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| dave |
2013-05-22 22:02:47 |
 | Sam, not sure how I missed hearing about Alan O'day.
Dart, I want to say we had 7 school days off for the blizzard of 78. |
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| bill |
2013-05-22 21:11:25 |
 | Dart, the NFL should kick the Lions out of the league. They are a pathetic excuse for a team. The best pro football team we ever had in Michigan was the Michigan Panthers of the USFL. I'd rather have them than the "Lie-Downs." |
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| dartjock |
2013-05-22 20:15:41 |
 | I remember the blizzard of 78 here in Indiana. I was 11 or 12 but the fun i had. No school for like 3 weeks and snow drifts up to 12 ft high. Also, i live in what they call Tornado Alley, and tornados here are more common than Detroit Lion winning football games....sorry Bill and Dave,..but they happen alot in my area. |
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| dave |
2013-05-22 18:11:05 |
| | Grant, Snow melts of course, but when a bad blizzard does come, it can cover a much wider area than a tornado. Here's sort of how I remember the blizzard of 78, which hit Michiagn pretty hard. Just google "blizzard of 78" on google images for more. |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-22 16:08:44 |
 | Bill, we never see total devastation wrought by blizzards. How bad do they get? |
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| bill |
2013-05-22 07:15:37 |
| | Thanks Sam. I mentioned Manzarek on the front page today
Tornado, you say? Disastrous, indeed. Guess the folks down there just deal with it like we deal with blizzards here. One of the freaks of nature I doubt we'll ever control. You help those people the best you can and move on. |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-22 06:32:49 |
| | From this side of the planet, it's interesting no-one has made mention of the Oklahoma tornado. Is it accepted as a hazard of living in a tornado zone that things like this will occur? Over the last two days we've have seen graphic footage of the disaster. It's amazing the death toll was as low as it was. |
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| Samurai Sam |
2013-05-21 17:51:37 |
 | I wonder if CatDog is where the director of the film "The Human Centipede" got his inspiration?
Also, lest we forget, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died yesterday at age 74 from bile duct cancer. |
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| dartjock |
2013-05-21 15:39:34 |
| | lol--I don't think so but i always did wonder what would happen if either had to use the restroom. |
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| bill |
2013-05-21 08:58:01 |
| | Does the catdog chase itself? |
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| dartjock |
2013-05-20 22:54:29 |
| | Catdog. My girls love that show. |
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| heather~emo princess |
2013-05-20 22:49:21 |
 | Just to be wierd and random |
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| dartjock |
2013-05-20 21:31:42 |
| | Sorry i've been gone for a while. With all my recent travels and trying to work on my website, i,ve just not been able to hit the site, but i'm back now, (Thanks Dave, in advance).As most of you know, Monday night here is trivia night and we were fortunate enough to get our 25th win tonight.....Now to some of the blogging! My band actually does My Sharona and occasionally, depending on where we play, i substitute that with " My Cahonas",( check the spelling there). Sorry to hear about Alan O'Day, he made the Muppet Babies rock, and in case anyone doesn't know, we also lost everyone's favorite Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello. |
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| Samurai Sam |
2013-05-20 14:59:23 |
| | I had a friend of mine who was the drummer in a garage band. "My Sharona" hit it big just a few months before the Iranian hostage crisis and they were going around singning..."ay ay ay ay ay AYATOLLAH!"
On a more serious note, singer-songwriter Alan O'Day, who was a one-hit wonder with "Undercover Angel" in 1977 and who also wrote such hit songs as "Rock n' Roll Heaven" for the Righteous Brothers and "Angie Baby" for Helen Reddy died last Friday of brain cancer at the age of 72. |
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| bill |
2013-05-20 08:34:14 |
| | Guess I need to catch that one, Sam but I dont get NetFlix.
Hey, the Knack was big when I was in college. My roommate once got drunk and rambled through the dorm hallways in the wee hours of the morning singing, (to the tune, "My Sharona") - "na, na, na, na, na, na, na na, na, na, na...My Scrooootum!" |
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| Samurai Sam |
2013-05-19 20:50:19 |
| | If I remember my "Arrested Development" correctly, that's also what George Michael Bluth (Michael Cera) called his grandfather. A week from today and the new episiodes hit Netflix...I can hardly wait!
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| bill |
2013-05-19 09:02:25 |
| | Mmmm, papaya! |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-17 16:34:00 |
| | Here's a picture of what we call paw paw. |
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| Joe_51 |
2013-05-15 10:35:21 |
 | My Irish Setter used to put both of his paws in my hands when I said 'Paw Paw'... |
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| dave |
2013-05-15 06:20:50 |
| | In Chinese, Paw Paw is what someone calls their maternal grandmother. |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-15 03:21:06 |
| | Bill, "paw paw" is obviously a regional term. It's a fruit that grows out here and is very similar to the papaya. |
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| bill |
2013-05-14 23:30:00 |
| | Maybe because the "Paw Paw" sounds sort of like "Grandpa?"
My brother had a hearing problem as a kid. He used to call my sister Cathy, "Cassie," and my sister Martha, "Nuna." He would call me "Bee-Hopp." Wild, eh?! |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-14 04:19:50 |
| | Sam, the last one sounds very tasty! |
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| dave |
2013-05-13 21:33:00 |
| | Guys, I've been a little per-occupied of late. Anyway, impressive effort on the bikes Bill. |
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| Samurai Sam |
2013-05-13 11:17:37 |
| | My three grandchildren all have different names for me. My grandson, who is 16, calls me Sam most of the time. My oldest granddaughter, 7, calls me Grandpa. My youngest granddaughter, who is 2, calls me "Paw Paw". That last one I like. |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-13 07:52:32 |
| | Bill, you should take solace in the fact "Hey You" is a sobriquet not steeped in criticism or venom. Sadly, we (men) tend to fade into irrelevance as we age and are no longer the apple of our children's or wife's eye! Trying to regain that esteemed position is a challenge for us all. |
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| bill |
2013-05-13 07:31:48 |
| | Joe, Those who have a belief that the holocaust never happened do so out of hatred mot on common sense or facts, It's like believing in Santa.
Yes Grant, we do say "Mom," not Mum. Many over here also say "Ma." On the paternal side, "Dad" is most common along with "Paw" and "Pa." In my house, I am most often addressed as "Hey You!"
Well, it's bike moving day and I am now in the process of starting to do all those things that I've put off for so long. Hope to have some new quizzes coming soon and be more active in the blog. |
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| grant228 |
2013-05-13 04:48:29 |
| | Bill, it's encouraging to see mothers recognized in your quiz. I'm assuming Mothers Day is the same over there as it's here. When do you celebrate Fathers Day? I'm also intrigued by your pronunciation of the shortened form of mother. Do Americans really say "Mom"? |
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| Joe_51 |
2013-05-13 00:50:25 |
| | Indeed. Maybe these delusional idiots who say it never happened should look at some evidence. Like the many photos and films of the locations. |
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| Samurai Sam |
2013-05-12 20:07:13 |
| | Thanks Joe. The father of one of my high school buddies was among the first soldiers to arrive at Auschwitz and he took a lot of photos of the prisoners there, including stacks of dead people piled up like dirty laundry. They left an impression on me that I will not forget until the day I die. |
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