Reply With QuoteGood idea but I'd guess his freinds are still a bit raw from his loss, I never met Ian but he helped me with advice & miss his crack too.
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Without wishing to sound mawkish or overly-sentimental, I do feel this BBS has lost a certain joi-de-vivre that Ian's wit brought to it.
Could perhaps one of his mates, or several of them together, bring together an 'I.J.'s wit' thread by trawling through his old posts? I know some of them will not amount to much in the re-telling, because they were spur of the moment replies and 'you had to be there', but it should be possible to extract something of his great character.
Wouldn't this be a fitting tribute to one of this section's now-departed brightest sparks? I would do it myself but I didn't really know him like some on here.
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Good idea but I'd guess his freinds are still a bit raw from his loss, I never met Ian but he helped me with advice & miss his crack too.
World pork pie juggling champion three years straight
Ahem, perhaps you mean craic, or then again?Originally Posted by junglie
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Nice idea that Danny...
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I'll have a word at Rivi on Sunday when we meet at the indoor range.
I'm sure we can put together one or two things;
The teaspoon with a hole in it left in the sugar bowl....
The disappearing kettle at the indoor range when I. J. was "booking in" at the outdoor range HFT events.......
A mixed tin of pellets (all calibres) for one tight fisted shooter in particular..
This could turn out to be quite a lengthy thread.
ATB
Mike.
Nowhere to go ........in no hurry to get there; www.rivington-riflemen.uk----- well I suppose it is somewhere to go....founded by I.J. - let down by the tainted blood scandal
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While we're waiting on some stories, here's a short filum :-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VgdO0SegfO0
All the best Mick
Last edited by T 20; 09-12-2022 at 08:24 PM.
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I bought a Webley Vulcan in .177 off IJ at Bolton. I took my 14 year old son with me to have a look at the rifle. IJ was a perfect gentleman and the rifle was faultless. Few people are left who are so honest, respectful and down to earth basicilly decent. Anyone with the attributes IJ had are a loss to mankind.
Go ahead,,, String that bow
Very good indeed. Nice railway bridge.
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