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I miss Zeke and Dottore
A thread here sent me back to some threads from the past. I really miss posts from Zeke and Dottore.
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Well, I'm thinking you could go to other forums and hang with Zeke. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/
You could probably go to church and talk to Dottore, or maybe just bow your head and think good thoughts. I always did think well of him, not at all your typical Porsche rabble... Last edited by DanielDudley; 04-10-2014 at 03:34 PM.. |
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A lot of great people have come & gone here. I don't think we can expect everybody to hang around forever. Life & decisions about life change more frequently for some than others, and my guess is a BBS isn't the most important thing in life. It was nice to have them and we should just wish them well in whatever they are doing and wherever they are.
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Dottore said he had cancer, so it's not speculation. I do think he has passed away, as no one here has been able to contact him and it wasn't like him to not reply to the folks he knew here.
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There were a few threads concerning Dottore and the consensus was he passed away.
Anybody heard from Dottore? Zeke/Milt was posting up until last year but seemed kind of agitated in a few of his last replies. Think he was tired of people dismissing or not reading his posts and left for a while. Seemed like an ok guy who liked to share his experience with others but was just burned out. Burnin' oil hasn't posted on here for a while. I enjoyed his quick wit and his posts in ot were generally good natured and funny. YOUR holloween costume
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04-11-2014, 06:11 AM
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Milt is the same old Milt over at Garage Journal.
He is burned out with Porsches and the folks that love them.
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When Dottore's father died, Dottore sent me his father's typewriter, a Swiss tank (Hermes Ambassador) that had been, he said, the background music of his childhood. He wouldn't take payment for it, or for the cost of mailing a 50 lb parcel from Canada. It sits in pride of place in my living room and when I pass it I think about Mark.
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He sent me his Father's harmonicas...a few of them.
I gave one to my son, who plays it after Taps once week at VMI, our little tribute. The other two sit behind me when I work from home. Quote:
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Mark wasn't going to go the way of his father..
who endured much pain & pointless procedures.. he fought as best he could and made his peace.. and part of that was leaving us with good memories.. because he had little time or patience for.. a pity party.. Rika |
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04-11-2014, 08:53 AM
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He sent me a heavy package of Porsche books once and many nice emails. He is definitely gone, he was not the type to take the internet too seriously and leave us in a snit.
Huge loss to the gene pool. 
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If he had children his genes weren't lost.
He defiantly was a good guy. I really hope he's not gone. Milt was often grumpy but hey so what? I found his posts amusing.
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Milt got really crotchety but he knew that and admitted it, which I thought was great. A great guy to have on here and hopefully will drift back after a while.
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Damned sad news about Dottore - good to hear Zeke/Milt is still active & doing his thing & as Head416 says: "A great guy to have on here and hopefully will drift back after a while."
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Yeah, I liked Milt and considered him an ok guy but he definitely got really grumpy. I started referring to him as Grandma after he started lashing out at me for reasons that I still can't figure out to this day. I raise my hand and say that I am probably one of the people that he wants to get away from. It is what it is.
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Dottore had some great insights, as does Milt/Zeke... I think I have seen Zeke dip his toe in a thread here.
I would postulate that maybe Burnin and Zeke (and others) might be turned away by the younger hipsters that seem to be posting here more and more.
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