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Samurari Ben,
I also add my condolences. I lost my father a few months ago, and a close friend last week to leukemia. If you want someone to talk with, pm me in the senate halls, or drop me an email to hcmillerv @ comcast.net (without the spaces).
Hank
          
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Ben, I would have liked to have been by much earlier to say as such, but I also wish to express my deepest condolences. Remember we will be here whenever you feel right returning.
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Thank you all - old friends, a few new ones, even a few old friendly adversaries - for the kind words. Life has its challenges, and death is one of them. I'm coping, even if not particularly well at the moment.
- Cypher, haven't heard from you in awhile - hope that all is going well on the home front.
- Exar, I haven't had a chance to offer my congratulations yet - how goes the job hunt?
- Wombie, thanks again for the email - your friendship is definitely a high point of my history with GalCiv, and I'm sure that others feel the same.
- VoT, Hank, Bromoser - thank you. Though I haven't had too much of an opportunity to get to know y'all yet, I appreciate the kindness that you show in taking the time to offer a pat on the back to an old relic whose last submission is likely before your first...!
- Damoose - though it's odd to welcome the friendship of an undead, cannibalistic moose, in your case I'll make an exception. Nice new logo ya got there, eh?
- Monkson, my longtime comrade; if you don't feel old enough already, check out the Jedi's empire page - they're due for a one-year anniversary on the 31st. We ought to give Yoda a birthday present by rounding up the previous Jedi and hopping over there for a day. And considering their constitution, it would have the fringe benefit of giving him a conniption fit trying to cram us back into the Senate for a day on our return. On a related note, I see that Qui-Gon/LifeWish has returned; he just posted over in the old Jedi thread on the main forum. Thought you might want to say hello - you guys were teammates over there even before I joined.
  
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sorry to hear about your loss ben.
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Thanks, Hurls, Steve and everyone. I'm feeling like I'm scraped raw at the moment, but this place and the people in it help. It's good to know there are a few sympathetic ears out there.
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| Not the most sympathetic words in the house, I know, but I have been kicked by the horse a lot, having my share of death in the family, dealing with my own serious illness, along with other drastic changes in life and never, ever let anything get me down for long. |
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Far from unsympathetic, Spymaster. I appreciate the honesty and the kindness behind the thoughts. Most of the problems I'm dealing with at this point are internal - grief, stress, family issues, etc. You not only have that, but very concrete health issues as well. You have my sympathy and best wishes.
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A few more shots of this schnapps (Zibarten-Brand, 42% alc. by volume, left over from the Germany trip) and I may knock the horse over with my breath instead. I very much appreciate the sympathy and kindness I've received from others, many of them here; but I also realize that nobody is going to patch up my life except me. Don't worry, I'll take care of the horse, given a little time. Samurai were always better as cavalry than infantry.
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Fellow troopers: I'm taking a brief vacation on Coruscant, but shall return in time. I'd appreciate it if you could keep Quack from running up my bar tab in my absence.
Samurai Ben
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Meanwhile, at the bar.
Quack: Hi ya Cap'n, Long time no see. Allow me to buy you a drink or 50. On Samurai Ben of course.
Bar Tender: No no no. Ben left strict instructions that you were not to run up his Bar Tab.
Sparrow: Lemme see that. Hmmmm. It seems he did indeed. Quack. I insist you not run up his bar tab. Allow me to run up his bar tab instead. Drinks all around!!! On Ben!!!
Bar Tender: Aye Matey, he didn't leave no instructions about you not running up his tab Cap'n.
The rest of the bar. HERE HERE!!! LETS DRINK TO SAMURAI BEN, WHO'S BUYIN!!!!
 
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Noted comrades - enjoy the celebrations! 
Er...I can't really promise anything about the bar tabs though.... 
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Congrats Cypher!
Never quote a female's weight!  Good luck with the new little one. 
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Congrats, Cypher, and thank you.
Fellow troopers, I'll return from my "vacation" shortly. Weather-related fun down here in central Tennessee has cut into my writing time, and I need to finish off the story in the Jedi thread before I return. Sometimes, art requires sacrifice!
- Samurai Ben
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CONGRATS TO CYPHER AND MRS. PAX!!!
Kathleen will be expected to commence weapons training within four weeks. Special exemption has been granted for training sessions to occur between breast feeds. She will begin with microgrenade techniques against slow moving targets...perhaps the Diplomats to start with....
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You guys seem to be moving a bit slower that we are...
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Ben I have been away for a while, I am sorry to hear about your loss. May the peace of God be with you in these difficult times.
May God bless you and your loved ones.
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