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Thread: Erin: Jason breaks the news
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ephemera
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i have absolutely no words.
this is so very sad.
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A cool small evening shrunk to a dog bark and the clank of a bucket -
And you listening. T. Hughes
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Johnny S
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Sorry to hear this.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
(Just back from holiday.)
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Lolly
Ship's Lollygagger
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Originally posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege:
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Originally posted by sabine:
Whenever I saw Erin's avatar, I clicked on the post, no matter the thread--even the one's I wasn't interested in.
Exactly.
and sat up a little straighter and took note.
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all your children here in their rags of light - LC
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
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Erin touched so many people's lives across the globe, across all time zones.
The loss to the online community is immense, as would be the loss to her own family.
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" Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" - Groucho Marx
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Jemima the 9th
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I hadn't strayed into Erin's path in the short time I've been here, but I loved reading what she had to say. I was usually slightly awe-struck, sometimes slightly afraid, and often giggling.
Lord please comfort her family, and those who knew and loved her well.
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Masha
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This is tragic.
Even though I don't post often and didn't know her I cried when I read the op. Clearly I'm a fluffy bunny.
I always loved reading her posts, a wise and witty woman.
Prayers for all who knew and loved her.
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Nunzia
Shipmate
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Another mourner who didn't even know Erin. Can't add much more to what people have already said about her wit, her warmth and her savage love and care for this Ship.
Like othere, I keep hoping this is a sick joke. Like, when there are enough donations in her memory to the Floating Fund, she'll post, "Allright, I can get up again. we're finally n the black, you cheap bastards"
Bye, Dear Erin. Stay Restless in Peace
Nunzia
Cheap bastard
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Teufelchen
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Rest in Peace, Erin.
I was shocked to hear the news. She'll be very much missed.
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Little devil
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Queen Mousie
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ChrisT
One of the Good Guys™
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Rest in peace, Erin. You will be missed by many.
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luvanddaisies
the'fun'in'fundie'™
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just off a plane - Scots Lass texted me to tell me.
Shocked.
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Paige
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Malaveque alerted me to the news. I haven't posted in yonks, but I do pop in every so often. I can't even imagine the Ship without Erin...
for Erin and all who love her
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege:
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Originally posted by sabine:
Whenever I saw Erin's avatar, I clicked on the post, no matter the thread--even the one's I wasn't interested in.
Exactly.
Yep, me too. In fact, I was reading all her old posts yesterday and had to stop because I was getting weepy...weepy for a person I never even knew...she was brilliant, though.
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Horseman Bree
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Like Masha, I cried when I read the news.
I was rarely so much as nipped by the gator, but I respected her for her posting and for her fervour for the Ship, a place definitely molded by her.
This does emphasise how a community can develop on line, with very rare physical meetings. I hope we can keep the style going.
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It's Not That Simple
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Socratic-enigma
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Someone who would call a spade, “a bloody shovel!”
Who did not suffer fools (the ultimate irony)
and is and will be, very sadly missed.
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
S-E
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"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."
David Hume
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infinite_monkey
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I love that idea.
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His light was lifted just above the Law,
And now we have to live with what we did with what we saw.
--Dar Williams, And a God Descended
Obligatory Blog Flog: www.otherteacher.wordpress.com
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by Socratic-enigma:
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
S-E
Dude! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Huia
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
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Originally posted by Socratic-enigma:
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
S-E
Dude!
Bloody brilliant. I hope it can be done.
And simon's new strapline had me tearing up - again.
Huia
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
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Originally posted by tomb:
Erin annoyed the hell out of me on many occasions, but she was the rudder of the Ship.
Tomb said what I was thinking.
The Ship would not have been the same without her. I logon rarely these days so this comes a bit late. My sympathies to her family.
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Storm
Apprentice
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I'm almost entirely a lurker, but I've been lurking on the ship on and off for many years now and I feel this as a loss.
Deepest sympathy to Jason and all shipmates who knew Erin better than I did. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Lady R of Ashwood
Shipmate
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TeaGnome told me that my long shore absence needed breaking for some key news. I wish this had not been the news in question.
Erin
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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Well, I've been thinking it might be fitting to create a gator smilie for chomping down on asshat postings in the future. Maybe admin use only. I could picture it running across the bottom of the planking post in the same way pacman chomps across the screen -'cept it would be green and have teeth....
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fletcher christian
Mutinous Seadog
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I hope heaven's ready
RIP Erin
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Staretz Silouan
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Full Circle
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Benedictus
Shipmate
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I found an alligator water pistol that I got a while back. Somehow I always thought I'd send it to her some time. No rush, right? Plenty of time. I'd get around to it.
Get in touch with somebody you've been meaning to.
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Resentment: Me drinking poison and expecting them to die
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Ann
Curious
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Originally posted by Socratic-enigma:
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested it:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
S-E
Brilliant!
I'd been wondering if a new mug could be added to the collection - just the avatar and date (with possibly a small troll-muncher round the back).
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holly
Mine's a double
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Myself & Jono found out last week that an old friend of Jono's died the day before Erin of a similar thing, he was only 48. So even though we didnt know Erin it still adds to the grief we are feeling. I havnt been on the ship for years now apart from the occasion look in but when i think of the ship i always think of Erin and now even more so.
RIP Erin
Holly & JonoT xxx
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Scots lass
Shipmate
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I read this forum an awful lot more than I post, and have been doing so for a long time. I've always been impressed by a lot of people here, but especially Erin. I kind of wanted to be that articulate myself and a post by her on a thread always made me read it. It's very hard to believe there won't be any more posts.
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
Trumpeting hope
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The only conversation I ever had with Erin was one of the two times I have signed into the cafe. She was in the middle of a miserable Florida winter, and it was blistering hot here in NZ. I didn't like the heat, she didn't like the cold, and we spent a happy half hour working out how to swap places.
It changed my entire picture of her. I hope she's in a warm heaven.
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Siegfried
Ship's ferret
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Just found out about 15 minutes ago. Posted my thoughts over on the new Erin board.
My prayers to her family and friends and shipmates.
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Siegfried
Life is just a bowl of cherries!
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Ian Climacus
Liturgical Slattern
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I no longer read/post here, but hearing about Erin's untimely death through others [thank you], I had to come back to say, to pray, "May her memory be eternal!"; and to say my love, thoughts and prayers are with Erin's family and friends.
I do not recall crossing swords with her [lucky me; I couldn't go against that wit!]; or many threads we posted on together: though one to do with apartments and toilet paper comes to mind! ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) And from her I first heard about G&B's Maya Gold -- which I will get tonight in memory of her.
What I do remember is someone who gave their all for this wonderful community. She was an amazing individual: and this place, this world, will not be the same without her. Memory Eternal Erin!
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Golden Key
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# 1468
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Yes re adding a gator to the logo, and a definite yes re the mug. I'd been thinking of the latter.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Benedictus:
I found an alligator water pistol that I got a while back. Somehow I always thought I'd send it to her some time. No rush, right? Plenty of time. I'd get around to it.
Get in touch with somebody you've been meaning to.
Yes, I'd been thinking of pointing her to Taize' prayer services. She wanted to be Catholic, but felt she couldn't. Taize' is ecumenical, but close enough to RC practice that it could fill in the gap a bit.
Was just now thinking of the "Simpsons" episode where Homer and the kids become Catholic, and Marge is still Episcopalian, and all of them die and go to heaven.
M is sipping tea in a very proper, white (IIRC), uptight heaven. H and the kids are in RC heaven...and *everyone* is dancing Riverdance! M eventually joins them.
![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
(Stereotypes courtesy of the show, not me.)
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Saviour Tortoise
Shipmate
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Saw last night.
I've mainly lurked recently, not posted much. An Erin post was always something to click on. Incisive, intelligent, often cutting, often thought provoking, usually entertaining.
She'll be missed here, and I cannot begin to imagine how her friends and family "in real life" will come to terms with the loss of someone so full of life.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Originally posted by Socratic-enigma:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
Possibly better than the conventional iconography for the blessed dead - though that would be a nice puzzle for future archaeologists -
Professor, what does it mean, a ship with above a winged alligator playing a harp?
They were stoned?
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by Socratic-enigma:
a fitting tribute would be to permanently change the Ship’s logo to include a smiling alligator in the water
Possibly better than the conventional iconography for the blessed dead - though that would be a nice puzzle for future archaeologists -
Professor, what does it mean, a ship with above a winged alligator playing a harp?
They were stoned?
No. From reading elsewhere I believe it means they were planked.
Gosh, am I going to miss her.
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bush baptist
Shipmate
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I was told about this by two people not even on the Ship -- Erin's personality and energy had impact to those who have never joined here or posted here. And for the Ship itself, of course, a huge loss.
that she is right now beholding and living in the glory and mystery.
for Erin's family and all who loved her. For those grappling with how to make the post-Erin Ship run.
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Anselmina
Ship's barmaid
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Just heard this news, having come back from a short holiday break. It's unbelievable and dreadful news. Like others here, I, too, had had the occasional PM which encouraged me.
I add my prayers and condolences for Erin's family and friends.
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Qupe
Shipmate
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So very sorry to hear about Erin's passing.
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'Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.'
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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At the NoCal meet this afternoon we talked about black armbands, and we were a bit uncomfortable with those.
The image did flash through my head of a black 'gator armband. Perhaps swallowing its own tail -- the Gator Ouroboros? I think Erin would have chuckled.
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Living in Gin
Liturgical Pyromaniac
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It's pretty rare for me to log into the Ship these days, and I just now came across the news of Erin's passing. Words fail. :-(
Prayers for her family and loved ones, and for all those here on the Ship and elsewhere who are mourning.
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lapsed heathen
Hurler on the ditch
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Dear Lord, I haven't been around much this past while and when I check in, the news is shocking.
Can hardly belive it.
All the tributes on the ship show how much a virtual comunity can be pretty real whare it matters, in the heart.
May she sit at the right hand of God.
Sympathies to all family and friends.
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"We are the Easter people and our song is Alleluia"
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leo
Shipmate
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Originally posted by lapsed heathen:
May she sit at the right hand of God.
I think that place has already been taken!
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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Originally posted by leo:
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Originally posted by lapsed heathen:
May she sit at the right hand of God.
I think that place has already been taken!
But a gentlemen always offers his seat to a lady. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Tubbs
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Especially after she shows her full set of 'gator teeth, accompanied by a few words of down-home plain talk.
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Melangell
Shipmate
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Unbelievable news. Others have expressed far better than I can, how very much she will be missed on the Ship.
Condolences to Jason and to all of Erin's family.
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Gwnewch y pethau bychein (Dewi Sant)
Do the little things (Saint David)
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