Things I learned today (Part 1)

Things
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You couldn’t say that for most sports at all.

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Someone having a little fun with the shadow in the top photo.

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Boxing is the same. At all levels. The fighter has to bring something to the table.
At the lower levels it involves them literally selling tickets to the fights.

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No it isn’t. f1 is one of the absolute elite pinnacles of motor racing. , not t some undercard filler on a wetwednesday night in athlone. There is no similarity at all. Selling a few tickets vs 20million annually to take part, and right at the summit of the sport. I actually work on occasion with a semi pro boxer, who gets circa 1k per fight.

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How do guys get the title fight, the pay per views etc? They have to be marketable and bring in the sponsors.

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@Fran is not half as bland as normal after a couple of pints

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In fairness to him, he wouldn’t vote labour after 12 pints.

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Naoise is a boys name.

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The United States has 210,000 unsolved homicides since 1980.

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Prince’s song “Purple Rain” was recorded live at a show in Minneapolis on August 3rd, 1983, not in a studio, with only editing to shorten it from 11 minutes to 7 minutes and overdubs like the strings at the end done later in studio.

Link to video of the original here:

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That Prince wrote Manic Monday. Someone posted it on the Celebrity Deaths thread. I did not know that.

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I knew that but I did not previously know he also wrote “I Feel For You”, better known for being recorded by Chaka Khan.

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Wendy Melvoin looked sexy as fuck in that video, unreal attitude on that guitar.

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Take my advice and never check to see how shes aged.

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Unfortunately I already did last night, pal.

Incredibly the show where “Purple Rain” was recorded was the first time she ever played live with Prince.

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He also composed the song Nothing Compares 2 U.

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Good grief, thats unreal. To the manor born, she oozes sex there. You’d wonder what Prince would have seen in her :smirk:

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I was not aware of that.

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Same goes for D’Arcy Wretzky, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist. Good fuck, she’s a horror.

Always, ALWAYS remember her like this:

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Saw her at the Point at that fateful gig. Full blown meltdown on stage. Justifiably so mind you. A ball of sex.