Thank you Charlie for staying close to Jim and his family and keeping us  
informed.
Jim's imprint on the list is indelible and will undoubtedly be felt by  
future list users
through the archives and remembrances of galoots for years to come.
He will be missed.
With kind thoughts to Jim's family,
Bob in Ohio 

 
 
In a message dated 4/17/2015 11:56:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cdinde@v... writes:


Fellow Galoots, 

I am sad to report that there is one  less Galoot among us.  Jim Thompson's 
wife returned my call earlier today  seeking a status update, and conveyed 
that Jim had passed away Wednesday  afternoon.  

Jim's wife is rightfully focused on funeral  arrangements and financial 
matters at the moment, but asked me to write to her  with suggestions on how to 
take care of Jim's extensive collection of tools  for his many areas of 
interest.  Given what he told me he had in his  workshop over the years, I know 
that will be a challenge, and I will send my  thoughts.  If any one else 
has some suggestions, perhaps you forward them  to me (as his wife does not 
use email and will not be looking at Jim's  accounts), and I'll see if I can 
provide her a summary of suggestions.   She is going to need some good ones.  

I have some thoughts  already, but I'm pretty sure there are a few others 
out there (besides 'just  box them up and send them to [ ]') ... she will 
need to sell them off to  provide her with funds to keep the house going, among 
other things, so she  needs some good ideas.

In the meantime, I suggest that whatever you are  drinking and wherever you 
are, raise a glass to "the Old Mill Rat".  We  won't hear from him again.

Charlie Driggs


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