Archive through August 25, 2002
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Archive through August 25, 2002
Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:56 pm     Sassylady, wow, then maybe he is. Let us know if you find it. I'd like to know.
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Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:58 pm     Theo! ROFLM rear end O!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I can see it all now. Hey, maybe Hillbilly wasn't too far off...maybe he really *does* know Vulcan mind meld techniques. |
Sobaditsgood | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:59 pm     Carl Sagan 'The Demon Haunted World' was the book. It's a good one... about how science can explain a lot of supposed 'paranormal' phenomenon, among other things. It's not exactly a pro-religion book, either. I love Carl Sagan too and was mildly annoyed to hear that Roddy is a fan... |
Skol | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:00 pm     TwistedSis..like i said there are varying degrees of dyslexia, but even dyslexics have interests in the arts. His father is a wealthy man so I'm sure Roddy was afforded all the advantages a dyslexic can get. He probably dictates and has someone else type it or he writes it his way, then dictates it so it can be typed. Many dyslexics do get college degrees too. I remember a true story,lifetime tv movie about a troubled young girl, played by kristy macnicol, who was eventually diagnosed with dyslexia and over the course of MANY years became a doctor. So it's possible, it's just not easy. Sassylady--yes they do learn to manipulate and they never grow out of it lol. I too tell him he shouldn't be embarrassed about it and he says he knows but he'll let his boss comment on his lousy spelling and he'll just say he's a terrible speller rather than admit he's a dyslexic. Doesn't make any sense to me, but it probably does to dyslexics. Not too many on here I would think because, if they're like my hubby, the last thing they want to do is type and show they can't spel enithing. |
Skol | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:05 pm     Willow Woman, my husband reads Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury..same genre. |
Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:07 pm     Oh, thanks! Yes, I too have read *The Demon Haunted World.* (Pretend I italicized that title.) Seems like it came out a few years back. Carl Sagan has been a favorite of mine for a long time. He is (was) an excellent writer---eloquent, not over-blown. So sad when he died. |
Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:09 pm     Did anyone see the movie *Contact?* (Book written by Carl Sagan. Had Jodie Foster in it.) I don't know why, but I just *loved* that movie! For some reason it really touched me. |
Twistedsis | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:10 pm     Oh yes Skol I do know it is possible, it is just rare. Sassylady, although I hate to use the word manipulate in conjunction with my son; leader is much more fitting in his case, he is 22 and has a team of 9 beneath him of which the youngest is 35 and the oldest is 57. He also carries himself off as much older and I attribute this to the amount of responsibility he carries everyday. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:46 pm     Twistedsis: Forgive me. I was not thinking. I was talking more in terms of my husband and Roddy. Maybe manipulate is the wrong word--I do not mean evil intent. My husband was not diagnosed through school and did not find out until we were married. So he learned to cover it...out of being embarassed. He has trouble with spelling--yet he is one of the smartest people I know. But the spelling has interfered with his job. Like Skol said her husband does..instead of just saying what he has he would rather try to cover. Whereas my 18 y/o son, who has it to a lessar degree--was raised in a time where we know about these things, it is discussed. Long story short I did not mean to imply all people with dyslexia are manipulative..so sorry. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:52 pm     Back to BB: I just read that Gerry and Dani talked--it is about time Dani talked to Gerry! I feel this ahs been her biggest mistake. Apparently, Gerry remembed everything Roddy told him earlier. He admitted his intent was to manipulate the HG. He equated him in BB was like Crocodile Dundee on Survivor.
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Twistedsis | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:52 pm     I did not take it badly at all Sassy, I was just tring to define it in terms of my own personal experience. Some might call him manipulative based only on his age verse his crews age, but his own crew tends to foget his age and just adimre his skill. Most of them are truely shocked anytime they come in contact with me for whatever reason and see that *I* his mother is their age. Personally I think it is hysterical :-) |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 08:56 pm     Willow: I haven't read Sagan books. But I loved the movie Contact. So this is the author of the book that Roddy gave Chiari? Wasn't there a mystery about his death..or am I confusing him with someone else? |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 09:12 pm     Roddy is D.B. Cooper |
Foodbunny | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 10:58 pm     Roddy is a skeptic and a fan of James Randi (he's referenced the Million Dollar Challenge). It should be no surprise that he's a Sagan fan. I read the book Contact but I refuse to see the movie. I just have no faith in the translation from book to screen. I understand that there were some substantial changes and I just know they'd fustrate me to the point I couldn't enjoy it on any level. |
Battlestar | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 11:02 pm     Gee whizzers---Roddy's book is one of my favorite books too.!!! |
Willow_Woman | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 07:03 am     Sassy, no, no mystery about his death. I think he died from complications caused by myelodysplasia (bone marrow disease). So sad. He was a kind, intelligent, interesting man. |
Willow_Woman | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 07:10 am     Now I'm beginning to wonder if Roddy used books like these (and ones such as *Why People Believe Weird Things*) to "prep" himself. Before entering, he probably spent considerable time perfecting his Vulcan mind meld. Maybe that explains the Dundee comment. Hey, I know, instead of Croc. Dundee, Roddy could be known as Croc. o' Dungdeep! |
Willow_Woman | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 07:11 am     I think I'll go pop that on the BB3 Word Court. |
Hermione69 | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 07:26 am     Man, if Roddy IS DB Cooper, he has aged remarkable well!! LOL!! That was a good one, Ketchuplover. |
Sassylady | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:46 am     Hey Ketchuplover...DB Cooper eh? Then I will have to change my opinion: Instead of Roddy looking old for his age I would have to say he looks very very good for his age...lol I was looking at the few tapes I have of the show--looking for the part where Roddy said he was dyslexic--Not much luck Willow. Anyway, I noticed on the first show that the decorations in Roddy's room, when he is packing to go to the house, is very very luxurious. Maybe Roddy's secret is that he is a multi-millionaire.
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Jhezzie | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 11:55 am     Roddy's not using the Vulcan Mind Meld. He's a Jedi! It's the Jedi mind control trick! Roddy: You don't need to vote me out. HG: I don't need to vote you out. Roddy: I am no threat here. HG: You are no threat here. Roddy: Now, move along. HG: Now, move along. I know...geek alert... |
Hermione69 | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 12:16 pm     Jhezzie, that is pretty funny too! And as a fellow Star Wars fan, I'm proud to join you in geekiness! I'm trying, but I don't think I can come up with anything more creative than some of these posts!! |
Neko | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 01:10 pm     Gidget, - Obvivously the person who wrote that story is a Big Brother fan... *giggles anyways for the heck of it* |
Marcieb | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 02:30 pm     Have you investagative reporters somehow checked alumni lists at Lehigh University in southeastern PA? I assume he went there since he wears a Lehigh hockey jersey and lacrosse t-shirt OFTEN and pretends he's shooting baskets for the Lehigh Engineers. (It's a very good school, btw, for those who may not have heard of it. My son's best friend goes there and he was 8th in his HS class.) Maybe someone can get dates when Roddy attended to go with the hockey lead a page or so back. I'm thinking the secret must be he's not a writer but something else. Hope it's something really cool, though. |
Curlyq | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Okay Marcieb, I'll admit I was just bored enough to check the Lehigh website. I got nowhere with the search for the alumni list (it says "coming soon") but I did see that they're called the Lehigh Mountain Hawks and not the Lehigh Engineers. |
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