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Mercury
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Message 1 of 19 (889752)
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


My dad, anglagard, passed away last night after having a rough time with his health over the past couple months. Of all my family members, he was the one I was closest to. I feel unmoored and like I've been doused in ice water.

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AZPaul3
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Message 2 of 19 (889753)
12-13-2021 12:55 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


My condolences to you and your family, Mercury. I enjoyed your father's posts. He was one of the good guys around here. He will be missed.
-Paul

Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.

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jar
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Message 3 of 19 (889754)
12-13-2021 1:05 PM


Sorry, sorry little one.
A personal loss as well.
But both of you also gave so very much and that continues.

My Website: My Website

  
Tanypteryx
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Message 4 of 19 (889755)
12-13-2021 1:23 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


Mercury, I am really sorry to hear this! I liked what anglagard had to say. He wrote to me privately about a shared interest in growing cannabis. He will be missed here!

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python

One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie

If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq


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nwr
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Message 5 of 19 (889756)
12-13-2021 1:43 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


Thanks for posting.
Yes, anglagard will be missed.

Fundamentalism - the anti-American, anti-Christian branch of American Christianity

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Tangle
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Message 6 of 19 (889757)
12-13-2021 1:50 PM


That's really sad...

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona

"Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android

"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.


  
Phat
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Message 7 of 19 (889758)
12-13-2021 1:52 PM


A wise and good man
Anglagard pushed us to be better people. He was always right too, in our debates. Im still processing this loss and im sure you feel it much deeper...my condolences and empathy, Mercury.

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
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“…far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.”- Dr.John Lennox

“A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross.”
H. Richard Niebuhr, The Kingdom of God in America

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him.” — Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
(1894).


  
xongsmith
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Message 8 of 19 (889762)
12-13-2021 3:22 PM


Anglagard
Maybe we should have a pinned Memoriam thread?

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."

- xongsmith, 5.7d


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PaulK
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Message 9 of 19 (889763)
12-13-2021 3:28 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


A loss to us all.
My condolences to you and your family.

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ringo
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Message 10 of 19 (889770)
12-14-2021 11:05 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


I've always loved librarians - they might not know everything but they know how to look it up.

"I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!"
-- Lucky Ned Pepper

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Granny Magda
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Message 11 of 19 (889773)
12-14-2021 2:09 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


Whilst I rarely post on EvC these days, I do pop in to see how things are going. This was the last thing I wanted to see.
Anglagard was witty, intelligent and insightful. His posts were always a pleasure to read. He was well respected here and will be missed.
My condolences to you Mercury.

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ramoss
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Message 12 of 19 (889774)
12-14-2021 11:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Mercury
12-13-2021 12:39 PM


You have my condolances

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vimesey
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Message 13 of 19 (889775)
12-14-2021 11:45 PM


And mine too.
Lives are finite, but the brightest and kindest light the world with warmth and love.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

  
Minnemooseus
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Message 14 of 19 (889776)
12-15-2021 1:50 AM


Anglagard is a favorite member to me (in a sense, he lives on though his past postings?).
My impression is we pretty well agreed on things, although I think his idealism could have been tempered by a bit more pragmatism - or something like that.
Moose

  
Percy
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Message 15 of 19 (889779)
12-15-2021 1:38 PM


Very sad news. Here's a link to his posts: anglagard
--Percy

  
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