bigpeepa
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posted on September 12, 2005 11:15:27 AM new
Pittsburgh lost Fred Rogers to cancer a few months ago. If you ever saw the long running Children's T.V. show (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) you know Fred Rogers.
BTW, Did you know the very mild mannered man Mr.Rodgers on the T.V. was once a Navy Seal in Viet Nam. On his T.V. Show Fred Rogers always wore a sweater winter or summer. Did you know the sweater was worn to cover his Tattoos.
This is just a fun post but true. I never had the pleasure to meet Mr.Rodgers but know several people that did. All say Mr.Rogers was a very kind and caring person.
Pittsburgh and the World won't forget Fred Rogers.
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bunnicula
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posted on September 12, 2005 11:23:45 AM new
1. Mr. Rogers died two years ago, not a couple of months ago
2. he was never a Navy Seal:
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp
* Fred Rogers served as a sniper or as a Navy Seal during the Vietnam War, with a large number of confirmed kills to his credit.
This same rumor has often been applied to boyish country singer-songwriter John Denver (among others), and it's just as false when told of Fred Rogers. Not only did Fred Rogers never serve in the military, there are no gaps in his career when he could conceivably have served in the military — he went straight into college after high school, he moved directly into TV work after graduating college, and his breaks from television work were devoted to attending the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1963) and the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development. Moreover, Fred Rogers was born in 1928 and was therefore too old to have enlisted in the armed services by the time of America's military involvement in Vietnam.
* Fred Rogers always wore long-sleeved shirts and sweaters on his show to conceal the tattoos on his arms he obtained while serving in the military.
As noted above, Fred Rogers never served in the military, and he bore no tattoos on his arms (or any other part of his body). He wore long-sleeved shirts and sweaters on his show to maintain an air of formality — although he was friendly with the children in his viewing audience and talked to them on their own level, he was most definitely an authority figure on a par with parents and teachers (he was Mister Rogers to them, after all, not Fred), and his choice of dress was intended to establish and foster that relationship.
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Bear1949
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posted on September 12, 2005 12:22:27 PM new
See, Sheepa even Bunni knows you're full of democrap.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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dblfugger9
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posted on September 12, 2005 12:32:13 PM new
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Helenjw
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posted on September 12, 2005 12:50:32 PM new
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
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bunnicula
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posted on September 12, 2005 04:35:28 PM new
Bear--what do politics have to do with the matter at hand? But as long as you brought the subject up, why do you keep claiming that Bush is a liberal?
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"Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim." --Charles Buxton
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Helenjw
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posted on September 12, 2005 05:00:51 PM new
LOL!
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Bear1949
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posted on September 12, 2005 05:26:32 PM new
why do you keep claiming that Bush is a liberal?
Buni, you've definately got me confused with anyone else.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
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bunnicula
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posted on September 12, 2005 05:32:16 PM new
No I don't Bear--you refer to him at the bottom of every post you make.
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"Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim." --Charles Buxton
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bigpeepa
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posted on September 12, 2005 08:06:59 PM new
Looks like I got caught up in Pittsburgh Folk Lore about Mr.Rodgers. I guess there was no harm done it was such a "wonderful day in the neighborhood" and all.
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NearTheSea
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posted on September 12, 2005 08:34:11 PM new
you gotta love Snopes and google!
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kraftdinner
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posted on September 12, 2005 09:29:28 PM new
The funniest one I heard was that Mr. Rogers lifted weights. That's why he wore sweaters - to hide his massive arms. 
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