I received a message today to say that Rick Sanderson our resident optician passed away in June.
Rick was a decent bloke. I met him several times whilst working in Blackburn. He had only just turned 50.
RIP RDS
Aug 22, 2023
Last reply: 2 years ago
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In message <uc2o44$2g3jm$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, ARW snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
Sorry to learn that. Helpful advice and not given to grinding axes.
Sad now :-(
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Very sad.
I found out only because I asked if the OneStopGlasses website currently "under maintenance" would be coming back. It won't.
I think a good measure of Rick was the lengths to which he went to get the cat his wife wanted and his pleasure at delivering.
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Bloody hell. That’s way too young. :-(
Tim
Really sorry to hear that.
Rather sad and sobering...!
Do we know how?
I'm so sorry to hear this. I never had the the pleasure of meeting him but you could tell he was a decent bloke from the way that he wrote here in uk.d-i-y.
I'll miss him.
Nick snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.ca
Oh, that's really sad news. He certainly seemed like a decent guy from his postings here. I have bought a few pairs of lenses and frames from him over the year (with a uk.d-i-y discount, no less).
Fifty is far too young an age. Thanks for letting us know, Adam.
Jon N
Craig
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Owain
It's younger than me.
Owain
who?
Heart Attack? My father died at 54 with that, and that is because he put it off as indigestion for a year or more they told me. Brian
Probably younger than 95% of us here. Let’s face it, USENET is pretty much an old man’s club these days.
Tim
Very sad to hear the news.
I enjoyed his posts and always had something positive. Some us could learn by his example.
But 50, such a young age.
Very sorry to hear that.
I was thinking about him only the other day, a selfish question about an intermediate distance adjustment for using a TV as a computer at 1.8m.
I don't think I ever responded to any of his posts, but I certainly read them, and found them useful.
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