Cyclops

[Merlyn]

so sorry to say i didnt know the gent, but my respects all the same

RIP

[Gary C]

I never met Chris Joanes, and he died long before most on here will have joined and so most will not.

However, I read his posts for the last 6 months of his life, where he detailed his fight against his brain tumour and subsequent debilitating illness. I can remember his goodbye post as his tumour kicked in:

"This will be the last time I log onto the BBS. I am becoming unable to decypher the dancing jumble of letters that appear before my eyes...."

The rest escapes me but was written with such courage and dignity that I, and several others, sat with tears streaming down my face.

His courage both inspired and humbled me to the point where I, and many others, made the journey to pay our respects at his funeral.

Chris died - IIRC - in about 2004

RIP Chris.

[foxshooter]

If this is the guy that wrote the post entitled 'My brain' then yes it was truly an emotional post. I'm not ashamed to say I cried as I read it.

Its a pity these posts have been lost forever.

Mark

[cpt-vera]

If this is the guy that wrote the post entitled 'My brain' then yes it was truly an emotional post. I'm not ashamed to say I cried as I read it.

Its a pity these posts have been lost forever.

Mark

Yes I believe that was one of his posts mark, a truly inspiring and touching post that bought things into prospective for sure, I never knew the gentleman
but that said it all.

Barry

[Keith Oakes]

so sorry to say i didnt know the gent, but my respects all the same

RIP

Same here, I never knew the man but in my experience the people who post on here have been very fair and an absolute privilege to know. It is always sad when one of the BBS crowd passes away & I pass on my sincerest condolences to his family.

RIP

[khamsin]

Having known Chris for about a year before he sadly died, would also like to add that he had a cracking sense of humour as well.

just one story I can remember was a informal Hunter comp a Bisley one Sunday. Chris came of the course shacking his head with not a very good score which he could not understand why.

The next Wednesday evening he let us all know why, His wife had found some pellets laying about and decided they should be put away in his pellet pouch.

You guessed it mixing different brands and he had not noticed.The air was some what blue I can tell you.

RIP Chris

Dean

[Baldie]

The measure of a man is what he leaves behind.

The fact he is still making us smile (pellet story) and making us sad (last post on BBS) now 4 years after his passing, means he lives on in our lives.

Bless him.


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[AirgunStan]

I didn't know Cyclops - only by seeing his posts of this BBS. He wrote very wortwhile and interesting posts on here.

After Cyclops passed away Gary C arranged a postal shoot through this BBS and as a testiment to this chaps popularity raised a sizeable sum of money which was presented to his widow.

Things like this make the BBS so much more than just another website imo.

R.I.P Cyclops

[Daimler42]

God Bless Chris