• RIP Teri Garr

    From Wouter Valentijn@liam@valentijn.nu to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sat Nov 9 12:21:08 2024
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    Last month actress Teri Garr died.


    TOS Trekkies knew her as Roberta Lincoln in the episode 'Assignment: Earth'.

    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Terri_Garr

    Sadly, for her it was not a happy experience.
    --
    Wouter Valentijn

    Xander: "I'm a Comfortador also."
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (s04e22): Restless

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  • From David Mehrmann@jammet@tigress.com to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Mon Nov 11 16:59:00 2024
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    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Terri_Garr

    Rest in Peace. :(

    I will admit that I do not remember all the episodes and everyone who
    played a role in them, and that includes her, but I will go looking for
    that episode.

    One of my best friends is currently fighting multiple sclerosis as well.
    This is not a battle that can be won, though. Met I met him, he was a
    young adult, and already diagnosed with it. It always seemed as if he was
    a bit clumsy, tripping over things. But that is, what that illness does,
    at first. It looked so harmless.

    I watched him fall victim to it more and more, over the years, until the point was reached that he could no longer rely on me for most basic needs, such as standing up and be moved to the bathroom, or picked up from the ground whenever he had fallen, or simply when he was unable to get upright again on the couch, after drifting sideways. It was more or less the last time I could actually talk with him. Today he can't move. Not even his
    face. Just breathe. And lie still. He seems happy, but that's only a side effect of that illness. With him, it seems to also give him a sense of happiness, weirdly enough, and it probably makes all the difference, now.

    He's stuck in dream-land, basically. Perpetually. Maybe some TV and me talkign to him for a few minutes, when it's not too taxiing on his body.

    I can only imagine how sense of time is completely skewed as well. And I remember once, his late mother told me, that he had told her (with the aid
    of a technical device) that he was doing all sorts of trips, vacations and other things, with his friends, including me. Reality and his dreams sort
    of become one and the same thing, over time.

    His mother passed away last year (cancer) and now he's only got a few good friends coming to visit. We see him laugh, we see him smile, we see him react.

    It breaks my heart, what this illness can do to a person.

    So I hope Teri Garr had a better life.
    --
    David
    Jammet

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  • From Daniel70@daniel47@nomail.afraid.org to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Tue Nov 12 20:22:47 2024
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    David Mehrmann wrote on 12/11/24 3:59 am:
    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Terri_Garr

    Rest in Peace. :(

    I will admit that I do not remember all the episodes and everyone who
    played a role in them, and that includes her, but I will go looking for
    that episode.

    One of my best friends is currently fighting multiple sclerosis as well.
    This is not a battle that can be won, though. Met I met him, he was a
    young adult, and already diagnosed with it. It always seemed as if he was
    a bit clumsy, tripping over things. But that is, what that illness does,
    at first. It looked so harmless.

    I watched him fall victim to it more and more, over the years, until the point was reached that he could no longer rely on me for most basic needs, such as standing up and be moved to the bathroom, or picked up from the ground whenever he had fallen, or simply when he was unable to get upright again on the couch, after drifting sideways. It was more or less the last time I could actually talk with him. Today he can't move. Not even his
    face. Just breathe. And lie still. He seems happy, but that's only a side effect of that illness. With him, it seems to also give him a sense of happiness, weirdly enough, and it probably makes all the difference, now.

    He's stuck in dream-land, basically. Perpetually. Maybe some TV and me talkign to him for a few minutes, when it's not too taxiing on his body.

    I can only imagine how sense of time is completely skewed as well. And I remember once, his late mother told me, that he had told her (with the aid
    of a technical device) that he was doing all sorts of trips, vacations and other things, with his friends, including me. Reality and his dreams sort
    of become one and the same thing, over time.

    His mother passed away last year (cancer) and now he's only got a few good friends coming to visit. We see him laugh, we see him smile, we see him react.

    It breaks my heart, what this illness can do to a person.

    So I hope Teri Garr had a better life.

    Back in about 2000, my youngest sister's husband, Paul, (then 40'ish
    years old) was having a few falls and such so I (jokingly) suggested he
    might have MS. A few years later, after more falls and broken bits, he
    got checked out and, sure enough, he had MS.

    About fifteen years later (60y.o.) he was pensioned off out of his
    Public Service job as an Architect .... and that gave him the
    opportunity to take up some therapy and what a brilliant Artist he has
    turned out to be. .... I suppose an Architect *IS* an Artist ... of sorts!!

    He still gets arround on several Walking Frames. Being an Architect, he designed their three-level house, so has a Walking Frame on each level
    .... and he still drives a car .... which I loaned them the money for
    about last Christmas. ;-)
    --
    Daniel
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  • From David Mehrmann@jammet@tigress.com to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Tue Nov 12 21:24:00 2024
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    Rest in Peace. :(

    Daniel wrote:
    He still gets arround on several Walking Frames. Being an Architect, he designed their three-level house, so has a Walking Frame on each level
    .... and he still drives a car .... which I loaned them the money for
    about last Christmas. ;-)

    Sounds like he's making the very best of things, and is able, and being enabled by loved ones and high tech. Do I ever wish that some of this
    stuff would have been available for my friend Thomas, but he tried to no avail to have insurance help, and at that point was unable to even have a job, for a long time. So without the money, he couldn't get those walking aids, sadly. Or an electric wheelchair, I ferried him around, and I did it gladly, even though it was quite difficult sometimes, as I'm not exactly super able bodied myself. But we managed.

    Anyway, I don't want to stray too much further from the Star Trek side of life. Only that I wished we had Star Trek level technology for treating ailments of most any kinds. Or, at the very least, giving people the tech they need to do some of the things for them.

    David
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    David
    Jammet

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  • From Daniel70@daniel47@nomail.afraid.org to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Wed Nov 13 19:57:03 2024
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    David Mehrmann wrote on 13/11/24 8:24 am:

    <Snip>

    Anyway, I don't want to stray too much further from the Star Trek side of life. Only that I wished we had Star Trek level technology for treating ailments of most any kinds. Or, at the very least, giving people the tech they need to do some of the things for them.

    David

    Wasn't there an episode of TOS where peoples identities were loaded into
    a machine/cyborg .... and then there was the Episode "Spock's Brain".

    Hope for us all.
    --
    Daniel
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  • From Wouter Valentijn@liamreverse@valentijn.nu to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sun Dec 1 15:01:31 2024
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    Op 13-11-2024 om 09:57 schreef Daniel70:
    David Mehrmann wrote on 13/11/24 8:24 am:

    <Snip>

    Anyway, I don't want to stray too much further from the Star Trek side of
    life. Only that I wished we had Star Trek level technology for treating
    ailments of most any kinds. Or, at the very least, giving people the tech
    they need to do some of the things for them.

    David

    Wasn't there an episode of TOS where peoples identities were loaded into
    a machine/cyborg .... and then there was the Episode "Spock's Brain".


    That happened in:

    What Are Little Girls Made Of? (Roger Korby possibly downloaded his mind
    into an android, but it might have been an delusional android).
    Return to Tomorrow (Sargon planned to create android bodies for his wife
    and his frenemy, but they never reached that stage).
    I, Mudd (giving Kirk & co. android bodies was an enticement used to make
    them see the androids' side, but they didn't buy into it).

    Over at TNG a scientist downloaded his mind into Data, but had to give
    that up.


    Hope for us all.

    Could be.
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    Wouter Valentijn

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  • From Daniel70@daniel47@nomail.afraid.org to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Mon Dec 2 18:59:54 2024
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    Wouter Valentijn wrote on 2/12/24 1:01 am:
    Op 13-11-2024 om 09:57 schreef Daniel70:
    David Mehrmann wrote on 13/11/24 8:24 am:

    <Snip>

    Anyway, I don't want to stray too much further from the Star Trek
    side of
    life. Only that I wished we had Star Trek level technology for treating
    ailments of most any kinds. Or, at the very least, giving people the
    tech
    they need to do some of the things for them.

    David

    Wasn't there an episode of TOS where peoples identities were loaded
    into a machine/cyborg .... and then there was the Episode "Spock's
    Brain".

    That happened in:

    What Are Little Girls Made Of? (Roger Korby possibly downloaded his mind into an android, but it might have been an delusional android).
    Return to Tomorrow (Sargon planned to create android bodies for his wife
    and his frenemy, but they never reached that stage).
    I, Mudd (giving Kirk & co. android bodies was an enticement used to make them see the androids' side, but they didn't buy into it).

    Just came to mind .... wasn't there an Ep with a spinning table (Human
    on one side, Android on the other side) that achieved the transfer of
    mind from Human to Android?? Was that your "What are little girls made
    of?" episode?

    Over at TNG a scientist downloaded his mind into Data, but had to give
    that up.


    Hope for us all.

    Could be.


    --
    Daniel
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  • From Wouter Valentijn@liamreverse@valentijn.nu to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Mon Dec 2 17:13:24 2024
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    Op 2-12-2024 om 08:59 schreef Daniel70:
    Wouter Valentijn wrote on 2/12/24 1:01 am:
    Op 13-11-2024 om 09:57 schreef Daniel70:
    David Mehrmann wrote on 13/11/24 8:24 am:


    <snip>


    Wasn't there an episode of TOS where peoples identities were loaded
    into a machine/cyborg .... and then there was the Episode "Spock's
    Brain".

    That happened in:

    What Are Little Girls Made Of? (Roger Korby possibly downloaded his
    mind into an android, but it might have been an delusional android).
    Return to Tomorrow (Sargon planned to create android bodies for his
    wife and his frenemy, but they never reached that stage).
    I, Mudd (giving Kirk & co. android bodies was an enticement used to
    make them see the androids' side, but they didn't buy into it).

    Just came to mind .... wasn't there an Ep with a spinning table (Human
    on one side, Android on the other side) that achieved the transfer of
    mind from Human to Android?? Was that your "What are little girls made
    of?" episode?

    Yes indeed. Kirk's mind was copied that way.


    <snip>
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    Wouter Valentijn

    Xander: "I'm a Comfortador also."
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  • From will.dockery@will.dockery@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Will-Dockery) to alt.tv.star-trek.tos on Sat Mar 1 06:55:12 2025
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    Wouter Valentijn wrote:
    Last month actress Teri Garr died.


    TOS Trekkies knew her as Roberta Lincoln in the episode 'Assignment: Earth'.

    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Terri_Garr

    Sadly, for her it was not a happy experience.


    --
    Wouter Valentijn

    Xander: "I'm a Comfortador also."
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (s04e22): Restless

    http://www.nksf.nl/



    Great actress.

    She was in the backdoor pilot with Gary Seven, if my memory serves me well.


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=677922703#677922703
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