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    Goodbye my friend - RIP

    Goodbye to a friend and fellow biker!

    Sadly a great friend has passed, he was battling with cancer for the last 18 months and did not manage to win the war. He leaves behind a great wife of 25 years, 2 boys and many friends.

    I had the most amazing time and pleasure of knowing Stu for the last 9 years and he was always a lot of fun to be around, at the beginning we all used to go drinking every weekend and got ourselves in a state or two …ooops… that made way to drinks at home and the odd BBQ on the front lawn watching the world pass by, or wandering down to the movies…or yelling at the Rugby, and if the weather was nice we even got out on the bikes. I was always hugged for turning up with afternoon tea, usually something naughty and with cream!!

    He had the great way of calling a spade a spade and gave hugs freely and was always into having a joke....we always argued the Ford vs Holden, loved bikes and bourbon….he rode a Kawasaki and loved it and just had a custom paint job done, not that he got to ride it much lately. He loved Rugby, Cricket, Car Racing and Bikes, followed by a little (yeah right) bourbon and a ciggy…and he was happy in life. He was easygoing and would always be there if you asked… a great friend!

    Its hard to explain exactly how much he meant to me and the impact he had, his wife and I went shopping all the time and we all even went on a ‘Family’ holiday last year to Aussie. We were all meant to head on a Cruise together this year as it was something he really wanted to do, sadly he will only be joining us in spirit. His kids call me ‘Mum 2’ and I love his wife like a sister and Stu like a brother, he has been taken from us all too soon, he was only 49.

    Goodbye Stu, you will be forever missed and loved, never forgotten! You will always be my “Master” and I will always be your “Mistress #1”
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    Quote Originally Posted by SpeedyGirl View Post
    Goodbye to a friend and fellow biker!

    Sadly a great friend has passed, he was battling with cancer for the last 18 months and did not manage to win the war. He leaves behind a great wife of 25 years, 2 boys and many friends.

    I had the most amazing time and pleasure of knowing Stu for the last 9 years and he was always a lot of fun to be around, at the beginning we all used to go drinking every weekend and got ourselves in a state or two …ooops… that made way to drinks at home and the odd BBQ on the front lawn watching the world pass by, or wandering down to the movies…or yelling at the Rugby, and if the weather was nice we even got out on the bikes. I was always hugged for turning up with afternoon tea, usually something naughty and with cream!!

    He had the great way of calling a spade a spade and gave hugs freely and was always into having a joke....we always argued the Ford vs Holden, loved bikes and bourbon….he rode a Kawasaki and loved it and just had a custom paint job done, not that he got to ride it much lately. He loved Rugby, Cricket, Car Racing and Bikes, followed by a little (yeah right) bourbon and a ciggy…and he was happy in life. He was easygoing and would always be there if you asked… a great friend!

    Its hard to explain exactly how much he meant to me and the impact he had, his wife and I went shopping all the time and we all even went on a ‘Family’ holiday last year to Aussie. We were all meant to head on a Cruise together this year as it was something he really wanted to do, sadly he will only be joining us in spirit. His kids call me ‘Mum 2’ and I love his wife like a sister and Stu like a brother, he has been taken from us all too soon, he was only 49.

    Goodbye Stu, you will be forever missed and loved, never forgotten! You will always be my “Master” and I will always be your “Mistress #1”
    sorry for your loss thoughts are with you and i'm here if you need a chat take care

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    i'm sorry for your loss .......... but it does sound as though you have some great memories
    ... ...

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    Sorry to hear of your friends passing Liz.. sending you a big hug!!!
    GET ON
    SIT DOWN
    SHUT UP
    HANG ON

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    Sorry to hear of your loss Liz .. the good ones go early .. but no one can take away the memories you have

    thoughts with you and Stu's family
    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    Condolences on ya loss and that goes for ya sis and sons 2 !
    Sounds like he be the sort of bloke, who'd want you cellibrating his life rather than mourning his passing for too long !
    His boys and wife sound like they're in good hands !
    A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
    The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"

    Bowls can wait !

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    So farkin sorry,hope your coping as well as can be expected.Hate hearing of non survivors,too many.

    C-courage for family
    A-anger why him/her
    N-negativeaty(feeling of anguish the family faces)
    C-crying over good times reminiscing
    E-eternity(long may the memories linger)
    R-rejoice(the suffering is over)

    Never fails to bring a lump in my throat when this happens,especially knowing what immediate family and friends have gone through,you give it all fighting,sometimes we win.
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    Nice tribute and memories babe, bless ya ,sounds like he had a damn fine friend in you too.

    It's a wretched disease and it takes too many good people from us.
    Oh bugger

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    so sorry babe... he really was a nice genuine kiwi bloke, always ready with a smile even with this hanging over his head for all the times I saw him.

    *big HUGS* from me and D
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    So sad to hear of this, my thoughts are with you girl.
    All the best.

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    Stu... fuk sake tears before I start the bloody post...



    Ok, yeah Stu... been to a few parties and bike rallys with him, a hard case and a lot of fun, below is a pic of Stu at the 07 March Hare Rally... Hey Liz how bout a pic from the dress up party when he and the missus (Ray) were dressed up as school kids

    Now having been through a similer death with my old man I can understand what Ray and the kids have been through... cancer is simply a cunt of a thing, the treatments and their side affects are often worse than the desease... cruze on Stu.
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    Ride well Stu. A good man.
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    Sorry for your loss. I also lost a great friend to cancer about 10 years ago.

    Thank god for the memories cos at the end of it all - that's what it's all about.

    It's not so much about how they died but how they lived!!!

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    Thoughts are with you and your friends family during this tough time.

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    My thoughts are with you at this time Liz. I lost my friends Mum to cancer only recently so I know that at this stage they are trying times.

    Memories are always forever, especially the good ones

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