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Old 20-11-2006, 11:50 AM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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Originally Posted by ving
nice guy? weirdo? eccentric? i dont know...
I personally am not into hero worship. he put a reflector on, what is essentialy a device created in 1326. yes someone had to think of it and adapt it i guess... i wonder who was the first person to say at a picnic "lets throw this blanket on the ground so we dont get grass stains on our clothes". but adapting is what us humans do best and JD is proof
David - I have to be careful, being married to one , and having lived there for several years, but I think that our American friends are bigger on the 'hero' worship. If Dobson were English then all of this reverance might be somewhat more muted. I think that we Aussies are a little more pragmatic, and merely take a good idea for what it is - just a good idea.

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