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kf0rt
11-05-2011, 01:24 PM
The world lost a great curmudgeon yesterday.

Will miss ya, Andy.
KG4CGC
11-05-2011, 01:34 PM
I used to appreciate his sardonic wit up until about 10 years ago.
RIP Andy.
K7SGJ
11-05-2011, 01:40 PM
I will miss the old fart. Would have been good on 75 had he been a ham.

RIP
ki4itv
11-05-2011, 02:09 PM
No doubt he spoke to the wannabe curmudgeon in me.
kf0rt
11-05-2011, 02:21 PM
I used to appreciate his sardonic wit up until about 10 years ago.
RIP Andy.

What happened 10 years ago?
ad4mg
11-05-2011, 03:35 PM
What happened 10 years ago?
I believe someone wrote a very believable, very racist article in Mr. Rooney's style, and he was never able to shed the tainted reputation he acquired. Such a shame, as Andy was not a racist.

I loved listening to him, but hated watching him on the tube. Those eyebrows made me want to grab a weed-whacker and apply a trim.
KC9ECI
11-05-2011, 07:06 PM
Sad indeed. If you believe in the Afterlife, he's having a beer and discussing the days news with Paul Harvey and Walter Cronkite.
NQ6U
11-05-2011, 07:12 PM
If you believe in the Afterlife, he's having a beer and discussing the days news with Paul Harvey and Walter Cronkite.

No, it's more likely he's kvetching about those damned kids on his celestial lawn.
WØTKX
11-05-2011, 07:12 PM
Andy was pretty bombastic about Curt Cobain's suicide, which upset me a little.

I remember "Point Counterpoint". Andy's commentary replaced that segment, and I preferred the debate.
K7SGJ
11-05-2011, 07:25 PM
Jane, you ignorant slut. Oooops, wrong program.
kc7jty
11-05-2011, 09:53 PM
Don't think I ever disagreed with him which made it pretty odd he lasted as long as he did. He did a piece called pennies from hell over 10 years ago that was spot on.
KG4CGC
11-05-2011, 10:17 PM
What happened 10 years ago?
No, it wasn't the racist thing. He just seemed to lose a bit of himself. Something that made him endearing in a way. I don't know what happened in his life but he just wasn't the same.
W3MIV
11-06-2011, 06:13 AM
His family has donated his eyebrows to the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution.
N7YA
11-06-2011, 06:34 AM
You can see his culinary counterpart occasionally on Iron Chef as a judge...i believe they call him "Jeffrey".
kf0rt
11-06-2011, 07:50 AM
No, it wasn't the racist thing. He just seemed to lose a bit of himself. Something that made him endearing in a way. I don't know what happened in his life but he just wasn't the same.

Maybe when his wife died in 2004? I can't say that I paid enough attention then to notice.

I always liked Andy. Reminds me of my Dad.
KG4CGC
11-06-2011, 01:06 PM
Maybe when his wife died in 2004? I can't say that I paid enough attention then to notice.

I always liked Andy. Reminds me of my Dad.That would do it.