Given that Lady Killearn was in her late nineties at the time, the fact that the possibility of hotel room hanky panky was entertained at all was a testament to her youthfulness.
RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
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RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... tuary.html
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
Do you subscribe to some news feed of "Obituaries of People You Wish You Knew When They Were Alive"? You seem to post a lot of these of folks we've never heard of but are very interesting. Thanks for doing so. I enjoy reading them.
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Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
This isn't exactly an obit, but George Bell's story is still very interesting as a cautionary tale. It's a reminder 'that all lives have some meaning. And a reminder that if you live alone and haven't posted on the Bored for a while, it's nice if someone notices and cares enough to find out if you're dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyreg ... .html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/nyreg ... .html?_r=1
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
I think they are generally (perhaps exclusively) from http://www.telegraph.co.uk. Maybe he follows the obit twitter feed from there?BackInTex wrote:Do you subscribe to some news feed of "Obituaries of People You Wish You Knew When They Were Alive"? You seem to post a lot of these of folks we've never heard of but are very interesting. Thanks for doing so. I enjoy reading them.
They definitely have interesting obituaries there. They make everyone interesting:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
I like to read the Telegraph's Obits, little bits of historyBackInTex wrote:Do you subscribe to some news feed of "Obituaries of People You Wish You Knew When They Were Alive"? You seem to post a lot of these of folks we've never heard of but are very interesting. Thanks for doing so. I enjoy reading them.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
Here's another one for you then: http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ken_taylor.htmlthemanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I like to read the Telegraph's Obits, little bits of historyBackInTex wrote:Do you subscribe to some news feed of "Obituaries of People You Wish You Knew When They Were Alive"? You seem to post a lot of these of folks we've never heard of but are very interesting. Thanks for doing so. I enjoy reading them.
I suggested Randy Cassingham use him this week.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
Ambassador Taylor has already been remembered and discussed here.Bob Juch wrote:Here's another one for you then: http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ken_taylor.htmlthemanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I like to read the Telegraph's Obits, little bits of historyBackInTex wrote:Do you subscribe to some news feed of "Obituaries of People You Wish You Knew When They Were Alive"? You seem to post a lot of these of folks we've never heard of but are very interesting. Thanks for doing so. I enjoy reading them.
I suggested Randy Cassingham use him this week.
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Re: RIP The Dowager Lady Killearn
So? Randy's page had a lot more info.Estonut wrote:Ambassador Taylor has already been remembered and discussed here.Bob Juch wrote:Here's another one for you then: http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/ken_taylor.htmlthemanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I like to read the Telegraph's Obits, little bits of history
I suggested Randy Cassingham use him this week.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.