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#1 Michael Collins
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:33 pm
by Ali Tait
#2 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:55 pm
by IslandPink
I saw that. Amazing how long all of these guys have lived.
What they should have mentioned is that Michael Collins still hold the record for the person who was the greatest distance from another human, in all of history - about 3500 miles.
#3 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:02 am
by Ali Tait
It is isn't it?
Love that story from a while back where Buzz punched a bloke who tried to get him to admit the landings were faked.
#4 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:22 am
by jack
Ali Tait wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:02 am
It is isn't it?
Love that story from a while back where Buzz punched a bloke who tried to get him to admit the landings were faked.
Buzz punched the guy (Bart Sibrel) after being chased in the street by a camera crew, harangued and called a liar & a thief. Sibrel is a nutter conspiracy theorist and frankly most people would have punched him too, given the provocation - ISTR that no charges against Aldrin were ever filed.
#5 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:26 pm
by IslandPink
Hmm.. ISTR ....
#6 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:50 pm
by jack
IslandPink wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:26 pm
Hmm.. ISTR ....
ISTR that ISTR means I Seem To Recall...
#7 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:53 pm
by Dave the bass
I seem to recall.
Doh, beaten to the 4LA.
#8 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:59 pm
by IslandPink
Ah of course ... my first guess was "It seems totally reasonable" !
#9 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:00 pm
by IslandPink
Ah of course ... my first guess was "It seems totally reasonable" !
#10 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:13 pm
by Nick
Doh, beaten to the 4LA
Wouldn't that be "beaten to TFLA"
#11 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:09 pm
by jack
IslandPink wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:00 pm
Ah of course ... my first guess was "It seems totally reasonable" !
The whole point of using an acronym is to save typing out long phrases and explanations...
Using ISTR obviously worked well then, as instead of just 1 acronym replacing 4 words, 77 have been used...
Doh! Make that 78, now it's 81. No, 84! 90 including this sentence...
#12 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:51 pm
by Dave the bass
Nick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:13 pm
Doh, beaten to the 4LA
Wouldn't that be "beaten to TFLA"
Possibly, I think it's open to interpretation. IMO is deffo a 3LA though IMO. Just looks right.
#13 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:04 pm
by IslandPink
I'm sure Michael Collins was a stickler for clear communications.
However I suspect he knew a lot of TLA's that the general public wouldn't understand.
#14 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:12 pm
by Nick
Dave the bass wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:51 pm
Nick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:13 pm
Doh, beaten to the 4LA
Wouldn't that be "beaten to TFLA"
Possibly, I think it's open to interpretation. IMO is deffo a 3LA though IMO. Just looks right.
Yep, IMO is a TLA but having an acronym for a four letter acronym that only has three letters is missing the point it seems. I guess it could be two two letter acrimonious (TTLA)
#15 Re: Michael Collins
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:36 am
by Dave the bass
Nick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:12 pm
I guess it could be two two letter acrimonious (TTLA)
That reads like its when 4 letters dont like one another.
Acrimonious Letters is a good name for an 80s synth pop band that never existed though.