underpressure, RIP
Sep 29, 2015, 2:30 pm
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I was very sorry to hear about this. I was all hyped up after Utah beat Oregon and read about UP passing on the football thread. Had no idea he was dealing with a long term illness, because he always sounded so feisty.
I have to admit that I disagreed with about 99% of his 30,000 posts, but at least he was always upfront and honest. I'll take that any day over someone who pretends to be one thing and turns out to be another.
It always made me chuckle to see the @:-) at the end of so many of his posts.
Anyhow. Condolences to his family and truly hope that he rests in peace.
So long, Underpressure.
I have to admit that I disagreed with about 99% of his 30,000 posts, but at least he was always upfront and honest. I'll take that any day over someone who pretends to be one thing and turns out to be another.
It always made me chuckle to see the @:-) at the end of so many of his posts.
Anyhow. Condolences to his family and truly hope that he rests in peace.
So long, Underpressure.
Condolences to his family. He'll certainly be missed.
Sep 29, 2015, 9:26 pm
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Oct 2, 2015, 5:27 am
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thanks for posting
wow, he was only 58
RIP UP
Oct 2, 2015, 10:19 am
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Very sorry to hear about underpressure's passing. I greatly enjoyed his contributions to FlyerTalk. He will certainly be missed.
Oct 2, 2015, 10:59 am
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So sad to hear. Sorry you lost your friend, Dov. And I'm sorry that we all lost a regular /PR poster. Solace to u/p's family and friends.
Oct 2, 2015, 12:39 pm
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Brian Cohen's blog on The Gate eloquently spoke of underpressure. It's good reading. I recommend it.
I went in search of a couple of his posts that I remembered. Did you realize that he and his wife fostered 300 kids? (You have to be Omni enabled to read this.)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-...l#post10652205
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-...l#post10651627
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post9990681
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8394713
A lot of kids have lost out since he won't be able to live his retirement dream:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8931923
I went in search of a couple of his posts that I remembered. Did you realize that he and his wife fostered 300 kids? (You have to be Omni enabled to read this.)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-...l#post10652205
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni-...l#post10651627
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post9990681
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8394713
A lot of kids have lost out since he won't be able to live his retirement dream:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8931923
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Oct 2, 2015, 1:32 pm
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A lot of kids have lost out since he won't be able to live his retirement dream:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8931923
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/omni/...ml#post8931923
I'll share my retirement dream with you.
I want to start small, just one. But put a house near a university where good kids who are foster kids can live while the attend college. There is a huge gap of foster kids who can qualify for college but have no place to go.
I will do this.
Just small to start and after the results are in, try to expand it.
I want to start small, just one. But put a house near a university where good kids who are foster kids can live while the attend college. There is a huge gap of foster kids who can qualify for college but have no place to go.
I will do this.
Just small to start and after the results are in, try to expand it.
...but that was classic Jim.
Would it not be nice if that dream was realized anyway — even if not by Jim...
...or better yet — done in his memory?
Oct 2, 2015, 1:47 pm
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A late story about Jim:
Several days before he died, I received an e-mail from him asking me to phone. I did not know he had been ill (he was never the kind to complain about himself) and when I reached him, he told me that he had been in the hospital for the past month.
He said that he had initially been diagnosed with cancer but that day his doctor told him that he had "cured himself" and the diagnosis had been wrong -- that he had been suffering from mono, but it had run its course and he would be discharged the next day.
When his sister told me a few days later that Jim was dying and has been moved to hospice, I was shocked. I couldn't imagine what had happened. Had the doctor lied to him to raise his morale? Had he been hallucinating? (His voice sounded strong and as we talked about various things he seemed completely coherent.)
I may be wrong, of course, but I believe that he asked me to call simply because he wanted to speak with me one last time and he made up the story about his cure simply because he neither wanted me to worry about him nor did he want any sympathy.
Several days before he died, I received an e-mail from him asking me to phone. I did not know he had been ill (he was never the kind to complain about himself) and when I reached him, he told me that he had been in the hospital for the past month.
He said that he had initially been diagnosed with cancer but that day his doctor told him that he had "cured himself" and the diagnosis had been wrong -- that he had been suffering from mono, but it had run its course and he would be discharged the next day.
When his sister told me a few days later that Jim was dying and has been moved to hospice, I was shocked. I couldn't imagine what had happened. Had the doctor lied to him to raise his morale? Had he been hallucinating? (His voice sounded strong and as we talked about various things he seemed completely coherent.)
I may be wrong, of course, but I believe that he asked me to call simply because he wanted to speak with me one last time and he made up the story about his cure simply because he neither wanted me to worry about him nor did he want any sympathy.
Oct 2, 2015, 8:52 pm
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Originally Posted by underpressure
We have been "into" this for ever ten years and have had the privilege of having some 300 kids stay with us.
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