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Actually, it doesn't say whether or not he had descendants, but one would guess not.
It's hard to believe that alcohol wasn't involved. The story doesn't say whether he won. One more reason to be embarrassed to be a Floridian.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 30, 2005 07:12 AM
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Why would that make you embarassed to be a Floridian? Mt. Prospect and Park Ridge are two suburbs of Chicago, and all Advocate Health Care hospitals are in Illinois. This story took place hundreds of miles from Florida.
Posted by John Breen III at November 30, 2005 08:57 AM
I was inferring it from the source (SouthFlorida.com) and the "West Palm Drive" address.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 30, 2005 09:15 AM
Ahh, that makes sense. Having grown up near Mt. Prospect, and having family that's been in Lutheran General in Park Ridge, I had a much narrower focus on the story. No harm, no foul. :)
Posted by John Breen III at November 30, 2005 09:29 AM
Of course, I should have been tipped off by the name, since "Mt. Anything" in south Florida is an oxymoron...
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 30, 2005 09:31 AM
I live just down the road from Mount Dora, Florida.
Posted by Andrea Harris at November 30, 2005 04:20 PM
I live just down the road from Mount Dora, Florida.
a) Do you live in south Florida (Orlando area doesn't count)?
b) Does it live up to its name?
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 30, 2005 04:24 PM
Perhaps he was trying to confirm Galileo's theory to see if his head would hit the pavement at the same time as his spit.
Posted by Josh Reiter at December 1, 2005 08:46 AM
"embarrassed to be a Floridian." ???
Probably a d@mn yankee transplant... We all know the Natives wouldn't do that... ;)
Posted by GBuc at December 6, 2005 09:21 AM
Geeze, I guess Rand Simberg has never lost his balance and fell. Maybe we should give him an award for never planting his face in the ground.
Posted by X at December 10, 2005 06:44 PM
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