hojutsuka Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 Geoff, you made us the richer for having known you, and the poorer for your going. Rest you in peace. Hojutsuka
Olof Larsson Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 I can only hope that one day I will be half the man that King and Geoff was. Geoff. Give my best to King.
Ken Estes Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 I will most likely create a new forum with READ only access and post Geoff's and King's threads... and unfortunatly anyone else who dies in the family will get thier thread posted. It will not get prunedMost excellent.
Chris Werb Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 This came as a real shock to me. Geoff stayed with us for a few days when we were living in Belgium. He was highly entertaining, charming and gentlemanly and loved cats and dogs. He will be sorely missed.
JWB Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 This came as a real shock to me. Geoff stayed with us for a few days when we were living in Belgium. He was highly entertaining, charming and gentlemanly and loved cats and dogs. He will be sorely missed.Came as a real shock to me also. Didn't even know he was ill before saturday. Other than that I don't know any words......
Dame Karmen Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 Your captured and named Pixie Witch always misses and will always remember you Wizard.SUNYAPS, yes we created many and they are a comfort to PW. Rest now Wizard,you're free of uncomfortable conformity and can just BE WIZARD now as you alwayswished to be. Your Wizardry has left a lot of good and that won't stop. PW XX
Dave Clark Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 RIP Geoff "His was a life that shone too bright for tears"
LT Ducky Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 I was wavering about attending the Norfolk I&I; he called me to make sure I was going. Had he not called I would never have met him. R.I.P. Geoff
Paul G. Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 Just Saw this. Farewell to an esteemed member of more than just an internet forum. I will drink a toast tonight.
scj1014 Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 Terrible news... Condolences to the family and friends.
Jeff Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 RIP Geoff I hope you and King are having a great I&I together.
T19 Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 RIP Geoff I hope you and King are having a great I&I together. If I know the two of them, they are planning a tour of some of the best battles, where from above you can press play, fast forward, and reverse... as well as pause... to truly get a flavour of the event. They will be debating market garden, with a live action feed, they will prepare a full briefing on the logistics of Hannibal's attach on Rome, and I can see them hovering over the development of the Sherman, frustrated that their combined yells for a 17 pounder goes un-heard. Yes, we should all be in store for a great Heavenly &I, we have sent forth the best Recce party there is. RIP old friend
BP Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 So which thread do we re-name for Geoff? He certainly loved those daft little Universal Carriers, and I guess they are technically "AFVs". . . What a kick in the nuts.
Corinthian Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 For a couple of days before I was informed I strongly felt hispresence a few times. <snip> This "connection" is one of the thingsthat caused Geoff to name me his Pixie Witch from early on. Sensing and knowing things by osmosis or something. Last Saturday while hiking along the lahar canyon, I could not help "feeling" that both King and Geoff were looking after me, making sure I don't get meself killed by sheer stupidity.
Corinthian Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 Yes, we should all be in store for a great Heavenly &I, we have sent forth the best Recce party there is. RIP old friend This made me smile. Thanks.
Sally Ann Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 The pictures with his smiling face say so much, Geoff had so much love for you gentlemen and everything military, it was a passion that burned so strong in him. His favorite musichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6H1AjTRU3A To you Geoff, at peace at last dear Man. Going HomeGoing home, going homeI'm just going homeQuiet light, some still dayI'm just going homeIt's not far, just close byThrough an open doorWork all done, care laid byGoing to fear no moreMother's there expecting meFather's waiting, tooLots of folk gathered thereAll the friends I knewAll the friends I knewI'm going homeNothing's lost, all's gainNo more fret nor painNo more stumbling on the wayNo more longing for the dayGoing to roam no moreMorning star lights the wayRestless dream all doneShadows gone, break of dayReal life begunThere's no break, there's no endJust a living onWide awake with a smileGoing on and onGoing home, going homeI'm just going homeIt's not far, just close byThrough an open doorI am going homeI'm just going homeGoing home, going home
Hittite Under The Bridge Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 I was wavering about attending the Norfolk I&I; he called me to make sure I was going. Had he not called I would never have met him. R.I.P. Geoff Ducky, that's what struck me most about Geoff, the camaraderie he fostered. He absolutely loved talking and meeting with like-minded folks, not just at TN, but at his site and others. If Geoff liked you, you had a friend for life. So which thread do we re-name for Geoff? I guess if I could make a suggestion, it would be any I&I thread. As I said above, Geoff was the driving force behind many of us meeting. Any time two tanknetters get together, there should be a place set for him and a toast said to his memory. Time's not healing this wound.
FlyingCanOpener Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 What a kick in the nuts. This. Going to wear my poppies that he sent me last year until the memorial service. It's the best this civvie can do for someone whose posts often reminded me of my crazy uncle.
T19 Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 Cards of condolence can be sent to Shawn Winnington-Ball177 Park Street Apt. AWaterloo OntarioN2L 1Y7 CANADA
RETAC21 Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 So which thread do we re-name for Geoff? He certainly loved those daft little Universal Carriers, and I guess they are technically "AFVs". . . What a kick in the nuts. My vote goes to the AFV forum, after all he was behind tanknet from the get go and this is related to AFVs above all.
BansheeOne Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 I guess if I could make a suggestion, it would be any I&I thread. As I said above, Geoff was the driving force behind many of us meeting. Any time two tanknetters get together, there should be a place set for him and a toast said to his memory. I wouldn't mind at all if somebody with admin powers renamed the current I&I thread accordingly. Dave Clark had included a visit to the British Cemetery of Berlin in the programme specifically because Geoff once relayed an interest in the grave of one certain Canadian buried there, which Dave went out to take pictures of. We met yesterday to check out hotels and agreed immediately that we would keep that point not despite, but because Geoff being gone to honor his memory.
Rocky Davis Posted December 7, 2010 Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) He rarely called me, but he did in mid-November. I was driving at night at the time, didn't recognize the number, so I allowed the phone to take a message. When I got home and listened to the message, it was Geoff asking me to remind everybody that he was moving and temporarily out of communication (to include his computer). I didn't call back, but did comply with his wishes to relay his message. I guess that, if I had called back, it would have been the last time we ever talked. But, at the time, it was a fairly mundane and simple matter that I felt needed no follow-up call-back. I'm thinking twice about that now . . . maybe I should have called back. Edited December 7, 2010 by Rocky Davis
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