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Body of Edmund Hillary lies in state
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| 21st January 2008
Posted on 01/20/2008 5:09:56 PM PST by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975
didn’t hillary claim his heritage and name a little while ago?
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:11:50 PM PST
by
bill1952
(The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
To: naturalman1975
Did Hillary go to his funeral?
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:13:17 PM PST
by
freekitty
To: naturalman1975
BOY didn’t take long yeah that question I was going ask
Is Hillary Clinton going to funeral
MAN Freepers you are on the money today
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:13:59 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: bill1952; freekitty; SevenofNine
I understand the jokes being made, but for the record, the United States is to be officially represented at Hillary’s state funeral by Jim Whittaker, the first American to reach the summit of Everest.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:17:32 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
You may not have heard the recent clinton lie where she claimed to be related to him and that this uncommon valor ran in her family.
Pure lies.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:21:18 PM PST
by
bill1952
(The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
To: bill1952
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:21:47 PM PST
by
freekitty
To: naturalman1975
Since he was given a traditional Maori welcoming ceremony, will his family also be giving a traditional Maori wake?
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:22:45 PM PST
by
GoLightly
To: bill1952
Yes, I have heard about some of her claims. As I say, I do understand the jokes.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:22:48 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: GoLightly
If they are, I wish I could be there!
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:23:14 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Forget the politics. Sir Edmund was a class act. Did he do his ascent with oxygen? Betcha he did it the hard way. And how about his Sherpas. They were and are all classic individuals.
Godspeed to the passing of an era.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:28:57 PM PST
by
Thebaddog
(You can be a big dog or a small dog, but I am the bad dog)
To: GoLightly
What is a traditional Maori wake like?
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:29:28 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
One of the features is that the Guest of Honour is present in an open coffin.
It lasts a couple of days, and today, there are a mix of traditional ceremonies, and something approaching a party - often a very boisterous party, where the deceased is remembered.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:34:04 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
I don’t think I’ve ever seen NZ military wear before. Those hats look like our park ranger or drill instructor wear. Very different from the ‘Digger’ hat Australians wear. Sorry, I’m a uniform fetishist!
Best of regards for the memory of Sir Edmund. His character and achievement will continue to set an example for all of us in the years to come.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:35:33 PM PST
by
tanuki
(u)
To: Thebaddog
Actually, the Hunt expedition (of which Hillary and Tenzing were part) did use oxygen, and they both used open circuit masks on their successful ascent. The first ascent without oxygen was made by Messner and Habeler in 1978.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:36:47 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Sounds interesting!
Thanks for the information.
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:38:47 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: naturalman1975
I misread the title as “Body of Hillary lies in state”
Needless to say, I was disappointed...
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:38:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(We're tired of being sucked up to once every 4 years and stabbed in the back the rest of the time.)
To: bill1952
You may not have heard the recent clinton lie where she claimed to be related to him.........Source?
To: naturalman1975
This is an interesting tidbit, naturalman. Thanks for the info on something most people don't know and never will.
I always appreciate little information sidebars!
Leni
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posted on
01/20/2008 5:58:50 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Fun Freepathon Contest (movies) Now Underway on Thread IV. Details # 19. ENTER NOW!)
To: freekitty
Clinton asserted that her mother named her after Sir Edmund after reading about him in a magazine. The problem with that is Clinton was born in 1947 and Hillary did not make his climb until 1953.
In 1947 Hillary was an unknown bee keeper.
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