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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
For those of you that are near to Las Vegas....
The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. Ed Sullivan, if you're still alive, come on over... Jim Campbell, you're welcome to hoist one for Billy, too... O'Ring, I know you're coming... get a room near us so we don't have to travel that far after too many drinks, ok?? Tommy, maybe you ought to get a room so you can toss off a few for Billy, too.... Jarvis, if you can find your way to the America's... we'll be waiting for you to join us... John "Anteater" Ammeter |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
"John Ammeter" wrote The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. In memory of Bill, I realize this is probably not the time or place to go into any kind of detailed (or any) answer, but for those of us that know of Bill only through this group, I am still left wondering. Is it known what caused the fateful crash? Perhaps a different thread, or wait until later, but it was a bit of a shaker, to know someone as experienced as Bill lost it, and perhaps there is something else for us all to learn from it all. And, also, I never heard how Janice is doing? I hope she has recovered from her physical trauma, at least. Sincerely wondering, Jim in NC |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
Jim,
I sent you a private email. If I didn't get the right address for you, try emailing me by removing the "123" from my address here. John Morgans wrote: "John Ammeter" wrote The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. In memory of Bill, I realize this is probably not the time or place to go into any kind of detailed (or any) answer, but for those of us that know of Bill only through this group, I am still left wondering. Is it known what caused the fateful crash? Perhaps a different thread, or wait until later, but it was a bit of a shaker, to know someone as experienced as Bill lost it, and perhaps there is something else for us all to learn from it all. And, also, I never heard how Janice is doing? I hope she has recovered from her physical trauma, at least. Sincerely wondering, Jim in NC |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
"John Ammeter" wrote in message news:cO2dnWwn7PqpnlrUnZ2dnUVZ_q_inZ2d@cablespeedmi .com... For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. Ed Sullivan, if you're still alive, come on over... Jim Campbell, you're welcome to hoist one for Billy, too... O'Ring, I know you're coming... get a room near us so we don't have to travel that far after too many drinks, ok?? Tommy, maybe you ought to get a room so you can toss off a few for Billy, too.... Jarvis, if you can find your way to the America's... we'll be waiting for you to join us... John "Anteater" Ammeter I haven't been reading this newsgroup for years and just learned of BWB's accident and death tonight. In the posts I've read years ago from him I came to the opinion that he'd trash a poster considering them a worthless piece of crap, but if that same poster was in trouble he'd go out of his way and spend his own time and money to help someone out. He seemed to like to mix it up on the newsgroup but if there ever was a serious problem I think he had it in his heart to help. I guess another way to say it, I saw through his grumpy old ******* act and saw a good hearted man. I read some posts from back in October and unfortunately some didn't see through his act. RogerN |
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Roger,
You've described Bill Phillips to a "T"... I know he paid for the travel expenses of someone (not named, of course) to Pinckneyville one year. Oyster and I visited him once and the first night he brought out 4 beef roasts... told us these were our steaks for that nights dinner. It took almost an hour to cook them on the BBQ. The next night he had 15 pounds of King Crab legs for us... four of us at the dinner table. Before that I'd have said no one could put too much crab in front of me.. that I could eat and eat crab.. he proved me wrong. His story was that he'd got a "bargain" on the crab. A year or two later we were talking about it and he confessed he'd paid dearly for the crab but he'd wanted to "treat" us.. That was Billy... he was generous to his friends... he would, literally, do anything for you if you needed help. But, if you tried to take advantage of him he'd do his damnedest to put you down and show you for the mooch you were... some people earned his disgust... and he wasn't one to hold back with his opinion. Like I posted before... a few of us will be at the Texas Station Saturday night. Anyone that would like to join us in toasting Badwater Bill, the biggest Asshole that ever walked the Earth and flew through the skies... leave a message for me at the hotel. I'm sure you can leave a message on my room phone. I'd give my cell phone number but I'm afraid some numbnut would take advantage of that... John RogerN wrote: "John Ammeter" wrote in message news:cO2dnWwn7PqpnlrUnZ2dnUVZ_q_inZ2d@cablespeedmi .com... For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. Ed Sullivan, if you're still alive, come on over... Jim Campbell, you're welcome to hoist one for Billy, too... O'Ring, I know you're coming... get a room near us so we don't have to travel that far after too many drinks, ok?? Tommy, maybe you ought to get a room so you can toss off a few for Billy, too.... Jarvis, if you can find your way to the America's... we'll be waiting for you to join us... John "Anteater" Ammeter I haven't been reading this newsgroup for years and just learned of BWB's accident and death tonight. In the posts I've read years ago from him I came to the opinion that he'd trash a poster considering them a worthless piece of crap, but if that same poster was in trouble he'd go out of his way and spend his own time and money to help someone out. He seemed to like to mix it up on the newsgroup but if there ever was a serious problem I think he had it in his heart to help. I guess another way to say it, I saw through his grumpy old ******* act and saw a good hearted man. I read some posts from back in October and unfortunately some didn't see through his act. RogerN |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:05:45 -0700, John Ammeter wrote:
Anyone that would like to join us in toasting Badwater Bill, the biggest Asshole that ever walked the Earth and flew through the skies... l May I? Question: Why is it when someone croaks there is always a "if you were his friend" story? My bet is if it rains, no one will show for the asshole's funeral. -- http://tr.im/1f9p |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
Dan Camper schreef:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:05:45 -0700, John Ammeter wrote: Anyone that would like to join us in toasting Badwater Bill, the biggest Asshole that ever walked the Earth and flew through the skies... l May I? No. Ploink. |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
Dan Camper wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:05:45 -0700, John Ammeter wrote: Anyone that would like to join us in toasting Badwater Bill, the biggest Asshole that ever walked the Earth and flew through the skies... l May I? Question: Why is it when someone croaks there is always a "if you were his friend" story? My bet is if it rains, no one will show for the asshole's funeral. I guess you didn't know him... |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
On Mar 22, 11:34*pm, John Ammeter
wrote: For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. *His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. *Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. Ed Sullivan, if you're still alive, come on over... Jim Campbell, you're welcome to hoist one for Billy, too... O'Ring, I know you're coming... get a room near us so we don't have to travel that far after too many drinks, ok?? Tommy, maybe you ought to get a room so you can toss off a few for Billy, too.... Jarvis, if you can find your way to the America's... we'll be waiting for you to join us... John "Anteater" Ammeter Thanks for the heads up John. Monk |
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Badwater Bill's Memorial Service
On Mar 22, 11:34*pm, John Ammeter
wrote: For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan, Utah. *His wife, Janice, was severely injured in the accident. Oyster and I are coming down for the service and will be staying at the Texas Station Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. *Anyone wishing to hoist a drink in Billy's honor and memory is welcome to join us either in the bar or our room. Ed Sullivan, if you're still alive, come on over... Jim Campbell, you're welcome to hoist one for Billy, too... O'Ring, I know you're coming... get a room near us so we don't have to travel that far after too many drinks, ok?? Tommy, maybe you ought to get a room so you can toss off a few for Billy, too.... Jarvis, if you can find your way to the America's... we'll be waiting for you to join us... John "Anteater" Ammeter Thanks for the heads up John. Monk |
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