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It occurred to me this morning on a six-mile hike that my latest post ("slapping" Julian Assange) was contributing to overall negativity within the community. I have been a frequent contributor to that thread, mostly to elicit a laugh, but nevertheless...
I know that TZ-UK members are also POSITIVE players in the world around them, so I thought I would initiate an 'opposite' thread, for positive-minded members to call out people in the world community whom they would especially like to acknowledge.
TO ENSURE THAT THIS THREAD MAINTAINS A POSITIVE FOCUS, I SUGGEST NO ARGUING AND NO CHALLENGING OF ANOTHER MEMBER'S SELECTION.
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With these thoughts in mind, I would definitely like to shake the hand of U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, whose heart and conscience forced him to courageously break ranks with his party's leadership, and demand that an FBI investigation into claims against Judge Brett Kavanaugh be conducted. My hat is off to you, Senator!
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Happy to oblige. Although I do enjoy the happy to slap thread too.
My first entry here is Ben Fogle. Who I had always thought of as a bit of a reality TV non-entity. I then watched his programme in which he climbed Mount Everest. Anyone who can endure that challenge is alright in my book. Respect.
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The SA who sells me a sought after watch with a generous discount so I can afford it. Oh, and Mr Curta for his ongoing fundraising efforts
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It's worth highlighting that he is retiring, so is not really standing up to much. If only those who were seeking reelection took a similar stand...Originally Posted by pacifichrono
That being said, he'd also be my choice for the past week!
Louis van Gaal. No doubt.
Here the imitation of Dessaily's kick against Jari Litmanen.
Van Gaal is often criticised in the press. Has to do with his attitude against 'journalistic stupidity' ("Are you so dumb or am I just smart?"). What's not known is the fact that especially young players talk very respectfully about him. There's a very kind and generous man behind the angry-face mask.
Years ago, a colleague and his kids lost his wife / their mother as a result of breast cancer. During the summer, dad and his two kids went to the North Sea coast for a day out - exactly on the birthday of his wife/ their mother. When they sat down for a drink, they noticed that Van Gaal and his wife sat at a table next to them. The kids asked him for an autograph (no cell phones back then). They started talking and the kids told them about their mom. According to my colleague, he felt sorry for the kids and asked them where they lived. Until this day (20+ yrs on!), Van Gaal sends a card or a letter on their mom's birthday with a friendly and encouraging text. That's not the Van Gaal the journalists show us!
Jeremy Corbyn
Trump, Farage, Salvini, Orban and Boris. Oh and Tim Cook.
David Jason.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Well, the fact that we may mention politicians doesn’t equate to discussing politics. I find it a rather positive thing that we can find good things to say about some of them.
I will therefore nominate someone who doesn’t represent my values. At all.
Emmanuel Macron finally recognised the responsibility of the French military in the death of a young Algerian mathematician, Maurice Audin, when he apologised to his widow.
It is extremely significant because he died after being tortured so it is an essential step in the duty of memory that France owes to its former colony.
It should have been done years and years ago. It was public knowledge. It was even taught at school. Now it’s official.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
David Attenborough & Stephen Fry spring to mind.
Keith Palmer.
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Jesus. Just to see if he's real.
Happy to oblige. Although I do enjoy the happy to slap thread too.
My first entry here is Ben Fogle. Who I had always thought of as a bit of a reality TV non-entity. I then watched his programme in which he climbed Mount Everest. Anyone who can endure that challenge is alright in my book. Respect.
You forgot the ultimate trial. Putting up with Victoria Pendleton!
(She has my admiration and I watched her battles on the track absolutely gripped but my flatmate who worked for British cycling at the time said she was a right drama queen/whinger)
Jimmy Carter - We need more true Statesmen (and women) like him.
Stirling Moss - For excelling with honour and for that Mille Miglia victory
Mike Oldfield - For producing music that has enriched me, healed me and touched my soul.
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For a start Bobby Charlton,nick cave,any of the old boys [or ladys] who served in WW2.
Eddie Howe.
Lisa Potts
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None of us is perfect - - including the Roman Catholic Pope. In fact, there is evidence than numerous past Popes have been complicit in humanitarian crimes committed by world leaders, as well as members of their own Church. That said, I believe Pope Francis has gone FAR beyond any previous Pope in correcting Church 'irregularities' and attempting to be a force for peace, love, and goodness in the world.
I would very much like to shake his hand to thank him and encourage him to keep pushing the envelope outward, both within the Catholic Church and the World Order.
Belladonna.
Nuno Espirito Santo & Steve Bull
Bob Hall.
Karl Hyde and Rick Smith.
Terry Bickers (it would be nice to make up).
Stiliyan Petrov.
"A man of little significance"
Nelson Mandela
Mark Knopfler
David Attenborough
Louis Theroux
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Gonna be tricky unless you have a shovel.
Agreed
Johnny Wilkinson or any of the 2003 World Cup winning squad (although I have had a pint or 2 with some of them)
Anyone who's extending their hand to me.
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It was rhetorical (clearly).
I have multiple shovels.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
To dig you need a spade not a shovel.
Soil dependant?
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
"I think I see him!"
I would shake hands with the person who got rid of British Rail meals on trains. They were bloody awful and overpriced.
Any burial you could reverse with a shovel would be a pretty shoddy one though I guess in some parts of the world sand is all they have to work with.
It was just recreational pedantry really. Sorry OP for the diversion.
Until his passing, it would have been Sir Nicholas Winton. The irony being, he was in a nursing home less than 10 miles away from me and I never bothered. Regret that.
Two or three years ago I nipped over to Goodwood to have a look at a classic car track day. I parked my old banger in the paddock next to an Austin-Healey, the owner guided me into the space and was immediately engaged in conversation by someone else so I had a quick look at his car (a really nice and original 100S) and wandered off. I was back 15 minutes later to have a chat with him but the car and owner had apparently packed up for the day. And you already know who it was. I was completely gutted, I've listened to his music since my dad bought the first album when I was very small and I still listen to it now.
"A man of little significance"
Enoch Powell......then have a long chat about the state of the nation!!!
My hero since childhood:
Sir Jackie Chan.
Also:
Iain Banks ( for his imagination and amazingly intelligent writing style. But most importantly for coming up with the Socialist Anarchist Culture, where I wished I was),
Sir Isaac Newton, Einstein, Descartes, Euclid, Archimedes, Euler, Gauss, Ramanujan and James Clerk Maxwell. In no particular order, but all geniuses of the highest order and despite my daydreaming, I'll never be the equal of or meet.
Stephen Hawking and Sir Roger Penrose also.
Dennis Ritchie for developing the "C programming language."
Looks like except for JC and Sir Roger I wouldn't be able to ever shake hands with :(
Sir Rod Stewart. Just seen him interviewed on ‘Breakfast’.
Top bloke and a great (IMO) singer.
Alan Turing
I never met Hawking, but we had Roger Penrose round for lunch once years ago. Fascinating chap and I really enjoyed discussing virtual particles with him, as well as developments in superconducting.
So clever my foot fell off.
Some figures from history, some have already been mentioned by previous posters i.e. Sir Isaac Newton, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks etc.
From people I've known, I'd love to go back and shake the hands of a few teachers that, looking back, were pivotal to my development.
Margaret Thatcher, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Mateusz Morawiecki.
I was going to add Karol Wojtyla, but I've already done that many times.
That little boy that put his finger in the dyke to save us all from drowning.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Tim Berners-Lee - the man responsible for the World Wide Web doesn't get nearly enough recognition.
Fernando Alonso - the best racing driver on the planet.
I think that Ken Thompson and Brian Kernighan may also have helped a little bit :-)
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Margaret Thatcher (1999) and Sir Kenny Dalglish(1995) who i have shook hands with.
The person i never meet who i would is Dick Winters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Winters
Ha, ha, glad he did, otherwise I'd have a watery visit next week.
Sadly the story isn't true (obviously), and sadder not even Dutch, shame as I like european folklore
https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl/why-th...r-in-the-dike/
John Harrison. The guy was a genius, and put up with so much from "the establishment". I went to see the clocks. They bought tears to my eyes.
I know, I know, one of those things that are always sticking in the back of your mind though :)
Enjoy your stay next week.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Virginia Wade and "H" from Steps.
On a more serious note, anyone who flew with the RAF in WW2. Amazing men (and not forgetting the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary who had to be able to fly any of dozens of planes to make sure they were in teh right place when needed).
Ray Mears , sadhguru. 9/11 fireman/ emergency services . Grenfell fireman . People of that caliber
As mentioned Jackie Chan. Arnold, sly , Michael j Fox .
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Was thinking about Sir Tim, but thought of how zombified a lot of us have become in it's present implementation/state.
Ken Thompson did "B" from a different programming language. Dennis built upon that with "C" and made it far more approachable etc. I believe Brian did say that Dennis did it solely and he had no input except co-authoring the seminal reference book with Dennis. I may be wrong, but I believe that is the gist of what I've read up on it.
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