The Dead Thread 2024

[ScoobyDoo]

Well, I knew Russo would do the definitive article. He always writes a lot, and thorough. Just a completely heartbreaking event piled on top of a world I no longer understand. RIP.

 

[Kepler]

I never want to see Manchester By the Sea ever again, but I certainly can't forget it.

keep thinking of that scene where Affleck goes for the gun at the police station.

I assume the dad has to be on suicide watch right now

This.

 

[Kepler]

Well that's a boner killer.

 

[MissThundercat]

James Tolkan, the principal in Back to the Future.

 

[aparch]

And Calumet, Michigan native.

 

[Kepler]

And Calumet, Michigan native.

Is that one of the two towns in that hardcore Yooper rivalry hockey game?

 

[Jimjamesak]

James Tolkan, the principal in Back to the Future.

Also in Top Gun and had one of my favorite lines:

“But you remember one thing. You screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!”

 

[state of hockey]

At work when someone goes rogue and the results aren’t quite clear yet we’ll let out a “GODT Dammit, Maverick.”

 

[aparch]

Is that one of the two towns in that hardcore Yooper rivalry hockey game?

If you're referring to the board discussed rivalry between NMU and MTU, no. (Marquette and Houghton, respectively.)

If you're referring to the high school hockey rivalry that hardly gets any mention outside of the UP, you'd be correct. The Calumet Copper Kings and Houghton Gremlins have quite the sports history. Being practically the two biggest school districts in the region for a century helps. (But they're still tiny compared to any other school district anywhere else.)

If you ever are bored enough and want to fall down a Wiki rabbit hole for an afternoon, Calumet was once the hot bed of copper mining in the UP. Lots of labor strife was sparked in Calumet with the copper strike of 1913 where miners demanded 8 hour work days, improved wages, and elimination of the "widow maker" one man drills. It came to a head at Christmas of 1913 when 70 miners and their families were crushed to death in a panic when "Fire!" was falsely yelled in a crowded theater. The closure of the mines once the easy to extract minerals were taken contributed to the town, and regions, downfall. It's the tale of pure capitalism and the stubborn idiots who remain.

It's also gorgeous to visit if you enjoy nature.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

It came to a head at Christmas of 1913 when 70 miners and their families were crushed to death in a panic when "Fire!" was falsely yelled in a crowded theater.

And the company man responsible was never identified, nor punished.

Italian Hall Disaster

Good old-fashioned racism and unchecked capitalism.

 

[state of hockey]

And the company man responsible was never identified, nor punished.

Italian Hall Disaster

Good old-fashioned racism and unchecked capitalism.

Wasn’t the union leader shot and thrown on a train out of town? Wild stuff.

 

[Kepler]

If you're referring to the board discussed rivalry between NMU and MTU, no. (Marquette and Houghton, respectively.)

No, I mean the Gibson Cup from the Vice documentary. Portage Lake v Calumet.

 

[aparch]

No, I mean the Gibson Cup from the Vice documentary. Portage Lake v Calumet.

Yes. That too.

 

[dxmnkd316]

If you're referring to the board discussed rivalry between NMU and MTU, no. (Marquette and Houghton, respectively.)

If you're referring to the high school hockey rivalry that hardly gets any mention outside of the UP, you'd be correct. The Calumet Copper Kings and Houghton Gremlins have quite the sports history. Being practically the two biggest school districts in the region for a century helps. (But they're still tiny compared to any other school district anywhere else.)

If you ever are bored enough and want to fall down a Wiki rabbit hole for an afternoon, Calumet was once the hot bed of copper mining in the UP. Lots of labor strife was sparked in Calumet with the copper strike of 1913 where miners demanded 8 hour work days, improved wages, and elimination of the "widow maker" one man drills. It came to a head at Christmas of 1913 when 70 miners and their families were crushed to death in a panic when "Fire!" was falsely yelled in a crowded theater. The closure of the mines once the easy to extract minerals were taken contributed to the town, and regions, downfall. It's the tale of pure capitalism and the stubborn idiots who remain.

It's also gorgeous to visit if you enjoy nature.

It has some of my favorite building architecture. I can never remember if it’s city hall or what but it’s absolutely gorgeous

 

[rufus]

Couple from the music world.

Jon Dee Graham, probably best known for his work with the Austin band True Believers in the 80's. A three-time member of the Texas rock and roll hall of fame.

And Christopher North, keyboardist and founding member of the band Ambrosia. One of my favorites of my high school years, before becoming popular as a pop/yacht rock type of sound, they started out as a prog rock band along the lines of the Alan Parsons Project. Parsons served as an engineer and then producer of their first two records.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[MissThundercat]

 

[Kepler]

Is that the guy who knew Darwin?

 

[state of hockey]

Is that the guy who knew Darwin?

That was Harriet I believe. Already dead.

Also, it appears Jonathan’s death is an April Fools joke. He’s still blindly wandering around Saint Helena.