A Farewell to Arms - Honor Roll of Forum Friends who Have Passed On

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

Modder Hellfire is also among the missing ...

Warspite1

Please see post 17

[AndyG1]

Quite shocked to find out this way that Paul Hausser has passed away. We had started an AE game (me as IJN) in mid 2009, house move came along and (Australia being Australia!) reconnecting phone and internet takes an age (nearly 2 months in this instance) - which led to us not continuing. But up to that point he was always very generous with advice and would even telephone for a chat and a discussion on a regular basis....that's from Sweden to Australia! Last time we were in contact would have been around January 2010, and have often looked for posts from him on this forum, which had strangely seemed to disappear. So sad to hear this - may he rest in peace.

Roll of Honour is a great idea.

[Bliztk]

A great idea Canoerebel

[dr.hal]

Didn't Paul's death raise the issue of keeping someone else in the know about your password in a PBEM game? IIRC there was an idea of keeping the game going in honor of the fallen if someone wanted to step in, but there was no way if the password was not known. Am I recalling this correctly? Hal

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: mdiehl

Wtf? Herwin died? Was this expected?

There are hints of illness in his last posts on his AAR from a couple of weeks ago.

I too used to enjoy his ad hoc essays. Often not directly applicable to the game but always informative and interesting.

He was a unique character that will be missed on this forum.

[Ketza]

I almost took over Haussers last PBEM game. When I opened it up and started going through his forces I was overcome with a tremendous sense of sadness and loss even though I did not know him that well.

I could not go through with it.

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: Ketza

I almost took over Haussers last PBEM game. When I opened it up and started going through his forces I was overcome with a tremendous sense of sadness and loss even though I did not know him that well.

I could not go through with it.

I wouldn't be able to either for the same reasons.

I thought it quite classy that BigRed capitulated.

[5thGuardsTankArmy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

In honor of longtime forum friends who have passed away, creating absences that cannot be filled, here are the forum names and dates of passing so that we, their UV/WitP/AE brothers and sisters, may long remember them. We can edit the list as needed (hopefully a very rare task). Or, if this just doesn't come across right, we can let this fade away.

1. Tristanjohn - sometime after 2/5/2006
2. P.Hausser - shortly after 5/01/2010
3. DivePac88 - 11/28/2011
4. herwin - 12/31/2011

RIP to them all.

[John 3rd]

Well Done Mr. Roper. You are always a good Southern gentleman with an excellent sense of timing.

[Historiker]

I just found that PM Herwin sent me when I tried to make el cid understand what I said...

Have you heard that joke about the donkey trainer?

Interviewer: "I hear you're famous for you skill at training donkeys."

Donkey Trainer: "Ya, ya!"

Interviewer: "How do you do it?"

Donkey Trainer: "Mit Liebe!"

Interviewer: "Would you mind demonstrating with this donkey?"

Donkey Trainer picks up a wooden club, walks over to the donkey, and knocks it senseless.

Interviewer: "I thought you said you train donkeys with love! Now you beat it!"

Donkey Trainer: "Zunächst müssen Sie gewinnen ihre Aufmerksamkeit!"

El cid sometimes reminds me of the donkey.

I will remember him!

[Canoerebel]

Hellfirejet added to the list (see post # 1).

Glad to see you post Historiker (though I will have to pull out my English/Deutsch dictionary to understand your joke!). Coincidentally, yesterday while trying to scroll through the "H" names to find P.Hausser's name, which I couldnt remember but which I did know began with that letter, I came across Historiker's name and noticed that he had posted only once (9/11/11) since 11/2010. I was surprised he had been gone so long.

It's great to have you back, Historiker!

[Canoerebel]

Okay, guys, its time for Redcoats against Rebels! A second American Revolution against His Britannic Majesty's Empire!

Should we spell it Honor or Honour?

P.S. Edited to try to figure out how to spell "Britannic" - my first two efforts were incorrect. Somebody needs to present a dictionary to those British folks. They sure do spell things funny.

[warspite1]

it's Honour of course - as per colour, harbour etc [;)]

[AndyG1]

It all depends if your are writing in "English" or "American English". Being a Pom living in Australia, I notice that even here the Aussies are (for want of a better term) "Americanised" - we have "harbor"; we have "labor"; we have "tire" etc., etc. Being politically correct, I'll go with 'Her' Britannic Majesty's Empire on this one, after all it is the homeland of the English Language[:'(] - so it's Honour[:D]

[John 3rd]

Theatre NOT Theater! We are only separated by a Common Language...

[Banzan]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel


Glad to see you post Historiker (though I will have to pull out my English/Deutsch dictionary to understand your joke!).

Have you heard that joke about the donkey trainer?

Interviewer: "I hear you're famous for you skill at training donkeys."

Donkey Trainer: "Ya, ya!"

Interviewer: "How do you do it?"

Donkey Trainer: "With love!" (Mit Liebe!)

Interviewer: "Would you mind demonstrating with this donkey?"

Donkey Trainer picks up a wooden club, walks over to the donkey, and knocks it senseless.

Interviewer: "I thought you said you train donkeys with love! Now you beat it!"

Donkey Trainer: "First, you need to get their attention!" (Zunächst müssen Sie gewinnen ihre Aufmerksamkeit!)

[Canoerebel]

See first post for important - and rather unforeseen - development in the Divepac88 situation.

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

4. DivePac88 - 11/28/2011 - resurrected ([:)]) 1/8/2012

Thank you CR Mate, I am not ready to go yet. I am still fighting this illness, and slowly winning.

Cheers Des.

[Canoerebel]

Dive, you've made everybody's day.

Later today or tomorrow, I'll remove your name from this list - waiting just long enough so that more forumites can catch up on the good news.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: DivePac88

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

4. DivePac88 - 11/28/2011 - resurrected ([:)]) 1/8/2012

Thank you CR Mate, I am not ready to go yet. I am still fighting this illness, and slowly winning.

Cheers Des.

(Someone had to do it [;)])

MORTICIAN: Bring out your dead!
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CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
DivePac88: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
DivePac88: I'm not dead!
MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DivePac88: I'm not!
MORTICIAN: He isn't.
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
DivePac88: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.
DivePac88: I don't want to go in the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
MORTICIAN: I can't take him...
DivePac88: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...
MORTICIAN: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't
be long.
MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine
today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?
MORTICIAN: Thursday.
DivePac88: I think I'll play some AE.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there
something you can do?
DivePac88: I feel happy... I feel happy.

[:D]