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JeffB
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We lost a great American today
« on: Nov 30th, 2007, 4:59pm » |
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My hero as a kid past.......Evel Knievel.
I can't tell you how many friggin toys I had of this guy when I was young. I jumped or tried to jump everything in our house lol
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #1 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 5:03pm » |
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I just read that he passed.
Another part of my childhood gone.
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #2 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 5:11pm » |
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me too jeff ...used to have this box, that you sat his
mtbike on.......then you wound it up as fast as you could
....then evil would set off doing a friggin wheely...
RIP evil k .
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today is a gift.....thats why it is called the
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #3 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 5:24pm » |
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I just got home and read this, I did not know. He was my daredevil hero and watched so many of his stunts. I will miss you Knievel, may you rest in peace. 
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Re: We lost a great American today
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« Reply #5 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 8:05pm » |
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I don't know if you all remember my friend, Sandy. I was posting about her when she was alive, fighting the same disease (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF). IPF took her mother, sister and brother too. It is a horrible way to die. My heart goes out to his family. He was a great entertainer.
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #6 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 8:07pm » |
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A piece of Idaho history, too.
I doubt that any of us who were around on September 8, 1974 will forget the attempted Snake River Canyon jump in his custom-built Skycycle.
http://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/evelknievel/canyon.html
Here's a recent photo near the jump site. (Not mine.)
If you're crossing the canyon going into Twin Falls on the Perrine Bridge and look to the east, you can still see the earthen ramp that was built on the canyon rim where the Skycycle was launched.
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #7 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 8:13pm » |
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Packed them in to watch in his day. One guy that just kept getting back up again.
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #8 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 8:27pm » |
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I use to fly him off a ramp out my second story bedroom window....LOL 
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Re: We lost a great American today
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #10 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 9:34pm » |
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #11 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 9:35pm » |
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Now there was a man with more balls than brains. Clearly a type a adreneline freak. God he was fun to watch though. I'm gonna miss the legend.
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Re: We lost a great American today
« Reply #12 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 9:51pm » |
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on Nov 30th, 2007, 8:27pm, Jonny wrote:
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I had one of those too, it was awesome in that it was one of the few toys that lasted past christmas, and it was fun as hell.
Then there was my lunchbox, that lunchbox is going for $150 before today, I bet a lot more tomorrow...
...and I was evel kneivel for halloween one year.
He rocked.
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