Wish I had known him. Being at the wheel of a square rigger has been one of the highlights of my life. My condolences.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

RIP Mr. Longjack.

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For the Saved, this world is the worst it will ever get.
For the unSaved, this world is the best it will ever get.

Clk's Ebay Stuff BUY SOMETHING NOW!!!

Please accept my condolences Randy. I enjoyed meeting your dad at the Texas GTG's.
Your original post in this thread is awesome and a tribute I truly appreciate.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

My condolences to you and your family. I lost my dad in '98 and know how difficult it is.

BTW, my mother's side of the family is from Temple TX.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, Randy. Just remember the good times you had with him. It will help.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Randy, I send my condolences, and my father sends his condolences as well. I remember we first met him at the Houston GTG in 04 and saw him again at the Texas GTG in 06. I remember he gave me a little tip should I ever find myself ever needing to count cattle. Just count up all of the legs and divide by four. I will never forget that.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Fellow MBZers

We're having a celebration of life/memorial for Dad, Saturday the 7th at 4:30pm at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston.

I'd love to see any of you that can make it.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Hopefully he died well. I know that if the wife were attending him he would since most of her patients died well with minimal fuss and little discomfort.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

What are you talking about?

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Out of your words it seems he was a great guy someone who I would have loved to have met and having a whiskey coke with on his porch and listen to his stories. Cheers on a life well lived, my thoughts are with you and your family.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I wish I could attend. I'll raise a beer to him this weekend insted! He was one hell of a guy, wish I could have known him.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Some people die well. By that I mean that their passing is rather painless. They are looked after till the end. That or they die before they know it. Like a friend's mother. She was fine, went to the bathroom then collapsed and was dead before she hit the floor.

There are some that are not as fortunate. They struggle to breath or are in pain before they die.

When death is imminent, the wife usually adjusts the meds to give maximum comfort. Say if you are struggling to breath, she might prescribe oxygen to ease the breathing and other meds to slow breathing down so as not to make you gasp for breath. Not sure exactly what she does but from what I am told, it makes the passing easier. Easier is better.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

"Sea-Fever"

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

By John Masefield (1878-1967).
(English Poet Laureate, 1930-1967.)

Fair winds and clear skies old salt.

My Dad passed in 05 after a life well lived. He suffered some but not too terriblly as far as I could tell.

At first I did not feel too strongly about it but recently I have missed him a lot. Since he lived in another town and not with us or next door my daily routine did not include his physical presence so it was not so noticable as it would be in your case with him actually living with you, perhaps.

Recently Dad appeared in my morning dream briefly and talked about making a camp fire. He loved the outdoors and always talked about how the children loved being outdoors (in real life). I woke up with wet eyes. It is the first time I can remember ever weeping in a dream.

Its funny how grief works. I guess I have been supressing it without realizing.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Although its redudndant, my sincerest condolences. At least for me, losing my father was tough, although it took a year for me to finally deal with it emotionally.

Your eulogy speaks volums of the relationship you had with him. Pass that on to your children and will do well.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags