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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:04 AM Original message |
anyone recall Albert Schweitzer? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is the only reason I know the name... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's heartbreaking, |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. thank you |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. on M*A*S*H, the immortal Major Frank Burns had this to say about Dr. Schweitzer: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. LOL |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Once again, |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, of course. Besides his work in Africa he was also a noted |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. At the public radio station here, I found a four-record set(remember records?)of Schweitzer playing |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. 94 yr old parents have saved every "Life" magazine |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. There are gaps in the education of the later generations. The prevailing attitude is |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I suppose that explains the liberal use of my library card. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. When your peers are waiting on you at Denny's, or waving to you from the |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hadn't realized he became a Unitarian at the age of 86. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wasn't that Alfalfa of little rascal's fame... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. I can't believe this, |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's an amazing memory, Tangerine. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not that I recall .......... |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. what a wonderful tribute |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. This is kind of making me wish I'd met your aunt. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. You should write out everything you can remember about her |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. Back in my junior high school days |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm 23 I only learned about him recently. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think the reason is, that in historical hindsight, he wasn't that important |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. He was a theologian also and could have had an illustrious |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm sure he was a good person, but history writing generally focuses on the impact people have |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. it's a shame your research doesn't reflect the personality |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
22. In a nation where HS graduates can not find Europe on a map I'm not surprised |
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