Ed Straker's birthdate

Hi,

In Chris Drake's book he gives 10 July 1940 as Ed Straker's
birthdate, making him a Cancer. If the UFO episodes were supposed to
be happening in 1985, that would make Straker 45, which seems too old
to me. If it was supposed to be 1980 (which I always thought was the
date), then that means he is 40 which is somewhat more plausible.

Yours,

Steve (an admittedly youthful-looking 42, about to turn 43!)

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> Hi,
>
> In Chris Drake's book he gives 10 July 1940 as Ed Straker's
> birthdate, making him a Cancer. If the UFO episodes were supposed to
> be happening in 1985, that would make Straker 45, which seems too old
> to me. If it was supposed to be 1980 (which I always thought was the
> date), then that means he is 40 which is somewhat more plausible.

45 is too old for what? It actually makes him 35 10 years before when he
was fighting to get SHADO built. A 35 year old Colonel is somewhat rare,
wouldn't you think? Too young ....

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Actually, 1940 is too young. Straker is shown to be a full USAF Colonel ten
years prior (1970) at age 30 and that's not possible by USAF rules.
BTW, I live with a Cancer and I guarantee Straker ain't no Moonchild.
Deborah

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Hi,

In Chris Drake's book he gives 10 July 1940 as Ed Straker's
birthdate, making him a Cancer. If the UFO episodes were supposed to
be happening in 1985, that would make Straker 45, which seems too old
to me. If it was supposed to be 1980 (which I always thought was the
date), then that means he is 40 which is somewhat more plausible.

Yours,

Steve (an admittedly youthful-looking 42, about to turn 43!)




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Personally, I think Straker fits the Scorpio profile. He's a loner, he's a
hard-ass, he's obsessively dedicated to SHADO, he has practically NO
friends, he's a mystery man with tons of secrets and he screwed up his
family life. No offense to you Scorps out there, but he fits the more
difficult profile to a Tee. I can dig it, y'know? Pam

on 6/16/01 3:38, Pam McCaughey at [hidden email] wrote:

> Personally, I think Straker fits the Scorpio profile. He's a loner, he's a
> hard-ass, he's obsessively dedicated to SHADO, he has practically NO
> friends, he's a mystery man with tons of secrets and he screwed up his
> family life. No offense to you Scorps out there, but he fits the more
> difficult profile to a Tee. I can dig it, y'know? Pam
>
well as a member of that select group of misunderstoods,i take no offence as
most of what you say is prolly correct.I'd just make the change from no
friends to No REAL friends. ;-/
And yes Ed does seem to fit the scorpio mould,i see you didn,t mention his
sexual prowess. :-)
christo

--- In SHADO@y..., "Pam McCaughey" <editor@a...> wrote:
> Personally, I think Straker fits the Scorpio profile. He's a loner,
he's a
> hard-ass, he's obsessively dedicated to SHADO, he has practically NO
> friends, he's a mystery man with tons of secrets and he screwed up
his
> family life. No offense to you Scorps out there, but he fits the
more
> difficult profile to a Tee. I can dig it, y'know? Pam

I'm Scorpio.
Absolutely no offense for me.
I think to the your words as compliments (also for Straker).

--
Angelo Finamore
--

Dandello wrote:

> Actually, 1940 is too young. Straker is shown to be a full USAF Colonel ten
> years prior (1970) at age 30 and that's not possible by USAF rules.
> BTW, I live with a Cancer and I guarantee Straker ain't no Moonchild.

Ummmm, I agree, it's highly unlikely - but I really don't think there is
an actual RULE against someone making Colonel at age 30. Tiger, who was
in the USAF, doesn't recall any such rule .......

Obviously, Straker was a "golden boy" in more ways that one.

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It's not so much a rule as the requirement for minimum time in grade. When
added up, even on the fast track (absolute minimums) the minimum age is
about 32.
Deborah

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Dandello wrote:

> Actually, 1940 is too young. Straker is shown to be a full USAF Colonel
ten
> years prior (1970) at age 30 and that's not possible by USAF rules.
> BTW, I live with a Cancer and I guarantee Straker ain't no Moonchild.

Ummmm, I agree, it's highly unlikely - but I really don't think there is
an actual RULE against someone making Colonel at age 30. Tiger, who was
in the USAF, doesn't recall any such rule .......

Obviously, Straker was a "golden boy" in more ways that one.

-- Y

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<< BTW, I live with a Cancer and I guarantee Straker ain't no Moonchild.
Deborah >>

Deborah, didn't you create biographies for the main characters and allocate
Straker a birthdate which made him a Capricorn? Capricorn general traits (no
pun intended) seem to fit Straker best, I think. I have a longtime Capricorn
friend who definitely shares similar characteristics. She founded and runs
her own very successful company and there are definite similarities in
behaviour both at work and in her personal life.

Of course, the whole astrology thing is total cr... (I'm Aries... what else
would I think?!?!)

Also...
welcome Elaine, welcome Denise. Denise, please write more UFOfiction... I
love your Straker. Of course, I suppose you do too! Which is why it works so
well.

Carly
:-D





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hey now,
i would have thought that it was obvious who was the scorp at SHADO?
Paul Foster of course.he's the one without the friends,Ed has got alec to
make him whole like a good gemini would.Paul goes it alone.And then the
charachter of j.bond is also a scorp and remember who was asked to stand by
for that role?He seems quite confident sexually, unlike Ed who fumbled the
ball on his two occasions with the ladies that we have seen so far.Deborah
suggested capricorn.Or maybe a taurus they are known as the best looking
members of the zodiac and are driven individuals esp when they have a 'bone'
to chew.Capapble of huge feats of persistence thats how he wore down foster
in Kill Straker,remember? With those baby blues he'd have to be a water
sign.
mere speculation but ...
chris

In message <[hidden email]>, Carly
Ward <[hidden email]> writes
>Of course, the whole astrology thing is total cr... (I'm Aries... what else
>would I think?!?!)

I'm Aries too. And I think that (certainly in the early stages) Paul
Foster exuded the famous Aries quick temper & impulsiveness. (Not that I
*HAVE* those traits personally, of course)

<drums fingers on table... can hear Sheila muttering something about "so
you say".....>

**YES! I SAY!!***

...see - calm & collected us Aries are....
Di

Sure we Capricorns are tops and Ares are great. At least the one I
know is.

James K.

I made Paul an Aries with a Scorpio ascendant.
I've done astrology and feel I can state definitively that is has the same
validity as any other form of personality analysis and psychology in
general - they only work in retrospect. Attempts to make predictions based
on any of them automatically becomes a self-fullfilling prophecy.
(This from a Virgo sun/moon with a messy house - but my harddrive is
organized!)

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From: Diane Bentley [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 2:55 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Ed Straker's birthdate


In message <[hidden email]>, Carly
Ward <[hidden email]> writes
>Of course, the whole astrology thing is total cr... (I'm Aries... what else
>would I think?!?!)

I'm Aries too. And I think that (certainly in the early stages) Paul
Foster exuded the famous Aries quick temper & impulsiveness. (Not that I
*HAVE* those traits personally, of course)

<drums fingers on table... can hear Sheila muttering something about "so
you say".....>

**YES! I SAY!!***

...see - calm & collected us Aries are....
Di



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I suppose Arians go around shouting "But we're right!"

Sheila Foster-Fixer