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29. You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:03 PM

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from your dad that night.

I've had a lot of experience with grief support groups over the years - both being helped by them and trying to help others who are grieving - and I discovered that when people feel it's ok to talk about these connections with loved ones who've crossed over, you'll hear a lot of personal stories about them. They're often called ADCs, after-death communications. Direct, unmediated - no psychic medium necessary. Loved ones can find ways of getting through, trying to reassure.

Bob had that reassurance from Jerry. And Jerry looking younger, looking "really splendid" as Bob put it - that kind of appearance is typical with a lot of these stories, too.

Bob's looking like a kid again. Picture him smiling...

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I feared this day coming. ificandream Jan 10 #4

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Makes perfect sense to me SheltieLover Jan 10 #20

Me, too. highplainsdem Jan 10 #24

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...or maybe it takes concerted focus. SheltieLover Jan 10 #26

You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear highplainsdem Jan 10 #29

Bob Weir. While many saw Garcia as the force OAITW r.2.0 Jan 10 #34

I agree. Plus I thought Bob was cute. Very watchable. More seriously - see what he says in another 2019 highplainsdem Jan 10 #40

From personal experience, I think most female Deadheads were Bob Weir fans, OAITW r.2.0 Jan 10 #41

I worked in a bike shop in the early 80s Du916 Jan 11 #55

That's very cool, that you met him that way! highplainsdem Jan 11 #64

Here's an article from DirtRag Du916 Jan 12 #69

Thank you! highplainsdem Jan 12 #70

I wonder how Bob liked the video documentation of his life? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 10 #35

Not sure how he felt about the video documentation, or what aspect of it you meant...but when you wrote that, I was highplainsdem Jan 10 #42

He wasn't Jerry when it came to holistic attitudes about life. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 10 #45

He wished Jerry had taken better care of himself. From a Rolling Stone interview last March: highplainsdem Jan 11 #49

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"He burned brightly while he was alive." OAITW r.2.0 Jan 11 #51

Bob Wier had a similar vision when Neal Cassady died in Mexico Brother Buzz Jan 11 #52

Tragic that they didn't listen to her. highplainsdem Jan 11 #65

Thank you for all the joy, Bob. ancianita Jan 10 #12

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No, but my son is holding down their fort in Portland. Brother Buzz Jan 10 #48

And both succumbed to lung cancer... Pluvious Jan 11 #59

Singing backup on Percy Sledge's breakout hit, When a Man Loves a Woman.... Brother Buzz Jan 11 #63

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So we should just ignore he was with many underaged girls? SamuelTheThird Jan 11 #61

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