# RIP Thread

**URL:** https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470
**Category:** general
**Created:** [October 2, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470 "2013-10-02T15:20:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2

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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/21 "2013-12-01T12:28:17Z")

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[Paul Walker, star of _Fast & Furious_](http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/showbiz/actor-paul-walker-dies/)

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### Author: ![moufassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/moufassa/32/41_2.png) [@moufassa](https://cog.discourse.group/u/moufassa)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/22 "2013-12-02T02:55:55Z")

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![](http://cog.discourse.group/uploads/cog/67/51290a68470acd5f.jpg)

Paddy - 1 Feb 2008 to 30 Nov 2013 - pictured here in one of his favourite spots… in the clean laundry.

Battled with what was for months a “behavioural issue” but after recently changing vets we now know to be gall bladder cancer.

Survived by his slightly older brother-from-another-mother, Ollie.

He made a profound impression on everyone he met, but mostly he was my shadow - would meet me at the door, then wait for me to stop moving my feet so he could headbutt my ankles with gusto, then look up at me to make sure I knew he was there. Most nights he would climb into bed alongside me while purring his little heart out.

Rest in peace, little friend.

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/23 "2013-12-02T03:43:37Z")

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I’m so sorry for you loss, Moufassa. Five is too young to go!

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### Author: ![moufassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/moufassa/32/41_2.png) [@moufassa](https://cog.discourse.group/u/moufassa)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/24 "2013-12-02T03:48:57Z")

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Thanks @Nabiki, I feel exactly the same way! He was a lovely little guy, always getting into everything. I got into the habit of slowly opening doors inside the house because it was highly likely he was waiting for me on the other side. He is sorely missed.

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### Author: ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/25 "2013-12-02T18:31:55Z")

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@moufassa I remember when you first got him and all the pics you posted. He seemed like a very cool kitty. I’m sorry for your loss. ☹

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### Author: ![ElGee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/elgee/32/62_2.png) [@ElGee](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ElGee)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/26 "2013-12-02T21:15:37Z")

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+1 on Red Rabbit. I hated that book. I liked Rainbow Six and most of his earlier stuff.

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### Author: ![moufassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/moufassa/32/41_2.png) [@moufassa](https://cog.discourse.group/u/moufassa)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/27 "2013-12-03T02:33:03Z")

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Thanks F10. Yes he was a great little fella. We still have the original blue (grey) kitteh called Ollie that you may remember, and while it’s not the same, he goes a long way to helping us along the road to recovery.

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/28 "2013-12-15T23:58:51Z")

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[Peter O’Toole](http://news.yahoo.com/39-lawrence-arabia-39-star-peter-o-39-183119119.html)

I liked him. 😢

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/29 "2013-12-17T20:29:16Z")

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My chinchilla Musubi. He was the friendliest one that I had. He was less energetic than usual the night before last, and last night he didn’t look good at all. Today he went to the vet, but he didn’t make it. He will be missed.

🐁

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### Author: ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/30 "2013-12-17T22:13:38Z")

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That sucks Nabiki. ☹  
It’s always hard to lose a pet.

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### Author: ![Road\_Rash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/road_rash/32/147_2.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Road_Rash)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/31 "2013-12-18T01:09:16Z")

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My condolences on your loss, Nabiki.

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### Author: ![Boomer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/boomer/32/1437_2.png) [@Boomer](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Boomer)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/32 "2013-12-23T17:01:22Z")

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94.

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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/33 "2013-12-24T03:34:54Z")

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The SSL certificate for [bigdinosaur.org](http://bigdinosaur.org)

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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/34 "2013-12-24T03:38:39Z")

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> [@Boomer](#):
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> Mikhail Kalashnikov

Hard to deny his influence on the course of world events.

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### Author: ![MSUAlexis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/msualexis/32/7_2.png) [@MSUAlexis](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MSUAlexis)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/35 "2013-12-24T22:48:30Z")

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A friend from high school. Died of a very rare childbirth complication - amniotic fluid got into her bloodstream. We all lost a good friend, and a newborn little girl lost her mother.

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/36 "2013-12-25T14:21:23Z")

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I’m so sorry for your loss @MSUAlexis. What an awful thing to have happen!

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### Author: ![Datababe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/datababe/32/919_2.png) [@Datababe](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Datababe)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/37 "2014-01-01T04:23:08Z")

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So sorry for your loss Lexis. That’s just…stunning.

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### Author: ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/38 "2014-01-02T01:52:12Z")

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[James Avery, _Fresh Prince_’s Uncle Phil](http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/james-avery-obit/)

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/39 "2014-01-03T03:48:37Z")

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The vet’s office sent a [card](http://www.flickr.com/photos/nabiki/11722632934/) for Musubi. The part that made me cry a bit was the front. It’s Musubi’s pawprint.  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2808/11722633844_c3d2a8e81f_b.jpg "Musubi") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/nabiki/11722633844/)

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### Author: ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/rip-thread/470/40 "2014-01-05T14:03:41Z")

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[Phil Everly](http://news.yahoo.com/phil-everly-half-pioneer-rock-duo-dies-74-032650788.html) - half of the Everly Brothers. I always loved their music, and was lucky enough to win tickets to go see them in concert back in '80 something.

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