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No finer epitaph ever written.

Treasure the memories John.

John, thank you for sharing your thoughts. It lets many of us revisit similar times, times so rich .

John, another of the Greatest Generation has left to be with his brothers and sisters. I am sorry for your loss and you have my condolences. Next time you are over at Stan's, swing south on I-95 near Savannah (where the 8th was founded a half-mile from where I sit) and drop in on the Mighty Eighth Museum in Pooler, Ga. It is a fitting tribute to the men like your dad who gave so much.
Gil Stacy,Savannah, GA

Hey Runs At The Mouth could you maybe ease up on the crazy for a minute? This thread is about the passing of John Roberts father and has nothing to do with you or your inaccurate drivel.

John my father is getting older and I don't even want to think of the world without him. You have my deepest sympathy.....


DLH

One of my all time favorites since I was a wee lad. The same old Kipling book I used to hide in as a child now graces my bookshelf. As I remember it, "You may talk o' gin an beer when you're quartered safe out here..."

And when we all got those small 3" reel to reel tape recorders back in the mid 60's one of the childish goof-offs I recorded was a song version of Gunga Din. Guaranteed to make me cringe on every listening. "Tho I've belted you and flayed you by the living God that made you you're a better man than I am, Gunga Din" or some such resounding finish. No fade-outs on that cut.

Man, what a writer. God Bless him and God bless your Dad.

I just immediately wrote my post after reading John's opener, it hit me so deeply.

Afterwards I read through all the other posts from all the other members.

You know, this website has taken some noxious, slanderous crap thrown at it recently in many of the different forums. It sickened me, because I know that at the heart of this labor of love that Dave Weber put together are good, decent men who share some things even deeper than the ineffable wonders of the vintage guns we love so dearly.

Reading through all the posts in this thread that John started just reaffirmed it.

John, my sympathies.

I lost my mother in March and my father's sister, his last remaining sibling in June. He lives 1300 miles from me, with only one of his five children near.

I just got home after spending four days with him. Out to our hunting property at Delta Marsh to see the results of a $2.5 million DU/Delta Waterfowl/Government project to fix the marsh for ducks that mostly involved building weirs and dikes across our property. Then a few hours east with him to Lake of the Woods to take him to the island cottage he and my mother loved so much. He goes a lot slower now but boy does he sparkle when I get him out to those places. I don't know how much longer I'll have him but it won't be the same when he's gone.

I decided to post because just before I left to return home last night, he gave me a 20 (or more) volume set of the complete writings of RK, given to his mother by my great grandfather in the years 1910 -1912, according to the inscriptions. A real treasure!

You guys are the greatest, thank you all for the many loving, kind, and thoughtful posts. I do appreciate them all, and thank you for allowing me to share my Dad's passing with you.
JVR

John: My condolences. If close, it is very tough to lose a parent. My Dad was 66 and I was 35 yo when he died of cancer twenty years ago. It really knocked the wind out of me and took a long, long time for me to get over. 20 yrs later I think of him at times but it doesn't hurt anymore. Time gets your life back to order, I guess. At least time was the only thing that helped me. Take care, Buzz