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Doug B
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zamboni
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
one of my best friends during my Reno days was the Charlie Daniels impersonator in the "Legends" show @ the Flamingo Reno. is it weird that i feel the need to look him up now?
RIP, Mr Daniels
RIP, Mr Daniels
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Charlie Daniels was a session man on a couple of Bob Dylan albums.
Here he is talking about how he got the first gig almost by accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32AGgiYesA
Here he is talking about how he got the first gig almost by accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32AGgiYesA
Galileo
Footballguy
Off the top of my head, In America, South's Going to Do It Again (Catchy as hell, especially the jam towards the end, but probably would not be looked on too favorably in today's climate), Legend of the Wooley Swamp, and Long Haired Country Boy all climbed the charts in their time.
rockaction
Footballguy
Charlie was definitely on the Fox News Network several times according to memory. I think he was awfully friendly and sympathetic to the overall worldview of Fox.
NREC34
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Perhaps he had an auto-tweet thing set up? I don't even know it that's possible, but I can see getting tired of checking with Twitter and having that have been set up for some reason.
"Hey, Jack, this is Charlie. I want you to make sure that I tweet the same thing about Benghazi and abortion every day for the next two hundred days. Takin' a break from it all!"
-Charlie
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Charlie better hope the devil doesn't find him for a rematch.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
This is a one sentence @wikkidpissah story.Charlie Daniels was the second concert I ever saw. I had second row seats, and I recall the guy behind us passing around bottles of Jack Daniel's for people to drink from and yelling "my two favorite Daniels"
(That's meant as a compliment to both men.)
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Things I just learned:
1. Mary Kay Letourneau was involved with the person she molested for a total of 23 years (including 14 years of marriage).
2. her father was a former California state senator whose political career was derailed after it was discovered that he fathered 2 children with a mistress who was one of his former students.
3. her brother is a foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump.
1. Mary Kay Letourneau was involved with the person she molested for a total of 23 years (including 14 years of marriage).
2. her father was a former California state senator whose political career was derailed after it was discovered that he fathered 2 children with a mistress who was one of his former students.
3. her brother is a foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Headline story. If I recall, she was the first teacher/student case. Cancer got her at 58.
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Mary Kay was far from the first. She wasn't even the first in the '90s. Pam Smart was the first one that I remember.
I suppose Mary Kay might have been the first female teacher to: 1) be busted for having sex with a 13-year-old, and 2) have a child which was fathered by the victim, and 3) marry the same victim. That's quite an unholy trifecta right there.
I suppose Mary Kay might have been the first female teacher to: 1) be busted for having sex with a 13-year-old, and 2) have a child which was fathered by the victim, and 3) marry the same victim. That's quite an unholy trifecta right there.
sho nuff
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Seoul mayor went missing- found dead
Seoul (CNN)The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul has been found dead, hours after he was reported missing and police launched a massive operation to find him.
Park Won-soon was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday evening, according to a police official with knowledge of the case. Nearly 600 police officers and firefighters, along with three rescue dogs, were deployed to search for the mayor.
Park's body was found in the city's mountains seven hours into the operation, Seoul police confirmed in a text message early Friday to journalists.
Hundreds of police officers were deployed to find the mayor on Thursday night.
Earlier search teams had scoured Waryong Park, where police say he was recorded on CCTV footage at 10:53 a.m. on Thursday. His last cell phone signal was detected in the Seoul neighborhood of Seongbuk-gu, very close to his official residence in Jongno-gu, a police official with knowledge of the case said.
The 64-year-old longtime civic activist, who has been Seoul's mayor since 2011, was seen as a likely hopeful for the liberals in the 2022 presidential elections.
When Park was elected in a landslide victory against the ruling party nearly a decade ago -- with no political ties or experience -- it sparked a public frenzy. His unexpected rise to the second most powerful position in the country was seen as a sign that South Koreans were tired of traditional politics.
The former human rights lawyer, who ran independently but forged an alliance with opposition parties, championed city welfare projects and became a symbol of reform.
He was reelected as mayor in 2014 and again in 2018.
This is a breaking story, more to follow...
Seoul (CNN)The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul has been found dead, hours after he was reported missing and police launched a massive operation to find him.
Park Won-soon was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday evening, according to a police official with knowledge of the case. Nearly 600 police officers and firefighters, along with three rescue dogs, were deployed to search for the mayor.
Park's body was found in the city's mountains seven hours into the operation, Seoul police confirmed in a text message early Friday to journalists.
Hundreds of police officers were deployed to find the mayor on Thursday night.
Earlier search teams had scoured Waryong Park, where police say he was recorded on CCTV footage at 10:53 a.m. on Thursday. His last cell phone signal was detected in the Seoul neighborhood of Seongbuk-gu, very close to his official residence in Jongno-gu, a police official with knowledge of the case said.
The 64-year-old longtime civic activist, who has been Seoul's mayor since 2011, was seen as a likely hopeful for the liberals in the 2022 presidential elections.
When Park was elected in a landslide victory against the ruling party nearly a decade ago -- with no political ties or experience -- it sparked a public frenzy. His unexpected rise to the second most powerful position in the country was seen as a sign that South Koreans were tired of traditional politics.
The former human rights lawyer, who ran independently but forged an alliance with opposition parties, championed city welfare projects and became a symbol of reform.
He was reelected as mayor in 2014 and again in 2018.
This is a breaking story, more to follow...
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
4. The boy she raped, bore children to and married also provided care to her during the last month of her life.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Lisa Marie Presley's son committed suicide. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/07/12/lisa-marie-presley-son-benjamin-keough-dead-dies-suicide-elvis/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/07/12/lisa-marie-presley-son-benjamin-keough-dead-dies-suicide-elvis/
ffweasel
Weasel Power
The Man With No Name
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Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson.
Only 59 years old
Only 59 years old
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El Floppo
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CurlyNight
Footballguy
Naya Rivera, the actress from Glee. She drowned. Her young child was found alone in the boat a couple days ago. Her body was found today. :(
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/entertainment/naya-rivera-death/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/entertainment/naya-rivera-death/index.html
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Clown Car
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Loved grant on mythbusters.
https://www.etonline.com/grant-imahara-mythbusters-and-white-rabbit-project-host-dead-at-49-149598
https://www.etonline.com/grant-imahara-mythbusters-and-white-rabbit-project-host-dead-at-49-149598
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
joey
Footballguy
I, and my wife especially, worked closely with Grant at ILM back in the day. Kind, enthusiastic guy. Really sad.
Honus
Footballguy
This one stings. Grant was absolutely my favorite Mythbuster. He brought so much to the table and was the only one, I felt, who didn’t seem to be playing a character. He was just a damn likable guy that I learned quite a bit from over the years.
Also, his scream of “Holy crap, RUN!!!” is my favorite moment from the entire series.
GregR
Footballguy
sho nuff
Footballguy
Yeah...the science and robotic/animatronics...he was so good. Seeing this today was a big surprise...very sad.
Clown Car
Footballguy
CurlyNight
Footballguy
Very hearbreaking. All that time alone in the boat wondering where mommy is. Tragic. :(
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I thought they said he was asleep when they found him. I sure hope so. I'm hoping his memories of that day fade.
El Floppo
Footballguy
The current narrative of events is that they went swimming, but the boat drifted away. She swam him to the boat and pushed him up but somehow couldn't get herself on board. He was found napping later...which based on the narrative, could have been from exhaustion from the swim, and/or the heat and exposure imo. When the story first broke they only had the napping part, which could have implied lots of other scenarios. Tragic for sure, and I agree hoping that the kids youth can wash away this terrible memory.
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Maybe I'm getting cynical in my old age, but the whole story seems strange to me.
Renting a boat by yourself, especially when your child is barely old enough to understand and/or enjoy boating?
Randomly deciding to go for a swim in the middle of a lake without dropping anchor or having a rope tied to you?
Letting a young child swim in the middle of a lake without a life jacket?
Having enough strength and energy to somehow push your child out of the water and back into the boat, yet apparently collapsing back into the water the moment that the child was safe?
It just doesn't add up.
Renting a boat by yourself, especially when your child is barely old enough to understand and/or enjoy boating?
Randomly deciding to go for a swim in the middle of a lake without dropping anchor or having a rope tied to you?
Letting a young child swim in the middle of a lake without a life jacket?
Having enough strength and energy to somehow push your child out of the water and back into the boat, yet apparently collapsing back into the water the moment that the child was safe?
It just doesn't add up.
Single parents can take their four year olds swimming, for crying out loud. Questionable judgement to do so alone without a lifejacket on, no doubt.
And river =/ lake. There’s far more danger swimming in a river than there is in a lake.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Tragedy. Water is dangerous. Hey I almost died snorkeling by myself in St. John. Went around a reef and got pulled out to sea. Took everything in my power to swim back. Collapsed when I made it. Can see how people drown.
Supposedly this lake (near me) has strong currents. Hindsight is 20/20. She wanted to take her kid out for a nice day on the water. No need to judge.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yes and if she was not experienced she may have made some really poor decisions. Easy to think it's nothing and then forget to do simple things. You get fatigued, panic sets in and you exhaust yourself. Very sad
El Floppo
Footballguy
I thought the kid was in a life jacket.
I dunno...it's tragic, and mistakes were obviously made- but a grown up going for a swim with their kid next to their boat doesn't seem like a normally terrible decision to me. Not having it anchored, being tethered or near enough land to swim there all do.
I dunno...it's tragic, and mistakes were obviously made- but a grown up going for a swim with their kid next to their boat doesn't seem like a normally terrible decision to me. Not having it anchored, being tethered or near enough land to swim there all do.
simey
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
I know these occur, but I see the word and immediately think of some 70s claymation (harryhausen?) adventure movie with sea monsters.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
similar to the fear of quicksand that was instilled in all children of the 60s from Saturday "B" movies
BroncoFreak_2K3
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Don Quixote
Footballguy
Seeing reports on Twitter that Rep. John Lewis passed away. One of the greats. 
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1284328960831008769?s=21
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1284328960831008769?s=21
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