From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Mon Oct 09 2000 - 19:34:20 MDT
Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, interacting with a few of the opinionated
> > schmucks, might drive them kicking and screaming back to their solitude.
> > Please warn them about what goes on here, also so we can avoid culture shock.
>
> Sure but dont worry about culture shocking Zubrin. Hes been an
> out-there kinda guy for so long and people are always taking pot
> shots at him. Hes developed a rugged suit of armor. {8^D
I had a few beers with Zubrin at Case for Mars IV back in 1990, when he
unveiled Mars Direct. My buddy Steve Jones (no relation) and I were
trading cab driving war stories when Bob chimed in with, "I, too, once
drove a cab..." Bear in mind that Zubrin looks just like Danny Devito,
only taller ;) Bob continued:
I picked up this guy at LaGuardia, wanted to go to a spiffy
hotel in Manhattan. He kept dropping hints about the movies
he'd been in, but just to be difficult I refused to "realize"
who he was. As I was dropping him off, he finally said, "Don't
you know me? I'm Jose Ferrer!" So I replied, "I'm sorry,
I don't follow Puerto Rican baseball..."
I like him, just for that.
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, and it's too early to shoot the bastards." -Claire Wolfe
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