From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   s|b  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:50:50 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein wrote:   
      
   > > The Wikipedes (at least initially from a German-language   
   > > source) report the death of Erich Von Daniken,born April 14th 1935,   
   > > on January 10th 2026.   
      
   > I've read several of Von Däniken's books and really liked how he looked   
   > at things. Maybe far fetched, but still, I was/am a fan of the AAS   
   > (Ancient Astronaut Society). Sad to see him go, but OTOH 90 is a   
   > respectable age.   
      
   I was fascinated with CotG when I was a kid, along with many other   
   rather wild theories. It wasn't until the age of 13 or 14 that I   
   began to grow a sense of skepticism about such things.   
      
   --    
   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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                        "Anyway, we delivered the bomb."   
      
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