SoMAn Posted October 31 Posted October 31 (edited) 7 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: The @SDS story about him getting outraged at Hog boy is probably my favorite TSW story ever. RIP John. -) ****** Edited October 31 by SoMAn Quote
Slack_in_MA Posted October 31 Posted October 31 RIP. I remember him as a quality long time poster. 2 Quote
Old Coot Posted November 1 Posted November 1 10 hours ago, bmur66 said: I'm sorry he never got to see a Bills Super Bowl Championship. He will. Life is fleeting and not everyone is blessed with a long span of years. Ride on, Big John! Quote
Shaw66 Posted November 1 Posted November 1 12 hours ago, 2003Contenders said: -- a true believer and an optimist for the Bills and the team's future. Yeah, i loved that about him. 1 Quote
GunnerBill Posted November 1 Posted November 1 One of the OGs around here when I joined. Always found him nothing but decent. Condolences to his family. 1 Quote
Wayne Cubed Posted November 1 Posted November 1 Was an OG in the Shoutbox, when I used to spend most of my time there. Always positive and optimistic about the Bills. Condolences to his family. Quote
Dillenger4 Posted November 1 Posted November 1 On 10/30/2024 at 3:10 PM, SDS said: Today I got confirmation from John's son that @John from Riverside (formerly from Hemet and VA) passed away in August from an unexpected heart attack. John was a daily mainstay in our lives here for over two decades. 47,292 posts and that's just from when we started counting in 2006 or so. He was getting ready to pack his bags and move to live with son in Oregon when he passed. Mysteriously, he last logged in March 8th. I had tried to connect with him several times per month since his disappearance, as there wasn't any public reason why he hadn't logged in. Unfortunately, we could not make contact with him or his family until the note I received today. John was a fiercely loyal Bills fan, despite never making it to Orchard Park. We had tentative plans to get him out for this year's tailgate, when he started mentioning health issues. We never got a chance to meet. John was an interesting guy. His deep love for the team made for some emotionally charged discussions. He never met a UDFA he didn't love, nor a ref he didn't hate and rage against their bias. His most well known story goes back to very early days of the community. The community troll (we had no moderating tools back then) liked to have fun with John given John's proclivity to emotional outbursts. This culminated in "Hogboy" challenging John to a helmet-spearing contest in a parking lot. John took this seriously and was ready to strap it on! 😂 John frequently told us about his interesting life. He was in the air force in Iraq where he often told us about his high-level security clearance and attending intelligence briefs. He was a roadie for the Scorpions. He loved his kids and always had dreams of his son making the NFL and his daughter becoming an actress/singer. We would hear about the constant shuttling of his daughter to auditions where he would name drop with best of them. IIRC, he had plenty of stories about Katy Perry, Madonna, Celine Dion, etc... He was a great sport in the shoutbox as the guys there enjoyed ribbing on some of the peculiarities. Topics on conversation included his frequent visits to Subway on campus where he was a grad student advisor, his love of Latina women, and a rotting toe that he proclaimed grew back after disregarding his doctor's advice and he just starting running on it. 😂 Ultimately, John was a great guy who absolutely loved his kids, loved the Bills, and loved the community here. I regret we didn't make plans to meet a year earlier. We are fortunate he decided to make his home here and he will be missed. Go Bills! I didn't know of John. But this post is amazing! I feel like I know him know somewhat and he sounds like a great guy! Well done and thanks for sharing this. It's nice to see things like this in our world today. GO BILLS Quote
T master Posted November 1 Posted November 1 Sounds like he was just a good down to earth kind of dude - RIP John - GO BILLS !!!! Quote
Figster Posted November 1 Posted November 1 Didn't see the thread until today and it breaks my heart. RIP John 1 Quote
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 1 Posted November 1 Wow, had my differences with the man, but that sucks. RIP brother, may you witness a SB from the hereafter 1 Quote
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