From: "bruce" To: Subject: Fw: here is a copy of todays #gay-men-over-forty gp-smee memorial chat Date: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:57 PM ----- Original Message ----- From: bruce Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: here is a copy of todays #gay-men-over-forty gp-smee memorial chat Session Start: Fri Feb 11 14:28:32 2005 Session Ident: #gay-men-over-forty [14:28] * Now talking in #gay-men-over-forty [14:28] * Guardian sets mode: +oa jusguy_ jusguy_ [14:28] HI MEM [14:28] * RangerPete8 is on IRC (Dillon) [14:28] * kenny_bigbear Welcome back to gay-men-over-forty bruce Hope you have some fun with us! [14:28] Hey bruce [14:28] HI JUS [14:28] LENNY very nice poem u sent [14:28] * Joins: RangerPete8 (Ident@Chatuniverse-E3714A8.ipt.aol.com) [14:28] * Guardian sets mode: +oa RangerPete8 RangerPete8 [14:28] TY Mike [14:28] hello dillon [14:29] hi, guys [14:29] did u write it , Len ? [14:29] yw [14:29] Welcome to the room Dillon!! How are you doing today? [14:29] Hi Dillon [14:29] hi, kenny [14:29] hi coyote, hi dillon [14:29] Hey dillon [14:29] hi, coyote [14:29] hi, lenny [14:29] hi, mary [14:29] No, I can't lie, I did'nt TIM [14:29] hi, tim [14:29] hi Mary, Dillon Michael Lenny, Byron Kenneth, and Tim [14:29] hi, bruce [14:29] das ok Len [14:29] hi, mike [14:29] hey there bruce [14:29] hi bruce [14:29] Hi Juice you had to run up stairs?? [14:29] dillon hi [14:30] yes LOL [14:30] hi kenny [14:30] figured [14:30] hi mike [14:30] GUYS TERRY sees us here he is so happy that we are here [14:31] i guess the funeral is at the funeral home [14:31] yes [14:31] it will be in MY obit when the time comes TIM LOL [14:31] just started [14:31] yes Dillon [14:31] k [14:31] i like graveside services best, but i guess it is awful cold in kansas [14:31] for sure TIM [14:31] It is [14:31] Byron is even up [14:31] and old people don't need to be sitting around in the cold [14:32] X kansas [14:32] * MARTIBOY is on IRC (Panama City, FL.) [14:32] * ezgoing-- is on IRC (Roger) [14:32] * Joins: ezgoing-- (ezgoing--@Chatuniverse-C37259F2.nas10.somerville1.ma.us.da.qwest.net) [14:32] i just think it is nicer to hear words about the deceased while the trees are waving and the breeze is blowing [14:32] Hey ez [14:32] hi ez [14:32] hi, ez [14:32] When I lived in Kansas I was foxtrot-1...lol [14:32] well, as Tery would say: "anybody wanna walk me plank"?!!! [14:32] * hunc11kee is on IRC (Chuck) [14:33] heLLo ezgoing-- [14:33] good afternoon [14:33] ez hi [14:33] HI EZ [14:33] i remember a nic that was 'foxtrot' [14:33] sounds like a radio caLL bYRON [14:33] * hunc11kee has left IRC [14:33] * hunc11kee is on IRC (Chuck) [14:33] oops [14:33] coyote changed it to 'hot2trot' [14:33] I see chuck is trying to connect [14:33] * Joins: hunc11kee (hunc11kee@Chatuniverse-A0FA9D80.i-55.com) [14:33] there he isss [14:33] LOL cute NIC Dillon [14:33] hi, hunc [14:34] Hey chuck [14:34] * Guardian sets mode: +oa hunc11kee hunc11kee [14:34] * hunc11kee RoomOP-IRC [14:34] * hunc11kee By ThumpIRCs available@ www.geocities.com/jusguyz/g35up.html [14:34] hi chuck [14:34] that was me at tht time ART was kansassenior 65 [14:34] CHUCK HI [14:34] CHUCK has arrived [14:34] hey chuck hugs [14:34] hey everyone, I Love Y'all [14:34] HI CHUCK [14:34] y'al, as in more than 1 [14:34] your sweet thing loves you chuck [14:34] lol I know [14:35] WOW I feel like we are just an extention of the services at the funeral home!!!! [14:35] yep all of you tom [14:35] well Lenny....we are [14:35] we are [14:35] yep [14:35] YEP MIKE [14:35] Will Terry's brother know we did this ?. [14:35] well, what we say will be more like terry talked than what the preacher will say [14:35] Len--copy this & send it to him [14:36] gee if we went to kansas we could go in and say "we are the internet!!' like in that tv commercial [14:36] I wonder if Terry's bro will let his Webtv lapse [14:36] it's like a wake...everybody gets to talk about Terry] [14:36] i hope they have a nice little group to sing....and no organ [14:36] I wonder..... [14:36] Oh Terry would like an Organ tee hee [14:36] was Terry in hosp long? [14:36] at my mother's funeral, the preacher played the quitar and he and his wife sang.....they were very good and it was so much better than an organ. [14:37] he was in there 3 times [14:37] aww how nice, Dillon [14:37] in the last six months [14:37] i c [14:37] wow. [14:37] what was his actual illness [14:37] well he had a hard time the last months [14:37] I wish I had brought a beautiful recitation he sent me in 2003 , I will share it will y'all later [14:37] glpl greg is a minister i tried o get him here but i lost his addy [14:37] no oxygen was reaching his cells [14:37] there was a preacher and his family that sang at my mm and dads funeral [14:38] Chuck can answer [14:38] he had COPD ez :-) [14:38] He had complications from COPD [14:38] a breathing, respiratory problem [14:38] well explain LOL [14:38] chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [14:38] does emphasema lead to copd? [14:38] I think he used an oxygen tank at times [14:38] TY TIM [14:38] I sure am glad to see all of you here [14:38] he did [14:38] yep dillon [14:38] yes it does [14:38] all the time, EZ [14:38] sure Dillon [14:39] even the portable ones when he wasn't at home [14:39] yes, he had been using an oxygen tank for couple of years.....but he was able to appear in some plays without it and even usher at the theater sometimes. [14:39] Terry is Probably watching us too!! [14:39] I hope so [14:39] yeah he is [14:39] 4 sure lenny [14:39] it's a NEW sundress [14:39] I often sent him theatre programs and paper articles from Hawaii and here....he always acknowledged with a real note....a gentlemen . [14:40] that pic of Neptune in the play was great [14:40] he is so happy we are in this room [14:40] I sent David all of his pics from Guys and Dolls, He will have it on a web page soon [14:40] kewl [14:40] there must have been 7 or 8 pics [14:41] I told Terry I had never see the movie Caligula, so he recorded a copy & sent it to me [14:41] that will be nice Chuck [14:41] thanks for thinking of this CM [14:41] was he ever married? (dont think so) [14:41] zookie's web page for terry will not open for me anymore [14:41] no [14:41] nor for me Pete [14:41] YW CHUCK [14:41] well it is different I think, Dillon [14:41] I haven't tryed yet [14:42] he introduced me to a stuent of his who lived in Hawaii...but we never connected in person [14:42] I tried, two or three times, i wanted to see what individuals had written [14:42] yeah, i think zookie moved it....i don't know why.....i had already sent the site to 30 or 40 people [14:42] well it will be on later [14:42] i think its at www,zookie.net now dillon [14:42] http://www.javanet.ca/zookie/gp-smee.htm [14:43] that addy works [14:43] ty Mar [14:43] maybe zookie wanted to improve on it and will send it to everybody when he has it the way he wants it [14:43] yw [14:43] that Davie is so anal [14:43] yeah, it opened mary [14:43] well one thing about WEBTV ,like my poem didn't come out like I wrote it, so I had to send it to me THEN forward it [14:43] there it is it came up just now [14:43] in a good way [14:43] tks, mary [14:43] ok [14:43] send that to me later, mem, please [14:43] Len--it still came out WONKY [14:44] yw [14:44] ok i will chuck [14:44] WONKY??LOL [14:44] yep [14:44] I wondered about that Lenny [14:44] sorry Len [14:44] I KNOW TIM be glad you GOT it!!!!!!!!! [14:44] lol [14:44] ;-) [14:44] the last poem I sent was str8 here but ended up wobbly when I sent it [14:44] sheesh--what a wonky grouch [14:45] lol [14:45] I know TOT wanted to be here but is working [14:45] wonky wobbly [14:45] well, tell me something I idn't KNOW TIM [14:45] shame [14:45] * mem63 looks up wonky in the dictionary.. lol [14:45] good thing we read webonise [14:45] & cattywompus too [14:45] 15 people have signed the guest book at zookie's site.....but mitch signed 3 of those times [14:45] LOL [14:45] lol [14:45] Max wanted to , also, but had an in-service meeting today [14:45] LOL [14:46] i c [14:46] sandy is praying at work [14:46] what about ernie [14:46] is Terry's service at this same time? [14:46] lots of ppl are working who want to be here [14:46] kewl [14:46] yes, ez [14:46] yeah right now [14:46] Lenny...guess what I got in my house???I'l give ya a hint...it's little and it's yellow [14:46] Mary's version of the page doesn't work on webtv [14:46] oh my ...God Bless Him [14:46] Gecko Lizard [14:46] terrys service is now at this time [14:47] hmmm [14:47] OHH one of the kitties RIGHT? Byron???? [14:47] Ypper [14:47] I am gonna post the poem lenny sent here guys... [14:47] a skinny boy's underpants? [14:47] oh my [14:47] * Joins: Dee75 (kcscript@B4277422.3E12686F.5C81FED6.IP) [14:47] I loved that poem Lenny, and I needed it too [14:47] well maybe you should retype it BRUCE [14:47] lol dillon [14:47] I tried to catch the others but did get that one...it's a little boy cat [14:47] Hey Dee [14:47] hello dee [14:47] * Parts: Dee75 (kcscript@B4277422.3E12686F.5C81FED6.IP) [14:47] that was a very good poem, lenny.....where did you get that? [14:47] yeah I did [14:47] LOL [14:48] is that your frined Dee? Lenny [14:48] aww well they will come out Byron LOL, just like us, eventually [14:48] that's what I thought, bruce [14:48] yes Bruce [14:48] ok here it comes hang on [14:48] I was the only one who said hi [14:49] to bad we cant get apic of terry and put it here [14:49] YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT BUT DOUG SENT IT TO ME IN 2002, WHEN his PARTNER APPARENTLY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY dillon [14:49] I figure when yeller gets hungry enogh he will come out [14:49] and it was certainly not a scary hi, tim [14:49] oops [14:49] ThAnK YoU [14:49] well it is perfect for the occasion nd I will save it for sure Lenny [14:50] i still have Allen's pic, lenny [14:50] i looked mountie, but I don't have one... I searched through my photos from the old TalkCity room [14:50] Allen and I used to email letters [14:50] wish I did though [14:50] good Chuck, I'm saving it for MY obit someday too [14:50] i think i knew Allen before i knew doug [14:50] really DILLON WOW [14:50] oh Len--you are too tough to die [14:50] lol [14:50] LOL [14:50] yeah & cranky, TIM LOL [14:50] Don't grieve for me,for now I'm free. I'm following the path [14:50] God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard His call, I [14:50] turned my back and left it all. [14:50] I could not stay another day, to laugh,to love, to work or play.Tasks [14:50] left undone must stay that way. I found my peace at the close of [14:50] day. [14:50] Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of [14:50] tomorrow. My life has been full,Isavored much. Good times good [14:50] friends, a loved one's touch [14:50] Perhaps my time seemed all too brief. Don't lengthen it now with [14:50] undue grief. Lift up your heart and share with me. God [14:50] wanted me now. He set me free ! [14:50] When it hurts to look back and you're afraid to look forward,look beside [14:50] you and there will be your best friend ! To live in the hearts of others [14:50] we leave behind is not to die. Terry will live in our hearts and minds [14:51] course, you ARE 112 [14:51] thanks, bruce [14:51] 1/2 that is enuff TIM in dog years [14:51] so very appropriate [14:51] what are chicken years? [14:51] funny Len [14:51] 16 [14:52] If I can add a personal note, here, My Precious little Lady friend died last night, she made it to her 91st Birthday, last Friday [14:52] don't ask [14:52] awwwwwwwwww [14:52] all of my troubles come in bunches [14:52] awwwww [14:52] God Bless Her [14:52] AWW CHUCK [14:52] chicken MONTHS.......if the colonel gets his hands on them [14:52] thanks y'all [14:52] lol dillon [14:53] neighbor, chuck ? [14:53] maybe even weeks Dilln [14:53] there is a rumor going arounf that lenny is 91 [14:53] EEK cluck cluck [14:53] I started it [14:53] no, just long time friends and lover of the same things, just great friends [14:53] lol bruce [14:53] guffaw [14:53] sorry hunc...its tough to lose a good friend [14:53] rumor THIS< JUICE!!!!! [14:53] kewl [14:53] thanks ez, it sure is [14:54] i loved the way terry could always correct me when i got the wrong actor in the wrong movie or the wrong song in the wrong musical. [14:54] now Lenny--watch the blood pressure [14:54] it's amazing how close we all got to smee, he was easy to love [14:54] lol, I remember that Pete [14:54] * Joins: ROD46ER (ROD46ER@Chatuniverse-C4BCD941.nw-tel.com) [14:54] or correct the English spelling.. [14:54] and sick as he was, he made me a copy of a tape of angels in america and sent it to me. [14:54] Hey roger [14:55] hi tim [14:55] i could not get showtime or whatever angels in america was on [14:55] hi, tod [14:55] rod [14:55] was it that 2 part movie, Dillon? [14:55] lol hi ranger pete [14:55] He sent me that Angels In America Video, and Chicago, and he was shocked that I didnt' look at it the way he did [14:55] i think it is 5 plus hours, tim [14:55] yeah [14:55] WELL Guys & Doll, I have to take Petals to the VET for her Chemo!! TERRY will live in our hearts!! hey! "wanna walk me plank?"!!! OK im POOTING as Terry would say!!!! [14:56] wow Dillon we're on the same page today [14:56] bye Len [14:56] bye lenny [14:56] luv you lenny, thanks for being here [14:56] oh, i didn't like chicago....i rented it and never even watched the whole thing [14:56] I remember when I first came into TALK CITY.Terry and Frank both helped me to fit in the room.When LMAO popped up I wuld whisper "what does that mean/" Terry would tellme [14:56] bye lenny [14:56] lol lenny [14:56] see you Lenny...thanks for coming [14:56] BYEE EVERYONE TY ALL too! TERRY is HAPPY!!!!! [14:56] bye, lenny [14:56] ;-) Coyote [14:56] BYE GUYS & MARY!!! [14:56] nice when peeps explain the basics & don't laff at ya [14:57] BYEEEEE LENNY [14:57] lol Byron, that is what smee and I did for ern, when he first got here [14:57] BYE LENNY! [14:57] bye by Lenny [14:57] * Parts: ROD46ER (ROD46ER@Chatuniverse-C4BCD941.nw-tel.com) [14:57] I remember [14:57] we later "adopted" him [14:57] see ya ALL later!! HUGS & SWISHES!!! [14:57] LOL [14:57] BYEEEEEEEEEE [14:57] * CHICKENLENNY ThumpIRCs @ www.chatuniverse.net [14:57] * Parts: CHICKENLENNY (CHICKENLEN@Chatuniverse-1C6D2EBD.dial1.seattle1.level3.net) [14:57] just like you all adopted me [14:57] KENNY [14:57] terry and i share the love of college basketball [14:57] * CHICKENLENNY has left IRC [14:57] LENY [14:57] well of course [14:58] lol [14:58] I know what y'all loved about basket balls kenny [14:58] Terry is free now.. no more pain, no more suffering.. he's free and happy, and smiling on us now... [14:58] i agree [14:58] we all wish peace for him [14:58] so true Mem, thanks for reminding us [14:58] very nice [14:59] terry is walking his plank in hevon now [14:59] and knowing hijm, probably laughing his ass-off from time to time LOL [14:59] him^ [14:59] would you guys do all this for ME ??? [14:59] Terry is an entertainer...He's gon toentertain the Angels. [14:59] OK COFFEE and DONUTS IS IN THE NEXT ROOM [14:59] what tim [14:59] LOl , Michael I just finished my hot tea and donut [14:59] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. [14:59] only if you wait abot 20years Tim [14:59] all this goodbye stuff [14:59] hope the theatre group attended the services [15:00] i don't want coffee, i want hot tea, mike [15:00] 50 yrs [15:00] ok dillon [15:00] got any sugar free donuts? [15:00] I want hot choc [15:00] see dillon, I told you we're on the same page hunnie [15:00] yes [15:00] so i'm picky......so? [15:00] lol [15:00] I am sure hat group was here from the theatre, plus a lot from his school [15:01] that [15:01] oh yes [15:01] I bet they were ...... [15:01] My family likes to die between 68-75 yrs.I figure I'm 50...I got at the most 25 years left...lol [15:01] my ma is 90 [15:01] I hope his brother and wife finds out [15:01] I got 40 yrs left [15:01] my moms side died young, dad's side lived to be older [15:01] they are the ones who are handling the funeral ez [15:02] i can remember terry teasing me.. he told me once that he thought lenny banned me from the room.. when I asked him why lenny would ban me he said cause he thought I wanted in his pants LOL [15:02] i did not know his brother lived in abilene [15:02] hunc....I mean about his web friends meeting [15:02] his sister in law marilyn called me the day he died [15:02] TERRY FUNERAL IS BIG there will e alot of ppl [15:02] is there a lunch afterwards ? [15:02] ohhhh [15:02] i thought smee told us his brother was from SC or somewhere [15:02] my mom died at 51 and my dad died at44. [15:02] but they both drank a lot [15:02] I didn't know him as well as many of you, but, I got to know him a bit better after that lol [15:03] he moved there this past year Pete, dot you remember they stayed at smee's for a while til they got their own place [15:03] terrysbrother and his wife lived with terr' [15:03] sorry By [15:03] hi brotgher and wife moved cloose to Terry...while they were house looking they lived with him [15:04] You know I want you to know something very nice. Terry left a trust fund, I think in the neighborhood of $46,000, as a scholarship fund for students of the theater arts [15:04] yeah ex I still have a forward he sent to you and me somewhere [15:04] kewl bruce [15:04] that's awesome bruce [15:04] He told me about a month ago, that he was gonna change his will, again,, but I didn't ask why [15:04] how wonderful of him....thats how he was [15:04] the arts get cut too often [15:05] terry is the one who told me about "Earl Grey" tea.....so in his honor, i'm going to fix myself a cup right now. [15:05] awwwwwwww [15:05] is AFK [15:05] fix me one too pete [15:05] awwwwwww Dillon [15:05] so he said he hoped that would help a few kids [15:06] alot ofkids bruce [15:06] Im sure they will appreciate that [15:06] I think he was out done with his brother when he told me he was changing his will [15:06] I wouldn't ask [15:06] out done ? [15:06] thats mississippi talk :-) [15:07] huh hunc LOL [15:07] lol [15:07] I reckon so, ya'll [15:07] lol [15:07]