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09 Mar 17

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 187877

10 Dec 22

I passed...a fellow on the street yesterday who was wearing shorts, a tee shirt and sandals. It was -3C and overcast.😲

diver

Joined: 16 Feb 08
Moves: 121707

10 Dec 22

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Ruth Madoc

Accomplished actress mostly famous for UK sitcom Hi-de-hi.

https://news.sky.com/story/hi-de-hi-actress-ruth-madoc-dies-aged-79-12765415

rookie54

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wildly content...

Joined: 09 Mar 08
Moves: 206645

10 Dec 22

Joseph Kittinger,
World Record-Setting Parachute Jumper,
Dies At 94

The U.S. Air Force pilot who held the record for the highest parachute jump for more than 50 years

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-obit-joseph-kittinger_n_6394a0b1e4b015bb573bbaa9

diver

Joined: 16 Feb 08
Moves: 121707

10 Dec 22

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@rookie54 said
Joseph Kittinger,
World Record-Setting Parachute Jumper,
Dies At 94

The U.S. Air Force pilot who held the record for the highest parachute jump for more than 50 years

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-obit-joseph-kittinger_n_6394a0b1e4b015bb573bbaa9

Amazing guy, amazing jump.

He was letter in involved in supervising the jump by Felix Baumgartner.

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 648175

10 Dec 22

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@great-big-stees said
I passed...a fellow on the street yesterday who was wearing shorts, a tee shirt and sandals. It was -3C and overcast.😲

Showing how tough he is to our weather. 🙂

-VR

pawnpaw

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Lethabong

Joined: 02 Apr 10
Moves: 99487

11 Dec 22

@Great-Big-Stees
He was ok... he had sandals AND socks on... 😆

mlb62

Joined: 20 May 17
Moves: 17720

11 Dec 22

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@Ponderable
I cried when my favorite cat died recently.

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 187877

11 Dec 22

@pawnpaw said
@Great-Big-Stees
He was ok... he had sandals AND socks on... 😆

Yes, knee socks.👍 So you saw him too eh.😁

rookie54

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wildly content...

Joined: 09 Mar 08
Moves: 206645

11 Dec 22

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Dorothy Pitman Hughes Dies At 84
Pioneering Black Feminist
co-founded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-feminist-pioneer-died_n_63953d39e4b0169d76d7b60e

Woofwoof

Joined: 06 Nov 15
Moves: 41301

12 Dec 22

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Grant Wahl, 49
American Jounalist collapsed at his post while covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

He was an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ and Worker's rights.

Earl of Trumps

Pawn Whisperer

My Kingdom fora Pawn

Joined: 09 Jan 19
Moves: 20550

12 Dec 22

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@woofwoof said
Grant Wahl, 49
American Jounalist collapsed at his post while covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

He was an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ and Worker's rights.

Just to add:

Wahl's brother believes Grant was murdered. (so do I)

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 648175

12 Dec 22

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@earl-of-trumps said
Just to add:

Wahl's brother believes Grant was murdered. (so do I)

First thing came to my mind too!

-VR

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

13 Dec 22

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Mike Leach, Mississippi State head football coach, dead at 61, heart attack.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

13 Dec 22

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Manuel Göttsching, German musician [guitarist] and composer, leader of Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra in the 1970s, dead at 70 years of age.

Kevin Eleven

Joined: 06 May 15
Moves: 27952

13 Dec 22

@fmf said
Kirstie Alley, 71 years old.

Thank you for mentioning this. She certainly had some notable charisma/presence when she first appeared in Star Trek II.

Strange to learn recently for the first time that when she was screening for that role, there was an accident that killed her mother and left her father in the hospital, and that the director (Nicholas Meyers) said that he would wait until the situation with her father had improved. That was a kind thing to do and a great gift to all who subsequently got to enjoy her work.

This might seem disrespectful to some, but the day before I heard the news, I was thinking (not for the first time) about the Bible story about the woman with the alabaster jar, and how Kirstie Alley might have played that role.