New Years Post [Archive] - AviationBanter

John Stricker

January 2nd 05, 01:19 AM

All you old timers know how I am, and I know who you are. I don't post
anymore, no time or need for the aggravation, to be frank, but I've met some
very good, life-long friends and to you folks, I offer a New Years Post.

Ladies and gents, take a moment to go get a glass of something pleasant to
drink. I'll wait.
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There, now that you're all back, raise your glasses, please

To absent friends and a profitable and Happy New Year.
Tony, Gil, and the rest, we'll always remember you.

John Stricker

John Ammeter

January 2nd 05, 02:01 AM

Mike Patterson

January 2nd 05, 02:02 AM

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 19:19:12 -0600, "John Stricker"
> wrote:

>All you old timers know how I am, and I know who you are. I don't post
>anymore, no time or need for the aggravation, to be frank, but I've met some
>very good, life-long friends and to you folks, I offer a New Years Post.
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>Ladies and gents, take a moment to go get a glass of something pleasant to
>drink. I'll wait.
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>There, now that you're all back, raise your glasses, please
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>To absent friends and a profitable and Happy New Year.
>Tony, Gil, and the rest, we'll always remember you.
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>John Stricker
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Oh damn, you had to mention Tony. I'd sworn I wasn't gonna tear up
this year.

Here's a toast to honorable guys with more guts and go-for-broke
panache than I'll ever have.

Gives me something to live up to. Or try, anyway.

Mike Patterson
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"I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin

Ed Sullivan

January 2nd 05, 02:54 AM

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 19:19:12 -0600, "John Stricker"
> wrote:

>All you old timers know how I am, and I know who you are. I don't post
>anymore, no time or need for the aggravation, to be frank, but I've met some
>very good, life-long friends and to you folks, I offer a New Years Post.
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>Ladies and gents, take a moment to go get a glass of something pleasant to
>drink. I'll wait.
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>There, now that you're all back, raise your glasses, please
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>To absent friends and a profitable and Happy New Year.
>Tony, Gil, and the rest, we'll always remember you.
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>John Stricker
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All the best to you John, and if fond thoughts can penetrate the veil,
I'm sure Tony is feeling a lot of them.

Ed Sullivan, the old California Curmudge

John Ousterhout

January 3rd 05, 02:46 AM

Those of us who were lucky enough to know Tony will never forget him.
http://www.ousterhout.net/tonyp.html

- J.O.-

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 19:19:12 -0600, "John Stricker"
> wrote:

>All you old timers know how I am, and I know who you are. I don't post
>anymore, no time or need for the aggravation, to be frank, but I've met some
>very good, life-long friends and to you folks, I offer a New Years Post.
>
>Ladies and gents, take a moment to go get a glass of something pleasant to
>drink. I'll wait.
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>There, now that you're all back, raise your glasses, please
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>To absent friends and a profitable and Happy New Year.
>Tony, Gil, and the rest, we'll always remember you.
>
>John Stricker
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John Ammeter

January 3rd 05, 03:48 AM

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:46:57 GMT, John Ousterhout
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>Those of us who were lucky enough to know Tony will never forget him.
>http://www.ousterhout.net/tonyp.html
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>- J.O.-

To know Tony was to love him. Easy to say but so true.
Tony loved people, life and a good time. He was always
ready to take on the dragon in defense of the little guy.

I only met him a couple times but I knew him as one of the
most honest loving people you could ever meet.

The world lost a grand soul when Tony passed over the
Divide.

Tony Pucillo, I salute you.....

John

Matt Whiting

January 3rd 05, 11:54 AM

John Ousterhout wrote:

> Those of us who were lucky enough to know Tony will never forget him.
> http://www.ousterhout.net/tonyp.html

I never knew him, but he was so young. Sad to see that happen. Was his
death accidental?

Matt

Gary Thomas

January 3rd 05, 02:41 PM

John Stricker wrote:
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> All you old timers know how I am, and I know who you are. I don't post
> anymore, no time or need for the aggravation, to be frank, but I've met some
> very good, life-long friends and to you folks, I offer a New Years Post.
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> Ladies and gents, take a moment to go get a glass of something pleasant to
> drink. I'll wait.
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> There, now that you're all back, raise your glasses, please
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> To absent friends and a profitable and Happy New Year.
> Tony, Gil, and the rest, we'll always remember you.
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> John Stricker

And a Happy New Year to you and yours, John. A toast to Tony as well.

Gary Thomas

Bruce A. Frank

January 18th 05, 06:53 PM

I am sorry I missed the original toast, I'll make it now. I spent hours in
discussion with Tony at several flying, Sun 'N Fun and Copperstate, as well as
many phone conversations and I really miss him. John, your picture series brought
a tear to my eye.

John Ousterhout wrote:

> Those of us who were lucky enough to know Tony will never forget him.
> http://www.ousterhout.net/tonyp.html
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> - J.O.-
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Bruce A. Frank
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