In death, does a DU'er have a name?

[sweetheart]

Does Oneighty or Alarcojon have a name, or do they die as acronyms?

[mdmc]

1. notsamj had a name

jeff maston...

:hi:

[IronLionZion]

36. it's nostamj and Jeff Matson

not to be picky


He was a good guy. :hi:

[mdmc]

38. Thanks zion

I stand corrected.:D

[Skittles]

2. my beloved oneighty was ED

his name was Ed.

[RevCheesehead]

4. Keeping you in my thoughts, Skittles.

:hug:

[mike_c]

5. thank you Skittles....

Sleep well, Ed. :cry:

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. And I bet you never wanted to KICK HIS ASS.

:hug:, Skittles. Ed was one of the very good guys.

[Skittles]

10. he was such a great guy

I sent him a postcard from Vegas; Trish probably received it today or yesterday....I will send a card to her and his family with my condolences

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. I had a PM from him right after his last hospital stay....

because I had told him of my friend the VA nurse's struggles to make her hospital provide better care. Yes, he was a great guy, and a lot of us will miss him and his stories.

[shadowknows69]

29. Me too

my last message was exactly a month ago.

[sweetheart]

11. Ed was my close friend

"Ed", I never met you, but i love(d) you.

Hare Om

You are blessed skittles to have known him.
:hug:

[Skittles]

14. I never did meet him

but we PMd a lot and I sent Ed and his wife Trish poscards from everywhere I went, along with a couple of get well cards lately.

[Old and In the Way]

18. I wonder if Ed finished his book?

I had a few PMs Wd...he mentioned that he was writing a book on his experiences going to Korea back in the late 50's. Realy sorry to hear it, I enjoyed reading his posts. Best wishes to all of his family and friends.

[DemoTex]

25. Dear Skittles, Great Aunt, Rev, other U/I* DUers ...

Take care of yourselves. I cannot take any more news like this. I just took a quick trip to DC and stopped by the "Wall." I was devastated after that. Today kicked me in the gut, literally.

*U/I = Unidentified. An old ASA term for COMINT/SIGINT without callsign.

[mwdem]

31. The Wall will always kick you in the gut.

It is the perfect memorial. How can you not start crying at the beginning, when you think you will not? It rips out your gut.

[Skittles]

34. I saw the travelling wall in Austin and it tore me up

cannot imagine seeing the real thing

[barbtries]

26. my deepest

sympathy on your loss

[Xipe Totec]

3. Yes. His name is Robert Paulsen.... n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. And by either name, a person worth remembering n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Andy, of course, was Andy Stephenson.

Khephra was Scott Lowery.

I never knew oneighty's last name, but, as Skittles says below, he was Ed.

[Xipe Totec]

16. Khephra was of the Brethren.

he was a Mason; a child of the Light.

[Bossy Monkey]

37. Ed was Ed Gard; he wasn't hiding it. He published under his name

at The Necessary Language. http://www.thenecessarylanguage.com/2006/08/the_striker_by_ed_gard.html#more

[me b zola]

7. I'm glad that you brought this up

I was sitting here wondering about that as well. Mr Zola knows that if I were to pass that he should post under my name and share a little bit of who I am with everybody. Of course, it may not be the first thing that he thinks about.

[proud patriot]

13. It's probably a good idea to talk to Mr Zola about that

I've let my husband know were anything to happen to me
that he is to inform my DU family . I talked to him about
that right after Scott died . :hug:

[me b zola]

23. It's funny how maturity (in my case--age) makes us think of things...

...that we may not have thought about earlier in life. I don't remember who's passing it was that made me bring up the subject with Mr Zola, but he is so grateful for what this comunity has brought to us, he did not hesitate to say that he would post for me and about me. :hug:

[sweetheart]

17. Yes, i should so that too

Probably i should write a "Well, it looks like i'm dead" final post,
with instructions on my PC just in case, as Mrs art 'll not know
what to post.

I still think we need a separate forum on DU, the "burial ground" for
the dead and tributes to the dead, that threads like those can archive
there and maybe stay open as persons who may be long away find out
that there is somewhere to leave a love note and a flower.

[me b zola]

24. Those are two great ideas

"If you are reading this post..." I think I'll write me one of those posts.

I really like the idea of a forum for those who have passed. A place for us to pay our respects, a place for us to remember their contributions to the comunity/family. I think that this is an idea that DU should discuss and take to Skinner.

[lildreamer316]

28. Please see my post directly below n/t

[lildreamer316]

27. I have two threads to that effect.

Have sent a PM to Skinner about it. Feel free to come and add your "vote" please.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5669166&mesg_id=5669166

or

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2228717&mesg_id=2228717

[me b zola]

33. Thank you

My thing is that Skinner has created one hell of a comunity...we should act like one and erect monuments to those who have passed. (In real life, though, I will have a burial at sea:))

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. MrsGrumpy just posted this link on a Lounge thread.

http://www.lonesailor.org/log.php?search=yes&navy_log_id=782534&lname_search=GARD&fname_search=EDWARD&page=1&firstname=Edward&lastname=Gard

I hope she doesn't mind if I cross posted it onto this thread.

[MuseRider]

19. Thank you.

He looked pretty snappy in that dive gear. This is just too sad. What an excellent person he was.

[TomInTib]

21. I already miss him terribly.

He use to cover my ass when I would go off on some whacko tangent.

We shared a lot of great PMs. In hindsight, I wish that I had asked his blessings on posting them here.

Took me a few hours before I could even work up the energy and composure to tell my sweeheart.

I just sat there for a while, real quiet.

Damn.

[MuseRider]

22. Ahhhh

he was something. :hug: It really hurts. Amazing that someone you have never met can touch you so easily and so deeply. I am thankful that anything he may have been suffering from is over for him now. He can breathe easily now.

Funny, I told my husband that someone had died from DU and he knew right away who I was talking about.

[Divernan]

20. Thank you so much for this great photo!

He was a "black water" diver - and the picture was taken at Cooper River, near Charleston (where he met his wife - and how could she have resisted a handsome guy like that?!?) My sig. other dives for prehistoric shark teeth in the Cooper River. The water is so dark that your dive light doesn't illuminate more than about 8 inches, and the current is so strong that you have to sink a long dive knife into the river bottom to keep from being swept away. Then there's the problem with the occasional alligator and bull shark.

ED was a gutsy diver. He had some problems with his lungs and had to give up diving, as I recall he told me years ago. His war was the Korean conflict, but he really was so like the military men from WW Two, i.e., the greatest generation.

[Steven_S]

30. I loved all the dive stories...

ALL of his stories, really, but since I,ve been a diver for 30 years it was facinating to hear of the old days, and the type of diving he did.

He will certainly be missed.

[bicentennial_baby]

32. Khephra IS and WAS Scott...

and I miss him every damn day... :(

[Skittles]

35. he will always be Kef to me

that's what I called him :) Oh I miss him a lot, he was such a constant here in the DU