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 Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:43 pm
My coworker came over last night. She was helping me figure out a budget. I'm still massively overwhelmed, but we began discussing work and a former patient. Only to realize thanks to this person, we now have only degrees of separation from Oppenheimer.
This person knew him personally and was proud of that fact. It was a teacher/student relationship that developed into a friendship. And it was just weird listening to tales of waiting for the train together.
At least it wasn't Hitler.
I still think there is a good 6 degrees there even if I did play on the same terrace as he played with his niece on.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:20 pm
I'm like 5 or 6 degrees away from Oppenheimer. Someone on my maternal grandmother's side of the family worked on the project and was one of the guys who mathematically proved that exploding an atomic bomb wouldn't ignite the atmosphere.
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:24 am
Maybe it's because I am stupid or because I work in the financial industry or whatever, but I had no idea Oppenheimer was anything but a brokerage firm and had to google for context.
TIL
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:51 pm
Well you normally think of Einstein with the hydrogen bomb, but Oppenheimer was a key player as well. Thank you for making me feel like a geek for knowing though LOL.
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:55 am
The most interesting person I'm six degrees from is Al Capone.
Though, there are a couple of murderers and one cannibal in my relations.
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:43 pm
The Reverend Menagerie
Though, there are a couple of murderers and one cannibal in my relations. ^5
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:50 pm
I barely even know my grandparents, how do you guys find this stuff out? @_@
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:00 pm
Akky the Terrible I barely even know my grandparents, how do you guys find this stuff out? @_@
Drunk relatives.
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