09-08-2022, 10:42 AM
Queen Elizabeth II has passed away.
https://www.bbc.com
https://www.bbc.com
Cal delenda est
Outside Topic Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
09-08-2022, 10:49 AM
(09-08-2022, 10:42 AM)newguy Wrote: Queen Elizabeth II has passed away.
https://www.bbc.com
A sense of duty that was of another time. Her people will miss her. Even the anti-Royals. They just don't know it yet.
Life is too short to waste on crap football.
(09-08-2022, 10:42 AM)newguy Wrote: Queen Elizabeth II has passed away.
https://www.bbc.com
A sense of duty that was of another time. Her people will miss her. Even the anti-Royals. They just don't know it yet.
Life is too short to waste on crap football.
09-08-2022, 11:24 AM
She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
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"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000
09-08-2022, 11:35 AM
(09-08-2022, 11:24 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
that was my freshman year. i remember the university taking applications from students who wanted to meet her in person.
fond memories.
Cal delenda est
(09-08-2022, 11:24 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
that was my freshman year. i remember the university taking applications from students who wanted to meet her in person.
fond memories.
Cal delenda est
09-08-2022, 11:47 AM
That is a big loss to the world and more to GB. She brought stability and a sense of royalty to the monarchy. Not sure King Charles will be able to do so (have the Brits forgiven him for dumping Lady Di for Camilla?).
09-08-2022, 12:38 PM
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(09-08-2022, 11:42 AM)Phogge Wrote: Always admired her. Classy.Very tough and very classy indeed. Certainly feel a sense of mourning. . . .
The new king has always seemed like a pansy.
(09-08-2022, 11:47 AM)PVTree Wrote: That is a big loss to the world and more to GB. She brought stability and a sense of royalty to the monarchy. Not sure King Charles will be able to do so (have the Brits forgiven him for dumping Lady Di for Camilla?).Can they skip a generation. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
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(09-08-2022, 11:42 AM)Phogge Wrote: Always admired her. Classy.Very tough and very classy indeed. Certainly feel a sense of mourning. . . .
The new king has always seemed like a pansy.
(09-08-2022, 11:47 AM)PVTree Wrote: That is a big loss to the world and more to GB. She brought stability and a sense of royalty to the monarchy. Not sure King Charles will be able to do so (have the Brits forgiven him for dumping Lady Di for Camilla?).Can they skip a generation. . . .
Free Phogge!!!! And no, crimson doesn't refer to the Tide.
09-08-2022, 01:00 PM
Since this is a sports board…
When Elizabeth II was born (April 21, 1926), Satchel Paige had yet to pitch. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander & Walter Johnson were still active when she was born. Cobb hit .342 in 3 seasons during her lifetime. Alexander's big World Series K was in 1926. Babe Ruth got caught stealing second on the last play of the WS that year.
BC
When Elizabeth II was born (April 21, 1926), Satchel Paige had yet to pitch. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander & Walter Johnson were still active when she was born. Cobb hit .342 in 3 seasons during her lifetime. Alexander's big World Series K was in 1926. Babe Ruth got caught stealing second on the last play of the WS that year.
BC
Since this is a sports board…
When Elizabeth II was born (April 21, 1926), Satchel Paige had yet to pitch. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander & Walter Johnson were still active when she was born. Cobb hit .342 in 3 seasons during her lifetime. Alexander's big World Series K was in 1926. Babe Ruth got caught stealing second on the last play of the WS that year.
BC
When Elizabeth II was born (April 21, 1926), Satchel Paige had yet to pitch. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander & Walter Johnson were still active when she was born. Cobb hit .342 in 3 seasons during her lifetime. Alexander's big World Series K was in 1926. Babe Ruth got caught stealing second on the last play of the WS that year.
BC
09-08-2022, 01:11 PM
(09-08-2022, 12:38 PM)cardcrimson Wrote:(09-08-2022, 11:42 AM)Phogge Wrote: Always admired her. Classy.Very tough and very classy indeed. Certainly feel a sense of mourning. . . .
The new king has always seemed like a pansy.
(09-08-2022, 11:47 AM)PVTree Wrote: That is a big loss to the world and more to GB. She brought stability and a sense of royalty to the monarchy. Not sure King Charles will be able to do so (have the Brits forgiven him for dumping Lady Di for Camilla?).Can they skip a generation. . . .
An English friend of mine is not pro-Will *at all*. She thinks he’s a real creep. Data point of one, but I tend to trust her judgment — which I feel bad about, because I’ve always kind of liked the guy. And I hope Charles has been forgiven for giving up on a marriage that was clearly bad for both him and Diana. It’s too bad the world hadn’t changed enough 40 years ago to let Charles follow his heart then.
(09-08-2022, 12:38 PM)cardcrimson Wrote:(09-08-2022, 11:42 AM)Phogge Wrote: Always admired her. Classy.Very tough and very classy indeed. Certainly feel a sense of mourning. . . .
The new king has always seemed like a pansy.
(09-08-2022, 11:47 AM)PVTree Wrote: That is a big loss to the world and more to GB. She brought stability and a sense of royalty to the monarchy. Not sure King Charles will be able to do so (have the Brits forgiven him for dumping Lady Di for Camilla?).Can they skip a generation. . . .
An English friend of mine is not pro-Will *at all*. She thinks he’s a real creep. Data point of one, but I tend to trust her judgment — which I feel bad about, because I’ve always kind of liked the guy. And I hope Charles has been forgiven for giving up on a marriage that was clearly bad for both him and Diana. It’s too bad the world hadn’t changed enough 40 years ago to let Charles follow his heart then.
09-08-2022, 01:20 PM
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Some more Queen Elizabeth numbers…
[tweet]https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1567969731042488325?s=46&t=8-Mo9CdPiyqsOYE-No8C6Q[/tweet]
That’s a lot of Corgis.
BC
By the way, the first of those Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. The last one, Liz Truss, was born in 1975!
BC
[tweet]https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1567969731042488325?s=46&t=8-Mo9CdPiyqsOYE-No8C6Q[/tweet]
That’s a lot of Corgis.
BC
By the way, the first of those Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. The last one, Liz Truss, was born in 1975!
BC
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Some more Queen Elizabeth numbers…
[tweet]https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1567969731042488325?s=46&t=8-Mo9CdPiyqsOYE-No8C6Q[/tweet]
That’s a lot of Corgis.
BC
By the way, the first of those Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. The last one, Liz Truss, was born in 1975!
BC
[tweet]https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1567969731042488325?s=46&t=8-Mo9CdPiyqsOYE-No8C6Q[/tweet]
That’s a lot of Corgis.
BC
By the way, the first of those Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill, was born in 1874. The last one, Liz Truss, was born in 1975!
BC
09-08-2022, 01:53 PM
my cousin married a Scotsman, and i have a couple friends in the UK, and they haven't heard anything bad about Will.
i miss the queen already.
i miss the queen already.
Cal delenda est
09-08-2022, 03:28 PM
Real kings led their troops in battle. Richard the Lionheart, Henry V, Babe Ruth.
Which brings me back to Costas' line about the Englishman and the American...
Which brings me back to Costas' line about the Englishman and the American...
09-08-2022, 03:29 PM
(09-08-2022, 11:35 AM)newguy Wrote:(09-08-2022, 11:24 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
that was my freshman year. i remember the university taking applications from students who wanted to meet her in person.
fond memories.
the alumni association posted that picture on Facebook earlier today
![[Image: 304231711_448714420632608_24901264396416...e=631FCAB8]](https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/304231711_448714420632608_2490126439641626784_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=ZCQsN1VIWF4AX9ujbwu&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AT9aHc5eUT3TANXNcKWMvXfENFTDe84qBSoJ-Evfqb8s2w&oe=631FCAB8)
along with this one
![[Image: 301772626_448714383965945_81951916460553...e=631F907D]](https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/301772626_448714383965945_8195191646055344271_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=8NciHcD5nOMAX_HZ9K8&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AT-ea5YvI3Fo6ND8DFK6fnnlBUqgFF88Qg9BDE_l5slGBw&oe=631F907D)
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
(09-08-2022, 11:35 AM)newguy Wrote:(09-08-2022, 11:24 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: She visited the Stanford campus in March, 1983, my senior year. A photo from that visit still makes the rounds. It includes the Queen, Stanford football player Garin Veris and my friend and roommate Raga Elim who I believe was ASSU Senate chair or something like that.
https://www.losaltosonline.com/community...9287c.html
that was my freshman year. i remember the university taking applications from students who wanted to meet her in person.
fond memories.
the alumni association posted that picture on Facebook earlier today
along with this one
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
(09-08-2022, 03:28 PM)Phogge Wrote: Real kings led their troops in battle. Richard the Lionheart, Henry V, Babe Ruth.
Which brings me back to Costas' line about the Englishman and the American...
For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Costas' take on the difference between England and 'Murica, here it is:
An Englishman and an American are having an argument about something that has nothing to do with baseball. It gets to the point where it's irreconcilable, to the point of exasperation, and the American says to the Englishman, Ah, screw the king! And the Englishman is taken aback, thinks for a minute and says, Well, screw Babe Ruth! Now think about that. The American thinks he can insult the Englishman by casting aspersions upon a person who has his position by virtue of nothing except for birth; nothing to do with personal qualities, good, bad or otherwise. But who does the Englishman think embodies America? Some scruffy kid who came from the humblest of beginnings, hung out as a six-year-old behind his father's bar; a big, badly flawed, swashbuckling palooka, who strides with great spirit — not just talent, but with a spirit of possibility and enjoyment of life across the American stage. That's an American to the Englishman. You give me Babe Ruth over any king who's ever sat on the throne and I'll be happy with that trade."
— Bob Costas
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(09-08-2022, 03:28 PM)Phogge Wrote: Real kings led their troops in battle. Richard the Lionheart, Henry V, Babe Ruth.
Which brings me back to Costas' line about the Englishman and the American...
For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Costas' take on the difference between England and 'Murica, here it is:
An Englishman and an American are having an argument about something that has nothing to do with baseball. It gets to the point where it's irreconcilable, to the point of exasperation, and the American says to the Englishman, Ah, screw the king! And the Englishman is taken aback, thinks for a minute and says, Well, screw Babe Ruth! Now think about that. The American thinks he can insult the Englishman by casting aspersions upon a person who has his position by virtue of nothing except for birth; nothing to do with personal qualities, good, bad or otherwise. But who does the Englishman think embodies America? Some scruffy kid who came from the humblest of beginnings, hung out as a six-year-old behind his father's bar; a big, badly flawed, swashbuckling palooka, who strides with great spirit — not just talent, but with a spirit of possibility and enjoyment of life across the American stage. That's an American to the Englishman. You give me Babe Ruth over any king who's ever sat on the throne and I'll be happy with that trade."
— Bob Costas
Audaces fortuna iuvat
09-08-2022, 10:06 PM
[Tweet]https://twitter.com/channeltree/status/1568044834929397761?s=20&t=32mqLlcXlCB2RHK3lgA6NQ[/tweet]
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