Robin Cloke. aka CAIRNSYS

I've been off the board for a few days and have come back to find I've passed on! I am however still alive and reasonably well. For info, my name is Robin JONES.

Seriously though, my sincere condolences to Robin Cloke's family and friends. It's never a good time to die but this time of year is the worst of all.

Bloody hell...not only the other day my Mrs said a old guy which walks dogs passed my house has died..Mr pikken.its here in the paper...I normally see him every morning...what a shame I said...1 month later I walked into the corner shop and he was walking out..he looked at me and I was in so much shock I turned away.....he walked off thinking I was having some type of a do...didn't know if to laugh or cry....in this instance I saw your post and thought it was from your family thanking everyone for the comments...nice to hear your ok

mgtfbluestreak wrote: nice to hear your ok

Ditto.

Ok so I've had a few glasses of vino collapso and I come across these posts regarding Cairnsys passing . I am now totally 'confused .com ' !

Robin Cloke has indeed sadly passed away.

Cairnsys is me though, Robin Jones and I am still here. I think perhaps David heard the news about Robin and thought it was me.

I’ve heard of people reading their own obituaries and have wondered what it must be like. Now I know! Nice to read some of the lovely comments though.

I apologise for the error, I honestly thought that you were Robin Cloke, Robin...
Well, 'Whata mistakea to makea!'

David Aiketgate wrote:

I apologise for the error, I honestly thought that you were Robin Cloke, Robin...
Well, 'Whata mistakea to makea!'

No problem at all David. Other than the obviously sad news about the other Robin, it was kind of funny really.

Oh that's good and still sad . It must have been weird reading all the comments Robin . Did you have to go and check you were still breathing in the bathroom mirror?
John

A couple of years ago a similar thing happened to me.
I got a voicemail message on the phone from an old girlfriend: "I just heard about your passing. I just rang to hear you voice one last time."
Obviously she was very upset.
So I called her back, poor bugger was in total shock when I spoke (I have a very distinctive voice) I then had to track the misinformation back to it's source, turned out it was a case of mistaken identity.

cairnsys wrote:

David Aiketgate wrote:

I apologise for the error, I honestly thought that you were Robin Cloke, Robin...
Well, 'Whata mistakea to makea!'

No problem at all David. Other than the obviously sad news about the other Robin, it was kind of funny really.

So glad to hear you are not dead, Robin!
Obviously, what I wrote about Robin Cloke still applies.

All this time, I was confusing two people as one.

cairnsys wrote: I've been off the board for a few days and have come back to find I've passed on! I am however still alive and reasonably well.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the land of the living Robin. And again condolences to Mr Cloke's family.
Good to hear you are still alive and kicking matey!

Sundance