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To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 9:37:46 AM
From: Condor	2 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Thank you Tom. That is tragic news. He was a great friend to our posting community and will surely be missed. Regards C

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 9:55:19 AM
From: Cactus Jack	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

I'm sorry to hear that about Wayne. Condolences to all who knew him. jpg

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 9:57:41 AM
From: Zincman	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

So sorry to learn of this Wayne's accident. Wayne will be missed. Thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time. R.I.P ZM

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 10:01:21 AM
From: Eva	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

So sorry, he was a good cyber friend to many R.I.P Wayne I will miss you

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 10:06:39 AM
From: tyc:>	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

I offer my condolences to you, Tom. I didn't really know Wayne, but he was sure a nice guy, with a true sense of humour.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:05:56 AM
From: Canuck Dave	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Oh no... One of the good guys. CD

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:13:22 AM
From: Claude Cormier	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78401

My friendship with Wayne goes back to the days when we were loggin on Compuserve from a remote modem at 1200 bauds. He was a good man. He will be missed.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:19:17 AM
From: dara	3 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Very sorry to hear of Wayne's passing. It's a loss to our little group. His sense of humour had me smiling on many occasions. Condolences to those close to him.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:22:32 AM
From: onepath	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Very sad news.I am very sorry to hear of such a tragic loss.My condolences to you and his family.May Wayne rest in peace.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:38:49 AM
From: DetectiveT	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Tom, Sorry to hear this tragic news. His integrity, energy and humor will be dearly missed. I just prayed for him, so please offer my prayers and condolences to his family. Sincerely, Terry

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:02:13 PM
From: Anchan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Woe. Wayne, what little I knew of him, was a good man and one hell of a bus driver: always taking care to leave us -- a crazed bunch of blind clowns -- uncertain whether the bus was now hurtling down the highway, or creeping backward, or resting unwheeldy on blocks. Fellow clowns! Wayne, the bus driver, is gone. In his honour, let us all climb onto the roof of the bus. Let us each shout into the teeming void: I know nothing! I know nothing! What an amazing place!

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:09:30 PM
From: No Mo Mo	2 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

What a shock to hear about something like this so incidentally. I don't know if I ever posted directly more than one or two times over the years w/ Wayne but I (as a lurker mostly) appreciated his light touch of humor in this stressful field of managing one's money. I will miss him. Thanks you for sharing that information.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:16:29 PM
From: bull_dozer	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Deepest condolences ! May his soul rest in peace...

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:20:21 PM
From: orkrious	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Wow. Terrible news. Truly sad.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:21:13 PM
From: philv	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

I would like to add my voice to all those expressing shock at the news and offer condolences.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:34:54 PM
From: abuelita	2 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

i am so sorry to hear that tom. i did not know wayne, but to lose a cyber friend is something i dread. those who knew him are fortunate for having had that privilege - and, also, for being able to learn of his passing. the very worst thing i think would be for a cyber friend to simply disappear without anyone learning why. i add my heartfelt condolence to you and his family. -rose

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:34:55 PM
From: marcos	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

That's too bad Tom, Wayne was a good guy ... never took himself or anybody else too seriously, had the ability to agree to disagree, without rancour or carrying the dispute over to another topic, you had the feeling he grasped the larger picture, life itself ... his family should know that he was well respected here

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 12:36:32 PM
From: polarisnh	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Wayne, You will be missed. Steve

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 1:52:54 PM
From: mimur	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

one the good guys on this thread and will be missed....condolences to his family

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 2:57:17 PM
From: lbs1989	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78401

Dear Tom, As you know, I too had the privilege of sharing some lighter moments with the Bus Driver. He was a true friend, a good sport and someone who really cared. I will miss him. I will form the Detachment for a 21 gun salute and we will pipe him over the side. Semper Fi Sailor! You will be missed. LBS 1989

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 3:05:22 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Thanks for sharing Tom, I'll miss Wayne too.. A real I'll pull you out of the ditch .. despite our differences.. kinda guy.. Despite many posts the one that made the real connection was Message 19270767 So Wayne.. from me and the Masters of the Universe :o) to you.. (2 choices .. first one is Wayne.. second one we just loved..) Hope you meet Joey and the boys up there my friend.. I'm Not Afraid of Life.. pure Wayne.. :o) youtube.com Sound not great :o( .. Blitzkrieg Bop ... Wayne blasting down the road.. :o) youtube.com Spots

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 3:14:25 PM
From: brit2	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Very saddened by the news. His posts were always enjoyed and appreciated. He'll be sorely missed. Brit

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 3:32:45 PM
From: John McCarthy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Very shocked and saddened to read this .... regards John

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 3:40:50 PM
From: LoneClone	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Condolences, Tom et al. This reinforces why I hate it when anyone I know drives a motorcycle. I have had so many friends killed or crippled over the years while riding them. LC

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 4:06:47 PM
From: TheSlowLane	10 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Tom - I will miss him, too. We've been over some rough roads together over these past few years but we've shared good times as well. I hope there is a way you can pass along our condolences to his family. I suspect that his cyberfriends may be an aspect of his life that they may not know much about, but they should know how much we have appreciated having his steady hand on the wheel.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 5:33:59 PM
From: Josephus	3 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Bless you Wayne. You were a soldier to the end. Your honesty impressed us. Your love of life inspired us. You didn't take no sh*t from anyone. You gave us all joy. Now go haunt CL. Jody _/)_

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 6:10:07 PM
From: Sawdusty	2 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Very sad news Tom, I considered him to be one of the good guys.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 9:43:22 PM
From: chummer	3 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

Terrible news,geez that's sad,my condolences. Always enjoyed his posts:(

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/29/2009 11:52:03 PM
From: GoldBull no bug here	2 Recommendations Respond to of 78401

ahhh, chit! The Good Die Young. I'm gonna go buy something golden or shiny silver in his honor.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/30/2009 10:14:40 AM
From: Wade	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

Thanks Tom. It is a very sad news. We'll miss Wayne. I wish we could take one more bus ride with him.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/30/2009 11:20:35 AM
From: zamboz	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78401

I will miss him. I always smiled just to see his name in the poster list. His zany humor brought both humility and clearer perspective to these boards. Good that you were his friend in the wider world. Rick

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	9/30/2009 11:09:26 PM
From: rubbersoul	Respond to of 78401

That is really sad news. I'll miss Wayne.

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	10/1/2009 2:01:22 AM
From: TrueScouse	23 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78401

Hello Tom: Such sad news. What a shock to hear about Wayne. As you know I've not been posting much lately and for the last few days for various reasons not even lurking much. So I was very grateful to Paul (TSL) for his phone call to tell me about Wayne. As so many people here have said already, Wayne was one of the good guys. He and I disagreed over the years about a few things (politics mainly), but I always knew that he was a person of great integrity and a real friend. Like Claude, Eva, Jody and many others, a few of us migrated with Wayne from Compuserve to SI in the mid-90s in order to keep in touch when the WWW came along. Wayne and I used to PM because I think we had a bit of a strange thing in common -- he was a North American living in the UK and I was a Brit living in North America. And that was the subject of many PMs between us in recent years and the occasional phone call. But in all these years, sadly we never met outside electronic space... My favourite memory of Wayne is a phone call about 15 years ago at about 10 PM on New Year's Eve in Canada. It was 3 AM in Scotland, where Wayne was living at the time, and he'd just got home from that wonderful Scottish Hogmany tradition of roaming from house to house in the local community after midnight on New Year's. So Wayne had sipped a Scotch or two -- and then he phoned me in Canada to wish me Happy New Year! I remember feeling so homesick from Wayne's call, because in my home in the north of England we used to celebrate the same traditions, with a "tall dark male" being the first to cross the threshold after midnight carrying coal and salt. Seriously! We'd kick out my Uncle Eddie (tall and dark of course) at 11:55 with a piece of coal and bit of salt -- and he'd have to hang around outside in the cold and then knock on the door after midnight! Such behaviour was worth a Scotch or two, and Wayne fully understood this! :^) We used to tease Wayne about his market timing -- I don't remember the various names for the "contrary indicator" we developed that bore his name, but sometimes they had very rude acronyms. And Wayne not only accepted this but teased us back with wonderful good humour! The problem was that the "Wayne" contrary indicators ceased to work... :^) As the years went on, it was no longer wise to buy when Wayne sold, and vice versa. I'm pretty sure that over the last few years, Wayne's PF did far better than mine. My apologies Tom for my indulgence with such a long post here. Wayne's death touches me deeply not just in the loss of a good friend, but in terms of how we deal with the loss of friends in cyberspace. I'm not in touch with Wayne's family, but please pass on my condolences to them if possible. And please tell them that Wayne had a "lot" of friends. Many thanks, Howy

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	10/1/2009 4:24:14 PM
From: kimberley	Respond to of 78401

I'm speechless - I too hail from the compuserve days, and you come to regard some people as valuable friends over the years. I'm deeply saddened to hear this news, and we've indeed lost a good guy. Kim

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	10/29/2009 10:08:32 PM
From: SI Bob	Respond to of 78401

I'm so sorry to hear that, Tom. As I've told my family, though, if I go on a motorcycle or hauling ass on the racetrack, give thanks for how I got to spend my last minute. Awful that he was the victim of yet another of the most common cause of motorcycle accidents. Cage-drivers violating our right of way. It's why I tell anyone who wants to ride "Remember that 90% of the people out there can't see you and the 10% who see you want to kill you."

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	10/29/2009 11:45:19 PM
From: pocotrader	Respond to of 78401

very sorry to hear about Wayne, LT I used to enjoy reading his posts and even though I never met the man I could tell he was a good guy. poco

To: loantech who wrote (67304)	10/30/2009 10:36:05 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78401

Wayne loved the penny stocks.We both had an interest in DMX at the time.. producing a topical for relief of arthritis pain.It was available in the UK at the time, but not in Canada and i private messaged him to see if he could send me a bottle, for my friend to try on his knee. Quote.. ""11/18/2002 5:58:01 AM From: TheBusDriver Pennsaid went out in todays post first class. Bottle labelled "Home made chili sauce, very hot" <g> Wayne "" That is good Karma for where he is now.<g>