You can drown in almost anything. for hot tubs, 300 people a year about here in the US. All sorts of things can get trapped in the suction.
Itâs been almost 6 years since Dolores OâRiordan drowned in her bathtub.
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Whitney Houston also drowned in a tub IIRC.
Am I mistaken or are people with heart conditions discouraged from using things like hot tubs and saunas? I believe the heat can vapor lock your heart and you can drown quickly
Didnât Whitney Houston drown in a tub too? Same thing with drug addiction and all that.
Also TIL that Matthew Perry played the voice of Benny in Fallout: New Vegas
EDIT: Should read the rest of the thread before posting
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Decided it was a perfect time to catch up on the Friends reunion show I hadnât yet seen. A fantastic trip down memory lane.
Donât know what caused the drowning but Matthew Perry looked in really bad shape during the reunion. I mean really bad.
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Used to love watching this show as a kid.
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One of my fav scenes, also when he walks out of his bedroom and rips his suit on the entertainment center
This is very shocking to me. I always assumed that all the Friends would die at once. Like what happened with the cast from Happy Days.
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Supposedly the official word is that he had a ton of dental work done right before the reunion, and the fact that he couldnât take the good stuff for the pain is part of why he looked and sounded shitty. Honestly I could see it either way. In any case, addiction sucks and I agree even if heâs been clean, the past damage from it probably led to his death.
You may have seen him around during the Medicare for All push. Seemed like a good guy and an inspiration
https://twitter.com/BeaHero/status/1719895398129742131?t=RBpXrzgu8EVLFay4KgVVCA&s=19
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Hereâs a good write up of his life
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Ady Barkan was an amazing guy, I listened to a few interviews with him back when I was still listening to Crooked podcasts and he was just so passionate and genuine.
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Gary Sinise played Mattingly in Apollo 13.
âIt was no uncertain terms that we were going to land on the Fourth of July, no matter what day we took off. Even if it was the fifth, we were going to land on the Fourth,â Mattingly said with a laugh. âThat meant, if you didnât do any of your test mission, thatâs okay, as long as you just land on the Fourth, because the president is going to be there. We thought that was kind of interesting.â
This may have contributed to rumors about what happened to Challenger.
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These guys were complicated. (Itâs funny, his wife and shrink both said he was the least complicated man theyâd ever met.)
âI didnât care about picking up rocks,â he later told an interviewer, âI wanted to beat the Soviets to the Moonâ.
According to Gene Cernan, âthe egos of Grissom and Borman were too big to fit into a single spacecraftâ.
The effect of Apollo 8 was summed up in a telegram from a stranger, received by Borman after the mission, that stated simply, âThank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968.â
He wasnât great as an airline exec but
Borman received a phone call informing him that Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 had disappeared off the radar near Floridaâs Everglades. He took a helicopter, which was able to land in the darkness 150 yards (140 m) from the crash site, and waded waist-deep through the murky swamp, helping rescue crash victims and load survivors into rescue helicopters.
He hated scifi, thought 2001 was crap.
The Apollo 8 crew took the Earthrise photo.
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Borman turned down the opportunity to land on the moon with Neil and Buzz. Just flying around it was enough for him, I guess.
Yeah, he wanted the US to beat the Russians. He didnât care about being the guy or adventure or exploration. At least thatâs what he said.
Surprised Jimmy outlived Rosalyn.
Though heâs probably not gonna be around much longer with her dead.
Yeah, its likely he will be dead before Thanksgiving. I believe they were both in hospice