- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
John Glenn is in the hospital
Posted on 12/8/16 at 12:01 am
Posted on 12/8/16 at 12:01 am
No word on cause or condition LINK
Posted on 12/8/16 at 12:17 am to OldHickory
It could've been a wild bear attack.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 12:17 am to Jim Rockford
Cause: older than dirt
Diagnosis: dead soon
Result: sadness worldwide for loss of hero
Diagnosis: dead soon
Result: sadness worldwide for loss of hero
Posted on 12/8/16 at 12:29 am to Jim Rockford
I'll go ahead and add him to my 2017 Celebrity Death Pool.
I'll pick him and Patrick Swayze
I'll pick him and Patrick Swayze
Posted on 12/8/16 at 6:21 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Can't pick someone whose already dead.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:42 am to Jim Rockford
John Glenn dead today. Mauled by a circus lion.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 7:55 am to Jim Rockford
John Glenn calls Buzz Aldrin, "Kid."
True story.
True story.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:06 am to Jim Rockford
Apparently it's not looking good
Hope he pulls through.
quote:
Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn is hospitalized at the James Cancer Center in the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. A source close to the family says that Glenn, 95, is in declining health and his condition is grave. He has been hospitalized for more than a week, and his wife, Annie, and his children and grandchildren have been with him at the hospital in Columbus.
Hope he pulls through.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:31 am to Wally Sparks
quote:
Hope he pulls through.
He was the oldest of the Mercury 7. He is the only Marine (3 were USAF, 3 were USN). He was the third to fly, but the first (American) to orbit.
He is the last survivor.
Semper Fi.
Posted on 12/8/16 at 8:51 am to Jim Rockford
John Glenn after being told he never had a real job.
Senator Glenn: “Howard, I can’t believe you said I have never held a job.
"I served twenty-three years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through
two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on twelve different
occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook; it was my life on the
line. It was not a nine-to-five job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to
the bank.
“I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day, to a Veterans Hospital and look
those men, with their mangled bodies, in the eye and tell them they didn't hold a job.
You go with me to any gold-star mother and you look her in the eye and tell her that her
son did not hold a job.
“You go with me to the space program, and go as I have gone to the widows and
orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the
eye and tell them that their Dad didn't hold a job.
“You go with me on Memorial Day coming up and you stand in Arlington
National Cemetery, where I have more friends than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that
those people didn't have a job.
“I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of
your life thanking God that there were some men – some men - who held a job. And they
required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was
more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country
possible.
“I have held a job, Howard!”
Senator Glenn: “Howard, I can’t believe you said I have never held a job.
"I served twenty-three years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through
two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on twelve different
occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook; it was my life on the
line. It was not a nine-to-five job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to
the bank.
“I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day, to a Veterans Hospital and look
those men, with their mangled bodies, in the eye and tell them they didn't hold a job.
You go with me to any gold-star mother and you look her in the eye and tell her that her
son did not hold a job.
“You go with me to the space program, and go as I have gone to the widows and
orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the
eye and tell them that their Dad didn't hold a job.
“You go with me on Memorial Day coming up and you stand in Arlington
National Cemetery, where I have more friends than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that
those people didn't have a job.
“I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of
your life thanking God that there were some men – some men - who held a job. And they
required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was
more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country
possible.
“I have held a job, Howard!”
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News