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Article #416Re: RIP Bob Pease
From: Nico Coesel
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:13
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. -- Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply indicates you are not using the right tools... nico@nctdevpuntnl (punt=.) --------------------------------------------------------------
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