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Red Adair, 89, Oil Well Firefighter, Dies
Associated Press
| August 8, 2004
Posted on 08/08/2004 1:24:02 AM PDT by HAL9000
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posted on
08/08/2004 1:24:02 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/08/2004 1:37:10 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
('Impossible' is the favorite word of cowards...nothing is impossible with God...)
To: EternalVigilance
A real honest to g-d national treasure. A gift to the world.
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posted on
08/08/2004 1:46:38 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(IF IT'S KERRY.....HELL IS ON THE WAY)
To: OldFriend
I had the pleasure of meeting Red several years ago....he was all FIRE...RIP Red.
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posted on
08/08/2004 1:49:54 AM PDT
by
rrrod
To: HAL9000
Adios to an oilfield icon. The patch just won't quite be the same.
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posted on
08/08/2004 1:55:43 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Enemies you know. Beware those who come as friends, they know where to stick the knife.)
To: HAL9000
Texas native and American Icon, We've lost one of our finest.
Godspeed Red.
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posted on
08/08/2004 2:00:37 AM PDT
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(G W B 2004! Friends Don't Let Friends Vote For DemocRATS)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/08/2004 2:24:34 AM PDT
by
notforhire
(It riles them to believe that we perceive the web they weave.)
To: HAL9000
R.I.P. to Mr. Adair. Prayers to his family.
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posted on
08/08/2004 2:34:59 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~John Kerry, A Little Bit Nutty and a Little Bit Slutty~~)
To: HAL9000
Ah well, another one gone. RIP, Mr. Red.
To: HAL9000
RIP Red, Prayers to the Family.
Thank You for All that You did
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posted on
08/08/2004 3:04:26 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
To: 1riot1ranger; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; American72; antivenom; Antoninus II; ...
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posted on
08/08/2004 3:28:43 AM PDT
by
weegee
(YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
To: HAL9000
As a former firefighter I think I can get away with saying this, Red.
Rest well...you fought hell, well.
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posted on
08/08/2004 3:34:57 AM PDT
by
Focault's Pendulum
(Simple physics: Heat sand hot enough...it becomes Glass!)
To: EternalVigilance
Absolutely. His jewels were bigger than mine. And probably a lot more toasted.
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posted on
08/08/2004 3:38:57 AM PDT
by
djf
To: HAL9000
Rest in peace, Red Adair.
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posted on
08/08/2004 4:16:06 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
08/08/2004 4:23:40 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
To: HAL9000
Farewell, Red. I hope somewhere in Texas there's someone growing up to be just like you.
To: weegee; Eaker; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Texas Termite; humblegunner; Bigun; Squantos; Allegra; ...
I worked with Red on a blowout and wild well fire just outside of Carlsbad, NM, about 35 years ago.
Many years later I hired on as a wild well fighter because of the inspiration I received from him.
We all have a mental image of the old flamboyant Texas wildcatters who lived hard and fast, made and lost millions, and loved every minute of it.
Red Adair was cut from that same cloth.
He was a man's man who didn't recognize that steel in his spine as courage, but rather the will and determination to get the job done, whatever it took.
I've been in the oil field all my adult life, and I've met hundreds of men whom I respected highly for their abilities.
Red Adair was in a class by himself.
The oil field and the world have lost an icon.
Rest in peace, Red.
We'll miss you.
To: TexasCowboy
Thanks for the ping - that is sad news.
To: HAL9000
The 5-foot-7 Houston native proudly spent his 76th birthday clad in his traditional red overalls, swinging valves in place as his crews capped 117 Kuwaiti wells left burning by retreating Iraqi troops.What an amazing man!
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posted on
08/08/2004 6:05:22 AM PDT
by
Aracelis
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