Words for thought.....

[Fly2e]

I say this because I was wondering has anybody seen Dean, AKA Cherokee6?  I hope he is alright.
Also, I am sure many of you remember Nick Churchill, AKA Joker. He used to post some really nice shots here. Word has it he has been killed. Do not quote me, but I know a forum he was a moderator in and many people have been looking for him since May!
Strange thing these forums. We all spend so much time here, we discuss so much about our personal lives with each other. We make many friends and live the ups and downs with each other. The strange part is, My wife Barbara really has no clue as to how "involved" I am here. She just thinks I am "talking to my pilot friends" LOL. What I am getting at is...in this virtual world we all come together in, if one were to pass away, who really tells the rest of us what happened?  Look how long it took us to find out about Tipster. The big reason was that he went missing and his death was in the paper along with his site posting the news.
I know if I were to die tomorrow, none of you here would ever know what happened. My wife would never come here to tell anybody unless she "stumbled" onto my PC's homepage and maybe saw that I had over 100 messages in my inbox...  ::)
I guess what I am getting at is that we all have become good friends here and it is sad to hear of one's passing. I guess that's the way it works here in the virtual world, one day your here, the next day you are gone without any explanation.....

Dave

[Saitek]

Yeah I know what u mean.... perhaps you can somehow do a search Dave - when was his last posts?
Could be quite possible that he has just tired of SimV or temporarily lost interest.

Ben

[Fly2e]

Who Dean. No we spoke at least once a week. He was always posting his Trans USA Trip!
Who knows?  ???

Dave

[Saitek]

Well I found some stuff!

Cherokee6

The last time he posted was on my sister's birthday... the 3rd of June.

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... Cherokee_6

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[ATI_7500]

MIA as well: Maccers, SabreHawk and fido.

[Rifleman]

This is the last I heard from Dean,......I was actually looking forward to metting up with him, but alas, it never came to pass.........I have wondered more than just a bit what has happened........This quote is from a private message he sent to me......my reply is still unanswered.

[quote] Will Be in Your Neck of the Woods!                          Sent on: May 28th, 2004, 7:59am

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Hey ken! I am coming out to Island for a wedding in July. I am actaully going to be in Qualicom. How far is that from Courteney?! I would not mind taking a drive up the island to do some sight seeing.....also would not mind checking out that infamous airport you always take so many nice pics of!

Thanks

Dean

[flyboy 28]

I always hate to think ill of anyone, especially people I know and care about, like here. So here's my answer-

Maybe they're just really busy. I mean, we don't know what they do for a living (well, I don't). They could've just had trintuplets for all we know and are too busy with that!


Very good words, Dave. Although my sister has been asked to come to my homepage and post in the Cafe with my name saying somthings happened to me.

All you guys are like second family to me, and I don't want you left in the dark.

[Omag 2.0]

Sad thing about this virtual world, one can disappear into thin air...

I just wonder how many regular members have gone away... I'm not around long enough to know...

... If something happens to me, you guys will never know it i guess, my girlfriend isn't a big fan of Simv, seems this place captures alot of my attention, attention she wants for herself...

[ozzy72]

I haven't heard from Dean for ages. I hope he is okay and its nothing more serious than a PC on the fritz.
I still remember getting the email about John "FSTipster" and sitting in front of my PC in shock.
Don't worry about me though, if anything happens my wife knows what to do, so you'll all know that the bridges of this world have become safe...

Mark

[Stormtropper]

That would be a sad day Ozzy.................I would be even more lost in the virtual world than the real one

Plus you seem to the only one that shares my intrest on terrorizing passengers and towns people

If I were to die, then theres like a 50/50 chance that it would be on the news.....................If I knew I was going to like die in 24 hours, I would steal a cessna 152 and attempt to tresspass Russian airspace ...................but if that doesn't happen, then I doubt that you would know about it

Jeff

[Cherokee_6]

WELLLL HOWDY HO!!!

Hello! Hello! Hello!

Let me start of by saying that I am really touched that I was missed like this!!

[flyboy 28]

*as a mother*

Tsk tsk... DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN YOU PUT US THROUGH? We called the police, the fire department, the orphanage... Well this isn't about who we called. YOU'RE GROUNDED FOR TWO WEEKS, MISTER!!!



Great to have you back, Cherokee... There's really no need to apologize. You have your own life. We all do. (even though we don't want to admit it! ) And this place really shouldn't interfere with them. Sorry to hear about your illness and wife's grandmother's passing. But glad to hear you're back!

[Fly2e]

Well I just returned your PM!

[Cherokee_6]

Thanks Guys!

And isn't amazing that after almost 1 1/2 months of being away, that the day after Dave posts about my where abouts, I show up?!  ???

Maybe it was the "Captain" telling me that it was time to check in?! hahahah  ;D  ;D

[Stormtropper]

Just glad to have you back Cherokee  And glad to hear that  your all right and not rotting in a ditch somewhere

Jeff

P.S. Sorry to hear about your grandmother, it seems that so many aviation people and/or their families seems to be passing right now, kinda weird