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On 16/10/2023 at 10:30 AM, old man emu said:

I'd have my headquarters in the Mountains of Mourne.

Been there ,they are very beautiful mountains and go down to the sea great area to visit

 

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Former Labor leader and Govenor General Bill Hayden has died, aged 90. He suffered a stroke a few years ago.

 

The father of Medicare. 

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Johnny Ruffo, a finalist in X Factor 2011, and an actor in Home and Away for three years has died after a battle with cancer, at the age of 35.

 

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Col. Frank Borman, 9 Nov 23 – test pilot, astronaut and airline executive. He set a then endurance record of 14 days in Gemini 7 in 1965, was on NASA’s review board investigating the Apollo 1 fire, flew around the moon in Apollo 8 in December 1968 and became senior VP at Eastern Airlines after he retired from NASA in 1970.

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On 13/11/2023 at 12:56 PM, rgmwa said:

Col. Frank Borman, 9 Nov 23 – test pilot, astronaut and airline executive. He set a then endurance record of 14 days in Gemini 7 in 1965, was on NASA’s review board investigating the Apollo 1 fire, flew around the moon in Apollo 8 in December 1968 and became senior VP at Eastern Airlines after he retired from NASA in 1970.

So exposure to all that radiation in space didn't seem to shorten his time on earth.

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9 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

So exposure to all that radiation in space didn't seem to shorten his time on earth.

He got to 95, but maybe he would have made 100. 

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