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Title: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 28, 2013, 04:09:10 AM
 :airplane: One of the things that I have been impressed with is the quality of the people who visit this forum! By and Large, the vast majority of people who post in here are stand up guys, with good intentions and advice for the other people in the game.
I am going through some serious problems with my wife's health right now and I am struck with admiration and respect for the number of people who have responded with nothing but friendship and morale support for me in this stressful time.
While I spend a lot of my day at the hospital right now, as soon as I get home, I find myself drawn to the forum and feel as though I am with friends, just like you guys were right here with me in my living room. It is hard for me to explain, but knowing that you guys have a love for aviation as I do, that promotes a kinship which is hard to find.
Thanks for being my friend!! :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Bear76 on October 28, 2013, 04:32:20 AM
Sorry to hear about your current circumstances. I had to deal with a similar issue and I know how important friends can be. Best wishes to you and your wife.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 28, 2013, 04:34:19 AM
Sorry to hear about your current circumstances. I had to deal with a similar issue and I know how important friends can be. Best wishes to you and your wife.
:salute to you sir!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: gyrene81 on October 28, 2013, 05:46:53 AM
i've had to experience similar situations with my fiance over last 7 years Earl. i hope and pray that your wife is able to return home with you soon.  :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Slate on October 28, 2013, 07:34:29 AM
  There are some goof balls on this forum but when help is needed they are there for the community. Hope all goes well and prayers sent for a speedy recovery.  :pray
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: The Fugitive on October 28, 2013, 07:53:31 AM
Best wishes earl.
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Post by: Bostrola on October 28, 2013, 08:26:14 AM
I wish you and your loved ones all the best and hope to see you online soon.
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Post by: waystin2 on October 28, 2013, 09:35:55 AM
Best wishes for the Mrs Sir. :aok
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Post by: Hajo on October 28, 2013, 09:42:32 AM
Best wishes earl for your family.
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Post by: SkyRock on October 28, 2013, 09:57:19 AM
 :salute
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Post by: FLS on October 28, 2013, 09:59:44 AM
Best wishes for you and your wife Earl.
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Post by: Wagger on October 28, 2013, 10:52:04 AM
I to have been through the same issues with my late wife.  You and you family are in our prayers.
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Post by: Fulcrum on October 28, 2013, 11:03:39 AM
Best wishes to you both, sir!

 :salute
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Post by: Bludy on October 28, 2013, 11:04:55 AM
Best wishes for you and yours Earl and my hopes for a speedy recovery for your wife.  :aok
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Post by: MrGeezer on October 28, 2013, 11:39:29 AM
Thoughts & prayers.   :pray

Hoping for strength for you and your family.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: terrydew on October 28, 2013, 11:44:02 AM
Best wishes to you and your wife. When I found chan 171 and your missions, it improved my enjoyment of AH a lot. I fly on all I can and have learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Brooke on October 28, 2013, 11:59:41 AM
Best wishes to you and your wife, Earl.  :salute
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Post by: lunatic1 on October 28, 2013, 12:22:09 PM
best wishes sir
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Post by: LCADolby on October 28, 2013, 03:06:46 PM
 :salute
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Post by: Triton28 on October 28, 2013, 03:40:02 PM
Here's to a speedy recovery..  :cheers:
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Post by: bortas1 on October 28, 2013, 04:14:46 PM
 :salute  :pray
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Post by: Tracerfi on October 28, 2013, 04:16:14 PM
 :salute best of luck
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: ROC on October 28, 2013, 04:23:48 PM
Quote
Thanks for being my friend!!  :salute

Goes both ways.  Thoughts are always with you.  Take care of her, best to you both.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 28, 2013, 04:54:00 PM
Best wishes to you and your wife. When I found chan 171 and your missions, it improved my enjoyment of AH a lot. I fly on all I can and have learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
:airplane: Thanks for your comments! I just try to convey enough info so that a new player can enjoy the game!


What a great bunch of replies guys, I can't express my feelings right now as to how much I appreciate your support!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Bear76 on October 28, 2013, 07:14:51 PM
At times this community, and we in it, look pretty silly and we act...well, let's just say not as adults should. We probably wouldn't allow our kids to act the way we do. This is our world away from the real world. We all share a passion for the game and military history. We have more in common than some might think. When issues of the "real" world come up, and they do for all of us in some way, we come together and act as human beings should.  :salute guys and gals!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: BaldEagl on October 28, 2013, 07:45:10 PM
I'm a sit down guy but good luck to you and your wife anyway. 
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Widewing on October 28, 2013, 08:04:03 PM
Earl, You are experiencing what many of us have found when going through difficult times.... We are a community and we care about each other. Despite the silliness and bickering, everyone who can, will help pull your oar with you.

Nothing but good thoughts and blessings for your wife and you....
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Lab Rat 3947 on October 28, 2013, 08:15:21 PM
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery  :salute


LtngRydr
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: 68ZooM on October 28, 2013, 08:46:07 PM
Earl, thoughts and prayers sent your way  :pray
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Oldman731 on October 28, 2013, 09:44:47 PM
Earl, You are experiencing what many of us have found when going through difficult times.... We are a community and we care about each other. Despite the silliness and bickering, everyone who can, will help pull your oar with you.

Nothing but good thoughts and blessings for your wife and you....


Agreed.  We have a remarkable ability to comfort people we've never met, and probably never will.  'Twas once a big help to me.  Hang tight there, Earl.

- oldman
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: eeyore on October 28, 2013, 09:46:31 PM
 :salute Best wishes Earl to you and your wife. Hope she is able to come home soon, thoughts and prayers are with you both.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Tank-Ace on October 29, 2013, 01:33:07 AM
Earl, I'm sorry to hear about your wife. Health problems are maybe some of the worst things to deal with. There's nothing concrete, just odds, and that awful waiting. I truly do feel for you sir.

I'll include your wife and your family in my prayers tonight.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Hap on October 29, 2013, 08:22:50 AM
While I spend a lot of my day at the hospital right now, as soon as I get home, I find myself drawn to the forum and feel as though I am with friends, just like you guys were right here with me in my living room. It is hard for me to explain, but knowing that you guys have a love for aviation as I do, that promotes a kinship which is hard to find.
Thanks for being my friend!! :salute

<S> Earl and prayers for your wife and family.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: RotBaron on October 29, 2013, 12:32:39 PM
<S>

thoughts and prayers, may you be blessed with wellness soon
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Arlo on October 29, 2013, 12:42:59 PM
Thoughts and prayers your way on a daily basis, Earl (several times a day).
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 29, 2013, 02:05:18 PM
Thoughts and prayers your way on a daily basis, Earl (several times a day).
:angel: Thanks to all you guys, these replies mean a lot to me right now as things are not getting any better.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: realgood on October 29, 2013, 03:12:41 PM
  :pray Thoughts and prayers your way sir everyday  :pray
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: wpeters on October 29, 2013, 03:28:45 PM
Thoughts and prayers are on your family through the day!   May God give you peace with all of it.

Is there a care page we can follow on
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 29, 2013, 04:39:10 PM
Thoughts and prayers are on your family through the day!   May God give you peace with all of it.

Is there a care page we can follow on
:airplane: No, I just didn't set one up because she wouldn't understand any of it. This heart attack finished her mind, and the only way I know she knows I am there with her, sometimes she will squeeze my hand.
Thanks again to all, your support and thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated. :salute :angel:
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: morfiend on October 29, 2013, 05:28:13 PM
At times this community, and we in it, look pretty silly and we act...well, let's just say not as adults should. We probably wouldn't allow our kids to act the way we do. This is our world away from the real world. We all share a passion for the game and military history. We have more in common than some might think. When issues of the "real" world come up, and they do for all of us in some way, we come together and act as human beings should.  :salute guys and gals!

  QFT     or quoted for truth!


    Hang in there Earl,I know first hand what you must be feeling right now.  Hold her hand as much as you can and as often as possible.




   :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: ozrocker on October 30, 2013, 07:50:24 AM
 :salute :pray
Best Wishes Sir!



                                                                                                                                                                 :salute Oz
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: detch01 on October 30, 2013, 08:04:06 AM
<S> Earl. My thoughts and prayers to you and your wife.



asw
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Rob52240 on October 30, 2013, 08:58:04 AM
See Rule #4
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Post by: matt on October 30, 2013, 09:42:49 AM
 :salute
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Post by: gyrene81 on October 30, 2013, 09:52:38 AM
See Rule #4
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Post by: Frod on October 30, 2013, 10:35:15 AM
<S> Earl .  Thoughts and prayers your way my friend. She knows that you are there.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Rob52240 on October 30, 2013, 12:06:06 PM
:huh  excuse me? what was that again?

My finger slipped when I was typing.
I meant to write <S>
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 30, 2013, 02:11:13 PM
Up yours
:airplane: I am sorry if it offends you that my wife is seriously ill and has no chance to recover!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Arlo on October 30, 2013, 02:20:39 PM
Ignore the attention-seeking idiot, Earl.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Randy1 on October 30, 2013, 02:25:45 PM
Bless your heart.  You have already shown a lot of courage.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on October 30, 2013, 02:35:32 PM
Ignore the attention-seeking idiot, Earl.
:airplane: I doubt that he understands the situation, but as my father used to say: "God looks after drunks and fools"!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: -ammo- on October 30, 2013, 02:35:53 PM
:airplane: One of the things that I have been impressed with is the quality of the people who visit this forum! By and Large, the vast majority of people who post in here are stand up guys, with good intentions and advice for the other people in the game.
I am going through some serious problems with my wife's health right now and I am struck with admiration and respect for the number of people who have responded with nothing but friendship and morale support for me in this stressful time.
While I spend a lot of my day at the hospital right now, as soon as I get home, I find myself drawn to the forum and feel as though I am with friends, just like you guys were right here with me in my living room. It is hard for me to explain, but knowing that you guys have a love for aviation as I do, that promotes a kinship which is hard to find.
Thanks for being my friend!! :salute

Earl,

I don't know you from Adam, but I wish God's blessings on you and yours.

AMMO
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Slash27 on October 30, 2013, 02:46:35 PM
Prayers for your wife and you. Sorry this has happened to you. :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Rob52240 on October 30, 2013, 03:18:48 PM
:airplane: I doubt that he understands the situation, but as my father used to say: "God looks after drunks and fools"!

Definitely fools, I should have read the whole original post and avoided being one.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Puma44 on October 31, 2013, 12:39:19 AM
:airplane: I doubt that he understands the situation, but as my father used to say: "God looks after drunks and fools"!
Definitely a fool being looked after here, Earl.  Continue to stand tall and take care of your sweetheart, my friend. :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: BaldEagl on October 31, 2013, 01:24:02 AM
:airplane: I am sorry if it offends you that my wife is seriously ill and has no chance to recover!

Never give up hope.  Miracles happen.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: pangea on October 31, 2013, 10:00:31 AM
Earl - Sorry to hear of your wifes illness.  My thoughts and prayers go out to you both.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: SKColt on October 31, 2013, 10:07:00 AM
<S> Earl. My families thoughts, and especially our prayers, are with you and your wife.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Biggamer on October 31, 2013, 10:31:11 AM
<<S>> Earl thoughts and prayers are with you and your family sir
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: MK-84 on October 31, 2013, 08:23:30 PM
<S>
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Wildcatdad on October 31, 2013, 08:24:30 PM
:airplane: One of the things that I have been impressed with is the quality of the people who visit this forum! By and Large, the vast majority of people who post in here are stand up guys, with good intentions and advice for the other people in the game.
I am going through some serious problems with my wife's health right now and I am struck with admiration and respect for the number of people who have responded with nothing but friendship and morale support for me in this stressful time.
While I spend a lot of my day at the hospital right now, as soon as I get home, I find myself drawn to the forum and feel as though I am with friends, just like you guys were right here with me in my living room. It is hard for me to explain, but knowing that you guys have a love for aviation as I do, that promotes a kinship which is hard to find.
Thanks for being my friend!! :salute
Good Luck Earl :salute
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Bobcat81 on November 01, 2013, 02:19:44 AM
Im sorry to hear about this sir. Yall are in my thoughts a prayers.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Citabria on November 01, 2013, 09:00:23 AM
...Thanks for being my friend!! :salute

earl your a class act all the way and I have always admired and respected you not only for your actual military experience with these vintage aircraft that we all have so much interest in but the simple fact that your a good soul.

cheers mate hang in there. life can stop giving you things and start taking them away at any age as some of us have found. All we can do is hold on to the time we have and cherish every moment with our loved ones.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: earl1937 on November 03, 2013, 12:06:28 PM
earl your a class act all the way and I have always admired and respected you not only for your actual military experience with these vintage aircraft that we all have so much interest in but the simple fact that your a good soul.

cheers mate hang in there. life can stop giving you things and start taking them away at any age as some of us have found. All we can do is hold on to the time we have and cherish every moment with our loved ones.
:airplane:  Thanks for the kind words! A GREAT BIG THANKS TO ALL THE GUYS IN HERE WHO HAVE MY WIFE IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!!! She is doing better, actually sitting upright in hospital bed and is now talking a little and knew who I was when I walked into the room with her. She actually took the spoon and fed herself some bites of Turkey for lunch!
Guys, this just proves what prayer will do! The Doc's gave her about a 25% chance of getting through this thing, and she has a long way to go before I can bring her home, but at least now, I have HOPE for the future.

 :salute to all!
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Gard06 on November 03, 2013, 05:38:48 PM
Earl,

I want to thank you for the many years of friendship.  You sir, have been an inspiration to my family and it's been an honor to fly with you and the "Devil Dog's".  Please know the Lyn and I have prayed for you and Barb.  Should you need anything, your friends will be there.
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: GScholz on November 04, 2013, 05:55:55 AM
Like I said in the O'Club thread that was started in support of you, I hope for the best possible outcome for you and your wife. You're a great guy on the bbs here, and I especially enjoy your posts in the aircraft forum. I'm also dismayed by rule#4 violations in a thread like this...

<S>
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: Puma44 on November 04, 2013, 04:49:28 PM
Great news, Earl!   :aok
Title: Re: Friends
Post by: ap1102 on November 04, 2013, 09:00:22 PM
Hey ET,

I just logged in the forums. Sorry to hear Barbara's not doing well. You are in the Rhino's families thoughts and prayers.
Hello to all D-Dogs.

EZRhino