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    Parksie

    Mike Parks, Parksie, has died. It was almost certainly suicide - there are no details on it other than the fact that he had a letter, addressed to me.

    The last time anyone spoke to him was 1:10AM friday night (or saturday morning).

    You were an awesome guy Mike.
    <3 Parksie

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    WHAT!?

    I hope this isnt a joke, because thats not funny.
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    Exclamation *** Anyone know if this is true?

    Any know if this is true or just some stupid hoax?

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    <3 Parksie

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    The C/C++ just lost an important family member.

    I will miss you. Thank you for all your help.
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    Can someone copy and paste what is posted at that livejournal page please? Its blocked here and Im concerned about this
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    binary_hero (binaryhero) wrote,
    @ 2004-08-31 09:19:00

    Mike
    There are so many things i want to write here, so many pieces of memories i want to document forever, so many that i want to say to all of you lot, and so much that has to be said to his parents

    The emotion comes in waves, you have a blissful few moments of not being able to think anything. No thoughts, no feelings, no emotion. But then it all comes crashing down.

    You end up categorising everything as "Mike's last...", "The last time Mike came round to our flat", "the last song he just picked up a guitar and played", "the last time I will ever walk into our front room at 12 on a sunday and see him lying on the sofa snoring loud enough to wake the neighbours".

    Thanks to everyone who has written anything nice about Mike. Even the little forum posts "I didnt know him but he helped me install OpenBSD once..." ones.

    I cant decide what to do...on any timescale. What now? What next? Should we go to the pub? should we stay here? Of course, if you go to the pub then you will remember "the last time i was in a pub with Mike". But if you stay then you will notice the rubber duck on top of Trish's monitor.

    There isn't any anger, no denial, its all bull****. You just feel really bad that Mike will never turn up at the door with beer and pringles.

    People keep asking me if I'm ok. If i make a joke about it they look worried. If i tell the truth then they look at me worried. If i lie and say "yeah, im ok" then they look at me worried too. Cant hold a conversation on IRC - youjoin, people ask if you are ok, then start talking about something amongst themselves, and i cant work up the motivation to get involved.

    Mike, I loved you from the bottom of my heart. I would have done anything for you.

    Bye Mike, I'll see you around sometime. Come round to the flat sometime soon.

    ...we still have a can of special brew, and you are the only one who drinks it
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    All I can say is, this better not be a hoax!

    I am very sad. Really.

    Actually Id much rather it be a hox and not true....


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    Definitely a crap situation.
    My condolences to his friends and family.

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    It was posted in C++ forum.
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    That's seriously ****ed up.

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    Oh.
    Well this one is in chit chat.
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    Man, that's a harsh thing to see. I always wondered if such a thing would become knowledge, or the person would just disappear.

    Bummer

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    This is some bad news, i'm shocked that this has happened.

    Commiseration's to his family and friends.

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    Actually I would have hoped this was a joke, even if it was a bad one.

    That's terrible to hear.
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    Angry

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    I pray its a joke too .

    From his posts in VBF he seemed like very nice young man with extrely sense of humour. I still remember his scuba diving picture post on these forum very vividly.

    I really feeling awful .

    My condolence with his family and friends.
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    Do we have any reliable sources of information on this matter? I refuse to believe something of this nature penned by a member with fewer than 10 posts!

    If this is a hoax then you deserve to be reported to spam control and / or the authorities.

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    Originally posted by wossname
    Do we have any reliable sources of information on this matter? I refuse to believe something of this nature penned by a member with fewer than 10 posts!

    If this is a hoax then you deserve to be reported to spam control and / or the authorities.
    Since he is a moderator here, i assume the other admin and mod might have some contact information. Can some admin or mod please verify these claim?

    May be we should post a thred in Forum Feedback asking the Admin/Mods...
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    I've PM'd marty to see if he knows anything.

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    His phone isn't on :/


    Who are you? how do you know him? (sorry this was meant to be to the poster of the other thread)

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    i really hope that this isn't true

    please mike if you are reading this, or someone that knows if Mike is alright please respond, we need to know that you are alright!!

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    I hope you don't mind, i am not binary_hero, however i dont have an account here. He was at my house when he posted.

    I am trish. I don't know if mike spoke about me to any of you. I'm very sorry to confirm to you that this is not a hoax.

    Please feel free to email me (trish AT angelphish DOT co DOT uk) or you can find me online at irc.zirc.org under the nick AngelPHiSH. I will give you what information I can.

    I am so very sorry. Mike was a very very big part of my life, and of binary_hero's life. Please believe me that we would never joke about such a thing. We felt you had a right to know.

    In asnwer to your question.. binary_hero was mike's best friend. They spent a lot of time together.
    <3 Parksie

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    i don't know what to say

    i am very sad

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    You have my condolences of course (and everyone else's on VBF I think its safe to say).










    Parksie, rest in piece, and may all your pointers be safely terminated.

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    Originally posted by binary_hero
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    Please feel free to email me (trish AT angelphish DOT co DOT uk) or you can find me online at irc.zirc.org under the nick AngelPHiSH. I will give you what information I can.

    what channe on irc ?

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    Apparently Simon (chenko) got through to someone on his phone. It is confirmed.

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    This is from a former VBF regular posted on Galah

    Simon (chenko) rang his mobile until someone answered...it is true

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    who the **** said that? i didnt post on galah

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    Originally posted by chenko
    who the **** said that? i didnt post on galah
    Chris posted that, from when you talked to Nic

    btw who did you speak to on the phone ?

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    Originally posted by chenko
    who the **** said that? i didnt post on galah
    Chris. I'm just playing whisper down the lane here.
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    Dean, ive made a post on galah regarding that.

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