Thursday, 7 March 2013

Absent Blog Friends (JohnD).



Blogging allows us to encounter all sorts of people, in all sorts of places. Welsh chicken aficionados, Somerset stone cutters, Lincolnshire big-game hunters, and even Angolan restaurateurs.

As I look back at some of my old postings, I occasionally come across comments from the Australian blogger, 'JohnD'. He was a charming commentator, and always spoke good common sense. I've just this minute been reading a few.

His own blog, 'Tok Tok place', was interesting, informative, and fun. The perfect introduction to Aussie life.

So it was with huge sadness that, on December 4th 2012, I read his final posting entitled 'End of days'. He knew he was on borrowed time, and made sure that he said a proper goodbye to all his followers.

If you weren't familiar with JohnD's blog (address below), do have a look at his final post. It was an extraordinary example to all of us; especially considering the circumstances. A truly 'gentlemanly' exit.

RIP JohnD.

http://toktokplace.blogspot.com
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17 comments:

  1. Donna OShaughnessy7 March 2013 at 05:27

    Amazing how connected we get to each other, our blog friends, it really is another form of humanity, the good blogs anyway, that keep this world moving in the right direction. Thanks for pointing us to Johns final post.

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  2. carole johnston7 March 2013 at 05:41

    I have been and had a read today Cro and I hope that he had a peaceful end poor darling,he sounds like he was such a nice man.

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    1. Cro Magnon7 March 2013 at 05:59

      Carole, I find it so very moving... he MUST have been a nice guy.

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  3. Susan Heather7 March 2013 at 07:07

    It's really sad - I was following his post. As his daughter hasn't put up a final post I was assuming that he is still "hanging in there"

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  4. John Going Gently7 March 2013 at 09:54

    John eluded that one of his relatives would have written a "postscript" of sorts on that final blog which could have provided a bit of a book end to that awful final post..

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    1. Cro Magnon7 March 2013 at 10:02

      I quite expect she was simply too stressed. I was also just looking at your own 'obit'.

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  5. Hippo7 March 2013 at 12:05

    Ah Jeez. JohnD left so many kind comments on my blog and I couldn't be arsed to follow his.

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  6. Knatolee7 March 2013 at 12:47

    I read his post. What a man! I'm sorry you've lost your bloggy friend, Cro. :(

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  7. The Owl Wood7 March 2013 at 13:42

    Death and taxes, and I think that the taxman can still get to you after you're dead.

    There is no "nice" way to go, but JohnD's seems to be one of the most rotten.

    I doubt that I shall be so brave when my time comes in another eighty or ninety years.

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  8. Rosemary7 March 2013 at 15:13

    I find it very disconcerting when 'bloggers' suddenly vanish and you are left high and dry wondering what has happened to them. Are they are ill? have they died? or is it simply that they do not want to be bothered anymore.

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    1. Cro Magnon7 March 2013 at 15:49

      I suppose that's why I find JohnD's final posting so extraordinary. There was no question as to what happened!

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  9. Taradharma7 March 2013 at 16:15

    I have followed a blog where the author suddenly dies...the loss was great for his readers, and we didn't even 'know' him. We really do connect across the continents with this fabulous technology and get to know people through their postings. RIP John D.

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  10. Kat7 March 2013 at 17:08

    Although I don't post much on my own blog, I love reading about other folks. I have often wondered "what happened to so and so?"
    I enjoy your blog very much, even though I may not comment on all the posts.

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  11. Molly7 March 2013 at 20:30

    Oh yes. I've seen this blog before. I think Carole has put all our thoughts into words. May he rest in peace

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  12. Unknown7 March 2013 at 20:51

    So sad ... I was going to meet up with him before he took ill. He lived a couple of hours away from me. I was quite shocked as it all happened so quickly. Sue

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    1. Cro Magnon8 March 2013 at 05:00

      That's very sad. It would have been interesting to have had first-hand info about him. He always seemed so 'meetable'.

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  13. Tess Kincaid10 March 2013 at 16:28

    Lovely tribute, Cro...

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