Is it really Thanksgiving again already
Someone once told me that as we age, the time passes both faster, and slower. Faster in most things, but so much slower when it comes to waiting for things we want. The minute I finished watching "The Avengers" in the theater, I wanted them to get the sequel finished so I could see it on opening night, at the first show. Of course, it won't hit theaters until May 1, 2015, which puts it just over 18 months in the future. That's an eternity to wait. But I remember quite well sitting here last Thanksgiving and that seems like yesterday.
I re-read my blog entry from last year about the things I was thankful for on that day. The ones listed then are still things I am very grateful and thankful for. My continued existence. Considering how close it came to ending, every Thanksgiving (hell, every single day) is a joy and a blessing. Social media, as it allows me to remain in touch with family and friends.
I'm going to see one or two more movies the rest of this weekend, but I plan to take it pretty easy. Next week is a bit crowded. Training on Monday. Trivia scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I have to work a bit on Tuesday in the morning but I'm going to go in early and try to have it done before 10:30. Needless to say, considering how thankful I am to be alive, I need to pay attention to my physical limitations.
* * *
I wondered how long it would take before one of the lawyers for the estate of Michael Jackson raised the issue of physician/patient privilege with regard to the statements Conrad Murray has made about the late singer. The fact that Jackson was allegedly incontinent at night during his last days is not something that Murray had any reason or justification for making public, aside from self-aggrandizement.
The estate has sent Murray a letter saying that they will sue him if he makes any further statements, but I think that's an empty threat. Murray has no money. They can sue him and win all day long and they'll lose money on the deal.
So how do they force Murray to shut up? Good question.
* * *
Watch this video. Pay particular attention to what you can see Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd saying 18 seconds into the 54 second video. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-to-fine-jason-kidd--50-000-for-spilled-drink-stunt-003042479.html
As you can see, he says "hit me" to one of his players so it will look like his spilling of the drink in his hand will cause a delay in the game. This allowed him to diagram a play for his team to run. It didn't work, but what if it had? If they'd won because he deliberately delayed the game, should the win stand?
A version of the same thing happened on Thanksgiving Day at a football game. Watch the video and you can see Steelers coach Mike Tomlin interfering with a kickoff return that might well have gone for a touchdown. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-steelers-mike-tomlin-jacoby-jones-20131129,0,2666077.story
I used to think in sports you did what you had to do to win, and if it meant breaking a rule, then you break the rule and take the hit for breaking it. Do the two or five minutes in the penalty box. Pay the fine. Let the other team shoot the technical foul if you get caught in defensive three seconds.
I can't subscribe to this thought process any longer. It's a very slippery slope. If it's okay to throw a spitball in baseball, then it becomes okay to cork your bat. Or use PEDs. Where does it end?
A fine of $50,000 won't discourage an NBA coach from doing what Jason Kidd did. He's earning somewhere between $2 million and $2.5 million this season. It's a stiff fine, but I'm sure ownership will find some way to reimburse him. Whatever the NFL fines Tomlin won't be enough to keep him from doing the same thing in the future.
It was wrong of them to cheat, although they'd say their only mistake was being caught (if they were to be honest). What is really wrong though is so many of the fans think it was a good thing to do.
* * *
Random Ponderings:
If a retailer wants to open on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day, that's their business. But no employee should be FORCED to work on that day. I like what Whole Foods Market is doing. Working on Thanksgiving is voluntary and employees who choose to work earn time and a half for doing so.
Sarah Atwell has more courage and strength that many girls her age. She will grow to be a much finer person than those who are bullying her.
If people want WalMart to pay higher wages to their employees they should go shop at Costco. Costco's pay and benefits are much higher and prices are comparable to WalMart.
Turns out that someone living in Seattle who was known for his frugality and modest lifestyle was actually very wealthy. Nearly $188 million wealth, all of which was put into trust for various charities. Way cool!
I could have lived my whole life without needing or wanting to know that Hayden Panettiere couldn't handle a phone call from a producer for the Ellen show and getting a bikini wax at the same time.
The fools who fired the manager of their Pizza Hut franchise did a bit of damage control by rehiring him but I hope they're run out of business anyway.
First Lady Michelle Obama is probably right in not wanting her daughters to be on Facebook. But I think if they were allowed to use it with the highest security settings and only allowed to connect with people they know is real life, it should be safe. If it isn't, there's something wrong with the way their security settings work.
Hoping the Florida woman who got 20 years for a warning shot is convicted of something, but with a sentence of time served.
Would cars that run on fuel from whiskey be a case of drinking and driving that is legal?
If you were to look at Malin Ackerman today you wouldn't suspect that she was once among the homeless of Los Angeles. Kudos to her for overcoming that, and more for giving back to the homeless and underprivileged.
I've noticed that I'm falling asleep more easily and sleeping better now that I stop using the computer at least one hour before planning to go to bed.
* * *
November 29th in History:
561 – King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons — Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 – Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1885 – End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1893 – The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by partisan forces.
1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1946 – The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1975 – Graham Hill and Tony Brise, along with three other members of the Embassy Hill F1 team, were killed when their plane crashed at Arkley golf course, England, in thick fog.
1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
Famous Folk Born On November 29th:
Christian Doppler (yes, the one responsible for the Doppler Effect)
Morrison Waite (7th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
Louisa May Alcott
Busby Berkley
William Tubman
C. S. Lewis
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Madeleine L'Engle (I've got to re-read "A Wrinkle in Time")
Joe Weider
Jackie Stallone
Charles E. Mower (a real American hero)
Minnie Minoso (only person to play professional baseball in seven different decades)
Vin Scully
Paul Simon (the senator, not the singer)
Jacques Chirac
Diane Ladd
Denny Doherty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY)
Chuck Mangione (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pl1YU1rXuE)
Suzy Chafee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev7DHWG7wsY)
Ronnie Montrose
Jerry "The King" Lawler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrN9CzslMGE don't watch unless you want to see Michael Cole kiss the King's foot)
Garry Shandling
Joel Coen
Howie Mandel (don't try to shake his hand)
Leo Laporte
Janet Napolitano
Michael Dempsey
Cathy Moriarty
Kim Delaney
Andrew McCarthy
Don Cheadle (great actor...and I'll leave it at that)
Rahm Emanuel
Tom Sizemore
John Layfield (wow, him and the King have the same birthday??)
Mariano Rivera
Gena Lee Nolin
Brian Baumgartner (I heard one of my old teammates from trivia team "Team Colin Farrell" was dating this guy)
Anna Faris
Eight years ago today, the very talented Wendie Jo Sperber lost her battle with cancer. She was an extraordinary person. Today's movie quotes from "Back to the Future" are in her honor:
Lorraine Baines: Kids, we're gonna have to eat this cake by ourselves. Your Uncle Joey didn't make parole again.
[drops the cake on the dining table. It reads "Welcome Home, Uncle Joey"]
Lorraine Baines: I think it would be nice if you all dropped him a line.
Marty McFly: Uncle "Jailbird" Joey?
Dave McFly: He's your brother, Mom.
Linda McFly: Yeah. I think it's a major embarrassment having an uncle in prison.
Lorraine Baines: We all make mistakes in life, children.
#2
Linda McFly: Then how am I supposed to ever meet anybody?
Lorraine Baines: Well, it'll just happen. Like the way I met your father.
Linda McFly: That was so stupid! Grandpa hit him with the car.
Lorraine Baines: [wistfully] It was meant to be.
#3
Marty McFly: [Marty has just woken up to a new and improved 1985, and sees his brother and sister well-dressed and sitting at the dinner table, eating breakfast]
Marty McFly: Hey. What the hell is this?
Linda McFly: Breakfast.
#4
Marty McFly: [Doc has just been shot. Marty runs over to him] Doc! Doc!
Marty McFly: [Marty turns Doc's body over to reveal it is apparently bullet-ridden and lifeless. Marty begins to cry] No! No!
Marty McFly: [Doc suddenly blinks and sits up] You're alive.
Marty McFly: [Doc unzips his radiation suit to reveal a bulletproof vest underneath] Bulletproof vest? How did you know? I never got a chance to tell you.
Marty McFly: [Doc smiles and removes a weathered piece of paper from his pocket. Marty unfolds the paper to reveal it is the warning letter he had written in 1955, taped back together] What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Well, I figured, what the hell?
I re-read my blog entry from last year about the things I was thankful for on that day. The ones listed then are still things I am very grateful and thankful for. My continued existence. Considering how close it came to ending, every Thanksgiving (hell, every single day) is a joy and a blessing. Social media, as it allows me to remain in touch with family and friends.
I'm going to see one or two more movies the rest of this weekend, but I plan to take it pretty easy. Next week is a bit crowded. Training on Monday. Trivia scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I have to work a bit on Tuesday in the morning but I'm going to go in early and try to have it done before 10:30. Needless to say, considering how thankful I am to be alive, I need to pay attention to my physical limitations.
* * *
I wondered how long it would take before one of the lawyers for the estate of Michael Jackson raised the issue of physician/patient privilege with regard to the statements Conrad Murray has made about the late singer. The fact that Jackson was allegedly incontinent at night during his last days is not something that Murray had any reason or justification for making public, aside from self-aggrandizement.
The estate has sent Murray a letter saying that they will sue him if he makes any further statements, but I think that's an empty threat. Murray has no money. They can sue him and win all day long and they'll lose money on the deal.
So how do they force Murray to shut up? Good question.
* * *
Watch this video. Pay particular attention to what you can see Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd saying 18 seconds into the 54 second video. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-to-fine-jason-kidd--50-000-for-spilled-drink-stunt-003042479.html
As you can see, he says "hit me" to one of his players so it will look like his spilling of the drink in his hand will cause a delay in the game. This allowed him to diagram a play for his team to run. It didn't work, but what if it had? If they'd won because he deliberately delayed the game, should the win stand?
A version of the same thing happened on Thanksgiving Day at a football game. Watch the video and you can see Steelers coach Mike Tomlin interfering with a kickoff return that might well have gone for a touchdown. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-steelers-mike-tomlin-jacoby-jones-20131129,0,2666077.story
I used to think in sports you did what you had to do to win, and if it meant breaking a rule, then you break the rule and take the hit for breaking it. Do the two or five minutes in the penalty box. Pay the fine. Let the other team shoot the technical foul if you get caught in defensive three seconds.
I can't subscribe to this thought process any longer. It's a very slippery slope. If it's okay to throw a spitball in baseball, then it becomes okay to cork your bat. Or use PEDs. Where does it end?
A fine of $50,000 won't discourage an NBA coach from doing what Jason Kidd did. He's earning somewhere between $2 million and $2.5 million this season. It's a stiff fine, but I'm sure ownership will find some way to reimburse him. Whatever the NFL fines Tomlin won't be enough to keep him from doing the same thing in the future.
It was wrong of them to cheat, although they'd say their only mistake was being caught (if they were to be honest). What is really wrong though is so many of the fans think it was a good thing to do.
* * *
Random Ponderings:
If a retailer wants to open on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day, that's their business. But no employee should be FORCED to work on that day. I like what Whole Foods Market is doing. Working on Thanksgiving is voluntary and employees who choose to work earn time and a half for doing so.
Sarah Atwell has more courage and strength that many girls her age. She will grow to be a much finer person than those who are bullying her.
If people want WalMart to pay higher wages to their employees they should go shop at Costco. Costco's pay and benefits are much higher and prices are comparable to WalMart.
Turns out that someone living in Seattle who was known for his frugality and modest lifestyle was actually very wealthy. Nearly $188 million wealth, all of which was put into trust for various charities. Way cool!
I could have lived my whole life without needing or wanting to know that Hayden Panettiere couldn't handle a phone call from a producer for the Ellen show and getting a bikini wax at the same time.
The fools who fired the manager of their Pizza Hut franchise did a bit of damage control by rehiring him but I hope they're run out of business anyway.
First Lady Michelle Obama is probably right in not wanting her daughters to be on Facebook. But I think if they were allowed to use it with the highest security settings and only allowed to connect with people they know is real life, it should be safe. If it isn't, there's something wrong with the way their security settings work.
Hoping the Florida woman who got 20 years for a warning shot is convicted of something, but with a sentence of time served.
Would cars that run on fuel from whiskey be a case of drinking and driving that is legal?
If you were to look at Malin Ackerman today you wouldn't suspect that she was once among the homeless of Los Angeles. Kudos to her for overcoming that, and more for giving back to the homeless and underprivileged.
I've noticed that I'm falling asleep more easily and sleeping better now that I stop using the computer at least one hour before planning to go to bed.
* * *
November 29th in History:
561 – King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons — Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 – Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1885 – End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1893 – The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by partisan forces.
1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1946 – The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1975 – Graham Hill and Tony Brise, along with three other members of the Embassy Hill F1 team, were killed when their plane crashed at Arkley golf course, England, in thick fog.
1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
Famous Folk Born On November 29th:
Christian Doppler (yes, the one responsible for the Doppler Effect)
Morrison Waite (7th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
Louisa May Alcott
Busby Berkley
William Tubman
C. S. Lewis
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Madeleine L'Engle (I've got to re-read "A Wrinkle in Time")
Joe Weider
Jackie Stallone
Charles E. Mower (a real American hero)
Minnie Minoso (only person to play professional baseball in seven different decades)
Vin Scully
Paul Simon (the senator, not the singer)
Jacques Chirac
Diane Ladd
Denny Doherty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY)
Chuck Mangione (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pl1YU1rXuE)
Suzy Chafee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev7DHWG7wsY)
Ronnie Montrose
Jerry "The King" Lawler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrN9CzslMGE don't watch unless you want to see Michael Cole kiss the King's foot)
Garry Shandling
Joel Coen
Howie Mandel (don't try to shake his hand)
Leo Laporte
Janet Napolitano
Michael Dempsey
Cathy Moriarty
Kim Delaney
Andrew McCarthy
Don Cheadle (great actor...and I'll leave it at that)
Rahm Emanuel
Tom Sizemore
John Layfield (wow, him and the King have the same birthday??)
Mariano Rivera
Gena Lee Nolin
Brian Baumgartner (I heard one of my old teammates from trivia team "Team Colin Farrell" was dating this guy)
Anna Faris
Eight years ago today, the very talented Wendie Jo Sperber lost her battle with cancer. She was an extraordinary person. Today's movie quotes from "Back to the Future" are in her honor:
Lorraine Baines: Kids, we're gonna have to eat this cake by ourselves. Your Uncle Joey didn't make parole again.
[drops the cake on the dining table. It reads "Welcome Home, Uncle Joey"]
Lorraine Baines: I think it would be nice if you all dropped him a line.
Marty McFly: Uncle "Jailbird" Joey?
Dave McFly: He's your brother, Mom.
Linda McFly: Yeah. I think it's a major embarrassment having an uncle in prison.
Lorraine Baines: We all make mistakes in life, children.
#2
Linda McFly: Then how am I supposed to ever meet anybody?
Lorraine Baines: Well, it'll just happen. Like the way I met your father.
Linda McFly: That was so stupid! Grandpa hit him with the car.
Lorraine Baines: [wistfully] It was meant to be.
#3
Marty McFly: [Marty has just woken up to a new and improved 1985, and sees his brother and sister well-dressed and sitting at the dinner table, eating breakfast]
Marty McFly: Hey. What the hell is this?
Linda McFly: Breakfast.
#4
Marty McFly: [Doc has just been shot. Marty runs over to him] Doc! Doc!
Marty McFly: [Marty turns Doc's body over to reveal it is apparently bullet-ridden and lifeless. Marty begins to cry] No! No!
Marty McFly: [Doc suddenly blinks and sits up] You're alive.
Marty McFly: [Doc unzips his radiation suit to reveal a bulletproof vest underneath] Bulletproof vest? How did you know? I never got a chance to tell you.
Marty McFly: [Doc smiles and removes a weathered piece of paper from his pocket. Marty unfolds the paper to reveal it is the warning letter he had written in 1955, taped back together] What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Well, I figured, what the hell?
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