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I still have a stack of Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers magazines in my closet. Best enjoyed while smoking stuff I no longer smoke. Far out, man.
I never smoked dope, but I still found the FFFBs hilarious. Gilbert Shelton is maybe the greatest almost totally unknown comic strip writer ever.I also read a lot of Crumb. Much of his biographical stuff is hilarious even though he's a total liberal wimp. His digs at feminists are fun to read.
My mother threw out all my baseball cards ( a number of them very valuable) and all my comic books including early Marvel Comics also valuable. When I asked her why she did it, she replied, "I didn't think you wanted them anymore." They were all stored in a special cabinet in my room. They were in no way cluttering up the room or the house. She never asked me if I wanted to keep them.Thanks a lot mom.I love the "logic" of the people who throw your things away because they thought (without asking you if you wanted to keep them) that you've already read them.Well then, we should be able to throw out things they've used, like records, tapes, etc. because they've already heard them.
My mother threw out all my baseball cards ( a number of them very valuable) and all my comic books including early Marvel Comics also valuable. When I asked her why she did it, she replied, "I didn't think you wanted them anymore." They were all stored in a special cabinet in my room. They were in no way cluttering up the room or the house. She never asked me if I wanted to keep them.Thanks a lot mom.
I love the "logic" of the people who throw your things away because they thought (without asking you if you wanted to keep them) that you've already read them.Well then, we should be able to throw out things they've used, like records, tapes, etc. because they've already heard them.
Child abuse!! I didn't have to go that far. All I ever had to do was remind my mother that any generation who could make a hit out of "Mairzy Doats" had no business talking about my music! Guaranteed to keep her meathooks off my music library.
Of all the old things I wish I still had, the photos of a Braves-Dodgers game at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1960 are the things I miss the most.I went down to the railing and took five or six pictures of Eddie Mathews batting against Don Drysdale that turned out perfect. What happened to them years later I do not know.I remember after taking the snaps turning around to go back to my seat where my father and my older brother were sitting (about 20-30 rows back of the first base dugout) and seeing all these people in the stands looking at me. I'm sure they thought "what a nervy little kid."Ten years old at the time.
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has died due to the brain bleed he suffered earlier in the week. He was 25.“It is with great sadness to share the news that our Colby Cave passed away early this morning,†his family said in a statement. "I (Emily) and both our families are in shock but know our Colby was loved dearly by us, his family and friends, the entire hockey community, and many more. ...The Battleford, Saskatchewan native had been airlifted to a Toronto hospital on Tuesday where he underwent emergency surgery. A colloid cyst was causing pressure on his brain. The young NHLer had then been placed in a medically induced coma. ...
“M*A*S*H†actor Timothy Brown has died at 82.The actor and former NFL running back died Saturday following complications related to dementia, Fox News reported Friday. ... In the film, he played Cpl. Judson, and in the series, he played Capt. Oliver Harmon “Spearchucker†Jones, who was written out after season one. ... He played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Baltimore Colts. ...
‘M*A*S*H’ actor Timothy Brown dies aged 82 following dementia complications
Wow. The Tom Dempsey obit talked about dementia, this with Timothy Brown, former NFLer, talks about dementia. Not good signs. I know of another case that is similar. I've loved the sport but it seems to happen to often. Rest in peace, both of them.
@mountaineer 82 years old is a good run for someone that played professional feetsball. They get smacked around a great deal.
Can you imagine Hollywood making a movie now where one of the character's name is "Spear Chunker"?
Of all the old things I wish I still had, the photos of a Braves-Dodgers game at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1960 are the things I miss the most.I went down to the railing and took five or six pictures of Eddie Mathews batting against Don Drysdale that turned out perfect. What happened to them years later I do not know.
@goatprairie I was there (Atlanta) in '69 when Rico Carty came back from TB.
Colby Cave, Edmonton Oilers forward who had been in coma due to brain bleed, dies at 25By Andy ClaytonNew York Daily News |Apr 11, 2020 | 10:59 AMNY Daily News
... She was a not unattractive woman, but the left is unforgiving to those who refuse to overlook their heroes' pathologies (as we're currently seeing with Joe Biden's accuser), so Linda was turned into the pantomime dame of the cast: "Saturday Night Live" hired John Goodman to play her for the duration. Terminated by the federal government, she retreated to life as the proprietor of a German-themed Christmas shop - until, as with a remarkable number of those who cross the Clintons, she predeceased them. ...Mrs Clinton has done her best to surround her husband with only the most fearsome specimens of the fairer sex, from Madeleine Albright to Janet Reno. But you could nail a government health warning to the White House door - 'Abandon hope all ye who intern here' - and some impressionable young coed would always break through. ...
You forgot someone . . .
Eagles Great, NFL Champion Pete Retzlaff Dies at Age 88Only six players in franchise history have made more Pro Bowls than Pete Retzlaff, who also served as the Eagles' general manager from 1969 to 1972By Reuben Frank • Published April 10, 2020Pete Retzlaff, who never caught a pass in college but caught 452 of them during his brilliant 11-year career with the Eagles, died Friday.He was 88.Retzlaff, whose No. 44 is one of only nine numbers retired by the Eagles, was a five-time Pro Bowler, first-team all-pro and 1989 inductee into the Eagles Hall of Fame.Read more at: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/eagles/eagles-great-nfl-champion-pete-retzlaff-dies-at-age-88/2359788/
Second baseman Glenn Beckert, a mainstay on the Chicago Cubs infield from 1965-73, has died at age 79.The Cubs confirmed Beckert's death in a social media post on Sunday morning. Beckert won a Gold Glove award for his fielding excellence in 1968, when he also led the National League with 98 runs scored and finished ninth in the NL MVP balloting. He was also named to four consecutive NL All-Star teams, starting in 1969. The Cubs traded Beckert to the San Diego Padres after the 1973 season and he played the final two years of his career in San Diego. Over nine seasons in the majors, Beckert complied 1,473 hits, scored 685 runs and finished with a .283 average . . .
NFL STAR KILLED Ex-Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson dead at 36 following car crash in AlabamaBreaking Mollie Mansfield Apr 13 2020, 9:57 ETUpdated: Apr 13 2020, 10:53 ETFormer Super Bowl Champion Tarvaris Jackson has died at age 36 following a car crash in the NFL star's hometown.The former Minnesota Vikings quarterback was involved in a wreck in Alabama on Sunday night, RapSheet reported.Responding to the news, Jackson's former Seattle Seahawks teammate Richard Sherman tweeted crying emoji's.Read more at: https://www.the-sun.com/sport/676246/nfl-tarvaris-jackson-dead/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly
Former Chicago Cubs infielder Glenn Beckert dies at 79https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cubs/2020/04/12/glenn-beckert-four-time-all-star-infielder-cubs-dies-79/2978934001/Made a terrific keystone partner with good-field/no-hit shortstop Don Kessinger.RIP.
I wonder if they ever did one of those analytic things contrasting a good hitting-fair defensive SS vs. a great fielding-light hitting one.
