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    • #3176041

      Sad to hear it

      by montgomery gator ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      I read the article and did not know he was a war hero at D-Day. He was one of my favorite Star Trek actors. Too bad DeForest Kelly is no longer with us to tell William Shatner “He’s Dead Jim!!” upon hearing of the passing of James Doohan.

    • #3176040

      and as I post this

      by jck ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      it had been on that website you quoted 25 minutes. Some of us have to work, you know.

      Shame on you for using Scotty’s death to chide us…I hope all your applesauce goes sour and your shoes wear twice as fast! :p

    • #3176026

      He gave her all she’s got cap’em!

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      Good bye scotty and god speed.

      It is sad to see the loss of yet another Star Trekker….

    • #3176021

      Mr Scott, the inspiration

      by the admiral ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      It was James Doohan’s character, Mr Scott that got me involved with engineering. Now I can only hope to continue to create innovative things with his memory in mind.

    • #3175993

      “Captain there be whales here!”

      by wordworker ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      Scott: I find it hard to believe I’ve come MILLIONS of MILES —
      Bones: Thousands, Scott, thousands!
      Scott: — THOUSANDS of MILES! – The Whale Movie

      “It’s green.”

      “My bearin’s, my poor, poor bearin’s.”

      • #3195928

        not to

        by jaqui ·

        In reply to “Captain there be whales here!”

        not pick..
        well okay I’m nit picking..

        bearns not bearins.
        the ins sound is the accent. 🙂

        just like the “Broons”
        ( Browns )

        • #3193977

          pretty sure

          by wordworker ·

          In reply to not to

          he pronounced it with two distinct syllables beh – rins.

        • #3193886

          Pretty sure?

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to pretty sure

          I would be extremely suprised if he did, as although he wasn’t a native born scot, he certainly would have been exposed to the correct scots pronounciation in Vancouver.

          I use the word all the time, i.e. ma wee bairn. No i sound in the second syllable syllable.

          James

        • #3193865

          Positive! But I’ll…

          by wordworker ·

          In reply to Pretty sure?

          …get my hands on a copy of the episode and replay it. It’ll be quite the burd’n, but if I have to, I’ll force myself to watch them ALL to ferr’t out the fact of the matt’r.

        • #3193812

          Rolling the R

          by jamesrl ·

          In reply to Positive! But I’ll…

          It might be that he rolled his r; “bairrrrns”, may sound like beh-rins.

          James

    • #3175988

      May the Good Lord beam him up to a better place….

      by dmambo ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      …where the ship’s structure CAN take the punishment.

    • #3175987

      Sad day, truly

      by Jay Garmon ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      Jimmy Doohan was a good man, but from my understanding he was struggling hard with Alzheimers in recent years. Glad to know he’s finally at peace. I too was surprised to learn of his role in D-Day. Sounds like I need to rustle up a Scotty-centric Trivia question for all my fellow Trekkers out there.

      • #3175979

        You know….

        by itgirli ·

        In reply to Sad day, truly

        I had really expected you to be all over this. I figured you would take the day off to mourn.

        • #3175975

          something else for you to laugh at about me…

          by jck ·

          In reply to You know….

          The day Gene Roddenberry died, I literally left school, went out to a park…and cried like a baby for about an hour.

          The world is forever changed because of that man’s vision. And, all of those actors played a part in making the imagination of people become the innovation of tomorrow.

          Thanks Scotty…God Bless

        • #3196093

          You cried?

          by itgirli ·

          In reply to something else for you to laugh at about me…

          P*$$y.

        • #3196092

          that’s what I thought

          by jck ·

          In reply to You cried?

          you’re as predictable a pendulum 🙂

        • #3195923

          HA HA…you cried

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to something else for you to laugh at about me…

          /Nelson (a simpson’s reference for those who don’t know)

        • #3195895

          ~headscratch~

          by jaqui ·

          In reply to HA HA…you cried

          still no clue

        • #3193993

          Nelson

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to ~headscratch~

          Nelson is the big bully kid in “The Simpsons”, who is always making fun of people by pointing at them with his tag line “HA HA!!” followed by a comment.

        • #3195865

          Or as Ralphie Wiggum might say

          by dmambo ·

          In reply to HA HA…you cried

          “Your eyes need diapers”

    • #3175976

      I saw this earlier today

      by tomsal ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      I’m sorry for his passing and my sympathies for his loved ones/friends. As a human being I’m sorry for his passing.

      However strictly for his role on Star Trek — well I was never really a fan of the series to begin with.

      • #3175972

        TomSal

        by jck ·

        In reply to I saw this earlier today

        may a thousand million carnivorous tribbles infest your rectum. :p

        • #3175970

          No…*Friday* is Taco Bell Day, not Wednesday !

          by tomsal ·

          In reply to TomSal

          🙂

        • #3175968

          The Trouble with Tribbles…

          by dmambo ·

          In reply to TomSal

          …and Tom’s rectum, is that tribbles are furry little balls and someone who would post such a thing as Tom did deserves much worse. :^O

        • #3175967

          well…

          by jck ·

          In reply to The Trouble with Tribbles…

          at least I wouldn’t enjoy tribbles up my arse!

          I always had a thing for that green alien dancer woman…ooh laaa laaaa… ]:)

        • #3175962

          Then you would have liked that episode from ST-Enterprise

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to well…

          One of the last episodes, where they had THREE of the green Orion women, who, I must say, were quite hot, ohh laaa laa X 3!! ]:)

        • #3175960

          you know what they say…

          by jck ·

          In reply to Then you would have liked that episode from ST-Enterprise

          once you go green… ]:)

        • #3175954

          …you become a queen???

          by dmambo ·

          In reply to you know what they say…

          Just guessing!

        • #3175950

          I wouldn’t know

          by jck ·

          In reply to you know what they say…

          never gone green…

          I like my coffee black…like my women…hahahaha ]:)

        • #3175965

          We could beam them…

          by montgomery gator ·

          In reply to The Trouble with Tribbles…

          ..into his cubicle “where they be no tribble at all” (to paraphrase from Mr. Scott from “The Trouble With Tribbles”

        • #3175961

          hahahah

          by jck ·

          In reply to We could beam them…

          talk about getting a sudden, warm fuzzy feeling…bwahahahaha ]:)

        • #3196076

          hmm…..

          by jkaras ·

          In reply to TomSal

          Do you think they will say beam me up during the eulogy? Do think Shatner will show? Does the federation flag fly at half mast? Will they have his body at a convention for viewing? Do you think the paul bearers will wear red?

          Just kidding. As cheezy as his lines were, he made it fun. I’m sure there is going to be marathons of Star Trek this weekend. I do remember watching Trekkies and he talked about turning someone around who was depressed that it made everything worth while. From what I can tell he seemed like a class act.

    • #3196114

      Thank you M. Doohan

      by zen37 ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      Thanks for the laughs
      Thanks for making Scotty such a remarkable character
      Thanks for being there for your fans
      Thanks for a job well done.

      Rest now, you deserve it.
      So long lad.

    • #3196059

      may the wind always be at your back

      by m_quy ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      Guys, bear with me…I’m new at trying to be witty in discussion groups, but here goes nothing:

      “Enterprise…one to beam up.”

      • #3196050

        Thats ok

        by jamesrl ·

        In reply to may the wind always be at your back

        So is swill – new to being witty that is, time will tell if it takes.

        James

      • #3196021

        An Irish Blessing

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to may the wind always be at your back

        May the road rise up to meet you
        May the wind always be at your back
        May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall soft upon your fields
        Until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of His hand

        • #3196013

          that’s where that’s from

          by m_quy ·

          In reply to An Irish Blessing

          thanks..

          couldn’t remember where that was from.

        • #3194724

          Alternate last line

          by bhunsinger ·

          In reply to An Irish Blessing

          And may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you’re dead

    • #3195926

      rip

      by jaqui ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      a decent actor, a great human being.
      the type of person that would have brought joy into the world even if he had never become famous.

      • #3193994

        Doohan’s ashes

        by montgomery gator ·

        In reply to rip

        I read that James Doohan’s ashes will be launched into space. It would be appropriate if at that occasion, there was a bagpiper playing “Amazing Grace”, like Scotty did in “Wrath of Khan” for Spock’s funeral, when Spock’s body was launched from a photon torpedo tube.

    • #3193813

      Tremendously regular guy!

      by old phat mc (ea, cne, ms, nremt-i/99, etc) ·

      In reply to James Doohan R.I.P.

      I met Jim Doohan at a San Diego Star Trek/ComicsCon in a relatively small session. He was classy, he was involved, he was delighted to be there (unlike certain spokes-toupees for Priceline.com)! He knew that Star Trek had imprinted his life and he really was living it up. I’m sure that up to the end, he enjoyed his life as much as he could.

      If we all could be so blessed.

      • #3186197

        Yes

        by jbaker ·

        In reply to Tremendously regular guy!

        He was always classy and wonderful to the fans. The only other that is almost as good as him is George Takei (Sulu). Shatner is/was an ass most of the time, and I have never had the cahnce to see Nimoy. Then there are some of the newer actors…’Q’ (John de Lancie) is a prick.

        • #3194722

          about Q

          by bhunsinger ·

          In reply to Yes

          be kind he might just be staying in character.

      • #3194704

        His books

        by bhunsinger ·

        In reply to Tremendously regular guy!

        He has three Sci fi books at Bean with S. M. Stirling. First one is called The Rising. A decent read. In the intro, it talks about Rodenberry writing Scotty based on Doolan. I always thought his appearance on ST enterprise was the coolest.

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