1 posted on
12/10/2005 5:39:19 PM PST by
REactor
To: REactor
The man was living-history. RIP!
2 posted on
12/10/2005 5:45:22 PM PST by
SteveMcKing
("No empire collapses because of technical reasons. They collapse because they are unnatural.")
To: REactor
The family said his long life was down to his positive outlook and, until recently, a daily half glass of Guinness. Guinness - the fountain of youth!
To: REactor
"The former colonel was born in what is now the Ukraine, but was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1894."
I wonder what it is like to live in 3 centuries.
5 posted on
12/10/2005 6:10:30 PM PST by
minus_273
To: REactor
his hometown of Lwow changed hands four times during World War II and finally wound up in the Soviet Union.
9 posted on
12/10/2005 6:32:12 PM PST by
Fiji Hill
To: REactor
Alas eleventy-one years is far too short a time to live amoung such excellent and admirable hobbits.
10 posted on
12/10/2005 6:34:21 PM PST by
impatient
(Will the last member of civilization please turn out the lights?)
To: lizol; twinself
something interesting I think
12 posted on
12/10/2005 6:36:45 PM PST by
REactor
To: REactor
To: REactor
Indeed RIP. They say Guinness is good for you (it should be since it tastes like medicine,)but good genes also help.
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