kelticheart
Charter Member
Bore who?
Hiede,
please excuse my directness, it's a thing I have in common with Al, but...let's not be silly here.
Even if this forum is dedicated to a hobby, and a very particular one at that, people who wanted to share personal feelings, stories and even losses, just like in this case, were never rejected.
Solidarity was always expressed with no problems, and even precious moral support was given generously. I remember eight years ago, when I was going through the ordeal of nasty divorce full of hatred, anytime I wrote something here I was submerged by supportive replies.
Forgive me, a divorce is nothing compared to the loss of a loved one.
I don't think I am going against general feelings here if I tell you to feel free to write and 'let out' whatever you want about your mourning.
With all of the evil things happening in this world, I personally cherish this international friendship we all share here at SOH.
Al is indeed a victim of such evil, but he fought his personal battle against it without selfishness. He was a good example for the rest of us and I bet many of us would like to know more about him through your memories of him. A human being is truly dead when no one remembers about him or her anymore.
For example, not everyone here knows Al was, among other things, a great musician, a fine piano player. I had the privilege of receiving from him a few months ago a couple of recordings of his music, played with his band.
He was in the middle of churning out the great AVG and PTO campaigns he had updated. Huge works he was anxious to upload. In retrospective, it seems like he felt the end was near and wanted to gift us with everything he had, the best of his work. I got in touch with him with a question about his AVG campaign and I found out his knowledge came first hand from direct witnesses who flew with the AVG. At some point I told him I was a professional musician for several years and I had played professionally in the US, so he sent me a couple of *.mp3 cuts.
Great music, even if it is a different musical genre than mine - my pseudonym says it all - I was, and still am, quite impressed.
There, my two cents of contribution to help remembering Al with a little known aspect of his life.
KH
.....There is more I could put in here but don't want to bore you.......Hiede
Hiede,
please excuse my directness, it's a thing I have in common with Al, but...let's not be silly here.
Even if this forum is dedicated to a hobby, and a very particular one at that, people who wanted to share personal feelings, stories and even losses, just like in this case, were never rejected.
Solidarity was always expressed with no problems, and even precious moral support was given generously. I remember eight years ago, when I was going through the ordeal of nasty divorce full of hatred, anytime I wrote something here I was submerged by supportive replies.
Forgive me, a divorce is nothing compared to the loss of a loved one.
I don't think I am going against general feelings here if I tell you to feel free to write and 'let out' whatever you want about your mourning.
With all of the evil things happening in this world, I personally cherish this international friendship we all share here at SOH.
Al is indeed a victim of such evil, but he fought his personal battle against it without selfishness. He was a good example for the rest of us and I bet many of us would like to know more about him through your memories of him. A human being is truly dead when no one remembers about him or her anymore.
For example, not everyone here knows Al was, among other things, a great musician, a fine piano player. I had the privilege of receiving from him a few months ago a couple of recordings of his music, played with his band.
He was in the middle of churning out the great AVG and PTO campaigns he had updated. Huge works he was anxious to upload. In retrospective, it seems like he felt the end was near and wanted to gift us with everything he had, the best of his work. I got in touch with him with a question about his AVG campaign and I found out his knowledge came first hand from direct witnesses who flew with the AVG. At some point I told him I was a professional musician for several years and I had played professionally in the US, so he sent me a couple of *.mp3 cuts.
Great music, even if it is a different musical genre than mine - my pseudonym says it all - I was, and still am, quite impressed.
There, my two cents of contribution to help remembering Al with a little known aspect of his life.
KH
