No worries, Sky. I appreciate being thought of, even if it is accidentally and a wee bit cheeky. Grin. I'll raise a wee dram for John Lee this Easter.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 2:59:37 PM UTC-6, Sky Coulter wrote: > > Thanks guys. Hey Patrick, i didn't mean to call you - i leave my phone in > my scrubs pocket and have a bad habit of pocket dialling when i run. > > My friend's name was John Lee; we worked together in the ER for a while > and in 2011 when i was prepping to bike across canada he taught me a bit > about bike maintenance. When i returned enthused, i moved into a place > quite close to his and he'd come over quite regularly to have a glass of > whiskey and wrench on bikes or just chat. > > I suspect 99% of his interactions on list were probably to buy things. And > he had no qualms about trying to get a price down. But he was one of the > most generous people i've ever met; he'd fight to get a price down, then > give the part away to a friend. > > Anyway, i appreciate all the positivity. > > Thanks, > > Sky > > On Apr 14, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > My deep condolences for the loss of your friend, Sky. Your friend was part > of this group? So often people just go their own ways, so we don't always > know why. May I ask who your friend was? > > You are spot on! This is an amazing group with amazing people who interact > with genuine love, even when things get a bit testy at times (often > correlated with winter grouchies). It is this groups fault that I invested > in bike tools and took up (most of) my own wrenching -- another form of > therapy for my bludgeoned brain. How wonderful that yesterday I heard a > creak and groan in my drive train, then this morning I tightened the BB > non-drive side cup, and the complaining was gone, and I still did a great > ride into the sloppy snow-melt mud singletrack fringes and hang out in a > mountain meadow for a wee while before running errands on the way home. > What a delight! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 10:58:22 AM UTC-6, Sky Coulter wrote: >> >> So I guess I'd just like to say thank you to everyone for the kind, >> courteous and respectful interactions; it has really helped me feel >> connected to a community. >> >> Sky in new west >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
