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Post by willy on Jun 15, 2015 16:28:42 GMT -6
Do you remember when he started to go bald? He was one of the 1st to use a hair piece. What an ass, but he sure could play ball. He was in it for the money and as much of it he could make. No loyalty at all. When I was watching the squires, me and my buddy would buy the $2.00 seat and keep moving down. If a game was on tv they'd make everyone get on the same side opposite the cameras to make it look like a full house. The Squires were really fun to watch.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 16, 2015 10:22:19 GMT -6
Do you remember when he started to go bald? He was one of the 1st to use a hair piece. What an ass, but he sure could play ball. He was in it for the money and as much of it he could make. No loyalty at all. When I was watching the squires, me and my buddy would buy the $2.00 seat and keep moving down. If a game was on tv they'd make everyone get on the same side opposite the cameras to make it look like a full house. The Squires were really fun to watch. Did you see a young Dr. J.? He played for them.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 16, 2015 10:30:54 GMT -6
ABA. This guy played center for the U of I. He played in Italy with "Dollar Bill" Bradley and I saw him play for the Miami Floridians. A classmate of mine from Rockford (this guys hometown), & I went to watch the Chaps so we could see him play. He went on to the Minnesota Muskies. Played for just 3 years.
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Post by willy on Jun 16, 2015 16:11:23 GMT -6
I'm gonna guess Skip Thoren, cause he was from Rockford. I played against him in the Rockford tournament. We got smoked by both East and West Rockford when I was a sophomore. Dr. J. I( saw play many times along with Charlie Scott, Fattie Taylor, Jumbo Jim Eakins and a guy named Doug Moe. They were really good.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 17, 2015 10:31:36 GMT -6
Yes it was Skip Thoren. Not all that great a pro, but we were young guys from Ill. & wanted to see one of "our guys" play. Willy, wow, that Squire team had a haek of a lot of talent. MM, Barry was not on too many good teams. Plus he played in the Bay area. In college, he was w/ the U of Miami. Not much of a team back then. Plus as we said before, Rick was not much of a TV guy. He was a butt head. Ted Williams type guy?
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Post by willy on Jun 17, 2015 20:36:38 GMT -6
I wasn't that hot about Barry, but he was really a good ball player. He averaged just under 30 for his career in college and if you combine his nba & aha pts it's over 25k. He could run the floor, rebound and pass. He was all about the money and he used his ability to get it. Big cry baby but if you watched the nab live, every play up and down the floor someone was complaining. Squeaky wheel gets the oil and he got oiled a lot. Probably shot as many ft's as anyone. In all honesty until Dr J got his jumper he wasn't all that feared but he could get to the hole with his leaping ability. Not taking anything from him cause when he got the jumper everyone had to guard him outside and then wham came the dunk. The nab was much better back then cause you had great shooters, today they just run and jump. Golden State just won cause they had some pretty good shooters.
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Post by father of two on Jun 27, 2015 7:29:50 GMT -6
Coal mine
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Post by dumdave on Jun 27, 2015 10:08:53 GMT -6
Large parts of our town are still "under-mined". There were also some little guys who had thier own smal mining operations under the wire. (i.e You won't find them on official mine maps.) Don Hudson told me this when we were house hunting.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 29, 2015 11:02:28 GMT -6
Back in the 50's,I saw a car on S. Vermillion that had fallen into a mine. Only the very top of the roof was showing.
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Post by dumdave on Jul 2, 2015 11:49:59 GMT -6
POTUS QESTION A matron at a formal dinner turned to this Pres and said that she could bet that she coould get him to say more tham two words. His Reply: "YOU LOSE". Who?
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Post by dumdave on Jul 2, 2015 12:41:36 GMT -6
Nope. BTW Harry and Nixon were good piano players and liked to play at White House activities.
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Post by willy on Jul 2, 2015 16:24:03 GMT -6
Abe Lincoln.
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Post by dumdave on Jul 3, 2015 10:15:34 GMT -6
Sorry Willie. He was a 20th century Pres.
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Post by willy on Jul 3, 2015 14:36:34 GMT -6
You didn't specify Dave.
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Post by dumdave on Jul 4, 2015 10:28:12 GMT -6
"Silent Cal" Coolidge. Although Coolidge was known to be a skilled and effective public speaker, in private he was a man of few words and was commonly referred to as "Silent Cal". A possibly apocryphal story has it a matron, seated next to him at a dinner, said to him, "I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you." He replied, "You lose."
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