We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
ground.

After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.

Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

In article >,
Aingon Atelia > wrote:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.

--
bill
remove my country for e-mail

> In article >,
> Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>> ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>

That was my plan.

--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
> words, and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to
> the grave site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was
> placed in the ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
> Blinky's life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts,
> and was pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have
> approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks.
--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx

"Aingon Atelia" > wrote in message
...
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>
> Poke out my left I to reply



Thank you for keeping us informed. We all loved Lee (Blinky) and miss him.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Aingon Atelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>> ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>> --
>>
>> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>>
>> Poke out my left I to reply
>
>
>
> Thank you for keeping us informed. We all loved Lee (Blinky) and miss
> him.
>
> Jill
RIP Blinky the Shark

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
> words, and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to
> the grave site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was
> placed in the ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
> Blinky's life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts,
> and was pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have
> approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

He was lucky to have a friend like you.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

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....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

On 2009-03-16, Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>>
>>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>>> ground.
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>>
>
> That was my plan.

Good plan. Thanks

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

In article >,
wrote:

>We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>ground.
>
>After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
>Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for letting us know, Walt. Beer, pizza and darts sounds like a fine
tribute.

--
charles

Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
:


>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts.


3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!


> He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.


I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)


I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the idea.

The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)


>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.


You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.

You are the epitome of a best friend.

Blinky was very lucky.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Mar 16, 12:24*am, Aingon Atelia > wrote:
> > In article >,
> > *Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>
> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> >> ground.
>
> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> >> pretty good at it most days. *I believe he would have approved.
>
> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. *I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>
> That was my plan.


And much appreciated. Thanks.


V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep

"Aingon Atelia" > wrote in message
...
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>
> Poke out my left I to reply

Nice of you to keep us up to date.

Dimitri

Aingon Atelia wrote:
>
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>
> Poke out my left I to reply

You did good. Blinky would be proud I think, and he was blessed to have
you for a dear friend. I miss (chatting with) him and his humor, too.
Pizza, beer, and darts is a good send-off. I did not know he was a
darts fan - steel or plastic tip I wonder <G>. Knowing Blinky the short
time I did, I'd guess steel tips

Sky

--
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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:05:36 -0700, Aingon Atelia wrote:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

(Wiping tear) Thanks, Aingon...Bye, Blinky :-(

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On 2009-03-16, Aingon Atelia wrote:

>> In article >,
>> Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>>
>>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>>> ground.
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for sharing that with us.

>> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>>
>
> That was my plan.

Good plan.


--
In Karhide king and kyorremy have a good deal of control over what
people do, but very little over what they hear, and none over what
they say. Here, the government can check not only act but thought.
Surely no men should have such power over others. (LeGuin 1969)

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.


You're the kind of friend I hope I have...

Thanks,

Bye Bye Blinky

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Aingon Atelia > wrote in
:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for the news. I trust there were enough good eulogies. I only knew
him (on usenet only) for a short time, but he *did* stand out among the
one I "met". That is without doubt.

--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

In article >,
says...
>
>
>
> > In article >,
> > Aingon Atelia > wrote:
> >
> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> >> ground.
> >>
> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> >> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
> >>
> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> >
> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
> >
>
> That was my plan.
>
>

Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
mind I noted this item.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online


--
James E. Morrow
Email to:

James Morrow > wrote in
:


>
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online
>
>



Thanks for that James.

There's some excellent suggestions in there.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:05:36 -0700, Aingon Atelia
> wrote:

>We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>ground.
>
>After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
>Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

From RFC to you: Thanks for everything! We loved Blinky, even when
he was being Mr. Cranky Pants.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"James Morrow" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>>
>>
>> > In article >,
>> > Aingon Atelia > wrote:
>> >
>> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
>> >> words,
>> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in
>> >> the
>> >> ground.
>> >>
>> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
>> >> Blinky's
>> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> >> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>> >>
>> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>> >
>> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>> >
>>
>> That was my plan.
>>
>>
>
> Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
> little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
> mind I noted this item.
>
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online

I think we've talked about this kind of service here before. Of course, if
you go missing in AFCA for too long (and are known to have health problems),
Dana just calls SWAT on you.

My sister knows how to get to this group...and if Scott just opens up Agent
at home, my groups pop up (no password protection), so he could let people
know if anything happened to me. I'm just not sure that he *would*.
Remember, he thinks you're all imaginary. Or something like that.

Lisa Ann

>> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>> >
>>
>> That was my plan.
>>
>>
>
> Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
> little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
> mind I noted this item.
>
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online

Interesting idea, and a sign of the times. It took 6 weeks before I had
access to Blinky's computer so that I could look through and notify
anyone I hadn't heard of. It took almost a week to get in touch with
his daughter, because the coroner had sealed the apartment, and I didn't
have any of her info, other than the city that she lived near.

I think I'll start compiling my lists for a thumb drive in case
something happens to me, and I copy it and send it to my sisters.


--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

> Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
> :
>
>
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>
>
> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>
>
>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
>
> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)

I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.

> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the idea.
>
> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)

Most people just stay near the toe line.

>
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
>
> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>
> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>
> Blinky was very lucky.

Thank you.

This has been a tough quarter for me. In mid-December my mother was
diagnosed with leukemia. Being too weak for aggressive chemo, she was
put on a maintenance treatment. She was already transfusion dependent
from other bone marrow issues brought on by chemo for breast cancer 10
years ago.

On Feb 27th, the night before Blinky's memorial, I was finalizing the
eulogy when my sister called, saying that my mother had fallen and hit
her head badly enough to be hospitalized. She had a huge subdural
hematoma, and she was too frail for them to operate on. She was
paralyzed on her right side, and was declining. As there was no
prospect for her to not be dependent on machines to keep her alive, with
minimal quality of life, my sisters and I had to decide to observe what
we knew to be her wishes and stop all of her treatments and let the
leukemia take her. We brought her home on March 4th, and she died
peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of the 6th. Her funeral
was yesterday, her interment today.

Helluva couple of months. I've also been made Blinky's daughter's
agent, so that the apartment can get cleared out. The coroner unsealed
it on the 10th, and I've been given until the 24th to get it emptied.
Basically that means finding room for a 1 bedroom apartment inside my
small 3 bedroom house, until everything can be gone through.

And the hits just keep on coming - When I got home from my mom's
interment today, my next door neighbor's house was packed with people.
Turns out *he'd* died a couple of days ago from a massive coronary and
multiple organ failure.

It may not be safe to be around me.

AA/MZ


--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

> You did good. Blinky would be proud I think, and he was blessed to have
> you for a dear friend. I miss (chatting with) him and his humor, too.
> Pizza, beer, and darts is a good send-off. I did not know he was a
> darts fan - steel or plastic tip I wonder <G>. Knowing Blinky the short
> time I did, I'd guess steel tips

Definitely steel, unless whatever bar he was at had an electronic
machine. He kept them in his glove box, though, because I have a board
in my den.

--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:05:36 -0700, Aingon Atelia
> > wrote:
>
>>We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>>Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>>of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>>of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>>and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>>site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>>ground.
>>
>>After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>>Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> From RFC to you: Thanks for everything! We loved Blinky, even when
> he was being Mr. Cranky Pants.

Oh, c'mon - sharks don't wear pants. Unfortunately.


--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

Poke out my left I to reply

Aingon Atelia wrote:
>
(snip)
> This has been a tough quarter for me. In mid-December my mother was
> diagnosed with leukemia. Being too weak for aggressive chemo, she was
> put on a maintenance treatment. She was already transfusion dependent
> from other bone marrow issues brought on by chemo for breast cancer 10
> years ago.
>
> On Feb 27th, the night before Blinky's memorial, I was finalizing the
> eulogy when my sister called, saying that my mother had fallen and hit
> her head badly enough to be hospitalized. She had a huge subdural
> hematoma, and she was too frail for them to operate on. She was
> paralyzed on her right side, and was declining. As there was no
> prospect for her to not be dependent on machines to keep her alive, with
> minimal quality of life, my sisters and I had to decide to observe what
> we knew to be her wishes and stop all of her treatments and let the
> leukemia take her. We brought her home on March 4th, and she died
> peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of the 6th. Her funeral
> was yesterday, her interment today.
>
> Helluva couple of months. I've also been made Blinky's daughter's
> agent, so that the apartment can get cleared out. The coroner unsealed
> it on the 10th, and I've been given until the 24th to get it emptied.
> Basically that means finding room for a 1 bedroom apartment inside my
> small 3 bedroom house, until everything can be gone through.
>
> And the hits just keep on coming - When I got home from my mom's
> interment today, my next door neighbor's house was packed with people.
> Turns out *he'd* died a couple of days ago from a massive coronary and
> multiple organ failure.
>
> It may not be safe to be around me.
>
> AA/MZ
>
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>
> Poke out my left I to reply

Many condolences for the loss of your mother and neighbor. You truly
have had a rough time of it lately. I just hope this 'trend' doesn't
keep up.

Sky, from RFC

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:21:15 -0500, Sky >
wrote:

>Aingon Atelia wrote:
>>
>(snip)
>> This has been a tough quarter for me. In mid-December my mother was
>> diagnosed with leukemia. Being too weak for aggressive chemo, she was
>> put on a maintenance treatment. She was already transfusion dependent
>> from other bone marrow issues brought on by chemo for breast cancer 10
>> years ago.
>>
>> On Feb 27th, the night before Blinky's memorial, I was finalizing the
>> eulogy when my sister called, saying that my mother had fallen and hit
>> her head badly enough to be hospitalized. She had a huge subdural
>> hematoma, and she was too frail for them to operate on. She was
>> paralyzed on her right side, and was declining. As there was no
>> prospect for her to not be dependent on machines to keep her alive, with
>> minimal quality of life, my sisters and I had to decide to observe what
>> we knew to be her wishes and stop all of her treatments and let the
>> leukemia take her. We brought her home on March 4th, and she died
>> peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of the 6th. Her funeral
>> was yesterday, her interment today.
>>
>> Helluva couple of months. I've also been made Blinky's daughter's
>> agent, so that the apartment can get cleared out. The coroner unsealed
>> it on the 10th, and I've been given until the 24th to get it emptied.
>> Basically that means finding room for a 1 bedroom apartment inside my
>> small 3 bedroom house, until everything can be gone through.
>>
>> And the hits just keep on coming - When I got home from my mom's
>> interment today, my next door neighbor's house was packed with people.
>> Turns out *he'd* died a couple of days ago from a massive coronary and
>> multiple organ failure.
>>
>> It may not be safe to be around me.
>>
>
>Many condolences for the loss of your mother and neighbor.

And for the loss of your good friend Blinky. You are a champ to be
dealing with all of that, and to be charged with clearing out Blinky's
apartment, too.

>You truly
>have had a rough time of it lately. I just hope this 'trend' doesn't
>keep up.
>
>Sky, from RFC

Ditto from me. I hope that you know by now you can use our collective
shoulders to cry on and lean on.

--
QueBarbara

Aingon Atelia wrote:
(snip)
>
> Oh, c'mon - sharks don't wear pants. Unfortunately.

ROFLMAO!!!!! That's just exactly what Blinky would say --- I can hear
(er, read!) him saying that, too!!!! Thanks for the giggle ;>

Sky, who misses that 'shark'

--
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Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

Aingon Atelia wrote:
>
> > Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
> > :
> >
> >
> >>
> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> >> life over beer, pizza and darts.
> >
> >
> > 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
> >
> >
> >> He did love to shoot darts, and was
> >> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
> >
> >
> > I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>
> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.
>
> > I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the idea.
> >
> > The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>
> Most people just stay near the toe line.
>
> >
> >>
> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> >
> >
> > You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
> >
> > You are the epitome of a best friend.
> >
> > Blinky was very lucky.
>
> Thank you.
>
> This has been a tough quarter for me. In mid-December my mother was
> diagnosed with leukemia. Being too weak for aggressive chemo, she was
> put on a maintenance treatment. She was already transfusion dependent
> from other bone marrow issues brought on by chemo for breast cancer 10
> years ago.
>
> On Feb 27th, the night before Blinky's memorial, I was finalizing the
> eulogy when my sister called, saying that my mother had fallen and hit
> her head badly enough to be hospitalized. She had a huge subdural
> hematoma, and she was too frail for them to operate on. She was
> paralyzed on her right side, and was declining. As there was no
> prospect for her to not be dependent on machines to keep her alive, with
> minimal quality of life, my sisters and I had to decide to observe what
> we knew to be her wishes and stop all of her treatments and let the
> leukemia take her. We brought her home on March 4th, and she died
> peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of the 6th. Her funeral
> was yesterday, her interment today.

::sorrow::


> Helluva couple of months. I've also been made Blinky's daughter's
> agent, so that the apartment can get cleared out. The coroner unsealed
> it on the 10th, and I've been given until the 24th to get it emptied.
> Basically that means finding room for a 1 bedroom apartment inside my
> small 3 bedroom house, until everything can be gone through.
>
> And the hits just keep on coming - When I got home from my mom's
> interment today, my next door neighbor's house was packed with people.
> Turns out *he'd* died a couple of days ago from a massive coronary and
> multiple organ failure.
>
> It may not be safe to be around me.
>
> AA/MZ

Au contraire.

Hang in there.

Bill

Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:Omhwl.14680
:

>
>
>
>> Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
>> :
>>
>>
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>>
>>
>> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>>
>>
>>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>>
>> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>
> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.



LOL!!! If it hasn't got pineapple on it, I love it :-)


>
>> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the
idea.
>>
>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>
> Most people just stay near the toe line.


ROFL!!!

Smartass :-)


>
>>
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>
>>
>> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>>
>> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>>
>> Blinky was very lucky.
>
> Thank you.
>
> This has been a tough quarter for me.


(Snip)


*Bloody* hell!!! :-(



>
> It may not be safe to be around me.
>


Hang tuff dude, things can *only* get better from here on in!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:H5hwl.20786
:

>
> >> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason
that
>>> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us
were
>>> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>>> >
>>>
>>> That was my plan.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
>> little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
>> mind I noted this item.
>>
>> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online
>
> Interesting idea, and a sign of the times. It took 6 weeks before I had
> access to Blinky's computer so that I could look through and notify
> anyone I hadn't heard of. It took almost a week to get in touch with
> his daughter, because the coroner had sealed the apartment, and I didn't
> have any of her info, other than the city that she lived near.
>
> I think I'll start compiling my lists for a thumb drive in case
> something happens to me, and I copy it and send it to my sisters.
>
>



Yep, it's certainly made us think over here. I'll be doing much the same
thing.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

>>>>
>>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
> Blinky's
>>>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>>>
>>>
>>> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>>>
>>>
>>>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>>
>> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.
>
>
>
> LOL!!! If it hasn't got pineapple on it, I love it :-)
>
>
>>
>>> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the
> idea.
>>>
>>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>>
>> Most people just stay near the toe line.
>
>
> ROFL!!!
>
> Smartass :-)

You expect less from Blinky's best friend?


>>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>>
>>>
>>> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>>>
>>> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>>>
>>> Blinky was very lucky.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> This has been a tough quarter for me.
>
>
> (Snip)
>
>
> *Bloody* hell!!! :-(
>
>>
>> It may not be safe to be around me.
>>
>
>
> Hang tuff dude, things can *only* get better from here on in!!

Unless people keep dyin'.

Y'know, I don't *remember* changing into a black robe and carrying a scythe.

--

Aingon Aliblong Arownme

Poke out my left I to reply

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:49:17 -0700, Aingon Atelia
> wrote:

>
>>>>>
>>>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
>> Blinky's
>>>>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>>>
>>> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.
>>
>>
>>
>> LOL!!! If it hasn't got pineapple on it, I love it :-)
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the
>> idea.
>>>>
>>>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>>>
>>> Most people just stay near the toe line.
>>
>>
>> ROFL!!!
>>
>> Smartass :-)
>
>You expect less from Blinky's best friend?
>
>
>>>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>>>>
>>>> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>>>>
>>>> Blinky was very lucky.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> This has been a tough quarter for me.
>>
>>
>> (Snip)
>>
>>
>> *Bloody* hell!!! :-(
>>
>>>
>>> It may not be safe to be around me.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hang tuff dude, things can *only* get better from here on in!!
>
>Unless people keep dyin'.
>
>Y'know, I don't *remember* changing into a black robe and carrying a scythe.


You know any lawyers you could hang with until you find out for sure?
Nobody would miss them...

On 2009-03-19, Aingon Atelia > wrote:

[...]

>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>
> Most people just stay near the toe line.

<http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-och1.htm>

[...]


--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

In The Beginning God Created The Heavens And Earth, Then I Added My
Two Cents To The Aingon Atelia Post:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
Thank You, and Good Luck.

--
Old Gringo
Just West Of Nowhere
Enjoy Life And Live It To Its Fullest
http://www.NuBoy-Industries.com

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:38:34 -0700, Aingon Atelia wrote:

>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back
>
> Most people just stay near the toe line.

The correct name of which is the 'oche' (pronounced 'okee' to rhyme with
'hockey'). :-)

FYI



--
The month of March in this year of 2009 sees the centenary of the laying
of the keel of the most famous (or infamous) ocean liner of all time, RMS
Titanic, at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic>

"Aingon Atelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
>> Aingon Atelia > wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
>> :
>>
>>
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>>
>>
>> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>>
>>
>>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>>
>> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>
> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.
>
>> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the idea.
>>
>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>
> Most people just stay near the toe line.
>
>>
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>
>>
>> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>>
>> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>>
>> Blinky was very lucky.
>
> Thank you.
>
> This has been a tough quarter for me. In mid-December my mother was
> diagnosed with leukemia. Being too weak for aggressive chemo, she was
> put on a maintenance treatment. She was already transfusion dependent
> from other bone marrow issues brought on by chemo for breast cancer 10
> years ago.
>
> On Feb 27th, the night before Blinky's memorial, I was finalizing the
> eulogy when my sister called, saying that my mother had fallen and hit
> her head badly enough to be hospitalized. She had a huge subdural
> hematoma, and she was too frail for them to operate on. She was
> paralyzed on her right side, and was declining. As there was no
> prospect for her to not be dependent on machines to keep her alive, with
> minimal quality of life, my sisters and I had to decide to observe what
> we knew to be her wishes and stop all of her treatments and let the
> leukemia take her. We brought her home on March 4th, and she died
> peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of the 6th. Her funeral
> was yesterday, her interment today.
>
> Helluva couple of months. I've also been made Blinky's daughter's
> agent, so that the apartment can get cleared out. The coroner unsealed
> it on the 10th, and I've been given until the 24th to get it emptied.
> Basically that means finding room for a 1 bedroom apartment inside my
> small 3 bedroom house, until everything can be gone through.
>
> And the hits just keep on coming - When I got home from my mom's
> interment today, my next door neighbor's house was packed with people.
> Turns out *he'd* died a couple of days ago from a massive coronary and
> multiple organ failure.
>
> It may not be safe to be around me.
>
> AA/MZ

Good God, Walt, you don't happen to wear a huge black cloak and carry a
scythe around with you, do you?

Remind me to tell you about the 90s (for me) sometime. It was an entire
*decade* of shit, shit and more shit. And yet, I'm still not in prison, and
they only kept me in the psych ward for 10 days. And I swear I had nothing
to do with the deaths, honest.

Lisa Ann

On 2009-03-19, Aingon Atelia > wrote:

[...]

> It may not be safe to be around me.
>
> AA/MZ

Quite the opposite, I'd say. You certainly seem to be getting a rough
time - for which you have my sincere sympathy (I'm still coming to terms
with my sister's death, a year ago). While others lean on you - make sure
you lean back.

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

On 3/16/2009 7:41 AM, dadiOH wrote:

> Aingon Atelia wrote:
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
>> words, and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to
>> the grave site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was
>> placed in the ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
>> Blinky's life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts,
>> and was pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have
>> approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> He was lucky to have a friend like you.

He was indeed.

Fare thee well, Blinky.

--
Best regards
Gord McFee

> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:49:17 -0700, Aingon Atelia
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
>>> Blinky's
>>>>>> life over beer, pizza and darts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>>>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)
>>>>
>>>> I don't remember him ever meeting a pizza he didn't like.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> LOL!!! If it hasn't got pineapple on it, I love it :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the
>>> idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)
>>>>
>>>> Most people just stay near the toe line.
>>>
>>>
>>> ROFL!!!
>>>
>>> Smartass :-)
>>
>>You expect less from Blinky's best friend?
>>
>>
>>>>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are the epitome of a best friend.
>>>>>
>>>>> Blinky was very lucky.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> This has been a tough quarter for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> (Snip)
>>>
>>>
>>> *Bloody* hell!!! :-(
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It may not be safe to be around me.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hang tuff dude, things can *only* get better from here on in!!
>>
>>Unless people keep dyin'.
>>
>>Y'know, I don't *remember* changing into a black robe and carrying a scythe.
>
>
> You know any lawyers you could hang with until you find out for sure?
> Nobody would miss them...

Actually, yeah...


--

Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber

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