CrazyIvan 0 #1 July 7, 2004 ...he might forget about you. http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/07/people.doohan.ap/index.html__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #2 July 7, 2004 Interesting article. He was at D-Day, he has a 4 year old daughter, he's 84 and still in movies! Personally though, I prefer Jim to Beam me up! (or Jack Daniels....) Marc "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvsdjumper 0 #3 July 7, 2004 That's sad to hear, but it reminds of the funny sig line: "Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes." --ArtSky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #4 July 7, 2004 I was quite disappointed to find out a few years ago that he was Canadian and not Scottish after all. Although I bet any Scots could have told me that in an instant... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #5 July 7, 2004 sooooo, the captain and the chief engineer were canucks huh? figures they'd need canadians to run the thing."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites happythoughts 0 #6 July 7, 2004 Quotesooooo, the captain and the chief engineer were canucks huh? figures they'd need canadians to run the thing. Run things? Scotty was an idiot. What was his one answer? "I dunno Captain, I've never seen anything like it." What the heck did they teach that guy in engineering school? They may seek out and explore strange, new parts of the universe, but only because they let someone drive. (two years after they left...) An astronomer looks into his telescope, "They're still not past Venus and I wish they'd turn off that darned turn signal." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #7 July 7, 2004 Quote What the heck did they teach that guy in engineering school? they taught him to overestimate the time needed for any work order by a factor of five or more. sounds like an engineer to me! (leaves you more time for surfing the internet!) Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bch7773 0 #8 July 8, 2004 only thing i find amazing is that hes 84 and has a 4 year old daughter. damn he may have parkinsons and diabetes, but he knows how to get busy. I can almost imagine his coversation in bed with his wife: The viagra has reached the core, wife, its powering up! you'll have to hurry wife, it won't hold much longer! sperm, prepare to beam aboard the mother ship... mission accolmplished, scotty out! MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #9 July 8, 2004 Very funny! MikeJD, I wonder if you've ever seen Walter Koenig, who played Mr. Chekov, in anything else. (I remember him in a really awful science fiction movie that was not Star Trek.) He's about as Russian as you or me! And then I looked back on that awful put-on accent and realized, "Jeff, you should have picked up on that sooner..." --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cudlo 0 #10 July 8, 2004 he may still have scottish blood. My mother's family which is pure scottish spent a few generations in Nova Scotia, Canada._________________________________________ "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Kierkegaard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #11 July 12, 2004 two guys in hoods?? geezzzz____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CrazyIvan 0 #12 July 12, 2004 Quotetwo guys in hoods?? geezzzz You got a problem with that? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #13 July 13, 2004 Quotetwo guys in hoods?? geezzzz scary isn't itYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
kingbunky 3 #5 July 7, 2004 sooooo, the captain and the chief engineer were canucks huh? figures they'd need canadians to run the thing."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #6 July 7, 2004 Quotesooooo, the captain and the chief engineer were canucks huh? figures they'd need canadians to run the thing. Run things? Scotty was an idiot. What was his one answer? "I dunno Captain, I've never seen anything like it." What the heck did they teach that guy in engineering school? They may seek out and explore strange, new parts of the universe, but only because they let someone drive. (two years after they left...) An astronomer looks into his telescope, "They're still not past Venus and I wish they'd turn off that darned turn signal." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #7 July 7, 2004 Quote What the heck did they teach that guy in engineering school? they taught him to overestimate the time needed for any work order by a factor of five or more. sounds like an engineer to me! (leaves you more time for surfing the internet!) Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #8 July 8, 2004 only thing i find amazing is that hes 84 and has a 4 year old daughter. damn he may have parkinsons and diabetes, but he knows how to get busy. I can almost imagine his coversation in bed with his wife: The viagra has reached the core, wife, its powering up! you'll have to hurry wife, it won't hold much longer! sperm, prepare to beam aboard the mother ship... mission accolmplished, scotty out! MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #9 July 8, 2004 Very funny! MikeJD, I wonder if you've ever seen Walter Koenig, who played Mr. Chekov, in anything else. (I remember him in a really awful science fiction movie that was not Star Trek.) He's about as Russian as you or me! And then I looked back on that awful put-on accent and realized, "Jeff, you should have picked up on that sooner..." --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cudlo 0 #10 July 8, 2004 he may still have scottish blood. My mother's family which is pure scottish spent a few generations in Nova Scotia, Canada._________________________________________ "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Kierkegaard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #11 July 12, 2004 two guys in hoods?? geezzzz____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #12 July 12, 2004 Quotetwo guys in hoods?? geezzzz You got a problem with that? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #13 July 13, 2004 Quotetwo guys in hoods?? geezzzz scary isn't itYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
