Topic: Another brother gone (Read 8008 times)

SPIDERMAN · « **on:** October 25, 2006, 04:38:56 PM »

Don't know where else to vent a little. No one here in California knew him. I lost a good brother from my days with the MMMC in Maine today. Skip. A good bro, good father and good husband died about 10AM EST from brain cancer. Skip was a hard ridin, hard partyin SOB who could go toe to toe with anyone out there and still be all the things society expected him to be. He truly knew how to live by our motto of " work when you have to, quit when you can, drink when you're thirsty, whoop when you're high, love a good woman, ride till you die.
My old Sgt at Arms and one of my closest friends in the world Bad Bob talked to Skip last night and neither of us is left with any understanding of the life process. I know my new friend JR would consel me that it is not for me to understand in this life, but it still hurts. Hurts real bad.

Vaya con Dios Skip- - - see you on the other side

Fired00d · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:51:38 PM »

Big B,
Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. My condolences go out to you and his family, and I'll keep all of you in my prayers.

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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SEULTRA · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:52:26 PM »

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Don't know where else to vent a little. No one here in California knew him. I lost a good brother from my days with the MMMC in Maine today. Skip. A good bro, good father and good husband died about 10AM EST from brain cancer. Skip was a hard ridin, hard partyin SOB who could go toe to toe with anyone out there and still be all the things society expected him to be. He truly knew how to live by our motto of " work when you have to, quit when you can, drink when you're thirsty, whoop when you're high, love a good woman, ride till you die.

ccr · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:07:26 PM »

Big B,

Midnight Rider · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:08:23 PM »

Big B...so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend...my thoughts are with you during this time of reflection.

Terry

harleydiva · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:15:44 PM »

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Don't know where else to vent a little. No one here in California knew him. I lost a good brother from my days with the MMMC in Maine today. Skip. A good bro, good father and good husband died about 10AM EST from brain cancer. Skip was a hard ridin, hard partyin SOB who could go toe to toe with anyone out there and still be all the things society expected him to be. He truly knew how to live by our motto of " work when you have to, quit when you can, drink when you're thirsty, whoop when you're high, love a good woman, ride till you die.

killjoy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:20:40 PM »

Spiderman,

My condolences for your loss. Nothing hurts more and leaves you feeling so empty and powerless. As Ultra said, life is a journey. When I find myself in your shoes, I try to focus on what I gained by knowing the person instead of what I lost when they left me. Doesn't take away the pain, but maybe it helps to remember them for what they brought to life. Sounds like Skip was a helluva guy who gave a lot and left a mark on your soul that will always remain. That's a good thing, the world sure as hell could use a few more Skips.

In Skip's honor... [smiley=drink.gif]

The Mysterious Q! · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:24:25 PM »

Hey Brian sorry about your Bro.There is never anything to say that really helps anyone through times like these.My heart goes out to his family and especially you Bro.If there is anything you want me to do just let me know. L&R,Q

Gettinold · « **Reply #8 on:** October 25, 2006, 05:49:13 PM »

BIG B
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I PRAY EVEYDAY FOR A CURE OF THE C WORD. IT ALWAYS TAKES THE GOOD ONES FROM US. TAKE CARE AND BE STRONG, THATS WHAT SKIP WOULD WANT,IM SURE.

DAVE

RJ749 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2006, 06:44:04 PM »

Big B, I feel your loss.

Somewhere on here I posted about a buddy that we lost to lung cancer in late May. I think of him daily and hope he runs into Skip, I know they'll toast the good times together if they meet.

Rog

UK Dave · « **Reply #10 on:** October 25, 2006, 06:51:36 PM »

Brian, I'm thinking of you at this trying time

Chin up

Dave

hogasm · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2006, 07:03:23 PM »

Big B

Sorry for your loss. In some of your stories in MV you talked of Skip and the road the two of you traveled together. Remember those days, they are what made you the man you are today.
Your friend
Hogasm Brian#14

SPIDERMAN · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2006, 08:00:51 PM »

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I've been thinking about some of the crazy things Skip did and laughing through the tears. Here's one story We ( MMMC) used to get free camping at the Swap Meet they have in the Drive In at the end of Weirs ( Laconia ) by providing 24 hr security for the Swap Meet. Skip was late getting in and we were wondering what had happened to him. Seems he had worn out a hand grip on his handlebars and couldn't help fiddling around with the hole in the end as he was riding to Laconia. Well he had to stop quick and had his finger stuck in the hole and broke his finger. Man after that Skip always got new handgrips from all of the bros on his birthday and Christmas.

Big B

Hey hogasm - - - -what # Brian am I by the way ?

Special_Ed · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2006, 08:23:14 PM »

Brian,

Sorry to hear of your loss. The story you shared in this last post is how Skip lives on. He

RedFXR2 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2006, 09:39:53 PM »

My condolences in your loss, Brian.

Grover · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2006, 09:46:56 PM »

Hey there Big B-

Glad to see your home safe from your journey. I'm very sorry

JR · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2006, 10:39:05 PM »

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Don't know where else to vent a little. No one here in California knew him. I lost a good brother from my days with the MMMC in Maine today. Skip. A good bro, good father and good husband died about 10AM EST from brain cancer. Skip was a hard ridin, hard partyin SOB who could go toe to toe with anyone out there and still be all the things society expected him to be. He truly knew how to live by our motto of " work when you have to, quit when you can, drink when you're thirsty, whoop when you're high, love a good woman, ride till you die.

cuthbertss · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2006, 10:47:59 PM »

Brian:

I am sorry to hear of the loss of your life long friend..... you are doing what is best; honor him and laugh through the tears;

Someday ( not too soon) on the other side I'd love to ride with you and your compadre.

I feel for you bro

Scot

VaEagle · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2006, 12:02:41 AM »

Sorry for your loss, our prayers will be with you and his family.

d-rock · « **Reply #19 on:** October 26, 2006, 09:30:21 AM »

Sorry to hear about your loss. The pain of a lost Bro doesn't go away but it does get easier to deal with in time. Derek

JCZ · « **Reply #20 on:** October 26, 2006, 10:54:32 AM »

Brian......never a good thing to deal with. I'll say a prayer for your bro and for you. Time will heal the wound.

JC

erniezap · « **Reply #21 on:** October 26, 2006, 11:42:38 AM »

Big B,

Sorry to hear about your bro. He's in our thoughts and prayers

hd-dude · « **Reply #22 on:** October 26, 2006, 11:49:18 AM »

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Big B,

Sorry to hear about your bro.

CVOJOE · « **Reply #23 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:23:04 AM »

[highlight]"work when you have to, quit when you can, drink when you're thirsty, whoop when you're high, love a good woman, ride till you die. "[/highlight]

Brian,
Sorry to hear about the loss of your Bro. We'll all meet at the end of the last big off ramp someday, and have great joy in renewing old times. A toast to your 'bro !
[smiley=drink.gif]
Joe

mr_magoo · « **Reply #24 on:** October 27, 2006, 08:48:26 AM »

Sorry to hear of your lose. Our prayers are with you and your family.

SPIDERMAN · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2006, 01:48:05 PM »

Thanks for the kind words everyone. The wake is today and I'm in touch with folks there. I'm a lot better than I was the day I got the news. Only issue is the same one I always have when someone I know has a good life cut short. That's why JR's words meant so much. Some things in life will never be explained by science and without faith we either dispair or believe in a higher power to whom we give over our dispair and have faith in that which we were not meant to fully comprehend in this life.

B B

Cerdo · « **Reply #26 on:** January 21, 2007, 09:31:32 PM »

Bib B,

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. I will keep you and his family in my prayers.

Ride safe, Cerdo

hoody · « **Reply #27 on:** January 21, 2007, 11:37:55 PM »

My condolences in your loss, of a friend and Bro. It sounds like he lived a good life his way! that's all we can ever ask for in the end. be safe and ride long. I lost a close family member this past year, the memories we have will last forever.
Hoody

CVOMOE!! · « **Reply #28 on:** January 22, 2007, 12:36:07 PM »

Very sorry to hear about the loss of your good bud. Condolences to you and his family. Cherish the memories.

Moe

nidan · « **Reply #29 on:** April 30, 2007, 03:33:56 PM »

My prayers are with you and his family .. good friends are the most valuable treasure we have

sadunbar · « **Reply #30 on:** May 04, 2007, 08:40:14 AM »

Big B,

So very sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. While we all have many acquaintences, most of us have very few friends - and losing one is truly heartbreaking. While I have never met you outside of this forum, my sense is you are a good person and being your friend would be something special. Here's to your friend.

May he be in a better place.

Scott

SPIDERMAN · « **Reply #31 on:** May 04, 2007, 02:53:33 PM »

Thanks for the kind words. You know it's been awhile since Skip passed and I've had a chance to watch the events that unfolded after his death as regards his " estate " The word estate being a legal term. Skip was not wealthy by any means, but he had a house, a bike, a garage full of tools, some life insurance etc he left behind. At the time of his death he was living with woman he had been with for about 5 years but to whom he was not married. Her name is on the deed to the property as well as the mortage documents but she was not mentioned in Skip's will. As such, Skip's only child ( a son) is the sole heir to his estate. From what I understand, the son considers the house to be 1/2 his and I would imagine the law supports that belief. So the situation has gotten messy because the son was in in prison at the time of his father's death, is now out and expecting to live in the house. Bottom line - - - if you don't have a will, get one done. If you do have one, update it whenever there is major change in your life. Skip wrote out his ex-wife from his will, but even after 5 years and shared property did not include this woman he lived with and by all accounts cherished. I cannot believe he would be pleased at the current state of things with regard to her. Sorry to go off on this but my point is that sometimes the story doesn't end when the hero dies. And hero he was to those of us who knew him, while not necessarily in the conventionally accepted sense.

Vaya con Dios Skip

B B

ccr · « **Reply #32 on:** May 04, 2007, 03:01:07 PM »

Thanks my friend for bringing up this issue about wills. Jamey and I have been saying we need to write one for as many years as we have been married. Not that we are wealthy by the stretch of anyone's imagination, but we do have life insurance and a few toys. In the State, or do I say the Commonwealth of Virginia, if someone dies without a will, they take all the proceeds from the estate. Have a great big yard sale/auction of the household/garage goods, sell the vehicles, the house etc. pay off all debts and pocket the rest. And I have seen the evil that comes out in people when someone dies, that all of a sudden folks want to covet what someone else had. And families get torn apart in the bickering of what they think others should get. It is a real shame that your friend's son does not have enough common sense to see that the woman your friend was living with should have the house free and clear, and he should just walk away. It would be what his father would want him to do.

SOKOOLJ · « **Reply #33 on:** May 04, 2007, 04:18:53 PM »

Big B,

Sorry to hear of your loss, Stay strong. Another thing about wills, many prepare them but then tuck'em away without another thought. In order to protect our estate we must update them as the need arises, I have seen this become a problem recently with some of the soldiers in my units.
God bless,

SOKOOL

Seegarsmkr · « **Reply #34 on:** May 15, 2007, 11:45:39 PM »

BB,
I too am sorry for your loss, I know it is a cliche' but:

It is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all...this is true of you and Skip but also of all of your buds here to you with the out-pouring of condolences/feelings for you.

\Seegarz\

SPIDERMAN · « **Reply #35 on:** May 16, 2007, 11:36:49 PM »

Every so often I'll see a new post on this thread and read some kind words from kind folks speaking of a man they knew not in person, but well in spirit. The world is populated by several billion people so when you think of 100,000 or so that share a kindred spirit in the life we call " biker" there really aren't that many of us. Us of course being a relative term. So anyway, other events push the memory of Skip from my mind at times and this thread keeps him alive for me. So I thank all of you for that. Skip could ride probably better than all but one or two people I've met in my life. He was one of those guys who just seemed to be able to make a motorcycle do whatever he wanted to. In our MMMC days he had a Softail he pieced together and it was always one piece short somewhere, but ran well. The MMMC clubhouse was in a ravine on a (at the time) dirt road that was a shortcut between two counties in Maine. When first built we had no neighbors, but last I heard, the road was paved, expensive houses on 5 acre lots and the club had been forced to sell. Anyway, as I was saying, the clubhouse was down in a ravine. For most of us the last 100 yds was a dirt bike adventure on a dry day. On a wet one, it was a slide for life. So as you can imagine we did not exactly roar down over the hill to the base of the ravine and the clubhouse - - - - - except for Skip. It didn't matter what the weather was, he always came flyin down the hill and skidded in sideways to within an inch of the old clubhouse porch. We used to bet how close he'd come without hittin anything. So I'm glad I was out here in California when he passed. I didn't have to see him as the tumor in his brain slowly won the battle. I'll remember him forever skiddin in sideways, jumpin off his bike and shoutin " what are all you a$$holes lookin at anyway "

Adios Bro
Vaya con dios
B B

iski · « **Reply #36 on:** May 17, 2007, 07:28:05 AM »

BB - When I first read this thread I read the start date and elected not to post - first impression was this was months ago and people tend to move along after time. Wrong decision now rectified. You lost a true friend here. Prayers for Skip and his family, his friends, and you. Your last post makes Skip 'alive' in the best sense to an old rider. Knew guys like that - sometimes I rode like that back in my dirt bike days. You had great times together and his memory lives on through you and others.

Too bad for all concerned on the lack of a will. From personal experience it's better to have a will - always.

Thanks for sharing your memories and to your friend may he Vaya con Dios en Paz.

Hobo · « **Reply #37 on:** May 17, 2007, 01:31:55 PM »

Quote from: SPIDERMAN on May 16, 2007, 11:36:49 PM

Every so often I'll see a new post on this thread and read some kind words from kind folks speaking of a man they knew not in person, but well in spirit. The world is populated by several billion people so when you think of 100,000 or so that share a kindred spirit in the life we call " biker" there really aren't that many of us. Us of course being a relative term. So anyway, other events push the memory of Skip from my mind at times and this thread keeps him alive for me. So I thank all of you for that. Skip could ride probably better than all but one or two people I've met in my life. He was one of those guys who just seemed to be able to make a motorcycle do whatever he wanted to. In our MMMC days he had a Softail he pieced together and it was always one piece short somewhere, but ran well. The MMMC clubhouse was in a ravine on a (at the time) dirt road that was a shortcut between two counties in Maine. When first built we had no neighbors, but last I heard, the road was paved, expensive houses on 5 acre lots and the club had been forced to sell. Anyway, as I was saying, the clubhouse was down in a ravine. For most of us the last 100 yds was a dirt bike adventure on a dry day. On a wet one, it was a slide for life. So as you can imagine we did not exactly roar down over the hill to the base of the ravine and the clubhouse - - - - - except for Skip. It didn't matter what the weather was, he always came flyin down the hill and skidded in sideways to within an inch of the old clubhouse porch. We used to bet how close he'd come without hittin anything. So I'm glad I was out here in California when he passed. I didn't have to see him as the tumor in his brain slowly won the battle. I'll remember him forever skiddin in sideways, jumpin off his bike and shoutin " what are all you a$$holes lookin at anyway "

Adios Bro
Vaya con dios
B B

B B,
Thats a great story, thanks for sharing. Sorry about your friend and the current situation.

Hobo

SPIDERMAN · « **Reply #38 on:** May 18, 2007, 08:49:23 PM »

Quote from: Hobo on May 17, 2007, 01:31:55 PM

B B,
Thats a great story, thanks for sharing. Sorry about your friend and the current situation.

Hobo

Thanks,
Someone once coined the phrase " only the good die young " When I think about my bro Skip, it would have been awful to see him grow old. Life is strange isn't it ?

B B

Gettinold · « **Reply #39 on:** May 19, 2007, 03:56:10 PM »

Quote from: SPIDERMAN on May 18, 2007, 08:49:23 PM

Thanks,
Someone once coined the phrase " only the good die young " When I think about my bro Skip, it would have been awful to see him grow old. Life is strange isn't it ?

B B

B B
LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE OF IT, AND YES IT CAN BE STRANGE AT TIMES, BUT ALL IN ALL, LIFE IS GOOD. THANKS FOR YOUR STORY AS I CAN RELATE TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

DAVE

theslash · « **Reply #40 on:** June 08, 2007, 05:04:51 AM »

I did not know him, but the way you talk about him, I know I would have like him

Smiler · « **Reply #41 on:** June 08, 2007, 05:22:16 AM »

Sorry to hear about your mate Skip, he sounded like a "diamond geezer"

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