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Posted: 20 Dec 2009 at 7:31pm

Saw that, but the first that gave a cause. Face (when blond and fresh) looks familiar.

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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 8:20pm

Oh boy...if this wouldn't give you nightmares!

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Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 5:24am

Well, I'd be thanking God for a miracle for sure after that.

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Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 1:44pm

Yeah. Maybe it's a good thing we embalm here in the U.S. I can't imagine waking up and having it sink in that you've been buried alive. Shudder.

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Posted: 24 Feb 2010 at 2:37pm

Sounded like a heck of a guy. At the bottom of the story text are a couple other links for more info if interested.

One of Nation's Most Highly Decorated Soldiers Laid to Rest

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Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 3:47pm

Wow. Merlin Olsen. OK...didn't know him personally (big surprise huh? HeeHee) but just invoked a lot of memories....Olsen, Deacon Jones...the Fearsome Foursome....

I think it wasn't his passing on that grabbed my attention...it was his age..69... Kind of "sticker shock" I guess...has it really been that long....seems just like yesterday..

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Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 3:51pm

Wow is right.

I had another shock a couple of days ago when that kid actor died...I had just watched a movie he was in a week before and to see his current picture...well.

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Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:24pm

I recall 'ole Merlin fondly. Mostly in Little House on the Prarie and Father Murphy (was that the name of that one?) but his football era sparks memories also. I recall when he was the color commentator too. He seemed a nice enuf fellow. I tell you .... there are more and more each year, naturally, younger and much younger, than me falling by the wayside. (As the saying goes "If I'd a knowd I wuz gonna live this long I'da took better care of mysef")

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Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 5:14am

We sure enjoyed Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid.

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Posted: 14 Mar 2010 at 10:12pm

'Mission: Impossible' Star Peter Graves Dead at 83

Just learned something new reading that....James Arness and Peter Graves were brothers.

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Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 5:31am

He had done a lot of stuff, remember him from when I was a kid in "Red Planet Mars" and then the Saturday morning show Fury.

But Airplane was his best, still love to watch that movie.

In addition to being brothers another bit of Arness tirvia; he was the creature in The Thing.

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Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 5:48am

I loved him in Mission Impossible as a kid.

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Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 3:36pm

And I loved Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.

Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85

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Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 8:42am

Yep, two good shows.

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Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 11:29am

Yep. Fun shows. Hate to think of what a modern version would be like.

There was some online survey I filled out a few days back, with a question something like..."What is your idea of being able to "stop and smell the roses".

I had a lot of thoughts but finally put down, "To be able to watch a modern remake of a classic movie with the family and not worry about foul language, nudity and sex, and explicit violence".

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Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 11:40am

As I have seen or heard before "Good Answer"! But I'll add .... Fat Chance!

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Posted: 02 May 2010 at 6:04am

Ever have a particular obit that really makes you pause and think about the person and the hereafter?

Saw one yesterday. A guy who used to work at the printing place where I did. He moved on to bigger and better things maybe 15 years ago. Died of cancer on Friday; age 44.

He was a solid stocky intimidating type of guy. God only help a new employee if they didn't catch on the first time. And if it was the type of person who was extra slow at learning, Dave would ride them so they wouldn't come back the next day. He had no intolerance for other people's imperfections (even strangers he'd run into).

So now I'm left wondering if time and cancer changed him. Or if he is standing before the Pearly Gates....hearing St. Peter play back to him what he used to scream at those he deemed below his standard: ("You're a waste of oxygen. A waste of my oxygen. A waste of everybody's oxygen. You're worthless. Why don't you just do everybody a favor and die and quit wasting deserving people's oxygen.")

So I'll say a prayer for him. I didn't care to be around him at all. But hope judgment has more forgiveness for him than he had with others.

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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 2:09pm

Wow.

Report: TV Personality and Disney Legend Art Linkletter Dead at Age 97

Not much at the link. A long and positive life.

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Posted: 26 May 2010 at 2:58pm

Goodness...first I've heard of him for years.

A good gift from Canada (born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan).

TV's 'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies - Yahoo! News

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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 5:52am

Seemed to be a great guy. "Kids Say The Darndest Things" was the most enjoyable aspect of his TV shows I remember. My Dad especially enjoyed what the kids said.

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Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Topic: Obits... Posted: 20 Dec 2009 at 7:31pm
	Saw that, but the first that gave a cause. Face (when blond and fresh) looks familiar.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 8:20pm
	Oh boy...if this wouldn't give you nightmares! Man, 76, Who Was Pronounced Dead, Found Alive in Coffin

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15258	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 5:24am
	Well, I'd be thanking God for a miracle for sure after that.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 1:44pm
	Yeah. Maybe it's a good thing we embalm here in the U.S. I can't imagine waking up and having it sink in that you've been buried alive. Shudder.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 2010 at 2:37pm
	Sounded like a heck of a guy. At the bottom of the story text are a couple other links for more info if interested. One of Nation's Most Highly Decorated Soldiers Laid to Rest

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 3:47pm
	Wow. Merlin Olsen. OK...didn't know him personally (big surprise huh? HeeHee) but just invoked a lot of memories....Olsen, Deacon Jones...the Fearsome Foursome.... I think it wasn't his passing on that grabbed my attention...it was his age..69... Kind of "sticker shock" I guess...has it really been that long....seems just like yesterday..

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22243	Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 3:51pm
	Wow is right. I had another shock a couple of days ago when that kid actor died...I had just watched a movie he was in a week before and to see his current picture...well.

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11121	Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 7:24pm
	I recall 'ole Merlin fondly. Mostly in Little House on the Prarie and Father Murphy (was that the name of that one?) but his football era sparks memories also. I recall when he was the color commentator too. He seemed a nice enuf fellow. I tell you .... there are more and more each year, naturally, younger and much younger, than me falling by the wayside. (As the saying goes "If I'd a knowd I wuz gonna live this long I'da took better care of mysef")

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15258	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 5:14am
	We sure enjoyed Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 2010 at 10:12pm
	'Mission: Impossible' Star Peter Graves Dead at 83 Just learned something new reading that....James Arness and Peter Graves were brothers.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22243	Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 5:31am
	He had done a lot of stuff, remember him from when I was a kid in "Red Planet Mars" and then the Saturday morning show Fury. But Airplane was his best, still love to watch that movie. In addition to being brothers another bit of Arness tirvia; he was the creature in The Thing.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15258	Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 5:48am
	I loved him in Mission Impossible as a kid.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 3:36pm
	And I loved Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15258	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 8:42am
	Yep, two good shows.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 11:29am
	Yep. Fun shows. Hate to think of what a modern version would be like. There was some online survey I filled out a few days back, with a question something like..."What is your idea of being able to "stop and smell the roses". I had a lot of thoughts but finally put down, "To be able to watch a modern remake of a classic movie with the family and not worry about foul language, nudity and sex, and explicit violence".

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11121	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Mar 2010 at 11:40am
	As I have seen or heard before "Good Answer"! But I'll add .... Fat Chance!

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 02 May 2010 at 6:04am
	Ever have a particular obit that really makes you pause and think about the person and the hereafter? Saw one yesterday. A guy who used to work at the printing place where I did. He moved on to bigger and better things maybe 15 years ago. Died of cancer on Friday; age 44. He was a solid stocky intimidating type of guy. God only help a new employee if they didn't catch on the first time. And if it was the type of person who was extra slow at learning, Dave would ride them so they wouldn't come back the next day. He had no intolerance for other people's imperfections (even strangers he'd run into). So now I'm left wondering if time and cancer changed him. Or if he is standing before the Pearly Gates....hearing St. Peter play back to him what he used to scream at those he deemed below his standard: ("You're a waste of oxygen. A waste of my oxygen. A waste of everybody's oxygen. You're worthless. Why don't you just do everybody a favor and die and quit wasting deserving people's oxygen.") So I'll say a prayer for him. I didn't care to be around him at all. But hope judgment has more forgiveness for him than he had with others.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22243	Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2010 at 2:09pm
	Wow. Report: TV Personality and Disney Legend Art Linkletter Dead at Age 97 Not much at the link. A long and positive life.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29294	Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2010 at 2:58pm
	Goodness...first I've heard of him for years. A good gift from Canada (born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). TV's 'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies - Yahoo! News

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15258	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2010 at 5:52am
	Seemed to be a great guy. "Kids Say The Darndest Things" was the most enjoyable aspect of his TV shows I remember. My Dad especially enjoyed what the kids said.