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The Official Eleanor Roosevelt (And Anything Else Non-Topical) Thread

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 6, 2014 11:19 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 6, 2014 9:44 PM

In honor of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day:

https://archive.org/details/NBCCompleteBroadcastDDay

 

 

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:52 PM
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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:23 AM

My deleted thread was a computer memory transfer of the summary story on the Jerusalem Post website about the 99th anniversary of the USA Naval Reserve,  complete with the Naval Reservfe Seal.   I found it interesting that the JP would believe its readers highly interested in this story.  I did not include anything else that is not available on Wikepedia, however.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 25, 2014 4:11 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:33 AM

One of my favorite Dean Martin arrangements....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgyN9WciV30

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 19, 2014 2:14 PM

Come on "Gade".....Dig These Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoVhIdPpwQ

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Saturday, April 5, 2014 3:41 PM

Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of General MacArthur.  Video shows his funeral train at Washington Union Station.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/general-macarthur-lying-in-state/query/macarthur+new+york+1964

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, March 22, 2014 11:27 AM

Murray

I've long thought that, given the resources (money and storage space), it would be cool to buy a brand new "potential classic" off the lot and put it directly in storage.  If one started doing that after WWII, there would be a priceless collection of "new, uncirculated" cars somewhere.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 22, 2014 10:29 AM

Pristine 1967 Chevrolet Corvette found in garage to be auctioned:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/03/21/pristine-167-chevrolet-corvette-found-in-garage-to-be-auctioned/

 

 

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Posted by Euclid on Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:28 PM

The Lone Bellow makes exciting music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zknmj7BhyOo

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:27 PM
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Posted by gardendance on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:20 PM

Internet embarrassment report form
stolen from a meme that said PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY SPUBBA.COM. I have no idea who they are, going to that site just gave me a black browser

DATE AND TIME THAT YOU EXPERIENCED INTERNET EMBARRASMENT:
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PLEASE DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET EMBARRASMENT.
LiveJournal Post
Message Board Post
Comment Thread
Chat Room
Blog Post
LOLCat
Random Joke/Cartoon/News Item That You Found
Other (Please specify)

PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THE INCIDENT OF INTERNET EMBARRASMENT.
Someone made a blog post that I didn't agree with.
Someone posted a cartoon or drawing that I didn’t like.
Someone wrote a story or anecdote that brought up Bad Memories and made me
cry.
Someone mucked up the storyline In my RP.
I found out my lnternet boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on me using an alias.
Someone posted pornography and sullied my innocent virgin eyes.
Someone posted pornography and my boss saw it.
I lost an argument In a chat room
I asked for critique on my art/Writing and got it
Other (please describe, use the back of this form and/or attach separate sheets as
necessary.)

(N) Were there tears?
(N) Was there permanent scarring from the internet embarrassment?
(N) Was there lost sleep from the internet embarrassment?
(N) Did you miss work or arrive late to work because of the internet embarrassment?
(N) Were you forced to employ a Coping Mechanism, such as switching off your
computer and going outside for a while?
(N) Were there emergency phone calls or text messages that cost you minutes?
(N) was there any incident of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome resulting from you typing up
long rebuttals?

PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE INTERNET EMBARRASMENT.
They are a big mean poopy pants who should be banned from the internet forever
or at least until they learn that I am right and superior and they are wrong
and should bow down and worship me now.
They deserve to be hunted down like a dog and shot dead on their own front porch.
They and their ilk deserve to be rounded up and herded Into concentration camps.
There should be laws to punish people like that.
They should be kicked out of America, because we're the home of the free and we
Just don't DO stuff like that here.
They should be Just as accountable for their actions online as they are In the real
world, and also so I can have access to all their personal Information so I
can stalk them.
All of the above.

DID YOU TAKE ANY ACTIONS YOURSELF REGARDING THE INTERNET EMBARRASMENT?
I wrote a 6 thousand word response detailing the extent of my internet
embarrassment and emailed it to them or posted it in their blog comments.
I sent an incoherent flame to them from a dummy account.
I used a spam program to send them multiple flame emails.
I organized a DDoS attack on their server/website.
I got all my bestest friends together and organized a flamewar.
I created new email/LJ accounts for the specific purpose of flaming this person
I posted this person's Rl information everywhere I could think of. They'll get a
Molotov cocktail through their bedroom window sooner or later, and that'll
teach 'em to mess with me.
I realized that arguing on the internet is usually pointless and found something else
to do with my time. Yeah, like that'll ever really happen.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 22, 2014 5:45 PM
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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:23 PM

Murray

Now this is pretty darn funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YCeIgt7hMs

Pretty ingenious - but someone obviously has waaaaaaay too much time on their hands....

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:05 PM

Now this is pretty darn funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YCeIgt7hMs

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:31 PM

A little Eddy Arnold for your Wednesday afternoon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13KdCbuojSM

 

 

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Posted by gardendance on Monday, February 17, 2014 7:02 AM

Firelock76

That's an interesting post from gardendance!  Is  it really Mrs. Malaprop in disguise? 

Much of what I post is good and original, but what's good is rarely original and what's original is rarely good. I faithfully copied and pasted from my source. I wasn't able to check with Mrs. Malaprop, who was lying prostitute on the floor,  or Professor Spooner even, since he had recently suffered a groin injury and was penitent.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:42 PM

tree68

Murray

Spooky movie...

 

 

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:26 PM

Murray

Spooky movie...

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 16, 2014 7:52 PM

Play "Misty" for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA2_6kS45E0

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 16, 2014 7:36 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 16, 2014 11:17 AM

America's best first lady: Eleanor Roosevelt tops the list, again.

From the Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0215/America-s-best-first-lady-Eleanor-Roosevelt-tops-the-list-again

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 15, 2014 4:10 PM

Cheer up everyone!

Warmer weather is just around the corner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOV96BCAvZc

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 14, 2014 8:47 PM
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 14, 2014 5:57 PM

Its FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxzHA7zkepw

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:14 PM

Lyon_Wonder

A sinkhole opened at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY and collapsed part of the floor under the domed section of the museum, swallowing 8 cars with it.

Here's the 8 Corvettes that ended up in the sink hole.

1962 black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
1993 ZR-1 Spyder
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 white 1.5 Millionth Corvette
2009 ZR1 Blue Devil

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sinkhole-swallow-eight-cars-in-national-corvette-museum-in-kentucky/

 

Wow.....that is just tragic......all those nice cars......

 

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Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 5:09 PM

A sinkhole opened at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY and collapsed part of the floor under the domed section of the museum, swallowing 8 cars with it.

Here's the 8 Corvettes that ended up in the sink hole.

1962 black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
1993 ZR-1 Spyder
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 white 1.5 Millionth Corvette
2009 ZR1 Blue Devil

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sinkhole-swallow-eight-cars-in-national-corvette-museum-in-kentucky/

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 4:42 PM

The original recording of Sweet Dreams (of you) from 1956:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JonxUX6GHxI

 

 

 

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Posted by Euclid on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:37 PM

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