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New Wed 14 Mar 18 04:16

Stephen Hawking RIP - Pat

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43396008

Pat

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 06:42

Stephen Hawking RIP - MD

Morning Pat. You beat me to it. Great man, sad loss. RIP Sir.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 07:06

Stephen Hawking RIP - Lygonos

>>RIP Sir.

Turned down a knighthood in protest of the government's science funding.

So much more worthy of the title than most who are awarded it.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 07:34

Stephen Hawking RIP - Fullchat

Didn't realise he had reached 76.

RIP. Sir.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 07:32

Stephen Hawking RIP - DP

A genuinely great man, and inspirational human being on so many levels. Brilliant mind and seminal work aside, equally remarkable for me was that despite being so highly celebrated, and constantly battling a debilitating, degenerative disease, he always remained humble, supportive of others, and never lost his sense of humour.

Amazing human being, and an example to us all. Rest In Peace.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 08:40

Stephen Hawking RIP - bathtub tom

>>never lost his sense of humour

Currently appearing as the Hitchhiker's guide mark 2 in the radio 4 series 'Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy hexagonal phase'.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 08:43

Stephen Hawking RIP - DP

>> Currently appearing as the Hitchhiker's guide mark 2 in the radio 4 series 'Hitchhiker's guide
>> to the galaxy hexagonal phase'.

I will look that up. :-)

He was good in the Big Bang Theory as well

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrOKpQ6UBI

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New Thu 15 Mar 18 16:02

Stephen Hawking RIP - Boxsterboy

>> A genuinely great man, and inspirational human being on so many levels. Brilliant mind and
>> seminal work aside, equally remarkable for me was that despite being so highly celebrated, and
>> constantly battling a debilitating, degenerative disease, he always remained humble, supportive of others, and never
>> lost his sense of humour.
>>
>> Amazing human being, and an example to us all. Rest In Peace.
>>

Precisely. His ability to work when so badly affected by MND should, frankly, embarrass other less disabled people (my sis-in-law for one) who claim they cannot work because they got aches and pains!

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New Thu 15 Mar 18 16:09

Stephen Hawking RIP - Lygonos

MND wrecks your motor nerves but leaves your mind alone...

... they remain compos mentis to the very end, enduring the decay of their body while their psyche remains fully operational.

For some this must be an unimaginable horror - for Hawking? He saw it as freedom from day-to-day guff to focus on his science and was in no hurry to die.

Astonishing stuff.

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New Thu 15 Mar 18 16:15

Stephen Hawking RIP - Manatee

Hawking was also essentially pain-free.

I don't mean to say he was not absolutely exceptional in his determination to work and succeed, he clearly was. He must most have feared losing the ability to communicate.

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New Thu 15 Mar 18 17:23

Stephen Hawking RIP - Lygonos

>>Hawking was also essentially pain-free.

MND is not in itself painful, but unfortunately the consequences of decades of immobility and a fully functioning sensory nervous system can make it rather unpleasant.

www.mndassociation.org/forprofessionals/mndmanagement/pain/

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 07:45

Stephen Hawking RIP - Haywain

RIP.

My mate's claim to fame is that he once stood at the next urinal to S.H when he was at Cambridge.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 09:34

Stephen Hawking RIP - movilogo

A great scientist indeed. The way he battled with his decease is commendable.

I read somewhere the he sold more books on physics than what Madonna sold about sex. His "Brief History of Time" was an excellent book and easy to understand.

RIP

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 10:23

Stephen Hawking RIP - R.P.

Proof that there is hope for humanity maybe ? Ten years time Madonna will be largely forgotten !

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 11:55

Stephen Hawking RIP - Zero

>> Proof that there is hope for humanity maybe ? Ten years time Madonna will be
>> largely forgotten !

Unfortunately no-one has forgotten the Beatles.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 12:37

Stephen Hawking RIP - commerdriver

>> Unfortunately no-one has forgotten the Beatles.
>>
Maybe it's just me, I still listen to Beatles tracks regularly in the car as part of the mix, I have never thought much of Madonna, don't know when I last listened to her

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 12:39

Stephen Hawking RIP - Robin O'Reliant

>>
>>
>> Unfortunately no-one has forgotten the Beatles.
>>
With good reason.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 12:39

Stephen Hawking RIP - VxFan

>> Ten years time Madonna will be largely forgotten !

Who?

Oh, hang on didn't he used to be a footballer?

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 12:45

Stephen Hawking RIP - commerdriver

>> Oh, hang on didn't he used to be a footballer?
>>
I thought she was the one whose picture used to be on 'Allo 'allo

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 15:42

Stephen Hawking RIP - R.P.

I thought she was the one whose picture used to be on 'Allo 'allo

No doubt the "big boobies" have gone south by now

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 16:31

Stephen Hawking RIP - VxFan

>> No doubt the "big boobies" have gone south by now

Thanks for that mammary.

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 15:37

Stephen Hawking RIP - CGNorwich

> Proof that there is hope for humanity maybe ? Ten years time Madonna will be
>> largely forgotten !
>>

No chance. Not with all those paintings in The National Gallery

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New Wed 14 Mar 18 10:54

Stephen Hawking RIP - BiggerBadderDave

"His "Brief History of Time" was an excellent book and easy to understand."

Seems you're the only one who read it.

I've got a few of his books. Fab pictures.

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