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Legendary motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel died Friday, according to evelknievel.com
CNN.com ^
| NOV 30 2007
| CNN
Posted on 11/30/2007 1:14:55 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: evel; evelknievel; genx; icon; knievel; legend; motorcycles; obituary; stuntman
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To: Tulsa Ramjet
With all his broken bones I can’t believe he didn’t work for the National Hurricane Center, he could probably feel a storm coming 3 weeks away....
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:22:54 PM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Toddsterpatriot
We just ordered one for our 7 year old for Christmas. I forget the magazine, but it has a bunch of retro toys....
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:22:54 PM PST
by
eureka!
(Is power so important to the Democrats that they are willing to betray our country? Sadly, yes.)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
WOW...bummer. RIP Evil. You were a true patriot too.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:23:10 PM PST
by
skimask
(Support Terrorism......Vote Democratic)
To: redrunner
LOL!!! I remember one night before Christmas some time ago ... I was awakened by this annoying sound of something revving up and then crashing into stuff. Turns out it was my dad playing with my Evel Knievel toy as he and mom were stashing gifts under the tree.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:23:19 PM PST
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: redrunner
My brothers and I would send the Evel stunt cycle off a ramp at the top of a flight of stairs. It was pretty cool watching it go down like a ski jumper.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:24:01 PM PST
by
Mach5
To: redrunner
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:24:49 PM PST
by
dit_xi
(Duncan Hunter: No nose holding necessary come election day. Right on every issue, right every time)
To: redrunner
Me too!
And when I got old enough, my friends and I used to jump ditches and creeks on our bicycles, then dirt bikes when we got older.
R.I.P., Evel.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:00 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Everything was fine until membership lost its privileges)
To: Thrownatbirth
To: Tulsa Ramjet
One of my “bigger-than-life” childhood heroes. RIP Evel.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:12 PM PST
by
paulcissa
(The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
To: redrunner
I did too and wish I still did. At 43 I would still play with it and let my grandkids play too.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:28 PM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(My Freedom of speech trumps your feelings!)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
He had already pre-died so many times, I thought he was already dead.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:25:41 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: redrunner
me too. I used to love setting up a ramp and jumping the motorcycle into the closed garage door.
I was absolutely obssessed with the Snake River jump. I still have the scars on my elbows and knees from setting up ramps and jumping them on my bike. I loved Evel when I was a little kid.
RIP Evel
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:26:18 PM PST
by
Big Red Clay
(Greetings from the Big Red State)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Saw every jump he made when I was a kid. Rest in peace, Mr. Knievel...
To: al baby; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; Finger Monkey; ...
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:27:07 PM PST
by
EveningStar
("Hillary Clinton is Hugo Chavez in a pantsuit" - P. J. O'Rourke)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Whoever thought he'd die of natural causes?
To: rfreedom4u
. He jumped the shark well before the Fonz did...
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:27:31 PM PST
by
redrunner
(We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." --Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:27:52 PM PST
by
hawkeye101
(When in my darkest hour, your thoughts do me no good, but PRAYERS are greatly appreciated!)
To: redrunner
me too.
I met Mr. Knievel in the early/mid 70s... at a dragstrip in Enis, TX... he had his outfit (white leathers and I think he had a cape too) on and did wheelies on his Harley-Davidson (I'll never forget how loud it was). At the meet and greet afterwards... the room had renderings of his future attempt at "jumping" the Snake River.
R.I.P. Mr. Knievel... you'll always be the man.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:28:24 PM PST
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
RIP Evel. More proof that the ‘70s was one fun decade, despite bad fashion and bad economies.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:28:27 PM PST
by
JacksonCalhoun
(Glenn Beck: Gloom and doom mixed with entertainment and sincerity)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Wow. One more icon gone. I remember seeing a documentary of his life and his early days were quite...um....unique. I could be wrong, but I seem to remember something about him being a safecracker or some such during part of his "misspent youth".
One thing for sure, he made a name for himself. There is no other.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:28:40 PM PST
by
Pablo64
(What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.)
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