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10 March 2012, 07:06 AM
jkt
On This Day in History
1876: Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first telephone message to his assistant saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."


John King Tarpinian
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10 March 2012, 09:06 AM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
1876: Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first telephone message to his assistant saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."


Unfortunately, Watson's phone was off so Bell's message went to voicemail. Big Grin


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18 March 2012, 05:23 PM
jkt
1965: Russian cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov became the first man to float freely in space, on a lifeline attached to Soviet spacecraft Voskhod.
19 March 2012, 01:27 AM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
1965: Russian cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov became the first man to float freely in space, on a lifeline attached to Soviet spacecraft Voskhod.


...only to find that his spacesuit swelled up like a balloon, and he struggled to get back inside. According to an interview with him I once saw on British TV.


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19 March 2012, 05:57 PM
jkt
Born 1848: Wyatt Earp

Died 1950: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Died 2008: Arthur C. Clarke


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
22 March 2012, 12:24 PM
jkt
1946: First U.S. rocket to leave the earth's atmosphere, launched from White Sands, New Mexico, attained height of 50 miles

1963: The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, was released in Britain

Born 2233: James T. Kirk


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
22 March 2012, 01:19 PM
philnic
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
...Born 2233: James T. Kirk


A bold prediction! Just don't step on any butterflies, or it may not happen.


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22 March 2012, 01:43 PM
fjp451
...and, of course, the "T" stood for______!
22 March 2012, 02:10 PM
philnic
Actually, if you DO step on a butterfly the T may become an R:




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22 March 2012, 03:16 PM
fjp451
O no.
That woud reely mayk
All uv us qwite confuzed!

(T=?)
22 March 2012, 03:50 PM
Doug Spaulding
quote:
Originally posted by fjp451:
...and, of course, the "T" stood for______!

Tiberius, of course. A good word!


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22 March 2012, 08:44 PM
Linnl
Quell is a good word too.
http://www.cartradio.com/leviathan-99.html
23 March 2012, 01:32 AM
philnic
I know it's MOBY DICK in space, but I think the graphic artist was being a bit literal:



Perhaps it might have been better to say it's "Ahab in space". But then we'd probably get Gregory Peck in his Abe Lincoln garb floating among the stars...

It is an excellent production, though, and everyone should listen to it.


- Phil

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24 March 2012, 07:57 AM
jkt
Died 1905: Jules Verne


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
26 March 2012, 02:54 PM
jkt
Born 1874: Robert Frost

Born 1911: Tennessee Williams


John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley