Date:         Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:39:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: We lost an icon last night.
Comments: To: aatransaxle <daryl@aatransaxle.com>
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I feel lucky to have known Bob for the past 5 years, like Daryl
pointed out, I never heard Bob utter a single word of complaint about
anything. Like an able mariner he was steadfast and calm in seas that
would have tortured and unraveled most. Even last week we were still
planning the next video tutorial from his hospital bed with alarms
going off... "yeah... my thingy... it's going off" he quipped into the
nurse call box when she came on.

Saintly in his selfless outlook, and always kind, he often sat
chatting about the ups and downs of being a small business in the same
community, and was always an understanding ear. He taught me much. He
always knew just the right thing to say to snap something into
perspective with a few well chosen and usually smile inducing words.
I'm not ready to see him go, but I'm confident he and the universe
know better. It's really hard to have to say goodbye, so I won't, I'll
end it with what he always said instead of goodbye: "appreciate 'cha"

Jim Akiba