AJNJ-My Father

I am so sorry, Mike, to hear of your loss. I have never met anyone on this board in person, yet the news still affected me like I lost a friend. God bless you and your family as you get through this rough time. You are lucky to have shared that moment on your wedding day. Many fathers never get to know such true appreciation from their sons even if they live to 100. You and he were very lucky.

:cry: Wendy

 

Mike,

I, like most others here never met yor father. Most of us here are 40+ years old and share a love for college sports. We have a bond here that has kept us together for almost 20 years now.

As you can tell by the comments here, your father was well thought of. This is hitting me rather hard due to this being the second Internet friend of mine to lose. Some here may remember James Seat. He never made it to the Skybox. He was a Prodigy member that conversed with us a while back. 14 years ago, he was found in his office slumped over his computer keyboard. Now we have lost Andy as well.

Mike, my condolences go out to you and your family. We have lost a good one in Andy.

 

I was wondering why Andy had made his picks for all but two games in last week's contest but never assigned points to the games.

Let the record show that Andy was whipping us all. He was in first place and had been for several weeks.

Mike, according to what we knew about your father's love for family, he went out a winner in life. ...and from what we all knew here about his knowledge and love of college football, he went out a winner in the contest as well.

 

Mike,

Your Dad and I had some great exchanges a few weeks back regarding my son's band experiences and yours as well.

Andy had some good supportive comments on my son's band after listening to it on Myspace and I also listened to your band and I was quite impressed.

Keep it going....AJ would be proud.

 

We lost the nice fella from Indiana, also...I am embarrassed to struggle to remember his name.

 

I believe

<t>You are referring to the good Crop Dr from Illinois......<br/>
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no one ever replied to his posts, but I read damn near everyone one of them until they stopped coming.. I actually miss those still.<br/>
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I believe his name was Paul</t>

 

No it wasn't the CropDoc. Stu's right he was from Indiana, his wife came and let us know about his passing and some of us contributed to Purdue dept of Chemistry (I believe). I know I still get a magazine from Purdue since I made a donation.

 

Here's to AJNJ!

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Dennis Woods?

 

Mike,

I cannot express how shocking this news is. Your Dad was one of my favorite posters on this BB. He had a wonderful, playful sense of humor and
and, by his posts, revealed himself as a thoughtful, kind person. I will miss his presence on this BB. For many of us, this place is a wonderful refuge from life's irritations. There were more than a few days when something your Dad wrote brought laughter and fun into a previously bad day.

I am so sorry to read of this terrible news but thank you for letting us know. My prayers of solace go out to you and all your family.

 

That's a fine tribute, Doc.

And I changed my avatar to something Andy would like as well.

 

Wow.

Andy and I first met on Prodigy long ago as two posters who confronted each other at every turn, but we soon became good friends via email as we realized how much we had in common. He was a good pal with a fabulous sense of humor...a very clever guy who made me laugh out loud. I'll miss him and my prayers and thoughts go out to his family.

He was a nice guy.

.............JO'Co

 

Mike, I'm sorry I'm so late for posting. Tears. Your dad found something to like in everyone. I know your dad never found anything to dislike about me that he found the need to bring it public. He never judged me whether I was right or wrong. He was always respectful. I'll miss him. I sure respected him. What a loss this is. This is a big loss for this community . Damn, Just Damn! I'll miss you AJNJ! Put a good word in for me, Will ya!

First time this many tears have rolled down this face in a long time.

Oh yeah Mike, Your Dad was very proud of how well you were doing with music. Keep it up, He's a listening!

 

Our prior loss was DLW, aka Dennis Woods fro Purdue and and an avid Indiana fan. Lived in West Lafayette and practiced law.

Don

Also posted about DLW on George's new Topic "A lesson Learned"

 

Mike .... I'm so sorry to learn of your loss. You and your family are in our prayers and may God bless and guide you as you work through the many challenges of dealing with the loss of a parent.

Wow ... just wow!

I didn't know AJ but now realize just how much we are so similar - college football fan, age, profession/vocation, kids as musicians, and musicians as kids. I didn't always share AJ's view of the world of college football but agree with what George has so eloquently posted in another thread.

While I tend to prod, pick, and push others a bit .... sometimes too much ..... I must agree that The Skybox is a special place on the www, because of folks like AJ.

Mike, if you are ever coming to N Fla - Gainesville area - and need a band with which to jam or anything for that matter, just post or IM me via this site.

 

Thanks Don and Sid.

 

Thanks BDR, wish I could have found one without the legal stuff about Lanza...but I did think it was a good one for Andy....almost as good as your avatar tribute!

 

Although I'm a techno-idiot, I figured out this avatar thing enough to follow suit. In memory of Andy.

 

Mike:

As the only other Nit fan on this board your father and I had a bond. I actually met him twice. Once at the Kick Off Classic at the Meadowlands and once at Beaver Stadium.

He has been a big part of this board for quite a few years and his absence will be glaring.

 

Mike; thank you so much for sharing your Dad with all of us.He was a true gentleman .When Corey called us last night to tell us of your posting Jim (JOCO) and I where deeply saddened he will be truely missed as you can see this board is more than just a group of people posting .. we are friends and good friends at that ,so this is just like a family member had passed .Please extended our love and prayers to you and your family. Please know you may always join us here and become a member of this extended family,we would be proud to have you. as you can see many of us also have our family members posting to .. Again our love and thoughts are with you now and always. Your Dad will be greatly missed..... Diane