Lag Time Topic: Memorial Day-Veterans on Dot.Net?
Shel Harper
June 4, 2016
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Bob. . .about those townies: In the summer of '45 the post sponsored a dance and invited females from nearby Wichita Falls. 50 of the Texas lassies showed up to confront 500 GIs. Not good odds. It w ...
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Lag Time Topic: Memorial Day-Veterans on Dot.Net?
Shel Harper
June 2, 2016
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Haven't checked in for awhile, so my intro may be lacking something. Anyway, yes Hank, I served 1942-45...mostly the battle of sheppard field TX (lower cawe because it wan't a very big battle. As Geo ...
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Wrestling Anonymous: Introductions Are In Order!
Shel Harper
January 14, 2016
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"The best wrestler was heavyweight Luke Fickell of Columbus DeSales. He pinned all four opponents, one of them in ten seconds. This young man, only a junior, won a national tournament last summer ...
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Would You Remain A Browns Fan?
Shel Harper
December 1, 2015
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Hank. . .
For years I've been, and probably always will be, a fan of the Browns----Paul and Jim.
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3X olympian Kerslake from ohio passes away
Shel Harper
October 9, 2015
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After visiting the HOF in Stillwater in the fall of 1986, I wrote to Bill Kerslake and got this answer:
"Thank you for your letter and photos taken in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. I miss not ha ...
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Wrestling in the Movies
Shel Harper
October 8, 2015
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King Kong took down T-Rex, but did he get back points? I can't remember. Guess I'll have to see it for the 114th time.
Did Deborah Kerr pin Burt Lancaster on the beach, or was it just a near fall? ...
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Favorite Quotes
Shel Harper
October 7, 2015
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"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for." Damfino
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Jameson wrestling
Shel Harper
October 2, 2015
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Tony. . .we've never met but I've followed you for years via the reports of Pat Galbincea, Brian Brakeman, Bob Preusse, and others. You're good for wrestling. You're good for your time and place. I ...
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Triv Question, another tuffy
Shel Harper
September 8, 2015
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I'll take a shot at Jamie Teel's question of who was '88 team champ. Iowa State, helped by Kreiger's win over Jim Heffernan.
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The Old Guy
Shel Harper
August 31, 2015
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Hank, I guess I'm the 94-year-old you mentioned. (If there are others, I'd like to share some stories with them.) I subtracted my birth year 1921 from today's 2015 and got 94. You have to face it: pe ...
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New Topic of Great Importance
Shel Harper
August 22, 2015
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Bob. . .you rang my memory bell with such force that I gotta go back to your Akron-Buchtel-Swenson comments.
I lived several places in Akron, including near Buchtel High on nearby Noah Ave 1952-55 ...
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New Topic of Great Importance
Shel Harper
August 20, 2015
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Hank. . .you're cruel. I sit here just before suppertime reading these mouth-watering posts and wondering why I'm even considering any non-brisket fare. Goldies in Strongsville has one big advantage: ...
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Suriano to PSU
Shel Harper
August 18, 2015
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Bob. . .by the time I got to your post, the drinking bell had rung too long ago. My fault for not being more alert.
Claudia and I had to talk to each other. Lots of back and forth but no wrestling ...
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sports records
Shel Harper
August 17, 2015
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Doug.. .yes, you wonder how any sportswriter could deny Seaver and Ryan entry to the HOF. Re Necciai, the story about that 50s game said that he allowed a groundout but struck out 4 in a late inning. ...
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sports records
Shel Harper
August 16, 2015
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Doug. . .you're half right with Seaver. . .he tied with Nolan Ryan at 98.8%. You got Ron Necciai right, and Colgate was l/3 of the answer to the football question, the others being Tennessee in 1939 a ...
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