[SOC] Quiet...Isn't it.

[Trev - K6ESE]

How's Katie doing? I hope in good spirits and wish her and the rest of
Paul's family the best...

73 Trev - K6ESE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian C. Purdie" <ianpurdie at integritynet.com.au>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Quiet...Isn't it.


> Chris Redding wrote:
>
> > Brethren
> >
> > It's very quiet in SOC-land.
> >
> > Paul's sudden and untimely passing has perhaps kicked us all in the
guts...I
> > know I felt it because (being a medical man) he was very supportive to
me
> > off-group when I had my operation, and he took a lot of my fear away.
> >
> > When he died, I was away for two weeks walking holiday, and so I didn't
find
> > out what had happened until long after the event.
>
> Yes I was also away at the time on a one week business trip. I wondered
about
> your lack of response at the time and concluded you must have been
elsewhere.
> Bill Cunningham arrived at the very same conclusion about me.
>
> Sadly, Paul rang me about a day or so before his demise. I won't go into
details
> except that he was optimistic about his personal future, even more
optimistic
> about his latest K2 adventure and so forth.
>
> I had some conversations with Paul's wife Katie before the funeral. Indeed
Bill
> as well. Bill has since been silent and having the privilege of meeting
Bill and
> his XYL last January I understand he must also be stricken.
>
> > But I think it would be a great shame to let SOC die too.  Looking back
> > through the archive, I really don't think that Paul would want that...do
> > you?
>
> Won't ever happen Chris. Us left-wingers will give you something to think
about
> and Paul will support you from above..
>
> I was thinking about you recently, that tragedy in Berkshire with the
train,
> near you ?
>
> PS: You're the only "pommy" friend I now have left in the world. You don't
> follow cricket? You don't follow Rugby-League? You don't follow pure
Rugby?
>
> Oh what a bleak future....
>
> PPS: On my own EQ&A List, Paul was very highly respected. He was a
co-moderator
> who rarely used his powers over 5+ years [actually only once]
>
> The outpouring of genuine grief even surprised me. Many, but not all, are
his
> peer group - Physicsits'.
>
> Electronic Brain Surgeons by another name. The grief was palatable and
genuine.
>
>
>
> 72/73's
>
> Ian C. Purdie
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