1811—German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner.
1854—Dugald Clerk invented a 2-stroke motorcycle engine.
1878—Jack Johnson was the first Black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) and invented a wrench.
1950—Pathologist Alison McCartney is a noted breast cancer campaigner.
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:05 pm
by snowingagain
A day late, but Tom Lehrer 97 yesterday.
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2025 7:08 pm
by Sannerl
snowingagain wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:05 pm
A day late, but Tom Lehrer 97 yesterday.
Georg Kreisler stole from him:
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:19 pm
by Franklan
40 years ago, on July 3, 1985, “Back to the Future” is released (in American cinemas).
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Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:26 pm
by Eric7
Franklan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:19 pm
40 years ago, on July 3, 1985, “Back to the Future” is released (in American cinemas).
One of my all time faves!
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:06 pm
by Franklan
When I was a young lad, I had a crush on Amanda Peterson (here, shown together with a young Patrick Dempsey)...
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Sadly, she passed away exactly 10 years ago, on July 3rd, 2015, at the age of 43.
October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:44 am
by Bayrisch_Dude
Franklan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:46 am
October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.
October 31 2025: Release of the single comment "Make Hondo Feel Old" by Franklan.
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 11:14 am
by Franklan
Bayrisch_Dude wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:44 am
[..] single comment "Make Hondo Feel Old" by Franklan. [..]
...I see a little silhouetto of a man...
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 1:12 pm
by Fraufruit
Make us all feel old, whydontcha?
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:14 pm
by Robinson100
Franklan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:46 am
October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.
Yes, you have made us all feel old, but hey, wouldn´t it be great to get us all singing along to it, and maybe make a recording of the whole song together? - naturally with a bit of "tweaking" to make it half-way listenable!
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:50 pm
by Franklan
Robinson100 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:14 pm
Yes, you have made us all feel old, but hey, wouldn´t it be great to get us all singing along to it, and maybe make a recording of the whole song together? - naturally with a bit of "tweaking" to make it half-way listenable!
Like this?
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:17 am
by Elljay
Franklan, dear, you ARE Wayne in your photo, are you not?
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:26 am
by Franklan
Elljay wrote: ↑Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:17 am
Franklan, dear, you ARE Wayne in your photo, are you not?
Yes, my Avatar is Wayne Winston Norris as seen in Season 1 of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"...
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:08 pm
by Sannerl
Dick van Dyke - Born December 13, 1925
Re: Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:34 pm
by bethannbitt
Sannerl wrote: ↑Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:08 pm
Dick van Dyke - Born December 13, 1925
I pointed this out to my German friend's son who turned 30 yesterday, and he pointed out that yesterday was Taylor Swift's birthday as well. I'm a Dick Van Dykie, not a Swiftie, but anyway ...
This marvel of a chip was the first chip I ever owned all of my very own. My dad was doing a digital design course with the open university, I was 10 years old and following along. (It was all new so the explanations in the textbooks and TV programs were not hard to follow along).
My dad took me to the Tandy electronics shop in the town and we bought a "Breadboard", a couple of 555 timers, some bright red LEDs, some capacitors and resistors.
When we got home we both followed the instructions in his course notes and built a simple circuit that flashed the lights on and off, adjusting the values of the resistors and capacitors allowed the speed of the flashing to be changed.
I thought it was sooo cool, and later when I had to pick my subjects for comprehensive school I remembered that and chose electronics. It was very much a favorite subject and I've been doing hobby electronics ever since.
So little 555, happy birthday and thanks for all the fun.