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Factorial
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by Factorial » Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:31 am
blackjack68 wrote: RIP baseball manager and All-Star Jim Fregosi at the age of 71.
RIP.
Shyster
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by Shyster » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:31 pm
RIP Richard Cabela, the cofounder (along with his brother Jim) of the hunting, fishing, and outdoors store bearing the family name. Dick and Jim Cabela started out in 1961 selling fishing flies through the mail. The business expanded into a prosperous mail-order seller of hunting and fishing goods, and Cabela’s started opening brick-and-mortar stores in the 1980s. Cabela’s is now a $3.6 billion company with 50 stores (and more coming) in two dozen states plus Canada. Dick’s stake in the company is worth approximately $600 million. The cost of the first batch of fishing flies that started it all was just $45.
Geezer
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by Geezer » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:38 pm
Didn't know they had such humble beginnings.
blackjack68
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by blackjack68 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:49 pm
RIP John Henson, son of Muppets creator, Jim. Massive heart attack at 48.
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PensFanInDC
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by PensFanInDC » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:51 pm
Conclusion: muppets are bad for you...
blackjack68
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by blackjack68 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:52 pm
Frank Oz is still alive.
FreeCandy44
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by FreeCandy44 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:52 pm
Whakka whakka
PensFanInDC
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by PensFanInDC » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:55 pm
blackjack68 wrote: Frank Oz is still alive.
Yoda...nuff said.
blackjack68
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by blackjack68 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:56 pm
PensFanInDC wrote: blackjack68 wrote: Frank Oz is still alive.
Yoda...nuff said.
Also appeared in Blues Brothers.
PensFanInDC
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by PensFanInDC » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:50 pm
blackjack68 wrote: PensFanInDC wrote: blackjack68 wrote: Frank Oz is still alive.
Yoda...nuff said.
Also appeared in Blues Brothers.
And Trading Places.
"This is PCP!"
mac5155
NHL Second Liner
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by mac5155 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:01 am
Geezer wrote: Didn't know they had such humble beginnings.
The same goes for Dick Stack, founder of dicks sporting goods.
FreeCandy44
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by FreeCandy44 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:30 pm
RIP Devo guitarist Bob Casale
PensFanInDC
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by PensFanInDC » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:37 pm
RIP it good
Shyster
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by Shyster » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:46 pm
mac5155 wrote: Geezer wrote: Didn't know they had such humble beginnings.
The same goes for Dick Stack, founder of dicks sporting goods.
Huh, Dick Cabela and Dick Stack. There sure were a lot of Dicks in the sporting-goods industry.
PghSkins
NHL Fourth Liner
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by PghSkins » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:11 pm
So, we had our dog put down today. We had gotten him last summer from a shelter where he came in as a stray. He was a very troubled dog. No way to know who did what to him but he was fear aggressive (had snapped at people he didn't know if they got too close, bit my Mom pretty good). Never did care much for the kids, never tried to bite but they definitely made him nervous, we could no longer risk the possibility that he'd bite one of them or worse, one of their friends.
He had behavior and obedience training but did not improve with the kids or the fear aggression.
Tried for months to find a home for him but were not able to. Rescues would not help since he had bitten people, and had recommended he be put down. He was great with Mrs. Pghskins and me but wouldn't let anyone else in to his circle.
I'm just devastated right now.
FreeCandy44
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by FreeCandy44 » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:23 pm
Im very sorry. :( Atleast you gave him a good home and a chance. Most wouldnt even do that...
llipgh2
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by llipgh2 » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:59 pm
Sorry PghSkins. You tried. More than most would do. At least he had some love in his life.
PghSkins
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by PghSkins » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:51 am
Thanks guys. I think he could have been a great dog. He picked up his training like a champ. Just someone had messed with him too bad then who knows what happened when he was out on the streets.
Freakin' people.
columbia
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by columbia » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:58 am
That's too bad. My dog came off the street and he was obviously abused by someone.
That came out as fear, rather than aggression.
PghSkins
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by PghSkins » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:36 pm
Harold Ramis dead at 69
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One of the best comedy filmmakers of our day, or any day
blackjack68
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by blackjack68 » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:39 pm
Wow, TMZ doesn't even have that yet.
Just watched Stripes yesterday.
newarenanow
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by newarenanow » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:55 pm
WTF. THis is one I'm actually upset about. RIP Harold/Egon.
shafnutz05
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by shafnutz05 » Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:56 pm
WOW.....completely unexpected. awww man
PensFanInDC
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by PensFanInDC » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:10 pm
My spores, mold, and fungus collection weeps...
llipgh2
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by llipgh2 » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:16 pm
Man, that really stinks. So talented. I remember him from his SCTV days.
R.I.P. Moe Green