Hi Michael,
(I assume "clark it" is Ausie for "bite the dust" sort of slang)
It's actually "cark it" and you are right, it's an Aussie/New Zealand slang
for 'passing away'.
RIP Bob.
Werner Schroer
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Blood" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Passing of Bob Walker
Count, Karmaka and all,
I was grateful Count posted to the list. I received my letter
Yesterday and was profoundly grief stricken. I was dreading braking
The news to list members. Bob and I have been exchanging emails
daily to several times a day for the last few years. He went from
customer to friend to dear friend, being the only other collector I
know who seemed to match my passion for hammers.
In over 20 years in meteorites I have had no closer friend and none
With whom I communicated daily as with Bob.
I broke down altogether yesterday when I heard from his partner.
I am certainly most grateful she wrote me, as I hadn't heard from
Bob in over a week (because he was gone) and wrote every day and
Never got an email bounced back - but was dreading the worst under
The circumstances.
Odd, in his last email to me he responded to my concern he had
Been in the hospital for over 2 weeks and they were supposedly just
Trying to work out a way of lowering his pain (of which he never
complained). In any event, he started out his last email to me, "Don't
Worry, I'm not going to clark it yet." (I assume "clark it" is Ausie for
"bite the dust" sort of slang).
When Bob left, he had 10 of my finest Thin Sections - Lunar and
Martian and I believe in past posts I have saved, there is the contact
Info for the institutional fellow collaborating with him on this project.
If those of you who loaned him thin sections will contact me off list, I
Will request your TSs be returned with mine and send them off to
Those involved in assisting Bob on this last project provided I can reach
This fellow.
Anyway, the meteorite community has lost a great friend.
My condolences to all of you who had the privilege of developing a
personal relationship with Bob. I wish I could afford to go to Australia for
Whatever memorial service they may have for him, but if I could afford
That I would most definitely have gone many months ago to share time
With dear Bob. We also shared a strong interest in several varieties of
Plants ( particular varieties of Orchids, Hoyas etc.). Damn, I am going
To miss him terribly.
I will be creating a memorial page for Bob and will let you all
know when it is up.
Life is "too short" for those we love, eh?
Peace be with Bob and with you all, Michael
On 10/9/10 1:29 PM, "karmaka" <[email protected]> wrote:
³A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again,
after
moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.²
Rest in peace,
Bob
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: "Count Deiro"
<[email protected]>
Gesendet: 09.10.2010 21:56:18
An:
[email protected]
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Passing of Bob
Walker
Dear List,
If this has been posted...I apologize for repeating sad
news. I have not seen it mentioned.
Bob Walker of Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia, veteran of the Royal Australian Military Forces, a true mate
and
associate in the love of all that has to do with meteorites, passed away
in
hospital October 2nd. last.
Bob had been in daily communication for months
with several of us on List and had busied himself, even after learning of
his
terminal diagnosis, with his obsession with thin sections, sending DVDs
and
posters to everyone who would have them and asking for new samples to
incorporate in his work. He had already arranged to donate most of his
collection of Australian meteorites to local institutions and museums.
Just
recently having the pleasure of assisting at an installation of his
favorite
pieces for public view in Queensland.
To the end he was upbeat though he
knew he was dying and showed more concern for the health of his friends
who
also have cancer, writing daily and sharing encounters with the "white
coats"
and trusting that they would "fixee fixee" everyone.
You know the answer
now...Bob. I hope it's that you have crossed the event horizon and are in
the
presence of all that is beautiful.
RIP
Guido
P.S. The military has
already shut down his mailbox. Condolences and inquiries can be sent to
Bob's
partner:
Meryll J. Fraser - 24 Tinworth Street - WILLOWBANK -
Queensland -4308 AUSTRALIA
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