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Re: RIP thread

June 17th, 2022, 1:15 pm

RIP IE. You'll not be missed.
 
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Re: RIP thread

June 23rd, 2022, 9:07 pm

Bill “Dr Z” Ziemba RIP
 
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June 23rd, 2022, 9:35 pm

RIP Bill Ziemba
 
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June 26th, 2022, 6:21 pm

William Thomas Ziemba August 30 1941 June 22 2022

"Even at 80, he held a ski pass and enjoyed riding the gondola"

met him only in London once, seemed very kind and enthusiastic about many ideas, he invited me to his ski lodge up in the Canadian mountains, unfortunately I never went there
 
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Re: RIP thread

June 26th, 2022, 7:14 pm

Sorry - I missed this the other day (it’s been a rough week). I sat next to him on a bus ride at a conference years ago, and he was the sort of guy that you will remember having sat next to! RIP
 
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June 26th, 2022, 7:29 pm

Did his ancestors come from Poland by any chance? Ziemba is Polish for finch, the bird. Or would it be Galapagos. I saw a dead bird today. Lying still and peaceful like the surrounding forest. Death is just like life - comes in so many flavours.
RIP
 
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Re: RIP thread

June 27th, 2022, 8:04 am

William Thomas Ziemba August 30 1941 June 22 2022

"Even at 80, he held a ski pass and enjoyed riding the gondola"

met him only in London once, seemed very kind and enthusiastic about many ideas, he invited me to his ski lodge up in the Canadian mountains, unfortunately I never went there
As bearish says, he was memorable. Our families went to Saratoga together a few years ago, and we co-own(ed) one of those racehorses mentioned in the article. Even getting an email from him was memorable, decoding them was a mammoth task! And, Collector, he was even faster at replying to emails than you!
 
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Re: RIP thread

June 27th, 2022, 1:06 pm

Did his ancestors come from Poland by any chance? Ziemba is Polish for finch, the bird. Or would it be Galapagos. I saw a dead bird today. Lying still and peaceful like the surrounding forest. Death is just like life - comes in so many flavours.
RIP
I am planning to spend Xmas and New year eve in Krakow.
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June 27th, 2022, 1:51 pm

Travelling to Poland in the festive season is not the most relaxing experience, especially now when they havent yet hired back the staff after the corona lockdown. But Kraków is quite nice in the winter, and close to beautiful mountains - you can visit Zakopane. Prepare some warm clothes though.
I just hope I’ll cosy up on the sofa with my boyfriend and cats. The best winters are in Norway!
 
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June 27th, 2022, 7:14 pm

Travelling to Poland in the festive season is not the most relaxing experience, especially now when they havent yet hired back the staff after the corona lockdown. But Kraków is quite nice in the winter, and close to beautiful mountains - you can visit Zakopane. Prepare some warm clothes though.
I just hope I’ll cosy up on the sofa with my boyfriend and cats. The best winters are in Norway!
As an old saying goes: “Når skarasnøen ligger til St. Hans, da blir det sein vår.”
 
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Re: RIP thread

June 27th, 2022, 7:18 pm

Travelling to Poland in the festive season is not the most relaxing experience, especially now when they havent yet hired back the staff after the corona lockdown. But Kraków is quite nice in the winter, and close to beautiful mountains - you can visit Zakopane. Prepare some warm clothes though.
I just hope I’ll cosy up on the sofa with my boyfriend and cats. The best winters are in Norway!
That is exactly what I am looking for. I want to experience Poland during the festive season. 
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Re: RIP thread

June 28th, 2022, 11:34 am

just checked price on some gravestones, Ripoff prices in Norway. (Well we have an old stone for such). 

I was thinking of a grave yard for equation project (park), where each stone is inscribed with RIP and the equation (that died, but many still worship) 

(import prices much better, even if we hav e endless local stones)
 
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July 28th, 2022, 8:31 am

Bernard Cribbins RIP
 
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July 28th, 2022, 10:44 am

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July 31st, 2022, 9:37 am

RIP Oleksii Vadaturskyi

Owner of Ukrainian's grains trading house Nibulon.