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[Black Irish]

I got a free cup of coffee at Starbucks this morning because I was wearing a Notre Dame shirt. The guy working was a fan. A good omen, I hope.

 

[dshans]

I got a free cup of coffee at Starbucks this morning because I was wearing a Notre Dame shirt. The guy working was a fan. A good omen, I hope.

What? Just a plain cuppa joe? Not a cappuccino, frappuccino latte with the image of The Virgin Mary swirled into the foam?


The barista, though good hearted and of good taste, is a slacker!

 

[Black Irish]

What? Just a plain cuppa joe? Not a cappuccino, frappuccino latte with the image of The Virgin Mary swirled into the foam?


The barista, though good hearted and of good taste, is a slacker!

I'd like the present dshans with the Irish Envy "Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth" award.

 

[dshans]

I'd like the present dshans with the Irish Envy "Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth" award.

Gladly and graciously accepted.

Just don't make the award a gift card to Starbucks or Caribou. Good coffee, no doubt about it, but the prices are downright silly. I'll take a gift card to my favorite local bakery for breakfast pastries I can take home and eat with coffee I've made myself.

 

[PLACforever]

The top headline on Yahoo News right now is:
"Miley Cyrus Stops Following Fiance Liam Hemsworth on Twitter"

I don't want to live in a world where this is seen as "news", goodbye cruel world*

*kidding - in case someone takes the internet too seriously

 

[dshans]

I'm in no mood or shape to start a new thread. I wouldn't know how to. That I found this one is happenstance.

I just got a call from a friend and ND classmate informing me that a dear, dear friend and fellow ND class of '74 was found dead in his home in Jacksonville, FL this morning.

Scant details, but he was apparently watching the Purdue game when he passed: he had an ND cap on when he was found. A So-Cal boy who came damn close to attending USC, he was a die-hard Domer.

I am crying now. He was a brother for four years at ND and for all the years since. I am missing his spirit and zest for life as I type. He was not a saint but was saintly.

Kurt, your untimely departure leaves so many, many tears.

 

[NDFan4Life]

I'm in no mood or shape to start a new thread. I wouldn't know how to. That I found this one is happenstance.

I just got a call from a friend and ND classmate informing me that a dear, dear friend and fellow ND class of '74 was found dead in his home in Jacksonville, FL this morning.

Scant details, but he was apparently watching the Purdue game when he passed: he had an ND cap on when he was found. A So-Cal boy who came damn close to attending USC, he was a die-hard Domer.

I am crying now. He was a brother for four years at ND and for all the years since. I am missing his spirit and zest for life as I type. He was not a saint but was saintly.

Kurt, your untimely departure leaves so many, many tears.

My condolences, dshans.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I'm in no mood or shape to start a new thread. I wouldn't know how to. That I found this one is happenstance.

I just got a call from a friend and ND classmate informing me that a dear, dear friend and fellow ND class of '74 was found dead in his home in Jacksonville, FL this morning.

Scant details, but he was apparently watching the Purdue game when he passed: he had an ND cap on when he was found. A So-Cal boy who came damn close to attending USC, he was a die-hard Domer.

I am crying now. He was a brother for four years at ND and for all the years since. I am missing his spirit and zest for life as I type. He was not a saint but was saintly.

Kurt, your untimely departure leaves so many, many tears.

Síocháin daoibh!

 

[BobD]

Sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[Irish Insanity]

Dshans, I'm sorry for your loss.

My condolences to you, and the rest of the Irish family that will be affected by his passing.

 

[dshans]

My condolences to you, and the rest of the Irish family that will be affected by his passing.

Thank you. He was certainly a member of the Notre Dame Family. Unconventional to most, as am I, but a valuable family man nonetheless.

He was a wrestler. He could recite Firesign Theater albums extemporaneously. He was the epicenter of a venn diagram of a wide, lasting circle of friends at ND. He is the focal point of many vivid memories of my days at ND as well as after.

He was an enthusiastic golfer – sh¡tty but profanely joyous no matter the results. He jolted me, after handing me a tab of acid, that "Rosebud" was the name of Citizen Kane's sled while watching the movie screened, outdoors, on the side of the old field house. I'd never seen the flick and never forgave him. He cackled and strode off, in a Gimli sort of way.

He was married, briefly, to an Alabama woman he met while getting a PhD at Auburn. One of the enduring comments he made to me, after his wife and brothers cleaned out his house while he was in China on business, was "She took the ****ing door knocker!"

A special man, a special Domer in the amalgam. He is, and will be, missed as long as there are family and friends who had the honor of knowing him while he bounded on this earthly plane.

 

[Black Irish]

Thank you. He was certainly a member of the Notre Dame Family. Unconventional to most, as am I, but a valuable family man nonetheless.

He was a wrestler. He could recite Firesign Theater albums extemporaneously. He was the epicenter of a venn diagram of a wide, lasting circle of friends at ND. He is the focal point of many vivid memories of my days at ND as well as after.

He was an enthusiastic golfer – sh¡tty but profanely joyous no matter the results. He jolted me, after handing me a tab of acid, that "Rosebud" was the name of Citizen Kane's sled while watching the movie screened, outdoors, on the side of the old field house. I'd never seen the flick and never forgave him. He cackled and strode off, in a Gimli sort of way.

He was married, briefly, to an Alabama woman he met while getting a PhD at Auburn. One of the enduring comments he made to me, after his wife and brothers cleaned out his house while he was in China on business, was "She took the ****ing door knocker!"

A special man, a special Domer in the amalgam. He is, and will be, missed as long as there are family and friends who had the honor of knowing him while he bounded on this earthly plane.

It sounds like he was a hell of a guy. Prayers for him.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Thank you. He was certainly a member of the Notre Dame Family. Unconventional to most, as am I, but a valuable family man nonetheless.

He was a wrestler. He could recite Firesign Theater albums extemporaneously. He was the epicenter of a venn diagram of a wide, lasting circle of friends at ND. He is the focal point of many vivid memories of my days at ND as well as after.

He was an enthusiastic golfer – sh¡tty but profanely joyous no matter the results. He jolted me, after handing me a tab of acid, that "Rosebud" was the name of Citizen Kane's sled while watching the movie screened, outdoors, on the side of the old field house. I'd never seen the flick and never forgave him. He cackled and strode off, in a Gimli sort of way.

He was married, briefly, to an Alabama woman he met while getting a PhD at Auburn. One of the enduring comments he made to me, after his wife and brothers cleaned out his house while he was in China on business, was "She took the ****ing door knocker!"

A special man, a special Domer in the amalgam. He is, and will be, missed as long as there are family and friends who had the honor of knowing him while he bounded on this earthly plane.

My ex left the knocker. That is okay. I planned on getting a better set of knockers anyway. I am sure your friend would understand.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

This is for Black Irish; may you always get your moneys worth!

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[Emcee77]

"Look, man, I had a rough night and I hate the ****ing Eagles!"

Woman stabs roommate for listening to the Eagles

 

[Black Irish]

This is for Black Irish; may you always get your moneys worth!

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Ah, yes. I remember seeing this movie as a boy and learning that there was another type of knockers out there, and they are fantastic.

 

[dshans]

... I planned on getting a better set of knockers anyway. I am sure your friend would understand.

Silicone or Saline???

 

[Irish Insanity]

Silicone or Saline???

Hopefully they aren't inflatable, and the woman atatched as well

 

[dshans]

Hopefully they aren't inflatable, and the woman atatched as well

Well, if the attached woman were inflatable, health, texture and "experience" wouldn't be primary.

There'd be a whole different issue involved.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Well, if the attached woman were inflatable, health, texture and "experience" wouldn't be primary.

There'd be a whole different issue involved.

Yeah, I for one can't or won't blow that hard.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Ah, yes. I remember seeing this movie as a boy and learning that there was another type of knockers out there, and they are fantastic.

I am glad I could provide the all time knocker pun and bring back such fond mamories of your childhood.



Pretty funny huh?

Directly after this scene I remember looking around at the @ssholes that wouldn't shut the fvck up in the row behind us. This movie came out in the fall of my senior year in high school, and I was out on a date with an old girlfriend I with whom I had just recently rekindled the flame. This was a Friday night, the premiere of the movie (in hs I was a really big Mel Brooks fan.) We had a stupid Sunday game that week, so we had an "early in" curfew that night.

The @ssholes behind me who got my badass dirty looks? My entire coaching staff. The next morning at practice during up-downs, my position coach asked me what I thought of Terri Garrs "knockers." I remember how funny everybody thought that was, and will never forget this scene.

 

[Black Irish]

I am glad I could provide the all time knocker pun and bring back such fond mamories of your childhood.



Pretty funny huh?

Directly after this scene I remember looking around at the @ssholes that wouldn't shut the fvck up in the row behind us. This movie came out in the fall of my senior year in high school, and I was out on a date with an old girlfriend I with whom I had just recently rekindled the flame. This was a Friday night, the premiere of the movie (in hs I was a really big Mel Brooks fan.) We had a stupid Sunday game that week, so we had an "early in" curfew that night.

The @ssholes behind me who got my badass dirty looks? My entire coaching staff. The next morning at practice during up-downs, my position coach asked me what I thought of Terri Garrs "knockers." I remember how funny everybody thought that was, and will never forget this scene.

Great story.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Great story.

But did you get the mamories pun?

 

[dshans]

Just to follow up on, and finish up, a post I made earlier:

BOTTJER Kurt P Bottjer 02-Jul-1952 - 15-Sep-2013 Kurt passed away suddenly of natural causes peacefully at home on 15-Sep-2013. Kurt was an avid golfer and a long standing member of the Duval Golf Association (DGA) having won the Golfer of the Year award in 2008. Kurt enjoyed sports and his favorite of all was Notre Dame Football. Kurt bled Notre Dame Blue and Gold. While at Notre Dame, Kurt played softball and rugby. Kurt's other love was the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival held each spring. Kurt and his large circle of friends have been attending the Jazz Fest for over twenty years. Kurt was born in Orinda California to Richard (Dick) and Jeanne (nee Abernathy). Kurt was a high school wrestler at Miramonte High School and went to ND on a wrestling and academic scholarship. After he received his bachelor's degree from the University Of Notre Dame he went onto UC Davis for a Masters. Kurt returned to his beloved Notre Dame to earn his PhD in Microbiology making him a Double Domer. Kurt did his post-doctoral work at Auburn University. While at Auburn, Kurt was the faculty adviser to TKE (Tau Kappa Epsilon) fraternity. Kurt moved onto teach at Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, PA after leaving Auburn. Kurt left the academic world and joined BetzPaper Chem which was eventually absorbed by Hercules, Inc and then Ashland Corporation. Kurt became one of Betz's go-to guys having won several Eagle awards. Kurt did an ex-pat stint in Shanghai China where he further extended his circle of friends. Kurt recently retired from Ashland Corporation after a long and distinguished career as an Industrial Microbiologist. Kurt is survived by his brother Steve in Merced California and Steve's wife Debra. Kurt also has a brother Jan in Corvallis Oregon. Kurt was predeceased by his brother Gary and is survived by his sister in law Sandy. Kurt had numerous nieces, nephews, as well as great nieces and nephews listed as follows: Eric, Shannon, Anne, Nick, Sam, Steven, Jeff, Liza, Raychelle and Cassandra.

I highlighted a few things that make his life germane to IE. I don't know (yet) who wrote the obituary, but the pertinent highlights are there.

 

[Black Irish]

But did you get the mamories pun?

No, I just figured that your spelling is atrocious. But great knockers can do that to a man.

 

[NDBoiler]

Saw this the other day. Crazy shits...

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[dshans]

Smart bird. Let gravity and the ground do much of the work.

 

[PLACforever]

Saw this the other day. Crazy shits...

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Those things are f'ing evil. Did you see the pics of one slaughtering a deer in russia somewhere?

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

 

[dshans]

The young man is clearly fukking jacked up.