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 Posted - March 21 2014 : 6:37:53 PM
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Is there any news on our colleague, John?
Regards, John *****************
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. <> C. S. Lewis
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 7:17:23 PM
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I was just asking Ben that question. I haven't heard a thing since he popped in almost 2 months ago. He said he had no internet access, but he should have been able to log in somewhere else to keep up on his email, even if it was at the library. 
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 7:57:42 PM
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quote:I was just asking Ben that question. I haven't heard a thing since he popped in almost 2 months ago. He said he had no internet access, but he should have been able to log in somewhere else to keep up on his email, even if it was at the library.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â March 21 2014Â :Â 7:17:23 PM
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I know, right? He used to post really neat stuff too.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 8:07:55 PM
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I ain't heard nothing back either & I got stuff to send him too! 
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 12:20:38 AM
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I just got an email from John, and I'm posting it here. He just lost his dad.
Nelson,
I'm am so sorry, I'm not at home right now.....I got really bad news last week...I've been in Pennsylvania since, My Dad, passed away last Wednesday night, from a Heart Attack and I have been helping my Step-Mom take care of things....
Sadly, I am not handling t as well as I thought I would, BUT, I have to, ya know?
Anyway, I don't have internet at home yet, As the day I was to have it, I had to cancel till I get back as it was the following Monday that I left. See, I got the phone call on my Dad, at 2:58 AM, and left from home to PA the following Thursday, and have been here ever since, that Monday (this past Monday) was the day it was to get my internet back, sadly not being home, nor my Wife or anyone, I cancelled.
This all sucks to say the very least, (I've realized, that I'm fighting, what killed both my parents now, they didn't even know that what I got going on, they had!!!! I lost my Mom 3 years ago, this coming April, neither one of them, was 60 yrs old! Mom would have been in July that year, and Dad would have been 60 the 30th!
As for our trade, I'm so sorry its taken this long with everything, and with that if at all possible, when I'm home, I'll see the other box in the mail. As I got to head that way early this week, due to my daughter and school so....
Once I'm home, I'll head to the library to check messages here, to send you an e-mail to let you know I'm home, as I am not sure how much time, I'm going to have with all this. (yes, I'm my fathers son, he has a hell of a mess, more then I thought with 2 barns full, and 3 small sheds....all sorts of car parts, you name it....WOW! My Step mother has no idea what to do with half of it, and she and I got no help, I'm his only child.....And really the only one she trusts to do the right thing for her and how Dad would have wanted it.....
Anyway, I'm rambling, if you will let everyone in the forums know of this and once I got internet back, I'll be around! Comcast sucks so... they raised the bill, and I told 'em to cancel it as $200 plus a month is WAY to much but that's them after your 5 yr contract is up for a good rate, or well what they think is a good rate.........
Best Regards,
~John
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 10:23:08 AM
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aw gee Tell him I sorry about this 
Plus the car parts & stuffs could be worth some money!
But tell him to gimmie my stuffs when he gets a chance 
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Posted - March 23 2014 : 5:32:21 PM
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| Ouch, John's really been having a rough time this past year. Hopefully things turn around soon for him.
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 4:32:20 PM
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John
sad to hear about EM-1's troubles. Tell him for me he is missed. This reminds me of my mother's advice that "god never puts anymore on your plate than what he knows you can handle"
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Posted - May 02 2014 : 12:27:10 AM
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Just to give everyone an update, I heard from John again and he wanted me to let you know that he's doing well considering, but has suffered the death of 2 other relatives on the heels of his father's death -- his uncle (his dad's brother) that he was close to, and a great great aunt -- so he has a tremendous amount of estate issues to deal with. All 3 died of the same heart problem that he has. I told him this sounds like the trials of Job.
Here's the final quote form his email:
quote: Anyway, I'm around and kickin, if you will let everyone on the forums know! I'll be back when I am settled in and my head is screwed on straight, as right now, its cross threaded!!!!
Best Regards,
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Posted - May 02 2014 : 11:52:20 AM
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Nelson,
Thanks for the post, let him know he is missed, and we are all pulling for him.
Regards, John ******
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. <> Anais Nin
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 Posted - May 02 2014 : 1:59:54 PM
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aww gee well this sucks
if he needs a cheap PC I can get one
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