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Unread 12-02-2016, 02:19 PM
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Bugsy was good people. Sorry to hear this news.
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Unread 12-02-2016, 05:10 PM
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I'm terribly sad to hear of Jimmy's untimely demise. Life is so unfair sometimes.

We communicated via PM and our last discussion was over W H Davies' "Leisure" (What is this life, if full of care . . .)

Jimmy's last message to me began: "LOL Jayne . . ." He made us all laugh and I'm chuffed that I was able to make him laugh on that occasion too.

Farewell, Bugsy. We'll miss you.

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Unread 12-03-2016, 04:05 AM
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I want to express my condolences as well, and I hope somebody here who is in contact with Bugsy's Nancy will convey this thread to her somehow. I too am so fortunate as to be married to a Nancy, and I would hope Bugsy's wife could know how much we esteemed him. I cannot claim the extra-spherean link with him that others can, but I so enjoyed interacting with him in threads and will miss his wry and humane outlook. How sad but lovely to read the poems included and linked to here!
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Unread 12-03-2016, 08:10 AM
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Simon, I've sent Nancy Gribble a link to this thread so she can how fond of "Bugsy" we all were.
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Unread 12-05-2016, 10:01 PM
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Unread 12-06-2016, 04:30 PM
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Another saddened member here. Every time I saw that "Lightning Bug" had posted, I knew I could look forward to reading something that'd make me smile. And his "Koi Mistress" is, for my money, a classic among parodies.
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