Are you sure? I heard he had mad skills.bearister said:
Now I feel guilty as Hell that I blasted him in HORSE with 5 consecutive dunks.
Are you sure? I heard he had mad skills.bearister said:
Now I feel guilty as Hell that I blasted him in HORSE with 5 consecutive dunks.
MiZery said:
Somehow I don't think bear2034 has a good side
RIP helltopay1
bear2034 said:Are you sure? I heard he had mad skills.bearister said:
Now I feel guilty as Hell that I blasted him in HORSE with 5 consecutive dunks.
bearister said:
I hope B.A. Bearacus is around. He was My Man! and made custom stuff for me like this:
Big C, thanks for posting. I had no idea there was an obituary in Off Topic which I think is really cool.Big C said:
Former poster helltopay1, once a regular on this forum until his "abrupt departure" two years ago, passed away recently.
(If you found him offensive, please do not say bad things about him here, or at least wait a week or so, out of a sense of humanity.)
The reason I know he died is that, after he was banned, he was somehow able to stay in touch via PM and he would write me on a regular basis, calling me "the last good lefty". We talked about one day meeting for lunch or something, but never did, until in July, he told me that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This prompted me to send him my contact info. Last week, a friend of his phoned me to say that he passed away on August 27th at the age of 87.
helltopay1, whose real name was Bob, grew up in San Francisco, where he played some basketball. He always mentioned that he had a sweet outside shot and this was confirmed by his friend, I'm pretty sure that he would've liked me to mention that! Bob served in the US Navy and later lived in Mountain View for a long time, before retiring in Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
Bob became a life-long fan of Cal Basketball, as he came of age during the Pete Newell Era. In his younger adult years, he claimed to have been a rather liberal Democrat but became more and more conservative as he aged (a natural progression, he believed).
Bob had a sense of humor. He thought it was a good one, but some folks didn't agree (and I understand why... and they have a point). He was banned from posting here for incessantly flooding this forum with political diatribes, some of which could be found to be offensive. This, despite numerous warnings and timeouts: He just couldn't stop himself.
I think I'll leave it at that: Bob was a Cal fan, he absolutely had a good side to him and now he's gone. RIP
thanks alot B. had to lookup the kid, finding all his media gigs here (sorted by # of imdb views)bearister said:
Karate Kid star Chad McQueen dies at 63 from organ failure
oskidunker said:
Ok. Heres the question I have been perplexed about. What theHell does rest in piece mean? Why would someone be disturbed when they are dead and have no consciousness?
I suppose if you believe there is definitely an afterlife there may be an answer there. Yet if you goto hell there will be no piece. Help me understand this rip stuff. Why not just say I hope you had a good life or something like that.
HoopDreams said:Big C, thanks for posting. I had no idea there was an obituary in Off Topic which I think is really cool.Big C said:
Former poster helltopay1, once a regular on this forum until his "abrupt departure" two years ago, passed away recently.
(If you found him offensive, please do not say bad things about him here, or at least wait a week or so, out of a sense of humanity.)
The reason I know he died is that, after he was banned, he was somehow able to stay in touch via PM and he would write me on a regular basis, calling me "the last good lefty". We talked about one day meeting for lunch or something, but never did, until in July, he told me that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This prompted me to send him my contact info. Last week, a friend of his phoned me to say that he passed away on August 27th at the age of 87.
helltopay1, whose real name was Bob, grew up in San Francisco, where he played some basketball. He always mentioned that he had a sweet outside shot and this was confirmed by his friend, I'm pretty sure that he would've liked me to mention that! Bob served in the US Navy and later lived in Mountain View for a long time, before retiring in Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
Bob became a life-long fan of Cal Basketball, as he came of age during the Pete Newell Era. In his younger adult years, he claimed to have been a rather liberal Democrat but became more and more conservative as he aged (a natural progression, he believed).
Bob had a sense of humor. He thought it was a good one, but some folks didn't agree (and I understand why... and they have a point). He was banned from posting here for incessantly flooding this forum with political diatribes, some of which could be found to be offensive. This, despite numerous warnings and timeouts: He just couldn't stop himself.
I think I'll leave it at that: Bob was a Cal fan, he absolutely had a good side to him and now he's gone. RIP
May HTP continue to root for the Bears from his resting place
bearister said:
R.I.P.
HearstMining said:
Speaking of Sergio Mendez, former Brasil 66 lead singer, Lani Hall, will be performing with her husband, Herb Alpert on October 8 in Folsom, CA and October 10 in Walnut Creek. I saw them maybe five years ago in Folsom; they are accompanied by a small jazz trio. Such professionals! Herb is 89 and can't blow the trumpet quite like he once did, but what a superb musician and Lani's voice is still lovely. And she does (or did) sing a medley of Brasil 66 hits.
I was 65 and was among the younger folks in the audience which included lots of walkers and a few oxygen tanks, to be sure. But really, a great show.
oskidunker said:
Bob Randall. I could find no obituary but most people don't pay the ransom to list in a newspaper nobody reads. If youmlive long enough all your friends are dead, what's the point? My mother lived to100 and there were none of her friends left, so we passed
oskidunker said:
Bob Randall. I could find no obituary but most people don't pay the ransom to list in a newspaper nobody reads. If youmlive long enough all your friends are dead, what's the point? My mother lived to100 and there were none of her friends left, so we passed
bear2034 said:Big C said:
Former poster helltopay1, once a regular on this forum until his "abrupt departure" two years ago, passed away recently.
(If you found him offensive, please do not say bad things about him here, or at least wait a week or so, out of a sense of humanity.)
The reason I know he died is that, after he was banned, he was somehow able to stay in touch via PM and he would write me on a regular basis, calling me "the last good lefty". We talked about one day meeting for lunch or something, but never did, until in July, he told me that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This prompted me to send him my contact info. Last week, a friend of his phoned me to say that he passed away on August 27th at the age of 87.
helltopay1, whose real name was Bob, grew up in San Francisco, where he played some basketball. He always mentioned that he had a sweet outside shot and this was confirmed by his friend, I'm pretty sure that he would've liked me to mention that! Bob served in the US Navy and later lived in Mountain View for a long time, before retiring in Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
Bob became a life-long fan of Cal Basketball, as he came of age during the Pete Newell Era. In his younger adult years, he claimed to have been a rather liberal Democrat but became more and more conservative as he aged (a natural progression, he believed).
Bob had a sense of humor. He thought it was a good one, but some folks didn't agree (and I understand why... and they have a point). He was banned from posting here for incessantly flooding this forum with political diatribes, some of which could be found to be offensive. This, despite numerous warnings and timeouts: He just couldn't stop himself.
I think I'll leave it at that: Bob was a Cal fan, he absolutely had a good side to him and now he's gone. RIP
Thanks for posting this, Big C. I generally don't visit the Obituaries thread so I missed this yesterday. I know his posting style irked some; he was the original internet troll before the internet was invented! He liked to remind posters once in a while that even his dead (cat/dog) was smarter than them. He had both a cat and a dog? I remembered he once posted that after his dog passed away, things were never the same, it hit him hard. Despite his age, he was sharp, witty, and had many interesting Bay Area related stories that he shared. I'm really sorry that I didn't get a chance to say goodbye....
RIP helltopay1 (Bob)
smh said:singalong time: i second that emotion.Big C said:
^ Yeah, his "obituary" so far, oskidunker, is that I wrote what I knew about his life and his passing... and posted it in the "Obituaries" thread (Thx again, concordtom, for this thread!).
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Cal88 said:bearister said:
I hope B.A. Bearacus is around. He was My Man! and made custom stuff for me like this:
I think Bearacus is on a digital sabbatical, he has gradually reduced his activity here.
U2Sucks, on the other hand, was a very prolific poster who apparently went cold turkey 4 months ago. I hardly ever agreed with on this particular board, and he didn't have a lot of nice things to say about me, but I sure hope he is alright.
If we have a monster first half of the season and win the next 2 or 3 games and these guys still aren't showing any signs of life, then I would start worrying...
Big C said:HoopDreams said:Big C, thanks for posting. I had no idea there was an obituary in Off Topic which I think is really cool.Big C said:
Former poster helltopay1, once a regular on this forum until his "abrupt departure" two years ago, passed away recently.
(If you found him offensive, please do not say bad things about him here, or at least wait a week or so, out of a sense of humanity.)
The reason I know he died is that, after he was banned, he was somehow able to stay in touch via PM and he would write me on a regular basis, calling me "the last good lefty". We talked about one day meeting for lunch or something, but never did, until in July, he told me that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This prompted me to send him my contact info. Last week, a friend of his phoned me to say that he passed away on August 27th at the age of 87.
helltopay1, whose real name was Bob, grew up in San Francisco, where he played some basketball. He always mentioned that he had a sweet outside shot and this was confirmed by his friend, I'm pretty sure that he would've liked me to mention that! Bob served in the US Navy and later lived in Mountain View for a long time, before retiring in Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
Bob became a life-long fan of Cal Basketball, as he came of age during the Pete Newell Era. In his younger adult years, he claimed to have been a rather liberal Democrat but became more and more conservative as he aged (a natural progression, he believed).
Bob had a sense of humor. He thought it was a good one, but some folks didn't agree (and I understand why... and they have a point). He was banned from posting here for incessantly flooding this forum with political diatribes, some of which could be found to be offensive. This, despite numerous warnings and timeouts: He just couldn't stop himself.
I think I'll leave it at that: Bob was a Cal fan, he absolutely had a good side to him and now he's gone. RIP
May HTP continue to root for the Bears from his resting place
As he is way too humble to take credit himself, I will say it: All credit for the renowned Obituaries thread goes to poster concordtom, who saw a way to improve this often nutty forum (some sub-topic organization) and went out and made his vision a reality. If you go back to the first post in this thread, he explains his thoughts on this.
Still, as awesome as it may be, I sure hope this ****in thread croaks before I do!
MiZery said:
Somehow I don't think bear2034 has a good side
RIP helltopay1
yeahbut BC you're a better man than some of us, me includedQuote:
> bear2034 has a good side, but he's usually pretty busy showing his "own the libs" side and then that can be all we see
>
> i was able to become more accepting of bear2034 when i realized that, to some extent, he's doing shtick
Many thanks for posting this.Big C said:
Former poster helltopay1, once a regular on this forum until his "abrupt departure" two years ago, passed away recently.
(If you found him offensive, please do not say bad things about him here, or at least wait a week or so, out of a sense of humanity.)
The reason I know he died is that, after he was banned, he was somehow able to stay in touch via PM and he would write me on a regular basis, calling me "the last good lefty". We talked about one day meeting for lunch or something, but never did, until in July, he told me that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This prompted me to send him my contact info. Last week, a friend of his phoned me to say that he passed away on August 27th at the age of 87.
helltopay1, whose real name was Bob, grew up in San Francisco, where he played some basketball. He always mentioned that he had a sweet outside shot and this was confirmed by his friend, I'm pretty sure that he would've liked me to mention that! Bob served in the US Navy and later lived in Mountain View for a long time, before retiring in Rossmoor (Walnut Creek)
Bob became a life-long fan of Cal Basketball, as he came of age during the Pete Newell Era. In his younger adult years, he claimed to have been a rather liberal Democrat but became more and more conservative as he aged (a natural progression, he believed).
Bob had a sense of humor. He thought it was a good one, but some folks didn't agree (and I understand why... and they have a point). He was banned from posting here for incessantly flooding this forum with political diatribes, some of which could be found to be offensive. This, despite numerous warnings and timeouts: He just couldn't stop himself.
I think I'll leave it at that: Bob was a Cal fan, he absolutely had a good side to him and now he's gone. RIP