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Simon Tan no more.


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He's dead, Jim. I'm sure details will follow. Or not.

 

Crotchety Curmudgeon. 

 This was always my mental image of the man. 

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More 2A than too many Americans.

 

Foodie.

 

As @BansheeOne 

   quipped, - Simon Tan pops out of nowhere to make a three-word reply to an undetermined post. There are two pages of "welcome back" replies.

 

Not anymore

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Well damn. Sad to hear that; he was one of TankNet's staple characters. I'll mostly remember him not for his quintessential one-liners, but his contribution to making Russian America great again; and organizing the 2015 tactical rifle class I&I in WV, to which he couldn't make it in the end himself, so we never actually met. I know he had heart surgery at one point, so unfortunately not entirely surprised by his passing. More details appreciated if they become available.

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Ahh. Damn. I was hoping to share some meals with him when I finally got over to Singapore and Malaysia for some reason. 

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Our fat Chinaman succumbed to Covid, May 19 Kuala Lumpur/Singapore time.

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He had had some heart issues a few years ago. I suspect that was a contributing factor. 
 

 

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5 minutes ago, JWB said:

I never met the man. I wish I had. ☹️

Met him at one of the Virginia I&Is. Good dude.

 

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Darn, that's terrible news! Rest in Peace, Simon. Like Murph said, you will be missed around this place.

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For those who never met him, the Departed

 

2008 WV shoot

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2014, when he started doing his Foodie thing in ernest

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More recently

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RIP Simon. While his one liners maybe for what he is remembered now, it's a great injustice to his contributions in early tanknet, which were numerous and always on target. 

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