27 year old Buzz

[reinko]

Hearing about the Pyramid really just reminds of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_K8evSd1N4

And for you kids out there, this is when Dr. Dre wasn't just a fat dude that made obnoxious looking headphones.

[CTWarrior]

A few years back I found an old Electric Football game and put it under the tree for my son at Christmas (he was probably 12 or so at the time).  He could not believe we regularly played such a horrible game.  (Neither can I.  It takes forever to set up every play).

Had better luck in other years getting him Battling Tops, Strat-O-Matic baseball and a Ping Pong table, which we still use regularly.

[sailwi]

Reminds me of sailing stories from the old salts at the yacht Club.  Back in the day sailing across lake Michigan was based on celestial navigation and the big development in the 70's was a radio beacon finder, it would tell direction and strength of a radio signal form a radio tower and then you would use your map to approximate where you were in relation to the tower.  GP is a tad more accurate.

[keefe]

A few years back I found an old Electric Football game and put it under the tree for my son at Christmas (he was probably 12 or so at the time).  He could not believe we regularly played such a horrible game.  (Neither can I.  It takes forever to set up every play).

Had better luck in other years getting him Battling Tops, Strat-O-Matic baseball and a Ping Pong table, which we still use regularly.

Strat-O-Matic! Now that was a game. We had a league in McCormick. A lot more fun than studying Organic Chemistry.

[MerrittsMustache]

Strat-O-Matic! Now that was a game. We had a league in McCormick. A lot more fun than studying Organic Chemistry.

What isn't more fun than studying Organic Chemistry? I'd rather watch a replay of Bucky's 2000 Final Four run...Nevermind. I just answered my own question.

[warriorchick]

I live in Vegas. That place is on Tropicana might be closed now. It opened a few years ago but the lot is cyclone fenced off. Never went there but then I also never went to the Liberace Museum or the Barry Manilow Store.

Nope, just moved down the street - east of Maryland Parkway.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Strat-O-Matic! Now that was a game. We had a league in McCormick. A lot more fun than studying Organic Chemistry.

We had an Atari 2600 at McCormick.  Even though Colecovision, Intellivision, SEGA had come out, one of the guys had the Atari 2600 and there were some epic games played on the 8 bit monster.  Wow, painful to think about.

[ChicosBailBonds]

What isn't more fun than studying Organic Chemistry? I'd rather watch a replay of Bucky's 2000 Final Four run...Nevermind. I just answered my own question.

Dr. Haworth...I think that was his name.  Those were the days

[keefe]

Nope, just moved down the street - east of Maryland Parkway.

I see. That cyclone fence has been up a while and is a real eye sore. Unlike the rest of Vegas which has a casual yet elegant ambiance.

[chapman]

Then in like 2007 or something, there was a bad snowstorm in Cleveland and the Indians played a home series in Milwaukee (albeit Miller Park and not County Stadium).  I was at that game and there were a bunch of Major League references (played Wild Thing on the PA, soundbytes, etc).  It was pretty fun.  Tickets were like $7.  I forget who the Indians played.   

I was at the second game of that series against the Angels.  For some more fun anecdotes: That day, April 11, 2007 the Marlins hosted the Brewers. The game drew 11,379 fans on a perfect weather evening. Back in Milwaukee, the Indians played the Angels at Miller Park because of weather issues in Cleveland. Milwaukee got a solid 6-8 inches of snow that day, and those of us attending the game literally had to wait for a snow plow to clear a parking space to be able to park. Yet in a snowstorm and without the home team even playing the game drew 16,375, or 5k more than the home team in perfect weather in Florida. The day before the Marlins drew 10,883 and without a snowstorm Milwaukee drew 19,031 to see the Angels and Indians. 

[LloydMooresLegs]

dibs

Don't know if anyone else has acknowledged, so let me just say, well done. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Feed Him: I expected Sweet Tea as an answer.

[real chili 83]

Reminds me of sailing stories from the old salts at the yacht Club.  Back in the day sailing across lake Michigan was based on celestial navigation and the big development in the 70's was a radio beacon finder, it would tell direction and strength of a radio signal form a radio tower and then you would use your map to approximate where you were in relation to the tower.  GP is a tad more accurate.

Used lots of Loran to go from Port Washington to Ludington, Mackinac,etc.  Also Fort Meyers to Key West.  Reasonably accurate.

[muwarrior87]

Dr. Haworth...I think that was his name.  Those were the days

I graduated in 2009 and had him for chemistry! That guy has been around forever

[TallTitan34]

Haworth died a few years ago.

[muwarrior87]

Haworth died a few years ago.

Way to be a downer, TT

[🏀]

Haworth died a few years ago.

Where is the Hulk Haworth pic?

The man invented latex paint dammit.

[muwarrior69]

For us older folks, yeah.      I was at a conference this week and they had a game for 750 of us to play at our chairs, kind of a team building exercise.  Every person there is given a remote buzzer and it logs your answers, person with the most correct questions goes on stage, yada yada.  So the game was based on the $100,000 Pyramid and they showed a few clips with Dick Clark running the game just so people could see how it works.

When the host asked how many people had never heard or seen the game, more than half of the 750 raised their hand.  That was a "oh Crap" moment for me....I'm getting old and people in this industry are really young.  I thought it was "common knowledge". 

I was 16 and in my advanced calculus class when John Kennedy was assassinated. Where were you?

[ChicosBailBonds]

I was 16 and in my advanced calculus class when John Kennedy was assassinated. Where were you?

Not even a glint in my dad's eye yet.  I made it to this world prior to Armstrong on the moon, but not by much.

[Lennys Tap]

Who's Dick Clark?

Ryan Seacrest's Dad

[chapman]

27 year old Buzz's dream can become reality on Saturday: the game is on ESPN.  Hopefully a lot of players' families are in the stands and a bunch of them are set to graduate with honors!

[TallTitan34]

Nice reminder champman!

"As a Division I head coach, my team wins the conference championship in a game televised by ESPN with all of the players' families in the stands. Each player goes on to graduate with honors."

[warriorchick]

27 year old Buzz's dream can become reality on Saturday: the game is on ESPN.  Hopefully a lot of players' families are in the stands and a bunch of them are set to graduate with honors!

At least the first couple of parts can come true on Saturday...the boys need to continue to hit the books for the rest of it...

[TomW1365]

27 year old Buzz's dream can become reality on Saturday: the game is on ESPN.  Hopefully a lot of players' families are in the stands and a bunch of them are set to graduate with honors!

Wow... great pick up from this reprint of an old article.  
Saturday could be a very special day for many of us... It's amazing what happens when you write down your goals (or if someone else writes them down for you).

"Everyone knows what it takes... but are you willing to do what it takes?  And even more importantly, are you willing to do what it takes on a day to day basis?" - Buzz Williams