R.I.P.s

**Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:59 pm**

DzM wrote:
georgecat wrote:He really did a great deal to educate the world.
"Krikey! When I jammed my thumb up his bum that really made him angry!"

Words for all people to live by.

**Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:10 pm**

i dont know if he has been mentioned on these pages already or not....

Fred Dibnah MBE (29 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), born in Bolton, Lancashire was an English steeplejack, engineer and eccentric who became a television personality, a cult figure and, latterly, a national institution.

You can catch him on the documentaries channels on sky. He did some great shows!

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:06 am**

R.I.P. PETER GEOFFREY BROCK

Born: Feb 26, 1945, Hurstbridge, Vic
Died: Sept 8, 2006, Perth, WA
Nickname: Peter Perfect
Partner: Julie
Children (from earlier marriage): James, Robert, Alexandra

Career Highlights:
Bathurst 1000: 9 wins (record) (1972, 75, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 87)
Australian Touring Car Champion: 3 times winner (1974, 78, 80) 5 times runner-up (73, 79, 81, 84, 90)
Sandown 500: 9 wins (73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84)
Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) wins: 37 from 209 starts (record) (1972-1997)
ATCC Debut: Calder 1972
First ATCC win: Surfers Paradise 1973 (Holden Torana)
Last ATCC win: Wanneroo 1997 (Holden Commodore VS)
V8 Supercars Hall of Fame inductee: 2001

Another Australian dies doing what they love best. Vale Brocky.

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:51 am**

hear hear,
heard the news today at work, got a lot of mechanics coming in. as you can imagine, this guy was a hero to a lot of them, young and old.

R.I.P. brocky

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:11 pm**

peter who?

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:36 pm**

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:peter who?

from fintans post id say a racecar driver of some sort

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:22 pm**

one of my residents died today she had just got to the hospital when she passed away.
she was the wicked witch of the east, will still miss her though.

**Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:17 pm**

seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:peter who?

Can't you READ the surname right next to the first name? It's typed right there. Ye prat.
I'm not a huge fan of motor-racing, but Peter Brock was, indeed Niall is correct, a famous Australian driver.

**Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:44 am**

Fintan wrote:
seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:peter who?

Can't you READ the surname right next to the first name? It's typed right there. Ye prat.
I'm not a huge fan of motor-racing, but Peter Brock was, indeed Niall is correct, a famous Australian driver.

oh ok, now I know who he is, ye prat :lol:

**Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:20 pm**

Ace Bailey Boston Bruins #14
Mark Bavis BU Hockey
David Dimeglio of Wakefield my hometown
Capt. John Ogonowski of Dracut (my new town)
and esp. my former teammate Glenn Morgan's dad an Emergency respsonder
for CON ED.

and all the NYFD victims and others, whose lives were taken.

**Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:42 am**

Cheers Mike...a morning that I'll never forget in my life.

**Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:30 am**

gone but not forgotten, we shall never forget

**Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:59 pm**

Martin Coughlan, originally from Tipperary. Died September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, New York. Remembered in Santry (Dublin) and beyond.

**Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:30 pm**

Fintan wrote:
seamus_mcshanty1 wrote:peter who?

Can't you READ the surname right next to the first name? It's typed right there. Ye prat.
I'm not a huge fan of motor-racing, but Peter Brock was, indeed Niall is correct, a famous Australian driver.

Yes he was, he was awesome!!! What a great driver.

**Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:40 pm**

R.I.P. Ann Richards, former Texas Governor, 73, of esophageal cancer.

"I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'
I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, "She opened government to everyone.'"

R.I.P.s

9/11 5th Year Always Remembered

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