Bad Start To The New Year - Page 2

August · 01-03-12, 08:17 AM

My condolences Steve.

Osmium Steele · 01-03-12, 09:06 AM

My sympathy Steve. I've been where you are. Twice, now. It is never easy.

Hold tight to the memories, let the regrets fade and you'll make it through.

Why do I remember Mustangs & Messerschmits? I may have played it in a Con in the early 80s.

Skybird · 01-03-12, 09:21 AM

Give sadness the time that it takes - but not one day more. From then on, don't be sorry that he is gone - but smile that you knew him.

Platapus · 01-03-12, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Steve, he sounds like a great and original guy, I'm sorry for your loss. I guess for guys our age, this is going to be a regular thing now, up to the point where our friends are mourning... us. Really, it's not that long now.

You know you are getting old when you are attending more funerals than weddings.

Herr-Berbunch · 01-03-12, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

You know you are getting old when you are attending more funerals than weddings.

My first of the year is on Friday the 13th.

No weddings planned that I know of. (Unless we all get an invite to Jamie's!)

I thinks Sky's comment is good.

kiwi_2005 · 01-03-12, 11:45 PM

My condolences Steve.

Penguin · 01-04-12, 05:03 PM

I am sorry to hear that, Steve! Nothing much to say, other than he will live on in your memories of him; in your thoughts and in your heart.

Guess it never gets easier to lose friends even when they had a comparable long life. I had some years where I lost 2,3 buddies per annum, glad that it became calmer.

Sailor Steve · 01-06-12, 12:35 AM

Well, I just got back from the viewing. No funeral, because he's to be buried alongside his wife in Cedar City, about 250 miles south of Salt Lake City. Pretty much all his Salt Lake friends were there - slot car guys, gaming guys, history guys, as well as his three sons and their wives. His current girlfriend was also there, and she was grateful to talk to all the guys who had known him for so long. She wanted to hear stories, and we told her a few. In spite of the sadness in the air it was also fun in its way.

It cured me of my denial, and it was good. I'll miss him, but so will a lot of others. We plan on getting together next week to have a kind of memorial game session and talk some more.

McBeck · 01-08-12, 01:58 AM

During last summer a friend if mine lost his unborn daughter, just weeks before she was born. I could not put myself in his shoes and I can't put myself in yours...
All I can say with out sounding false is that I truly am sorry for your loss and then hope it gives you at least some comfort.

01-03-12, 08:17 AM	#16
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My condolences Steve. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-03-12, 09:06 AM	#17
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	My sympathy Steve. I've been where you are. Twice, now. It is never easy. Hold tight to the memories, let the regrets fade and you'll make it through. Why do I remember Mustangs & Messerschmits? I may have played it in a Con in the early 80s. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

01-03-12, 09:21 AM	#18
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,624 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Give sadness the time that it takes - but not one day more. From then on, don't be sorry that he is gone - but smile that you knew him. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-03-12, 11:45 PM	#21
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	My condolences Steve. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

01-06-12, 12:35 AM	#23
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, I just got back from the viewing. No funeral, because he's to be buried alongside his wife in Cedar City, about 250 miles south of Salt Lake City. Pretty much all his Salt Lake friends were there - slot car guys, gaming guys, history guys, as well as his three sons and their wives. His current girlfriend was also there, and she was grateful to talk to all the guys who had known him for so long. She wanted to hear stories, and we told her a few. In spite of the sadness in the air it was also fun in its way. It cured me of my denial, and it was good. I'll miss him, but so will a lot of others. We plan on getting together next week to have a kind of memorial game session and talk some more. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-04-12, 05:03 PM	#22
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	I am sorry to hear that, Steve! Nothing much to say, other than he will live on in your memories of him; in your thoughts and in your heart. Guess it never gets easier to lose friends even when they had a comparable long life. I had some years where I lost 2,3 buddies per annum, glad that it became calmer.

01-08-12, 01:58 AM	#24
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	During last summer a friend if mine lost his unborn daughter, just weeks before she was born. I could not put myself in his shoes and I can't put myself in yours... All I can say with out sounding false is that I truly am sorry for your loss and then hope it gives you at least some comfort. __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website