan is 48
  • MLB Hall-of-fame pitcher Satchel Paige (1906 - 1982)
  • Singer Cree Summer is 45
  • One of the best historical fiction authors, David McCullough is 81 ... check out John Adams or Morning on Horseback sometime!
  • Author Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Claire Holt is 26
  • Mia Mckenna-Bruce is 17
  • Jack Whitehall is 26
  • Jon Pertwee (1919-1996)
  • Dylan Sprayberry is 16
  • Allen Payne is 46
  • Kirsten Vangsness is 42
  • Jorja Fox is 46
  • Shelley Duvall is 65
  • Billy Campbell is 55
  • Christian Camargo is 43
  • Hamish Linklater is 38
  • Akiva Goldsman is 52
  • Julianna Guill is 27
  • Marika Dominczyk is 34

  Tribute Videos:

  Here's a song where Ringo is the lead singer with The Beatles ...

  and a song by Doc Severinsen  ...

   

  Have a nice day everyone!

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Jul 7 2014 10:39 AM

  July 7

  1055 - Shirakawa ~ Jap Emperor

  1119 -  Sutoku ~ Another Jap Emperor

  1528 - Anna of Austria ~ Duchess of Bavaria

  1586 - Thomas Howard ~ English Statesman of note

  1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard ` Loom inventor --- Ah, Jacquard...so fine

  1887 - Marc Chagall ~ Awesome Russian Artist

  1999 - George Cukor ~ Director / Producer

  ~ 0h, Bye the Bye ~

  in 1456, A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy...25 years after she was roasted

  ~Yipee !! in 1550, Chocolate is introduced to Europe

  Music ? in 1607, "God save the King" is 1st sung....a pretty catchy tune

  in 1668, Isaac Newton receives his MA

  in 1754, Kings College in NYC opens (Columbia)

  in 1802, !st Comic Book ---is published :- }

  0h My ~ in 1865, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt and David Herold climb the gallow steps in the Navy Prison Yard. They are all hooded, hands & feet tied. Mary get another tie-up around her dress so it won't fly up and expose naughty viewing. Lewis Powell's last words; "She's innocent!" Mary Surratt's last words; "Please don't let me fall". All four fell...6 feet. Mrs. Surratt's neck didn't break, so she dangles for 5 minutes. All are way, way dead. Mary Surratt is the 1st and only chick (at that time) to be executed. Reason ? They were all co-conspiritors in the killing of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, Good Friday, or the "Ides", for 'Julius Caesar' groupies. Their "wonderful' leader, the ego ridden, delusional, John Wilkes Booth,  had already been dispatched in a barn via a spectacular bullet shot that, with gorgeous precision, severed his spinal cord after entering his "Adams Apple" and rendered him "dead as a door-nail". 

  in 1875, Jesse James robs a train

  ~goin' to, St Andrews...Our St Andrews in 1939 to see Dick Burton (not the actor, duh) goose his way to a 290 to win the 74th British 0pen

  ~ Let us go to, TR00N ~ it is 1950 and Bobby Locke, a putting wizard, cobbles a 276 an gets the 'jug' at the 79th British 0pen

  1968, let's hear it for Susie Maxwell Berning, the 23rd US Womans Open Champ

  Oh, while the Hotel at Banff is stunning, the golf course is beauty by nature

  ~ see Ya ~ 

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Mon, Jul 7 2014 12:34 PM

  SweetiePie:

  hpurey:

  SweetiePie:

  HB to "Mellow Yellow" The Great HPUREY ! ( dude, post your best saved replay...free yellow friends await

  Thanks for the HB wishes to all that have.  

   

  Here is the most recent yelloway-replay.  It was my last effort to make the cut for qualifying.  Had a good start on the front 9 with a 28, but after a bogey and a few pars on the back, I needed to birdie the last 6 holes or so.  Had a string of decent putts drop for bird and then this.

  Check the view from camera 2. :(    Was all over from there, turned off the pc and grabbed a box of tissue. lol

   

  The balls I'm sending resemble a 'saffron' tint

   

  Here's a better replay :)   Got lucky, as I didn't pull the pin like I normally would.

  Or this one...   MASHED POTATOES!

  However, those 'saffron tinted' balls never showed up as far as I can tell.  No worries, but just wanted to make sure in case the proshop took the credits but never delivered them.  :)

   

   

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Jul 7 2014 4:02 PM

  hpurey:

  Or this one...   MASHED POTATOES!

  However, those 'saffron tinted' balls never showed up as far as I can tell.  No worries, but just wanted to make sure in case the proshop took the credits but never delivered them.  :)

  Oh My! a one foot putt for eagle is irrestible ! Beaut !

  And the balls...if you look at the Bug Log thread, specifically @ Gift "BUG" of 7-3, I bring notice to this exact situation. Being a simple A-L=C kind of girl with almost zero L; about the only other one I have is with you. As soon as I am allowed by WGT to gift the balls I will honor my word with happiness....Lily     

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Tue, Jul 8 2014 9:54 AM

  8 July,

  Today's tribute:

  One of many Country Western favorites of mine ... Toby Keith is 53 today!  (And while I don't drink, I do love this bar! lol.

  Notables:

  • Singer Beck Hansen is 44
  • Singer Sky Ferreira is 22
  • Singer Tay Zonday is 32
  • Songwriter Steve Lawrence is 79
  • Chef Wolfgang Puck is 65
  • Singer Billy Eckstine (1914 - 1993)
  • Singer Jerry Vale (1930 - 2014)
  • Singer David Crowder is 40
  • Singer Joan Osborne is 52
  • Singer George Fisher is 45

  Actors/Actresses

  • Marty Feldman (1934 - 1982) ... he did a great Igor in Young Frankenstein!
  • Jaden Smith is 16
  • Kevin Bacon is 56
  • Sophia Bush is 32
  • Michael Weatherly is 46
  • Rocky Carroll is 51
  • Lance Gross is 33
  • Milo Ventmiglia is 37
  • Anjelica Huston is 63
  • Robert Knepper is 55
  • Jake McDorman is 28
  • Kathleen Robertson is 41
  • Jeffrey Tambor is 70
  • Billy Crudup is 46
  • Josh Shada is 23
  • Glenn Hetrick is 42
  • Alexis Dzlena is 30

  Tribute Videos

  I just can't post one ... so we'll start off with one of my favorites ... a tribute song written for an extremely good Bass Guitarist and friend of Toby's ... Wayman Tisdale (who should have been a Laker for all you NBA fans out there!)

  We'll liven it up a bit with this song ...

  And what's a party without these ... (I tend to like yellow better ... you can read the names written with a sharpie a lot better)

   

  Have a great day, everyone!

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Wed, Jul 9 2014 9:38 AM

  9 July,

  Today's tributes:

  • Pianist John Tesh is 62
  • Pianist Jon Schmidt is 48

  Notables:

  • (see game below the vids ... he's 67)
  • Singer Courtney Love is 50
  • Guitarist Jack White is 39
  • Kiely Williams is 28
  • Bon Scott (1946 - 1980)
  • Producer Nigel Lythgoe is 65
  • Drummer Mitch Mitchell (1947 - 2008)
  • Singer Ed Ames is 87
  • Author Dean Koontz is 69
  • Civil Rights Leader Myles Horton (1905 - 1990)
  • Author Jordan Belfort is 52
  • Singer James Kerr is 55

  Actors/Actresses:

  • (see game below the vids ... this guy is 58)
  • Douglas Booth is 22
  • Georgie Henley is 19
  • Fred Savage is 38
  • Jimmy Smits is 59
  • Richard Wilson is 78
  • Kelly McGillis is 57
  • Enrique Murciano is 41
  • Jaime King is 33
  • Scott Grimes is 43
  • Chris Cooper is 63
  • Richard Roundtree is 72

  Tribute Videos ...

  If you've ever watched the NBA on NBC, you'll know this jingle ... well, John Tesh wrote it.  It's by far one of the best sports jingles ever ... (I liked this version best ... it has about a 1:20 intro to the song ... if you want to skip the intro, FF to the 1:20 mark of the video)

  While this pianist isn't as popular, he's an amazing pianist ... 

   

  Okay ... the game ... It's a trivia game where I'll post a few clues about the person and you try to guess who it is.  

  Today I'll give you two people.  I'll post 3 clues each time ... if you know who it is, reply ... if not, check back to see the other clues.

  Person #1 ... 

   

  • While his nickname would give him away, this famous person is referred to fondly by his current associates as "820"
  • He played football as his first profession.
  • He now lives in the state of Nevada.

     More clues ...

  • he was born in San Francisco, CA
  • he wore braces on his legs until the age of 5
  • he played two positions in Junior College for his team ... running back and defensive back.

  Person #2 ...

  • This famous actor was born in Concord, CA
  • in 1982 he had a guest appearance on the hit TV show, "Happy Days" where he was a disgruntled classmate of "The Fonz"
  • His first television series, he, like many of the men golfers here, was a bit of a cross-dresser.

       More clues ...

  • His debut was in the low-budget horror film ... He Knows You're Alone in 1980.
  • He also had a bit part in the 1979 television movie Mazes and Monsters.
  • He was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolo Manchiavelli's "The Mandrake"

  Good luck!  I'll check back in a while and add more clues if necessary.

• cappy11 1,173 Posts

  Wed, Jul 9 2014 11:14 AM

  Person #1 is O.J.Simpson

  Have a Great Day