Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]

Announcements (Updated: July 11, 2018)

Welcome to Swifty's Garage!


Thanks to all of you for making this board what it is today!


Attention new members: We would like to welcome you personally, so please introduce yourself. Click here: INTRODUCTIONS


For all the latest news and announcements, please click here: PA System



Thank you - The Swifty's Garage Team




This board is best viewed at 1024 x 768 Resolution

Car of the Week:


Matchbox 1968 Ford F-100


Click Here: Matchbox '68 Ford F-100
Welcome to Swifty's Garage. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Thank You,
The Swifty's Garage Team


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features.

Username:   Password:
Locked Topic
  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2
Sad news on Big John/Snowman
Topic Started: Feb 11 2008, 11:42 PM (2,078 Views)
cocacolacowboy
Owner of CCCDF
1 uplifting moment

Posted Image
Offline Profile Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

One of my favorite Big John stories is the time I had to make a very early flight down to North Carolina for a job interview. I had set two different alarms, but told John I was still nervous about getting up on time and out the door to catch my flight. John laughed and said "heck, I'm on my second cup of coffee by then!".

Next morning, at 4AM, doesn't my house phone start ringing .......... on the other end of the line I heard "Hey, get your lazy a$$ out of bed!!!!".

From then on, John was always my "wake up" call in a pinch! :lol:
Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

With respect for the moderation of this board, I'd like to express my feelings about a matter, speaking both as a friend of John's and as someone who has been in touch with his family.

Sorry but the wishes and needs of the family comes first , BEFORE anyone else's "right, or need, to know". It's perfectly natural to wonder what happened, but the family wanted this kept private. Their wishes superceed ours, and their wish was that this remain private. Who are we to argue that with them?

Thank you.

Edit: This is referring to the thread at Hobby Talk where the details of John's passing were posted.
Goto Top
 
Supraman
Member Avatar
Swifty's @Work Alter Ego
What's done is done. The announcement has been made, on Hobby Talk, and it confirms that which most of us have been thinking for the past few days. It is better to know than to have whispers going around fueling speculation. Rich, I know what you're doing is trying to protect the memory of a good friend, and his grieving family as well. It's admirable, but at this point now that the news has been broadcast it's not going to do any good. The family's wishes were not respected and the damage has already been done. :(

For those who have not seen the thread at Hobby Talk it has been confirmed that John took his own life. Details on the why and how have thankfully been spared.

John was a very passionate man, and for him to do something this drastic, he must have felt it was the right thing (or possibly the only thing) to do at the time. Obviously, selfishly, we wish he hadn't, because he was our friend, and we wished to enjoy spending more time with him. The truth of the matter is only one person can tell us why, and he's no longer with us. Speculation on why he did it, or debating about the morality of the issue will not be tolerated in this thread (just a warning to folks).

Let's get back to honoring his memory.
Offline Profile Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

I was trying to protect the family, Sean, that's all; Yvette wished this to be not disclosed (no disrespect to Bob, who felt forced to say something by those who kept picking at the topic).

There was a post I had seen earlier on HT that made a lot of sense, but they chose to delete it. It in effect said that there are certain members of our community that either have gone through struggles or are struggling right now, and that many of us know that but don't know what to say to them. It was said that if they could only go back to that thread whenever they are at a real low, and see what John's death meant to his friends and to his family, they might just re-think what they were considering. Maybe just one person would realize the mistake John made, and decide that that wasn't the answer.

If just one person learned from John's actions, his death will have meant something positive.

Now, let's hear some more good Big John stories!!!! :thumbup:
Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

For anyone who may be interested, I spoke briefly with Yvette tonight.

She left a courageous voicemail on my cell phone last night, talking about needing to figure out what to do next ........ tough woman, let me tell you.

She could have been distraught and paralyzed with grief, and no one would have blamed her; but she saddled right back up and took her car to get a couple of tires mounted so she could go back to work the midnight shift tonight (the tires were a gift from a concerned Uncle). Yvette sounds like she's getting right back off the deck after this huge knock-down, and she sounds like she's trying to stay as busy as possible. She tells me that Paula is handling this okay as well (Paula is ten now, I thought she was just eight!).

It took a strong woman to be with John, and she's impressing the heck out of me right now. None the less, keep them in your prayers, please.
Goto Top
 
BFK
Member Avatar
~Diecast Diva~
Thank you Sean for letting me know about this loss. Altho there were differences he was a good man and we all knew it.His customs were a work of art!
My deepest and sincere condolances to his family. God bless!
Offline Profile Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

Got an unexpected but pleasant surprise when I received a call from Yvette early Thursday evening. We talked for about a half an hour.

She's holding up okay, dealing with what tasks are at hand in the aftermath, and dealing with a little girl who's dealing with her Daddy being gone. Yvette is getting some help, and is coping better than most might. Again, she's a very strong woman.

Keep her and Paula in your prayers, please.
Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Bay 1: Johnny Lightning · Next Topic »
Locked Topic
  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2



March's Picture of The Month Contest



Congratulations DinoMom for winning March's contest!



April's Picture of The Month Contest



Congratulations carsdownunder for winning April's contest!






Powered By

This board is best viewed at 1024 x 768 Resolution


eXTReMe Tracker