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For those of you in Rio Linda, "drawing pins" are "thumbtacks." :) nt

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In Reply to: Drawing pins under speakers posted by andy evans on October 20, 2004 at 11:24:53:

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Something you'd know allot about Steve!L-nt - NEAR SOTA 12:57:59 10/20/04 (12)
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- Of course. I actually dated a girl from Rio Linda. :) nt - Steve Eddy 13:41:23 10/20/04 (11)
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  - For us "foreign people", Steve, ... - andyr 05:17:45 10/21/04 (2)
    howsabout telling us what's special about Rio Linda? Where th hell is it, for a start!
    Regards,
    Andy
    - Re: For us "foreign people", Steve, ... - Steve Eddy 08:52:29 10/21/04 (1)
      Howdy, Andy!
      
      howsabout telling us what's special about Rio Linda? Where th hell is it, for a start!
      
      Rio Linda's a small town just outside of Sacramento, California, and is known for being home to a lot of rednecks with cars up on blocks in their front yards, etc.
      Before conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh went to New York and became the Rush Limbaugh that he is today, he had a local show here in Sacramento on KFBK where he was brought in to replace Morton Downey, Jr. who had just been fired for saying the word "Chinaman" on the air.
      Anyway, some of Rush's more unusual callers were from Rio Linda. The most famous one was when Rush was doing a spoof of backward masking on records where he said that if you played Slim Whitman albums backward, you could hear the devil speaking.
      He played some Slim Whitman song backwards with a voice-over of the devil, saying such things as "Hey, where'd you get a turntable that plays backwards? Usually you only find those in preacher's homes..."
      Well, some guy from Rio Linda called in and said that he had every Slim Whitman album and that he played them backward and couldn't hear anything from the devil. He was being serious.
      Rush told him that he needed a "disgronificator" for his turntable and told him to go down to Turntables Unlimited and ask for one.
      Anyway, because of this and other bizarre calls from people in Rio Linda, Rush, when he'd use a "big word" would sometimes interject "and for those of you in Rio Linda that means..."
      It became one of Rush's trademark catch phrases and he continues to use it to this day.
      So there ya have it. :)
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      - Haha ... good one! Thanks, Steve. (nt) - andyr 14:01:25 10/21/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: For us "foreign people", Steve, ... posted by Steve Eddy on October 21, 2004 at 08:52:29:
        
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  - Re: Did you stay in a Holiday Inn Express? [nt] - alan m. kafton 14:08:19 10/20/04 (7)
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    - No... - Steve Eddy 15:51:22 10/20/04 (6)
      ...we stayed in her brother's old van that was up on cinder blocks in the front yard.
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      - Re: No... - Julien43 18:56:27 10/20/04 (5)
        
        In Reply to: No... posted by Steve Eddy on October 20, 2004 at 15:51:22:
        
        Remembering all those details makes me think this may have been your first,,, or was it just last week :)
        Julien
        "There's someone in my head, but it's not me"
        
        Re: No... - Steve Eddy 22:43:36 10/20/04 (4)
        
        In Reply to: Re: No... posted by Julien43 on October 20, 2004 at 18:56:27:
        
        Remembering all those details makes me think this may have been your first,,, or was it just last week :)
        
        Oh, it's easy to remember. All the more fashionable homes in Rio Linda have cars up on blocks in the front yard. :)
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        Amazing what happens when you say 'drawing pins'! (nt) - andy evans 01:58:59 10/21/04 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Re: No... posted by Steve Eddy on October 20, 2004 at 22:43:36:
        
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        Heheh, sorry 'bout that... - Steve Eddy 08:54:08 10/21/04 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Amazing what happens when you say 'drawing pins'! (nt) posted by andy evans on October 21, 2004 at 01:58:59:
        
        I'm a bit of an Anglophile and knew a lot of us Yanks would be scratching their heads over that one. Perhaps I should have left out the Rio Linda comment. :)
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        Now you've got me wondering - andy evans 14:36:04 10/21/04 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Heheh, sorry 'bout that... posted by Steve Eddy on October 21, 2004 at 08:54:08:
        
        What Rio Linda is in English, and how d'you get there? Andy
        
        Re: Now you've got me wondering - Steve Eddy 18:50:07 10/21/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Now you've got me wondering posted by andy evans on October 21, 2004 at 14:36:04:
        
        What Rio Linda is in English, and how d'you get there?
        
        Well, Rio is Spanish for river, Linda is well, Linda. :)
        To get there, first take a cab to Heathrow Airport... :)
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