Can-Con Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 (edited) I know he would have been blown away by it. ,, Just incredible. I really wish he could have seen all this and known just how much he meant to the community. I know he was feeling down and not appreciated and I'm sure if he could have seen all this it would have meant the world to him. In one of the last e-mails I got from him about a day before he passed he told me , ,"It's hell not feeling missed or appreciated." ,, But he was appreciated but just didn't know the extent of it. I really wish he could have seen this and kudos to all of you who've taken time to make a response in any of the active threads. I'm sure he looking down from somewhere smiling. 👍 Edited May 2 by Can-Con 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 (edited) That is the problem with how things work in our culture. We seem to give all the praises only after the individual has passed on. Not very useful for the person being praised, but makes the still-alive people feel better. Edited May 2 by peteski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 33 minutes ago, peteski said: That is the problem with how things work in our culture. We seem to give all the praises only after the individual has passed on. Not very useful for the person being praised, but makes the still-alive people feel better. He probably would have gotten a chuckle out of it. Being an “old guy” like most of us, and an observant student of the human condition, he most likely would have thought to himself, “sure, now that I’m gone, they all love me”, but what he might have missed is the fact that many of us honored and respected him while he was here, even though we may not have expressed it. I think that we could all agree that the same sort of reverence could be applied to other past members of the board. Roger Hayes and Richard Manson come to mind. (I hope I got those names right. My name recollection skills are pretty horrendous!) Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Last time I heard from the snakeman was April 6, when he sent me a photo of his new cane with a Hurst shifter handle. I asked him how everything was going and never heard back. Guess I should have followed up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I think that we could all agree that the same sort of reverence could be applied to other past members of the board. Josh Atkinson / Venom and Lee Kirchner / Keyser are folks I really miss as well. I don't think I ever saw any of Dr. Kirchner's models, but he seemed like a really class act and I enjoyed his 1:1 car discussions. I am a little surprised that there weren't any "Where's Snake" posts earlier. I ASSumed that he had been given a timeout, but I am very sad to hear that he passed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Snakes passing really hit me like Roger Hayes did. Snake didn’t talk long when we talked last. I wish we have talk more Earlier when he joined he always wanted to help the model community, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 WOW! I wasn't expecting to read this. I am so sad to hearing of his passing. I just loved his "model on" attitude. He'll surely be missed by many here in the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Just learning of Snake passing. He was a valued member and always had an opinion, which I prefer over ambivalence. We are lessened by his absence. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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