Re: Colin Douthwaite logs off

> Colin Douthwaite wrote in message <36e...@news.southern.co.nz>...
> >As some of you maky have heard, Colin Douthwaite, my father, died suddenly
> >but peacefully on 1 March 1999.
> >
> >Dad was 69 and had had a long period of ill-health after major heart
> attacks
> >in 1991 and an almost-fatal cardiac arrest while kite-flying in 1997. So
> >although his death is a shock, it is not totally unexpected. Dad had had
> >quite a bad period before Christmas but had recovered well in the last few
> >weeks, and only last week performed with the Christchurch Liedertafel choir
> >for the launching of a new lifeboat at the Port of Lyttelton. He was in
> >great spirits and enjoying life.
> >
> >Over the last seven or eight years, his participation in various newsgroups
> >has been a great source of enjoyment for him, particularly at those times
> he
> >was unable to pursue more physical activities. He relished telling us at
> >length about new ASCII pictures and about the machinations of Usenet
> >politics. He even relished the occasional flame-war. The thanks of my
> family
> >go to all you who participated in this form of fellowship which gave him so
> >much pleasure. Thank you too, for the many kind messages I have just
> browsed
> >in several of his favourite groups. They will be a great additional comfrot
> >to my mother.
> >
> >Thanks to a suggestion from an alt.ascii-art regular, I hope Dad's memory
> >will be preserved through the enjoyment of an archive of some of his quirky
> >ASCII art.
> >
> >Warm regards to all of you who "knew" Colin....
> >
> >
> >Ian Douthwaite
> >
> >

I'm very sad to hear this, Ian.  Your father was one of my favorite allies
during one ugly news.groups debate several years back.  I always enjoyed the
intelligence and wit of his posts.

Dolores

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