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  • Re: Dead Thread 2017-18: Fare Thee Well!!

    Will his entire memorial/funeral be set to smooth jazz?

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      Let's Go 'Tute!

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      • Originally posted by Ralph Baer View Post
        What a messed up incident. Appears he jumped from the second level down to the roadway on "his own accord." Chicago police are still investigating, though. Strange. Tragic, but strange.
        the state of hockey is good

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          Noted author Ursula K. LeGuin.


          The famous Earthsea trilogy, eventually expanded to five books.
          Numerous short stories.
          The Left Hand of Darkness, a really fantastic novel.
          "Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."

          "Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin

          "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy." -- W. B. Yeats

          "People generally are most impatient with those flaws in others about which they are most ashamed of in themselves." - folk wisdom

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          • Re: Dead Thread 2017-18: Fare Thee Well!!

            Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
            Noted author Ursula K. LeGuin.


            The famous Earthsea trilogy, eventually expanded to five books.
            Numerous short stories.
            The Left Hand of Darkness, a really fantastic novel.
            Ouch, this one hurts like hell. Dr. Mrs. wears a bracelet that reads "WWULGD?"

            That rarest creature: a great who is also good.

            My favorites beside LHoD: Eye of the Heron and The Dispossessed.
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            • Re: Dead Thread 2017-18: Fare Thee Well!!

              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
              Ouch, this one hurts like hell. Dr. Mrs. wears a bracelet that reads "WWULGD?"

              That rarest creature: a great who is also good.

              My favorites beside LHoD: Eye of the Heron and The Dispossessed.
              WWULGD? must mean "Will We Ultimately Love the Great Donald".
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                Warren Miller, 93

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                  Mark E. Smith, leader and only permanent band member of The Fall.
                  What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?

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                    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                    I didn't think that the former Gopher hockey player could have been that old.
                    Last edited by Ralph Baer; 01-25-2018, 03:19 PM.
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                    • Re: Dead Thread 2017-18: Fare Thee Well!!

                      Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                      "Want your skis? Go get 'em"

                      His films signaled the start of the ski season, even when there was no snow. He made us all want to live out of a van in the parking lot at the base of a mountain before the mountain became a resort, and some of us did.

                      RIP
                      Growing old is mandatory -- growing up is optional!

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                      • Originally posted by SteveP View Post
                        "Want your skis? Go get 'em"

                        His films signaled the start of the ski season, even when there was no snow. He made us all want to live out of a van in the parking lot at the base of a mountain before the mountain became a resort, and some of us did.

                        RIP
                        Awesome movies with awesome music!
                        Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult

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                        • Re: Dead Thread 2017-18: Fare Thee Well!!

                          Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey comic strip, at 94 years old. He had a good run.
                          Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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                          • IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, 91.
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                              Hugh Masekela died this past Tues.

                              https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/o...kela-dies.html
                              A bad cause requires many words.

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                                Kevin Towers.

                                https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/01/30/ke...padres-gm-dead
                                A bad cause requires many words.

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