Time is precious

[Fatboy]

Sorry if this sounds a bit morbid but just had to share this with you guys. Here I am on the forum reading posts and having fun reading over Dave's posts in another thread and I go to home page and there I see that Dave have passed away.

One minute here and then gone! wow

 

[skyhigh]

Definitely a shocker.

 

[signage]

Yes this was a shocker and we will all miss the great advice he has given over the years! Yet another lesson of how short our time here really is, and never knowing when it will end! Godspeed Dave Drane.

 

[FS-Keith]

what was his sn on here?

 

[Fred Weiss]

Dave Drane

 

[Justin]

It's crazy.. I remember reading a few of his posts the last week, or two too. It's so easy to just think of these names here on the computer as being forever, or taking them for granted not realizing behind each, and every one of you is a real life person who can be gone in a second.


RIP Dave..

 

[Farmboy]

I spend to much time at work. I'm there right now reading this. I have a beautiful woman in my life that I hardly see because I'm busy chasing dollars. Hate how it always takes something bad to remind you of all the good you have. I'm going home.

 

[Fatboy]

It's crazy.. I remember reading a few of his posts the last week, or two too. It's so easy to just think of these names here on the computer as being forever, or taking them for granted not realizing behind each, and every one of you is a real life person who can be gone in a second.


RIP Dave..

That is exactly how I feel Justin. Behind every name on this forum is a person.....someone who has loved ones.Someone who is waiting for them to come home, a husband,wife or child.

I am certainly going to make it my goal to get to know you guys better and built happy memories here. We may never get the change of meeting one another but I am going to become more involved with the person behind the name on the screen and stop looking at signs 101 as just a library of information.

 

[Ken]

Hi Fatboy. I don't know your name. You could start with that. Put you name at the end of your posts. I think it adds a bit of humanity to all these wonderful discussions.
Yes, this news of Dave Drane is very sobering. I enjoy the phrase.."Dance as if no one is watching".
Cheers!
Ken

 

[Bly]

I've had some scrapes with death in my time and attended funerals of two friends this year already...

We are here for a good time, not a long time! No regrets!

Rest easy, Dave. Ride on.

 

[OldPaint]

dave was a "biker" at heart. going on a bike, is how he woulda wanted it. doing something you love when it happens makes it better. dieing is not a good thing for others but speaking from experience its not painful!!!! most of you remember last year april 17th, i died. in a coma for a week, and will agree with the point of this post as TIME IS SHORT!!!
from my perspective of being alive 1 sec.......and dead the next, all i can say is all the crap we do most of the time(we waste)when the lights go out......NONE OF IT MATTERS.
chasin the money, payin the bills, not p.o. people, making others happy........when you go..........your gone!
i woke up 6 days later, and you know the only thing that was buggin me all those days, i was so mad at myself for those 6 days because the day i left the house and died, i didnt tell my wife I LOVE YOU!!!!
as soon as i woke up, figured out where i was, i saw my wife and the 1st words outa my mouth was I LOVE YOU!!!!!! everything else didnt matter. i wasnt sure i was going to be here for any more time the to say that to her. now i leave the house, she leaves the house, we make sure thats we say we love each other, cause i know now.......TIME IS SHORT, and only a few ever get the chance to come back and do what they shoulda done. i get up in the morning, never did that before i died. watch the sun rise in the trees, birds singing and flying, and just enjoying the breath i take in and exhale. since i been back, none of the bullcrap stuff matters to me. living, breathing, having love and giving love...........everyday i make it apoint to make at least 1 PERSON, LAUGH, smile enjoy speaking to me..............i do this and my life is worth living.

 

[Ken]

Well said Joe...

dave was a "biker" at heart. going on a bike, is how he woulda wanted it. doing something you love when it happens makes it better. dieing is not a good thing for others but speaking from experience its not painful!!!! most of you remember last year april 17th, i died. in a coma for a week, and will agree with the point of this post as TIME IS SHORT!!!
from my perspective of being alive 1 sec.......and dead the next, all i can say is all the crap we do most of the time(we waste)when the lights go out......NONE OF IT MATTERS.
chasin the money, payin the bills, not p.o. people, making others happy........when you go..........your gone!
i woke up 6 days later, and you know the only thing that was buggin me all those days, i was so mad at myself for those 6 days because the day i left the house and died, i didnt tell my wife I LOVE YOU!!!!
as soon as i woke up, figured out where i was, i saw my wife and the 1st words outa my mouth was I LOVE YOU!!!!!! everything else didnt matter. i wasnt sure i was going to be here for any more time the to say that to her. now i leave the house, she leaves the house, we make sure thats we say we love each other, cause i know now.......TIME IS SHORT, and only a few ever get the chance to come back and do what they shoulda done. i get up in the morning, never did that before i died. watch the sun rise in the trees, birds singing and flying, and just enjoying the breath i take in and exhale. since i been back, none of the bullcrap stuff matters to me. living, breathing, having love and giving love...........everyday i make it apoint to make at least 1 PERSON, LAUGH, smile enjoy speaking to me..............i do this and my life is worth living.

You're spreadin a little joy today Joe...thanks for your post.
Cheers! Ken
Ken

 

[lexsigns]

dave was a "biker" at heart. going on a bike, is how he woulda wanted it. doing something you love when it happens makes it better. dieing is not a good thing for others but speaking from experience its not painful!!!! most of you remember last year april 17th, i died. in a coma for a week, and will agree with the point of this post as TIME IS SHORT!!!
from my perspective of being alive 1 sec.......and dead the next, all i can say is all the crap we do most of the time(we waste)when the lights go out......NONE OF IT MATTERS.
chasin the money, payin the bills, not p.o. people, making others happy........when you go..........your gone!
i woke up 6 days later, and you know the only thing that was buggin me all those days, i was so mad at myself for those 6 days because the day i left the house and died, i didnt tell my wife I LOVE YOU!!!!
as soon as i woke up, figured out where i was, i saw my wife and the 1st words outa my mouth was I LOVE YOU!!!!!! everything else didnt matter. i wasnt sure i was going to be here for any more time the to say that to her. now i leave the house, she leaves the house, we make sure thats we say we love each other, cause i know now.......TIME IS SHORT, and only a few ever get the chance to come back and do what they shoulda done. i get up in the morning, never did that before i died. watch the sun rise in the trees, birds singing and flying, and just enjoying the breath i take in and exhale. since i been back, none of the bullcrap stuff matters to me. living, breathing, having love and giving love...........everyday i make it apoint to make at least 1 PERSON, LAUGH, smile enjoy speaking to me..............i do this and my life is worth living.

made me teary!!
I need to remember that everyday- thanks for sharing your wisdom.

 

[Fatboy]

Hi Fatboy. I don't know your name. You could start with that. Put you name at the end of your posts. I think it adds a bit of humanity to all these wonderful discussions.
Yes, this news of Dave Drane is very sobering. I enjoy the phrase.."Dance as if no one is watching".
Cheers!
Ken

Yes thank you Ken. GooD POINT. My name is Niel Bruwer

 

[Marlene]

Hi Neil Bruwer, I'm Marlene Young. we are real people, some with screen names but still all real. when I came in this morning and read the news that Dave was gone, I cried and then I felt grateful that I got the chance to know Dave at all. our world is smaller than the real world outside. a lady in Vermont cried this morning at the loss of a man from Austrialia and then said "Hi" to a guy from So. Africa. we are lucky that signs101 is here for us to meet and not only talk about signs but to get to know each other. it's a gift that I think we take lightly everyday until we lose one of our own or have one of our members in need.

 

[bob]

Of all the people that will die today, damn few of them planned on it. They're just people conducting their lives and are smacked by their particular freight train.

If I were to wink out right now, what possible regrets would I carry with me when the lights go out?

Perhaps you subscribe to the idiotic notion that when you suck the pipe you become some sort of a detached observer of where you were in life and can agonize over whatever it is you agonize over.

If you don't then I guess you can agonize over your own personal projection of the state of things in your arena after you fold.

When someone with whom I have some connection dies I think I'm sad more for my own loss of connection that anything else. That doesn't mean that the resulting Bad Day is any less bad.

 

[Fatboy]

Hi Neil Bruwer, I'm Marlene Young. we are real people, some with screen names but still all real. when I came in this morning and read the news that Dave was gone, I cried and then I felt grateful that I got the chance to know Dave at all. our world is smaller than the real world outside. a lady in Vermont cried this morning at the loss of a man from Austrialia and then said "Hi" to a guy from So. Africa. we are lucky that signs101 is here for us to meet and not only talk about signs but to get to know each other. it's a gift that I think we take lightly everyday until we lose one of our own or have one of our members in need.

Hi there Marlene.

Yip you are right,we are all people on here.Thank you for the nice words.

Niel

 

[SD&F]

I am so sorry for the loss of Dave. I didn't know him personally, but can see he was cared for and that's what is important. I try to get to know anyone I interact with here on Signs101. I realize I am only one of many, but that doesn't stop me from putting myself out there. I always apreciate all that is around me and thankful each time I wake up an I am able to spend time with those that I love. Life is amazing and over way to quickly. The way you are remembering him shows that he was a great guy. Remembering him is truly what keeps it alive.

 

[sar bossier]

Hi there Marlene.

Yip you are right,we are all people on here.Thank you for the nice words.

Niel

Hey there, Niel - I am Shelli (my last name, no one can pronounce, so fuggettaboutit), just an old gal makin a living in the sign biz, and lvoin it! I always wanted to visit Africa (and Australia!), maybe someday I can, and will. Nice to meetcha!!