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About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone

Many of us have come to know Patrick Malone (Lugnut) as a friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and kind individual. He is a frequent and enthusiastic contributor to our analog discussion forum. He has initiated only 17 threads, but responded to 559 threads. I would guess that many, if not most, of us can recall a time when Pat replied with helpful advice to a question we posted or helped us track down a rare recording. I have come to love Pat as a friend, and to respect him as a man, and I suspect many of you share those feelings.

Today I write to share difficult news with you. Pat has been diagnosed with an aggressive stomach cancer. It has yet to be determined whether surgery will even be worth it. If surgery is performed, most or all of the stomach will be removed, and Pat would face a difficult and long post-op period in the hospital. The medical course is still uncertain, but will be determined soon. Whatever is decided, it will not be easy or pleasant.

Something may be planned in the future to assist the family. For now, Pat could use some of the friendship he so often and willingly showed us. You can email Pat at: lugnut50@msn.com. You can also mail cards, letters ... or whatever. You may email me for Pat's mailing address. My email is: pfrumkin1@comcast.net.

I hope to spend a few days with Pat in Idaho or Nebraska (from which he hails) soon. Between this news, my legal work, getting ready for family arriving for the holidays, Audio Intelligent, and trying to make plans to visit Pat, my head is spinning. If you email me and I don't respond, please understand that I am not ignoring you, but rather simply do not have time to reply.

Pat may or may not have time to respond to posts here, to emails, or to cards mailed to him. But he has asked me to convey to each and every one of you that he has cherished your friendship, your comradery, and sharing our common hobby on this great website.

As we prepare for our holiday season celebrations, and look forward to -- as we should -- enjoying this time of year, I ask that you keep Pat and his family in mind ... and softly offer up, in quiet moments in the still of night and early morning, prayers for Pat and his family. God bless.

Warmest regards to all,
Paul Frumkin
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sorasound
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Pat and Barb,

I sit silent and mum......at a loss for words.......but in my silence, I can picture you .... that's all I want now.

All I can think of is your enthusiam, livelihood, encouragement, candidness, kindness and the support.

You also gave a new meaning to this site, and helped us share our inner feelings with you and amongst ourselves, hence getting closer to each other.

Thanks for the big hug you gave me when we first met in San Francisco. I cherish that so much.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Nami, Sora, Mehran
sorasound
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Paul, thank you so much for initiating this thread.
Nrchy, I agree with you so much. sad day for us if we lose sight of the bigger picture....

I knew pat a little. One thing I love about Pat and have thought about so much during past few weeks is that he just was a pure human being. you got what you saw. He did not pretend anything. he did not appear to think of himself as a hero....he did not appear to want to be remembered as a hero....he did not ask for favors and volunteered to help.....he just was a good person and that put him in an envious position...

this thread, thanks to paul, other audiogon members and above all pat, has brought us closer to one another. We found something else to relate to each other -- maybe something more meaningful: our feelings --

we talked about our own losses, our pains, our joys, and of course our great toys. Big men, and grown up women with bigger toys feeling helpless....writing on this thread or to each other in private talking about the emptiness they feel.....people who have never even met in person.....could you ever before imagine a big boy with a big krell admit crying?

Pat's life and death, in a way made many of our toys - koetsu, Graham, Tri-planar, dynavector, ZYX (that includes UNIverse), meaningless....at the end we have ourselves, our loved ones and our memories....and yes, this little hobby helps create and share some of these memories...
love you pat...wish everyone peace.
mehran
sorasound
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Ben....Congratulations. wishing you and your family the best.
And what a great expression of feelings.....
Time goes by quickly...but each day with your baby is a good day....mehran
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