Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/us/16brown.html?ref=obituaries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 What a story! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Good story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Mo Lassess, SASS #65309L Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem. Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum. Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi, nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias, accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu, atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale. (Through many peoples and many seas have I travelled to thee, brother, and these wretched rites of death I bring a last gift but can speak only to ashes Since Fortune has taken you from me Poor brother! stolen you away from me leaving me only ancient custom to honour you as it has been from generation to generation Take from my hands these sad gifts covered in tears Now and forever, brother, Hail and farewell.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Rest in Peace, Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thanks for the Catullus quote, Joe. I'm saving that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thanks for the Catullus quote, Joe. I'm saving that. You are most welcome, sir. I like to see the whole thing now and then, since usually all you get are the last three words, ave atque vale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I can't even begin to imagine the sheer will to survive it took for men like him. I know what would've happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 There are simply no words that are adequate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Wow...a long and adventurous life indeed. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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