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Tell us something cool and true about someone else
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:10 pm
by yaledelay_Archive
Mandroid2.0 wrote:yaledelay wrote:benadrian wrote:yaledelay wrote:Dr Akaward once set himself on fire on the first song of a set, the trooper that he is, he finished the set without complaining...
That is our traditional "Oakland Greeting"
Welcome to Oakland, now we'll set you aflame.
That's just how we roll.
Ben Adrian
let me tell you when you look back on the first song and see that your drummer is on fire, and I mean litterally ON FIRE, it means you are going to have a great show.
Oh, come on. He wasn't
that on fire. I've burned myself more severely while cooking. You were burning much more brightly when Tyler and I put fuel-soaked angel wings on you while you were passed out on the futon that one time.
actally I don't think I was burned by that at all... and Dj was burned pretty bad, I mean it was just a finger, but I looked back and saw his hand flailing (in time to the song) while on fire...
Tell us something cool and true about someone else
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:11 pm
by choppy_Archive
yaledelay wrote:actally I don't think I was burned by that at all... and Dj was burned pretty bad, I mean it was just a finger, but I looked back and saw his hand flailing (in time to the song) while on fire...
Maybe it wasn't that bad, but it sure as heck wa'n't no good...
Tell us something cool and true about someone else
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:04 am
by elisha wiesner_Archive
several cool things about my dad:
he is in a norman rockwell painting.
he swam across a salt water pond (well over a mile) with alan lomax.
as a teenager in the early 60's he was the janitor of the club 47 in cambridge where he saw bob dylan, phil ochs, joseph spence and like a million other people i wish i had seen.
he built his own house.
my friend charlie saw the who, cream and blue cheer on the same bill and thought they all sucked. he was also at woodstock which, acording to him, also sucked.
my friend sal, who is 12, has had his own band for 6 years now. they rock.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:01 pm
by itchy mcgoo_Archive
elisha wiesner wrote:several cool things about my dad:
he built his own house.
My dad did this, too. Cut down the trees, planed the wood and built his own damn house. He finished a year ago and now wants to sell the place.
Salut, home building dads.
My best girlfriend acted as a French translator during Operation Babylift in Viet Nam when she was 10 years old. She was also the first black cheerleader at Michigan State.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:12 pm
by Bradley R Weissenberger_Archive
!!!
"Sitting in seawater, being attacked by swordfish and swamped by storms were not conducive to survival."
!!!
I will get the book that this man has written about his crazy and insane sea voyage!
Thank you, HCT.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:55 pm
by Mike Greenlees_Archive
steve wrote:As a little girl, my girlfriend drew a picture of Rich Koz, and it was shown on the Son of Svengoolie monster movie show, which will be familiar to any Chicagoans of a certain age.
Top that!
He's still out there:
http://www.wciu.com/shows_svengoolie_bio.asp
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:24 pm
by full point_Archive
stackmatic wrote:While fishing in a rowboat with me and my dad, my late-grandfather completely filled 3 empty 16oz. plastic soda bottles with a single piss.
No way.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:25 pm
by yaledelay_Archive
[/quote]Oh, come on. He wasn't that on fire. I've burned myself more severely while cooking. You were burning much more brightly when Tyler and I put fuel-soaked angel wings on you while you were passed out on the futon that one time.[/quote]
I must say waking up on fire REALLY wakes you up...
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:55 am
by HCT_Archive
Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:I will get the book that this man has written about his crazy and insane sea voyage!
Thank you, HCT.
any time! i hope you enjoy it. i may get said book as well. he seemed like a pretty interesting guy. unfortunately i found out about him through reading his obituary...
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:43 am
by Chapter Two_Archive
My friend Alessio was ‘named and shamed’ as ‘The Man Behind the May Day Mob’ on the cover of the London Evening Standard, May 2002. He immediately went out to a paper stall and bought an Evening Standard baseball cap, and wore it all day, on the tube etc.
My friend Simon survived a fifty-six day hunger strike in a Greek prison in 2003, which ended when he and his comrades had their demands met. He said he did it by smoking a lot.
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