The RIP Thread...

[Jonny]

That’s terrible, I’m sorry for your loss.
Depression is screwy and there’s so much that’s not understood. There’s been almost irrefutable links drawn between suicide and certain medications as well as head injuries. Even minor concussions can really change a person’s mood and outlook, practically change the person.
Again, my condolences man.

 

[Altissimus]

Been close to this several times and I know it sucks , I believe suicide to be much harder on the living

 

[treebilly]

Larry A. Haymaker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

View Larry A. Haymaker's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

www.paquelet.com

He was the man that introduced me to tree work, a good boss, and a great friend for over 25 years.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Tree09]

Cliff was the shit.

 

[BeerGeek]

I was lucky enough to see them on their first 3 tours (Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning & Master of Puppets), and I actually was trying to play bass back then, so Cliff was a semi-hero to me....

 

[Tree09]

That would have been amazing! I've only seen them once, on the death magnetic tour.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Never got to see the Big M...

Saw KISS 3 times though! Rush twice...

 

[Ryan]

Seen Metallica on the "Load" tour. That album was a load of crap but they played enough older songs to make it worthwhile.

 

[Steve Mack]

Jim posted about it in the news.

Tributes flow as three 'heroic American firefighters' who died in NSW tanker crash named

A US aerial firefighting company has named the crew of three Americans killed in an air tanker crash on Thursday in south-east New South Wales.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Mick!]

Kobe Bryant apparently, I’m never getting in a helicopter, bugger that.

 

[lxskllr]

That's terrible. I think the idea behind a helicopter is they lose power, and rotors are supposed to ease you back down. Doesn't seem to work that way in practice :^/

 

[pantheraba]

Called "auto-rotation" as I know it...supposedly a "glide" using the rotors as much as that works.

My good friend, Dean, was a chopper pilot in VN. He had to auto-rotate into Cambodia (an operation the US constantly denied actually happened). He said the landing is not smooth...they survived the crash/glide and spent a week E&E (escape and evade) to get back to Nam. Bad juju.

 

[Tree09]

One of his daughters was with him too, along with another parent and kid

Kobe, daughter Gianna die in helicopter crash

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died Sunday in a helicopter crash in California.

www.google.com

 

[flushcut]

The loss of his daughter and the others on board is tragic but I can feel sorry for the loss of a rapist.

 

[Tree09]

It was thrown out, a completely false charge. She had a different dude's cum and caucasian pubic hair as evidence.

 

[flushcut]

Shows how much I follow the news.

 

[Mellow]

 

[pantheraba]

Watched them both. All sounds very smooth calm and professional and then apparently it went South in a hurry.

 

[BlackSmith]

The Kobe Bryant sexual assault case began in July 2003, when the news media reported that the sheriff's office in Eagle, Colorado, had arrested professional basketball player Kobe Bryant in connection with an investigation of a sexual assaultcomplaint filed by a 19-year-old hotel employee.[1] Bryant had checked into The Lodge and Spa at Cordillera, a hotel in Edwards, Colorado, on June 30 in advance of having surgery near there on July 2 under Richard Steadman. The woman accused Bryant of raping her in his hotel room on July 1, the night before the surgery.

Bryant admitted to a sexual encounter with his accuser but denied the assault allegation. The case was dropped after Bryant's accuser refused to testify in the case. A separate civil suit was later filed against Bryant by the woman. This was settled out of court and included Bryant publicly apologizing to his accuser, though admitting no guilt.

Kobe Bryant sexual assault case - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Marc-Antoine]

That's terrible. I think the idea behind a helicopter is they lose power, and rotors are supposed to ease you back down. Doesn't seem to work that way in practice :^/

I guess that depends directly of the problem affecting the helicopter. If the engine is dying but all the rest is still (mostly) OK, that may work. Otherwise the control can't be maintained. I heard that the helicopter is much more instable than a plane and needs a permanent adjustment of the flying parameters. Stop or loose that, and you loose immediately the machine.

 

[cory]

Watched them both. All sounds very smooth calm and professional and then apparently it went South in a hurry.

Ditto Pantheraba five niner

 

[Mick!]

Kirk Douglas 103.

A real star from the golden age, my favourites, the Vikings and of course Spartacus.

 

[Fiddler]

One of the big ones for sure!

 

[Steve Mack]

He made some great movies. I remember seeing The Big Trees when I was a kid and watched it again a few years ago.

Not his best movie but it wasn't bad.