Gone but not forgotten

[Kent]

Pat,
What about the gal who was really young (early 20's) and had breathing problems/other physical problems who never wanted to give up and fished the urban fisheries along the front?  I can't recall her name, but she was very friendly and was a great inspiration to those with handicaps in life.

Yes.  Her BFT name was Vivid Dawn.  Her real name was Julia.  And she was good friends with Ice Princess.,

She moved into an assisted living facility here in Salt Lake a couple of years ago and I picked her up for a couple of fishing trips.  But the number I had for her no longer works and my wife says she has not been on BookFace for a while.  I suspect the worst.

Julia expressed an interest, in a thread on BFT, in learning how to repair small engines, in order to earn some extra money.  Tom Robison (I can't remember his username.  He is also a deceased former member of BFT.) purchased all of the necessary tools for her to start up her business.  He had me deliver the tools to Julia and not inform her who had given her the generous gift.  Tom then arranged to meet with her and provide some training in small engine repair.  I don't know if Julia ever got her repair business off of the ground.  When Tom died I contacted Julia and informer her that Tom had been the one who gave her the tools.  She said that she had suspected that to be the case.

Tom's BFT handle was "Geezer"...one of the first ones I mentioned.  He worked at Kennecott for many years and was a wizard with all things mechanical.  I know of several folks he helped with boat problems that could not find help elsewhere.

I had forgotten that was his username.  In looking at the picture, that you posted of him, that was indeed Tom.  He bought a boat that had a cracked head on it and he repaired it with liquid weld and used that boat, for years, without any issues. He was a generous man, once offering his boat to me while mine was ailing.  I declined the generous offer, but I was definitely appreciative.