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David Attenborough.

  • 12-05-2018 7:13pm
    #1
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭


    I just have to say i absolutely admire the legend that is David Attenborough even into his 90s he is still out travelling the world filming documenteries his knowledge of nature is encyclopedic i can remember watching his wildlife documenteries as a kid an absolute legend of a naturalist.


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  • #2
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    I'm glad he's not dead. Just generally, and also because that's the first thing that came into my mind when I saw the thread title.


  • #3
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    RIP


  • #4
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Not a patch on his brother Dickie


  • #5
    kingbhome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭kingbhome


    amazing career he had! He eats well and is a non believer of god. I know he looks like a big fat lump but hes very active and teh mind is very active aswell. Would love to have his fitness at that age.


  • #6
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Had me worried there for a moment OP.


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  • #7
    Mutant z
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Mutant z


    The Life of mammals and the Blue Planet are classics of his i throughly enjoy but in general i dont think any other naturalist comes close to having the impact he has.


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I had a letter from him only last week and the thread title gave me a bit of a start for a second.

    An absolutely fascinating man. A gentleman with a fine sense of humour and a very gentle manner. A man who holds friends and family very dear, is modest and so full of energy.


  • #9
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Magnolia Weak Blackberry wrote: »
    I had a letter from him only last week and the thread title gave me a bit of a start for a second.

    An absolutely fascinating man. A gentleman with a fine sense of humour and a very gentle manner. A man who holds friends and family very dear, is modest and so full of energy.

    Does he get his round in though, that’s the real measure of a man.


  • #10
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Magnolia Weak Blackberry wrote: »
    I had a letter from him only last week.

    Wow!!
    That's amazing!




    People still actually write letters?



    (Need more detail Magnolia Weak Blackberry!)


  • #11
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    RIP


    Really

    Interesting

    Person.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



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  • #12
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    amcalester wrote: »
    Does he get his round in though, that’s the real measure of a man.

    Any time we had drinks or a meal together he was more than generous.


  • #13
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Wow!!
    That's amazing!




    People still actually write letters?



    (Need more detail Srameen!)

    It's when people correspond by writing with a pen on a piece of paper, which they then put in an envelope and send to the recipient via the postal service.


  • #14
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Magnolia Weak Blackberry wrote: »
    Any time we had drinks or a meal together he was more than generous.

    Why am I unsurprised, always comes across as a class act.


  • #15
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,921 ✭✭✭buried


    Magnolia Weak Blackberry wrote: »
    I had a letter from him only last week and the thread title gave me a bit of a start for a second.

    An absolutely fascinating man. A gentleman with a fine sense of humour and a very gentle manner. A man who holds friends and family very dear, is modest and so full of energy.

    Cool! What were ye on about?

    Make America Get Out of Here



  • #16
    satguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭satguy


    ......A Giant Among Men.

    The world will be a sadder place, if anything happens to him..


  • #17
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    buried wrote: »
    Cool! What were ye on about?

    Just catching up on news. We've been friends for fifty years.


  • #18
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,921 ✭✭✭buried


    Magnolia Weak Blackberry wrote: »
    Just catching up on news. We've been friends for fifty years.

    That's cool Sra, I didn't know that at all! Such a legend to be mates with though, like being mates with a proper rock star or something. I can imagine the shock you must have got when you seen the name up on a thread here because I got a bit of jump myself!

    Make America Get Out of Here



  • #19
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    A thread on Attenborough was done on AH not so very long ago.

    To say it was OTT would be putting it mildly.


  • #20
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,202 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    He was very good in Geriatric Park.

    "Two species separated by 65 years of evolution!"


  • #21
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    buried wrote: »
    That's cool Sra, I didn't know that at all! Such a legend to be mates with though, like being mates with a proper rock star or something. I can imagine the shock you must have got when you seen the name up on a thread here because I got a bit of jump myself!

    I'd say he'd make for a helluva lot more interesting conversation than the average rock star these days.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    He's responsible for some of the most extroadinary moments in television history. Did a piece on the fogstand beetle that lives in the Namib desert. Basically doesn't rain there at all but these beetles stand at the top of desert dunes and are able to extract water for drinking from fog that occurs from time to time using specially designed wings. Apparently researchers at MIT are copying the wing structure used to create water extraction systems.


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