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It's News to Me

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    Wow.

    Just...wow.

    How cool is that!

    John Daly!

    (He won about $450 in today's dollars)

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_News_to_Me

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • MikM Offline
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        Mik
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        So cool!

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        • CopperC Offline
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          Copper
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          #5

          How does a guy live to be 73 years old and never mention to any of his 6 children that he was on a tv show with Mickey Mantle?

          On the other hand I ran into Mickey Mantle in a bar in North Dallas 40 years ago and I chatted with him for a few minutes. He never mentioned being on a tv show with my father, so I guess that evens the score.

          $40 was probably a week's pay.

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          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @Copper That was awesome!!!

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            • George KG George K

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_News_to_Me

              taiwan_girlT Offline
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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              @George-K said in It's News to Me:

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_News_to_Me

              You should update the Wiki entry. It said the contestants start with USD$25 and play USD$5 per time. Appears Copper's dad started with USD$30 and played USD$10 each time. LOL

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              • JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                Really neat story ..

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • RenaudaR Offline
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                  Renauda
                  wrote on last edited by Renauda
                  #9

                  @Copper

                  I understand your dad. I have never told my son that I met one Prime Minister, drank beer with another and later time met with Gorbachev. Nor that I had coffee with
                  h B.B. King either. But that’s another story.

                  The real event though was getting Johnny MacKenzie, Johnny Bucyk and Fred Stanfield to sign my colour inserts from *Hockey World * while they were trying to have lunch in the local mall.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • bachophileB Offline
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                    bachophile
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    I had lunch with Elvis last week

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      Copper, that is very cool.

                      I was only joking

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                      • jon-nycJ Offline
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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        Great story!

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                        • LuFins DadL Offline
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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on last edited by LuFins Dad
                          #13

                          Wow! How wonderful! edit to add - your dad seemed to be a little bit of a no-nonsense type of guy…

                          The Brad

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                          • 89th8 Offline
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                            89th
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            That is great, Copper. Thanks for sharing.

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                            • HoraceH Offline
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                              Horace
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #15

                              That's neat.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • RenaudaR Renauda

                                @Copper

                                I understand your dad. I have never told my son that I met one Prime Minister, drank beer with another and later time met with Gorbachev. Nor that I had coffee with
                                h B.B. King either. But that’s another story.

                                The real event though was getting Johnny MacKenzie, Johnny Bucyk and Fred Stanfield to sign my colour inserts from *Hockey World * while they were trying to have lunch in the local mall.

                                taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                taiwan_girl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #16

                                @Renauda Do tell!!

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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  @Renauda Do tell!!

                                  RenaudaR Offline
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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #17

                                  @taiwan_girl said in It's News to Me:

                                  @Renauda Do tell!!

                                  I’m more interested to hear from bach whether Elvis mentioned that B. B. King had coffee with him as well.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                    cathys
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #18

                                    Very neat discovery!

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