Rest easy and thank you Mr. MICK.
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Rest easy and thank you Mr. MICK.
This world could use more men like you Mick, R.I.P.
I don't speak much on the forum due to time constraints of scrapping during the day and working a regular job at night. I have read many past posts by Mick and learned much from him through those posts. So thank you Mick for the knowledge you have left here for us. You will be missed. Rest well Brother....
A scrapper's blessing for Mick:
May your copper always be bare and bright,
and your stainless steel always be clean.
May the sun always shine warm upon your route,
and may the road to heaven be devoid of all flat tires.
So I guess I might be the last one to find this out.... I wish that I had been more active here like I should have been... At first I felt shock & disbelief - going on to read Mick's Daughter's words brought me to tears then once I pulled myself together I broke down yet again reading olddudes post. The fact that Mick's family mustered up the strength to let us all know is admirable as well as deeply appreciated. Although I think that he would not accept anything less it seems... I remember when I first joined - just a lost soul trying to help her sister with a fundraiser & how with the guidance and support from Mick, as well as several other members (you know who you are) I not only helped my sister but found a place that I belonged. Regrets don't help us to move forward though - they only hide the amazing future that we are capable of achieving.
i was just thinking about i miss seeing him on here and talking to him
I am too! It helps to know that there are others out there missing him as much as I am. The void that has been created by his absence is huge. It's funny how someone like him had a subtle presence while here...but an obnoxious hole now that he's gone.
Thank you, Julie, for sharing about my dad. It helps the hurting process heal. This is so comforting to know that someone (a lot of someones actually!) thought as much of my dad as I did. He was well respected. I know his character enough to know that he can, I mean could (past tense now), have possibly upset a few people with his frankness. It's a trait I inherited from him. I haven't spent a lot of time reading all of his posts. But I can only imagine that he may have ruffled a few feathers. But the overwhelming feeling I get from the many who have responded to this tribute is that each person here respected each other's advice, past experience, and ideas enough to at least hear each other out. No wonder he loved the scrap metaling so much. Truth be told, I think he enjoyed this "family" as much as his family by birth/marriage. I know he loved it more than the "career" he retired from. You've all been great. If ever I can be of any help or comfort, if you'd like to just share a story, please reach out to me. I'm on facebook as well. I'm struggling with his death and the hole it left. But I know people are busy. New members won't know him. But, if any of the long-term members have anything to share..I'd love to hear it.
I am shocked , I had been really busy for a while and had not made time to visit here , I hope his family is doing okay and god bless mick.
What a life's blessing to have such a wonderful family and so many wonderful friends.
Micks Daughter i am sorry for the lose you have had.I know it is hard but try to do you best to get through it.
Also he is still watching over you GOD BLESS!
Rip mick. Feel like crap because I didn't learn bout his passing til just today.
We lost a member that can't ever be replaced and a stand up guy to boot.
Yes indeed. And I am "still" learning from him.
I joined the forum after Mick passed away and never knew him and hadn't came across this thread until today. From all the emotion that has poured through the thread (I'm done blowing my nose and wiping my eyes now) it sounded like Mick Smith was a classy, stand-up, salt-of-the-earth American. Although all of us have our uniqueness and Mick had his, he was like so many high quality people that are on this forum and across the USA (and Canada). People who bust their butts working, people who would give you the shirt off of their backs, people who would stand and hold the bridge for the last guys to get across before it had to be blown even though they might not make it out alive themselves if they stayed there any longer. The politicians and the elites badly misjudge the greatness of ordinary folks. Maybe they would learn a thing or two reading the likes of SMF and about Mick Smith...
I find it interesting how my "path in Life" leads me to such enlightenment and learning.
One of the problems with Living in a TIME capsule called a salvage yard is that by the TIME I find out that Dr Pepper made some limited production flavors from the cans I had salvaged I couldn't find it for sale anymore. If Dr Pepper was good enough for Forrest Gump, it will do fine by me. I'm not much for soda pop, but I do like a little now and then. I have found that Dr Pepper is a interesting soda. I like good orange soda now and then and who needs grape soda when you can have concord grape juice. I like that a lot, but not the price. I still buy it as if you are going to drink something besides pure water, good fruit juices are always a hit.
I sure did have trouble reading the small red writing on MickSmithDaughter's post, I got my magnifying glass out and after a bit I read through it.
For the THANKS button I will use it when I find a post informative, well written or worthy of thanks, or if it gives me a good giggle.
I found this thread very informative in showing that this forum is what they would call "Top Shelf".
The way it was.
I find it interesting how the world is changing from what we know to whatever.
It will be interesting to see how much longer this site stays around with no one running it as it seems.
Part of the reason I bumped this thread is that the older folks were the Life of this site when it was first started. Now those older folks are "moving on" to another place as we all will some day or time.
Nothing against the younger folks that like to scrap, recycle, repair and resell as it's in their blood. But these are very busy times in this over priced modern world and the chances of great change within a persons personal life are very likely at any given time.
Scrapping and such one day and onto the next gig in a ever changing life the next.
I say that as there are not many "real" members left on this site and the number of regular posters is going down with just about as much spam and bot poo being posted and no one dealing with it as there seems to be no poo poo scooper around the boards.
There is a lot of good information around these boards that can be learned from as well as plenty of laughs and giggles to be found.
I like spending a bit of my time looking around the boards seeing what I might find of interest in form of distraction and entertainment.
So unless a acorn falls on the head of who ever is sleeping under the tree that controls this site, It could be gone at most any time.
But as long as it's still up and mostly running, just as well visit here then some other social media platform like Facebook and the like which I don't doo.
I have the same feeling about just about everything. Nothing is as it was. The new shiny thing has to be so much better than the old grey thing. It isn't so much that the new shiny thing is there, it bothers me more that the old grey thing is now considered useless and obsolete and must be discarded rather than used for inspiration. Oh well, I am glad I am old.
Congrats on approaching the "old" section of life. I find I have dropping many distractions and still keep up with the important ones. I still hold this forum members in high regard as many continue to share their experiences. 73, Miek
Be at peace my friend. It's just the cycle of life. Our fathers and grandfathers felt the same way in their time.Quote:
Originally Posted by t00nces2
< smiles > I remember grandpa watching the news on black and white TV back in the 60's. He was always saying : "What's the world coming to ?"
I'm glad i'm old too. We've carried the torch long enough.
Regardless .... RIP Mick.
Yes, I have thought the same thing many times, but i wonder if it isn't a little crazier at this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by hills
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.Quote:
Originally Posted by hills
Attributed to SOCRATES by Plato
Our problems with children started in the 70's when the "do as you want, take what you want" programing started to be popular with the toy and cartoon makers. There was talk on the toy gun and action figure craze being a bad thing.
This is also the time of the "made up" fuel crisis that was created so that "they that run things" could get the sheeple to want the small throw away cars. The road rage craze also started in the 70's.
Then on to the 80's where the delivery men of bread, soda and other such things became so busy with their routes that the term going postal became popular as the world tried getting used to the fashion of going faster and multi tasking. Where most married couples with children both had full time jobs with others taking care of their children while working, or children having to fend for themselves.
The late 80's is when "BIG brother" started to UP the ante by making many new laws, rules, statues and such that are on the books of law waiting for their proper time to use local and "international law enforcement" to enforce the law according to the statues that become popular to control the sheeple.
The banking system also went through great change as did the U.S. Post Office becoming the U.S. Postal Service, a private business.
That's just a tiny bit of the changes that have happened in the last 50 years.
As well as all the weather problems caused by man made ways that have changed the weather far beyond what was considered normal or occasional.
Almost forgot the Video Gaming craze that grows as the gadgets become available.
Babies and small children with cancers and other mutations.
And the one use plastic replacing recyclable glass, and.........................
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Originally Posted by Patriot76
A tale as old as time, every generation thinks the younger generation has it easier than them. But then again isn't that the goal? Ask any parent, "do you wish for your kids to have an easier or harder life than you?" ..... everyone wants their kids to have a better life, and with technology and wealth continually moving forward, that is a pretty easy task to achieve.
Most kids aren't our working the farm all day so their family doesn't starve to death anymore. And that's a good thing I think.
HOWEVER there is a bunch of little ****-heads running around that need a good beating. But that is the result of being raised wrong (which is the parents/older generations fault). Plenty of younger people work hard, are respectful, and do well for themselves.
All these problems seem to be ones that were started by the older generations, not the younger generations..... seems like the younger generations are the one left holding the bag and suffering the consequences of the older generation doing whatever they want for personal gain with no regard for safety, the environment, future generations, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChildhoodDream
No wonder younger generations don't respect elders anymore. "Respect Is Earned, Not Given"
Full disclosure, I fall into the younger generation category, so just like sticking up for my side in this argument. I respect my parents and my elders and everything they personally have done and been able to do for me. But I don't respect all elders, just by default or as a whole, just because they are older than me, just like I don't expect respect from people younger than me.
EDIT: Forgot what thread I am in. This is not the place to be debating or arguing over which generation did or did not do anything right or wrong.... I'm going to keep my post here rather than delete it but we shouldn't continue down this path in this thread any further out of respect. My sincerest apologies
How old are you if you don't mind answering? If nothing else, elders deserve the respect of having perspective, as they have earned that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kss
As I said, younger generation. Soon to be 30. I agree, and disclosed that I was arguing for the younger side in my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by t00nces2
Seems impossible that its been so long ago
Not a single time do I log in on smf and not think about him. Gone, but never forgotten.