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RIP President Gerald Ford

Postby Hatak » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:21 am

The 38th President of the United States of America has died at the age of 93.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_ ... /obit_ford
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Postby kinghooter00 » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:39 pm

who cares....presidents are over rated...
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Postby Jay » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:56 pm

Was he killed by wolves?
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Postby KaiineTN » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:22 pm

No, he got trained by Mindia in Kael while snowboarding.
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Postby Narrock » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:19 pm

KaiineTN wrote:No, he got trained by Mindia in Kael while snowboarding.


:rofl:
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Postby Jay » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:27 pm

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Postby Gargamellow » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:01 am

sad for his family
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Postby mojo » Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:44 am

he gave me a day off. go go dead presidents
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Postby Tossica » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:33 am

He was almost president. I don't think he even ran for office? Wasn't he appointed VP when Nixon was elected and then was president for like a year when Nixon stepped down?
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Postby Zanchief » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:34 am

Do you like nachos and bear and football?
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Postby Sithos » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:47 am

Arm in arm,trip over the curb..DOH!!!! I know where Z was going!
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Postby Phlegm » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:11 am

Tossica wrote:He was almost president. I don't think he even ran for office? Wasn't he appointed VP when Nixon was elected and then was president for like a year when Nixon stepped down?



Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973 when Agnews resigned after he was charged with tax evasion. Ford became president in 1974 after Nixon resigned. He lost the next election to Carter in 1976.
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:53 am

Wasn't Ford a pro-bowl player at one time?
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Postby Lueyen » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:00 pm

No, just High School and College football.
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Postby Phlegm » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:01 pm

Narrock wrote:Wasn't Ford a pro-bowl player at one time?


No. He turned down both the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers offers. He went to Yale law school instead.
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:39 pm

haha he could have been richer had he gone the NFL route
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Postby Tossica » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:40 pm

Narrock wrote:haha he could have been richer had he gone the NFL route



Yeah, cuz getting rich is all that matters in life.
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:42 pm

I don't think so.
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Postby Phlegm » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:57 pm

Narrock wrote:haha he could have been richer had he gone the NFL route


probably not since the nfl didn't pay that well at that time.
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:24 pm

Yeah but everything else was way cheaper too. A big ass mansion was probably around 200-300k back in the 70's.
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Postby Tacks » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:42 pm

You do realize that the star players in the 30's generally made under $5000 a year right?
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:56 pm

Tacks wrote:You do realize that the star players in the 30's generally made under $5000 a year right?


No, but I do know thay are ridiculously overpaid nowadays.
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Postby Tacks » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:03 pm

What does that have to do with Gerald Ford playing in the 30's then?
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Postby Narrock » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:19 pm

What does it matter? I didn't know they only made 5k a year back then. :dunno:
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Postby Arlos » Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:39 pm

A lot of the old time players had to get 2nd jobs in the off-season to make ends meet. That's one reason why training camp was WAY more important then than now. People actually had to use it to get into shape, after an off-season of selling insurance or whatever they were doing. Now, they make so much money they can afford to not do much in the off-season, and thus can continue working out and staying in much much better shape. So, training camps are way less rigorous than they once were.

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