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black321

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Posted: Jun 7, 2013 - 11:17am

On this day (+1) in 1783, weeks of rumbling beneath Mt. Skaptar, a volcano in
southern Iceland, ended with a roar. And what a roar it was. Across a line of over 10
miles, the earth split as in an earthquake in a movie. But instead of leaving a small
canyon or valley, the rift in the earth poured forth massive amounts of molten lava
and hazy blue gases.
Over the next two months, it spewed out enough molten stuff to cover the entire
island of Manhattan with a lava cover a mile high. Looking for a place to go, the lava
filled up riverbeds, harbors, seabeds and it melted centuries-old glaciers. Thousands
of people were either burned to death by the lava or drowned in the floods it caused.
The lava alone would have caused this to be rated one of history's great calamities.
But then there was the haze.
The heavy, blue, sulphur-smelling haze spewed forth from the fissure and hung like a
low cloud that grew and grew until it spread from Iceland southward to Gibraltar.
And it hung there. And as it did, there were reports of cattle dying in the field
because their flesh had begun to eat them alive. (Now where did I hear that before?)
Some humans had a similar experience. Many more developed sudden open sores,
sudden loss of hair and bleeding gums, finally dying in the streets.
Then things started to get bad. Leaves fell off the trees and plants. Birds, rabbits and
other wildlife began to die, often rotting as they fell. Then the fish began to die,
rising to the surface, often partially decomposed. (I hope you're not reading this at
breakfast.) Now there was no food and those remaining people and animals began to
starve.
Thankfully, the winds began to shift, the volcano began to still and the dying began to
stop....finally!
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 6:14am

1892: The Chicago L begins service


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Posted: Jun 6, 2013 - 6:00am

1944


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Posted: Jun 5, 2013 - 5:56am

1989


kurtster

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Posted: Jun 4, 2013 - 4:33pm

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Another famous event for good old Cleveburg.

I remember it as nickle beer night, but the story explains why.

We still talk about this game to this very day.


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Posted: Jun 4, 2013 - 1:08pm

 meower wrote:

35 years ago today

 
18 getting ready to grad HS and i still don't won't own it

{#Umbrella}
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Posted: Jun 4, 2013 - 12:48pm

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
The first few Oakland A's games I went to, 1982-3, somewhere in there, they sold quarts of Coors in the stands. The guy would open the bottle, dump it into a huge paper cup and get maybe $3 for it. The regular price for a bottle of beer was $2 and that guy was busy, could open and pour 4 at a time, go thru a case in 1 minute. But the fans in the cheap seats, they didn't want to have to go way out there a lot so they sold them quarts and only went out there before the game started thru maybe the 3rd inning, then they'd go sell more expensive beer to the good seats. But by the time you were halfway thru it, the paper cup would start to disintegrate so you learned PDQ to drink it fast. So of course, empty hands always wave at the beer guy for more beer so you've got an outfield of cheapskates with a half a gallon of beer in them before the game even started.

They decided to only sell 12-oz bottles, that lasted a few years, then they decided to make people walk up to the beer stands.
 
But think about the vendor. A case of beer sold for $48. Vendors in Oakland got 20% off the top, so basically $10 a case. The station for reloading vendors is under home plate, so the strong guys would carry 2 cases at a time up into the stands, sell out in 3 or 4 minutes on a hot day. They usually never had to move from the vomitorium, just show up with beer and people would gather around. Pop the tops off 4 at a time, pour 2 into 2 cups with one hand, take money & make change with the other, pour the other two, pop 4 more tops...  literally could go thru 48 beers in maybe 3 minutes. Back downstairs and up, the round trip including selling was probably 8 minutes. So in a 2-hour selling window (half hour before the game to the 7th inning), a vendor who's in shape and never leaves the expensive seats could take in over $200. Back when a daily paycheck at 7–11 was maybe $25.
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Posted: Jun 4, 2013 - 12:09pm

1974: The Last Ten Cent Beer Night
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 4:21pm

 meower wrote:

35 years ago today

  Great album!


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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 3:37pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.
 

Not a big fan of Bruce either,...but when this one's on the volume goes to 11!


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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 3:21pm

 DaveInVA wrote:

I'll play it for him and see what his reaction is....

 
play some air guitar for full effect.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 2:14pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.
 
I'll play it for him and see what his reaction is....
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 2:12pm

20 yrs old, freshman in college. I took a year off after high school.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:42am

 DaveInVA wrote:

10th Ave Freeze Out and Candie's Room. The rest to me is just way to overplayed and meh.

 
I am sure Stinky would like Kitty's Back.

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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:35am

 Red_Dragon wrote:

for some reason, I imagined that you'd been together since like, birth.

 
it seems like that. we lived about 3 miles from each other for the first 5 years of life. so that counts I guess.
we were 22 & 23 when we met.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:29am

 JrzyTmata wrote:

ok. now I need to know what 2 songs made the cut

 
10th Ave Freeze Out and Candie's Room. The rest to me is just way to overplayed and meh.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:24am

 JrzyTmata wrote:
21, pre-buzz. living in a house with my 2 best friends.

 
for some reason, I imagined that you'd been together since like, birth.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:23am

 DaveInVA wrote:

Even though I like 2 of his songs I've never really been a fan of him, always felt he is way over rated.

 
ok. now I need to know what 2 songs made the cut
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:19am

 Antigone wrote:

The summer before my senior year in college, and I wasn't a fan ... yet.

 
Even though I like 2 of his songs I've never really been a fan of him, always felt he is way over rated.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2013 - 7:19am

 sirdroseph wrote:


8 and at the height of my power.

 

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