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Post Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:20 pm 
 

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'What a waste of a perfectly good white boy'.

(Trivia for you - the French exchange student in Better off Dead is one of the Princesses in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure! 8O )


She was also in another great 80's flick The Last American Virgin.


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Post Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:38 am 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:
She was also in another great 80's flick The Last American Virgin.


Diane Franklin and I share the exact same birthday! She was a definite 80's hottie, down to the bad hair and bushy eyebrows....

For a treat, she's naked in a REALLY bad movie called Second Time Lucky that I caught on cable about 20 years ago....yep, totally nude, not once but several times.  That's the only redeeming thing about the movie; rent it and watch it with the sound turned down....

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:01 am 
 

Futurama reference to D&D ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj2VU_8l6gs


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:20 pm 
 

Badmike wrote:
Diane Franklin and I share the exact same birthday! She was a definite 80's hottie, down to the bad hair and bushy eyebrows....

For a treat, she's naked in a REALLY bad movie called Second Time Lucky that I caught on cable about 20 years ago....yep, totally nude, not once but several times.  That's the only redeeming thing about the movie; rent it and watch it with the sound turned down....

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I cannot thank you enough for this information 8O (seriously!)


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Post Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:24 pm 
 

gyg wrote:
I cannot thank you enough for this information 8O (seriously!)


I'm going by memory here, but the girl had some incredible nipple action...I think I need to look this one up myself!!!

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Post Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:48 am 
 

Netflixed it.


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Post Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:33 am 
 

Badmike wrote:
I'm going by memory here, but the girl had some incredible nipple action...I think I need to look this one up myself!!!

Mike B.


I just checked the IMDB spot for the hot Ms. Franklin's work...not a lot.  I forgot she played the sluttly little sister in Amityville II, and may have been nude there also (she did have a sex scene). The one that pokes my memory is "Summer Girl", which was a 1984 made for TV movie that was basically "Hand that Rocks the Cradle" with Diane playing the seducing babysitter.  I barely remember anything about it except that Diane was in a swimsuit almost the entire movie, and that wasn't bad!  Apparantly that one is not available on DVD or VHS, at least legally for all you Diane Franklin fans!!!  

However for a treat check out YouTube for the movie Terrorvision, which she was in, and watch the seriously campy looking trailer. I have to see this!  Diane with the big hair again....

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:30 pm 
 

GOLF



Anyone play?  I don't.  In fact the longest single time I have spent on a golf course was probably very late one evening about 20 years ago, getting a little drunk and stoned on a green with some friends (golfcourses always look enticing when you are heading home from a long evening in the pub and it is warm, with the stars out in the night sky - and anyway that fence, well that is just a challenge isn't it?).

Anyhoo, it is the Open Championship at the moment.  

You know, it looks quite easy, really.  On TV.


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:51 pm 
 

Golf has to be the most useless sport ever invented, except maybe synchronized swimming. For some reason, every place I've lived in the past 15 years has had a golf course nearby, and for 15 years I have kept a small boathorn in the car. It has seen liberal use during drivebys, usually to good effect.


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:56 pm 
 

red_bus wrote:GOLF
Anyone play?  I don't.


'Nuff said.


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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:05 pm 
 

red_bus wrote:GOLF

Anyone play?  I don't.

My dad was a single-stroke handicapper.  I can't golf worth crap, and I haven't been to a golf course in 20 years.  From what I've seen and heard in Texas, golf courses and strip clubs are where deals are made and sealed.  Networking and all that.  I think I would prefer going to a strip club over a golf course.  The strip club has air conditioning.   :D
You know, it looks quite easy, really.  On TV.

Golf is a simple sport, but so many variables are introduced, not the least of which is a player's discipline.  Hence, I do not play golf.  :)

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:05 pm 
 

Mini Golf, now that's where its at.

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:12 pm 
 

I have golfed a few times in my life.  Cant say that I particularly care for it.  But I do recall having a really great time about ten years ago playing at one of those par 3 courses that is lit up and is open until late at night.  We started playing around 7 pm and didnt finish until around midnight.  The trick of it was that we each drank a beer after finishing a hole.  So by the 18th hole, we were all pretty well plowed.  Luckily one of the guys with us didnt drink so he drove us all home.

The last time I golfed was only a year ago.  But it really didnt count since it was one of those indoor golf courses.  The only reason I was there was because my boss golfs and thought it would be fun to take all of us employees to do the same thing.  He was wrong.  :x


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Post Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:10 am 
 

One of my friends from back in school leases a golf course and I sometimes help him out with it (anything from being a "ranger" for the day, running new telephone cable, configuring his new laptoop for all the financials, etc). One of the benefits for me is free golf whenever I want (if there isn't a big outing/benefit thats got the whole course closed). Unfortunately, with my current position, I don't have much time to do it anymore, but at one time, I was playing atleast 9 holes every day.

Every year, when they close for the season (late November), he gets everyone together and plays what we call "cross country golf". It's basically a best ball scramble (everyone in the group hits their own ball and then you decide who hit it the beset and then you all go to that location and start the process over again). The interesting thing is there are 27 holes on this course and you can start off on #1's tee box but you need to hole on #13's green. From there, you go to the closest tee and go for the next green. A golf course will play completely different doing "cross country" then it does normal. Lakes and traps are completely screwy as well as trees and misc crap such as clubhouse/equipment barns/restroom buildings/etc all come into play. On a course that is open 365/year, I don't think they can do stuff like this, but on one that closes for the winter they can.

Unfortunately, I golf snowman and never really got good at it. It's still nice to get away and relax for a few hours though and beating that little ball with a titanium piece of metal....relieves some stress as well...or it may be the beers ;-)

  

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:37 am 
 

only time i ever give golf time/airplay is the ryder cup - i simply watch it for the passion and competitiveness between the USA and Europe. and the fact that we have won it the last few times, so it makes the whole deal a lot more interesting.

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:15 am 
 

red_bus wrote:GOLF

You know, it looks quite easy, really.  On TV.


I started playing one summer, and hit a hole in one.  So I quit playing.  The game is too long and too expensive.  I do not like watching it on TV.  The only thing I like about it is the walking and being with friends.


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Post Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:53 am 
 

benjoshua wrote:
I started playing one summer, and hit a hole in one.  So I quit playing.  The game is too long and too expensive.  I do not like watching it on TV.  The only thing I like about it is the walking and being with friends.


I play golf and I don't find it that expensive, I find collecting D&D items way more pricey. I'm not a serious golfer mind you, I have an average set of clubs, I use inexpensive balls, stay off the really expensive courses and your good to go. I have friends that are just crazy about golf, I'm talking shooting 36 holes a day, using the best equipment, now thats when it gets expensive.

Its a fun pastime though, (when your with friends as ben said) just don't take it too seriously, losing clubs in the water hazard or breaking irons over your knee can cost a bit moola also. :)

  

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:04 am 
 

Speaking of collecting D&D items....

Anyone buy any cool items lately?

I got a few good AEG 3rd edition items today for $1.25 each, plus I got the Free RPG Day module Treasure of Talon Pass for $1.98.

Anyone else buy any cool game-related items?


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