RIP Mostly. Fundraising link in OP. - The Bear and Badger

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Gremill wrote:

Speedhaak wrote:

Diluted Dante wrote:

There is a donation thing, for St Ann's Hospice, Little Hulton and the Beechwood Centre which can be sent to the funeral service.

Are we going to contribute to this or provide our own avenue of contribution?

When I lost my step-dad to cancer a few years ago the Hospice he was in was just incredible both in the run up to his death and in the aftermath, looking after my mum. These organisations rely heavily on donations and volunteers and as money available from the public purse gets strangled by austerity they need donations from the actual public more and more.

I’d be happy to contribute to any cause, but I feel the Hospice is the right one.

Agreed - I floated child’s play before, but that was in the absence of any desired charity from Julia. Now that we know where she’d like the money to go, I think that’s the best and only choice.

dynamiteReady

Gremill wrote:

Speedhaak wrote:

g.man wrote:

Yeah, we were bowled over by the gesture that a guy sitting in a hospice hundreds of miles away would PayPal us money for a round of drinks at a forum meet he couldn't attend. Absolute legend.

Wow, what great character.

That’s superb. What a guy.

That is indeed very touching.

[Deleted User]

Fuck. I thought he had longer. We’d exchanged a few messages, he was asking me for tips because he wanted to visit Japan.

Fuck.

Verecocha

Speedhaak wrote:

I'll be away for a few days until Tueaday so I'd appreciate if someone who has my number on whatsapp would message me if something is decided upon.

Cheers lads.

Will keep an eye on it all and message you Haak if there’s updates.

He was a top guy, his input and his absolute positivity will be sorely missed.

b0r1s

Just come back home and this is the first thread I have read, sad sad news. I didn’t talk to Mostly much on here but he seemed a nice enough guy for the odd exchange we had and anyone dying younger than me is a bloody sad state of affairs. Much respect to Dante for making the trip, top man. I will contribute to any worthwhile cause just post the link. RiP.

cockbeard

Very late here, been away because of fear, but I did see it at the time, bloody sucks, I just guess maybe when we do anything we do it in his name

Diluted Dante

That is, weirdly enough, near enough what was said at the funeral.

cockbeard

There isn't a like but I like that

g.man

Nice to see you Cocko. I hope you are well mate.

Skerret

As time rolls on it's inevitable that these kinds of events are what will draw us back to say hallo. Eventually it will be just Petey left alive, the decrepit custodian of a lifetime of shared memories. Also we'll all have been uploaded to the cloud by then and will be still posting in our own distinctive but uncanny valley-ish styles.

Subbax

I'm late to this all but this is terrible news.

Rest easy, Mos. You've earned it.

P.s The top trumps are awesome. I'm the shitter that you play at the end. Haha!

Yossarian

I received the following text from Julia this morning:

Sorry I've not been in touch. I'm finding everything a bit difficult at the moment and haven't been able to find the words express what I want to say. I still can't, but didnt want to leave it any longer so...

Thank you for sharing the link. I have read everything (which was no mean feat through imcreasingly tear filled eyes).
Thank you for all of your kind words and reflections, they brought both comfort and sadness (the good kind).
He really was one of the good guys.

Thank you too to Alex (?, sorry I am rubbish with names) for attending the funeral..it meant so much to me that one of you was there as I know what a huge part of Rob's life you all were. I had initially included a gaming analogy about respawning in the eulogy, but the celebrant suggested there would only be a limited number of people that would appreciate it and it might upset others so I bowed to pressure (for perhaps the only time in my life) and removed it. Sorry I did now.

I am (as Rob would be) honoured that you want to do something in his memory. Whatever you decide on will be perfect, I'm sure.

Look after each other x

cosmicjellybean

Thanks for posting that Yoss, god it puts a lot of things into perspective doesn’t it...

I can’t begin to imagine what she’s going through, it’s so incredibly kind to have written anything at all, but to have written such a lovely message is really appreciated from everyone I’m sure.

Let’s try and look after each other ay x

b0r1s

Lovely words and perfect ending sentiment.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Thanks for forwarding that on Yoss.

Hugs to everyone.

FranticPea

Should change the don't be a dick rule to that tbh.

davyK

FranticPea wrote:

Should change the don't be a dick rule to that tbh.

I second that.

cosmicjellybean

That’s a really good idea. Nice one pea.

Gremill

davyK wrote:

FranticPea wrote:

Should change the don't be a dick rule to that tbh.

I second that.

Thirded. That sums up what we should all consider when posting anything here.

Speedhaak

Yeah, good shout.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Oof, just had one of those moments when I remembered Mostly was gone. One of those missed heartbeats when you realise you won't get to chat/see/laugh with someone again.

Miss you Mostly xo

Moot_Geeza

tin_robot wrote:

It looks like you can set up a fundraising page for St Ann's using Everday Hero (it looks to be the right one - they have 3 hospices, one of which is Little Hulton). We could do one specifically as a B&B fundraiser, in Mostly's memory, if someone's happy to do the setting up? Then maybe Yos could let his wife know once we've hit our target?

I've set up one of these for St.Ann's in the sponsored play thread - where forum members sponsor others to complete games - but I'll put the link here in case anyone wants to add to it without having to play anything or sponsor anyone.

https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/sponsored-badgering

Yossarian

Added to the OP.

g.man

Nice one Moot. Donation sent.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Nice one moot. Will donate

jdanielp

Skerret wrote:

Also we'll all have been uploaded to the cloud by then and will be still posting in our own distinctive but uncanny valley-ish styles.

Mostly's Driveatar joined me on a Forza Horizon 2 road trip the other night, and beat me to whatever the destination was for good measure, which was a little weird when I noticed it, but made me smile. I didn't really know him and had been avoiding this thread due to not knowing what to say, so I'm glad that this happened to encourage me in... It sounds like he was a genial gent who would've been lovely to know. Great choice of username too. I hope that he is enjoying 'more of an après vie' to quote Douglas Adams.

Frosty

Moot_Geeza wrote:

tin_robot wrote:

It looks like you can set up a fundraising page for St Ann's using Everday Hero (it looks to be the right one - they have 3 hospices, one of which is Little Hulton). We could do one specifically as a B&B fundraiser, in Mostly's memory, if someone's happy to do the setting up? Then maybe Yos could let his wife know once we've hit our target?

I've set up one of these for St.Ann's in the sponsored play thread - where forum members sponsor others to complete games - but I'll put the link here in case anyone wants to add to it without having to play anything or sponsor anyone.

https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/sponsored-badgering

Given a donation. I meant to do it sooner but it slipped my mind.

Hopefully it helps. I know from personal experience how much good places like St. Ann's, do.

Moot_Geeza

I've been on holiday for a week and I've got the alerts set to my work email. The £150 target has already been smashed, which is smashing - especially considering the cut off date is set to Feb 2019. Good stuff.

b0r1s

Just got back off hols too. Have donated.

Speedhaak

Donated, thanks Moot.

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