one million

[Cheyanne]

12750

Not all of Henry Ford's mechanical engineering worked out as successfully as the Model T Ford.

When Henry Ford was about ten years old, he noticed steam rising out of his mother's teapot on the stove. He figured that if the steam were trapped in the teapot, the whole thing would have to rise into the air. To test his theory, Henry took a clay teapot and corked the spout from inside and tied down the lid. He then put the teapot in the fireplace and settled down to watch closely. Soon something happened, but it wasn't what Henry expected. The teapot exploded, breaking a window and a mirror in the living room and scalding Henry and cutting his cheek with bits of shrapnel.

[Cheyanne]

12751

In 1975, orchestra conductor Jose Serebrier accidentally stabbed himself through the hand with his baton while performing. The audience and musicians were impressed by the fact that he continued leading the orchestra in perfect timing as if nothing had happened.

[Cheyanne]

12752

When he heard that Sarah Bernhardt may need to have a leg amputated, PT Barnum sent a telegram offering $1,000 for her leg.

[Cheyanne]

12753

A husband and wife from Switzerland stopped in a restaurant in Hong Kong and asked that their poodle be taken to the kitchen and fed something. Because of a misunderstanding, the waiter did what he thought they wanted, and had the cooks fry the dog for the couple

[Cheyanne]

12754

Due to a temperature inversion and air pollution, the "London Fog" turned into a smog that killed 2,850 people during December 5-13, 1951.

[Cheyanne]

12755

In a laboratory in Paris where researchers were conducting secret research to decide whether an unnamed industrial product causes cancer, six of the workers have come down with various rare cancers and two have died.

[Cheyanne]

12756

Eel-skin wallets have been known to demagnetize credit cards

[Cheyanne]

12757

Russian scientists grew an orchid in space then returned it to earth. Before they could study it fully, someone stole it from the laboratory.

[Cheyanne]

12758

In 1987 or 1988, in Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois, someone passed bad checks. I mean really bad. This unidentified person purchased at least $800,000 of merchandise at many stores, but with counterfeit checks. To avoid eventual capture, the thief coated the checks with some sort of chemical that caused them to disintegrate within hours. By the time the checks reached the banks, they were nothing but powder

[Cheyanne]

12759

A party was held in Moscow to celebrate the coronation of Czar Nicholas II in 1896. Free beer was offered to the public, causing a massive stampede in which 5,000 people were killed in the crush

[Cheyanne]

12760

There has been much speculation, but so far no proof, about what caused 30 towns to disappear from the USSR in 1958. All we know is that map-makers quit putting the towns on maps in an area of about 460 square miles. Some people have proposed that a natural disaster, such as a meteor strike could have done it, others say a military experiment went haywire.

[Cheyanne]

12761

In the early days of television, game shows in which the contestants could win huge prizes were common. One fifty-four-year-old woman won big on the TV show, "Temptation," and promptly died of a heart attack during live broadcasting.

[Cheyanne]

12762

During the 1954 Cotton Bowl, a halfback was close to completing a 95-yard touchdown with no opposition in sight. Tommy Lewis, a fullback of the opposing team, got so excited he leaped off the bench and tackled the halfback himself!

[Cheyanne]

12763

Responses to emergencies by modern fire departments are very well choreographed, but it wasn't always so. In 1963, while the Matlock residence of New Hyde Park, NY was burning to the ground, the two fire departments which responded could not put out the fire, because they were too busy arguing about which department should do it.

[Cheyanne]

12764

When a girl in France was attacked by a molester who tried to kiss her, she bit off his tongue

[Cheyanne]

12765

James Bartley was one of those guys who used to stand at the very front of a small boat and blast a harpoon into a whale. Things went quite wrong for him when a wounded whale turned around, upset his boat, causing him to fall into the water, then swallowed him. After awhile, his fellow whale-catchers killed the whale and started cutting it up. Inside they found James, still alive but badly surprised

[Cheyanne]

12766

In 1955 at the famous road race of Le Mans, a driver lost control of his car, which after careening off a wall, broke up and showered the crowd with parts, killing 77 people

[Cheyanne]

12767

The IRS came and took away the car from in front of a man's house because he had not paid all his taxes. But the car belonged to his neighbor. The innocent neighbor had to pay the towing company $78 to get his own car back. The IRS did not reimburse him.

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[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,772~Cloudy and cool here this morning...

[GusAspar]

12,773

Sunny and very hot in London this afternoon - they say we could hit 100 fahrenheit for the first time in England.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,774~Wow for you! That is some kind of record--and very warm! The day my son was born, it was 117 where we were in southern California. I thought I would die!

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Kind of rainy and cool here. I think we're suppose to see showers almost all day :(.

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[dadaist]

Originally posted by Cheyanne
12661

W.C. Fields, the great 1930s movie comedian and famous misanthrope, died on Christmas, the holiday he despised. Of all the notable quotes that issued from this notorious curmudgeon, the most often quoted, said to be from his California tombstone, is "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

12777

At one time during the late 1930s, MGM considered casting Fields for the role of the Wizard in their Wizard of Oz. The role later went to Frank Morgan.

Would that make him a Wiz that Wasn't?

[dadaist]

12778

Other Oz casting that wasn't:

Gale Sondergaard as the Wicked Witch (Margaret Hamilton got the role)
Shirley Temple as Dorothy (she couldn't sing as well as Judy, but Judy had to wear a binding on her chest to keep her breasts hidden).

[dadaist]

12779

Several actresses were considered for the Glenda role, including:

Fanny Brice, Constance Collier, Gracie Fields, Una Merkel, Edna May Oliver, Helen Troy, Cora Witherspoon.

Billie Burke got the part.

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Cheyanne
12720

King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie

And one of his favorite authors was Karl May, a German who wrote a bunch of "romantic" novels about the American West without ever visiting (though he did visit very late in life).

12780

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Cheyanne
12739

Don't get caught chewing gum in Singapore. For this horrible offense, you could be fined $6,250.00 or spend a year in jail. The reason might be that politicians were tired of cleaning gum off their shoes.

12781

Though as part of a recent trade deal, certain kinds of sugar free gum may be permitted in the country again, if prescribed by a dentist!

[dadaist]

Originally posted by Cheyanne
12755

In a laboratory in Paris where researchers were conducting secret research to decide whether an unnamed industrial product causes cancer, six of the workers have come down with various rare cancers and two have died.

12782

And an old Amoco (now BP building) in Chicago's suburbs had to be shut down because of a coincidence of cancer. From a 1998 article:

Medical researchers looking into a puzzling outbreak of brain tumors at an Amoco Corp. research center say they have made an important step towards finding the cause of the problem.

Since 1989, 17 cases of head tumors have turned up among research and development workers at Amoco's Naperville research center outside Chicago. Seven of the victims have been diagnosed with the deadly form of brain tumor called glioma, all of them men, even though more than a third of the employees in the complex are women. Four of the glioma patients have died.

At least five of the men worked in Building 503. Most worked on the building's third floor, and three were in one laboratory. All seven worked in similar chemical research projects, although mostly not in the same place or at the same time. That limits the scope of the investigation to about 34 projects among the thousands conducted at the center in the past 28 years.

"We're starting to see some patterns emerge," Michael S. Wells, Amoco's manager of epidemiology, told the Chicago Tribune.

All seven men diagnosed with gliomas worked in polymer research and catalyst development, Wells said. At least two overlapped on 34 projects; three of the men worked on one project. But because all worked on the same general subject area, they probably used many of the same materials -- a wide range of metals.

"We know that some metals are neurotoxins," Wells said, adding none of the metals in these projects have been linked to brain tumors.

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have been hired by Amoco to solve the mystery. They determined that seven cases would be within a normal range of probability for the 8,000 people who have worked at the complex, but that it is abnormal for so many people to be affected in part of one building.

"That's about seven times higher than what you'd expect," Wells said.

[denny]

12783 The Pyramid of the Sun (Teotihuacan, Mexico) and the Great Pyramid of Egypt are almost equal to one another in base perimeter (the base of the Great Pyramid is 1.03 times larger than the base of the Pyramid of the Sun).

The ratio of the base perimeter to the height deviates only by 0.05 %
from the value for
2x pi (6.2831853)
for the Great Pyramid
and also by 0.05 % from the value for 4x pi (12.566371) for the Pyramid of the Sun.

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[denny]

12791~The Great Pyramid (the Pyramid of Khufu, or Cheops in Greek) at Gizeh, Egypt, demonstrates the remarkable character of its placement on the face of the Earth. The Pyramid lies in the center of gravity of the continents. It also lies in the exact center of all the land area of the world, dividing the earth's land mass into approximately equal quarters. The north-south axis (31 degrees east of Greenwich) is the longest land meridian, and the east-west axis (30 degrees north) is the longest land parallel on the globe. There is obviously only one place that these longest land-lines of the terrestrial earth can cross, and it is at the Great Pyramid! This is incredible, one of the scores of features of this mighty structure which begs for a better explanation.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,792~Good afternoon, all.

[dicksbro]

12,793 ... Hi, IAKG. Good to see ya'.

[MilkToast]

--12794--

hello... good afternoon/evening all...

popping in real quick before heading out for some drinks and food :)

[dm383]

12795..... this thread is moving right along, ain't it???

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[dm383]

12801...... hell, we can do it!!

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[Eliza]

Wow! That was a lot to catch up on! Haven't posted here for awhile. Going through some stuff...but I'm back. Great Job Cheyanne and Nubian w/ your massive amounts of trivia! Woo Hoo!

Hello to the rest of you Million Threaders!

12,803

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[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,805~Great to see you, Eliza!

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[Eliza]

12,807......Nubian gave me an idea for a post topic.....a looooong time posting ago...he ...I think it was him.....brought up an old show I used to love....maybe I'll go see what I can find...

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[Eliza]

12,809

Here's a hint........

Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

[Eliza]

12,810

You took out your false teeth, your wig and your glasses.
You were just scattered all over the place.
I wanted to kiss you and hug you so tightly.
I guess that I would have if I'd found your face.

[Eliza]

12,811

Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

I went to your house at three in the morning.
You had all them curlers and junk in your hair.
You would not have scared me and I'd not have run so,
If you had not looked like you'd wrestled a bear.

[Eliza]

12,812

Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

I told you my darlin' you looked like a gopher.
Made you so mad, you haven't spoke since.
But tell me my darling if you ain't got buck teeth.
How do you eat apples through a picket fence?

[Eliza]

12,813
Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

When I picked you up for our date last weekend.
You looked so pretty in your satin and lace.
But when I bent over and started to kiss you,
you popped a pimple all over my face!

[Eliza]

12814

Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

[Eliza]

12,815

That's right! It's Hee Haw Trivia!

Woo Hoo! :jump:

[Eliza]

12,816
Created by Frank Peppiatt and John Ayleswoth, the first HEE HAW Show aired on the CBS Television Network on June 15, 1969, as a summer replacement series for the SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR.

[Eliza]

12,817

HEE HAW was such a resounding success CBS slated the series for mid-season debut and as they say, the rest is history.From December 17, 1969 thorough December 27, 1997, HEE HAW Shows were a weekly event in American households.

[Eliza]

12,818
585 one-hour shows were taped in Nashville, Tennessee, initially in 1969 at the CBS affiliate WLAC-TV (now WTVF-TV) and then moving to the Opryland Complex -Studio A in 1980.

[Eliza]

12,819

Major guests on the show include greats like Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Lee Greenwood, George Strait, The Judds, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Trisha Yearwood and Diamond Rio.

[Eliza]

12,820

HEE HAW hosted many sports personalities as well. Mickey Mantle, Terry Bradshaw, Tommy LaSorda, Darrell Waltrip, Kyle Petty and the Famous San Diego Chicken.

[Eliza]

12,821

HEE HAW’s coverage encompassed more than 195 Stations and reached over 85% of all US Television Households.

[Eliza]

12,822

the show ran for an amazing 25 seasons before production ceased in 1993.

[Eliza]

12,823
Hosted by popular country performers Buck Owens and Roy Clark, the show was a country alternative to "Laugh-In."

[Eliza]

12,824- just one of the cute little dittys on the show...

Gloom, despair, and agony on me! (WOE!)
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery! (WOE!)
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. (WOE!)
Gloom, despair, and agony on me!

[Eliza]

12,825
The Regulars:
Roy Acuff

David "Stringbean" Akeman

Billy Baker

Cathy Baker

Barbi Benton

Kelly Billingsley

Vicki Bird

Jennifer Bishop

[Eliza]

12,826

The Buckaroos

Pat Buttram

Archie Campbell

Phil Campbell

Harry Cole

Mackenzie Colt

The Dogs, Donkeys and Pigs

[Eliza]

12,827

John Henry Faulk

Diana Goodman

Marianne Gordon

The Hager Twins

Victoria Hallman

Don Harron

Jimmy Henley

The Hee Haw Quartets

Gunilla Hutton

[Eliza]

12,828

Jana Jae

Grandpa Jones

Rodney Lay

George "Goober" Lindsey

Irlene Mandrell

Charlie McCoy

Dawn McKinley

Patricia McKinnon

[Eliza]

12,829

Sherry Miles

Million Dollar Band

Gary Mule Deer

The Nashville Edition

Becky and Lindy Norris

Rev. Grady Nutt

Buddy Alan Owens

Minnie Pearl <------ the hat lady!

[Eliza]

12,830

Slim Pickens

Jimmy Riddle and Jackie Phelps

Kenny Price

Ann Randall

Chase Randolph

Jeannine Riley

Alice Ripley

Lulu Roman

[Eliza]

12,831

Misty Rowe

Junior Samples

Ray Sanders

Terry Sanders

Gailard Sartain

Diana Scott

Jeff Smith

Mike Snider

Donna Stokes

[Eliza]

12,832
Dennis Stone

Roni Stoneman

Gordie Tapp

Dub Taylor

Mary Taylor

Nancy Taylor

Linda Thompson

Lisa Todd

Pedro Tomas

[Eliza]

12,833

Buck Trent

Jackie Waddell

The Wild West & Fanci

Williams & Ree

Jonathan Winters

Sheb Wooley

[MilkToast]

Originally posted by Eliza
12,819

Major guests on the show include greats like Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Lee Greenwood, George Strait, The Judds, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Trisha Yearwood and Diamond Rio.

BTW these are are all excellent country and blue grass artists... just in case y'all did not know :)

{yeah, that might be the booze talkin'}

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[Slow Ride]

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I wish I could still get Hee Haw on the tube

[MilkToast]

Originally posted by Eliza
12,825
The Regulars:
Roy Acuff


No joke, I worked at Opryland for a few summers and a woman came to the the theme park and insisted on meeting Roy... we tried to explain that Roy had since then left us but she would not get the picture.... it was not until a comment of "would you like us to dig him up" that the subject at hand was dropped!

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[Eliza]

Hee Haw Logo (http://www.heehaw.com/images/heehawlogo.jpg)

Here's a link to see that loveable Hee Haw donkey!

[MilkToast]

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[Eliza]

Originally posted by MilkToast
No joke, I worked at Opryland for a few summers and a womand came to the the theme park and insisted on meeting Roy... we tried to explain that Roy had since then left us but she would not get the picture.... it was not until a comment of "would you like us to dig him up" that the subject at hand was dropped!

---12836--

Hi MT! Long time no see! LoL....funny story. I'd love to visit Opryland some day.

[MilkToast]

Originally posted by Eliza
Hi MT! Long time no see! LoL....funny story. I'd love to visit Opryland some day.

sadly the theme park has been closed and all that remains is the hotel :(


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[MilkToast]

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I need to got to sleep now... I can barely type at the keyboard... g'night all!!!!

[Eliza]

12,842 Night MT

Q: Tell me about that dog on the show!

A: Here's what I know about the dog. Actually there were several dogs! There were actually four dogs over the 25-year run of "Hee Haw." The first one was Kingfish, who was only on the show for one season before meeting his untimely death by choking on a bone. The second was Beauregard, who belonged to the show's technical director, Joe Hostettler. Beauregard Jr. came along next. He was no relation to the first Beauregard! The last dog to grace the "Hee Haw" set was Buford, who was on the show for five years. After he left in 1985, they didn't replace him.

[Eliza]

12,843

ok..That's it for now..more later!

[dadaist]

12844

Just wanted to get a post in here.
Not going to continue with the video game stuff tonight - got a final tomorrow night.
I thought about copying/pasting a lot of the win2k BS I'm supposed to be studying out of powerpoint slides, but nahhhhhhh.

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[GusAspar]

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one of these must be my lucky number...

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[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,848~Good morning, all.

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Wow, slow night last night. :p

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12852~Good morning to you, too, dadaist.

[denny]

12853-
The Great Pyramid:
A total of over 2,300,000 (or only 590,712)* blocks of limestone and granite were used in its construction with the average block weighing 2.5 tons and none weighing less than 2 tons. The large blocks used in the ceiling of the King's Chamber weigh as much as 9 tons.

Construction date (Estimated): 2589 B.C..
Construction time (Estimated): 20 years.
Total weight (Estimated): 6.5 million tons.
The estimated total weight of the structure is 6.5 million tons!
The base of the pyramid covers 13 acres, 568,500 square feet and the length of each side was originally 754 feet, but is now 745 feet.
The original height was 481 feet tall, but is now only 449 feet.
The majority of the outer casing, which was polished limestone, was removed about 600 years ago to help build cities and mosques which created a rough, worn, and step-like appearance.

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[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,856~Afternoon, all (or nearly afternoon, anyway)

[Bad_Shrek]

12,857

thought i better add some luck and insight into what you aim to achieve here!

YOUR NUTS!

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[denny]

12,861~

According to Socrates G. Taseos, the actual number of stones used to build the Great Pyramid is only 590,712. In his book Back in Time 3104 B.C. to the Great Pyramid- Egyptians Broke Their Backs to Build It- How the Great Pyramid Was Really Built he presents results of his computer calculations. The following is derived from the book mentioned above.

The base measurements of the Great Pyramid are: north - 755.43 ft; south -
756.08 ft; east - 755.88 ft; west - 755.77 ft. These dimensions show no two
sides are identical; however, the distance between the longest and shortest
side is only 7.8 inches.
Each side is oriented almost exactly with the four Cardinal points. The
following being the estimated errors: north side 2'28" south of west; south
side 1'57" south of west; east side 5'30" west of north; and west side 2'30"
west of north.
The four corners were almost perfect right angles: north-east 90degrees 3'
2"; north-west 89 degrees 59'58"; south-east 89 deg 56'27"; and south-west
90 deg 0'33".
When completed, it rose to a height of 481.4 ft., the top 31 feet of which
are now missing. It's four sides incline at an angle of about 51deg. 51 min.
with the ground. At its base, it covers an area of about 13.1 acres. It was
built in 201 stepped tiers, which are visible because the casing stones have
been removed. It rises to the height of a modern 40-story building.

[denny]

12,862~

The pyramid is built partly upon a solid, large, bedrock core and a platform
of limestone blocks which can be seen at the northern and eastern sides. The
builder of this pyramid was very wise to choose this site because most of
the stones, with the exception of the casing stones, some granite and basalt
stones, could be cut right on the spot and in the nearby quarry. This
practical choice made it possible to reduce considerably the time and
back-breaking labor needed to drag the stones from distant quarries across
the Nile.

The first Step of the pyramid rests on a platform of finely finished
limestone blocks. These blocks are approximately 2.5 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft..
They project beyond the outer edges of the first Step's Casing Stones an
average of 2 feet on all sides. This platform is so flat that the official
survey of the Egyptian Government found that it was less than ½ of an inch
from being level. The removal of several platform stones showed that the
bedrock had been cut and leveled to receive each individual stone, sometimes
as deep as 1 to 2 inches.
On the north side the platform stones have been laid at an irregular angle,
each socket being carefully cut to receive the next stone. One explanation
for this irregularity of stone placement is that these northern platform
stones will have greater resistance to sliding from the downward and
horizontal pressures of the pyramid's face.

The many surveys done on the pyramid proved that the Egyptians located the
sides of the pyramid along the four Cardinal Points with extreme accuracy.
Whether they used the stars, and/or the rising and setting sun, cannot be
determined. One this is certain, that whatever method they used was direct
and very simple.

Once the sand, gravel and loose rocks had been removed, down to the solid
bedrock of the plateau, the whole pyramid site was open-cast quarried into
blocks, leaving a square core for the center of the pyramid (the core is
approximately 412.7 ft square, and rises approx. 46.25 feet high). These
blocks were then stored outside a low wall; made of mortared stone that
surrounds the core (the outside dimensions of the wall are approx. 887.3
feet square). Today there still remains the foundation of this wall on the
north, south and west sides of the pyramid, at an average distance of 65
feet from the outer edge of the base casing stone.

This core gives the pyramid stability from the downward and horizontal
forces that will develop from the superimposed loads of blocks of stones
that are piled up, as the pyramid rises. Also, from the prevailing
north-west winds that exert enormous pressures on the huge areas of the
pyramid's faces, thus increasing these forces further.

Leveling of the entire pyramid site was accomplished by flooding the area
inside the wall with water, leaving just the high spots. These them were cut
down to the level of the surface of the water. Next, some of the water was
released and the high spots again were cut down to the water's surface. This
process was repeated until the entire pyramid site, between the core and the
four walls, was leveled down to the base of the pyramid's platform

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,863~The 2,400 pairs of shoes Imelda Marcos left behind when she and her husband, deposit Philippine president Ferdinant Marcos, went into exile in 1986 were size 7-1/2.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,864~Hot springs are known as geysers after the Great Geysir, located in Iceland.. Geysir is Icelandic for "gusher."

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,865~Queen Elizabeth I of England, while confined at Woodstock in the mid-sixteenth century before she attained the throne, used a diamond to scratch the following message on her prison window: "Much suspected of me, Nothing proved can be."

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,866~Fishermen in China train otters to help them increase their catch. The Chinese train otters to chase fish under large nets, which are then dropped and pulled in.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,867~In 1512, France's King Louis XII ordered the removal of all the garbage that had for years been routinely tossed over the walls surrounding the city of Paris because he feared invaders would climb the mounds of garbage and scale the walls.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,868~Spa, Belgium is the resort town that gave its name to mineral springs everywhere.

[denny]

12,869~

The Great Pyramid:
A few of the fine limestone casing blocks remain at the base of the northern
side and show how accurately the stones were dressed and fitted together.
The core masonry, behind the casing stones, consists of large blocks of
local limestone, quarried right on the spot, built around and over the
bedrock core. The size of this core cannot be determined, since it is
completely covered by the pyramid.

The casing stones were of highly polished white limestone, which must have
been a dazzling sight. Unlike marble, which tends to become eroded with time
and weather, limestone becomes harder and more polished.

[dm383]

12,870


*Something I know about*...........


..... the average 1000c.c. four-cylinder motorcycle develops roughly 150 b.h.p. in standard production trim. The average 2000c.c. car in production trim develops approximately 180 b.h.p.

This results in a relative power-to-weight ratio very much in favour of the motorcycle......




..... hence why bikes are SO much quicker than cars, and hence SO MUCH FUN!!!!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,871~Thanks, dm!

[horseman12]

12,872

yeah...thanks dm....I can sleep nights now!!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,873~That's good, horseman12. We're all relieved for you. :)

[Eliza]

12,874
Evenin guys!

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,875~And gals! ;)

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Thought I'd increase things by a number. :P

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12,882~Good evening, night owls

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12,883 ... er ... good morning.

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off to work...

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Looks like we've lost some momentum again :(
Can't really help the cause (right now), too much to do.

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[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,890~Good morning, all.

[denny]

12,891~Good morning

THE GREAT PYRAMID'S DIMENSIONS AND THEIR LAYOUT
One acre = 43,560 sq. ft, or 208.71 feet on a side.
For the pyramid's base, length = width = (square root of 13.097144 acres) x
208.71 feet = 755.321 feet. Or 755.321 x 12 = 9063.85 inches.

Height = (755.321 x tangent 51deg 51 min)/2 = 480.783 feet. Or 480.783 x 12
= 5769.403 inches.

For the cap stone base: length = width = (32.18 x 2)/tangent 51deg 51 min =
50.55 inches.

The average size of a pyramid stone = (5 x 8 x 12)
The average side measurement, at the base = 759.3 ft.
The height used was 201 steps high, or 480 feet. (This is minus the height
of the Capstone, which was one piece in itself.

The number reached by the Pascal computer program was 603,728 blocks used.
The solid core takes up the space of 13,016 stones.
So, the actual number of stones used to build the Great Pyramid is 603,728 -
13,016 = 590,712.
This figure is (2,300,000 - 590,712) = 1,709,288 blocks less than the often
published 2.3 million value.

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Damn! Looks like denny's been busy going through all of the Smut Games. :p

[dadaist]

12893

I'm going to do 4 more posts real quick and hit 1700 ;)

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12894

Two to go...

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One to go...

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12896

And that's 1700 for me!

But we're awful close to 12,900....

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And now......
back to cleaning. :p

[denny]

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In his book The Egyptian Pyramids: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference, J.P. Lepre wrote:

One very unusual feature of the Great Pyramid is a concavity of the core that makes the monument an eight-sided figure, rather than four-sided like every other Egyptian pyramid. That is to say, that its four sides are hollowed in or indented along their central lines, from base to peak. This concavity divides each of the apparent four sides in half, creating a very special and unusual eight-sided pyramid; and it is executed to such an extraordinary degree of precision as to enter the realm of the uncanny. For, viewed from any ground position or distance, this concavity is quite invisible to the naked eye. The hollowing-in can be noticed only from the air, and only at certain times of the day. This explains why virtually every available photograph of the Great Pyramid does not show the hollowing-in phenomenon, and why the concavity was never discovered until the age of aviation. It was discovered quite by accident in 1940, when a British Air Force pilot, P. Groves, was flying over the pyramid. He happened to notice the concavity and captured it in the now-famous photograph. [p. 65]
This strange feature was not first observed in 1940. It was illustrated in La Description de l'Egypte in the late 1700's (Volume V, pl. 8). Flinders Petrie noticed a hollowing in the core masonry in the center of each face and wrote that he "continually observed that the courses of the core had dips of as much as ½° to 1°" (The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh, 1883, p. 421). Though it is apparently more easily observed from the air, the concavity is measurable and is visible from the ground under favorable lighting conditions.

I.E.S. Edwards wrote, "In the Great Pyramid the packing-blocks were laid in such a way that they sloped slightly inwards towards the centre of each course, with a result that a noticeable depression runs down the middle of each face -- a peculiarity shared, as far as is known, by no other pyramid" (The Pyramids of Egypt, 1975, p. 207). Maragioglio and Rinaldi described a similar concavity on the pyramid of Menkaure, the third pyramid at Giza. Miroslav Verner wrote that the faces of the Red Pyramid at Dahshur are also "slightly concave."

What was the purpose for concave Great Pyramid sides? Maragioglio and Rinaldi felt this feature would help bond the casing to the core. Verner agreed: "As in the case of the earlier Red Pyramid, the slightly concave walls were intended to increase the stability of the pyramid's mantle [i.e. casing stones]" (The Pyramids, 2001, p. 195). Martin Isler outlined the various theories in his article "Concerning the Concave Faces on the Great Pyramid" (Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 20:1983, pp. 27-32):

To give a curved form to the nucleus in order to prevent the faces from sliding.
The casing block in the center would be larger and would serve more suitably as a guide for other blocks in the same course.
To better bond the nucleus to the casing.
For aesthetic reasons, as concave faces would make the structure more pleasing to the eye.
When the casing stones were later removed, they were tumbled down the faces, and thereby wore down the center of the pyramids more than the edges.
Natural erosion of wind-swept sand had a greater effect on the center.
Isler dismisses the first four reasons based on the idea that "what is proposed for the first pyramid should hold true for the others." He also dismisses the last two because they would not "dip the courses," but rather have simply "worn away the surface of the stone." Adding another category to the list above, "a result of imperfect building method," he proceeds to theorize that the concavity was an artifact of a compounding error in building technique (specifically, a sag in the mason's line). One is tempted to reject this theory based on Isler's own reasoning: "what is proposed for the first pyramid should hold true for the others."

The concavity has prompted more improbable theories, usually in support of some larger agenda. David Davidson (cited by Peter Tompkins in Secrets of the Great Pyramid, pp. 108-114) defended the discredited Piazzi Smyth by attempting to demonstrate that if measurements included the hollowing, they would provide three base measurements that describe the three lengths of the year: solar, sidereal, and "anomalistic." (These lines, on the diagram below, would be AB, AEFB, and AMB.) What Davidson is assuming is that the concavity, present today in the core structure of the pyramid, would extend to the finished cased surface. There is no evidence for this; indeed the extant casing is perfectly flat. Maragioglio and Rinaldi observed that the granite casing of Menkaure's pyramid was flat, but above the granite the packing-blocks formed a concavity in the center of each face. The evidence indicates that the concavity is a functional feature of the core structure that was hidden from sight when the casing stones were applied.

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[Cheyanne]

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:D

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Will make another trivia run later tonight... :D

[denny]

12908~

The Great Pyramid's "Air Shafts"



While shafts in the King's Chamber had been described as early as 1610, the shafts in the Queen's Chamber were not discovered until 1872. In that year, Waynman Dixon and his friend Dr. Grant found a crack in the south wall of the Queen's Chamber. After pushing a long wire into the crack, indicating that a void was behind it, Dixon hired a carpenter named Bill Grundy to cut through the wall. A rectangular channel, 8.6 inches wide and 8 inches high, was found leading 7 feet into the pyramid before turning upward at about a 32º angle. With the two similar shafts of the King's Chamber in mind, Dixon measured a like position on the north wall, and Grundy chiseled away and, as expected, found the opening of a similar channel. The men lit fires inside the shafts in an attempt to find where they led. The smoke stagnated in the northern shaft but disappeared into the southern shaft. No smoke was seen to exit the pyramid on the outside. Three artifacts were discovered inside the shafts: a small bronze grapnel hook, a bit of cedar-like wood, and a "grey-granite, or green-stone" ball weighing 8.325 grains thought to be an Egyptian "mina" weight ball.

The Shafts of the Queen's Chamber Described
The openings of both shafts are located at the same level in the chamber, at the joint at the top of the second course of granite wall-stone; the ceilings of the shafts are level with the joint.

The northern shaft runs horizontally for just over six feet (76"), then turns upward at a mean angle of 37º 28'. The shaft terminates about 20 feet short of the outside of the pyramid. The total length of the northern shaft is about 240 feet and rises at an angle of 38º for the majority of its length.

The southern shaft also runs horizontally for just over six feet (80"), then turns upward at a mean angle of 38º 28'. The total length of the southern shaft is about 250 feet and, as its northern counterpart, ascends at an angle of 38º for the majority of its length and comes to an end about 20 feet short of the outside of the pyramid.

The Shafts of the King's Chamber Described
The openings of both shafts are located at roughly the same level in the chamber, at the joint at the top of the first course of granite wall-stone. The northern opening is slightly lower, its ceiling being level with the joint, while the floor of the southern opening is roughly level with the joint.

The northern shaft is rectangular, about 7 inches wide by 5 inches high, a shape it maintains throughout its length. The shaft begins on the horizontal for about 6 feet then takes a series of four bends. While maintaining its general upward angle, it shifts first to the north-northwest then back to north, then to north-northeast, and finally back to true north. It has been speculated by some that this unexplained semicircular diversion might have been necessary to avoid some heretofore undiscovered feature of the pyramid. The total length of the northern shaft is about 235 feet and rises at an angle of 31º (with a variation of between 30º 43' and 32º 4') for the majority of its length.

Though the first eight feet of the northern shaft is intact, the next thirty or so feet have been excavated by treasure seekers, presumably following the direction of the shaft in search of treasure. The breach to the shaft was made in the west wall of the short passage leading from the antechamber to the King's Chamber. A modern iron grate today guards the mouth of this breach.

The southern shaft is different in appearance. Its mouth is larger, about 18" wide by 24" high. The dimensions are reduced to about 12" by 18" within a few feet, and then narrows yet more to about 8" by 12". The shape is not rectangular, as is the northern shaft, but has a dome shape where it enters the chamber, with a narrow floor, the angle of the walls being slightly obtuse, and a dome-shaped ceiling. The shaft is horizontal and true south for about 6 feet. At the first bend, its shape changes to an oval, and continues thusly for about 8 feet. Its orientation also changes slightly from true south to south-southwest. At the second bend its shape changes yet again to a rectangle, with a height greater than its width. It retains this shape for the 160 feet to the outside of the pyramid where it emerges at the 101st course of stone. It also changes directions once again at the second bend to a more severe south-southwest diversion. The total length of the southern shaft is about 175 feet and ascends at an angle of 45º (with a variation of between 44º 26' and 45º 30') for the majority of its length.

The Function of the Shafts
When Sandys described the Great Pyramid in 1610, he wrote of the shafts:

In the walls, on each side of the upper room, there are two holes, one opposite to another, their ends not discernable, nor big enough to be crept into -- sooty within, and made, as they say, by a flame of fire which darted through it.
Greaves also wrote of the King's Chamber shafts in 1638. Considering the presence of the lampblack inside, he concluded that the shafts had been intended as receptacles for an "eternal lamp." In 1692, M. Maillet wrote that the shafts served as means of communication for those who were buried alive with the dead king. Not only did the shafts provide air, he reasoned, but they also provides a passage for food which was placed in boxes and pulled through by rope.
By the 20th century, the shafts were presumed to have been designed to provide ventilation. That view has slowly been changing, however. I.E.S. Edwards wrote, "The object of these shafts is not known with certainty; they may have been designed for the ventilation of the chamber or for some religious purpose which is still open to conjecture." (The Pyramids of Egypt, 1961, p. 126.) Ahmed Fakhry wrote, "They are usually referred to as 'air channels,' but most Egyptologists believe that they had a religious significance related to the soul of the king." (The Pyramids, 1969, p. 118.) More recently, Mark Lehner wrote:

A symbolic function should also be attributed to the so-called "air-shafts," which had nothing to do with conducting air. No other pyramid contains chambers and passages so high in the body of masonry as Khufu's and so the builders provided the King's Chamber with small model passages to allow the king's spirit to ascend to the stars. (The Complete Pyramids, 1997, p. 114)
There are many reasons why it is not likely that the shafts were meant for ventilation. The complex angles of the shafts necessitated the piercing of many courses of stone, a daunting logistical challenge during design and construction. Horizontal shafts would have been much easier to build: shafts carved through a single course of stone. One might well wonder why ventilation would be needed at all! No other known pyramid builder made such provisions; even workers in rock-cut tombs managed on the air provided solely by the entrance passage. When the bulk of work on the King's Chamber was being done, ambient air was plentiful as the ceiling had not yet been put in place. The chamber was finished as the superstructure rose.

There are also, however, reasons why it is not likely that the shafts were meant to serve as "launching ramps" for the king's ka. When, in 1964, Alexander Badawy and Virginia Trimble determined that the shafts are "aimed" at certain "imperishable" circumpolar stars and at the constellation of Orion, the function of the shafts as cultic features seemed certain. But the ka did not require a physical means of egress from a tomb -- false doors served this purpose quite nicely both before and after Khufu's reign. The passage that ascends to the entrance of the pyramid is also directed at the circumpolar stars in the manner of previous pyramids. The northern shafts for such a use would have been a needless and bothersome redundancy, although admittedly the Egyptians were not adverse to redundancies.

That fact that no other pyramid in Egypt is known to posses similar shafts as those of the Great Pyramid is problematic. If the shafts were so important for either ventilation or as passages for the king's ka, then why were they omitted in other funerary structures? It is obvious that the builders of Khufu's pyramid went to a jolly lot of trouble to incorporate the shafts into the design of the pyramid, but the true reason why still remains a mystery.

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987,090 to go :)

[Slow Ride]

12,911

dicksbro.........will you do the math?

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12,912 ;)

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12922

Way back at 12021 I think I noticed that the numbers were palindromic, but said, incorrectly, it'd take until 13031 for that to happen again. I forgot that with 5 digit numbers, it's once every hundred. So 12021, 12121, 12221, 12321, 12421, 12521, 12621, 12721, 12821 and 12921 were all palindromes, and 13031 will be too.

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[BlondeCurlGirl]

12930-Off to bed I go.

[dadaist]

12931

Good night BCG!
Make sure to come tell us all the good dirt about the wedding and reception come Sunday or Monday, depending on when you've recovered ;)

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12934

Even though it's an even number, it's kind of an odd number to leave off on, but I'm going to bed anyway. :p

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12,940 down
987,060 to go

[Steph]

12,941

Not bad progress . . . I think when I last logged on this time last week, we were around 8,000? Nah, I'm probably way off.

[Steph]

12,942

I'll try to do my part to catch up . . . get up to 13,000 by noon?

[Steph]

12,943

Egads, I can't just keep posting here :) More perving needed!

[Cheyanne]

12944

I will help out today.. :D

[Cheyanne]

12945

Lixy's thread about the Jason Freddy movie got me reminicing.....

Teen Movies of the 70's....

TITLE : Animal House
(aka National Lampoon's Animal House)
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1978
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : John Landis
STARRING : John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, Mark Metcalf, Mary Louise Weller, Martha Smith, James Daughton, Kevin Bacon, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Bruce Bonnheim, Karen Allen, James Widdoes, Peter Riegert.
TAGLINES :
* It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost! * We Can Do Anything We Want We're College Students!

[Cheyanne]

12946

TITLE : Love Story
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1970
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Arthur Hiller
STARRING : Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland, John Marley, Russell Nype, Katharine Balfour, Sydney Walker, Robert Modica, Walker Daniels, Tommy Lee Jones, John Merensky, Andrew Duncan, Charlotte Ford, Sudie Bond, Julie Garfield.
TAGLINE : Love means never having to say you're sorry

[IAKaraokeGirl]

12,947~Good morning, all :)

[Cheyanne]

12947

TITLE : American Graffiti
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1973
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : George Lucas
STARRING : Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Matt, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby Celiz.
TAGLINE : Where were you in '62?

[Cheyanne]

12948

TITLE : I Wanna Hold Your Hand
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1978
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Robert Zemeckis
STARRING : Nancy Allen, Bob DiCicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Will Jordan, Reed Morgan, Claude Earl Jones, James Houghton, James Hewitson, Dick Miller, Vito Carenzo.
TAGLINES :
* Featuring 17 great songs performed by The Beatles
* These youngsters are suffering from a highly contagious disease called beatlemania. The symptoms are...screaming hysteria hyperventilation fainting fits seizures and spasmodic convulsions It isn't fatal but it sure is fun.

[Cheyanne]

12949

TITLE : The Lords Of Flatbush
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1974
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Stephen F. Verona
STARRING : Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King, Paul Mace.
Before "Rocky" & before "The Fonz", Stallone & Winkler starred together in a gem of a movie, a low budget independent film titled "The Lords of Flatbush". Set in the rock "n" roll era of the 1950's it is a thoroughly entertaining piece of nostalgia. The film centers around a group of 4 high school boys (members of a social-athletic club known as The Lords of Flatbush) growing up on the tough streets of Brooklyn.

[Cheyanne]

12950

TITLE : More American Graffiti
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1979
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Bill L. Norton
STARRING : Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Anna Bjorn, Richard Bradford, John Brent, Country Joe McDonald.
TAGLINES:
* More laughs. More music.
* The sights and sounds of the 60's. There were bittersweet times... There were crazy times... and it was all unforgettable.

[Cheyanne]

12951

TITLE : The Wanderers
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1979
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Philip Kaufman
STARRING : Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg, Jim Youngs, Tony Ganios, Linda Manz, William Andrews, Erland van Lidth, Val Avery, Dolph Sweet, Michael Wright, Burtt Harris, Samm-Art Williams.
TAGLINES:
* It's 1963. Meet the wanderers... They were the hottest guys in town.
* It was the Wanderers against the world... and the world never had a chance!

[Cheyanne]

12952

TITLE : Over The Edge
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1979
CLASSIFICATION : R
DIRECTOR : Jonathan Kaplan
STARRING : Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, Tom Fergus, Harry Northup, Andy Romano, Ellen Geer, Richard Jamison, Julia Pomeroy,Tiger Thompson, Eric Lalich, Kim Kliner, Frank Mugavero, Kristina Hanson.
TAGLINES :
* Watch Out For The Children.
* ...A real story of teenage rebellion.
* Nobody listened. Nobody Cared. Until The Night They Went... "Over The Edge"

[Cheyanne]

12953

TITLE : The Warriors
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1979
CLASSIFICATION : R
DIRECTOR : Walter Hill
STARRING : Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Marcelino Sánchez, Terry Michos, Thomas G. Waites, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Roger Hill.
TAGLINES :
* These are the Armies of The Night.
* They are 100,000 strong.
* They outnumber the cops five to one.
* The could rule New York City.
* Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.

[Cheyanne]

12954

TITLE : Cooley High
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1975
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Michael Schultz
STARRING : Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Maurice Marshall, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins.
TAGLINES :
* Meet the student welcoming committee of Cooley High!
* Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a "belly rub" and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!

[Cheyanne]

12956

TITLE : Meatballs
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1979
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Ivan Reitman
STARRING : Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Cindy Girling, Todd Hoffman, Margot Pinvidic, Matt Craven, Norma Dell'Agnese, Chris Makepeace, Michael Kirby.
TAGLINES:
* Are you ready for a good time?
* The Sumer Camp That Makes You Untrustworthy, Disloyal, Unhelpful, Unfriendly, Discourteous, Unkind, Disobedient, and Very Hilarious.

[Cheyanne]

12957

GOOD MORNING TO YOU too IAKG!

Teen Movies of the 80’s

THE PORKY'S TRILOGY
* Porky's (1981)
* Porky's II:The Next Day (1983)
* Porky's Revenge (1985)

CLASSIFICATION : R
DIRECTOR (Porky's 1 & 2): Bob Clark
DIRECTOR (Porky's Revenge): James Komack
STARRING : Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly,
Tony Ganios, Chuck Mitchell, Kaki Hunter, Kim Cattrall, Nancy Parsons, Scott Colomby, Boyd Gaines, Doug McGrath, Susan Clark, Art Hindle, Wayne Maunder, Alex Karras, Eric Christmas, Bill Hindman, John Henry Redwood, Jack Mulcahy, Rod Ball, Pat Lee, Ilse Earl.

PORKY'S - TAGLINES :
* The raunchiest movie about growing up ever made!
* Keep an eye open for it!
* One Fun Place, One Hip Movie!
* Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about
growing up ever made!
* You'll be glad you came!

PORKY'S II:THE NEXT DAY - TAGLINES :
* If you thought the night before was funny, wait til
you see the next day.
* If you didn't get enough the night before...

PORKY'S REVENGE -TAGLINES:
* The Final Conflict!
* All New!

[Cheyanne]

12958

TITLE : Class
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1983
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Lewis John Carlino
STARRING : Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Casey Siemaszko, Rodney Pearson.
TAGLINE: The good news is, Jonathan's having his first affair. The bad news is, she's his roommate's mother!

[Cheyanne]

12959

TITLE : Zapped
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1982
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Robert J. Rosenthal
STARRING : Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas, Scatman Crothers, Robert Mandan
TAGLINE: "The comedy that won't let you down!"

In "Zapped", Scott Baio, Chachi from the Happy Days television series stars in his first big screen teen comedy, where Scott was the main attraction. This time round Baio shakes off his cool TV image to play a teen science nerd called Barney.

[Cheyanne]

12960

TITLE : Risky Business
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1983
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : Paul Brickman

STARRING : Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot, Curtis Armstrong, Nicholas Pryor, Janet Carroll, Shera Danese, Raphael Sbarge, Bruce A. Young, Kevin Anderson, Sarah Partridge, Nathan Davis, Scott Harlan.

TAGLINES :
* Meet the model son who's been good too long.
* There's a time for playing it safe and a time for Risky Business.

[Cheyanne]

12961

TITLE : Private Resort
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1985
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : George Bowers
STARRING : Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, Hector Elizondo, Dody Goodman, Leslie Easterbrook, Andrew Dice Clay, Emily Longstreth, Lisa London, Michael Bowen, Karyn O'Bryan.
TAGLINE: They're looking for hot times. And they've found the right place.

FILM REVIEW :
Johnny Depp & Rob Morrow play 2 teenage boys who spend a spring break weekend at a Florida resort looking for love & excitement. Good location scenery, a lively soundtrack & strong support from comedians Andrew Dice Clay (Ford Fairlane) & Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman) make this raunchy teen comedy an entertaining romp. "Private Resort" is definately one of the better spring break sex comedies of the 80's, Depp looks his best & his fans shouldn't miss it.

[Cheyanne]

12962

TITLE : Sixteen Candles
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1984
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : John Hughes
STARRING : Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, John Cusack, Gedde Watanabe, Justin Henry.
TAGLINE: It's the time of your life that may last a lifetime.

[Cheyanne]

12963

TITLE : Weird Science
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1985
CLASSIFICATION : M
DIRECTOR : John Hughes
STARRING : Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock
Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr.
FILM REVIEW : Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are two geeky teenagers who are having difficulty fitting in at school. They use their computer to create a beautiful girl, Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) who they hope will help them overcome their insecurities & boost their popularity. Written & Directed by specialist teen filmmaker John Hughes, "Weird Science" was extremely popular with teens who grew up in the 80's. Through the advent of video "Weird Science" was still popular 10 years later & in 1994 a television series was produced, starring an entirely different cast. The series ran for about three years and 88 episodes were made. "Weird Science" is full of special effects & hilarious situations. Teens audiences will love it.

[Cheyanne]

12964

TITLE : Pretty In Pink
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1986
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Howard Deutch
STARRING : Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, James Spader, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, Alexa Kenin, Andrew McCarthy, Emily Longstreth, Gina Gershon, Jim Haynie.
"Pretty In Pink" is considered by many to be one of the best teen films of the 1980's, thanks to an excellent script by John Hughes, first-rate direction by Howard Deutch & brilliant performances by the cast. Molly Ringwald shines in her role as Andie & Jon Cryer (Duckie) is brilliant as her best friend & secret love.

[Cheyanne]

12965

TITLE: The Breakfast Club
YEAR OF RELEASE: 1985
CLASSIFICATION: M
DIRECTOR: John Hughes
STARRING: Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleeson, John Kapelos
TAGLINE: They only met once, but it changed their lives forever

"Dear Mr. Vernon,

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday for whatever it was you thought we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay on who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us, in the simpliest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain & an athlete, a basket case, a princess & a criminal. Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours,

The Breakfast Club"

[Cheyanne]

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TITLE : Ferris Bueller's Day Off
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1986
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : John Hughes
STARRING : Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Charlie Sheen
TAGLINES:
* One Man's Struggle To Take It Easy
* Leisure Rules

[Cheyanne]

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TITLE : Girls Just Want To Have Fun
YEAR OF RELEASE : 1985
CLASSIFICATION : PG
DIRECTOR : Alan Metter
STARRING : Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery,
Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty, Jonathan Silverman, Morgan Woodward, Ed Lauter, Holly Gagnier, Margaret Howell, Richard Blade, Lee Arnone, Biff Yeager.
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" is a great 80's film that can be enjoyed by everyone. For some reason it just has that immense likeability, a unique quality that makes you want to watch it again & again. One of the main contributing factors to its success is that the film has a solid cast. Sarah Jessica Parker of "Sex in the City" fame, Academy Award winning actress Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty of the popular TV series "Charmed" & "Beverly Hills 90210", as well as Jonathan Silverman of "Weekend At Bernies" fame in support.

[Cheyanne]

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I have more, but will post them later.... ahhhhhhhhh remembering teenhood.... :D

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You bored denny?

[denny]

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[dm383]

Have you noticed the numbers we're posting are about 180 behind the registerd number of posts???????

[denny]

12,814~ I missed that, went right by you. I was a bit bored but I just made 12,800 and my 5000th post so it worked just fine, thanks.

[denny]

12,997~Correction!

[denny]

12,998~I just figured who the culprit is!

[dm383]

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5000...... Yay you!!! Congrats!! :D