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(Message started by: JeffB on Nov 30^th, 2007, 4:59pm)

Title: We lost a great American today
Post by JeffB on Nov 30^th, 2007, 4:59pm

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

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Mosaicwench on Nov 30^th, 2007, 5:03pm

I just read that he passed.

Another part of my childhood gone.

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Yorky on Nov 30^th, 2007, 5:11pm

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 .

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by barry_sword on Nov 30^th, 2007, 5:24pm

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. :'(

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Maffumatt on Nov 30^th, 2007, 6:07pm

:-[

Title: c pulmonary fibrRe: We lost a great American today
Post by fubar on Nov 30^th, 2007, 8:05pm

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.

-Shawn

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by George_J on Nov 30^th, 2007, 8:07pm

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.)

http://www.soberjack.com/ImagesFromTheRoad%5CSnakeRiver4.JPG

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.

Best,

George

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Kevin_M on Nov 30^th, 2007, 8:13pm

Packed them in to watch in his day. One guy that just kept getting back up again.

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Jonny on Nov 30^th, 2007, 8:27pm

http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/22/22313/4pooevelsilver.jpg

I use to fly him off a ramp out my second story bedroom window....LOL ;;D

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Jonny on Nov 30^th, 2007, 9:07pm

http://cdn-77.liveleak.com/liveleak/14/media14/2007/Nov/30/LiveLeak-dot-com-125465-memory.jpg

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by Jonny on Nov 30^th, 2007, 9:34pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1UBtaVgaw84

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by DennisM1045 on Nov 30^th, 2007, 9:35pm

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.

-Dennis-

Title: Re: We lost a great American today
Post by john_d on Nov 30^th, 2007, 9:51pm

on 11/30/07 at 20:27:54, Jonny wrote:

http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/22/22313/4pooevelsilver.jpg

I use to fly him off a ramp out my second story bedroom window....LOL ;;D

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...

http://images.craigslist.org/010100011512010201200711306edb0a77871e607c39003818.jpg

...and I was evel kneivel for halloween one year.

He rocked.