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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
So Sean and I took a lot of cabs together, more than I think Ive ever taken with any one person Ive known.
So it was me, Kraft, Zilla and TU in a cab after a long night of drinking with TRE, Red Raiders, Scorchy and Im probably forgetting a few.
So we had rented a house near Camden Yards for our fantasy baseball draft and we were headed there. We had some African cab driver, just like we always did, and I was busy chatting him up about my trips to Africa and women (seem to remember that guy being from Ethiopia FWIW). So we are laughing and carrying on and Im in the front.
So before we arrive at the house we all agree that its my turn to pay for the cab, plus I was in the front. So we stop, I pay him, and IIRC Zilla even gives the guy an extra $5 tip because he didnt get us lost. So we head for the door of the house and are opening it, and the cab driver burns rubber and takes off like 0-50 down the block! Were like WTF? So Sean is last in and we ask him what had happened
Us: Hey what was the deal with the cab driver?
Sean: Oh he was cool man, I gave him a big tip.
Us: Yeah DD and Zilla both already gave him a tip.
Sean: Oh, well I didnt know that. I just gave the guy two twenties and said good to go (Ride cost $25 or so)
Us: You gave him a $40 tip????????
Sean: No, I paid for the cab and gave him a $15 tip.
Us: No wonder that ####er hit the gas and left so quick
So it was me, Kraft, Zilla and TU in a cab after a long night of drinking with TRE, Red Raiders, Scorchy and Im probably forgetting a few.
So we had rented a house near Camden Yards for our fantasy baseball draft and we were headed there. We had some African cab driver, just like we always did, and I was busy chatting him up about my trips to Africa and women (seem to remember that guy being from Ethiopia FWIW). So we are laughing and carrying on and Im in the front.
So before we arrive at the house we all agree that its my turn to pay for the cab, plus I was in the front. So we stop, I pay him, and IIRC Zilla even gives the guy an extra $5 tip because he didnt get us lost. So we head for the door of the house and are opening it, and the cab driver burns rubber and takes off like 0-50 down the block! Were like WTF? So Sean is last in and we ask him what had happened
Us: Hey what was the deal with the cab driver?
Sean: Oh he was cool man, I gave him a big tip.
Us: Yeah DD and Zilla both already gave him a tip.
Sean: Oh, well I didnt know that. I just gave the guy two twenties and said good to go (Ride cost $25 or so)
Us: You gave him a $40 tip????????
Sean: No, I paid for the cab and gave him a $15 tip.
Us: No wonder that ####er hit the gas and left so quick
Koya
Footballguy
NEVER HAPPENEDSo Sean and I took a lot of cabs together, more than I think Ive ever taken with any one person Ive known.
So it was me, Kraft, Zilla and TU in a cab after a long night of drinking with TRE, Red Raiders, Scorchy and Im probably forgetting a few.
So we had rented a house near Camden Yards for our fantasy baseball draft and we were headed there. We had some African cab driver, just like we always did, and I was busy chatting him up about my trips to Africa and women (seem to remember that guy being from Ethiopia FWIW). So we are laughing and carrying on and Im in the front.
So before we arrive at the house we all agree that its my turn to pay for the cab, plus I was in the front. So we stop, I pay him, and IIRC Zilla even gives the guy an extra $5 tip because he didnt get us lost. So we head for the door of the house and are opening it, and the cab driver burns rubber and takes off like 0-50 down the block! Were like WTF? So Sean is last in and we ask him what had happened
Us: Hey what was the deal with the cab driver?
Sean: Oh he was cool man, I gave him a big tip.
Us: Yeah DD and Zilla both already gave him a tip.
Sean: Oh, well I didnt know that. I just gave the guy two twenties and said good to go (Ride cost $25 or so)
Us: You gave him a $40 tip????????
Sean: No, I paid for the cab and gave him a $15 tip.
Us: No wonder that ####er hit the gas and left so quick
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
The next year we got really lost out in the suburbs and Sean was giving the cab driver directions off his phone. Cabby barely spoke English, and Sean never have driven, couldn't be trusted with directions. Took us like two hours to travel 15 miles. This stuff was always happening. I always thought that this all was his personal shtick, hilarious.NEVER HAPPENEDSo Sean and I took a lot of cabs together, more than I think Ive ever taken with any one person Ive known.
So it was me, Kraft, Zilla and TU in a cab after a long night of drinking with TRE, Red Raiders, Scorchy and Im probably forgetting a few.
So we had rented a house near Camden Yards for our fantasy baseball draft and we were headed there. We had some African cab driver, just like we always did, and I was busy chatting him up about my trips to Africa and women (seem to remember that guy being from Ethiopia FWIW). So we are laughing and carrying on and Im in the front.
So before we arrive at the house we all agree that its my turn to pay for the cab, plus I was in the front. So we stop, I pay him, and IIRC Zilla even gives the guy an extra $5 tip because he didnt get us lost. So we head for the door of the house and are opening it, and the cab driver burns rubber and takes off like 0-50 down the block! Were like WTF? So Sean is last in and we ask him what had happened
Us: Hey what was the deal with the cab driver?
Sean: Oh he was cool man, I gave him a big tip.
Us: Yeah DD and Zilla both already gave him a tip.
Sean: Oh, well I didnt know that. I just gave the guy two twenties and said good to go (Ride cost $25 or so)
Us: You gave him a $40 tip????????
Sean: No, I paid for the cab and gave him a $15 tip.
Us: No wonder that ####er hit the gas and left so quick
Arsenal of Doom
Footballguy
I only knew TU from these boards but he seemed like a great guy.
Koya and those who knew him better I'm sorry for your loss.
RIP TU, you will be missed.
Koya and those who knew him better I'm sorry for your loss.
RIP TU, you will be missed.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Awful news. Played in a ton of leagues with TU and couldn't come up with a bad thing to say about him if I tried. Always fun to compete against and easy to get along with.
RIP, and condolences to those who knew him well.
RIP, and condolences to those who knew him well.
TU and I were both huge Pearl Jam fans, and he was an active participant in the Pearl Jam thread. In 2007, Pearl Jam was scheduled to play Lollapolloza in Chicago on a Saturday night. He had already made arrangements to go to the show, I wasn't planning on it. A week before that the band announced a fan club only show for 1300 fans at the cozy Vic Theatre in Chicago the Thursday before. For a band that does a lot for it's fans, this was the first time they've done anything of the sort. A fan club only show in a small setting, was the holy grail for pearl jam fans. The show was announced on a Tuesday, and tickets were going to go on sale that Thursday.
Pearl Jam's online ticket system is a running joke, but TU always said that if he had one skill in life it was getting lucky with tickets online. We made a pact via PM (had never met at the time) that if I got tickets, he could come with me and vice versa.
Low and behold, he got tickets and I nervously made plans to book flights/hotels to go to a concert with a guy I met on the internet. Just to type of thing that you want to explain to your friends and family.
Long story short, the show was the best concert I've ever been to and the first of a bunch of PJ shows that I went with to Sean over the years.
Pearl Jam's online ticket system is a running joke, but TU always said that if he had one skill in life it was getting lucky with tickets online. We made a pact via PM (had never met at the time) that if I got tickets, he could come with me and vice versa.
Low and behold, he got tickets and I nervously made plans to book flights/hotels to go to a concert with a guy I met on the internet. Just to type of thing that you want to explain to your friends and family.
Long story short, the show was the best concert I've ever been to and the first of a bunch of PJ shows that I went with to Sean over the years.
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Koya
Footballguy
As I mentioned before, Sean went to the hospital Thursday where they sedated him, and he never woke up. That said, he was not in a coma as I understand it, and while he was hooked up to too many machines, the Docs said that it's possible he was at least minimally aware of the surroundings.
I wouldn't make much of this, except for the fact that he lay there Thursday-Sun - we (his friends) only found out Sunday and literally within 90 minutes we were there... from Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester (which says something in and of itself. I was hosting a super bowl party and called it off literally minutes before people started to arrive, and everyone else had their SB plans too. But when we heard, we ran to Sean).
From a selfish perspective, I am so appreciative to have had the chance to say goodbye, even though that was not the point. The point was to let Sean know he was loved and his friends were there for him. We were allowed only 2 to the room at a time, but took turns.
I just wonder if he was, somehow, holding on. To hear not just the scared voices of his family, but those he chose to be with as friends, which brings me to that earlier post - because friends are those you CHOOSE to love.
Anyway, it reminded me in a way of my first brush with death. The dog I grew up with was ill and it was down to final days, or hours... my mother grabbed me while I was at my little league baseball game and said that if I wanted to say goodbye, I may need to go immediately.
And it was almost as if the dog that my parents bought 6 months prior to my birth, my friend and protector, waited for me. Within minutes of me returning home to comfort him as a scared 12 year old (he was a great Pyrenees, so 12-13 years on this planet is a good run) he passed. Peacefully. Maybe it's just self comfort, but we all felt, and still do, that Daphenes waited until I returned home for one last goodbye before letting go.
The doctors were surprised Sean survived as long as he did. They doubted he'd make it through one night, but here he made it from Thurs-Sun, when his friends found out and showed up. Gave him the love and support he had given us, so many times.
To know that barely 12 hours later he left us makes you wonder if he wanted or needed that final goodbye. I don't know. I'm about to lose it (again) on a ###### airplane just thinking about it, but it makes so much sense. It was time, for whatever reason, too early as it may have been, for him to go.
Thank god we at least all had a chance to see him, comfort him, be there for him. In a way, he wanted to be there for us, too. One last time.
I wouldn't make much of this, except for the fact that he lay there Thursday-Sun - we (his friends) only found out Sunday and literally within 90 minutes we were there... from Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester (which says something in and of itself. I was hosting a super bowl party and called it off literally minutes before people started to arrive, and everyone else had their SB plans too. But when we heard, we ran to Sean).
From a selfish perspective, I am so appreciative to have had the chance to say goodbye, even though that was not the point. The point was to let Sean know he was loved and his friends were there for him. We were allowed only 2 to the room at a time, but took turns.
I just wonder if he was, somehow, holding on. To hear not just the scared voices of his family, but those he chose to be with as friends, which brings me to that earlier post - because friends are those you CHOOSE to love.
Anyway, it reminded me in a way of my first brush with death. The dog I grew up with was ill and it was down to final days, or hours... my mother grabbed me while I was at my little league baseball game and said that if I wanted to say goodbye, I may need to go immediately.
And it was almost as if the dog that my parents bought 6 months prior to my birth, my friend and protector, waited for me. Within minutes of me returning home to comfort him as a scared 12 year old (he was a great Pyrenees, so 12-13 years on this planet is a good run) he passed. Peacefully. Maybe it's just self comfort, but we all felt, and still do, that Daphenes waited until I returned home for one last goodbye before letting go.
The doctors were surprised Sean survived as long as he did. They doubted he'd make it through one night, but here he made it from Thurs-Sun, when his friends found out and showed up. Gave him the love and support he had given us, so many times.
To know that barely 12 hours later he left us makes you wonder if he wanted or needed that final goodbye. I don't know. I'm about to lose it (again) on a ###### airplane just thinking about it, but it makes so much sense. It was time, for whatever reason, too early as it may have been, for him to go.
Thank god we at least all had a chance to see him, comfort him, be there for him. In a way, he wanted to be there for us, too. One last time.
Koya
Footballguy
Then let's do it in his name. I've already posted in the NY thread. Too many good people on this board. Hell, my best friend, Sean, was from this board. Can't put things off when you have a chance to meet good people.
Good people don't stay nearly long enough. I guess that's why we are still here. ;-)
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Big Lebowski is on IFC tonight at 7pm.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Man this really got me
Koya
Footballguy
#### it indeed. This poor lady in the seat next to me must think I'm some emotional whack job.
THANK YOU all for your respects and your words. Even from a selfish perspective it's helping me through one of, if not the, hardest day of my life.
And actually, there's no doubt there. It is.
Kraft...
Footballguy
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Great guy. So much breadth of knowledge and a stranger to no one. A huge loss. :(
Koya
Footballguy
I am in. If anyone needs a place to crash let me know. Heck, let's make it a Yankee and Mets NY extravaganza... Sean and I went to a couple games at Citifield... not until relatively recently though. He had never been before, though he lived pretty damn close.Yankee game cornhole this summer, suggested over on uber board. Lets make it happen
Regardless, Yanks for sure and some ###### revelry. I'll bring some of our crew along.
Koya
Footballguy
PS - I need to get with Uber board. (I assume that's :e: ? ) Hit it up a couple times but never took hold. I feel it's my duty to carry on though.I am in. If anyone needs a place to crash let me know. Heck, let's make it a Yankee and Mets NY extravaganza... Sean and I went to a couple games at Citifield... not until relatively recently though. He had never been before, though he lived pretty damn close.Yankee game cornhole this summer, suggested over on uber board. Lets make it happen
Regardless, Yanks for sure and some ###### revelry. I'll bring some of our crew along.
charvik
Footballguy
Uber is Ubermegadynastytitty, the 4 sport dynasty league board we have been running for 8(?) years. Let me know if you want access.PS - I need to get with Uber board. (I assume that's :e: ? ) Hit it up a couple times but never took hold. I feel it's my duty to carry on though.I am in. If anyone needs a place to crash let me know. Heck, let's make it a Yankee and Mets NY extravaganza... Sean and I went to a couple games at Citifield... not until relatively recently though. He had never been before, though he lived pretty damn close.Yankee game cornhole this summer, suggested over on uber board. Lets make it happen
Regardless, Yanks for sure and some ###### revelry. I'll bring some of our crew along.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Koya
Footballguy
Oh ####, thats right! I remember the inception of that monster.Uber is Ubermegadynastytitty, the 4 sport dynasty league board we have been running for 8(?) years. Let me know if you want access.PS - I need to get with Uber board. (I assume that's :e: ? ) Hit it up a couple times but never took hold. I feel it's my duty to carry on though.I am in. If anyone needs a place to crash let me know. Heck, let's make it a Yankee and Mets NY extravaganza... Sean and I went to a couple games at Citifield... not until relatively recently though. He had never been before, though he lived pretty damn close.Yankee game cornhole this summer, suggested over on uber board. Lets make it happen
Regardless, Yanks for sure and some ###### revelry. I'll bring some of our crew along.
Sean have a team? I'd be more than happy to sheppard it through but would need someone who knows #### outside of football and a little baseball.
In fact, I think I was part owner one year. I had Jamaal Charles on my team while he was at Texas. And I had like three QBs from North Texas.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Al O'Pecia
Footballguy
Koya
Footballguy
He's a Queens boy through and through. But spent his college years at BU where he made lifelong friends. I could only be so lucky to have known him that long.
grateful zed
Footballguy
rip
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JZilla
Footballguy
Here's a pic I'll share with you all.. luckily charvik was able to find these, I was a little nervous they were lost
I was lucky to be able to go on a handful of drinking adventures with Tup and a lot of other great folks.. Here we were with Dr D at Lake Superior.. We were there for TRE's wedding. He loved this Cespedes jersey. Get your tissues maybe
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I was lucky to be able to go on a handful of drinking adventures with Tup and a lot of other great folks.. Here we were with Dr D at Lake Superior.. We were there for TRE's wedding. He loved this Cespedes jersey. Get your tissues maybe
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JZilla
Footballguy
yep
boards aren't as active as they used to be and there's been some turnover, but it's still going. TU was pretty much running his team by himself for awhile, but eventually gave it up as he took a step back from i-life.
Capella
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
That's really cool.
There were a few times I remember us thinking it wouldn't last.KidCharlemagne
Footballguy
Chemical X just told me. Damn. Sean was a good guy. Played with him in a league with X for several years. 37 is way too young. My sincere condolences to his friends and family. So sad.
RenegadeGM
Footballguy
I had some limited dealings with TUp over at Uber and always felt he was a class act. Reading through this thread only confirms it.
Thank you for all those posting Sean anecdotes so those of us who only knew him on the surface could get to know him a bit better.
And Koya... thanks for speaking so eloquently about a close friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you as well.
RIP, Sean.
Thank you for all those posting Sean anecdotes so those of us who only knew him on the surface could get to know him a bit better.
And Koya... thanks for speaking so eloquently about a close friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you as well.
RIP, Sean.
BowieMercs
Footballguy
Zactly. They changed the locks when OBC found their secret lairNo openings, sorry!
Gianni Verscotchie
Footballguy
Sucks to hear.
Bye dude
Bye dude
Bottomfeeder Sports
Footballguy
:(
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I don't have anything new to add, but whenever I was in chat and TUP was there it always brightened my day a bit more. He was a really good dude, and life is unfair.
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