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    Niang Traded to Celtics

    I remember reading an article about Aziz's career in the NBA. He was considered one of the first, if not the first, power forwards. He was good defensively and could get rebounds but one coach said he was ambidextrous because he couldn't shoot with either hand.
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    On That Note: I Fought the Lawn

    The Outlaws' Green Grass and High Tides: No relation to the Rolling Stones album High Tides and Green Grass:
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    On That Note: I Fought the Lawn

    Lyrics: ...Fall on my face on somebodies new mown lawn...
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    Lipscomb

    Hi-ho Hi-ho, It's in the paint we go, Back them down, Turn'em around, Hi-ho Hi-ho.
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    On That Note: Hammer Time

    Gear Jammer lyrics: Running my rig around 95 Rockin' and a-rollin' in a-overdrive Yeah, my heart is beatin' like a jackhammer It's the midnight ride of a gear jammer "
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    On That Note: Hammer Time

    Lyrics from Mack the Knife: ...Just a jack knife, has old MacHeath babe...
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    On That Note: Hammer Time

    Lyrics from Sixteen Tons: ...I picked up my shovel and walked to the mine...
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    80 Years Ago Today in the far Pacific

    I think I have one of those that my uncle sent to his mother. He had signed up as a junior in high school and left for boot camp upon graduation. He wrote that he was going into his first action but she shouldn't worry. It was a V-Mail (where the original letter is microfilmed, transported to...
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    80 Years Ago Today in the far Pacific

    My dad was on Peleliu as well as a few other islands including occupied Japan. He was in the Navy but assigned to the Marines as radio support. While he was in the Pacific: I was born, my dad's only sibling was killed by a sniper on Iwo Jima (post #3 this thread), and my aunt's husband was...
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    80 Years Ago Today in the far Pacific

    My uncle was killed in the Iwo Jima invasion on the 3rd of March. He was trying to save a buddy who had been hit; his buddy survived.
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    What are the chances we go after Dix

    I think Dix has another issue, I think TJ wants potential recruits to be from a winning culture...and that means winning not whining.
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    What are the chances we go after Dix

    ...in January.
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    Weird Geography Facts

    Should Yellowstone be included? I think it has a bigger caldera than any others mentioned and it's still active.
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    Weird Geography Facts

    The first public drinking fountains I used were mere tubes that pointed perfectly straight up (like a geyser without much force). As gravity took hold of the water stream it looked like bubbles.
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    Weird Geography Facts

    Part of the reason is that the northeast side of the area in question (including all of Michigan) was supposed to be in the Central Time Zone but Henry Ford wanted his automobile headquarters on the same time zone as the banks in New York City. Another strange fact regarding time zones is that...