Saxum Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 That was the ending in the book Don't use a book if you do not like the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 It boggles my mind that one of the more fiscally responsible players is Marshawn Lynch. All people with good coin have this problem In 15 years of tax returns the only doctor/lawyer/$$$earner that did it totally right... Was a specialist in a high-demand medical field; Rented a single apartment and lived modestly as a single man; and He retired from practice with millions after-tax in his mid-30s and now lectures or instructs around the world as he darn well pleases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 That was the ending in the book Which would have made a far, far better movie than how it ended up. Gutless, ignorant studio drones don't know a good story when they see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 TIL Alan Alda is the only actor to appear in all 251 episodes of the long-running series M*A*S*H. He commuted from Los Angeles to his home in New Jersey, where his wife and daughters lived, every weekend for the 11-year-run of the show, because he didn't know how long the show would last. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) TIL Alan Alda is the only actor to appear in all 251 episodes of the long-running series M*A*S*H. He commuted from Los Angeles to his home in New Jersey, where his wife and daughters lived, every weekend for the 11-year-run of the show, because he didn't know how long the show would last. CBF "Every weekend" is misleading. I take they didn't film 52 weeks out of the year. I wonder how the "seasons" worked back then. But yeah... Long flight. Edited October 3, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 "Every weekend" is misleading. I take they didn't film 52 weeks out of the year. I wonder how the "seasons" worked back then. But yeah... Long flight. Jay Thomas (RIP recently) had a great anecdote about getting dumped from Mork and Mindy and happily flying from NYC to the payroll room in Hollywood to pick up the remaining checks for his contractual episodes. His agent wanted him to put up a fight but he was happy to collect the remaining 6-figure total in the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 "Every weekend" is misleading. I take they didn't film 52 weeks out of the year. I wonder how the "seasons" worked back then. But yeah... Long flight. Especially with Korean-War-era aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Especially with Korean-War-era aircraft. Deep down that was about Nam.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Especially with Korean-War-era aircraft. Yeah... That ride in the helo stretcher-basket strapped to the skid had to be hell! Did he have a pal joining him on opposite side to balance the load? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time. CBF I question the validity of their experimental method. Where they middle-aged trailer park white trash filling their Ford Escort at a gas station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time. CBF Seems like this gas station attendant doesn't know what you've learned... Idiot at gas station won't put out cigarette, so attendant uses fire extinguisher - Boing Boing https://apple.news/AW_hZzYzFPW2td4BEnPkIfQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I question the validity of their experimental method. Where they middle-aged trailer park white trash filling their Ford Escort at a gas station? LoL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time. CBF Have they ever watched Mythbusters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time. CBF It's the fumes. Remember the Sea Ray boats in the 80's going BOOM when the opetator would turn the key. Since 1940 or so all gasoline powered boats have to have "active" ventilating blowers. Diesel on other hand is less volatile, fumes don't lay low in the bilge or on the water. Static energy, humidity also play a factor. Boaters always get pissed when I tell them they have to wait & can't lock through with empty tankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 TIL that Persians held drunk debates before making any important decisions. They debated major arguments both while sober and drunk. Only those ideas that they agreed upon in both states were considered worthwhile. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 How very TBD of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 How very TBD of them! Man, you're not kidding. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 A few good ones this morning.... TIL the writers of "That 70's Show" theme song get $70 each time the show airs. He refers to it as "That $70 Show" TIL that the sting of the tarantula hawk wasp is so painful the medical advice is to lie down and scream TIL Judge Judy earns $47,000,000 for 52 days work and her show draws upwards of 9,000,000 viewers a day. TIL that dolphins go on killing sprees when they're sexually frustrated CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 A few good ones this morning.... TIL the writers of "That 70's Show" theme song get $70 each time the show airs. He refers to it as "That $70 Show" The two members of Bigstar who wrote this have passed on. I recently saw a documentary on Bigstar which was quite interesting. Seems Bigstar influenced a lot of bands, but never really became big when they were together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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