Losing online friends over the years

[Victor]

I still recall Arizona Jim. Heart failure long time ago. He told us he would die

 

[Pepper]

There's an old superstition bad things come in threes. We lost Maywalk, Shalimar and Gaer. Okay, that's three. No more for a long while, please.

 

[Mizmo]

On the Uk forums I've met up with groups and individuals over the years, we've had dinner or lunch together. on other occasions and other people we've gone shopping together at Christmas malls.. we've gone as a group of ladies to the beach .. I've even met the families of some of these people.. One time I even went to a beach wedding of forum members.. .. so having known them on the forum as well as off, it's very hard when they pass.. and worse if they disappear and we don't know what happened..

My forum experience with members is similar.
Regular Meetups where possible for dinners, lunches or a pub night.
Sometimes travelling a few miles but lovely memories
Of course much younger then and most of them gone by now.
Too old for meetups now .......sigh

 

[hollydolly]

I still recall Arizona Jim. Heart failure long time ago. He told us he would die

he'd been poorly for quite a long time, and then his wife died, and he just lost the will to live...

 

[fuzzybuddy]

My favorite poster , who passed on, was Lon. He was a cantankerous old geezer, who just wasn't in sync with the modern world. He claimed to be logical, but it was his own "Lon logic". I believe Lon was banned a few times. Every time he posted, you knew it was going to be good. I miss the guy.

 

[hollydolly]

My favorite poster , who passed on, was Lon. He was a cantankerous old geezer, who just wasn't in sync with the modern world. He claimed to be logical, but it was his own "Lon logic". I believe Lon was banned a few times. Every time he posted, you knew it was going to be good. I miss the guy.

...and Hal.....

 

[MarkinPhx]

I have a few FB friends who have passed. I never met them but they became important to me. at a difficult times. A couple of those accounts are still active because their relatives made the decision to keep it active and on their birthdays I will post a birthday greeting (as do many others). It may sound silly but I equate it as visiting a grave site of someone who was special in my life.

 

[Marie5656]

Oh...had forgotten Lon and AzJim. Nice men.

 

[Marie5656]

I have a few FB friends who have passed. I never met them but they became important to me. at a difficult times. A couple of those accounts are still active because their relatives made the decision to keep it active and on their birthdays I will post a birthday greeting (as do many others). It may sound silly but I equate it as visiting a grave site of someone who was special in my life.

A few years back an aquaintance passed after a short illness. Her sister deleted her FB profile literally the same day..so no friends had the opportunity to drop in and pay respects. So a mutual friend started a FB group called "In memory of ****"
So friends could go there to share memories