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07-20-2005, 02:57 PM
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#1 | | "Shooter"
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I just read that James Doohan, Scotty on the original Star Trek series passed away. What some people don't know is that he was also a WWII veteran with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He was also one who stormed the Beach at Normandy and lost a finger in the fight.
Scotty passed away in his home on Wednesday. Farewell, Scotty. 
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07-20-2005, 03:59 PM
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#2 | | He who does not skim
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07-20-2005, 04:04 PM
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Country:  | Well Evan it was his time to get beamed up.
I thought his Scots accent was very good for a Kanuck and without at least one "the engines cant take it captain" or something about his precious Dilithium Crystals in each episode it would not have been the same show. Bye Scottie 
Just because these guys act does'nt mean that have'nt done there whack in times gone past. I remember a UK comedy series that you may of heard of called Dads Army and a fella (Arnold Ridley) that used to play the roll of Godffrey a meek doddering old fool. Where as in his younger days in real life he was severly wounded in WW1 at the Somme then 20 odd years later suffered bad shell shock (again in France) during WW2.
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07-20-2005, 05:57 PM
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07-20-2005, 09:24 PM
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07-21-2005, 07:36 AM
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Country:  | Apparently his wife, Wendy, is going to be sending some of his ashes into space. Somehow it seems both appropriate and fitting.
Rest well Scotty!
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07-21-2005, 08:23 AM
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07-21-2005, 08:24 AM
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#8 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yes, Kiwimac, it was his final wish to be cremated and blasted into space. Gene Roddenberry had the same final arrangements.
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07-21-2005, 08:29 AM
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Country: | I like that idea Evan I wouldn't mind that myself.
Although at the moment I favour being launched off the front of a carrier by catapult.
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07-21-2005, 08:34 AM
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#10 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | I told my wife not to waste money on a patch of earth, I will be worm dirt anyway. I said have me cremated and drop my ashes from an AT-6 over the ocean. Our AT-6 (really an SNJ), "290" has done that for a few folks over the years.
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07-21-2005, 09:47 AM
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07-21-2005, 10:04 AM
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Country: | I friend of mine hired me to fly him over the Palos Verdes peninsula so he could scatter his mothers ashes. We did it in a T-34. I learned that you have to put the plane into a skid or slip so the ashes fly straight out and don't blow back into the aircraft. Mission was successful, no remnants of her made their way back into the plane. 
I was actually quite honored that this fellow hired me for this. 
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07-21-2005, 10:06 AM
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#13 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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07-21-2005, 10:07 AM
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#14 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | When our guys do that, it's always with some reverence and respect. It's a good community service.
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07-21-2005, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese I wanna be scattered from a car window at 100+mph somewhere on the Nurburgring Norschleife circuit. | I'll do it next week for you if you want CC
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