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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 1, 2021 16:03:16 GMT -5
Was just advised by our Brother Scrooge that David AKA Colonel Busch passed on July 7th this year. While I don't personally know him I'll pass this along to those who do.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 16:26:22 GMT -5
Thanks, I knew him, but I have been too busy to check his site for months. Great guy. I knew he was very ill and he was taking care of his sick wife too.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 1, 2021 16:34:51 GMT -5
I don't remember him...but then again I have a hard time remembering me.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 17:26:54 GMT -5
I don't remember him...but then again I have a hard time remembering me. He also went by Cosmic cowboy or something. He was always changing his handle. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 1, 2021 17:30:27 GMT -5
Ah, now I remember who we are speaking of.
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Post by Yohanan on Dec 1, 2021 18:50:04 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this, I visited David's site, and messaged Him a couple of times in the last couple of months and never received a response, sadly I know why now.
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Post by peteguy on Dec 1, 2021 20:04:23 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this, I visited David's site, and messaged Him a couple of times in the last couple of months and never received a response, sadly I know why now. Which site is that? |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 1, 2021 21:14:51 GMT -5
RIP David.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 1, 2021 21:35:17 GMT -5
I checked out the site. It's still up, but there is no mention of what happened. There never was much activity. He set up a private site, invitation only, to get away from the troubles that some forums had a few years ago. He was mostly bedridden years ago, until his wife got sick and he had to take care of her. May he be in a better world.
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Post by Yohanan on Dec 1, 2021 21:48:35 GMT -5
I checked out the site. It's still up, but there is no mention of what happened. There never was much activity. He set up a private site, invitation only, to get away from the troubles that some forums had a few years ago. He was mostly bedridden years ago, until his wife got sick and he had to take care of her. May he be in a better world. Amen, and Amen. |
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Post by chasingembers on Dec 2, 2021 4:28:23 GMT -5
I don't remember him...but then again I have a hard time remembering me. He also went by Cosmic cowboy or something. He was always changing his handle. Cosmic Bobo? |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Dec 2, 2021 9:08:14 GMT -5
Oh my goodness. This is extremely upsetting to me. I absolutely loved David. I’d been meaning to email him for months, since he pretty much disappeared from his site. Crap. He always wrote these creative stories, had a very similar sensibility to my own, very intelligent, and was a good and gentle human being. He was the one who started The Daily Chronicle of the happenings in his own life, which turned into what it is now. I was able to make him several pipes, which I know he enjoyed. RIP, buddy. You will be very sorely missed. You were one of the good ones.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 2, 2021 11:04:17 GMT -5
Oh my goodness. This is extremely upsetting to me. I absolutely loved David. I’d been meaning to email him for months, since he pretty much disappeared from his site. Crap. He always wrote these creative stories, had a very similar sensibility to my own, very intelligent, and was a good and gentle human being. He was the one who started The Daily Chronicle of the happenings in his own life, which turned into what it is now. I was able to make him several pipes, which I know he enjoyed. RIP, buddy. You will be very sorely missed. You were one of the good ones. He was a good soul. Always pleasent, even if he was always in extreme pain. God bless him. |
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Post by zambini on Dec 2, 2021 16:21:28 GMT -5
My experience was that he was always a welcoming presence. Sad to hear about his death.
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Post by chasingembers on Dec 2, 2021 16:31:37 GMT -5
Was it Cosmic Bobo? I really liked him too.🥺
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 2, 2021 18:15:02 GMT -5
Oh my goodness. This is extremely upsetting to me. I absolutely loved David. I’d been meaning to email him for months, since he pretty much disappeared from his site. Crap. He always wrote these creative stories, had a very similar sensibility to my own, very intelligent, and was a good and gentle human being. He was the one who started The Daily Chronicle of the happenings in his own life, which turned into what it is now. I was able to make him several pipes, which I know he enjoyed. RIP, buddy. You will be very sorely missed. You were one of the good ones. I'm feeling the same as you. I had no idea. The poor guy. And Xuan wasn't well herself - I wonder how she is or if she is even still alive. And you're right, Jason - he started the Daily Chronicle all those years ago. The guy was really funny and as mad as a hatter. His writings were terrific too. RIP David. You have been missed and you will be missed. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 2, 2021 18:15:20 GMT -5
Was it Cosmic Bobo? I really liked him too.🥺 Yes it was. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 2, 2021 19:33:12 GMT -5
Xuan was moved to a nursing home on March 14. Her mind was mostly gone.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 2, 2021 20:05:58 GMT -5
I didn't remember him as the Colonel, but as Cosmic Bobo...couldn't forget him...well loved as was his family.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 2, 2021 20:10:22 GMT -5
Based on his picture and online mannerism, I always figured him as a Burl Ives kinda guy.
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Post by urbino on Dec 2, 2021 23:19:08 GMT -5
Xuan was moved to a nursing home on March 14. Her mind was mostly gone. Hell. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 3, 2021 1:54:02 GMT -5
Xuan was moved to a nursing home on March 14. Her mind was mostly gone. I didn't know that. The poor woman. Even though she may have been told, she might not be aware of his passing. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 3, 2021 10:23:06 GMT -5
Xuan was moved to a nursing home on March 14. Her mind was mostly gone. I didn't know that. The poor woman. Even though she may have been told, she might not be aware of his passing. Hopefully they will be together again in one of many mansions. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 3, 2021 10:23:23 GMT -5
I didn't know that. The poor woman. Even though she may have been told, she might not be aware of his passing. Hopefully they will be together again in one of many mansions. Amen brother. |
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Post by Scott W on Dec 15, 2021 20:19:10 GMT -5
Thanks, I knew him, but I have been too busy to check his site for months. Great guy. I knew he was very ill and he was taking care of his sick wife too. Same here Ron, David was a sweetheart of a guy. I always admired his humor, vocabulary and his devotion to Xuan. |
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Post by don on Dec 17, 2021 2:10:09 GMT -5
Just saw this. RIP David. 😞
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Post by trailboss on Dec 18, 2021 12:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 18, 2021 16:09:30 GMT -5
Sigh.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 18, 2021 16:13:44 GMT -5
WOW...brother David, you've had quite a life.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 18, 2021 16:43:13 GMT -5
WOW...brother David, you've had quite a life. +1 I had something in common with David, I met John Ashcroft, but David knew him and Ashcroft knew him. Ashcroft was one of a few of the good guys in the Bush administration. I would have liked to talk to David about the meat industry where I worked also. It sounds like he had a good life, but had a rough stretch of road at the end.🥲 |
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