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Funny. My initial reaction to the thread title was, "translation: science predicts the Rapture is imminent!"
 
Denny Crane said:
Funny. My initial reaction to the thread title was, "translation: science predicts the Rapture is imminent!"
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I thought that the great predecessor to Julius Erving, Connie Hawkins, had gone nuts. The Lakers got him from the Suns while I lived in S. California and it seemed to be a big coup, just like when they got Bill Bridges. Then I moved here and no one had heard of those dudes. I discovered that the Southwest is not the center of the nation.
 
MarAzul said:
Ha! I remember that Hawkins move though.
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Remember when they traded LeRoy Ellis to the 76ers? He was pissed off, feeling he'd been knifed in the back by GM Fred Schaus. Ellis went from the most wins in NBA history to the fewest in history, the very next season.

He retired to Oregon and died a year or two ago. The Oregonian/Canzano knew he lived here, but was too busy writing nitpicky editorials to ever interview him.
 
Sly didn't notice it was put out there again today, JULY 3, 2016

We haven't developed warp drive in the three years. I sure missed a event of the century if we did.
 
Another guy that died in Portland some years back without much comment from anyone, was Wade Halbrook. Swede Halbrook was the name the press called him when he played. Actually Harvey Wade Halbrook, he was billed as the tallest basketball player in the world when he played at OSU. The most quiet person I ever was around,
I couldn't even get a nod out of the guy. The coach would talk to him, tell him to do something, but never a word from him. I think he was about to give Gill a stoke.

When Russell came to play OSU and the big guy he was so nervous from thinking about playing the Tallest Basketball player in the world, he puke his guts up before the game. Freshman didn't play in those days, they were the clean up crew, ugh!

He died on a Portland bus, the driver found him dead in the back of the bus at the end of the route. Funny how fame wains.
 
MarAzul said:
"he thinks we need to get our derrières into space, and quick."

It seems he forgot, there is nowhere to go within thousands of lifetimes.
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Mars isn't thousands of lifetimes away. Humanity hasn't yet gotten to the point of being able to inhabit Mars on any large scale, but that technology is a lot closer than "warp drive" technology.
 
Minstrel said:
Mars isn't thousands of lifetimes away. Humanity hasn't yet gotten to the point of being able to inhabit Mars on any large scale, but that technology is a lot closer than "warp drive" technology.
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If god wanted us on Mars he would have given it an Adam and Eve.
 
MarAzul said:
Another guy that died in Portland some years back without much comment from anyone, was Wade Halbrook. Swede Halbrook was the name the press called him when he played. Actually Harvey Wade Halbrook, he was billed as the tallest basketball player in the world when he played at OSU. The most quiet person I ever was around,
I couldn't even get a nod out of the guy. The coach would talk to him, tell him to do something, but never a word from him. I think he was about to give Gill a stoke.

When Russell came to play OSU and the big guy he was so nervous from thinking about playing the Tallest Basketball player in the world, he puke his guts up before the game. Freshman didn't play in those days, they were the clean up crew, ugh!

He died on a Portland bus, the driver found him dead in the back of the bus at the end of the route. Funny how fame wains.
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iirc, Bill Russell got sick before every game.

Former athletes (of that era) seemed to usually slip into obscurity real quick.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
"The only way I would ever agree to go to Mars is if they let me bring my guns!"

- Marazul
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Allow me to correct you on a couple things, you seem to be having trouble seeing visions with clarity.
First off, you don't need a weapon on Mars, there is nobody there and nothing to eat.
Secondly, there is no fucking way I am going, but I would tickled pink if they sent you and Minstrel there.
If I am wrong about the first point then you can fill me in if you ever get your derrière back here.
 
MarAzul said:
Allow me to correct you on a couple things, you seem to be having trouble seeing visions with clarity.
First off, you don't need a weapon on Mars, there is nobody there and nothing to eat.
Secondly, there is no fucking way I am going, but I would tickled pink if they sent you and Minstrel there.
If I am wrong about the first point then you can fill me in if you ever get your derrière back here.
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Marazul for Mars President!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
"The only way I would ever agree to go to Mars is if they let me bring my guns!"

- Marazul
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The New Mars Colonialists may very well need a constitution, and in case they come across the Martian natives, it would behoove them to have a " militia " armed with the most devastating weapons possible and copies of the 2nd Amendment at the ready.

Like any good boy scout you gotta be prepared. Imagine the egg on the face of NASA if the Martian natives took the New Mars Colonialists by surprise with their Martian guns and all we had were our fists and NASA designed sporks to protect ourselves.

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Ha! See! This is the way it is suppose to work, I never have an trouble, it's always peaceful every where I go.
 
MarAzul said:
Secondly, there is no fucking way I am going, but I would tickled pink if they sent you and Minstrel there.
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Really? You want us to set up a government and Supreme Court on Mars ahead of your descendants arriving? I thought you understood the importance of who selects judges!
 
Minstrel said:
Really? You want us to set up a government and Supreme Court on Mars ahead of your descendants arriving? I thought you understood the importance of who selects judges!
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Oh I know you would do it well, I have no fear. Have speedy journey.
 
Seems sharp as ever:

"[Trump] is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator."

-Stephen "Hersey" Hawking

barfo
 
barfo said:
Seems sharp as ever:

"[Trump] is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator."

-Stephen "Hersey" Hawking

barfo
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You go first.
 
The more I think about this the better I like it. Perhaps some contests with winners getting the next shot to Mars.
Sort of like the next cruise to Botany bay.
 
MarAzul said:
The more I think about this the better I like it. Perhaps some contests with winners getting the next shot to Mars.
Sort of like the next cruise to Botany bay.
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A trip to Mars would give you a ton of time to look for your strawberries.

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