# Truly a great man.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-a-great-man/50228>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-a-great-man/50228 "2001-01-15T22:48:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-a-great-man/50228/21 "2001-01-18T23:24:45Z")

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What a beautiful post. I don’t often cry over what I read on this board, but I did this time.

Your grandfather was truly a great man. You were truly lucky to have him.

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**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-a-great-man/50228/22 "2001-01-18T23:33:09Z")

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That was a very moving tribute to an extrordinary man. Thanks for sharing, **smug.**

Too many people can’t, or won’t, look past the indignities of age to see what treasures our old folks are.

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**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-a-great-man/50228/23 "2001-01-18T23:57:42Z")

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I hope I’m _half_ the man he was when I get to 100. Hell, I hope I’ll still be coherent.  
Something to aspire to. He sounds like he was one hell of a guy.

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