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TLOC said:
I followed the Raiders back then. The AFL then AFC had many more exciting open games than the stuffy old NFL
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What was not exciting about three yards and a cloud of dust? 😁 I still love that style of play!

You are right. Most of the teams in the pre-merger NFL believed in what Woody Hayes said, “There are three things that can happen when you throw a pass, and two of them are bad.”

As a Colts fan, I was fortunate to witness some of the NFL’s most exciting passing attacks. Johnny Unitas and Earl Morrall could, and often did, “air it out.”

In the 1970 AFC Championship Game between the Colts and Raiders, wide receiver Ray Perkins hauled in a 68-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Unitas. It was the game’s signature offensive play, breaking the game wide open for the Colts.

My Colts could play the AFC game well. But my Colts were at their best in a defensive battle. They got to show that in Super Bowl V.

The irony was that the Colts’ former coach, Weeb Ewbank, led his Jets with an NFL style of play to defeat the Colts in Super Bowl III, cementing the AFL’s status as an equal to the NFL.
 
Jan 12, 1908

Henri Farman becomes the first person to fly an observed circuit of more than 1km, winning the Grand Prix d' Aviation.

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Bruette said:
What was not exciting about three yards and a cloud of dust? 😁 I still love that style of play!

You are right. Most of the teams in the pre-merger NFL believed in what Woody Hayes said, “There are three things that can happen when you throw a pass, and two of them are bad.”

As a Colts fan, I was fortunate to witness some of the NFL’s most exciting passing attacks. Johnny Unitas and Earl Morrall could, and often did, “air it out.”

In the 1970 AFC Championship Game between the Colts and Raiders, wide receiver Ray Perkins hauled in a 68-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Unitas. It was the game’s signature offensive play, breaking the game wide open for the Colts.

My Colts could play the AFC game well. But my Colts were at their best in a defensive battle. They got to show that in Super Bowl V.

The irony was that the Colts’ former coach, Weeb Ewbank, led his Jets with an NFL style of play to defeat the Colts in Super Bowl III, cementing the AFL’s status as an equal to the NFL.
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I really enjoyed watching Jack Kemp as a QB not the politician he later became. But watching the Raiders Daryl Lamonica and the Chargers John Hadl throw the ball was just poetry. The Bears at the time were 3 clouds of dust and a punt, boy were they boring.

Ah, good memories
 



Today is Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The History of Today

1794 - U.S. President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.

1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.

1964 - The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.

1978 - The Police began recording their debut album.

1979 - The Y.M.C.A. filed a lawsuit against the Village People over their song, "Y.M.C.A." The suit was later dropped.

1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.

1986 - "The Wall Street Journal" printed a real picture on its front page. The journal had not done this in nearly 10 years. The story was about artist, O. Winston Link and featured one of his works.

1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep "Monday Night Football" for $1.15 billion a season.

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I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.
- Madonna

 
1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.

1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.

1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.

1964 - "Hello Dolly!" opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City.

1976 - The TV show "Donny & Marie" premiered on ABC-TV.

1987 - The Beastie Boys became the first act censored on "American Bandstand."

1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out Kuwait

 
Jan 16, 1978

On this day in 1978, NASA announced the members of its newest class of astronauts, which, for the first time in history, included six women. Sally Ride (pictured), Kathryn Sullivan, Rhea Seddon, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, and Judy Resnick were chosen from more than 1,500 applications, and they had enviable skills and specialties. In 1983, Ride became the first American woman to travel into space.

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Jan 17, 1953

The Chevrolet Corvette is introduced:

On this day in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette was first unveiled to the public. At the New York stop of the General Motors Motorama traveling auto show, more than 45,000 Americans ogled the new concept car—so many that police had to step in to control the crowd. GM never intended to turn this concept car into a production model, but design executive Harley J. Earl realized its potential, and the company soon began manufacturing actual working versions.

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migalyto said:
Jan 18, 1957

3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min.

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That must've been hellacious. They must've modified the inside to hold some racks, food prep area and a port-a-pottie. The cockpit area is tight to get in and out of. And tag out the bomb-bay door opening button as that's where I'd put the racks.
 
RhB Michael said:
Probably a couple of flight kitchen lunches and leftover C-rations from Korea unless you brought your own grub in your flight bag.
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RhB Michael said:
Probably a couple of flight kitchen lunches and leftover C-rations from Korea unless you brought your own grub in your flight bag.
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Never had the pleasure of any of those.

We always had the brown pouch MREs. Every so often we would get lucky and get the heating bags you added water to.
 
C-rats: mystery meat patty - the green thing floating in the green liquid in the can. Petrified crackers in the can. Open with a John Wayne. I always carried one, along with a bottle opener.

One time we went stick gathering in VA and stopped for some beer somewhere near an ELF antenna site. None of us had a bottle opener but my marine buddy spotted my marine web belt. The buckle works great as a bottle opener.
 
Today is Monday, January 19, 2026
The History of Today
1825 - Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters.

1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.

1949 - The salary of the President of the United States was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year in office.

1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.

1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show."

1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.

1981 - The U.S. and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.




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Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 1

 


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