Hate to hear this. Hopefully his loved ones are doing ok. He was a super nice guy on the board but I never met him in real life. It kind of sucked he ran off after the moderator fiasco but I know he posted a couple of times after that. Wish he would have stuck around, it wasn't anything personal. It just wasn't something that suited his personality, which was a great personality to have. Hopefully that made sense.
Originally Posted by BigRichard:
Hate to hear this. Hopefully his loved ones are doing ok. He was a super nice guy on the board but I never met him in real life. It kind of sucked he ran off after the moderator fiasco but I know he posted a couple of times after that. Wish he would have stuck around, it wasn't anything personal. It just wasn't something that suited his personality, which was a great personality to have. Hopefully that made sense.
Let me tell you something that encapsulates what a good man Mike was. My mom passed away in fall 2016. Come February, which was her birthday month, Mike knew what I'd be going through & mailed me a big box of Oklahoma Joe's ribs, pulled pork, brisket, & sauce. We'd been facebook friends a while at that point, and he knew how much I love barbecue, and he also knew that I wasn't getting anything close to Kansas City quality in Philadelphia (where I've been living since 2014).
I rank that as one of the kindest, most meaningful gifts I've ever been given & it absolutely helped me navigate the pain of loss.
RIP Michael. I won't forget you. You'll be missed by a lot of people. [Reply]