a moment of silence

[goldfish42]

James Doohan, we salute you.

"James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85

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[singingnettle]

That's so sad.

remembering Jimmy

[glabrous1]

.. in my head, I always hear "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me".. then him congratulating a very dusty bottle of very old Scotch on helping him drink the alien du jour under the table, "we did it, you and me.." and promptly passes out.

Few know what an expert in dialects/accents the wily Canuck was... I think he was trapped as Scotty more than Nimoy as Spock; your mileage may vary, of course.

I met Doohan in my last assignment for the Niagara Gazette before schlepping out here to Evergreen; OMSI had a nationwide exhibit tour of Trek, it opened in Buffalo with Doohan. Even with a drink in each mitt, he was ever a pro and a gent.