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Please Keep my Friend Jim in your Thoughts

Started by drbill , Mar 02 2006 10:09 PM

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#16 Capn Jack

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Cert Level:YMCA in 65, dove till 79, returned in 2002... now will work for air and/or beer as a DM
Logged Dives:not enough

Posted 10 March 2006 - 10:51 AM

Words fail at times like this. Know that we are thinking of you and your friends.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

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#17 mantarraya

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Location:Galveston, TX
Gender:Female
Cert Level:AOW / Nitrox
Logged Dives:>100

Posted 10 March 2006 - 10:59 AM

Thanks, Tina. Unfortunately the joy didn't last long. Cindy left a message last night that we lost him on the way to the operating room.

So sorry to hear of your loss. I know that the friends I made in school when I was young (a few high school, but several in college and grad school) have been the ones that have always been the most special to me. There is just something about that time in your life and the general climate of intellectual stimulation that makes those friendships especially rewarding. My sincerest sympathy to you and your friends.

Lee

Back after a long absence - whew, too busy at work!

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#18 intotheblue

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Cert Level:diving since high school; rec, tech, cave and wreck, as well as exploration and expedition diving
Logged Dives:Thousands... (really!)

Posted 10 March 2006 - 11:36 AM

Thanks, Tina. Unfortunately the joy didn't last long. Cindy left a message last night that we lost him on the way to the operating room.

I will be flying back to Washington DC to give one of the eulogies at the funeral next week. I wonder if Al Gore will deliver one as a classmate of his in private school and ours at Harvard.

My sincere condolences. :diver:

My prayers for "the peace that passes all understanding" go out to you all, especially to Cindy. This turn shows us how little control doctors have over us...

As for second part... be sure to take your "no-doz" just in case!

"The most important thing is to never stop breathing"... ITB

Actually, the WORST day of diving is better than the BEST day at work...

and... my life is not measured by the number of breaths I take, but by the number of breaths I take UNDER WATER

"I see you are no stranger to pain." -- "I was married... TWICE!!!" HOT SHOTS, PART DEUX

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#19 nextariel

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Cert Level:Master Diver, Nitrox
Logged Dives:350+

Posted 10 March 2006 - 05:28 PM

Bill very sorry to hear this. Know that he is in a better place.

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. --Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958

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#20 Hummingbird

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Posted 10 March 2006 - 10:33 PM

I will take more than a moment for those of you in mourning. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

Edited by Hummingbird, 10 March 2006 - 10:34 PM.

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#21 drbill

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Posted 11 March 2006 - 01:07 AM

Thanks to all of you for your concern.

Fortunately this weekend is a busy one between the storms, a former student visiting with his young family and nearly 30 divers from another board out for their monthly dive. Plenty to keep me occupied.

I have yet to hear when the funeral will be. As soon as I do, I'll have to make reservations to get there. I just hope I can get a decent fare. Gulp. Sometimes I wish I were an investment banker instead of a starving marine biologist (what am I saying???).

Must have a sense of humor to view my web site!