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2016 Dead Pool
| November 30th, 2016 at 6:30:50 PM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 |
1960 Gino Marchetti of Baltimore Colt fame opens Gino Burger franchise. Radio commercial Feed A Family of 5 for a Dollar 95. 10 cent drink 14 cent fries 15 cent burger. 1968 Dating Josie, pick her and a GF up for lunch each day at her work Drive to Arby. No tax back then on carryout. Milkshake 31 cents + Arby roast beef Sandwhich 69 cents $1 for a good lunch, thank you much. |
| November 30th, 2016 at 8:16:53 PM permalink | |
| zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 |
I read that too. That book opened my eyes to the idea: Q: "What business is McDonalds in?" student answer: "Ummm, hamburgers, duh!" "nope. Hamburgers is what they sell, but their business is real estate. That's where most of their revenue comes from." By far. Incidentally, McDonalds is about to roll out two new sizes of the Big Mac. The kid-sized Mac Jr, and the Grand Mac, which has 1/3 pound beef, as opposed to the 1/5 pound on the regular Big Mac. Already test marketed in Dallas and Columbus, OH. Hope they come to Washington. |
| December 8th, 2016 at 2:03:21 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12536 | John Glenn - one of those rare people that everyone loves. Don't think I've ever heard anyone speak negatively about him. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 8th, 2016 at 2:09:16 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11804 |
I read the Right Stuff He was a real straight arrow A lot of the astronauts liked to party and chase girls Flying jets is dangerous, especially testing new jets They worked hard and partied hard This really pissed off John Glenn. In turn, this really pissed off the partying astronauts. They thought he was an a-hole. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 8th, 2016 at 2:49:29 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Was he 110? I thought he died 10 years ago. He was old when I was a kid. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 8th, 2016 at 3:15:19 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
I think it said 95. Clearly NASA saw something in him since he went up once then was a spokesman not an astronaut. Probably will forever have the record for longest time between space flights. EDIT: He said something to the effect of "I always wanted to run for POTUS in the worst possible way and boy did I!" Gotta love a guy like that. The President is a fink. |
| December 8th, 2016 at 3:50:43 PM permalink | |
| pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Greg Lake R.I.P. |
| December 8th, 2016 at 4:43:49 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11804 |
I was a big fan Brain Salad Surgery was one of my all time favorite albums Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| December 8th, 2016 at 6:06:24 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Time to start the 2017 pool soon. Seems each year a lot of notable folks pass around the winter holidays. |
| December 8th, 2016 at 9:26:28 PM permalink | |
| zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 |
It was absolutely one of the very best progressive LPs. Tocatta and Karn Evil 9 3rd movement are timeless. Playing Tocatta in high school on my Jensen cassette deck in my '69 442, I always pictured Roman warriors marching off to war, swords a'flashin'. After Keith Emerson shot himself a few months ago, can Carl Palmer be far behind? |