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1:35p, 9/29/24
R.I.P. John

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I have seen few more impressive biographies. He was great at everything he did, and he did everything….and much of it drunk. He said he has no memory of many of the movies he made because he was drunk while filming. I always felt the disapproval of his father fueled his drinking.

Kris Kristofferson - Wikipedia


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson

"Kristofferson immediately enrolled in Pomona College. His early writing included prize-winning essays, and "The Rock" and "Gone Are the Days" were published in The Atlantic Monthly.

…Kristofferson attended Pomona College and experienced his first national exposure in 1958, appearing in the March 31 issue of Sports Illustrated for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, American football, and track and field.

…..Kristofferson graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in literature.

….In 1958, Kristofferson was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford,[9] studying at Merton College.[10] While at Oxford, he was awarded a Blue for boxing,[10] played rugby for his college, and began writing songs.

…In 1960, Kristofferson graduated with a B.Phil. degree in English literature.

…Kristofferson, under pressure from his family, joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant, attaining the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School.

…1970 Kristofferson won Songwriter of the Year for the song at the Country Music Association Awards."

….The rest of his illustrious music and acting career is too voluminous to post here.

He had a long run for a hard liver…although he was sober for decades.
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In reply to bearister • 4:05p, 9/29/24
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https://media.tenor.com/bZBYZ7GC6oMAAAAM/bad-movies-rule-bmr
https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472
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*The consensus is that Janis did Kris' song the most justice but I always preferred the Dead's version.
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9:00p, 9/29/24
Rest in peace, sir. You were a great one.

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6:53a, 9/30/24
Rolling Stone did it proper:

Kris Kristofferson, Revered Songwriter Transcended Genre, Dead at 88


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/kris-kristofferson-dead-1107074/


"Still, for all his trailblazing, he was also content to allow fate and his spirituality to guide him. "I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life," Kristofferson told Rolling Stone in 2016. "Somehow I just slipped into it and it's worked. It's not up to me or you. I feel very lucky that [life]'s lasted so long because I've done so many things that could have knocked me out of it. But somehow I just always have the feeling that He knows what He's doing."
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9:13a, 9/30/24
off topic, bipolar opposite actually..

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In reply to bearister • 9:17a, 9/30/24
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Damn.

In the mid-1990s I had a ticket package to see the Clippers at the old Sports Arena. It was the only way a younger me could afford to see stars like Michael Jordan play live and in person because it was so much cheaper than Lakers tickets. The Clippers had a decent team at the time as well so the games were competitive.

One cool thing about the Sports Arena was that the players had to pass by the fans on the way out of the stadium. Some of them would stop to talk and sign autographs. Some rushed by as quickly as possible. I interacted with a lot of NBA players that way.

When the Knicks came to town we waited outside for Patrick Ewing. He was one of those players that walked by as quickly as possible and didn't stop. A Jamaican woman with a heavy accent was ragging on him for not stopping to talk to her.

Patrick headed over to a black limousine with a sunroof and standing next to it were Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo. They were playing for other teams at the time. I think one of them may have been in LA to play the Lakers. It was a Georgetown reunion.

It was crazy to see these three incredibly tall men pile into the limo together. As they drove off into LA traffic they all stood up with their heads poking out of the sunroof.

I never spoke to Dikembe, but that is my memory of him.


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In reply to bearister • 9:19a, 9/30/24
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A mnimum of Facts helps the quality of an obit post, not just a photo.

Dikembe Mutombo, NBA legend and Hall of Famer, dies of brain cancer at 58
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In reply to dimitrig • 9:22a, 9/30/24
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It was crazy to see these three incredibly tall men pile into the limo together. As they drove off into LA traffic they all stood up with their heads poking out of the sunroof.

I have a hard time picturing those three big bodies fitting through one sunroof!
Would you care to clarify?
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In reply to concordtom • 9:31a, 9/30/24
concordtom said:
dimitrig said:


It was crazy to see these three incredibly tall men pile into the limo together. As they drove off into LA traffic they all stood up with their heads poking out of the sunroof.

I have a hard time picturing those three big bodies fitting through one sunroof!
Would you care to clarify?

It was a big limousine and the sunroof extended almost the width of the car like this:



Also, those guys were tall but actually pretty skinny.



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In reply to concordtom • 10:34a, 9/30/24
So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.
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In reply to dimitrig • 11:21a, 9/30/24
dimitrig said:
concordtom said:
dimitrig said:


It was crazy to see these three incredibly tall men pile into the limo together. As they drove off into LA traffic they all stood up with their heads poking out of the sunroof.

I have a hard time picturing those three big bodies fitting through one sunroof!
Would you care to clarify?

It was a big limousine and the sunroof extended almost the width of the car like this:



Also, those guys were tall but actually pretty skinny.

Thank you.
I can picture it better now.

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In reply to bearister • 11:24a, 9/30/24
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So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.


Hey, I love you Bearister, but Big C will back me up on this!

My thread, my rules. If you don't like it, you can move out.

Same thing my dad told me at 17.
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In reply to bearister • 11:34a, 9/30/24
bearister said:
So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.


Besides, you already have all your goddam Official This and Official That threads. Can't you just let me have the dueling Death threads of "Obituaries" and "Trump: waiting for The End"?
Oh wait, that last one is what I turn every thread into.

You're right -> Mission Creep.
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In reply to concordtom • 12:44p, 9/30/24
Kristofferson's wife said Kris hated being told what to do so much that when someone would tell him to have a good day, his response was, "Don't tell me what to do!"

You can rest assured that from now on I will only post a picture or gif of the dirt napper in this thread.
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~ Cal Berkeley's own 'Joy of Cooking'

https://i.discogs.com/XAnKujdnuy6fPN-Z8eKbdLEL3iMVmUhCc8LpG1iIBdY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTExOTgw/ODMtMTIzODg1MDg2/Ny5qcGVn.jpeg
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I saw KK at a free concert in Golden Gate park in the mid to late 80s just across from the Academy of Sciences. Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Robert Blake were also there. I got lucky. Walked out of the building and there they were setting up!
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In reply to concordtom • 2:36p, 9/30/24
concordtom said:
bearister said:
So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.


Hey, I love you Bearister, but Big C will back me up on this!

My thread, my rules. If you don't like it, you can move out.

Same thing my dad told me at 17.

Yeah, I mean, concordtom's ridin' herd over his thread. He's got to. He's seen what can happen to a thread that lacks the requisite leadership. Just look at the "Breaking News" thread: It started off great, serving its purpose, but then it got movielovered! Why? Lack of leadership. That libertarian s*** sounds great... in theory. But pretty soon, the trains don't run on time and people start posting obituaries that don't follow the optimal form.

Hey, nobody enjoys being chastised, but sometimes a guy's gotta take one for the greater good. Which is why the line I have said the most to my good friend concordtom is, "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?"

That you bent over and took one -- sort of -- for the team, bearister, only enhances your stature around here.

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In reply to Big C • 3:58p, 9/30/24
Big C said:
concordtom said:
bearister said:
So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.


Hey, I love you Bearister, but Big C will back me up on this!

My thread, my rules. If you don't like it, you can move out.

Same thing my dad told me at 17.

Yeah, I mean, concordtom's ridin' herd over his thread. He's got to. He's seen what can happen to a thread that lacks the requisite leadership. Just look at the "Breaking News" thread: It started off great, serving its purpose, but then it got movielovered! Why? Lack of leadership. That libertarian s*** sounds great... in theory. But pretty soon, the trains don't run on time and people start posting obituaries that don't follow the optimal form.

Hey, nobody enjoys being chastised, but sometimes a guy's gotta take one for the greater good. Which is why the line I have said the most to my good friend concordtom is, "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?"

That you bent over and took one -- sort of -- for the team, bearister, only enhances your stature around here.

1. Thank you for backing me up, as predicted.
2. But you have it wrong - Bearister is saying that just out of youthful spite he's going to continue to F up MY thread by posting ONLY images.

I think I will retaliate by going onto findagrave and finding random images of people who have recently died and just posting them here, with no link, so that everyone can guess "oh, who died?"

Son of a *****, Bearister is an anarchist who is going to F everything up. Death photos is to be his calling card. Here! Let's start with this one, which you may recognize.

Look, this guy died!

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In reply to concordtom • 4:08p, 9/30/24
I do enough research for the knuckleheads around here. If I post a photo, the guys that have good general knowledge will say, "F@uck, that guy died. Sh@it." …and then they will do their own research if they have an interest.

The ones that don't recognize the photo are dullards and they are equally disinterested in seeing any more info on the Marble Orchard dweller.

With regard to "My thread, my rules."…….



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4:27p, 9/30/24

F@uck you, Tom….and you too Big C, as a tyrant enabler!



*With no disrespect intended to Charlie "How much is the Vig" Hustle
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In reply to bearister • 4:32p, 9/30/24
Nobody is asking for research. You already know the name, since you are posting. How hard is it to type it?

In fact, if you can't, I think we should start calling you SLOTHISTER. And we'll use AI to generate a new emoji for you.

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In reply to bearister • 4:33p, 9/30/24

Wait, did Charlie Hustle just die, or is rogue bearister messing with us? I'm so confused now!
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In reply to concordtom • 4:37p, 9/30/24
concordtom said:
Big C said:
concordtom said:
bearister said:
So forcing everyone into your thread wasn't enough for you? I think you have a bad case of mission creep.


Hey, I love you Bearister, but Big C will back me up on this!

My thread, my rules. If you don't like it, you can move out.

Same thing my dad told me at 17.

Yeah, I mean, concordtom's ridin' herd over his thread. He's got to. He's seen what can happen to a thread that lacks the requisite leadership. Just look at the "Breaking News" thread: It started off great, serving its purpose, but then it got movielovered! Why? Lack of leadership. That libertarian s*** sounds great... in theory. But pretty soon, the trains don't run on time and people start posting obituaries that don't follow the optimal form.

Hey, nobody enjoys being chastised, but sometimes a guy's gotta take one for the greater good. Which is why the line I have said the most to my good friend concordtom is, "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?"

That you bent over and took one -- sort of -- for the team, bearister, only enhances your stature around here.

1. Thank you for backing me up, as predicted.
2. But you have it wrong - Bearister is saying that just out of youthful spite he's going to continue to F up MY thread by posting ONLY images.

I think I will retaliate by going onto findagrave and finding random images of people who have recently died and just posting them here, with no link, so that everyone can guess "oh, who died?"

Son of a *****, Bearister is an anarchist who is going to F everything up. Death photos is to be his calling card. Here! Let's start with this one, which you may recognize.

Look, this guy died!


Sorry, concordtom! bearister went "Total Rogue" after I posted that (or, more accurately, as I was writing it). Dude took me by surprise.
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In reply to Big C • 4:40p, 9/30/24
Big C said:

Wait, did Charlie Hustle just die, or is rogue bearister messing with us? I'm so confused now!


Look at it this way, he is getting wheeled into the HOA feet first with all that post croak warm and fuzzies and forgiveness and all.*

*If Babs Streisand can now say nice things about Kris, anything is possible.
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In reply to Big C • 4:41p, 9/30/24
Big C said:

Wait, did Charlie Hustle just die, or is rogue bearister messing with us? I'm so confused now!
I dunno.
But if he's turning on you and me, then perhaps we should get our media labs ready for his own Obituary posting. Because that would indicate that CLEARLY he is losing his mind.


Update... I did the necessary research now, because Mr. Slothister is too Flocking Lazy to say anything further, and
Yes, Pete Rose is dead. At 83.
earlier today at his home in Las Vegas
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In reply to bearister • 4:45p, 9/30/24
bearister said:
I do enough research for the knuckleheads around here. If I post a photo, the guys that have good general knowledge will say, "F@uck, that guy died. Sh@it." …and then they will do their own research if they have an interest.

The ones that don't recognize the photo are dullards and they are equally disinterested in seeing any more info on the Marble Orchard dweller.

With regard to "My thread, my rules."…….



I guess this is what Young Catholic Schools produce. Rebels without a cause.
It was a flocking joke, you twat.
Don't you understand humor anymore?

Allow me to explain: THERE ARE FEW RULES HERE, AND AT ANY RATE I CAN'T ENFORCE THEM. SO WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO FOR ME TO TRY AND HOLD YOU TO ANY RULE.

Whatever...
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In reply to bearister • 5:39p, 9/30/24
bearister said:

F@uck you, Tom….and you too Big C, as a tyrant enabler!



*With no disrespect intended to Charlie "How much is the Vig" Hustle

I've always been a follower. Please don't expect me to challenge a tyrant strong, capable and dare I say charismatic leader.
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In reply to concordtom • 7:00p, 9/30/24
concordtom said:
Big C said:

Wait, did Charlie Hustle just die, or is rogue bearister messing with us? I'm so confused now!
I dunno.
But if he's turning on you and me, then perhaps we should get our media labs ready for his own Obituary posting. Because that would indicate that CLEARLY he is losing his mind.


Update... I did the necessary research now, because Mr. Slothister is too Flocking Lazy to say anything further, and
Yes, Pete Rose is dead. At 83.
earlier today at his home in Las Vegas

Oh shoot, really! That's a bit sad for a baseball fan (of the past) who's life spanned Pete's career. Too bad Pete, you're a hall of famer on the field. Which is really where it counts.
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In reply to 82gradDLSdad • 10:33p, 9/30/24
I never forgave him for hurting Ray Fosse. F Pete Rose. He doesn't get bonus points for dying.

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In reply to concordtom • 10:37p, 9/30/24
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…Mr. Slothister* is too Flocking Lazy to say anything further…,


* Sloths are famous for their bizarre bathroom habits. They will only relieve themselves once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight in one sitting.
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In reply to bearister • 3:51a, 10/1/24
bearister said:
concordtom said:
…Mr. Slothister* is too Flocking Lazy to say anything further…,


* Sloths are famous for their bizarre bathroom habits. They will only relieve themselves once a week and can lose up to a third of their body weight in one sitting.


I think you mean "…in one shi tting…"
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