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  1. 04-20-2012 09:15 PM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sea Fury View Post
    I what I AM sure about is that he never should have been....
    Totally concur.
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  2. 04-20-2012 11:12 PM #62
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    Quote Originally Posted by skypigeon View Post
    Any small-town radio station veterans here? Surely once in your life you worked with a FRED...
    And any railroader would have worked with another FRED*...

    *Flashing Rear End Device...replaced cabooses on freight trains.

    Also commonly known as F****** Rear End Device to those conductors who lost their jobs to it...



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  3. 04-21-2012 12:12 AM #63
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    Quote Originally Posted by skypigeon View Post
    Any small-town radio station veterans here? Surely once in your life you worked with a FRED...
    Thanks, big guy. Reminded me of WIBC's Fred Heckman.
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  4. 04-21-2012 07:32 AM #64
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    If you break a vase and then glue it back together and the vase loses it's value, you do not get credit for fixing it. You get the blame for damaging it....
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    We went this far in this thread on a racing forum before we brought up the name:

    Fred Offenhauser
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    My kids think this guy is the most famous Fred.
    El Grillo Cantor
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  7. 04-22-2012 04:22 PM #67
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rommey View Post


    We always called them Fat Albert or Linda Lovelace.
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  8. 04-22-2012 04:45 PM #68
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    Fred Allen and Allen's Alley - the source for many cartoon caricatures - Droopy Dog, Foghorn Leghorn (Say, you know what I mean - it was joke kid, a joke that is.)
    Fred - Superchicken's sidekick - "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!
    Well known super IndyCar fan - at least to a few here - Fred T from Danville - his barber was at one time was Larry "Boom Boom" Cannon.
    Witnessed Mario's "Miracle at Indy"...Watched 3 win their 4th Indy 500...Was there for Petty's 200th win...Saw the last Novi qualify
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  9. 04-22-2012 06:30 PM #69
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    Quote Originally Posted by skypigeon View Post
    Any small-town radio station veterans here? Surely once in your life you worked with a FRED...
    Speaking of radio...there's always radio legend Fred Winston...
    Ed Carpenter...2013 Indianapolis 500 Pole Winner!
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  10. 04-23-2012 01:31 AM #70
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  11. 04-23-2012 04:09 AM #71
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    R22's son Fred - Texan chef extraordinaire - and TV personality (appeared in a show on one of the numerous cooking channels). Has also been an annual participant in Camp & Brew.
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  12. 04-23-2012 11:53 AM #72
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hardscrabble View Post
    Speaking of radio...there's always radio legend Fred Winston...
    You have to have ties to WLS radio in Chicago to remember him in his glory days.


    Also, we forgot Fred Dusenberg...


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