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God Bless John, his wife Annie and family. Panda Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,164 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/9/2016 12:16:51 PM  Panda wrote: A legend in flight history. A solid representative for the State of Ohio. God Bless John, his wife Annie and family. +1 The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,001 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/10/2016 9:22:53 AM  I heard him speak about 3 years ago a the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. I couldn't believe how good he was for someone who was 92. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,073 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/17/2016 5:27:01 PM  Had the pleasure of spending a few hours with him back in the mid 70's when I was a student at Muskingum. Fascinating man. Not sure if I've told this story before but here goes - he was scheduled to be on the college radio station that morning as part of his visit to campus to kick off Ohio's year long celebration of the bicentennial and in walking across the quad to Cambridge Hall, we were steering him to the back of the building where you come in on ground floor and could walk right into the studio. His comment was "aren't we going down there" as he pointed toward the window of the studio? Of course the answer was yes so he walked over and tapped on the window. The radio staff opened it for him and he just stepped down into the studio as if he were climbing into Friendship 7. We were all of 20 at the time and he was 54 (an old man for us). The whole day went that way - Senator Glenn one step ahead of all us. Watching his memorial service on TV today was quite remarkable. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,547 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/19/2016 7:09:39 AM  This is a bit OT. At Mr.Glen's Memorial Service one of the speakers talked about his relationship with the "computers" (Many of them black women) who,during the pre IBM days,did all the calculations at NASA. That was still in the segregation days,but it didn't matter,if they could do the job. Glen trusted one black woman so much that he wouldn't go into space until she checked the numbers the IBM computer spit out. Now for the O.T. part. There's a movie coming out in January about these ladies. "Hidden Figures". Saw a show on the making of it. It looks pretty good. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,073 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/19/2016 9:18:01 AM  rpbobcat wrote: This is a bit OT. At Mr.Glen's Memorial Service one of the speakers talked about his relationship with the "computers" (Many of them black women) who,during the pre IBM days,did all the calculations at NASA. That was still in the segregation days,but it didn't matter,if they could do the job. Glen trusted one black woman so much that he wouldn't go into space until she checked the numbers the IBM computer spit out. Now for the O.T. part. There's a movie coming out in January about these ladies. "Hidden Figures". Saw a show on the making of it. It looks pretty good. Can't wait to see. Trying to figure out if it's too old for my seven year old granddaughter. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,164 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/19/2016 11:49:30 AM  That movie does sound interesting. I'm not a big movie goer, but that one may be worth a trip to the theater. Alan, sometime I'll tell you about my personal experience with John Glenn; this tribute thread is not the place for it. I do admire Glenn for all that he accomplished in the many splendid facets of his life. May he RIP! The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Monroe Slavin General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Oxnard, CA Post Count: 9,121 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/24/2016 2:04:10 PM  OCF--This is exactly the place for such anecdote! Where's the band?! WHERE"S THE BAND?! DesignspiritUSA.com The Pets On The Go Collection of pet gear travel bags The Holiday Tote Bigg Bagg Collection--over-sized, reversible, extra pockets; now love carrying packages as much as you love shopping! Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,164 Status: Offline     RE: God Bless John Glenn    Posted: 12/25/2016 11:08:12 PM  Monroe Slavin wrote: OCF--This is exactly the place for such anecdote! To quote a famous person in these parts, "WRONG!" The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." 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