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29-09-13, 01:15
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Thank you all for your kind words. Dad went very peacefully around 7 tonight. I'll post arrangements once we have some details set.
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29-09-13, 01:46
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On the one hand, we'll be missing Alex; on the other hand, he and Geoff can catch up!
Rest easy, Alex.
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29-09-13, 02:54
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Catherine, I am very sad for you and your loss. I have only known your Dad via the written word on this forum. I have enjoyed his many posts. Thank you for stepping up and keeping us informed. Chris and I wish you and your family the very best as you deal with the difficult times ahead
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29-09-13, 07:07
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Catherine, so sorry for your loss and sincere condolences from the Jones's in Adelaide.
Life is just so short. R.I.P. Alex
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29-09-13, 11:35
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Oh no...was my first reaction when I saw his name in the "tributes" sub-forum. Although we weren't allowed to call him Mr. Manual anymore, that's how I first got to know him on the forum...Mr. Manual. Rest in Peace Alex.
Alex
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29-09-13, 14:55
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Catherine,
My most sincere condolences to you and your family. R
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29-09-13, 22:12
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Thank you all for your kind words. We truly appreciate them. I hope people will agree to this - we would like to post your comments around the hall after the service. I will be able to confirm details tomorrow morning. If you have something specific you'd like to say please let me know. We'll gather everything by mid day Tuesday.
Last edited by Catherine Blair; 29-09-13 at 22:19.
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29-09-13, 22:14
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Quote:
I have no issue with this. Clive
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29-09-13, 22:49
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Alex: the most cheerful, helpful and upbeat person there is. I'm truly sorry to hear this news.
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29-09-13, 23:32
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Comments
Please feel free to post my comments.
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30-09-13, 00:03
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Catherine, I have no issue with my comment being posted
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30-09-13, 00:18
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Please share our comments
Hello Catherine
Yes, by all means feel free to share our comments, they are just an indication of our feeling for your dad. Your dad share with us several thousand comments on our share interest in CMPs, Canada, and history. So he will be missed in our daily conversations on MLU. You have probably already noticed that MLU is different from most other web forums people use their real names here not handles. This makes our contact and conversations that go on around the world and over time far more real. We really get to know each other and weather we ever meet face to face we have people all over the world that we call friends and mean it. Our best to you and your family. Phil
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30-09-13, 00:56
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Catherine, quite happy for you to do as you wish.
Catherine, later on, when you are up to it, could you come back and tell us a little about your Dad's private life? We here on the forum are spread around the world, many of us only knowing Alex (and each other) where our interests meet, but not so much about Alex Blair, the family man and Dad. As his regular contributions have reached around the world, I think I speak for many of us, at the far reaches of the planet, in saying "He will be missed" We thank you Catherine, for time with your Dad.
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02-10-13, 04:56
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As the current custodian of the manual collection started by Alex, I don't know where the perception "we weren't allowed to call him Mr. Manual anymore" came from and right now that doesn't matter.
As far as I'm concerned - Alex was, is and always will be the original Mr. Manual. Without his recognition of the value of the manuals to collectors, restorers and researchers many of the manuals would have been lost and they certainly would not have been gathered into a unified information source. Where others may have seen a group of dusty old books about rusty old trucks Alex saw a gold mine of information that he took joy in sharing with the world.
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06-10-13, 19:19
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Just heard....
Catherine,
What can I say? The nicest bloke to correspond with, sad we never got to meet. RIP Mike Cecil
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04-01-15, 18:04
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Last December Catherine Blair made a $100,00 CAD donation to MLU "in memory of Alex Blair".
Thank you Catherine, we will remember him! Best regards, Hanno
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