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John was too good and rounded and interesting a person for listing his characteristics to be any kind of tribute, so, if I may, I’ll tell you three stories about him. |
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When he and I were oil-faced students, we did what students do – we played pool. He beat me comprehensively and routinely. Until one night, after many unbroken hours of playing, I was up, by 15 games to 14, having had the game of my life. John put his 50ps on the table edge and said “Right, two more games.” He won both of them, snatching victory from me. I didn’t mind. This was pure John: good at pool, yes, but - more importantly - a true gentleman, so utterly free from gloating or condescension that even if you were, like I am, competitive to the point of stupidity, losing to him felt exactly as good as beating him. |
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And then, years later, the stag party smashed and scattered across the backstreets of pre-dawn Barcelona, it was John we called to get us home. He’d made it back to the apartment, of course, because he could handle his booze. And it was his phone that we rang, waking him to ask, drunk and barely comprehensible, “John, where are you?”, “John, where’s the apartment?” and “John, where am I?” He guided this last drunk home by getting him to locate the newly-risen sun in the sky and describe the view in relation to the sun’s position. This was pure John: practical and inspired and concerned for all of us. |
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And then, not quite three years ago, on the banks of Loch Lomond, there’s John getting married, very much in love. He wrote his own vows. They were beautiful and honest and he performed them perfectly – directly to his bride, looking in her eyes, yes, but the showman in him made sure that all those present got the full benefit of his words and his feelings. He wasn’t performing for the sake of performing, he was performing because wanted everyone to know – to hear and understand – what he felt for his new wife. This was pure John: romantic, loving and true. |
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Our thoughts and prayers go to his wife, and his family and all his friends. |
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Thanks for letting us know :( |
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Condolences to Cat and Cal. |
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We'll all miss him so much. I've been going through
old photos and laughing at the ones in our kitchen
with him looking impish and oh so cheeky. |
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And the ones in Edinburgh with you, me, zentom,
moominply and JB himself. |
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I'm glad you posted this. It gives us all somewhere
to remember him together. |
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. (Jinbish was certainly a guy who knew how to come
up with really great halbaked ideas...a legend here at
the halfbakery no doubt, he will definitely be
remembered) |
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My condolences to Jinbish's family and friends. |
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So very sorry to hear this. He'll be missed. |
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I had the best idea ever once, worked it up in my mind 'til it was perfect, did a search just on the slim chance that somebody else had thought of it, and found [Jinbish] had done it before and better. |
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Now [calum] tells me he did his wedding the way I'd wanted to do mine. |
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My hat is off, and over my heart. |
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. Doesn't seem nearly enough to acknowledge the passing of a man I've known and admired for over ten years, I think, through this forum. I'm sorry that I had not been a better friend to him this past year, and that I never got to see him in his kilts. God bless you, John. Our world is a bit dimmer without ye. |
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His ideas list is an amazing elegy. |
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Very sad loss to all. His family should find comfort in the knowledge that he had so many supporters and friends here. |
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And on facebook. So many have left here, and moved
on. Forgotten passwords, or angry words. But many
there have left there [.] too. And would toss up a
bun if at all possible. So add them to the list, as well. |
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Speaking of Facebook, it seems that there's a short Remembrance for John organized by students, AFAICT. [Linky] |
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This from Justin, one of the organizers. |
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03 May · 14:00 - 15:00
Location Outduction, KCL, EJ Safra |
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On Tuesday there is just an outduction for students at kings college. We will be collecting money for a wreath/charity when everyone leaves. Maybe I left the wrong message in the event summary. I have a feeling one of the teachers will say a few words. It will be a session for students asking questions about upcoming exams than anything else. Just want to let you know incase you were expecting something else. Nonetheless come by if you'd like. |
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If you do decide to come it will be at the Strand Campus. The room is k6.29. Just ask reception when you arrive and they'll point out which direction to go. |
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Perhaps, if people are about, we could rustle-up a London Halfcon afterwards? |
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Now I'm sitting here, before the screen |
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The empty office the baker's dream |
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The ideas that I should have seen |
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But they've withered now they're baked |
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But I'm steady thinking my way is clear, |
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And I know what I will do tomorrow |
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When the ideas are taken and the pigs have flown |
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<with apologies to Dougie Mclean> |
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[Dub], [gnomethang] and myself toasting the mighty Bish
now in The Marquess of Anglesey, a place of note and
renown as the location where JB would visit us London folk
were he down on a visit. |
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A fine, gentle, and most excellent man, sorely missed by
us all. |
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What [zen_tom] said. Three of us and one more is quorate.
Guinness and single malts were toasted
Ideas were bruited and a few sniffles were had .
I did have my Ukulele but didn't have the chords for 'Run to the Hills'.
Must try harder.
Cheers Jinbish and cheers Calum. |
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Fine memories. Good company. Nice playing [Gnome] - Nice of you to have brough a half-guitar along ;) . Bun |
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//I did have my Ukulele but didn't have the chords for 'Run to the Hills'.//
"A gentleman, it has been said, is someone who can play the ukulele but has the good taste not to" |
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Sorry I couldn't make it. |
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God bless you coprocephalus! Hang on, did I spell the
second word correctly? ;-) |
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Let me leap to [gnome]'s defence to say that he had to be coerced to play, and that hardly anybody in the pub tried to throw empty beer bottles at him, when he did. Though [Zen_tom] did have a roll of chickenwire at his disposal if things turned nasty. |
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Just been alerted to this oh-so-sad news. I only met John once, when we had a little minicon up in Edinburgh... never having met anyone before, I instantly felt among friends, and that's how I shall remember him - raising a toast with his little finger sticking out. |
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I took a break from this site for about a month, and when I logged back on today, I looked at the custom view that Jinbish made for me last year, showing the top 25 recent ideas. This was the first one that showed up. |
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Unfortunately, I never met him. My bad. |
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Bog! My condolences to his friends and family. |
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Happy half-birthday, and full condolences to friends
and family who continue to mourn this loss. |
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July 19. On this day:
Jinbish born
Galway liberated from Indians
Marathon becomes Snickers
Aha Ted, ice age ends. |
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Thanks Calum - I had a reminder on FB and I again stopped and thought. |
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Only just stopped by and saw this. God bless all those he leaves behind. |
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time flies by so quickly - we lose touch so lightly like a butterfly wing fluttering and tasting our skin and flying away......... kisses.... never to be forgotten ... |
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Thinking about John today. <3 |
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Every time I see London's Shard, it makes me think of John - I don't know how I came to make the association, but imagine that he'd have been enthusiastic about its completion. |
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It's funny, the number of things you associate with a person, and how you don't notice those associations until the person is gone: Strathclyde University; table tennis; Poirot; setting jumpers on fire with electrical sparks (true story); sitting down; Barcelona; the words "obsidian" and "shaft"; sauce; loads of different bits of Glasgow; Rodney Jack; the Anthill Mob; the height requirements for representing the nation of Africa (true story)... |
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You're right, [calum]. Every time I feel I could do with
a good sit down, I think of John. He did love a good
sit down. |
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Another ice age ends and life rolls on. |
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lovely video Ian. chuckling at a horizontal [h]! |
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:) Cheers, [Ian Tindale]. Some lateral thinking going on, obviously. Happier times. Could do with a halfcon sometime.
Great photo, [po] |
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UK + US + Can + Aus Halfcon, somewhere in the Pacific
Ocean, on an island preferably, lounge chairs, cabana boys
and alcohol for those who partake. I see it in our future,
(lives). |
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Was this a secret gathering, was I not invited? Did you all go
away and have an exciting adventure without me? |
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Anyway, back to the sober reality of the loss of jinbish. :-( |
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Thanks Ian for that video, it is great to revisit old friends of the Halfbakery and Multiply. |
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Yes, thanks [IanT]...Tom and Andrew look like such youngin's there! I guess we were all much younger then, too! hb lives on! |
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Ten years. He didn't seem young to us then. |
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Gone but never forgotten. Thank you, calum, for reminding
us. |
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So much sorrow with the passing of recent halfbakers, I tend
to forget to go back and honor those who left the bakery way
too soon. |
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