|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Twenty-five years ago today we lost John Lennon. To honor his memory, let's have no fighting or insults on the board for twenty-four hours. In other words, all I am saying is give peace a chance. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Hal Lewis
I remember John Lennon... |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: warshawlaw
I was too young for Kennedy (technically, not born yet), but I remember Lennon's death vividly. I was on a camping trip in Yosemite with my 10th grade class. A few of my classmates went to town for provisions. They came back announcing the death. One of the girls in our class was a total Lennon groupie. She collapsed, lots of others were crying too, just a horrible day. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
I remember Kennedy's death- I was out of school with a cold and I put the TV on after lunch and there was a bulletin and I knew right away something bad happened, and I heard about Lennon like many others from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football (they've been playing that tape on the radio this morning). Adam, who is the sleeping giant that was awakened yesterday? |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Peter Thomas
That would be us. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Anonymous
Pearl Harbor, barry. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Anonymous
The end of Tora Tora Tora, right Adam? |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Jay Miller
Barry--You remember John Lennon but you don't remember Pearl Harbor day--get your priorities straight. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: joe brennan
I also remember Kennedy. I was home sick playing tittly winks in the parlor and over heard a news flash from the living room that the President had been shot. I like millions of other Americans heard about Lennon from Howard Cosell. I remember thinking what could John Lennon have done so bad that someone would kill him? A few events in American history that we will always remember where we were. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted
Adam W |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: JudgeDred (Fred)
Barry, |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Sorry about the Pearl Harbor memory lapse- of course I knew it was the anniversary, but for some reason I thought Adam was referring to a person. My bad. |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: jay behrens
Barry, don't make me squash you like a bug like the beetle I killed this morning :-p |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: warshawlaw
WTF are you talking about?? I was merely pointing out that yesterday was the anniversary of a world-shaping event by attempting to blend two very famous quotations about the day. The first part of the line I wrote references FDR's speech to the American people after the attack, the 2nd references a line that was attributed to the Japanese admiral who conceived of the attack when he learned that the attack had been launched prior to the declaration of war hence was a sneak attack. The actual line attributed to Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on realizing that he had engaged in a dishonorable sneak attack is: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." He never said it; the line was created for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! The other common Yamamoto quote predicting the future outcome of an attack on the United States ("I can run wild for six months … after that, I have no expectation of success.") is real, and is something he is recorded to have said to a number of different Cabinet members in Japan in the 1940 time period. |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Anonymous
Wait - You killed a beatle this morning? Please tell me it was Paul! |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barry arnold
Barry's right. |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Brian C Daniels
There are only 23 hours and 56 minutes in a day which is how we account for leap year! Can we have at least a 4 minute brawl somewhere on here? |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
I requested a 24 hour moratorium on brawling to honor John Lennon and they are brawling on this thread. John is turning in his grave as we speak. |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: identify7
I agree with T-Rex. Lets wrongly accuse each other of imagined statements, then post inflammatory accusations. And see what happens. |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Alan
Leon needs to rename this board something else -- almost like the Vintage Baseball Card Argument board.... |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: identify7
"Bickering between participants on the board is expected". |
#22
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
I didn't even know that the Lennon sisters had a brother. |
#23
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: DJ
Folks, folks...let's be more of a fountain and less of a drain. |
#24
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Adam |
#25
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: T206Collector
...on April 7, 1873, no? |
#26
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: DJ
Oh, you mean THAT John McGraw. I was talking about the John McGraw that played one game for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops in 1914. |
#27
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Cobby33
I think we should have the grading companies grade egos around here, but they should be subject to re-grades. |
#28
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Alan Zimmerman
I'm just pissed that the guy missed Yoko. |
#29
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Yoko Ono may not be your favorite artist, nor is she mine for that matter, but isn't wishing she also got shot a tad harsh? You might want to rethink that comment. |
#30
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: William Heitman
I endured this news coming out of Howard Cossell's mouth on Monday Night Football. |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Alan Zimmerman
i thought about it. i want to rephrase my answer: I am pissed he hit John, I would rather he'd hit Yoko. |
#32
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: DJ
Oh yeah, that's much better. |
#33
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Alan Zimmerman
of course i would rather he hit neither, but, if given the choice between having chapman hit john or yoko, i would rather he hit yoko. on a related note, you may want to consider my bias in the fact that i once wrote a screenplay called "killing yoko ono", about a one time use only time machine, and what the owner would do with it if given the choice. |
#34
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: David McDonald
Time travel was discussed in a recent thread. Most guys would have chased CJ's and T-cards and the like. I would have taken in a few ballgames and asked Rita Hayworth for a date. I don't recall anyone wanting to kill anybody. |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Brian Daniels
Barry, didn't Jack Lennon die only a few years ago? |
#36
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Anonymous
Here I stand... head in hand |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Gee- when I started this thread it was done from the heart and I truly wanted one day of no fighting on the board, which obviously didn't work since a skirmish broke out on this very thread anyway. And "Anonymous", if you think I started the most ridiculous thread ever, I would appreciate it if you post your full name. I think it's board rules that you can't make such a comment unless you identify yourself. Thank you. Sincerely, Barry Sloate |
#38
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: leon
Sorry, I deleted that anonymous person's post as per the board rules, so your comment to him might look out of place now. Suffice it to say if that person wants to re-post with his full name it can stay....again, as per board rules. I think this is a good thread, myself....At least it had/has good intent....best regards |
#39
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Anonymous
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, |
#40
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Hey Leon- you can leave it as is, the thread is kind of played out. I just thought he could be a little more courteous to me. |
#41
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Jack Richards
I'm the one who posted the "Anonymous" entry that was deleted because it violated the board's rules. I have only posted once before, and I am not as familiar as I should be with the board's requirements. Sorry about that. |
#42
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Thanks Jack, and welcome to the board. No hard feelings, and I agree with you that even in the spirit of John's memory some awfully unkind things were said on this thread. |
#43
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Cat
Barry: |
#44
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Alan Zimmerman
now jim morrison, his name i wont tarnish. |
#45
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: Julie Vognar
Knighthood. |
#46
|
|||
|
|||
john lennon
Posted By: barrysloate
Morrison's gravestone is a pretty popular shrine- people visit it regularly. Was fortunate to see the Doors twice- including once at the Fillmore East when it was still called the Village Theatre. Had to leave early though- don't ask, long story. |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Sorry John, JK | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 47 | 04-15-2007 12:02 PM |
John Eubank(s?) | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 6 | 03-21-2006 01:43 PM |
Who will be more popular 500 years from now: Babe Ruth or John Lennon? | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 87 | 12-11-2005 07:10 AM |
John Wonkaticket: | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 2 | 07-08-2005 12:47 AM |
John Spencer | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 3 | 12-08-2003 12:19 AM |