Paul, thank you so much for initiating this thread.
Nrchy, I agree with you so much. sad day for us if we lose sight of the bigger picture....
I knew pat a little. One thing I love about Pat and have thought about so much during past few weeks is that he just was a pure human being. you got what you saw. He did not pretend anything. he did not appear to think of himself as a hero....he did not appear to want to be remembered as a hero....he did not ask for favors and volunteered to help.....he just was a good person and that put him in an envious position...
this thread, thanks to paul, other audiogon members and above all pat, has brought us closer to one another. We found something else to relate to each other -- maybe something more meaningful: our feelings --
we talked about our own losses, our pains, our joys, and of course our great toys. Big men, and grown up women with bigger toys feeling helpless....writing on this thread or to each other in private talking about the emptiness they feel.....people who have never even met in person.....could you ever before imagine a big boy with a big krell admit crying?
Pat's life and death, in a way made many of our toys - koetsu, Graham, Tri-planar, dynavector, ZYX (that includes UNIverse), meaningless....at the end we have ourselves, our loved ones and our memories....and yes, this little hobby helps create and share some of these memories...
love you pat...wish everyone peace.
mehran
Nrchy, I agree with you so much. sad day for us if we lose sight of the bigger picture....
I knew pat a little. One thing I love about Pat and have thought about so much during past few weeks is that he just was a pure human being. you got what you saw. He did not pretend anything. he did not appear to think of himself as a hero....he did not appear to want to be remembered as a hero....he did not ask for favors and volunteered to help.....he just was a good person and that put him in an envious position...
this thread, thanks to paul, other audiogon members and above all pat, has brought us closer to one another. We found something else to relate to each other -- maybe something more meaningful: our feelings --
we talked about our own losses, our pains, our joys, and of course our great toys. Big men, and grown up women with bigger toys feeling helpless....writing on this thread or to each other in private talking about the emptiness they feel.....people who have never even met in person.....could you ever before imagine a big boy with a big krell admit crying?
Pat's life and death, in a way made many of our toys - koetsu, Graham, Tri-planar, dynavector, ZYX (that includes UNIverse), meaningless....at the end we have ourselves, our loved ones and our memories....and yes, this little hobby helps create and share some of these memories...
love you pat...wish everyone peace.
mehran