The truly great do things quietly and without fanfare.

Truth Stinky, thank you.

He will be missed.

Thanks for this, she.

Thank you for posting sheshe!

even if it did make me tear up. Too sad.

Nice to see he was a kind looking man who was a genuine humanitarian.

Thanks, she Pinboy

Cha~

for remembering it for us.

He could always make us

she~

Their hearts always knew what was right and sought to correct it. Pinboy did just that. Slow clapping here.

I cannot even watch this now due to the tunes, but here's something pinboy shared with me a while back about what he had worked on...

You made me cry for the beauty of it all. This is my country, the one I love...reaching out.

Thank you countryjake.

He's pictured at the top, here.




And the thread where he'd posted that:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1699843



Pinboy was a true hero

Yet had so much goodness in his heart.

Thanks countryjake

Thank you sheshe.

Pinboy3niner
Thank You Sheshe2
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sharing this picture... it shows his true spirit. I always wonder what fellow DUers look like, though it's none of my business. He looks much like I imagined him to look.

Thank you for sharing!

and just when I decided I wasn't going to cry anymore.

Thank you for this image. I will cherish this always. PM me on how I can contribute to this cause. I will cross post this to the Veteran's Group, and I sure we can contribute to a cause the Bob backed.

n/t.

And Pinboy was among the greatest.

-- Mal

feel cheated that I did not get to know him. What a truly remarkable human being he must have been to leave so many sad, but grateful people to have known him. There is a couple verses from an old Norse book relating to Odin that struck me as I read all your tributes to him. I wanted to share it here to let you know that even though I did not get to know Pinboy personally, his goodness is reflected in all of you who called him friend....

Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well

Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead

What a wonderful photo.

I often think of this poem when "talking" online to people. This time we do have a face. Does anybody know why he picked the name "Pinboy"?

Friends Without Faces
by Thomas Teague
We sit and we type,
and we stare at our screens,
We all have to wonder,
what this possibly means.
With our mouse we roam,
through the rooms in a maze,
Looking for something or someone,
as we sit in a daze.

We chat with each other,
we type all our woes,
Small groups we do form,
and gang up on our foes.
We wait for somebody,
to type out our name,
We want recognition,
but it is always the same.

We give kisses and hugs,
and sometimes flirt,
In IMs we chat deeply,
and reveal why we hurt.
We do form friendships
- but - why we don't know,
But some of these friendships,
will flourish and grow.

Why is it on screen,
we can be so bold,
Telling our secrets,
that have never been told.
Why is it we share,
the thoughts in our mind,
With those we can't see,
as though we were blind.

The answer is simple,
it is as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems,
and need someone to tell.
We can't tell "real" people,
but tell someone we must,
So we turn to the 'puter,
and to those we can trust.

Even though it is crazy,
the truth still remains,
They are Friends Without Faces,
and odd little names.

Thank you for posting it.

As for the name, I just assumed it was his call sign in Nam. A Vet could tell you more than I.

Thanks.

I thought maybe the name had to do with pin boys in the old bowling alleys. My parents used to own a bowling alley in the early 50s before setting the bowling pins was fully automated. They employed teenage boys to set the pins.

Pinsetter - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinsetter
In bowling, a pinsetter, or pinspotter, was originally a person who manually reset bowling pins ... labor that most frequently took place evenings), many pinsetters were teenage boys, and thus pinboy is another name used to describe the job.

Back years ago, when he was just "pinboy".

I think that my second post to him was asking if he liked to bowl, ha!

“His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!”
(Julius Caesar, Act V, sc., v )

Thank you.

Thank you, sheshe.

Hugs~

More than he knew, I think