#4445136 - 10/24/18 02:39 AM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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I had more than a few public and private talks with Murphy.
I had long hoped that some day we could meet in person, have a few...drinks, laughs, discussions, whatever. I should have visited him some years ago when I had the time and the means.
Great guy and, no doubt an even greater husband and father who spent his working life protecting honest folks in a MEAN city.
Again, goodbye my friend.
I now have PM's saved from PositiveG, Destructis and now Murphy. None from Ming sadly and, I am afraid he may not be with us anymore either.
Three, maybe four of our best.
Fly well friends, and if you have a chance to visit with a friend here, take it. Man i always wondered what happened to Ming? I never knew there was any issues, he just sort of disappeared. Maybe it was when i had my long break and i missed it all??
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#4445151 - 10/24/18 05:01 AM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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oldgrognard
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Fran told me it was written by his daughter.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4445196 - 10/24/18 03:14 PM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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RIP Murph.
From a fellow Navy veteran and SimHQ'er.
I refuse to buy a flight sim that I have no interest in playing, on the off chance that MAYBE someday they'll make the one I really want to play.
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#4445200 - 10/24/18 03:27 PM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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Thanks for posting the obituary link. I'm glad it was shared.
Murphy and I shared several PMs in years past, and I had to respect him for the clarity and his commitment to the words he wrote me. It's fantastic to read that obituary about Murphy, and realize that he was even greater as a man, husband, and father in life, than he was as I knew him behind our pseudonyms here on the internet.
WARNING: This post contains opinions produced in a facility which also occasionally processes fact products.
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#4445233 - 10/24/18 07:47 PM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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I need no thanks. Any thanks goes to his wife Fran for allowing it to be shared here. He picked a good one.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4445762 - 10/27/18 08:53 PM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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RIP Murph...
Fair Winds and Following Seas...
-Skater
"As Iron Sharpens Iron, so does a friend sharpen a friend." Proverbs 27:17 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28 Never, ever, underestimate the ability of people to discount Occam's Razor. - Dart "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." - Grover Norquist
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#4493491 - 10/18/19 05:36 PM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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I miss my friend. He was a good man.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4493557 - 10/19/19 01:35 AM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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coasty
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He certainly made his mark, as we all might hope to.
Have you seen the Arrow? WWW
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#4494928 - 10/28/19 05:30 AM
Re: Murphy - "Signing off"
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I enjoyed when he wrote comments about his time as an officer. I am sure he's enjoyed his first year in Eternity.
Keep Calm and Check CanopyThere are no ex-paratroopers, only ones off jump statusLearn Economics at: http://www.mises.orgCarthago delenda est
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