Re: [Vo]:Re:Arthur C. Clarke dies [tomorrow] at 90

2008-03-19 Thread OrionWorks
Jones sadi, > Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, lured by his interest in marine diving - > which he said was as close as he could get to the weightless feeling of > space. ³I¹m perfectly operational underwater,² he once said. He had battled > debilitating post-polio syndrome. I would like to be

Re: [Vo]:Re:Arthur C. Clarke dies [tomorrow] at 90

2008-03-18 Thread Harry Veeder
He also referred to his 90th birthday as his 90th orbit around the Sun. Harry On 18/3/2008 9:48 PM, Jones Beene wrote: One of the more interesting obits for Arthur C. Clarke was essentially under the headline that he "Dies Tomorrow"... ... which is a curiosity of his residency in Sri Lanka, wher

[Vo]:Re:Arthur C. Clarke dies [tomorrow] at 90

2008-03-18 Thread Jones Beene
One of the more interesting obits for Arthur C. Clarke was essentially under the headline that he "Dies Tomorrow"... ... which is a curiosity of his residency in Sri Lanka, where was "already tomorrow" when the story broke in the USA. "Somehow one can’t help but think that the timing of the t