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2009-05-20 
Good morning
Posted by Steve White 2009-05-20 00:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 Morticia Adams?

Aaaaah, youth, (the original) Morticia Adams was my first real crush. (still have a thing for her (and females that look like her) till this day :-)
Posted by Spairong Lumumba1031 2009-05-20 02:44||   2009-05-20 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Happy Birthday: May 20th.

William Fargo - died 1881 (63) "Wells, Fargo & Company"

James Stewart - died 1997 (87) "Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve"

David Hedison - 82 "The Fly - Felix Leiter" (Now)

Anthony Zerbe - 73 "Lieutenant KC Trench in the private detective series Harry O" (Now)

Joe Cocker - 67 "English rock/blues singer" (Now)

Cher - 63 "Botox storage facility" (Now)

On this day in history: May 20th.
1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
1891 – History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").
1927 – By the Treaty of Jedda, the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot.
1940 – The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1956 – In Operation Redwing, (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll.
1969 – The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science.
1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-20 02:50||   2009-05-20 02:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Mmmmmm. Morticia . . . .
Posted by gorb 2009-05-20 03:35||   2009-05-20 03:35|| Front Page Top

#4 You Rang?



Mon Cheri

Chains only, no whips

Dagmar Bumber Guard Alert

No PETA Zone

Daily Gam Shot

General Quarters, Man your Battle Stations

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-20 04:01||   2009-05-20 04:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Anthony Zerbe - 73 "Lieutenant KC Trench in the private detective series Harry O" (Now)

...I remember him as the lead zombie in Charlton Heston's The Omega Man. Scared the dickens outta me.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-05-20 05:10||   2009-05-20 05:10|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember Zerbe from somewhere else - maybe one of these - In television he has played numerous guest roles in TV series including Naked City, The Virginian, The Big Valley, Route 66, The Wild Wild West, Twelve O'Clock High, Bonanza, Mission Impossible, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-0, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, The Chisholms, Ironside, Cannon, Columbo, The Rookies, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, The Equalizer, Harry O, Kung Fu, Little House on the Prairie, Dynasty, Highway to Heaven, Murder She Wrote, The Young Riders & Frasier.

Posted by Bobby 2009-05-20 05:55||   2009-05-20 05:55|| Front Page Top

#7 That "No PETA Zone" shot . . . Cousin Itt, what are you doing!
Posted by Mike 2009-05-20 08:07||   2009-05-20 08:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Wow, one case of definitely improving with age.....
Posted by Snetch the Prolific4955 2009-05-20 15:25||   2009-05-20 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 "David Hedison - 82 "The Fly - Felix Leiter" (Now)"

Thanks, GB. I didn't know he was still alive. And he's still a hottie.... :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-05-20 17:48||   2009-05-20 17:48|| Front Page Top

#10 You're welcome Barbara. Sorry no "Daily Toosh Shots" of the guys, I'll try harder.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-20 18:35||   2009-05-20 18:35|| Front Page Top

#11 We would appreciate it, GB. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-05-20 20:26||   2009-05-20 20:26|| Front Page Top

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