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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: redrunner
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:56:39 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
To: eureka!
I had the coolest bike....it was a gold stingray with a sissy bar and a gold colored seat.....man that bike was cool.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:57:02 PM PST
by
Dog
(My writer ISN'T on strike...)
To: redrunner
Haven’t seen him jump in a while but he’s pretty good.
103
posted on
11/30/2007 1:58:16 PM PST
by
Sue Perkick
(And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
To: redrunner
104
posted on
11/30/2007 1:58:42 PM PST
by
redrunner
(We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." --Sir Winston Churchill)
To: advertising guy
105
posted on
11/30/2007 1:59:01 PM PST
by
pamlet
To: redrunner
My brother and I both had one of those Evel Knievel motorcycle toys.
Those were awesome.
106
posted on
11/30/2007 1:59:24 PM PST
by
Chewbacca
(Vote Ron Paul for President in 2008!!!!!! The best man for the job!)
To: Labyrinthos
Thats the way it was.
We weren’t sitting around playing xbox
107
posted on
11/30/2007 2:02:29 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: redrunner
This outfit is on display at the Museam of American History in Washington DC
108
posted on
11/30/2007 2:02:35 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
I remember when he was being interviewed by Jim Rome and was asked why he would perform a stunt where he knew he had a 50% chance of dying and he replied “Do you know who I am?”
Classic.
RIP Evel “Freaking” Knieval
109
posted on
11/30/2007 2:02:57 PM PST
by
Gator101
(Don't tase me, Bro!)
To: Tulsa Ramjet
110
posted on
11/30/2007 2:03:22 PM PST
by
StoneWall Brigade
("A nation which dose not remeber what it was yesterday dose not know where it is today... R.E. Lee)
To: redrunner
I had one too, played with it more than anything!
111
posted on
11/30/2007 2:04:25 PM PST
by
ropin71
(God Bless our Troops!)
To: redrunner
I also had one around that time. I actually saw one of these, new in the box (as in, they’re actually making them again) at a Menards store in Wisconsin. This was last month! Weird timing, eh?
To: redrunner
To: Tailback
114
posted on
11/30/2007 2:09:17 PM PST
by
tsowellfan
(http://www.youtube.com/CafeNetAmerica)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
He was asked about some of his dangerous jumps and that if he knew he had a coin’s flip of dying, then why do it? His response was a serious “Do you know who the hell I am?” I think I heard God fall out of his chair in heaven. What a straight up badass. He apparently wants to do one more jump 60 feet longer than his longest. 60 friggin feet. He isn’t afraid to die “Nope...lookin forward to it....and I’m not suicidal.” Dude is flat out nailz. - posted by someone on another blog.
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:10:49 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: Gator101
That quote is a friggin T-shirt:
“Do you know who the hell I am?”
116
posted on
11/30/2007 2:12:08 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: Tulsa Ramjet
After one particular police chase in 1956 in which he crashed his motorcycle, Knievel was taken to jail on a charge of reckless driving. When the night jailer came around to check the roll, he noted Robert Knievel in one cell and William Knofel in the other. Knofel was well known as “Awful Knofel,” so Knievel began to be referred to as Evel Knievel. The nickname stuck.
—Wikepedia
117
posted on
11/30/2007 2:20:33 PM PST
by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: thackney
I saw him when he testified on TV during Schuller's service that day. It was a very moving moment, and it was clear that he was a changed man. I'm glad that he found Jesus before he died.
RIP, Evel.
118
posted on
11/30/2007 2:23:53 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: Labyrinthos
Had a long, steep hill right by my house on Griffiss AFB in New York when I was about 10 and we did the same thing. Just about broke my tailbone when we did it with me sitting Tail End Charlie on a 4-man toboggan! Some of my favorite memories, trying to find something that came close to the F101 Voodoos my dad was flying at the time.
Colonel, USAFR
119
posted on
11/30/2007 2:27:58 PM PST
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: Bear_Slayer
I had a few drinks with Evel in Anaconda one night many years ago.
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:28:06 PM PST
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Officially Fredbacker1 but don't know how to change my name)
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