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De : <
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> << On the character front I have to say Straker was definitely the guy I
would
> like to be in that series. >>
>
> How come?
> This comment got me to thinking, what *one* person on UFO would you most
like
> to be, and why? Aside from the extraordinary way he looked in the
neoprene
> scuba suit, (if you look closely, that suit was really beat up, compared
to
> Foster's and I've really looked closely, heh )
<trying to look surprised....>
You did?!
<snipping some of all those very good reasons Amelia came up with>
>If he was totally in control, not
> human, he'd be less likable. He's intelligent, he's thoughtful, he's very
> much his own man, he's sometimes boyish, he genuinely loved Mary and John.
> Yup, I'd want to be Straker.
The other side of the coin...
The guy had not one but *two* stressful jobs;
suffered losses he seemed to have trouble dealing with;
didn't have a personal life to speak of (aside from hunting swans, getting
vased and having a nice can opener, that is);
had to deal with opinionated superiors on one side and subordinates that
thought he was a regular walking/heartless, computer on the other;
had to work in an enclosed, subterranean environment while suffering from
claustrophobia;
had enemies trying kill him regularly (not mentioning some authors ;-);
and, to top it all, had whole Earth's safety and protection to think of...
Who wouldn't want to be Straker anyway? ;-)
This leading us to:
De : "Sarah Stokes" <
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> I'd like to comment on the diving-suit question raised by Anny and
> Sheila but somehow I can't seem to think straight. Wonder why... <g>
The Commander often has that effect on the female staff around here...
I wonder how the gals at HQ can get any work done at all!
;-)
--Anny
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