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shula | |
Date Posted:01/09/2018 02:26:58Copy HTML We have wondered where our Snowbird went off to. I believe this settles the matter. R.I.P. Snowbird. Gerard "Jerry" O'Meara
"It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time."
-Albert Camus-
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MarkUK | Share to: #1 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:01/09/2018 05:45:39Copy HTML We feared as much when he disappeared a few years ago. He was a great bloke and a valued member, who lived a full life it seems.
You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #2 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:01/09/2018 07:34:25Copy HTML We have missed Jerry for awhile now and were all hesitant to ask about his health. We use to e-mail each other on snow days and brag about how good are snowblowers were doing. We both shared the same make, model and size and both ended up doing most of the neighbourhood when ever it snowed. The sad part is we both enjoyed doing it, not so much that we liked our nighbours but did enjoy getting out and talking to them. |
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majorshrapnel | Share to: #3 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:01/09/2018 10:31:04Copy HTML He was a grand lad. No man can ask more than to be missed by his family and friends. |
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #4 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:01/09/2018 11:45:40Copy HTML He was a grand lad. No man can ask more than to be missed by his family and friends. I demand it of mine daily Major or they will be left out of my will.lol |
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Greystarfish1 | Share to: #5 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:02/09/2018 01:33:16Copy HTML I did not know him. I am very sorry to read this. |
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tommytalldog | Share to: #6 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:02/09/2018 11:52:04Copy HTML Funny you mention your will, Pete. I told my kids when I go to the great beyond I intend to cash out even. Nothing for them in my will. When asked why are you doing that dad? I replied, "Cause I want you to miss me." RIP Snowbird.
Live respected, die regretted
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MarkUK | Share to: #7 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:02/09/2018 12:13:36Copy HTML Right, no-one else is allowed to pop off like that, I know you're all knocking on a bit, but you've got to stay with us and keep this going.
You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #8 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:03/09/2018 12:13:32Copy HTML I did not know him. I am very sorry to read this. This group has been together for a number of year and started out with MSN first if I'm correct and then to Aimoo on 2008-09. Jerry was our oldest member but we have lost younger ones due to health complications through the years. As you have probably noticed by now we don't just discuss history on this site but also air our dirty laundry and throw rocks at each other. They are only soft rocks though and and everyone here has broad enough shoulders that they just bounce off. We may sound serious at times with are finger poking of each other but really we're not. Believe it or not ,we also have been known to share a laugh, usually at someone elses expense of course. |
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MarkUK | Share to: #9 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:03/09/2018 07:47:46Copy HTML I joined when it was MSN in 2003, of we five regulars left I'm the fourth longest serving member, a mere beginner really, the newbie is Major.
You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #10 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:03/09/2018 07:29:45Copy HTML Do you have the dates when we all first joined MSN Mark. We must have been using windows xp at the time. |
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majorshrapnel | Share to: #11 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:03/09/2018 07:46:22Copy HTML I'm the fourth longest serving member, a mere beginner really, the newbie is Major.
Yep..... late but great.
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #12 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:03/09/2018 07:53:58Copy HTML See everyone here has a view even if it is fake news. |
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Greystarfish1 | Share to: #13 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:04/09/2018 12:50:01Copy HTML PBA Date Posted:02/09/2018 07:13:32 I did not know him. I am very sorry to read this.
Just so that you know, I do not waste my time arguing, airing dirty laundry, or throwing stones. At the former MSN Groups, I was a member of some history groups, that either moved or died. When MSN Groups died, some people did not move with their groups. |
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majorshrapnel | Share to: #14 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:04/09/2018 07:13:42Copy HTML You don't waste your time argueing! Good, then you'll agree with everything I say then? Welcome aboard. |
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MarkUK | Share to: #15 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:04/09/2018 07:58:16Copy HTML A little arguing is good, there's no fun if we all agree.
PBA - I joined the MSN group in 2003; you, Tommy, Shula were already members along with several who've since disappeared or passed on. Even now you link Shula with squirrels and cars, that's something that dates back before I joined and is a mystery to me even after 15 years.
You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #16 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:04/09/2018 10:25:03Copy HTML Thanks for giving me the opportunity to refresh some old minds and inlighten others Mark. The story goes and you must all remember, that it is only a story taken from rumours from her neighbours, that our Littlemisssquirelhunter hated the poor little creatures that grace her yard each day. Those being those cuddley little fluffy tailed balls of fur we all know, love, befriend and feed as common black and grey squirrels. Shula was accused after catching them of strapping then to the hood of her car and then driving her car around town as fast as she could just to watch the poor dears fur blow in the strong winds and watch their terrified with fear looks she was creating on their wee faces. Now, how many hundreds of squirrels she did this to is up for grabs but the very though that she was doing it made all of us members uneasy. One neigbour went so far which was also confirmed by another neighbour that she liked best to tie them to her windshield wipers and then turn the wipers on high speed which would make there wee arms and hands appear to be conducting an orchestra. All this carrying on she use to do came to an abrupt end when her family Doctor got her to stop eating the mushrooms she was growing in her backyard, so we all agreed behind her back to not bring up the subject again. |
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shula | Share to: #17 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:05/09/2018 01:50:12Copy HTML Well, Little Mr. Tellallandthensome, I'll neither confirm nor deny the squirrel rumours.
"It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time."
-Albert Camus-
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shula | Share to: #18 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:05/09/2018 01:53:34Copy HTML Snowbird was indeed a valued member. Reading the obituary I knew I had the right "Jerry" because he presented the same picture to us through the written word. We've missed him for some time but at least now we have closure.
"It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time."
-Albert Camus-
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #19 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:05/09/2018 05:23:57Copy HTML Well, Little Mr. Tellallandthensome, I'll neither confirm nor deny the squirrel rumours. You don't have to Little MissI'masguiltyassin, your neighbours and doctor confirmed it for you. Poor little things, can just see the tears in there little beadie eyes now. |
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MarkUK | Share to: #20 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:05/09/2018 07:42:11Copy HTML Well that's cleared that up after 15 years then......I think.
You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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PBA-3rd-1949 | Share to: #21 |
Re:One of our Own Date Posted:05/09/2018 11:02:09Copy HTML Well that's cleared that up after 15 years then......I think. Yes and Shula seems to be much better since she joined that 12 step program. I think she only has one or two steps left to conquer. PS, and the squirrels are much happier too. Poor dears. |