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Dub Administrator I'm gettin' so the past is the only thing I can remember. Posts: 19,838	R.I.P. Dick Gregory Aug 20, 2017 15:40:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dub on Aug 20, 2017 15:40:46 GMT -5 Dick Gregory dead at 84. www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/entertainment/dick-gregory-obit/index.html I never saw him as a comedian but I heard him speak at rallies. An amazing man.
	“Life isn't waiting about for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.” - Saskia Fraser “I think [life is] more like a bar crawl, where you stumble and swerve from stop to stop. And then end up face down in some random ditch at the end.” - Rick Waugh

Village Idiot Ancient citizen Administrator Greetings Posts: 35,770	R.I.P. Dick Gregory Aug 20, 2017 15:43:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Village Idiot on Aug 20, 2017 15:43:02 GMT -5 I haven't heard of him in years, kind of forgot he was around. He was a good one, though.
	This old world we're livin' in Is mighty hard to beat We get a thorn with every rose But ain't the roses sweet

Doug Ancient citizen If you are over 50 and wake up with out hurting you are dead. Posts: 39,101	R.I.P. Dick Gregory Aug 20, 2017 18:04:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Doug on Aug 20, 2017 18:04:11 GMT -5 I met him once in a coffee house in Fayetteville, NC after a Janis Joplin concert, 1969 or 70. It was during the years of his fast and he was the tallest thinest man I had ever seen.
	"The fact that jelly fish have survived more than 650 million years, despite having no brains, gives some people hopes" "You have a right to keep and bear arms. If you do not have a gun, and would like one, one will be provided to you. " "never assume conspiracy when assuming stupidity is enough" Kingman, AZ

mnhermit Senior Member Posts: 8,492	R.I.P. Dick Gregory Aug 20, 2017 19:09:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mnhermit on Aug 20, 2017 19:09:17 GMT -5 another one gone,,,sorry to see him go, RIP Mr. Gregory
	The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true - James Branch Cabell If you're over fifty and get out of bed with no pain, check your pulse you may be dead. Doug Heard

jdd2 Ancient citizen Posts: 13,200	R.I.P. Dick Gregory Aug 20, 2017 21:09:12 GMT -5 Dub likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jdd2 on Aug 20, 2017 21:09:12 GMT -5 Saw him talk when I was a teenager, maybe '68 or so, at a packed uni auditorium usually used for basketball.
	It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.