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Oldjim has passed away

JonoH — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:11:40 GMT

It’s with great sadness that I announce the death of former Plusnet Community Moderator and long-time contributor Oldjim.

Jim passed away at the end of March after his battle with Cancer. I've been in contact with his Wife who has given me permission to inform this Community where he’s spent so much time and helped so many and I'm sure he'll be missed by all.

I’m sure that the whole community will join me in sending our sincerest condolences to his family.

Re: Oldjim has passed away

dvorak — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:47:14 GMT

Moderators Note.
Topic opened to all to leave messages of condolence.

I had the pleasure of meeting Jim and working with him here as a moderator, a lovely man and he will be sorely missed around these parts.

Re: Oldjim R.I.P.

7up — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:38:00 GMT

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A tragic loss to our forum. Nobody will ever be able to replace OJ, he was the great oracle of this board, always able to come up with facts, figures, problem solves and witty remarks.

I was just thinking the other day that I'd not seen him post here for ages and was wondering if something had happened to him.

RIP OldJim, I will miss you way more than you'll ever realise.

Re: Oldjim has passed away

Shep41 — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:29:18 GMT

So sad to hear this sad news.
RIP Oldjim

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billnotben — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:34:19 GMT

He was always happy to help and a mine of information.

His loss is sad news.

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shutter — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:44:22 GMT

A really sad loss to this community.... an even bigger loss to his family and close friends.

Best wishes to them in their hours of grief. Take comfort that he brought a lot of pleasure to us all on here.

Thank you Old Jim.... God Bless you,.... and Rest In Peace.

Re: Oldjim has passed away

Chris — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:49:22 GMT

Having had the pleasure of meeting Oldjim and having many conversations on here with him, he will definitely be missed.

A longserving moderator, respected voice in the community and generally just a helpful and nice person.

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artmo — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:12:09 GMT

Very sad news. Oldjim will be sadly missed. He was an excellent moderator keeping us all in order sometimes during difficult times. He was a very frequent and well informed contributor to the forums.

Condolences to his wife and family.

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198kHz — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:16:55 GMT

A true 'pillar of the community'.

RIP Jim, and condolences to all affected by his passing.

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Strat — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:29:04 GMT

Really sad news indeed.

I had the pleasure of meeting him once during a Moderators gathering at PN HQ.

A real gentleman.

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Gandalf — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:38:16 GMT

I'd go as far as saying I had the honour of speaking to Oldjim over the phone last year.

I was truly saddened to learn of his passing. RIP.

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St3 — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:09:42 GMT

R.I.P Jim from myself and Rongtw

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Townman — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 23:58:22 GMT

Old Jim really set the gold standard around here for everything. One of life’s real gents.

Miss him greatly ... I realised a month back he’d been missing, but the mods had no news at that time. Jim’s last post was 8th March ... one can imagine that he was here contributing right up to his last days.

RIP OJ.

Re: Oldjim has passed away

Darkfire — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:13:53 GMT

A genuine and helpful person who really did know his stuff and provide an absolute wealth of knowledge to these forums for many many years.

RIP OldJim

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MisterW — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:23:17 GMT

OJ made a major contribution to these forums, he'll be sadly missed

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ITWorks — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:43:47 GMT

Such a great person, who shared so much of his time and knowledge to help so many people on the forum. Will be missed by all.

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Kelly — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:08:29 GMT

Just seen this. Gutted.

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gleneagles — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 07:24:41 GMT

Very sad news, helped me a number of times over technical issues.

A major contributor to the forum over the years who will be missed by all.

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Anotherone — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:48:39 GMT

As many have already said, this is indeed very sad news. My very sincere condolences to his wife and family.

I may only post here now and again these days, but try and keep up with a few things, and this is one thing that has made my day all the poorer.
Thoughts of Oldjim brings back many memories of the many interactions when I was a frequent poster as we both helped other forum members. Those days were great fun and there aren't enough words to describe how great his contributions to this forum were when we were trying to solve sometimes technically challenging issues for people, as well as him trying to keep the forum in order as a moderator.
He had a unique combination of knowledge, wit, understanding and sometimes sarcasm.
I will miss him when I do visit.

Re: Oldjim has passed away

Baldrick1 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:00:24 GMT

A great loss to all. My condolences to his family. His posts were always worthy of reading as they invariably were words of wisdom. He will leave a lasting legacy in the knowledge held in all his past posts, which will remain relevant as we go forward.