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Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: zachhoran on December 22, 2004, 09:31:12 AM
Today would have been the 87th birthday of Gene Rayburn; he was born in Christopher, Illinois, on this date in 1917.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Don Howard on December 22, 2004, 09:55:50 AM
And Gustavo Adolfo Becquer would've been 134.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Winkfan on December 22, 2004, 12:16:56 PM
Seriously, I say, 'Happy Birthday, Geno!' (SWAK!)

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Debralee Scott of the Big Board!'
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Don Howard on December 22, 2004, 12:58:28 PM
Dead people don't have birthdays. It's not nice, I know, but it's true.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: DrBear on December 22, 2004, 01:53:35 PM
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 11:58 AM\']Dead people don't have birthdays. It's not nice, I know, but it's true.
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Well, they do, but they really don't do well blowing the candles out on their cakes.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: MyCapableAssistant on December 22, 2004, 04:47:07 PM
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 10:58 AM\']Dead people don't have birthdays. It's not nice, I know, but it's true.
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That's not quite right. They DO have birthdays, they
just DON'T celebrate them.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: GS Warehouse on December 22, 2004, 06:24:16 PM
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 01:53 PM\'][quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 11:58 AM\']Dead people don't have birthdays. It's not nice, I know, but it's true.
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Just wait until February 12, which would have been Abraham Lincoln's 196th birthday.  That many candles would set the cake on fire--if it hasn't already collapsed under the candles' weight.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 22, 2004, 06:40:11 PM
And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: uncamark on December 23, 2004, 03:12:25 PM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 06:40 PM\']And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
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And then there's that guy who'll be 2,004 years old on Saturday...
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: geno57 on December 23, 2004, 03:21:22 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 03:12 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 06:40 PM\']And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
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And then there's that guy who'll be 2,004 years old on Saturday...
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Old Man Periwinkle?
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: jbrocato on December 23, 2004, 04:16:13 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 03:12 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 06:40 PM\']And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
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And then there's that guy who'll be 2,004 years old on Saturday...
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Actually, don't some say 2008 or 2009 years old?

John Brocato
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: clemon79 on December 23, 2004, 04:47:34 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 06:40 PM\']And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
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Good lord. ;)
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: sshuffield70 on December 23, 2004, 04:51:10 PM
[quote name=\'jbrocato\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 04:16 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 03:12 PM\'][quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 22 2004, 06:40 PM\']And ten days later, old G.W.'s birthday. How many for him? 273? Yeah, that's one hell of a cake.
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Actually, don't some say 2008 or 2009 years old?

John Brocato
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I lean toward 2008.....damn Catholics!
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Kevin Prather on December 23, 2004, 07:56:58 PM
Who ever heard of Christ being born 4 years before he was born? I always thought 1BC made the most sense, because there's no year 0, and Dec 25 is so damn close to the end of the year.
Title: 87 (blank)s ago today
Post by: Robert Hutchinson on December 24, 2004, 01:31:38 AM
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 23 2004, 07:56 PM\']Who ever heard of Christ being born 4 years before he was born?
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Sounds like a sacreligious summer blockbuster plot . . .

But Seriously, Folks, the guy what added up the years when the calendar was being arranged was apparently off by a few. I know I shouldn't show off by being so specific, but I can't help it.