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The final Bell has rung. Goodbye to all.
- Jul 13, 2018
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I honestly can't even.... Words won't even come...
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Morning Stan.
Yes. We are glad you are at peace. No. We are not ready to let you go. Crying will stop one day. Just not now.
Posted this elsewhere on the forum, but screw it. Here it is again.
More than at the moment, lol. All the songs I've posted, so far, are one's I listened to that entire vigil, especially the Kansas one.Keep em going. Even if already posted. It's how you are feeling at the moment.
We all have our songs. Mine is Lulu - To Sir With Love. For whatever reason that is the special song. Could post it over and over.More than at the moment, lol. All the songs I've posted, so far, are one's I listened to that entire vigil, especially the Kansas one.
In that particular shirt. I still have to figure out how to post gifs. Stan is shaking his head in disbelief I can't figure it out!How I picture @Stan when he met the reaper.
" The end is near and I face my final curtain......"
Thanks Frank!
Well my last 24/36 hours is here and I will be departing tomorrow. I won't be doing a live feed as I will be resetting all my devices to ensure no links to this site are found.
Thank you for the company you have given me, there have been some laughs, some tears and a fair few flare ups! I have met some special people here, some who have already passed and some who are here and work to keep their heads above water.
Whatever the future is for you all, I hope it brings you what you want. Be good to each other here, it's OK to disagree on things - just don't let it fester. Regardless of who we are and what our opinions are, I believe we have more in common than what differentiates us. Focus on those. Thanks to the Mods for their continued work in keeping this place up and safe.
Too many people to single out in my last words. But if people knew they were special to me, then you are. I thank you for allowing a tired old man to ramble.
Mods - I will be self banning before I clear my devices.
In the bar above the comment box we type in, in the center are icons of a chain, a photo, camera and smiley. I normally find the gif via web link (all the text inside the web search bar) and copy it, then click the photo icon. Inside the little window that pops up, it gives you the option for dropping a picture or uploading it, but there's also another little 'chain' icon in that window. Click that and paste the URL into the box and click insert.In that particular shirt. I still have to figure out how to post gifs. Stan is shaking his head in disbelief I can't figure it out!
Thank you so much for this. He was very protective of this forum and was determined to keep it a safe place. You said exactly who he was.I wish I had known him longer, he seemed like the kind of person you could sit in a bar with and talk until closing time on any number of subjects. He was clearly an educated and an opinionated man.
When I first joined this site (not long ago) I made some comments and replies to threads that I realize now where in no way helpful. That was not my intent It was largely because I started believing all the fear spreading that was going on at that time. I was not educated enough or well enoughed researched. The idea of failure and horror stories quickly got me on the fearmongering band wagon which was never my true intention. Fear has always been my biggest enemy, and my Fear always find me, it knows things about me I dont want anyone else to know, and somehow it has always seemed to dominate my life.
I also have very intense emotions for others, others I've never known. Seeing suffering in the world hurts me deeply, and knowing others suffer , well... its like I feel that suffering with them. I just can't stand to idea of people suffering , becoming disabled or brain damaged, when all we are all contemplating is putting an end to our current suffering, the idea of making that earthly suffering worse terrified me.
Stan and another called me out on a few threads. I think they expected I was here for "other" reasons. Rather than responding with retaliation, I took some time to consider the replies and do some research... a week or so later ( 2 days before he left us) I started a conversation with Stan. I explained I was not trying to scare people, but I was scared myself... we had a few exchanges all of which (at least on his part) were well thought out, well written, and kind. He put a lot of effort into me, a guy who just joined this group. He treated me and spoke to me with respect, understanding, kindness, and a lot of other things from philosophy to science.
I don't know why I am writing this, maybe to honor him and show respect to him for how much time he took in his own life (even towards the end) to put into someone he barely even knew.
I hope someday, in some other place, some other time, or some other reality I can get to know what a truly interesting person I am sure you were, and if at the end of the tunnel there is nothing. Well, I can take comfort in knowing many have come before me, and many will go after. Death is the 1 thing that binds us all together and none can escape it, and no matter how different we all are, somehow I find comfort in knowing we are all really the same.
Rest in peace Stan.
Thank you Nitrite You did something Stan couldn't. Teach me to gif!
Trust me. I am not doing well right now. It was a break from crying lol. ;)Pleased to be able to provide some entertainment value
Thank you so much for this. He was very protective of this forum and was determined to keep it a safe place. You said exactly who he was.
Ever notice how the sadness gets worse at night?
I didn't and it made me smile for a second. You nailed who Stan was. Thank You.Didnt mean that to come off that way, it was an attempt at humor. I just meant a person of strong conviction or opinion which to me are not bad traits in a kind person. I took that off as to not offend anyone with a misinterpretation of the spirit in which I wrote it.