It's friday.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Cal Ripken!

AND! He did it in his home town!

Sheesh!


John

Yeah, but his dad made him do it. I had a nagging feeling in my mind that there was another recent one, but I was too lazy to look it up. Shouldn't be surprised that someone from Balimer would correct me.

The answer to a trivia question about Cal Ripken has to do with a star basketball player from the University of Oklahoma. Ryan Minor made a bigger impact in basketball at OU, making a couple of All-America teams. He also played on the baseball team when it won the College World Series. Anyway, he went pro in baseball, and started at third base in Cal's place when Cal ended his streak. Unfortunately, that was pretty much the highlight of his career. (It is really amazing how many extremely talented athletes don't make it in the bigs, but at least he got his cuppa coffee.)

Regards,

D-Ray

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

The answer to a trivia question about Cal Ripken has to do with a star basketball player from the University of Oklahoma. Ryan Minor made a bigger impact in basketball at OU, making a couple of All-America teams. He also played on the baseball team when it won the College World Series. Anyway, he went pro in baseball, and started at third base in Cal's place when Cal ended his streak. Unfortunately, that was pretty much the highlight of his career. (It is really amazing how many extremely talented athletes don't make it in the bigs, but at least he got his cuppa coffee.)

Regards,

D-Ray

I remember Minor. He was actually pretty darned good, just had the misfortune to play behind Cal. But your point's a good one. A hell of a lot of really good ball players never make it to the show.

John

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Yeah, but look at all of that salary cap money the Cavs now have available. But, hey, it's still baseball season in Cleveland . . . oh, never mind.

Regards,

D-Ray

OUCH!!!



Cleveland idolized this guy, and he knifes'em.

LeBron is a lower form of donkey.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

My Pops had a guy from Pittsburgh move into the other half of his duplex in the retirement community. One day we pull up into Pops parking space out from and he spies the "Steelers" helmet on a stick in front of the guys home. I hear him mumble, "sonofabitch". He gets out, uproots the helmet on a stick and knocks on the guys door. The guy comes to the door, pop says, "In case you haven't noticed, you live in Browns territory now. Pittsbughs that way (points east) 80 miles. This damn thing was desecrating our soil!" Hands it to him. Turns around facing me and grumbles, "I'm a forgiving man, but somethings just can't be tolerated."

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Hehehehehe.

Lots'o Steelers traitors er I mean fans hereabouts....



Pete

[BlueStreak]

Yeah, the steel industry got Ohio all polluted with "outsiders" from places like PA, WV, and Indiana. Yuck!

[piece-itpete]

Dang furriners.

Pete

[merrylander]

Lady takes her son to the zoo. They get to the monkey cage but there are no monkkeys to be seen, seeing a workman cleaning up she asks;

"Excuse me but where are all the monkeys?"

Workman says;

"It's the breeding season so they are all in those little huts at the top of the cage."

"Oh, do you think if I get a bag of peanuts and sprinkle them in the cage they will come down?"



"Would you?"

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by Boreas

So, you don't feel like the workers in Fritz Lang's "Metropolis"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdTd...eature=related

John

That is bloody brilliant. I've seen a 'restored ' version of Metropolis before but nothing as good as that clip. Adding modern music to silent films is very tricky to get right. (Dante's Inferno with music by Tangerine Dream might have worked if they'd shot the soprano). Metropolis is such an incredible film. I could ramble on for ages but you get the picture....................

[Combwork]

Sorry I thread crashed, I was genuinely overwhelmed by that beautiful clip from Metropolis.