Thread: Blinky's Funeral

In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.

--
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:14:03 -0700, bill van <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
> Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>> ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
>Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.

Ditto.

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

> In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
> Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>> ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>

That was my plan.

--

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Poke out my left I to reply

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
> words, and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to
> the grave site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was
> placed in the ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
> Blinky's life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts,
> and was pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have
> approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks.
--
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members. Groucho Marx

"Aingon Atelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:iTmvl.21337$[email protected]..
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
> [email protected]
> Poke out my left I to reply



Thank you for keeping us informed. We all loved Lee (Blinky) and miss him.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> "Aingon Atelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:iTmvl.21337$[email protected]..
>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>> ground.
>>
>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>
>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>> --
>>
>> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
>> [email protected]
>> Poke out my left I to reply
>
>
>
> Thank you for keeping us informed. We all loved Lee (Blinky) and miss
> him.
>
> Jill
RIP Blinky the Shark

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few
> words, and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to
> the grave site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was
> placed in the ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate
> Blinky's life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts,
> and was pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have
> approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

He was lucky to have a friend like you.

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On 2009-03-16, Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
>> Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>>> ground.
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>>
>
> That was my plan.

Good plan. Thanks

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Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> news:iTmvl.21337$c45.11585
@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com: in rec.food.cooking

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

I want to take this time to thank you for keeping the updates coming here
to RFC. I will miss Blinky.

Michael

--
“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand
your words.”
~Elbert Hubbard

You can find me at: - michael at lonergan dot us dot com

In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

>We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>ground.
>
>After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
>Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for letting us know, Walt. Beer, pizza and darts sounds like a fine
tribute.

--
charles

Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote in news:iTmvl.21337
$[email protected]:


>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts.


3 things that are magically destined to be together forever!!


> He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.


I'm sure he would have. It would have hinged on what pizza though :-)


I'd never have thought of dart boards at my wake, so thanks for the idea.

The SO and I are dart throwers from way-back :-)


>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.


You've done him proud with your posts, keeping the rest of us updated.

You are the epitome of a best friend.

Blinky was very lucky.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

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http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Mar 16, 12:24*am, Aingon Atelia <aingonate...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > In article <iTmvl.21337$c45.11...@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> > *Aingon Atelia <aingonate...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> >> ground.
>
> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> >> pretty good at it most days. *I believe he would have approved.
>
> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. *I miss you a hundred times a day.
>
> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>
> That was my plan.


And much appreciated. Thanks.


V.
--
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"Aingon Atelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:iTmvl.21337$[email protected]..
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
> [email protected]
> Poke out my left I to reply

Nice of you to keep us up to date.

Dimitri

Aingon Atelia wrote:
>
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> --
>
> Aingon Atelia aka Minkie Zeeber
> [email protected]
> Poke out my left I to reply

You did good. Blinky would be proud I think, and he was blessed to have
you for a dear friend. I miss (chatting with) him and his humor, too.
Pizza, beer, and darts is a good send-off. I did not know he was a
darts fan - steel or plastic tip I wonder <G>. Knowing Blinky the short
time I did, I'd guess steel tips

Sky

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:05:36 -0700, Aingon Atelia wrote:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

(Wiping tear) Thanks, Aingon...Bye, Blinky :-(

--
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On 2009-03-16, Aingon Atelia wrote:

>> In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
>> Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
>>> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
>>> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
>>> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
>>> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
>>> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
>>> ground.
>>>
>>> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
>>> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
>>> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>>>
>>> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for sharing that with us.

>> Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
>> Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
>> able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
>>
>
> That was my plan.

Good plan.


--
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people do, but very little over what they hear, and none over what
they say. Here, the government can check not only act but thought.
Surely no men should have such power over others. (LeGuin 1969)

Aingon Atelia wrote:
> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.


You're the kind of friend I hope I have...

Thanks,

Bye Bye Blinky

Jeff

--
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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote in
news:iTmvl.21337$[email protected]:

> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> ground.
>
> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
>
> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.

Thanks for the news. I trust there were enough good eulogies. I only knew
him (on usenet only) for a short time, but he *did* stand out among the
one I "met". That is without doubt.

--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

In article <c9nvl.14527$[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
>
>
> > In article <iTmvl.21337$[email protected]>,
> > Aingon Atelia <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> We laid Blinky to rest on Saturday. The service was nice, but short.
> >> Besides Lee's daughter Sara, his ex-wife Dee and her brother, a couple
> >> of older online friends were there, as well as a surprise guest of one
> >> of the AFC-A fellows. Sara read a short poem and then said a few words,
> >> and then there was some general discussion. Then we went to the grave
> >> site and watched as the box containing Blinky's ashes was placed in the
> >> ground.
> >>
> >> After the cemetery, the online friends and I went to celebrate Blinky's
> >> life over beer, pizza and darts. He did love to shoot darts, and was
> >> pretty good at it most days. I believe he would have approved.
> >>
> >> Bye, you big friggin' doof. I miss you a hundred times a day.
> >
> > Thanks for keeping us in the loop throughout. You're the reason that
> > Blinky didn't just disappear without a trace, and that many of us were
> > able to say goodbye, even if we couldn't do so in person.
> >
>
> That was my plan.
>
>

Your efforts are deeply appreciated. Each of these newsgroups is a
little on-line community. We value these connections. With Blinky in
mind I noted this item.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200903...c_death_online


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James E. Morrow
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