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Sun Aug-08-04 02:46 PM
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| "Famous oil fied firefighter red Adair dies at age 89" |
| flamingyouth
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:49 PM
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| 1. My grandfather worked on oil rigs and actually met him |
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And yes, I do recall "Hell Fighters." Sorry to hear of his passing; he certainly lived quite the life.
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| MyUncle
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Sun Aug-08-04 03:05 PM
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| 2. A real enviromentalist. |
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Ironic, but he probably did more than just about anyone to keep really nasty pollutants out of our atmosphere.
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| Waverley_Hills_Hiker
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Sun Aug-08-04 03:23 PM
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| 3. Starring John Wayne, a movie from the 60s... |
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..yeah, I saw that at a matinee at the Pickwich Theatre in Park Ridge, Hillarys hometown.
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| Aunt Anti-bush
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Sun Aug-08-04 09:15 PM
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| 4. My hubby is related to Paul. |
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Unfortunately he was never able to make it out to meet him before he passed away. He was my husband's grandfather's cousin. (Hence, adaircraft.)
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Sun Aug-08-04 10:55 PM
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| 5. I believe he and his team put out a lot of the Gulf War (1991) fires |
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Too bad for old Red Adair - if Bush has his way, there could many more oil wars to clean up.
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| AngryAmish
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Sun Aug-08-04 11:40 PM
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| 6. Life must be pretty good if John Wayne plays you in the movies |
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Mon Aug-09-04 12:12 AM
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| 7. I'll miss Red Adair... especially the way he danced with Ginger Rogers. |
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Mon Aug-09-04 12:18 AM
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"They can't take that away from meeeeee!
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| President Jesus
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Mon Aug-09-04 12:20 AM
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| 9. Bigtime repub in his day...see donations |
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Mon Aug-09-04 12:24 AM
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| 10. I'm totally sure he was a wing-nut rethug, but damn, that man was |
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not afraid of anything. Don't like his politics, but, I'm not surprised.
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