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Ted Kennedy must be the only Kennedy with any amount of good luck.
Ted Kennedy must be the only Kennedy with any amount of good luck.
Hello Marthtex,Marthatex said:I think he has used up at least 4 or 5 of his nine lives.
Sounds like he had a good pilot.
Hbgchick said:And a car crash...:doh:
julia said:The Kennedy's don't have the best of luck with planes. I would be taking a car instead, bus, boat. whatever. I think he is the only with "Luck"
Marthatex said:Well, multimillionaires tend to fly in private planes more than we commonfolk, I guess. I'd forgotten about "Kathy" - was she a sister of Ted's? Joe Jr. died in war.
But John Jr. KNEW his mother didn't want him to fly planes, and he shouldn't have. He was known to be reckless.
capps said:Marthatex,
Yes, Kathy was one of Ted's older sisters. The family nick name for her was "Kick". She was the one that the mother Rose disowned because she married a protestant.Only Joe Sr. and Joe Jr. were allowed to go to England to attend the wedding. That husband died in the war in England. After awhile she started dating a divorced man, I believe she was on the plane with him,when the plane crashed. Rose refused to go to England, for her funeral.Only Joe Sr. attended.Pretty sad huh?
Marthatex said:Oh I vaguely remember reading about her now. Can you imagine not going to your daughter's funeral? Because she was dating a divorced man?
(And I guess Rose just pretended her husband wasn't doing "irreverant" things)
Marthatex said:Of course we might not be here today, if it weren't for Robert and John; so I won't hold Marilyn against them.
I remember the day of the Cuban Missile Crisis; I remember it well.
Marthatex said:Hypocrisy and male chauvinism, yes. Some of their political ideals and values we could use again today, IMO.
Was Mary Jo just getting a ride home or were they having a "fling"? I can't even remember now. I do know that politicians dating interns, aides, etc., even when married, was rampant, and maybe still is, whether a Kennedy or not.