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#1 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:27 am

Recently we were worried about the absence of one of our members who was actually alive and well.

I made an enquiry about someone with whom I sparred over on TOP. My post was deleted but when I queried it Senior Pilot replied that he had been missing since 3_Dec. As he had been busy with the election it might be that but . . .

SP also told me that Pprune Towers has been off line for a month having suffered a stroke.

Perhaps a New Years resolution is to ensure our NoK, or a trusted friend, know which social media accounts we use and can sign us off in fine pitch.

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#2 Post by Boac » Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:57 am

SP also told me that Pprune Towers has been off line for a month having suffered a stroke.
- oh dear............couldn't have happened to a nicer chap?

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#3 Post by 4mastacker » Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:55 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:27 am
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Perhaps a New Years resolution is to ensure our NoK, or a trusted friend, know which social media accounts we use and can sign us off in fine pitch.
All my accounts plus the passwords are listed in our household docs folder.
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#4 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:31 am

All my accounts plus the passwords are listed in our household docs folder
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Ditto, 40 A.4 pages of them ( just the Username/Passwords and memory prompts, like the name of Grandmothers first dog etc. and other security questions, that is. All too much this digital age. )

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#5 Post by Slasher » Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:18 am

SP also told me that Pprune Towers has been off line for a month having suffered a stroke.

- oh dear............couldn't have happened to a nicer chap?
Dunno who’s who over there as I only go to TOP to read T Log now and then. Is PT of wanking wobbery fame perchance?

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#6 Post by Boac » Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:06 am

Indeed he is. A man who is as bad as his word.

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#7 Post by Slasher » Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:25 pm

And a stroke you say.

[indifference] Oh well that’s...um...that’s good. [/indifference]

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#8 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:14 am

I wouldn't wish a stroke on anybody but do know that indifference was the feeling when I heard that a truly evil man of my acquaintance had been shot dead a couple of weeks back.

Talking of aviators who seem to have disappeared, does anybody know what happened to Chuks who used to post here and elsewhere as well?

He seems to have disappeared from the place known as TOP too. Hope he is Ok! Seemed like a good cove despite his acerbic sense of humour and intolerance of bad spelling or grammar.
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#9 Post by llondel » Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:24 am

I don't know that I would wish anybody dead, but there are obituaries that I read with some satisfaction.

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#10 Post by Rwy in Sight » Mon Dec 30, 2019 6:35 am

I vividly remember hearing two family friends (NOT mine) people who have hurt me in practical terms and I felt a kind of being okish/ or even being glad with it. I feel llondel put it quite successfully.

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#11 Post by Slasher » Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:33 am

Guys...no one’s wishing anything on anybody. Just to be clear I didn’t ‘wish’ a heart attack or stroke on WW, just that I’m very indifferent that he copped it. Whether it had’ve been terminal colon cancer or an ingrown toenail the indifference (aka apathy) would’ve been the same.

There’s a difference between being apathetic and being neutral in the emotional sense, not existentially.

WW directly gave me (and a mate of mine) a lot of sh!t years ago and he’s a total bloody arrogant bastard with a superior complex (and don’t forget which airline I’ve been regularly taking for some time now between BKK and N Thailand). Whether he lives dies or gets crippled is his business.

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#12 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:21 am

Indeed I had a boss, I know the cause of his death, I know not the manner of his going, but Slasher's last paragraph fitted to a T.

Another had CFIT and took 10 with him including two friends. Having had three tours with him I was thankful for being a thousand miles away from him. I felt sympathy for his wife and crew, but not him. Again, that last paragraph applied.

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#13 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:27 am

Correction...

WW used to fly for Daffy (Nok Air) didn't he?

WW used to parachute from the airfield WW was know by a lot of parachutists (and pilots) at an airfield where I now spend a lot of time at. He was known for his supercilious mien.
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#14 Post by Slasher » Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:37 am

Correctamundo Gob. Daffy.

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#15 Post by Dushan » Wed May 13, 2020 11:28 pm

TheGreenGoblin wrote:
Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:14 am
I wouldn't wish a stroke on anybody but do know that indifference was the feeling when I heard that a truly evil man of my acquaintance had been shot dead a couple of weeks back.

Talking of aviators who seem to have disappeared, does anybody know what happened to Chuks who used to post here and elsewhere as well?

He seems to have disappeared from the place known as TOP too. Hope he is Ok! Seemed like a good cove despite his acerbic sense of humour and intolerance of bad spelling or grammar.
Chuks is fine, but he will not be coming back. He had a serious issues with some posts and management's refusal to sanction them.
Because they stand on the wall and say "nothing's gonna hurt you tonight, not on my watch".

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#16 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 13, 2020 11:31 pm

I am delighted he is alive. Tell him we need his wisdom...

TGG

PS - Good to have you back here too!
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#17 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu May 14, 2020 7:07 am

4mastacker wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:55 pm
Pontius Navigator wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:27 am
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Perhaps a New Years resolution is to ensure our NoK, or a trusted friend, know which social media accounts we use and can sign us off in fine pitch.
All my accounts plus the passwords are listed in our household docs folder.
4ma himself has gone deep and silent. I have put out a query to the Canals Trust, no reply, but a bit difficult looking for an anonymous person.

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#18 Post by Wodrick » Fri May 15, 2020 6:22 pm

Phil May RIP

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#19 Post by Capetonian » Fri May 15, 2020 6:29 pm

I would have Chuks back any time in preference to Kak 'n Crap's with his cuttings from the Guardian, repetition of dogma, and snide puerile remarks punctuated by 'ahem ...... cough ....'
Chuk's postings were often wittily dry, original and informative.
Both had an obnoxious streak and although they would go below the belt, would get very upset if anyone did the same to them.

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#20 Post by ExSp33db1rd » Sat May 16, 2020 2:41 am

Nowt so queer as folk.

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