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"The Big DP" wrote:
I am mostly a lurker....but damn, this is very disconcerting. God Speed Pat! Doug The same from my side. I'm lurking here for years from time to time. He will remain unforgotten, even here in Europe! -- Signature not found error. Please panic immediately. |
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Ah hell what miserable news to get today, and to see it sullied by
Haller's whining blathering no less. I hope at least there was family and friends to be there with him in his last days, and that his passing was without any suffering. Thus ends of an era of USENET.... So a fond farewell to you, Pat, and enjoy a toast for us with the other great pioneers who've gone before us like Goddard, Von Braun, Korolev, Komarov, Alan Shepard, the crews of Apollo 1, Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia, etc. -Mike |
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"Mike DiCenso" wrote in message
... Ah hell what miserable news to get today, and to see it sullied by Haller's whining blathering no less. I hope at least there was family and friends to be there with him in his last days, and that his passing was without any suffering. Thus ends of an era of USENET.... So a fond farewell to you, Pat, and enjoy a toast for us with the other great pioneers who've gone before us like Goddard, Von Braun, Korolev, Komarov, Alan Shepard, the crews of Apollo 1, Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia, etc. If there is an afterlife I bet they throw one hell of a welcome party for Pat... -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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On 17/10/2011 7:14 PM, GordonD wrote:
"Mike DiCenso" wrote in message ... Ah hell what miserable news to get today, and to see it sullied by Haller's whining blathering no less. I hope at least there was family and friends to be there with him in his last days, and that his passing was without any suffering. Thus ends of an era of USENET.... So a fond farewell to you, Pat, and enjoy a toast for us with the other great pioneers who've gone before us like Goddard, Von Braun, Korolev, Komarov, Alan Shepard, the crews of Apollo 1, Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia, etc. If there is an afterlife I bet they throw one hell of a welcome party for Pat... Can you imagine the opening line he'll come up with? |
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On Oct 17, 3:56*am, Mike DiCenso wrote:
Ah hell what miserable news to get today, and to see it sullied by Haller's whining blathering no less...... So whats to complain about my post? having had a number of close calls, including one nearn death experience I lost 13 pints of blood...... ANY DAY may be our day might as well have some fun while were here, and do some good while were here. plus no one lives forever........ |
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On Oct 13, 7:01 am, David Spain wrote: David Spain wrote: Alan Erskine wrote: Is it the right town? To the best of my knowledge it is. I will post more details as I get them. Dave There have been no funeral arrangements made as yet, the body has been cremated. His parents are not surviving. There is a surviving brother, I have requested my contact information be forwarded to him. Dave Deepest sympathies, RIP and LOS, Pat. We'll see you on the other side. I've been trying to put something into words to describe my feelings of the loss of Pat. It's sad and unfortunate. He did bring a unique outlook on life that I don't think will ever be matched. I hope his family someday can see all these and realize the impact he had on many of us. But I think David's got it right. LOS And Pat I hope there are plenty of Venusian Fire-Woman on the other side. -- Greg D. Moore President Green Mountain Software http://www.greenms.com Help honor our WWII Veterans: http://www.honorflight.org/ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. |
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Cripes, people. Can we refrain from insulting each other just this
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:14:12 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote: bob haller wrote: having had a number of close calls, including one nearn death experience I lost 13 pints of blood...... So you LOST three more pints of blood than the human body contains? Yeah, I'd call that 'near death', all right. Hint: The average healthy male human body contains less than 11 pints of blood. This may, however, explain the obvious brain damage.... Now, now. It is perfectly possible to "lose" that amount of blood in total if you make it to the hospital still alive and they start pumping lots of blood INTO you while you are still having blood flow OUT of you. At any given moment of time you might not be down more than, say, 4 pints - but after they finally stop the bleeding and give you enough blood to get you back to "normal", you find out that they transfused 13 pints of blood into you during the whole procedure. |
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On Oct 17, 11:04*am, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote: I've been trying to put something into words to describe my feelings of the loss of Pat. Me, too. It was always good to see his name pop up in the thread. You knew you were about to read something smart, or something funny, or, often, both. He was quick to share his enormous knowledge of aerospace history. Often he would supply a piece of a puzzle. I liked best his soaring flights of hilarious imagination. Pat was astonishingly prolific. According to Google: http://groups.google.com/groups/profile? enc_user=U79K5xIAAABD3RQyJRPhEUyHHO8PP2Ps8rhlH0Pnl 47z4AZhN98BFg Between 2000 and 2011, he wrote 51855 postings from one identity. I'm sure we could find many more if we dug into Google's database. Millions of words. I only knew him online, but after reading so many messages, I felt I knew him fairly well. Now and then, we'd exchange e-mail about obscure flying machines. I certainly would have enjoyed meeting him in person. If that was not to be, I am very glad to have encountered his writings. My sympathy to Pat's family and friends. Wherever he has gone, there must be laughter now. -- Bill Higgins Fermilab |
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On Oct 17, 3:05*am, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 17/10/2011 7:14 PM, GordonD wrote: "Mike DiCenso" wrote in message .... Ah hell what miserable news to get today, and to see it sullied by Haller's whining blathering no less. I hope at least there was family and friends to be there with him in his last days, and that his passing was without any suffering. Thus ends of an era of USENET.... So a fond farewell to you, Pat, and enjoy a toast for us with the other great pioneers who've gone before us like Goddard, Von Braun, Korolev, Komarov, Alan Shepard, the crews of Apollo 1, Soyuz 11, Challenger, and Columbia, etc. If there is an afterlife I bet they throw one hell of a welcome party for Pat... Can you imagine the opening line he'll come up with? I think Pat will be too busy with those Venusian Fire Maidens they've got lined up for him to come up with anything. ;-D -Mike |
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