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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 26, 2017 18:20:03 GMT
We had our most users online on the 24th Dec 2016.   |
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Post by Quoincidence on Apr 26, 2017 19:00:00 GMT
How many of us were there? First thing I did when I found out was come here to check it wasn't BS  |
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Apr 28, 2017 19:23:31 GMT
I was here.... Best place to be, amongst likes when the going gets tough.... what a christmas... But thanks to all that was on here!
I was by myself. but not alone!
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Post by kursaal75 on Apr 28, 2017 20:35:51 GMT
I was watching a DVD of the FF at Hammersmith 2013, when a text came through given me the news.
The DVD went off and I turned on Sky News, BBC News for confirmation and logged on here, to be with people who were feeling the same as me.
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Post by freewilly on Apr 29, 2017 11:30:03 GMT
Was on my way to the pub, in the best of form.
Got a text of my mate saying, "Shit man, Parfitt has died"
Was rattled!
Ended up in the pub, with tears streaming down my face. Wasn't "crying" but they just came from nowhere.
A big part of me vanished that day tbh. He was one of a kind
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Apr 29, 2017 17:45:26 GMT
I had the news from a Facebook-watching sister. She didn't exactly say but I knew right away what it must be, so I came here. Without places like this, where do Quo fans go? Even the sympathetic friends and relatives don't know how it feels.
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Post by nino on Apr 30, 2017 11:31:43 GMT
I was in church for the christmas service with Dad (massive Quo fan and the reason I know and love the band) his girlfriend and my sister. When we walked out at about half past 4 in the afternoon I looked at my mobile just to see two missed calls from a Quo friend of mine. He was at Ricks last ever gig in Turkey and even met him in the afternoon there and kept me updated when Ricky had this heart attack. With his connections he got to know things and as I said kept me updated over the next couple of weeks. Also, his birthday is on Christmas Eve. So I thought why the hell is he calling me twice on his own birthday? And while thinking so I instantly knew what had happened. I just knew it because the last time he called me was because of Ricks heart attack. Unfortunately my feeling was right.
So with shaking hands I googled Rick Parfitt and read the awful news. Dad was walking a few steps in front of me. I stopped and shouted with a shaking voice: "Dad....ehm....ehm....Rick has died." He looked terribly shocked and couldn't believe it. He came over we hugged with tears in our eyes. Without my sister next to me I probably would've fallen over when reading the news.
After the service there is always a little concert at the marketplace where a brass band is playing Silent Night etc. in front of the towns christmas tree which is being illuminated then. Fuck me did I well up at this point while reading Facebook and different newspaper articles.
After dinner Dad and I just got drunk with beer and his best whisky, listening to Quo and toasting to Rick til 4am. Thankfully his girlfriend and my sister left us alone and do so, knowing what Ricky and Quo mean to us.
What an awful christmas eve. Still welling up while writing these lines and remembering this evening...
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Post by vivfromcov on Apr 30, 2017 13:35:45 GMT
I was in church for the christmas service with Dad (massive Quo fan and the reason I know and love the band) his girlfriend and my sister. When we walked out at about half past 4 in the afternoon I looked at my mobile just to see two missed calls from a Quo friend of mine. He was at Ricks last ever gig in Turkey and even met him in the afternoon there and kept me updated when Ricky had this heart attack. With his connections he got to know things and as I said kept me updated over the next couple of weeks. Also, his birthday is on Christmas Eve. So I thought why the hell is he calling me twice on his own birthday? And while thinking so I instantly knew what had happened. I just knew it because the last time he called me was because of Ricks heart attack. Unfortunately my feeling was right. So with shaking hands I googled Rick Parfitt and read the awful news. Dad was walking a few steps in front of me. I stopped and shouted with a shaking voice: "Dad....ehm....ehm....Rick has died." He looked terribly shocked and couldn't believe it. He came over we hugged with tears in our eyes. Without my sister next to me I probably would've fallen over when reading the news. After the service there is always a little concert at the marketplace where a brass band is playing Silent Night etc. in front of the towns christmas tree which is being illuminated then. Fuck me did I well up at this point while reading Facebook and different newspaper articles. After dinner Dad and I just got drunk with beer and his best whisky, listening to Quo and toasting to Rick til 4am. Thankfully his girlfriend and my sister left us alone and do so, knowing what Ricky and Quo mean to us. What an awful christmas eve. Still welling up while writing these lines and remembering this evening... Somehow seems wrong to 'like' this, but your story and everyone else's just goes to show how much the news of Rick meant to us. I was driving on the M25 with my son's, going for our Christmas visit to the grave of my lovely husband Phil, so it was already an emotional day. My eldest was flicking through the channels on the radio and RAOTW was on (radio Surrey I think). "Oh no, why do they always have to play that one..." I started to complain and as the song came to an end, the presenter said what had happened. It was very difficult to carry on driving with tears in my eyes but I guess I have got used to that so I managed. I think it was just gone 3 o'clock. My son immediately checked on here on my phone and the messages were starting to be posted. I told Phil when we got there....  |
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Apr 30, 2017 14:35:49 GMT
Yep.. sometimes a "hug" button could be more fitting.... I definitely SHARE your feelings, but I don't "like" them... *hug*
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Post by vivfromcov on Apr 30, 2017 14:47:13 GMT
We had our most users online on the 24th Dec 2016. Love this picture 4th....  quorp And thanks WC, we also need a combined smiley with a tear! |
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quorp And thanks WC, we also need a combined smiley with a tear!