[off-topic] Re: Someone who I just found out has passed away
- From: "RobH." <the1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:29:26 +0100
Thanks for sharing, friends can be as precious as family, more so sometimes,
depending on the family.
I know my Dad had a few gems, but at 87, they're a bit wrinkled and vague
now. On one arm is my mother, on the other his favourite horse. No
comments please! Other things too, though hardly discernable now. We
wouldn't be allowed to lift and tan them even if they were.
I never bothered myself.
Rh.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <off-topic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 6:45 PM
Subject: [off-topic] Someone who I just found out has passed away
Not necessarily relevant to much, and might not completely make sense to
everyone, but, my tattoo artist died this week.
Not sure of details as of yet, but, he was also into biking, etc., and he
(obviously) also lived here in South Africa, so unless it was just some or
other sort of natural disease/cause, it's also quite possible it was to do
with an accident, etc., but anyway.
Anyway, he was an old buddy, who I'd known for roundabout 20 years, and
aside from all my tattoo's having been done by him, that includes the
apparently world first, actual braille tattoo's that he figured out how to
do, of his own accord before I'd even gotten around to asking him about a
thought that had been simmering in the back of my own mind.
Also, his sort of starting point as a tattoo artist was him practicing on
his buddies in another buddy's flat, back in the early 90's, and even then
he was doing damn near perfect work - I still get comments about the
detailed shading on the bit of barbed wire around my one arm, which is also
sort of the only tattoo I have where the design has no really meaningful
reason as far as I'm concerned, but, it was something he wanted to test/try
out back in the day, and I liked the look of his designs back then already.
Anyway, like my one other bud has already said, we'll see each other on the
flip side, and if I ever want to get any more art work done, it's going to
be a bit hard to find someone who can compare to this friend of mine that
near the end had like a 6 month waiting period if he didn't know/like you
personally...<smile>
Stay well, Ant!
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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