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About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone

Many of us have come to know Patrick Malone (Lugnut) as a friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and kind individual. He is a frequent and enthusiastic contributor to our analog discussion forum. He has initiated only 17 threads, but responded to 559 threads. I would guess that many, if not most, of us can recall a time when Pat replied with helpful advice to a question we posted or helped us track down a rare recording. I have come to love Pat as a friend, and to respect him as a man, and I suspect many of you share those feelings.

Today I write to share difficult news with you. Pat has been diagnosed with an aggressive stomach cancer. It has yet to be determined whether surgery will even be worth it. If surgery is performed, most or all of the stomach will be removed, and Pat would face a difficult and long post-op period in the hospital. The medical course is still uncertain, but will be determined soon. Whatever is decided, it will not be easy or pleasant.

Something may be planned in the future to assist the family. For now, Pat could use some of the friendship he so often and willingly showed us. You can email Pat at: lugnut50@msn.com. You can also mail cards, letters ... or whatever. You may email me for Pat's mailing address. My email is: pfrumkin1@comcast.net.

I hope to spend a few days with Pat in Idaho or Nebraska (from which he hails) soon. Between this news, my legal work, getting ready for family arriving for the holidays, Audio Intelligent, and trying to make plans to visit Pat, my head is spinning. If you email me and I don't respond, please understand that I am not ignoring you, but rather simply do not have time to reply.

Pat may or may not have time to respond to posts here, to emails, or to cards mailed to him. But he has asked me to convey to each and every one of you that he has cherished your friendship, your comradery, and sharing our common hobby on this great website.

As we prepare for our holiday season celebrations, and look forward to -- as we should -- enjoying this time of year, I ask that you keep Pat and his family in mind ... and softly offer up, in quiet moments in the still of night and early morning, prayers for Pat and his family. God bless.

Warmest regards to all,
Paul Frumkin
paul_frumkin
tobias
1,534 posts
 
Happy birthday Pat !
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raytheprinter
1,234 posts
 
Happy b-day Pat,im really glad your having good days!And i hope they continue,,,,,,but i have to 2nd Albertporters request,,LOL!! Ray
lugnut
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Another steroid high started about five minutes ago. Of course, thanks to the chemo this afternoon. Still, I enjoy feeling good enough to do something, like writing to this thread. LOL. I really don't have much to say on the health front except I feel yucky most of the time. Enough so that I honestly don't want to do much even when on this chemical boost. Hopefully Barb and I will go to a local outdoor Blues Fest tomorrow from noon til 9 pm. I'd need to find some lasting shade to sit in cause I surely don't have a tan this year.

Okay fellow Springbok fans. I upgraded our cable so I can actually get to see some action rather than reading about it online. It seems my team is on a roll lately. The weather is cooling off here somewhat and I may even wear the LUGNUT #1 jersey while I watch. And Denis, that video made me think of me being the chased and the cheetah being the cancer. The runner had two meanings for me. The first thought was of God the second was of this wonderful group here which has picked me up and carried me away more than several times in the last nine months. Thanks for pointing me to it. Bluebill, are the New Zealand All Blacks all black or is that just a name? Seems kind of last century to me.

Swampwalker, Nate and the rest of the reunion guys, I really hope I can make it to Denver. I'm not very optomistic about my chances though. If I can make it my guess is I'll wish I had that Snoopy hat Doug speaks of. The doc assured me that the next drug, if I choose to use it, will blow off all my hair. That's not a very pretty mental image. And Albert, not to worry about me showing off this bod with or without the Snoopy hat. Poor, poor pitiful me. ROTFLMAO.

Okay, so Zaikes is a Leo too. Interestingly, my oldest friends are all Leo's too. Bill, Mickey and Steve. How many of you guys are Leo's too? I don't give much credit to astrology but I've got to admit I'm a classic Leo. Such friendships are supposed to be pretty rare. Okay Leo's let us know!!!!

Again, thanks for the birthday wishes and the phone calls. You guys are really faithful. Also, a special thanks to Jphii for making me an urn and to Lngbruno for making this thread into a book. I really appreciate these works and can assure you my family will as well.

I'm glad you guys enjoyed my story about unleashing my wrath on that poor, young, budding deaf person. It was accidental. Sorry but the real Lugnut rarely would do something like that. In my, dumber, younger days maybe.

Thanks for the Birthday wishes from all you guys! The night alone with Barb in the hotel was really nice. The room was great too. We went to an Italian restaurant and had some stuff neither of us had hear of. The chef was even kind enough to provide me with a recipe of a really great rice dish I had with my meal. We went to the local record store and I bought three albums. Now, I'll share my guilty pleasures with you. For quite some time I've been trying to find a good copy of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" album. I just love Paradise By The Dashboard Lights. After all this time I can still remember the excitement of sucking face and getting a handful parked on some lonely road in the outback of Nebraska. Nobody tells that story better than Meat Loaf. Also picked up a Japanese pressing of "Centerfield" by John Fogerty. Man, is this record recorded nice and the content is very, very good. I also replaced a slightly warped "Dreamboat Annie" on Nautilus by Heart. All used records in very good condition for less than twenty bucks. Not a bad shopping day. Sure beats buying back to school clothes.

I did step up and buy a sealed 180 gram reissue of David Crosby's "If Only I Could Remember My Name". Haven't received it yet but maybe tomorrow or Monday.
ben_campbell
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Pat- Crosby's album is a cracker-enjoy.
FYI-the All Blacks are so-called because of their strip which is indeed all black.
Best wishes.
springbok10
711 posts
 
Pat,
My reading of the Springbok video is that miracles happen. Unlikely, inconceivable ones, like the guy rescuing the Springbok. That's what I wanted you to see. The All Blacks are called that because they dress all in black - that's all. No racial connotation.
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