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- Sun Aug 03, 2025 5:47 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Michael Wolkind passed away
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1485
- Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:20 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Michael Wolkind passed away
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1485
Re: Michael Wolkind passed away
This is such sad news. I had a LOT of fun goofing around with Michael in the newsgroup way back when. I'm sorry to say we had a little falling out and did not keep in touch, but I have fond memories of him from that time. He was extremely funny, endlessly inventive and audacious in his humor. My con...
- Tue Jun 24, 2025 9:49 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Else Gundersen has passed away
- Replies: 6
- Views: 871
Re: Else Gundersen has passed away
I am so sorry that Else is gone. I wasn't a close friend, but we had many friendly interactions over the years. She was just the nicest person – so decent and kind and good-humored. Everybody loved her.
- Tue Feb 25, 2025 7:12 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
- Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:08 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
Re: Anne Jayne has passed away
Dear Squidgy – Very very VERY belated thanks for your kind and lovely message! I am deeply touched. It's sobering to think how many of the old gang have departed this life. Sigh. I wish you could have been at that first Montreal gathering, but maybe we'll manage to meet up in person someday. In the ...
- Tue Jan 07, 2025 11:05 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9017
Re: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
I was just going through some old papers and found a note I'd made of a quotation Barbara had shared in the newsgroup way back when. Source unknown, she said. I can't find it online, so it remains unknown. But Barbara was certainly in the first category. "The chariot of God has four wheels, eac...
- Mon Jan 06, 2025 8:33 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Happy Holidays, Friends!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5171
Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!
Happy Holidays (VERY belatedly) to you, Jarkko and Eija! I hope you are both doing well.
Elizabeelzebubeth xo
Elizabeelzebubeth xo
- Mon Jan 06, 2025 7:52 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
Re: Anne Jayne has passed away
St. Squidgy! I am very glad that you materialized and that you remember Anne so well from the newsgroup. Thank you for taking the time to express everything you expressed, so eloquently. I knew probably two-thirds of the biographical details mentioned in the obituary, but when I read about her skill...
- Tue Dec 03, 2024 5:28 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
Re: Anne Jayne has passed away
Thank you so much for the kind words, Dar. Anne really did make the world a better place and I feel very lucky to have had her as a friend for 25 years. I'm glad you remember her. I remember you from the newsgroup as well. I think we still have some friends in common. Pax unto you!
- Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:55 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
Re: Anne Jayne has passed away
Here is the text of her obituary: Anne Jayne June 6, 1947 – November 19, 2024 Anne Jayne passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, after a brief illness. Her son, Justin, was at her side, reading to her from the mystery novels she loved as the mu...
- Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anne Jayne has passed away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5111
Anne Jayne has passed away
Hello people – Some of you who were around in the old Wild West days of the LC newsgroup and/or who attended the Montreal 2000 Leonard Cohen Event may remember Anne Jayne, fondly referred to as Pax Anne for her habit of signing her posts “Pax, Anne.” I am sorry to report that she died on November 19...
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9017
Re: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
Thank you, Dar! I remember her family mentioning before that this was in the works. Barbara was such a good writer.
- Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:45 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9017
Re: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
I am so glad to hear that other people had been in touch with her. I hope I didn't misspeak about communication having decreased; I didn't have an email address for her anymore and only knew that she was on Facebook very minimally these days. I hope other people will fill in any details that I don't...
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:44 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9017
Farewell to Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz)
Earlier today I read the sad news, posted by her family on Facebook, that Barbara Cruickshank (aka Babz and many other nicknames) has died. Any of you who were part of the Leonard Cohen newsgroup back in the Wild West days will remember her as a central and beloved figure. She was highly intelligent...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:57 pm
- Forum: 2014 releases: Popular Problems & Live in Dublin
- Topic: Pronunciation of the word 'intimate' in 'Nevermind'?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 34215
Re: Pronunciation of the word 'intimate' in 'Nevermind'?
I'm quite confused about the pronunciation of the word 'intimate' in the song 'Nevermind'. He pronounces it in a way that rhymes with 'fate'. I always thought this pronunciation was correct only for the verb 'to intimate'. For the adjective and for the noun the pronunciation should rhyme with 'met'...