Johnson Peaches Spoon, born on September 21, 1943, passed away at his home on August 4th, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. He died peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZb47oFZ98
he was a Virgo like me?
never knew that
RIP bro... we had our differences but you was a tough opponent
respect
This isnt funny. At all
Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469217 time=1659807903 user_id=2845
This isnt funny. At all
Flea, if this isn't true, delete it. It crosses a line.
I Mean we all know this is that creeper spamtard apegirl -- but I have no reason to believe he'd be shitting on the memory of his friend
which is why I approved the thread
maybe someone who isn't banned for 10,000 yeas can check CBT for it's authenticity ?
Oak recently posted re: this supposed death elsewhere.
I have known Spoon since the Yahoo Days, and into the Vapor Board and the permutations of the Cindy boards and more recently on regular Social Media.
I'd link the Funeral Home and or the post Gypsy made on his FB profile, but there's a few people I do not trust with PI.
Knowing what a presence he had been on these forums for decades, I thought some of you would want to know.
Not sure that full name and dob was necessary there...
You really think that's his full name? :roll:
I'm in tears. I don't think this is appropriate at all.
Quote from: "Biggie Smiles" post_id=469229 time=1659808643 user_id=3214
You really think that's his full name? :roll:
No. I don't think any of it is true. Just unnecessary.
This is fucking mental illness. Period
Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469233 time=1659808858 user_id=2845
This is fucking mental illness. Period
If this is somebody's idea of flaming, it is fucking mental illness.
I just thought some of you would want to know, excuse the fuck out of me.
Fash, let me know who ^^this is please
Quote from: "No joke, this happened." post_id=469226 time=1659808408
I have known Spoon since the Yahoo Days, and into the Vapor Board and the permutations of the Cindy boards and more recently on regular Social Media.
I'd link the Funeral Home and or the post Gypsy made on his FB profile, but there's a few people I do not trust with PI.
Knowing what a presence he had been on these forums for decades, I thought some of you would want to know.
Yeah I knew him since the days of the original Cindybin forum... man I'm bummed out...
So long Spoon, I'm going to miss you :c0204:
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Quote from: "No joke, this happened." post_id=469226 time=1659808408
I have known Spoon since the Yahoo Days, and into the Vapor Board and the permutations of the Cindy boards and more recently on regular Social Media.
I'd link the Funeral Home and or the post Gypsy made on his FB profile, but there's a few people I do not trust with PI.
Knowing what a presence he had been on these forums for decades, I thought some of you would want to know.
Yeah I knew him since the days of the original Cindybin forum... man I'm bummed out...
So long Spoon, I'm going to miss you :c0204:
He did pass away? :sad:
RIP
He was a good man.
No guys it's true.
I just checked, he passed.
RIP Peaches :/
Yes...very sadly it is true.
He had not been in good health for a couple of years now.
I'm in tears.
The person who came and posted this, did it in such inappropriate fucked up way, I need to know who it is.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qmwMRqMPER8
Good journey, Spoon. Good rest.
ac_crying
There goes one more good poster. As if we could spare any.
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
Peaches is dead?????????????
Kudo's to @Biggie Smiles for recognizing some truth.
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
Hello Admin, thank you for this post..
Erica wasn't around, so I approved it and moved it here....she can always move it back to the thread in her section if she decides she wants it there..
If she does, I would ask she move my reply to your thread as well..
I'm very sorry about your medical issues.....I don't know if anybody knew this..
If they did, they never mentioned it..
It does explain your sudden withdrawal from BF..
We say a lot of terrible things about each other on these forums, but it's when tragedy strikes that we treat each other as we should have been all along..
I didn't know Peaches like you did, but I miss him..
Our community has shrunk again.......but that is nothing compared to the loss to his family.
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
Thank you.
Quote from: Maude post_id=469331 time=1659834573 user_id=64
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
Hello Admin, thank you for this post..
Erica wasn't around, so I approved it and moved it here....she can always move it back to the thread in her section if she decides she wants it there..
If she does, I would ask she move my reply to your thread as well..
I'm very sorry about your medical issues.....I don't know if anybody knew this..
If they did, they never mentioned it..
It does explain your sudden withdrawal from BF..
We say a lot of terrible things about each other on these forums, but it's when tragedy strikes that we treat each other as we should have been all along..
I didn't know Peaches like you did, but I miss him..
Our community has shrunk again.......but that is nothing compared to the loss to his family.
I think that was an update Peaches had posted on social media.
Oh my, I misunderstood again.
Thank you Admin for informing us about Peaches.
RIP Peaches. I read in Flea Trap he had been in failing health.
I didn't really know him but other posters seem to know him as a good guy. I am confused over the name as a poster known as "Levon" kept getting called spoon/peaches over at BF but he always denied it was him. Was it?
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I didn't really know him but other posters seem to know him as a good guy. I am confused over the name as a poster known as "Levon" kept getting called spoon/peaches over at BF but he always denied it was him. Was it?
Yeah, it was.
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=469371 time=1659842138 user_id=3254
Thank you Admin for informing us about Peaches.
Apt thread title.
https://bastardfactory.net/threads/its-with-a-heavy-heart-that-i-share-this-sad-announcement.10696/
Peaches has passed away.
RIP Levon from the west coast.
At least he had a good innings and went comfortably. Being drugged up in bed and slipping away in a morphine haze is arguably the best way to go once your time is up.
Quote from: SCOUSE post_id=469531 time=1659956069 user_id=1728
RIP Levon from the west coast.
At least he had a good innings and went comfortably. Being drugged up in bed and slipping away in a morphine haze is arguably the best way to go once your time is up.
I don't think he was from the West coast..
I'm glad he wasn't suffering near the end.
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=469532 time=1659956187 user_id=3254
Quote from: SCOUSE post_id=469531 time=1659956069 user_id=1728
RIP Levon from the west coast.
At least he had a good innings and went comfortably. Being drugged up in bed and slipping away in a morphine haze is arguably the best way to go once your time is up.
I don't think he was from the West coast..
More like the central/eastern side of the US.
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
I'm in tears. I don't want anyone else to die.
Peachy was a sweet man. We fought at first but he forgave me and I even made him a mod at SG. He was still sweet to me til the end, with his snarky self. I've been reaching out to people just to let them know I love them.
If seamajor dropped dead tomorrow no one would give a fuck
fact
I called Peaches names, but I didn't dislike him.
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Quote from: Fashionista post_id=469532 time=1659956187 user_id=3254
I don't think he was from the West coast..
More like the central/eastern side of the US.
He did post where he was from, but I forget..
I know it wasn't the West coast.
Rip peaches...have no idea who that is?
I just about died myself last month....im lucky to be alive....still in the hospital but will be released by the end of the week.....on a sad note...someone I know was missing and turned up deceased :( hell of a bloody month!
Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469555 time=1659968845 user_id=2845
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
I'm in tears. I don't want anyone else to die.
Peachy was a sweet man. We fought at first but he forgave me and I even made him a mod at SG. He was still sweet to me til the end, with his snarky self. I've been reaching out to people just to let them know I love them.
We all die, babe... then move on to the next journey. Grieving is a function of the living.
Get a little bit of Irish Wake in you.... you'll probably meet Peaches again in your travels.
Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469555 time=1659968845 user_id=2845
Quote from: Admin. post_id=469314 time=1659829281
Over the last couple months Peaches had been quietly retreating from "Forum Life" and his SM posting had slowed down and stopped on July 26th with a post about John Hinckley....He hadn't posted on CBT for a few weeks either, although he had popped in a few times and rekt a post here and there. He was updating us every so often on his current health,(I don't think anyone here has the permissions to see his update thread, his last update was from 15 days ago, +/-
Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm not as public on social media as our late friend Dingle(Dingle-Berry-Mint??), evidently.
Not that the actual diagnosis matters much, there are two different diagnoses that fit here, but there ain't a dollar's worth of difference between them. Even the guy in StL has nodded to the peer pressure of 3 other doctors calling it AML as in the above posts, and I think it's also able to be described as Myeloid Fibrosis which is not considered a cancer but has the same ultimate effect.
I did a few weeks of semi-brutal chemo at the VA, and as predicted it mostly exacerbated the symptoms by reducing blood cell counts of the good kind along with reducing the bad ones. Ultimately (a week ago) I was spending more time getting blood transfusions and platelet transfusions than I was spending getting chemo. And the transfusions were staying with me for shorter and shorter times. I was starting to feel like a vampire whose only source of life support was the blood of other humans. And I signed up for home hospice care, which is by now fully implemented and operational. It's a relief actually.
My situation is quite tolerable, I have very little pain, mainly I'm just very anemic and weak, and very short of breath...especially if I stand up too quickly or walk across the room too fast. I'm sleeping a lot, maybe 12 to 14 hours a day, and if I'm lucky this trend will continue until I'm sleeping 18-24 hours, and then eventually I'll peacefully slip away in my sleep. I hope it goes like that. And even though I tend to think it will only be a week or two, the nurse who comes twice a week says she's had patients with the same Dx who have gone a year or more in hospice. So we'll see.:
He got his two weeks.
The music video I posted in the initial announcement thread I posted, had been posted by Peaches in this forum back in 2018 in the thread about desired funeral music....
this is a song he and I had chatted about, due to the Joy Divisions bass heavy sound. as a possible funeral song, he dug it, but was as much of a fan of theirs as I was, he was older than me, so there is that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhx_E8rtSM
I'll miss you Brother Bass Man.
I'm in tears. I don't want anyone else to die.
Peachy was a sweet man. We fought at first but he forgave me and I even made him a mod at SG. He was still sweet to me til the end, with his snarky self. I've been reaching out to people just to let them know I love them.
It's not all about you
Was that Levon?
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Was that Levon?
Yes ac_crying
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Quote from: "Erica Mena" post_id=469555 time=1659968845 user_id=2845
I'm in tears. I don't want anyone else to die.
Peachy was a sweet man. We fought at first but he forgave me and I even made him a mod at SG. He was still sweet to me til the end, with his snarky self. I've been reaching out to people just to let them know I love them.
It's not all about you
She is allowed to express her grief. We all posted together for a very long time ac_beating
Get well soon, Spoon!
Quote from: "Berry Sweet" post_id=469744 time=1660017472 user_id=164
Rip peaches...have no idea who that is?
I just about died myself last month....im lucky to be alive....still in the hospital but will be released by the end of the week.....on a sad note...someone I know was missing and turned up deceased :( hell of a bloody month!
:shock:
What an absolute disgrace this thread was allowed up here in the one section where people can act disrespectfully.it just goes to show the class of the management here,or should I say the lack of it./spits !! Have some fucking respect for a long time forum poster that was loved my many.Would this thread of been allowed here if it was one of the child rapists Herman and Peedowang? Absolutely classless,the lot of you.
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What an absolute disgrace this thread was allowed up here in the one section where people can act disrespectfully.it just goes to show the class of the management here,or should I say the lack of it./spits !! Have some fucking respect for a long time forum poster that was loved my many.Would this thread of been allowed here if it was one of the child rapists Herman and Peedowang? Absolutely classless,the lot of you.
Admin posted it here..
And please be careful with those accusations.
Quote from: Dove post_id=469771 time=1660048396 user_id=3266
Quote from: Breakfall post_id=469763 time=1660046047 user_id=3358
Was that Levon?
Yes ac_crying
Shame. I cottoned on earlier today when I viewed topics elsewhere. I don't think anyone should be having a dig at anything that may have been said after the fact. He was into it for the shits and giggles too. What you said was nice by the way. RIP Levon. :icon_wink:
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Quote from: Dove post_id=469771 time=1660048396 user_id=3266
Yes ac_crying
Shame. I cottoned on earlier today when I viewed topics elsewhere. I don't think anyone should be having a dig at anything that may have been said after the fact. He was into it for the shits and giggles too. What you said was nice by the way. RIP Levon. :icon_wink:
Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths. Every single person here is going to die eventually and if people are gonna feel bad or regretful of things they posted.....maybe this isn't for them. Perhaps they should change how they post then.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
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Shame. I cottoned on earlier today when I viewed topics elsewhere. I don't think anyone should be having a dig at anything that may have been said after the fact. He was into it for the shits and giggles too. What you said was nice by the way. RIP Levon. :icon_wink:
Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
That's true Dove.
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Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
That's true Dove.
I had one of my best friends suddenly die. The night before he died I was blowing him off because he was getting on my nerves. He had a widow maker heart attack and as it turned out.....he had several heart attacks throughout his life and everyone (including him) just thought it was anxiety.
He was 34 when he died. Left behind 4 children. And then his friends children (including mine) who knew him as an uncle. Everyone was devastated. I had never seen so many heart broken children in one room before at my friends funeral.
I cant spend my life beating myself up over not taking that last phone call. And I cant hold myself hostage to everyone and take every interaction no matter what on the chance they might go die.
But I do show the people in my life they are loved and valued beyond my moods. We are all human and we are going to sometimes get wrapped up in our lives or not feel social or chatty. We get tired and we get irritable. It happens. So make sure all your loved ones know they are loved and valued regardless.
As far as people here? If some people are genuinely upset over how they treated Peaches now he has passed away? There were months when Peaches was battling his poor health. They could have reached out to him to make that right. But attacking others for their interactions with Peaches now that is gone with the Lord isn't something I see as genuine. Or suddenly pretending they were super close with Peaches when they definitely were not like Poofer. Peaches didnt like Poofer at all. He barely liked Poofer during that shit drama with me, and then Poofers depraved and hateful posts about Lemon after Lemon passed just moved Peaches from dislike to disgust.
Peaches loved Lemon dearly.
Whatever. People are dumb.
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Shame. I cottoned on earlier today when I viewed topics elsewhere. I don't think anyone should be having a dig at anything that may have been said after the fact. He was into it for the shits and giggles too. What you said was nice by the way. RIP Levon. :icon_wink:
Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths. Every single person here is going to die eventually and if people are gonna feel bad or regretful of things they posted.....maybe this isn't for them. Perhaps they should change how they post then.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
I'm tired of the phony outrage. Peachy and I kept in contact. He knew about things in my life that others don't. He'd always ask how I was and how's the family. I made a promise to him like I did to Cathy and kept it. If people have an issue with my grieving over a friend, they can go fuck themselves.
I'm concentrating on my little subforum now. Too much bullshit elsewhere
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Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths. Every single person here is going to die eventually and if people are gonna feel bad or regretful of things they posted.....maybe this isn't for them. Perhaps they should change how they post then.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
I'm tired of the phony outrage. Peachy and I kept in contact. He knew about things in my life that others don't. He'd always ask how I was and how's the family. I made a promise to him like I did to Cathy and kept it. If people have an issue with my grieving over a friend, they can go fuck themselves.
I'm concentrating on my little subforum now. Too much bullshit elsewhere
Indeed.
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More like the central/eastern side of the US.
He did post where he was from, but I forget..
I know it wasn't the West coast.
That was just a light hearted reference to his last handle on BF. In his location it said from the west coast.
The stubborn old goat refused to ever own up that Levon was him. Lulz
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He did post where he was from, but I forget..
I know it wasn't the West coast.
That was just a light hearted reference to his last handle on BF. In his location it said from the west coast.
The stubborn old goat refused to ever own up that Levon was him. Lulz
I see.
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What an absolute disgrace this thread was allowed up here in the one section where people can act disrespectfully.it just goes to show the class of the management here,or should I say the lack of it./spits !! Have some fucking respect for a long time forum poster that was loved my many.Would this thread of been allowed here if it was one of the child rapists Herman and Peedowang? Absolutely classless,the lot of you.
Old Peaches didn't have a vagina like you do. He knew this shit is give and take. He would not have cried like a little girl like you did because that deadbeat dad Martini mentioned your skin cancer you frickin wimp.
Is that the real Reaper? Man, if not, whoever it is has his whining down to a T.
Bravo.
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Is that the real Reaper? Man, if not, whoever it is has his whining down to a T.
Bravo.
It is probably weeper.
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What an absolute disgrace this thread was allowed up here in the one section where people can act disrespectfully.it just goes to show the class of the management here,or should I say the lack of it./spits !! Have some fucking respect for a long time forum poster that was loved my many.Would this thread of been allowed here if it was one of the child rapists Herman and Peedowang? Absolutely classless,the lot of you.
What a disrespectful and classless post. It's my understanding that this thread is in rejected because it was started by a 'guest'.
And this is the only disgraceful post in it weepy. :sad:
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Quote from: reaparr post_id=469863 time=1660073517
What an absolute disgrace this thread was allowed up here in the one section where people can act disrespectfully.it just goes to show the class of the management here,or should I say the lack of it./spits !! Have some fucking respect for a long time forum poster that was loved my many.Would this thread of been allowed here if it was one of the child rapists Herman and Peedowang? Absolutely classless,the lot of you.
What a disrespectful and classless post. It's my understanding that this thread is in rejected because it was started by a 'guest'.
And this is the only disgraceful post in it weepy. :sad:
Weeper is a piece of shit. It's about what I expected from a classless crybaby faggot like that little wimp.
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Is that the real Reaper? Man, if not, whoever it is has his whining down to a T.
Bravo.
He's got the English language butchery down to a science as well
which is making me think of some braying big headed clown driving the ID
Peaches gave as good as he got. Like someone said earlier.... he posted on these boards for many years and it was a game/hobby to him....much like myself.
Nobody forces us to post. We do it because we enjoy it.
Peaches nose or news that....
And as somebody also pointed out, the faux outrage is stupid. It's mostly done by deranged leftists who enjoy virtue signalling to prop up their abysmal lives.
If I stopped joking about Peaches, I'd be disappointed in myself and he likely would have been too.
Nobody escapes death.... and it should be a cause of celebration. I look forward to my eventual death. I hope it's a funny one.
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Peaches gave as good as he got. Like someone said earlier.... he posted on these boards for many years and it was a game/hobby to him....much like myself.
Nobody forces us to post. We do it because we enjoy it.
Peaches nose or news that....
And as somebody also pointed out, the faux outrage is stupid. It's mostly done by deranged leftists who enjoy virtue signalling to prop up their abysmal lives.
If I stopped joking about Peaches, I'd be disappointed in myself and he likely would have been too.
Nobody escapes death.... and it should be a cause of celebration. I look forward to my eventual death. I hope it's a funny one.
Peaches bestie Marteeni says we're treating his memory disrespectfully. I don't know what is a more pitiful performance; pretending that Peaches had any use for his drama queen ass or that he gives a fuck he's dead.
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Peaches gave as good as he got. Like someone said earlier.... he posted on these boards for many years and it was a game/hobby to him....much like myself.
Nobody forces us to post. We do it because we enjoy it.
Peaches nose or news that....
And as somebody also pointed out, the faux outrage is stupid. It's mostly done by deranged leftists who enjoy virtue signalling to prop up their abysmal lives.
If I stopped joking about Peaches, I'd be disappointed in myself and he likely would have been too.
Nobody escapes death.... and it should be a cause of celebration. I look forward to my eventual death. I hope it's a funny one.
Peaches bestie Marteeni says we're treating his memory disrespectfully. I don't know what is a more pitiful performance; pretending that Peaches had any use for his drama queen ass or that he gives a fuck he's dead.
Its pretty sick and annoying.
This one is for you, Peaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARC7oLZGEr0
Peaches and I had very different ideas about how to improve the lives of the masses. We usually disagreed. He was neither a friend nor an enemy. He was someone I usually disagreed with. That is what message boards are for.
Peaches was cool. He and I were on different sides of political spectrum. We respected each other and could still disagree. We let each other into our private lives. He was a good man and is no longer suffering. RIP sir, you were a class act to those that allowed you to be.
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Peaches was cool. He and I were on different sides of political spectrum. We respected each other and could still disagree. We let each other into our private lives. He was a good man and is no longer suffering. RIP sir, you were a class act to those that allowed you to be.
That's how I was online with Peaches. We were polar opposites politically, but we acted like adults about it.
We didn't let each other into our personal lives. That kind of familiarity defeats the purpose of an anonymous message board.
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This one is for you, Peaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARC7oLZGEr0
ac_wub
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Peaches was cool. He and I were on different sides of political spectrum. We respected each other and could still disagree. We let each other into our private lives. He was a good man and is no longer suffering. RIP sir, you were a class act to those that allowed you to be.
I never really got into anything political with Peaches.
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Peaches gave as good as he got. Like someone said earlier.... he posted on these boards for many years and it was a game/hobby to him....much like myself.
Nobody forces us to post. We do it because we enjoy it.
Peaches nose or news that....
And as somebody also pointed out, the faux outrage is stupid. It's mostly done by deranged leftists who enjoy virtue signalling to prop up their abysmal lives.
If I stopped joking about Peaches, I'd be disappointed in myself and he likely would have been too.
Nobody escapes death.... and it should be a cause of celebration. I look forward to my eventual death. I hope it's a funny one.
Peaches bestie Marteeni says we're treating his memory disrespectfully. I don't know what is a more pitiful performance; pretending that Peaches had any use for his drama queen ass or that he gives a fuck he's dead.
Peaches didn't like that deadbeat dad KM. He didn't like old Herman either, but that was over politics.
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Shame. I cottoned on earlier today when I viewed topics elsewhere. I don't think anyone should be having a dig at anything that may have been said after the fact. He was into it for the shits and giggles too. What you said was nice by the way. RIP Levon. :icon_wink:
Yes he was. Its ridiculous for anyone to be getting mad at other people or feeling bad about silly things posted on the forums. He enjoyed the forums or he wouldn't have spent so many years posting on them and engaging in those back and forths. Every single person here is going to die eventually and if people are gonna feel bad or regretful of things they posted.....maybe this isn't for them. Perhaps they should change how they post then.
You are talking about what I said on BF?
I actually thought what you said was nice. I joked around with him, and he with me. I actually didn't know the extent of his illness. But some people don't want anyone to feel sorry for them,they just want to roll with the punches and go with the flow. Sorry for the late response... ac_hithere
You shouldn't ever treat dying or dead people any different than how you treated them when they were healthy.
But you can show empathy for their loved ones, and should...
Exactly.
People who feel the need to change their behavior towards someone because they died or are dying.....they need to reevaluate how they treat people. They are not in harmony with themselves.
There is something after earth and we'll all experience it sooner or later.... so let's be consistent with souls..
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Exactly.
People who feel the need to change their behavior towards someone because they died or are dying.....they need to reevaluate how they treat people. They are not in harmony with themselves.
The deadbeat dad aint in harmony with himself.
I haven't checked in here in the last couple of months, so I'm just seeing this now. I am deeply saddened to discover that Peaches has passed on. I always got along with him even though our politics rarely aligned. He was a real gentleman and we could agree to disagree and let it go at that. I knew him better on another short lived forum where we would occasionally talk firearms. He was a fan of the now defunct Firestar single action semi-autos and to my knowledge carried one as his CCW of choice. We disagreed on the active condition in which he carried it but that's a matter of personal comfort.
He was also a Vietnam vet like my father and many of the things he said about events during the war, my dad would have agreed with 100%. One observation in particular always strikes me as a matter of some amusement and horror at the same time. It was about the Viet Cong using elephants as a means to move equipment and how the US air cav would intercept the the columns of elephants and shoot them with full auto, helicopter mounted guns. Peaches said and I quote.. "man those things could soak up a lot of ball". I'm not sure how many of you understand that statement but trust me, the visual is horrifying.
Well enough of that... RIP friend and my condolences to his family and all who knew him in RL as well as the forum world. He will be missed.
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I haven't checked in here in the last couple of months, so I'm just seeing this now. I am deeply saddened to discover that Peaches has passed on. I always got along with him even though our politics rarely aligned. He was a real gentleman and we could agree to disagree and let it go at that. I knew him better on another short lived forum where we would occasionally talk firearms. He was a fan of the now defunct Firestar single action semi-autos and to my knowledge carried he one as his CCW of choice. We disagreed on the active condition in which he carried it but that's a matter of personal comfort.
He was also a Vietnam vet like my father and many of the things he said about events during the war, my dad would have agreed with 100%. One observation in particular always strikes me as a matter of some amusement and horror at the same time. It was about the Viet Cong using elephants as a means to move equipment and how the US air cav would intercept the the columns of elephants and shoot them with full auto, helicopter mounted guns. Peaches said and I quote.. "man those things could soak up a lot of ball". I'm not sure how many of you to understand that statement but trust me, the visual is horrifying.
Well enough of that... RIP friend and my condolences to his family and all who knew him in RL as well as the forum world. He will be missed.
Peaches agreed on nothing. However, I would take him anyday over the retarded old white nincompoops on the tranny forum.
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I haven't checked in here in the last couple of months, so I'm just seeing this now. I am deeply saddened to discover that Peaches has passed on. I always got along with him even though our politics rarely aligned. He was a real gentleman and we could agree to disagree and let it go at that. I knew him better on another short lived forum where we would occasionally talk firearms. He was a fan of the now defunct Firestar single action semi-autos and to my knowledge carried he one as his CCW of choice. We disagreed on the active condition in which he carried it but that's a matter of personal comfort.
He was also a Vietnam vet like my father and many of the things he said about events during the war, my dad would have agreed with 100%. One observation in particular always strikes me as a matter of some amusement and horror at the same time. It was about the Viet Cong using elephants as a means to move equipment and how the US air cav would intercept the the columns of elephants and shoot them with full auto, helicopter mounted guns. Peaches said and I quote.. "man those things could soak up a lot of ball". I'm not sure how many of you to understand that statement but trust me, the visual is horrifying.
Well enough of that... RIP friend and my condolences to his family and all who knew him in RL as well as the forum world. He will be missed.
Peaches agreed on nothing. However, I would take him anyday over the retarded old white nincompoops on the tranny forum.
ac_umm "Tranny forum"? I'm sorry I'm a bit out of the loop. Nowadays that could mean any liberal leaning forum on the net.... :laugh3:
You know, I would like to thank for helping me save the planet... I did the math and I'm saving an assload on gas having you pull me around in that rickshaw. All I need to do is throw some Chinese solar panels on my roof and I'll be greener than AOC.
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Peaches agreed on nothing. However, I would take him anyday over the retarded old white nincompoops on the tranny forum.
ac_umm "Tranny forum"? I'm sorry I'm a bit out of the loop. Nowadays that could mean any liberal leaning forum on the net.... :laugh3:
You know, I would like to thank for helping me save the planet... I did the math and I'm saving an assload on gas having you pull me around in that rickshaw. All I need to do is throw some Chinese solar panels on my roof and I'll be greener than AOC.
This is why I voted for you for the funniest poster. :thumbup:
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I haven't checked in here in the last couple of months, so I'm just seeing this now. I am deeply saddened to discover that Peaches has passed on. I always got along with him even though our politics rarely aligned. He was a real gentleman and we could agree to disagree and let it go at that. I knew him better on another short lived forum where we would occasionally talk firearms. He was a fan of the now defunct Firestar single action semi-autos and to my knowledge carried one as his CCW of choice. We disagreed on the active condition in which he carried it but that's a matter of personal comfort.
He was also a Vietnam vet like my father and many of the things he said about events during the war, my dad would have agreed with 100%. One observation in particular always strikes me as a matter of some amusement and horror at the same time. It was about the Viet Cong using elephants as a means to move equipment and how the US air cav would intercept the the columns of elephants and shoot them with full auto, helicopter mounted guns. Peaches said and I quote.. "man those things could soak up a lot of ball". I'm not sure how many of you understand that statement but trust me, the visual is horrifying.
Well enough of that... RIP friend and my condolences to his family and all who knew him in RL as well as the forum world. He will be missed.
I read that Peaches owned firearms.
Posted on John's FB page yesterday.
This is X, X's oldest son. I'm sharing the eulogy I gave for him at yesterday's memorial service.
I have the profound honor of eulogizing my father, John. The responsibility of properly honoring him weighs heavily on me. John's death also marks the passing of the family patriarch, and as the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son to bear the middle name Kent, I feel a duty to adequately honor the family lineage.
For John, it meant something to be a Holt. He thought seriously about what his family history represented for him, both in terms of his identity and his internal compass. I also have the sense that he was never limited or constrained by his heritage. Rather, it was only the "current draft", and the unfolding life in front of him would allow him to fully construct his sense of self and how he would honor being a Holt.
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I never felt like I had plumbed the full depth of John. His well ran deep. His favorite poet, Walt Whitman, helps: "I am large, I contain multitudes."
John granted each of us access, large and small, to his soul, to his inner-self. Perhaps he's only fully known by this community collectively. I like that idea - that it takes our community to fully know us. Permit me, then, to share what I know of him.
John was the oldest of four boys. Chuck and Rick preceded John in death, but Jim is here with us today. They all loved each other and remained deeply connected and bonded all their lives. As the oldest grandchild to Tex and Queenie, I secretly wished I was the fifth brother. I was drawn to the mysterious and secret bond that only they seemed to possess; brothers in arms, he would say they were, in the never ending effort to educate the Old Man and work around the Old Lady's passion for conventionality. The gravity well of the Holt family was strong and pulled many into its orbit.
But John never defined his family in conventional terms. His definition was broad, expansive, and whole-hearted. Biological, adopted, or by marriage mattered not; he loved us each - Colleen, Vanessa, Dion, Cassy, and me - uniquely and deeply. I had the sense that his love for each of us only deepened as he grew older; and as we had kids and grandkids of our own, he absolutely beamed with joy and pride. He radiated love and acceptance to all of us. I never felt judged, only admired. I only ever saw a sparkle in his eye when any of us were present or in conversation.
John's capacity to find romantic love was equally deep, and he shared his life with 3 incredible women - each of them his equal in strength and wisdom. And each of them left an indelible mark on his life (and mine, for that matter). Pam entered John's life as I was becoming an adult, so I was able to witness their relationship from a position of developing maturity and to see Pam more as my dad's wife than as my stepmother. And what an amazing wife she is: loving, caring, loyal. She made John a better man.
John was keenly intelligent, widely read, and intensely observant and thoughtful; he had a story, a joke, or sage counsel for almost any situation. He relished the opportunity for conversation and exchange. He was erudite for sure, but also experienced in the ways of the world. He valued the lessons learned in a pool hall as much as he did in a lecture hall. Maybe more. He never defined himself by his profession nor measured his success by career metrics. He was fascinated by Craft (with a capital C) and the unique culture and community behind any Trade - the proprietary and arcane knowledge known only to tradespeople, the interactions between them and their customers, and the applied practicality of their work. He was variously a bartender, a mechanic, a yardman at a lumber yard, a musical instrument repairman, a realtor, an industrial equipment salesman, a school bus driver, an accountant. He told me, "Pick your battles or your projects. Focus on the current one. Do it well and thoroughly, if not wisely." Doing something well, thoroughly, and wisely was the performance measure he most esteemed.
Most importantly, he lived by the ideal of keeping his own counsel and letting others keep theirs. I suspect this ethos is derived directly from the deeply set pragmatism of his Illinois heritage, and confirmed by the cultural awakening of the 60s and the trauma of his Vietnam experience. He lived his life on his terms - contemplative and deliberate, in harmony and peace.
He valued the people in his life above all else; his family, his friends, and his community. Here again, John was broad, expansive, and whole-hearted. He was committed to assembling and nurturing a found family that included all of us. With John, time seemed to be more abundant and to move more slowly, as if he had command over the arms of the clock. He made room for all of us.
John was a philosopher and a spiritual scholar. He studied scripture, philosophy, literature, history, and poetry in active pursuit of meaning and understanding in his life. He loved his time with the bible study group here at the church; and he thrived around artists, musicians, and poets, who frequently sought his editorial review. He found grace through his recovery, and connection and acceptance from his found family. He dedicated himself to service. He enjoyed decades of fellowship, love, and support from this congregation, his 12 step communities, his musical communities, and his many friends. In many respects, this was his life's work: finding communion with the people he loved; seeking meaning and understanding; and living day to day in accordance with his values and beliefs.
John lost his nose to cancer about 20 years ago. His face transformed, his spirit traumatized, he wore a prosthetic for years. It was only just a few weeks ago that I spent time with him without his nose and realized the prosthetic wasn't for him, it was for everyone else. It was a mask whose purpose was to help all of us feel comfortable with what had become of his face, but it wasn't the real John. It was a gift to be granted access to his most vulnerable self, to be part of the inner circle who saw him and knew him as he really was, traumas and all. There is so much purity and innocence in being that vulnerable with someone that it feels like you are in direct connection with their soul. I don't know how else to describe it.
"I am large, I contain multitudes."
John was sentimental and deeply empathetic, easily moved to tears by the sublime, especially music. One of his cherished expressions is a saying in Latin: "Fluctuat Nec Mergitur," which roughly means, "he is rocked by waves but does not sink." For John, this was a conscious act of will to be unsinkable, to be resilient, to thrive in spite of his past, his traumas, his injuries. This is the lesson I'm holding on to today - the conscious choice to be unsinkable. Fluctuat Nec Mergitur.
Peace be upon your house.
#I think I can safely say that our old friend or nemesis, cast a far wider net than most.
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Peaches agreed on nothing. However, I would take him anyday over the retarded old white nincompoops on the tranny forum.
ac_umm "Tranny forum"? I'm sorry I'm a bit out of the loop. Nowadays that could mean any liberal leaning forum on the net.... :laugh3:
You know, I would like to thank for helping me save the planet... I did the math and I'm saving an assload on gas having you pull me around in that rickshaw. All I need to do is throw some Chinese solar panels on my roof and I'll be greener than AOC.
Cindy Be a Tranny forum. They have an IQ test to register there. It can't be double or triple digits.