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#178439 - 08/02/09 07:50 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: marduk]
Johno Offline
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Registered: 01/05/03
Posts: 214
Loc: Scotland
OBG was one of those guys who you may have disagreed with but always took advice from. I wish the internet was filled with more folk like him. He will be sorely missed here, and no doubt desperately missed by those that really knew him.

RIP old man, see you in a few years.

No doubt telling us the best way to be equipped to survive in the netherworld.Enjoy the ambrosia while its free.
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#179320 - 08/14/09 05:08 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: Johno]
el_diabl0 Offline
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Registered: 12/31/06
Posts: 301
Loc: NE Ohio
Just got around to reading the updates...RIP OBG. Never met him, but you could tell he was a hell of a guy.
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#179334 - 08/14/09 06:11 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: el_diabl0]
Jeff_M Offline
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Registered: 07/18/07
Posts: 665
Loc: Northwest Florida
His farewell post was emblematic of the very little we were privileged to see of the man here, straight up, addressing the problem squarely, short and to the point, without undue sentimentality. Godspeed, OBG.

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#196468 - 02/24/10 02:39 AM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: OldBaldGuy]
Desperado Offline
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Registered: 11/01/08
Posts: 1530
Loc: DFW, Texas
Originally Posted By: OldBaldGuy
Hi guys,

I just spent two wonderful weeks in the hospital learnig that i have a fast growing cancer which is eating at my ribs, spine, etc, at a super high rate of speed so, to make a long story kindasorta short, this will be my last post here, or anyplace else, forever. I have had a ball here, and an gonna miss you all, a lot. Have a great life!



It has been a long year. . .
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#196473 - 02/24/10 05:24 AM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: Desperado]
scafool Offline
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Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
Reading OBG's last post still gets to me.
He is indeed missed.
RIP OBG.
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#196484 - 02/24/10 02:21 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: scafool]
benjammin Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Indeed, our best gift to him and his family is to remember him here from time to time.

Thanks for bumping this one Des.
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#196535 - 02/24/10 11:18 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: benjammin]
ILBob Offline
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Registered: 02/05/10
Posts: 776
Loc: Northern IL
Being new here, I did not know the guy. But at least he had the chance to say goodbye before he left.

A lot of times people just vanish from these kind of sites after years and many posts, and you wonder what happened to them. I had that happen recently on another forum. A guy I regularly chatted with in PMs and emails just stopped posting and no longer responds to PMs or emails. For all I know he is lying dead in the woods somewhere, or is in jail. Just don't know.
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#196594 - 02/25/10 02:08 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: benjammin]
paramedicpete Offline
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Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1920
Loc: Frederick, Maryland
When I first read OBG’s post it felt like someone punched me in the stomach. I have reread his post many times and each and every time, I am left with that same feeling. I really do miss him.

Pete

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#196627 - 02/25/10 11:59 PM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: paramedicpete]
CJK Offline
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Registered: 08/14/05
Posts: 601
Loc: FL, USA
I echo Martin....loss for words.

I never met him or his family. My prayers go to them.

Goodbye friend.

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#196646 - 02/26/10 02:54 AM Re: Goodbuy my friends [Re: paramedicpete]
KenK Offline
"Be Prepared"
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Registered: 06/26/04
Posts: 2208
Loc: NE Wisconsin
Originally Posted By: paramedicpete
When I first read OBG’s post it felt like someone punched me in the stomach. I have reread his post many times and each and every time, I am left with that same feeling. I really do miss him.

Pete


Pete, the very same thing happens to me. My stomach does flip flops.

At the time I'd been on this forum long enough to have a tremendous respect for OBG - as I do so many others here, but I think there was also the shock factor. The concept of how quick he went after finding out what was hurting him. That is hard for me to wrap my mind around. I think that's what saddens me the most.

Having passed the half century mark, I hope that the good Lord blesses me with seeing my children grow into adulthood, and allows me to enjoy some retirement time in the northern woods of Wisconsin with my wonderful wife - who has tolerated my gear addiction and other flaws for so long.

BTW, this thread also makes me think about Chris K. - I sure hope he's doing OK. I miss his unusual wit and humor.

Ken

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