Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
longer with us.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>longer with us.

This sucks. He wasn't even 60 was he?

Lou

On 10/27/2011 5:04 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>> longer with us.
>
> This sucks. He wasn't even 60 was he?
>

Gosh, I'm sorry! I regarded him as a friend tho' we never actually met.


--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not longer
> with us.

Well that's not good.

On 10/27/2011 3:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on
> FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know
> the details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is
> not longer with us.

How terribly sad.

Becca

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

Dang.

I think we need to stop cooking and eating so much, this group seems to
have a notably higher mortality rate than a number of other groups I
frequent.

On 10/27/2011 5:26 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
> On 10/27/2011 3:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on
>> FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know
>> the details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is
>> not longer with us.
>
> How terribly sad.

Breaks my heart.

nancy

On Oct 27, 1:58*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

I will miss Blake's sarcastic sense of humor Condolences to the
family.

On Oct 27, 1:58*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

Wow...that's a bummer. I liked Blake.
I bet Andy will be happy.

Dave Smith > wrote in
om:

> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got
> news on FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has
> died. I don't know the details, just that his father contacted
> her and said that he is not longer with us.

I'll miss him.

--

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t
help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus
was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge
that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy
without condition, and then admit that we just don’t
want to do it.

Stephen Colbert (via videcormeum)

On Oct 27, 3:03*pm, Andy > wrote:
> All is forgiven!
>
> He paid his price in this life.
>
> Andy

and so shall you.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

Sad news indeed.

On 10/27/2011 2:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.


Sorry to hear about this. I'll miss him here.

BTW, I'm on Facebook. What does that have to do with it?

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

Holy mackerel! RIP, blake. You will be missed.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not longer
> with us.


Holy cow. He'll be missed.

Jill

"Pete C." > wrote in message
.com...
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>> longer with us.
>
> Dang.
>
> I think we need to stop cooking and eating so much, this group seems to
> have a notably higher mortality rate than a number of other groups I
> frequent.

A higher mortality rate? We're all getting older. I don't frequent a lot
of other groups but I think we're better off cooking at home than eating out
five days a week. Sometimes people have illnesses and die. We don't know
what his medical issues were. My father's older brother died at 58. His
sister is still alive and kicking at 90. You can never tell.

I'll miss Blake. He had a sense of fun.

Jill

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on
> FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't
> know the details, just that his father contacted her and said that
> he
> is not longer with us.

This really brought on tears. We had some delightful exchanges over
the years, and I always did consider him my "pal". He's someone I will
really and truly miss.

Felice

I liked the way he signed his posts,' your pal Blake', whether he
'knew' you or not. Sounded like he tried to be a friend to all. Fly
free, pal.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.


Oh no! I always enjoyed Blake's wit. RIP, Blake.

--
Jean B.

(oddly enough, another NG friend named Blake died earlier this week)

On 10/27/2011 6:43 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
>
> I liked the way he signed his posts,' your pal Blake', whether he
> 'knew' you or not. Sounded like he tried to be a friend to all. Fly
> free, pal.
>


Yeah... I liked that, too. Sometimes his open hand was met with a
closed fist, but he kept on being open. He was one of the first people
to welcome me to this group. RIP, Blake.

George L

On 10/27/2011 4:54 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:36 -0600, Pennyaline
> > wrote:
>
>
>> BTW, I'm on Facebook. What does that have to do with it?
>
> That's where the announcement was made. It wasn't made here, except
> from those of us who saw the announcement on FB.

I know. I understand that part of it. My point is that I am on Facebook.
Just being on Facebook is not enough to make one privy to that
information. If it was, I'd have known before I saw it here. Thus, WHERE
on Facebook must one be in order to see the information?

Dave Smith wrote:
>
>Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>longer with us.

Oh noes... no one will miss the mick more than me. :,-|

> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on
> FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know
> the details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is
> not longer with us.

That is so sad.

--



Janet Wilder
Posting from the Netbaby

On 10/27/2011 7:55 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:03:59 -0500, Andy wrote:
>
>> All is forgiven!
>
> He didn't ask for nor want your forgiveness from you, asshole. Never
> for minute think that deep down inside, and even in death, that he
> doesn't think you're a prime jackass.
>
> And don't forget it.
>
> And I know he'd approve of this message.

Precisely what I was thinking.

nancy

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>longer with us.

R.I.P. blake

your pal koko
--
Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not longer
> with us.

Damn.

pavane

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> .com...
> >
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> >> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> >> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> >> longer with us.
> >
> > Dang.
> >
> > I think we need to stop cooking and eating so much, this group seems to
> > have a notably higher mortality rate than a number of other groups I
> > frequent.
>
> A higher mortality rate? We're all getting older. I don't frequent a lot
> of other groups but I think we're better off cooking at home than eating out
> five days a week.

I can think of three losses in the time I've been following this group.
Other groups I follow such as rec.crafts.metalworking also tend to have
older members but I can only think of one loss there, and none I can
recall in several other groups.

> Sometimes people have illnesses and die. We don't know
> what his medical issues were. My father's older brother died at 58. His
> sister is still alive and kicking at 90. You can never tell.

Yep, you never know so you have to make sure you live today since you
could get hit by a bus tomorrow, but still plan for when you're 90.

>
> I'll miss Blake. He had a sense of fun.

Yes, we even agreed on things occasionally.

On 27/10/2011 8:06 PM, Pennyaline wrote:
> On 10/27/2011 4:54 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:36 -0600, Pennyaline
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> BTW, I'm on Facebook. What does that have to do with it?
>>
>> That's where the announcement was made. It wasn't made here, except
>> from those of us who saw the announcement on FB.
>
> I know. I understand that part of it. My point is that I am on Facebook.
> Just being on Facebook is not enough to make one privy to that
> information. If it was, I'd have known before I saw it here. Thus, WHERE
> on Facebook must one be in order to see the information?
>


Were you on his Friend's list?

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Facebook is Evil.
>
> -sw

Agreed.

On 10/27/2011 4:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

I'm so sorry to hear this. My condolences to his family and friends.
Well, we're his friends too. I will miss him.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:03:59 -0500, Andy wrote:
>
>> All is forgiven!
>
> He didn't ask for nor want your forgiveness from you, asshole. Never
> for minute think that deep down inside, and even in death, that he
> doesn't think you're a prime jackass.
>
> And don't forget it.
>
> And I know he'd approve of this message.
>
> -sw

WHere is it?

Oh!

<LIKE>

Dave Smith wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on
> FB from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't
> know the details, just that his father contacted her and said that he
> is not longer with us.

Damn! They say that the good die young. In the real scheme of things,
Blake was still young and especially young at heart.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>longer with us.

I'm sorry to hear of this.
Janet US

On Oct 27, 3:58*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> longer with us.

>
>
I am deeply saddened to hear this. If anyone has any more details I
hope they post them.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:03:59 -0500, Andy wrote:
>
> > All is forgiven!
>
> He didn't ask for nor want your forgiveness from you, asshole. Never
> for minute think that deep down inside, and even in death, that he
> doesn't think you're a prime jackass.
>
> And don't forget it.
>
> And I know he'd approve of this message.

All in favor say aye.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:51:09 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:04:39 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:25 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
>>>from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
>>>details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
>>>longer with us.
>>
>> This sucks. He wasn't even 60 was he?
>
>I just went back and reread all the email we had exchanged over the
>course of almost 10 years (probably longer, but that's all I have).
>It sucks that I seriously threatened to go down there last month when
>I was in PGH, but I wasn't able to on my schedule. Had I known I
>would have made that my first stop. Can't take it back now.

It's unfortunate life has no rewind.

Lou

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:55:27 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:03:59 -0500, Andy wrote:
>
>> All is forgiven!
>
>He didn't ask for nor want your forgiveness from you, asshole. Never
>for minute think that deep down inside, and even in death, that he
>doesn't think you're a prime jackass.
>
>And don't forget it.
>
>And I know he'd approve of this message.

I think anDy really thinks he's the one who was wronged. Anyone who
responds to that freak like he's a normal human has a loose screw. The
same goes for shemp. I see he's got an award winning post in this
thread too. What a pair of morons.

Lou

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:14:15 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:51:09 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> I just went back and reread all the email we had exchanged over the
>> course of almost 10 years (probably longer, but that's all I have).
>
>And the last two days worth of posts.
>
>Sheldon can now go uncontested in most of his rantings. Sorry Blake,
>but I can't un-killfile Catz and do for you what I did for Bob
>Pastorio. I hope you'll understand.

Keep up the good work.

Lou

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not longer
> with us.

Sad indeed. I liked his humor, even if I did not agree with some of his
political views, he could be very thought provoking. He will be missed.

On 10/27/2011 7:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 27/10/2011 8:06 PM, Pennyaline wrote:
>> On 10/27/2011 4:54 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:
>>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:36 -0600, Pennyaline
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> BTW, I'm on Facebook. What does that have to do with it?
>>>
>>> That's where the announcement was made. It wasn't made here, except
>>> from those of us who saw the announcement on FB.
>>
>> I know. I understand that part of it. My point is that I am on Facebook.
>> Just being on Facebook is not enough to make one privy to that
>> information. If it was, I'd have known before I saw it here. Thus, WHERE
>> on Facebook must one be in order to see the information?
>>
>
>
> Were you on his Friend's list?


No, but that wasn't my point. The OP brought the message here for group
members "not on Facebook" because they wouldn't have heard. I pointed
out that I am on Facebook, yet I was still unaware. The OP's post was
worded as though just being on FB was enough, and my contention was
that, of course, it wasn't.