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JonF Member (Idle past 462 days)
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Message 368 of 1345 (740288)
11-03-2014 3:21 PM
Click... Or maybe Clack
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Message 370 of 1345 (740425)
11-04-2014 7:24 PM
Reply to: Message 369 by Dogmafood
Re: Click... Or maybe Clack
My son met him when he picked up a dead van the bike safety committee was donating. He tried to start it but failed.
And now we've lost Tom Menino too.
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JonF Member (Idle past 462 days)
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Message 410 of 1345 (752692)
03-12-2015 12:53 PM
Reply to: Message 405 by vimesey
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett
I do think his most recent novels were not his best, but he was my favorite author.
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JonF Member (Idle past 462 days)
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Re: Sir Terry Pratchett
Oh, Moist and Adora Belle are great. Too bad Kirby never illustrated her.
I haven't been able to make it through "Raising Steam" and I thought "Snuff" was overly contrived and preachy.
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Message 416 of 1345 (752884)
03-14-2015 8:49 AM
Bring back PTerry!!
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Message 530 of 1345 (790804)
09-05-2016 9:37 PM
Phyllis Schlafley
A horrible person, but she had significant impact.
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Message 610 of 1345 (817784)
08-20-2017 10:13 AM
Dick Gregory
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Message 616 of 1345 (819423)
09-10-2017 8:51 PM
Reply to: Message 614 by Coyote
Re: Jerry Pournelle (August 7, 1933 — September 8, 2017)
I remember him from BIX in the 80's.
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Message 691 of 1345 (848016)
01-30-2019 3:10 PM
Jacqueline Steiner
Co-author of "M T A", the saga of the hapless Charlie's tribulations on the Boston subway . Which she expected to be quickly forgotten. When the T is converted to electronic fares, the cards were officially "Charlie cards".
Jacqueline Steiner
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Message 822 of 1345 (870931)
01-26-2020 3:40 PM
Kobe Bryant
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1123406
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A call for a downed helicopter in Calabasas went out at 10:01 a.m. local time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. People who were out mountain biking in the area reported the accident
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Message 883 of 1345 (880961)
08-15-2020 8:53 AM
Glenn Morton
Known to many of us as a fervent anti-creationist.
Glenn Morton, 1950-2020
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Message 888 of 1345 (881498)
08-24-2020 8:26 PM
Anthony Martignetti
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Message 894 of 1345 (882100)
09-10-2020 3:51 PM
Reply to: Message 893 by AZPaul3
Re: Emma Peel
I was obsessed with her.
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