Who are your heroes? - Page 2

mrnoodle · 03-22-2006, 02:49 PM

Yep, dad.

MaggieL · 03-23-2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

We have a (now closed) airbase right here on the border of Grandview. We used to get a big kick out of the fact that they have street named after Richard Bong...Bong Avenue.

We were stoned hippies back then.

When *we* were stoned hippies, much was made of the fact that West Chester PA has an intersection: High and Gay Sts.

wolf · 03-24-2006, 12:36 AM

Yep. You can come in High and go out Gay, or come in Gay and go out High.

They also build a water tower every time a virgin graduates.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-24-2006, 07:11 PM

So they don't have a water tower yet?

elSicomoro · 03-25-2006, 01:16 AM

MLK
Ice-T
my girlfriend

Mundane Gorilla · 03-26-2006, 01:28 AM

My late grandfather. He instilled in me some actual work ethic (which I sorely needed) and took the time to teach me his trade before he passed on. If I live my life to be half the man he was than I am doing good.

farfromhome · 03-26-2006, 11:17 PM

John Bender

capnhowdy · 03-27-2006, 06:27 PM

Paul Rodgers.... until he started fronting for Queen. ( Who is currently on tour).

fargon · 03-27-2006, 06:57 PM

My Dad Master Gunnery Sergent James L. Bell USMC (Ret)
John Wayne
Ronald Reagen

footfootfoot · 03-27-2006, 09:00 PM

Thanks Bruce,
he is my hero too.

Like all the tell all bios, I learned so much more about my Dad now that he's passed, and now that the shenanigans have begun.

More on that in another thread.

I need to think on this awhile.

I often muse on Jimmy Carter being the only US president who knew that "harass" was not two words. But that alone doesn't confer hero status.

A guy from my dad's neighborhood is a contender based on this one fact I know about him:

Every December 7th he'd go out to a Japanese restaurant and order a huge meal, drinks, dessert, etc. then he'd beat the check. There was something about that which was so quixotic, mad, futile, wrong, bizarre, hilarious, that it escapes any categorization.

SteveBsjb · 03-28-2006, 05:11 AM

Hawkeye Pierce
Nigel Tufnel
Oscar Madison

Trilby · 03-28-2006, 06:20 AM

Mother Theresa and Mary Magdalene

capnhowdy · 03-28-2006, 08:08 PM

All the people who gave the oath to serve their country in the armed services. Dead or alive.

And the inventors of the automatic weapon.

Stevonez · 03-28-2006, 10:27 PM

Anyone that leaves this earth as they found it or better to the best of their ability...

and my mom... she's battled illness for over fifteen years now and has stayed positive and kind throughout... still thinking of others constantly... and never wavering in her fight...

SteveBsjb · 03-29-2006, 09:39 AM

Did I leave out Michael Merjeh?

03-22-2006, 02:49 PM	#16
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Yep, dad. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

03-24-2006, 12:36 AM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yep. You can come in High and go out Gay, or come in Gay and go out High. They also build a water tower every time a virgin graduates. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-24-2006, 07:11 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So they don't have a water tower yet? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-26-2006, 01:28 AM	#21
Mundane Gorilla Newb Until Further Notice Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8	My late grandfather. He instilled in me some actual work ethic (which I sorely needed) and took the time to teach me his trade before he passed on. If I live my life to be half the man he was than I am doing good. __________________ Sapere aude

03-26-2006, 11:17 PM	#22
farfromhome Management Consultant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland,OR/Conesus,NY Posts: 166	John Bender __________________ When you ain't got nothing-you ain't got nothing to lose.

03-25-2006, 01:16 AM	#20
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	MLK Ice-T my girlfriend

03-27-2006, 06:27 PM	#23
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Paul Rodgers.... until he started fronting for Queen. ( Who is currently on tour). __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-27-2006, 06:57 PM	#24
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	My Dad Master Gunnery Sergent James L. Bell USMC (Ret) John Wayne Ronald Reagen __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

03-27-2006, 09:00 PM	#25
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks Bruce, he is my hero too. Like all the tell all bios, I learned so much more about my Dad now that he's passed, and now that the shenanigans have begun. More on that in another thread. I need to think on this awhile. I often muse on Jimmy Carter being the only US president who knew that "harass" was not two words. But that alone doesn't confer hero status. A guy from my dad's neighborhood is a contender based on this one fact I know about him: Every December 7th he'd go out to a Japanese restaurant and order a huge meal, drinks, dessert, etc. then he'd beat the check. There was something about that which was so quixotic, mad, futile, wrong, bizarre, hilarious, that it escapes any categorization. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-28-2006, 05:11 AM	#26
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Hawkeye Pierce Nigel Tufnel Oscar Madison

03-28-2006, 06:20 AM	#27
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Mother Theresa and Mary Magdalene __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-28-2006, 08:08 PM	#28
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	All the people who gave the oath to serve their country in the armed services. Dead or alive. And the inventors of the automatic weapon. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-28-2006, 10:27 PM	#29
Stevonez conformity is deformity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 104	Anyone that leaves this earth as they found it or better to the best of their ability... and my mom... she's battled illness for over fifteen years now and has stayed positive and kind throughout... still thinking of others constantly... and never wavering in her fight...

03-29-2006, 09:39 AM	#30
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	Did I leave out Michael Merjeh? __________________ "It's only an internet community."

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