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Terrible news. My sincere condolences go out to his family. I never knew Phunter but he always came across as a decent and genuine man. RIP.
Very sad news – always came across as a very nice guy.
May his family find some comfort in knowing that his life touched positively many who never met him other than through his postings.
Deepest condolences.
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[b]The Song Of Death (Burns)
tune-“Oran an aoig.”
Scene-A Field of Battle. Time of the day-evening. The wounded and dying
of the victorious army are supposed to join in the following song.Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies,
Now gay with the broad setting sun;
Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties,
Our race of existence is run!
Thou grim King of Terrors; thou Life’s gloomy foe!
Go, frighten the coward and slave;
Go, teach them to tremble, fell tyrant! but know
No terrors hast thou to the brave!Thou strik’st the dull peasant-he sinks in the dark,
Nor saves e’en the wreck of a name;
Thou strik’st the young hero-a glorious mark;
He falls in the blaze of his fame!
In the field of proud honour-our swords in our hands,
Our King and our country to save;
While victory shines on Life’s last ebbing sands, –
O! who would not die with the brave!Very shocking and sad news. Always enjoyed reading Phunter’s posts, he was a very knowledgable fellow.
He’ll be greatly missed on this forum.
Rest in peace Phunter.
Very sad news; always made a point of reding his posts and , as others have said, he’ll be sadly missed.
Somtimes forget that its real people who post on the forum. V. Sad news especially if his children are sick.<br>One of the few who posted in the footie section and I enjoyed our exchanges.
Rest in peace.
Like everyone else who feels any attachment to the forum, I’m saddened to hear of Peter’s passing and my thoughts are with his family. I know it would be logistically tricky to organise, but do any forumites think it would be appropriate to sponsor a small race at Hamilton or Musselburgh in his honour? I know that I’d be happy to pitch in, and it might be possible to put a piece in the racecard, honouring Peter and raising awareness of EB. Clearly that could only be with the blessing of Peter’s wife, but it seems apt to me.
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