A Day's Silence In Memory Of Mikey4444

[anotheoldgit]

I am so devastated over the news of the death of Mikey, that I will no longer be posting on AB today.

More of a day's silence one might say.

RIP Mikey old chap.

[Peter Pedant]

jimz a physicist !
I thought the physicist post needed a bit of ....
conservation

god bless Mikey - it is a pity he cant tell us what it is like

[DTCwordfan]

'up here, socialists to the left and tories to the right,' Peter...that is what he would say.... I guess hell would be the other way around.

[anotheoldgit]

Good morning all, thank you for your kind understanding towards my decision to refrain from posting for a day in memory of mikey.

Although personality wise he will never be replaced, I do hope that there will be another from the Left who will step in his boots and defend his party with the vigour and devotion of that shown by our late great mikey4444?

[murraymints]

Lovely aog xx

[naomi24]

Woofgang, I like your physicist post ….kind of reflects my own thinking. Doubt Jim the physicist, whom PP mentions, would agree with the sentiment though.

[jim360]

Perhaps at another time we can discuss the merits of woofgang's post -- I've seen the quote before, as it happens -- but I felt that in a thread about remembering mikey it was the worst time to discuss such matters. Let each of us draw comfort in their own way. It's a pity that PP felt a need to drag my name into it.

[naomi24]

Jim, I seem to recall we've discussed something similar in the past. I don't think PP meant any harm, and at a time when we all seem to be reeling ... and reflecting .... no harm done.

[anneasquith]

You achieved what you decided to do re " refrain from posting" in respect of Mikey, well done aog .

[Ric.ror]

I don't think I am going to keep silent as I doubt thats what Mikey would have wanted. I do intend to change my avatar to Nye Bevan though as my own small tribute

[ichkeria]

Funnily enough AOG I had the same thought as you yesterday.
I did not have your strength of purpose though :-)
Probably not for me to say, but I will say it anyway: it was a touching gesture.
I hope somehow mikey is aware of the affection from so many of those with whom he crossed swords, metaphorically.

[EDDIE51]

What was mikey in real life? I seem to remember him saying that he worked for the Dept of Work and Pensions. His job was to visit people at home who had refused job offers and try to find out why,so that they could be helped back into work. I remember him saying that the most common reason he was given was ''Because I'm not working with ****ing immigrants''

[naomi24]

Eddie, I don’t recall him ever saying that. I thought he collected opinions for polls.

[ichkeria]

Good idea Ric.
Not the same pic though: I always think of that as mikey himself!

[emmie]

such a sad loss,

[Prudie]

I think he spent many years working for BT and then doing opinion polls. Just my opinion but I find changing to Nye Bevan avatars is a bit iffy -it made me jump when it appeared in latest posts.

[wolf63]

Eddie - I don't think that he worked for DWP.

I was 'speaking' to Mikey about my getting a pension from my ex-employer when I was 40 and said that I had worked for DWP. He said that he had a BT pension to look forward to one day - he really was excited about getting his pension.

[vetuste_ennemi]

On the subject of Woofgang's physicist, no, I wouldn't want him delivering the obsequies either. Scientific truths, useful as they are, are not complete explanations of human experience. I know that Mikey's death has affected me more than I can rationally account for. Maybe the suddenness of it - and the added poignancy of his dog.