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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty....  Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:31 pm |
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...when the time comes, that is.
James Doohan, the man who played Montgomery Scott on the original Star Trek TV series, passed away at the age of 85.
He leaves three wifes and nine children, the last one born only five years ago, when he was 80(!). He was also a war veteran, having survived taking six bullets fired by a machinegun during the D-Day.
A man who certainly lived life to its fullest....
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:35 pm |
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A sad day indeed.  I had heard that he had another child 5 years ago, but I didn't know he was wounded during D-Day.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:15 am |
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Thanks Magnus, I missed that.
"Any man who could perform such a feat, I wo'd na dare disappoint. She'll launch on time. And she'll be ready." -- Scotty, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
http://mario.lapam.mo.it/tos/scott.htm
Also found this:
"Memorial arrangements are pending, but according to Stevens, the family will fulfill Doohan's wish to have his remains shot into space on a "Memorial Spaceflight" provided by Space Services Inc. of Houston. Similarly, a portion of Gene Roddenberry's ashes were sent on such a flight in 1997. The date of cremation and the spaceflight are not yet known."
from:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/n ... 12920.html
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:07 am |
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Yes, saw it on the news ... too bad ...
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:05 am |
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He also had an honorary engineering degree - for inspiring hundreds of students to become engineers.
*sniff*
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:01 pm |
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| Quote (vanvlak @ 21 2005 July,07:05) | He also had an honorary engineering degree - for inspiring hundreds of students to become engineers.
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I didn't know that. That's kind of touching.
In a related story, the man who invented the TV dinner died yesterday, also.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:12 pm |
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A moment of silence....he was one of my favorite characters.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:46 pm |
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:36 pm |
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Sad we all have to die someday. He was a good person.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:19 am |
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Now, both Scotty and Doctor McCoy are in that big Enterprise in the sky ...
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:21 am |
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And Gene Roddenberry...there is good company out there on the Final Frontier!
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:26 am |
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Oh yeah ... well as bitter and disillusioned as I am, I'm not ready to be beamed up ... yet ! 
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:43 pm |
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So, I wonder what that would cost. I would not mind being dumped to become Space Dust once I am gone.
Maybe just send my body on a crash corse with the Sun, let me become one with the Fireball.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:25 pm |
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| Quote (dafrca @ 22 2005 July,17:43) | So, I wonder what that would cost. I would not mind being dumped to become Space Dust once I am gone.
Maybe just send my body on a crash corse with the Sun, let me become one with the Fireball.
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I'm not sure about the cost. I heard that there is some company that does this, but they wait until they have enough "clients" before they launch them all together. So, apparently Scotty won't be going into space for another month or so.
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Post subject: Beam us up, Scotty.... Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:42 pm |
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Hi Guys,
May he rest in peace.
I met him in person and thought he was very charismatic. I liked him.
He was also a decorated WWII veteran and was at D-day.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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