Very sorry to hear this.  I was hopeful that he would be able to hang in
there for a while.  Enjoyed his posts and we lost a good one.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-
bounces@s...] On Behalf Of
Charlie Driggs
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 9:56 PM
To: oldtools
Subject: [OldTools] update -- Jim Thompson


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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