Raise a glass...

Usaf06
Usaf06 Posts: 11,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

Very hard day for me today. I paid my respects to someone I call my brother. Looking into his parents and daughters eyes today was one of the hardest things I've had to do. Craig had over 23 years in and was less then 2 years away from retiring. He battled many demons and in the end they got the best of him. So please raise a glass in Craig's honor and help me honor him.

"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill

"LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP Craig. I'll raise a glass in his honor tonight.

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  • CtheHam
    CtheHam Posts: 205 ✭✭✭✭

    So sorry for your lose.

  • deadman
    deadman Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So for your lose

  • Cam_91
    Cam_91 Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m sorry you’re experiencing this right now. I said a prayer for Craig and his family. I’ll say another, have a drink, and smoke a cigar in his name later tonight. Truly sorry for your loss

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My sympathy, Nick. It's hard losing a brother to the demons, been there. I hope you are not beating yourself up thinking you could have done something to ward them off because demons are very personal and there is little that anyone else can do. I don't drink anymore but will toast Craig with an non-alcoholic IPA and a cigar this evening.

  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rest easy 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

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  • d_blades
    d_blades Posts: 4,560 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My condolences to the family and hoping you are coping well with the loss of a brother.

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  • Grawls
    Grawls Posts: 672 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry to hear. RIP Craig

  • First_Warrior
    First_Warrior Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nick, those of us who have survived have a duty to do good honorable things that the brothers we lost cannot do now.

  • TX98Z28
    TX98Z28 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My sincere condolences to Craig's family and everyone effected by his loss. I'll drink a couple tonight in his honor as you requested @Usaf06 .

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  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you everyone

    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • IndustMech
    IndustMech Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry for your loss. Lighting one and pouring one in memory of Craig.

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very sorry to hear this. Brings back many memories of loss. Praying for you.

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  • Itsfine
    Itsfine Posts: 20,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah sucks brother. Had a good buddy snatched 2 months ago. Feel better. I don't drink on weekdays, but I'll fire up a padron...

    @ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones. 
  • CharlieHeis
    CharlieHeis Posts: 8,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with his friends and family.

  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry man. Sorry for your loss.

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,688 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry for your loss. Hard to lose a friend that way.

  • CalvinAndHobo
    CalvinAndHobo Posts: 3,300 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry for your loss Nick.

  • CommanderDuke_1
    CommanderDuke_1 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry for your loss

  • NorCalR1
    NorCalR1 Posts: 4,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP Craig

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  • TheKraken
    TheKraken Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry to hear Nick. Saying a prayer for Craig's family

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry to hear of your loss. Losing someone close always makes the world feel just a little bit smaller. I'll raise a glass tonight, if that helps any.

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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,283 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Cracked open the bottle of scotch.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RIP Brother, your tour is over.

  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry to hear Nick, time heals but that scar will always be there.

    A little dirt never hurt