Thanks Dayton

[TripletDaddy]

I am so sick of this thread.

[YOhio]

I am so sick of this thread.

Slowly but surely, Thanks Dayton will surpass your Lakers thread. Of that I have little doubt.

[Jarid in Cedar]

You should do one of these threads for Carbonville.

[Indy Coug]

Slowly but surely, Thanks Dayton will surpass your Lakers thread. Of that I have little doubt.

Only if Dayton is one of the world's leaders in Punography.

[YOhio]

Only if Dayton is one of the world's leaders in Punography.

Despite the fact that Larry Flint began his entrepreneurial career in Dayton, there is no way that Dayton porn consumption can ever reach Wasatch Front levels.

[falafel]

In what is destined to be a popular CUF feature, I am unveiling the first part of Thanks Dayton! How Dayton, Ohio has Made this World a Better Place.

This weeks entry is the electric calculator. In 1938, NCR engineers (nerds!!!) Joe Desch and Bob Mumma designed 8, a working prototype the size of a house door that could only add three digits at a time. By 1942 the invention was refined to add, subtract and multiply up to 10 digits, but division was still out of the question. Shortly after this, the Navy sought the assistance of NPR to help Uncle Sam take down the Nazis. Important work on the electric calculator ceased, and Desch and Mumma were put to work on a code-breaking machine which pretty much put Hitler and his pals in their place.

So today when a machine does your math for you, give a silent thanks to Dayton.

Didn't National Cash Register just move its international headquarters from Dayton to Florida or something? I guess Dayton appreciated the electronic calculator more than the electronic calculator appreciated Dayton.

[YOhio]

Didn't National Cash Register just move its international headquarters from Dayton to Florida or something? I guess Dayton appreciated the electronic calculator more than the electronic calculator appreciated Dayton.

It was Georgia. They used federal stimulus money to lure NCR to Columbus, Georgia by purchasing and retrofitting a warehouse for the use of NCR. That's right. Our federal government is giving one state money to poach the corporate residents of another state. So there goes another 2,100 jobs in Dayton. Cocksuckers.

[Indy Coug]

So there goes another 2,100 jobs in Dayton. Cocksuckers.

I just knew punography would help keep this thread alive.

[YOhio]

The Dayton City Commission recently passed a resolution creating a marker at Cooper Park in honor of the well-renowned Dayton born author Natalie Clifford Barney. To young lesbians looking for inspiration, look no further than the woman once born and now honored in Dayton, Ohio for her contributions to the GLBT movement. Thanks, Dayton.

[statman]

Dayton is pit. I spent a year in Beaver Creek, a suburb of Ohio. I swear, every night on the news there was a report of a shooting in Dayton. Detroit has nothing on Dayton.

Neither do West Valley City or Taylorsville...

[Solon]

Thanks, Dayton

This Saturday's Air Force Marathon is in Dayton (where it is every year).

On Saturday night, on the spur of the moment, I went on a training run with a guy in the ward who runs this race every year. It was his last training run and he really wanted it to go well in preparation for the race. The combination of humidity, the after-effects of some kind of nasty hot-dog lunch, and my new partner's brisk pace completely kicked my butt. At the end of the 12-mile run, he confessed that he was pretty gassed too but didn't want me to show him up.

So, I hope he's ready for the run. My stomach hasn't felt right since Saturday.

Thanks, Dayton.

[cougjunkie]

I need to be honest I am a huge fan of Dayton. They brought us one of the funniest men on TV:



Rob Dyrdek.

[YOhio]

Rob Dyrdek.

Next time you're in town, I'll take you to the Rob Drydek/DC Shoes skateboarding plaza.

[TripletDaddy]

Thanks, Dayton!

[Surfah]

I need to be honest I am a huge fan of Dayton. They brought us one of the funniest men on TV:



Rob Dyrdek.

Did you watch RDFF last night? Man he and John Mayer were killing me. Mayer's lyrics were awesome. That show made me rethink my previous stance on Mayer.

Also, Rob's mom is comic gold. Whenever Mrs. Dyrdek is on it is awesome.