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Death announcements for persons of note

Post by mrbadger » Thu, 8. Dec 16, 23:02

John Glen just died. At 95 though, not a bad run.

Somewhat of an awesome life he led, first American in orbit (fiirst man to do full orbits too I think). Actually a nice view into part of it can be seen in the movie 'The Right Stuff'.
Only went into space once during his working life, because he was declared a living treasure and thus not risked. He went up in the shuttle at 76 in 1999, setting the record of oldest man in space.

Of course he was a politician too, but that I know nothing about.
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Post by fiksal » Thu, 8. Dec 16, 23:11

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Post by mrbadger » Thu, 8. Dec 16, 23:12

I'm getting old, all my heroes are dying....
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Post by fiksal » Thu, 8. Dec 16, 23:16

mrbadger wrote:I'm getting old, all my heroes are dying....
well come on. there's always good whiskey
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Post by mrbadger » Thu, 8. Dec 16, 23:25

not for me, after my 'event' in 2013 that knocked me off the forum for a few months while I was busy recovering in hospital I'm no longer able to drink.

Well I can, but there is so much potential risk it's not fun.
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Post by fiksal » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 00:34

alright, plan B.

lots and lots of chocolates! bags of cannolies
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Post by felter » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 00:41

fiksal wrote:alright, plan B.

lots and lots of chocolates! bags of cannolies
Shouldn't that be, bags of calories.

On Topic.

R.I.P. John

Married for 73 years, and to the same person, impressive.
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Post by muppetts » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 09:01

mrbadger wrote:not for me, after my 'event' in 2013 that knocked me off the forum for a few months while I was busy recovering in hospital I'm no longer able to drink.

Well I can, but there is so much potential risk it's not fun.
err herbal biscuits can be fun :)

RIP JG
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Post by mrbadger » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 10:08

muppetts wrote: err herbal biscuits can be fun :)

RIP JG
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Post by Redvers Ganderpoke » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 17:35

muppetts wrote:
err herbal biscuits can be fun :)

RIP JG
Unless of course if makes you psychotic.
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Post by muppetts » Fri, 9. Dec 16, 19:04

LOL not those kind, your looking at more of a 4 quick pints feeling than loony tunes!

What have you been eating!
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Post by Usenko » Sat, 10. Dec 16, 05:08

John Glenn: A life well-lived. He did amazing things early in life, following that up by leveraging his fame into a career of service in the Senate, and his life was long.

Really, that's a good model for the rest of us.
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Post by muppetts » Sat, 10. Dec 16, 11:25

Not allot of his kind around anymore, I wonder what he thought of the direction of things these days.
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Post by mrbadger » Sat, 10. Dec 16, 15:26

muppetts wrote:Not allot of his kind around anymore, I wonder what he thought of the direction of things these days.
Given that he was willing as a young man to sit on top of a huge silo of explosive liquid and be fired into space, he probably thought we are a bunch of wimps :)

I believe he fell asleep while he was waiting for the launch too. That was in The Right Stuff at least.
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Post by pjknibbs » Sat, 10. Dec 16, 17:01

mrbadger wrote: I believe he fell asleep while he was waiting for the launch too.
I'm sure I heard in an interview with another astronaut (I forget which one) that *all* of them do that--there's nothing for them to do but wait for all the ten million checks to be done at that point, so why not grab some Zs?
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