Our dear Anakin has left us for a different place.       RIP dear Anakin.   

socksey



Here's a test to see if your mission on earth is complete:  If you're still alive, it isn't. - Richard Bach

Most Fibsters know how close Anakin and I were.  I have been planning a trip to Australia to see him.
At 4am EST on Monday, I called his house in Spence, ACT, Australia to harass him because he had
not been on-line since September 8th.  It was 6pm on Monday in OZ.  His mother answered the phone
and, upon hearing my voice, told me Simon (his real name) had passed away the day before.  I also
spoke with his twin sister who lives in Sydney.  They both said some very kind things to me about how
much Simon both loved and hated playing those long session with me.

I am still going to OZ and will stop to meet his mother.  She said she would give me some pictures of
Simon and I will post them here.

When I first met Anakin, he was a 1095 player.  I berated him, insulted him, and mocked him.  With a
lot of help from jimbok, I was able to get Anakin to practice against GNU-bg.  It took a while, but he
became very good player.  The last time we played he got me to take a sucker double.  If you know me,
you know my strength is in doubling.  He was up 6-0 in a 7 point game and cursed like a drunken
sailor as I worked my way to 6-5.  But he won the last game and went into usual heavy lumber routine.

I really will miss him.

If you like to send a card or a note to his mother, email me at rdadamsii at ol dot com and I will send
her name and address to you.

Dick

Anakin, i hardly knew you, but i've been blundering around all night thinking of you, old friends, and family who have passed on beyond the beyond .. i've also been hanging around fibsland all night while drinking a little Lone Star beer and smoking Indonesian Kreteks sort of drenched in melancholy .. as i've never met an Aussie that didn't imbibe, it seemed appropriate, mate .. while watching a few games tonight, i was reminded of the term we often use in backgammon "dancing on the bar" .. well, mate, you've danced right off the danged bar and you are missed by many including me

seeing the many shouts by your better friends and posts here has been quite nice .. that, another beer and some Bob Wills music will get me through 'til dawn .. in closing, i'm also reminded of old small town cemeteries all over Texas where an inscription on many family tombstones seems to fit nicely in this thread, too

sixty

Anakin - "Gone but not forgotten"

Rest in Peace Anakin...you will be missed.

It makes me very sad to hear that. I didn´t know about his disease until now.
For me it was always fun and pleasure to meet Anakin.
You will not be forgotten, rest in Peace Anakin!

Seems fitting he leaves us with a savedgame against a hairywoman and a vouch from God.

I'll lift one to ya tonight, you 'ol ballbreaker. VV's got nothing on you.


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RepBot says: Anakin has 1 saved game.

It makes me very sad to hear that. 
Rest in Peace Anakin...you ,not be forgotten. 

  rossa

Your passing has come as it will to us all. I look forward to renewing our acquaintance when my time comes.

RIP bubba 

 
anakin...
the not-a-wanka-been.
i loved u the few months i knew you.
uli