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Old Friends from years past - OT

14 years ago

There are many "old friends" on this forum, from when Joe, Feather and I were active here 10 years ago.

Would you please email me privately, so I can get in touch with all? My email is ejg 220 @ gmail. com (I added spaces to prevent spammers).

Thanks.

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rachel_frome_ky
14 years ago
Hi, Elly! Good to "hear" from you again!!
rachel_frome_ky
14 years ago
Hope you were able to contact all the "old guard"-some of them still look in to the forum occasionally
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Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
Very few... Hope they get to me.
alan_la
14 years ago
Hi Elly, I've just looked at a picture of Joe, when he visited Feather in November 2000.I'm so sorry to hear the shocking news.
Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
Joe and Mo
rachel_frome_ky
14 years ago
I remember him visiting Feather-they posted several photos at the time
Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
I didn't want to put this online before other friends contacted me, but hardly anyone has gotten back:

Joe died of a massive heart attack last Monday. I cannot get access to the obit, because you have to be a paid subscriber to the Sentinal of Keene.

This was a big, unexpected shock.
Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
See below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Joe's obit
anne_cape_cod
14 years ago
I look in once in a while, but I haven't posted in a long time. I'm sorry to hear of Joe's passing.
san_
14 years ago
anne just sent me a note to tell me about joe's untimely death--thank you for posting it elly.

not too long after i initially posted here about a decade ago, i decided i wanted to meet some of the folks i'd been chatting with and we invited them for a cookout. joe and deb joined us, as did a couple from rhode island and 3 other folks from here in NH. just a nice, nice bunch and i remain in touch with some of them still. as i just said to a couple of them, joe was a very gentle soul who was quite good with a camera. i remember one pic in particular, of a hummingbird on an evergreen branch. it was a beauty and was going to be used as a cover shot for a local college. he was just way too young for this and i'm really sorry to hear the news!
james_m_clark
14 years ago
Anyone know anything about TheJollySwagman? I haven't seen him on this forum for quite a while. I enjoyed (and collected) his stories, such as -

The Great Australian Crow Trap
The Revenge of the Emu
The Wallaby Wannabe
The Kookaburra that was grilled.....BUT saved
Trapping the Bird Trappers
The Only Professional Gamekeeper I ever Met

They were very funny and also educational and inspirational.
Cathy_in_PA
14 years ago
Hi, to all the Old Friends, and thank you so much for posting this, Elly. I'm extremely saddened to hear this news, and his obit confirmed the man who posted here so regularly. He was the first to always warmly welcome everyone, always helped, and captured/shared so many beautiful pictures. Some of them were hilarious!

I will be keeping his family in my prayers. How appropriate that memorial contributions can be made to the Humane Society.

Thanks for alerting us, Elly.

Cathy in SWPA
Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
James, Keith died about 6 months ago.
james_m_clark
14 years ago
Sorry to hear about Keith, but thanks, Elly, for letting me know. I probably missed the news because I am sometimes off this forum for periods of time. I'm glad I saved copies of some of his stories. I feel that they ought to be published, but of course I don't have the right to do that. But if any one has contact with any of his family, and if they are interested in obtaining a copy of some of his stories (if they don't have a copy), I'd be glad to email a copy to them.
richardzone7maryland
14 years ago
I do miss the Jolly Swagman, he really livened up the forum.

Richard
luc_quebec
14 years ago
Do you remember the life list we did in 2000 on " eNature.com "?

The list is still there.

If you would like to see it, go to :

http://www.enature.com/home/

then click " Wildlife List Login " and sign in as :

forum@nature.net

Password : birds

and click " Go".

You will see the list of 572 species we had together.

Luc
Elly_NJ
Original Author
14 years ago
Merci, Luc.
connie_in_western_nc
14 years ago
Elly, thanks for posting the sad information. Too many gone, too soon it seems, including your wonderful mom. Fun to think back to the 90's when we got this site started with Spike in charge... so much fun to find others who were as "crazy" as us about the feathered world. Hope all is well with you.

(Hope this doesn't post twice... I had it typed to send and it disappeared!)

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