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Offline Steve

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3075 on: May 23, 2013, 11:49:15 AM »
Well, whatever, nevermind

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3076 on: May 23, 2013, 12:06:18 PM »
The landlord of the boozer where I first met Baldy died yesterday ...not old ...

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3077 on: May 23, 2013, 12:14:06 PM »
The landlord of the boozer where I first met Baldy died yesterday ...not old ...

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3078 on: May 24, 2013, 10:29:18 PM »
Seen elsewhere.

Just out for a walk after an early stack
Not looking for trouble not watching my back
Mothers with prams holding hands with their kids
Not paying attention to the car as it skids
Caught completely off guard not expecting what comes
One man with a knife another with guns.
No chance of defence no chance to fight back
Looking for help as the cowards attack
An angel arrives as the light turns to grey
A woman attempts to steer attackers away
My last thought of ‘Thank You’ never strays from my brain
As my body shuts down and I feel no more pain.

I look to my left and I look to my right
Thousands of squaddies are all that’s in sight
Uniforms are crisp and their faces are clean
No sign of anger or hate to be seen
As if by command they salute all as one
The RSM smiles, says ‘Welcome home son’.

RIP Lee Rigby.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3079 on: May 25, 2013, 04:53:23 AM »
Seen elsewhere.

Just out for a walk after an early stack
Not looking for trouble not watching my back
Mothers with prams holding hands with their kids
Not paying attention to the car as it skids
Caught completely off guard not expecting what comes
One man with a knife another with guns.
No chance of defence no chance to fight back
Looking for help as the cowards attack
An angel arrives as the light turns to grey
A woman attempts to steer attackers away
My last thought of ‘Thank You’ never strays from my brain
As my body shuts down and I feel no more pain.

I look to my left and I look to my right
Thousands of squaddies are all that’s in sight
Uniforms are crisp and their faces are clean
No sign of anger or hate to be seen
As if by command they salute all as one
The RSM smiles, says ‘Welcome home son’.

RIP Lee Rigby.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3084 on: June 09, 2013, 05:15:42 PM »
Iain (M) Banks ~ not quite but has booked his slot.


I have cancer. It started in my gall bladder, has infected both lobes of my liver and probably also my pancreas and some lymph nodes, plus one tumour is massed around a group of major blood vessels in the same volume, effectively ruling out any chance of surgery to remove the tumours either in the short or long term.

The bottom line, now, I’m afraid, is that as a late stage gall bladder cancer patient, I’m expected to live for ‘several months’ and it’s extremely unlikely I’ll live beyond a year. So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last.

As a result, I’ve withdrawn from all planned public engagements and I’ve asked my partner Adele if she will do me the honour of becoming my widow (sorry – but we find ghoulish humour helps). By the time this goes out we’ll be married and on a short honeymoon. We intend to spend however much quality time I have left seeing family. and relations and visiting places that have meant a lot to us. Meanwhile my heroic publishers are doing all they can to bring the publication date of my new novel forward by as much as four months, to give me a better chance of being around when it hits the shelves.


Excellent writer.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3085 on: June 09, 2013, 05:18:32 PM »
Iain (M) Banks ~ not quite but has booked his slot.


I have cancer. It started in my gall bladder, has infected both lobes of my liver and probably also my pancreas and some lymph nodes, plus one tumour is massed around a group of major blood vessels in the same volume, effectively ruling out any chance of surgery to remove the tumours either in the short or long term.

The bottom line, now, I’m afraid, is that as a late stage gall bladder cancer patient, I’m expected to live for ‘several months’ and it’s extremely unlikely I’ll live beyond a year. So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last.

As a result, I’ve withdrawn from all planned public engagements and I’ve asked my partner Adele if she will do me the honour of becoming my widow (sorry – but we find ghoulish humour helps). By the time this goes out we’ll be married and on a short honeymoon. We intend to spend however much quality time I have left seeing family. and relations and visiting places that have meant a lot to us. Meanwhile my heroic publishers are doing all they can to bring the publication date of my new novel forward by as much as four months, to give me a better chance of being around when it hits the shelves.


Excellent writer.

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3086 on: June 09, 2013, 05:23:59 PM »
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Iain Banks dies aged 59

I know, you're busy  ;)
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3087 on: June 09, 2013, 05:25:29 PM »
59 ~ my age  eeek:

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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3088 on: June 09, 2013, 05:26:47 PM »
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Re: In Memory of "Friends" Departed
« Reply #3089 on: June 09, 2013, 05:31:59 PM »
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Iain Banks dies aged 59

I know, you're busy  ;)

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