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 celttooth  Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 
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We are still praying. ID: 1385143 ·  |
Julie  Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 
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skildude  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 
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Is he dead? I didn't see anything on that on the major news sources. I'd wished that Obama would visit him and just have the cameras turned off.  In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1385455 · |
kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 
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Is he dead? I didn't see anything on that on the major news sources. I'd wished that Obama would visit him and just have the cameras turned off. I would wish that the cameras were dead and Obama was just turned off. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster 
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Donald L. Johnson  Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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Is he dead? I didn't see anything on that on the major news sources. I'd wished that Obama would visit him and just have the cameras turned off. If I were seriously ill, the LAST thing I'd want is a visit from a politician and their entourage. Stay away, let me either get well or die in peace. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1385461 · |
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Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0
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Apparently he's improving...wow. 94 years old and still fighting. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/winnie-mandela-nelson-mandela-health_n_3516588.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World   ID: 1385660 · |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0
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See, prayer works some times. ID: 1385673 · |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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Apparently he's improving...wow. 94 years old and still fighting. God's will be done. Maybe HE still has work for Mandela to do...... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1385697 · |
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0
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It looks like he is going down, on life support again. ID: 1387597 · |
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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18
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John Clark  Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 
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If he has not already gone through the final act? R.I.P It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues  
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Still hanging on in there. His family are having a rather undignified squabble - I reckon if he was well enough he would a few of their heads together. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1387705 · |
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John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0
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Agreed Rob It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0
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I would. ID: 1387812 · |
John Neale  Send message Joined: 16 Mar 00 Posts: 634 Credit: 7,246,513 RAC: 9 
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As the resident South African who lurks on this forum, thanks for all the kind words and expressions of concern for our former president Nelson Mandela. The conspiracy theorists are, of course, having a field day, and the undignified family squabble has been headline news over here for the past week or so. As someone said, the Mandelas are making the Kardashians look like a class act! I've seen Mandela in the flesh twice. The first time was at the Rugby World Cup Final in June 1995, when he handed the Rugby World Cup to the victorious Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar. Rugby was considered the sport of the oppressor in apartheid South Africa, and when Mandela appeared on the field wearing the captain's No. 6 rugby jersey, it represented a huge symbolic step in the reconciliation that South Africa was undergoing at the time. That saga became the story-line for Clint Eastwood's 2009 movie, Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Just a few months later, in February 1996, South Africa's soccer team won the African Cup of Nations, and once again I was there to witness Mandela hand the trophy to captain Neil Tovey. Afterwards, Mandela walked across the field to where the crowds were and spent several minutes right below us, waving to the crowd. Those were magic moments that united a once-divided nation. 
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0
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My wife and I both think that Mandela wanted what Gandhi wanted, but he got more. The whole world is watching and praying. ID: 1388008 · |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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Very nice remembrances of your personal experiences with the man. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Thank you John. If ever I needed to have a reason for placing a person on my "bucket list of must meets" you have explained why Nelson Mandela is on mine. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1388039 · |
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John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0
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Thanks for the rememberances, John It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues
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