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David L. Jones wrote:
> John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
> news:2lltv6latgkafp4qcksjcsvj17mu028fvp@4ax.com: 
> 
> 
>>On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:19:16 -0700 (PDT), "David L. Jones"
>><altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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&nclick_
> 
>>>check=1 
>>>
>>>In a sad twist, it is reported that he was returning from Jim Willam's
>>>memorial.
>>>
>>>A sad week indeed.
>>>
>>>RIP Bob Pease.
>>>
>>>Dave.
>>
>>That would be ironic, if he died in a single-car accident, not wearing
>>a seat belt. He "wrote the book" on safe driving.
>>
>>John
>>
> 
> 
> So it seems:
> http://www.amazon.com/How-Drive-into-Accidents-Not/dp/0965564819/ref=sr_
> 1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1308543262&sr=8-8
> 
> Dave.

Just last month I purchased a hard cover copy of "How to Drive into 
Accidents - And How Not to" directly from Pease. He sent me an 
autographed copy.

That book was the first thing I thought about when I heard the news of 
how he died. How ironic.

I graduated as an EE from MIT about four years earlier than Pease and 
I'd met him several times over the years at those National Semiconductor 
tours he used to do.

He certainly was a character. I'd written him maybe 20 years ago with a 
comment about something he mentioned in one of his columns. He replied 
almost immediately in a very complimentry manner. But, in the envelope 
along with his letter was a listing of the cars he'd seen pulled over by 
the police in the last year, broken down by number according to the 
color of the cars. That one left me scratching my head.

RIP Bob, I hope I'll meet up with you again when it's time for me to 
head upstairs.

Jeff

-- 
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.