Pandora has passed :( she used to post here ....

josevolution

mickeyrat posted it on AET that our Pandora passed away this past Monday 10/6 , please keep her family in your thoughts :( damn she never got to post here again .....I figured folks here would like to know she was always here ....

hedonist

Thanks for putting this here too, jose.

Sad news indeed.

josevolution

hedonist said:

Thanks for putting this here too, jose.

Sad news indeed.

This news really made me sad even though i never met her i still feel like i sort of knew her in some weird interweb way ....

badbrains

Wow, I never really got along with her but sad no doubt. Wow. Anybody know the cause?

josevolution

badbrains said:

Wow, I never really got along with her but sad no doubt. Wow. Anybody know the cause?

She suffered a Stroke followed by Cardiac arrest she never recovered .....At this time i'll just remember her as a PEARL Jam fan .....

unsung

My condolences to her family.

rr165892

Peace be with her family.That sucks.

Gern Blansten

Wow...very sorry to see this. Seemed like a very good person.

JimmyV

Very sorry to hear this. Thanks for posting. Sad.

chadwick

be well, jb & yours & pandora's kids, other family members & friends. she had spunk

rollings

oh, this is terrible. : (

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Sad. Really sad.

A reminder to us all that each username is a valuable human being.

Last-12-Exit

Very sad.

dignin

Sad to hear this.

hedonist

She's been on my mind since learning the news. Sitting here, watching this beautiful moon rising, I think of JB, their children, how much of a loss this must be for them.

She and I weren't close and shared exchanges both kind and contentious.

But I'll say this - after having been off the boards for several years, I started poking my head in here to read various threads in late 2011. Maybe times were different, but I loved, really appreciated, the gentleness and pluckiness she gave off, and when my back went out the following January and I was stuck home for a few days, I decided to sign up again and participate.

She played a part in that. And, for the all the people I've come to know here, the new ideas I've come to learn - all of it - I thank her.

Thirty, you made a good point about actual people behind our monikers.

Looking at the website set up for her (posted on mickey's thread on AET), that really hit home.

Anyway, both Pandora and JB are in my thoughts this evening.

Think I'll go back to moon-watching for a little while till my husband comes home.

Need to hug him tightly.

badbrains

hedonist said:

She's been on my mind since learning the news. Sitting here, watching this beautiful moon rising, I think of JB, their children, how much of a loss this must be for them.

She and I weren't close and shared exchanges both kind and contentious.

But I'll say this - after having been off the boards for several years, I started poking my head in here to read various threads in late 2011. Maybe times were different, but I loved, really appreciated, the gentleness and pluckiness she gave off, and when my back went out the following January and I was stuck home for a few days, I decided to sign up again and participate.

She played a part in that. And, for the all the people I've come to know here, the new ideas I've come to learn - all of it - I thank her.

Thirty, you made a good point about actual people behind our monikers.

Looking at the website set up for her (posted on mickey's thread on AET), that really hit home.

Anyway, both Pandora and JB are in my thoughts this evening.

Think I'll go back to moon-watching for a little while till my husband comes home.

Need to hug him tightly.

Does anybody write more heartful responses or posts then hedonist? Such a class act.

JimmyV

hedonist said:

She's been on my mind since learning the news. Sitting here, watching this beautiful moon rising, I think of JB, their children, how much of a loss this must be for them.

She and I weren't close and shared exchanges both kind and contentious.

But I'll say this - after having been off the boards for several years, I started poking my head in here to read various threads in late 2011. Maybe times were different, but I loved, really appreciated, the gentleness and pluckiness she gave off, and when my back went out the following January and I was stuck home for a few days, I decided to sign up again and participate.

She played a part in that. And, for the all the people I've come to know here, the new ideas I've come to learn - all of it - I thank her.

Thirty, you made a good point about actual people behind our monikers.

Looking at the website set up for her (posted on mickey's thread on AET), that really hit home.

Anyway, both Pandora and JB are in my thoughts this evening.

Think I'll go back to moon-watching for a little while till my husband comes home.

Need to hug him tightly.

Beautiful sentiment here.

hedonist

Thank you. Wish I'd shared some of those thoughts with her, but if JB's reading any of these posts, then maybe I have, we have. And I hope it helps just a bit.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

hedonist said:

She's been on my mind since learning the news. Sitting here, watching this beautiful moon rising, I think of JB, their children, how much of a loss this must be for them.

She and I weren't close and shared exchanges both kind and contentious.

But I'll say this - after having been off the boards for several years, I started poking my head in here to read various threads in late 2011. Maybe times were different, but I loved, really appreciated, the gentleness and pluckiness she gave off, and when my back went out the following January and I was stuck home for a few days, I decided to sign up again and participate.

She played a part in that. And, for the all the people I've come to know here, the new ideas I've come to learn - all of it - I thank her.

Thirty, you made a good point about actual people behind our monikers.

Looking at the website set up for her (posted on mickey's thread on AET), that really hit home.

Anyway, both Pandora and JB are in my thoughts this evening.

Think I'll go back to moon-watching for a little while till my husband comes home.

Need to hug him tightly.

Someone a while back suggested our user images should be photos of ourselves.

That website struck a cord within me as well.

Have a nice night Hedo... that moon is the brightest moon I've seen in a long time.

brianlux

This is very sad news. Pandora and I had some strong differences and some cross words between us a few times but we also both tried to balance that out with good words for each other and I'm glad we did exchange a few kind PM's with each other at times. This really goes to show how important it is for us to be civil with each other no matter how strong the differences because in the end, unless that person is doing us bodily harm or something really bad like that it's all just talk and we're all basically wanting the same thing and we're all basically decent people.

R.I.P. Pandora. I'm very sorry for the harsh words we had for each other but I'm very grateful for the good ones.

Best wishes to her family.

bootlegger10

Very sad. I remember reading a lot of her posts and it reminds me of all the people over the years that have posted and haven't in a long long while.

g under p

Good morning all.....I only check in here maybe 3 times a week now by phone. When I first saw this thread last night I thought maybe this was some longtime poster such as Roland who hasn't posted here in 6 years or so.

Death can be such a difficult thing to comprehend at times and last night I dropped my phone in disbelief in what I was reading about the passing of Pandora. I still am trying to take this all in, this hit me like a surprise left, not to the chin but to my gut which hurts a whole lot more.....I did not sleep a wink all night....our Moving Train here is moving in all sorts of directions.

Many of you here know of the many disagreements I had with her trying to get an understanding to her points of view. That aside she was the one who got me to post in the poetry board and to even to write a couple poems. I haven't posted there since she left. We shared countless pm's, emails and postings trying to settle our differences. We shared some of the same musical tastes from the sixties...old school rock and it was so much fun when we would hit on a band or musician that we both liked. I thought of her missing avatar replaced by that banned thing and often wondered if she like myself look in here every once in awhile.

After reading through what some here wrote I had to put the phone down, get up and play this song repeatidly. It's from Grace Under Pressure by RUSH called.....AFTERIMAGE

Suddenly, you were gone
From all the lives you left your mark upon

I remember
How we talked and drank into the misty dawn
I hear the voices

We ran by the water on the wet summer lawn
I see the footprints
I remember

I feel the way you would
I feel the way you would

Tried to believe but you know it's no good
This is something that just can't be understood

I remember
The shouts of joy skiing fast through the woods
I hear the echoes

I learned your love for life,
I feel the way that you would
I feel your presence
I remember

I feel the way you would
This just can't be understood...

http://youtu.be/aalJT3GS_m8

The opening lines sort of tells it all and I'm sure Pandora left her mark certainly here and for sure with her family and other friends. I'm far from the emotional type person but this has really hit me hard and I'm at a serious loss for words. Either that or I just can't keep my eyes open anymore.

To JB and the rest of his family...carry on in the way Pandora would have wanted you to....celebrate her accomplishments and triumphs through all the grief of her passing. Best wishes to the family and may she rest peacefully.

Peace
E

hedonist

g,

For being at a loss for words, you spoke just beautifully and honestly. Nice song choice too. Fitting.

I thought of her missing avatar replaced by that banned thing and often wondered if she like myself look in here every once in awhile.

Actually thought of this too. I loved that happy mid-clap Ed.

ikiT

Sad news...my thoughts are with those left behind.

polaris_x

didn't anyone else get the email from JB? ... not that I mind at all but I was wondering where he might have gotten it ...

hedonist

I didn't; might've been tied into Pandora's account, some she communicated with via that means (or when it was still an option to email vs PM pre-forum change).

MayDay10

ugh.

Got into it with her quite a bit. I didnt agree with her political views almost 100%, but one thing with her is she would stick to her guns no matter how much the ship was sinking and how many people were piling on... Wouldnt budge. You gotta admire that. It was pretty obvious that other than getting heated about views, you can tell she was a very pleasant person in real life.

Anyways, she was one of us. She left a mark here, everyone knew who she was. "Spunk" is a really good word used. Its really sad to hear. Ill be thinking of her and her family today. RIP Pandora.

polaris_x

hedonist said:

I didn't; might've been tied into Pandora's account, some she communicated with via that means (or when it was still an option to email vs PM pre-forum change).

i know i never talked to her personally ... it's all good ... was just curious

callen

Pandora was asset to the MT, a character that made board fun.

Missed her strong posts.

JonnyPistachio

I'm very sorry and sad to ear of Pandora's passing.
I too, had many disagreements with her. But she reached out to me via PM many times, and that helped me feel the personal connection to her that was missing through our other arguments. And as much as I disagreed with her, I once PM'd her that I bet we would get along just fine in person, and of course she wrote back some very nice things. Later, she continued to put aside our differences and pm'd me very encouraging words about writing and music, which definitely gave me a bit of motivation and confidence in the early stages. She was a firecracker and I do really wish I could have met her in person.

Best wishes to her family...

zarocat

Gern Blansten said:

Wow...very sorry to see this. Seemed like a very good person.

+1