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Re: RIP Bob Pease

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From: Nico Coesel
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:13
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Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:36:06 GMT, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>(Repost - Not using Google groups so those who block GG can see it)
>>
>>Word has just filtered through Twitter that Bob Pease was killed in a
>>car accident.
>>This one by the sounds of it:
>>http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18310586?source=rss&nclic...
>>
>>In a sad twist, it is reported that he was returning from Jim Willam's
>>memorial.
>>
>>A sad week indeed.
>>
>>RIP Bob Pease.
>>
>>Dave. 
>
>Bob Pease was in the MIT Class of 1961 (I'm Class of 1962).
>
>I can recall seeing Bob, all dressed out in lederhosen and backpack,
>charging up the stairs in Building 10, multiple steps at a time,
>screaming like "Roosevelt" in that old classic movie "Arsenic and Old
>Lace".
>
>I can also recall thinking, "What a weirdo" ;-)
>
>It was distressing to me to see the accident report calling Bob, "an
>elderly gentleman"... we're the same age :-(

Most geniuses are a bit weird :-) National put a nice video on their
website about Bob Pease.

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Subject: Re: RIP Bob Pease
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:13:00 GMT
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