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Post by parfive on Jun 14, 2023 12:07:49 GMT -5
www.eastlakemortuaryphx.comTwo days now. Scurvy dogs. Just called the toll-free number on the website. Congratulations. You’ve been selected for a $100 Walmart gift card. In order to claim . . .
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 14, 2023 12:11:48 GMT -5
www.eastlakemortuaryphx.comTwo days now. Scurvy dogs. Just called the toll-free number on the website. Congratulations. You’ve been selected for a $100 Walmart gift card. In order to claim . . .
Yeah, I did too!!!!! PISSED!!!!!
I called the local number and reported the spelling again.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jun 14, 2023 13:26:35 GMT -5
RIP Ed ❤️
Mohs had gifted my daughter some rocking hearts several years ago, a few unfinished. I'll have to see if she's still got them and let her know they're highly cherished ❤️
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Post by Tommy on Jun 14, 2023 15:49:21 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone else noticed this - or if it's already been talked about but in 2019 when rockjunquie posted her stickied thread... A serious message and request for all you RTHlingsEd was the first one to respond with his final wishes and I for one never anticipated we would actually see that day anytime soon. good idea I was thinking a memorial page was becoming apros just the other day I came in anonymously underground plan to go out the same way...moslty Rock in Peace ! mohs warren zevon-- Keep Me In your Heart for a little while is always a nice sediment I;d appreciate it if you'd didn't make memorium for the mohs maybe a gneiss rock 'n peace
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 14, 2023 16:44:56 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone else noticed this - or if it's already been talked about but in 2019 when rockjunquie posted her stickied thread... A serious message and request for all you RTHlingsEd was the first one to respond with his final wishes and I for one never anticipated we would actually see that day anytime soon. good idea I was thinking a memorial page was becoming apros just the other day I came in anonymously underground plan to go out the same way...moslty Rock in Peace ! mohs warren zevon-- Keep Me In your Heart for a little while is always a nice sediment I;d appreciate it if you'd didn't make memorium for the mohs maybe a gneiss rock 'n peace I remember Tela's post, even if it was four years ago. I guess I never saw Ed's response. While he was a warm and friendly person, mohstly, I could tell that he was still a somewhat reserved and introverted person. He would prefer one-on-one, or a few people, rather than a large group. He liked to remain low-key. For that reason, I can understand why he would not want to be fussed over. But if the choice is burial in a pauper's grave (what the county will do if no one comes forward) or cremation with the spreading of ashes and a rock with a plaque, I don't see where that is making too much a big deal out of it. He will be there for awhile. Don't know how AZ is about spreading ashes, in CA they expect you to get a permit and they have a bunch of rules about where you can and cannot spread human remains ashes. It's just ashes, not body parts, for crying out loud.
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Post by Mark K on Jun 14, 2023 18:09:23 GMT -5
I think if no one comes forward we should pass the hat. Even if I have to start selling stuff to get some of these folks to open their wallets.
Then, someone can spread his ashes where ever WE think is appropriate and the state can kiss all of our asses if they don't like it.
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Post by MsAli on Jun 14, 2023 18:20:40 GMT -5
My hearts
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Post by aDave on Jun 15, 2023 0:14:03 GMT -5
I think if no one comes forward we should pass the hat. Even if I have to start selling stuff to get some of these folks to open their wallets. Then, someone can spread his ashes where ever WE think is appropriate and the state can kiss all of our asses if they don't like it. Mark, I can assure you that this is being addressed behind the scenes, and staff is working on different contingencies. Of course, our desires or willingness to help will be dictated by what Ed's family is willing or able to to do, as the family has already made contact with the County. Tela rockjunquie has been our main point of contact with the County about Ed, and she is simply waiting to hear if the family will be able to take care of him. If they can't, we will do our best to honor Ed in the best way possible. I don't know when, but there will be something coming down the road to keep all concerned informed. Right now, we're simply at the mercy of having to wait on the family. So, to you and anyone else that is interested, please be patient and stand by. We are all waiting, but Ed will not be allowed to slip through the cracks. Tommy
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 15, 2023 7:09:23 GMT -5
I think if no one comes forward we should pass the hat. Even if I have to start selling stuff to get some of these folks to open their wallets. Then, someone can spread his ashes where ever WE think is appropriate and the state can kiss all of our asses if they don't like it. Concur.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 15, 2023 16:58:59 GMT -5
www.eastlakemortuaryphx.comTwo days now. Scurvy dogs. Just called the toll-free number on the website. Congratulations. You’ve been selected for a $100 Walmart gift card. In order to claim . . .
So, today I asked the indigent decedents office to ask the mortuary to correct the spelling and NOW it is corrected.
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Post by khara on Jun 15, 2023 17:09:52 GMT -5
MsAli Those are gorgeous. Quite a treasure for those of you here long enough and to have befriended Ed to where he was driven to gift one of his hearts.
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 15, 2023 17:48:13 GMT -5
Ed was a very good man, he helped me out when my daughter lost one of her twins after birth, yes he made a special heart just for Rory to gift to Mom.. He said this is a gift from the heart, that's the way Ed was.. R.I.P. my friend...
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 15, 2023 19:01:22 GMT -5
I met Edmost in Quartzsite, AZ (for the first and last time) at Tony's catmandewe BBQ in January 2014. Who knew it was the only time I would ever meet him in the flesh... Here's the Butte-ful Rock-n heart pendant Ed gifted to me there: It's a lilypad jasper, and I love, love, love it!
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Post by khara on Jun 15, 2023 19:24:41 GMT -5
It’s interesting this post that Tommy found. I ran across it a while back, I think when we lost stonemon / Bill. I remember now seeing mohs’ post but had since forgotten it. I’m glad it was found again. I’ve spent the last few days really quite angry actually. I know mohs was a cryptic guy. Didn’t make himself easy to be understood. But now, in hindsight, his last posts are so very obvious. I think I’ve been worried he left this world alone. Life is so busy. Too busy. For those of us in the thick of “life”. It is easy to fall into obliviousness, even with something right in front of our face. It’s a trap. The distractions. The unimportant noise. Need to slow down and… Really see. Then at the same time accept this as how it was meant to be. Ed was who he was. Not obvious. It took time for it to sink in what he was saying. He made people stop, slow down, think. Whether intentionally or not. That was often the result. As he parted, he didn’t want a big fuss, as was mentioned already. So he posted some music and quietly exited. I think for me, slowing down, paying attention, really looking, and thinking, and seeing, are his legacy, and a way to honor mr mohs. Add in a good attitude, an open heart, and some colorful rocks, preferably ones that roll!, and I think I learned quite a lot from less than a year of reading Ed’s comments here. I do still like the idea of a stone at the zoo or something similarly fitting. I’ve always felt memorials are for the people still here, not the one who left.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 15, 2023 19:49:07 GMT -5
Hindsight is 20/20. Reading some of Ed's last posts can be painful and sting with a little guilt. But, we all know he could very well have been talking about something else. I remember when before he would wrap up for the season and plan to be gone awhile he would make similar comments. It hasn't occurred to me lately that he was sick or anything. He so often would disappear. I really thought his phone was cut off. His posts were a little dark and foreboding, though.
In all honesty, I, personally, think he may have committed suicide. Not saying he did cause I don't know. It's just what I feel happened. I could be wrong. We may never know. As we are not next of kin, I don't know how much they will tell us.
Life was tough for Ol Mohs. Most of us can't understand his difficulties. But, he braved his burdens and carried on making strangers smile with his hidden rocks and his friends here smile with his hearts and his stories.
One of the most touching things recently, for me, was when he has talking about watching the kids play at the zoo. He was so full of happiness talking about it. I could see him grinning in my mind's eye. Simple pleasures kept him going. That could be a lesson, too.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 15, 2023 20:00:27 GMT -5
Hindsight is 20/20. Reading some of Ed's last posts can be painful and sting with a little guilt. But, we all know he could very well have been talking about something else. I remember when before he would wrap up for the season and plan to be gone awhile he would make similar comments. It hasn't occurred to me lately that he was sick or anything. He so often would disappear. I really thought his phone was cut off. His posts were a little dark and foreboding, though.
In all honesty, I, personally, think he may have committed suicide. Not saying he did cause I don't know. It's just what I feel happened. I could be wrong. We may never know. As we are not next of kin, I don't know how much they will tell us.
Life was tough for Ol Mohs. Most of us can't understand his difficulties. But, he braved his burdens and carried on making strangers smile with his hidden rocks and his friends here smile with his hearts and his stories.
One of the most touching things recently, for me, was when he has talking about watching the kids play at the zoo. He was so full of happiness talking about it. I could see him grinning in my mind's eye. Simple pleasures kept him going. That could be a lesson, too.
Tela, that thought (suicide) has crossed my mind more than a few times.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 15, 2023 20:28:32 GMT -5
Hindsight is 20/20. Reading some of Ed's last posts can be painful and sting with a little guilt. But, we all know he could very well have been talking about something else. I remember when before he would wrap up for the season and plan to be gone awhile he would make similar comments. It hasn't occurred to me lately that he was sick or anything. He so often would disappear. I really thought his phone was cut off. His posts were a little dark and foreboding, though.
In all honesty, I, personally, think he may have committed suicide. Not saying he did cause I don't know. It's just what I feel happened. I could be wrong. We may never know. As we are not next of kin, I don't know how much they will tell us.
Life was tough for Ol Mohs. Most of us can't understand his difficulties. But, he braved his burdens and carried on making strangers smile with his hidden rocks and his friends here smile with his hearts and his stories.
One of the most touching things recently, for me, was when he has talking about watching the kids play at the zoo. He was so full of happiness talking about it. I could see him grinning in my mind's eye. Simple pleasures kept him going. That could be a lesson, too.
Tela, that thought (suicide) has crossed my mind more than a few times. I hate to admit it, but I thought of that, too. We will probably never know.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Jun 16, 2023 19:40:50 GMT -5
One of my favorite Mohs stories he relayed via PM, doesn't do much good hidden in my inbox ha
Yo Chad
Something I been wondering about That Joseph Campbell quote I’m not sure if its follow or find ? Although I have read lots Campbell way back in day
Butte there a funny story associated with this
I was on rock’nroll forum from 1999 to welll..... for 7 years. Then it faded.
I posted LOtS and it was even more world renown and huge than RTH Rabid members! Strong core! Maybe one of the first really popular forum ever.
made many long distance correspondences met a few in person who visited AZ
as side note Lot of young ladies who lived in Europe toured the world.
One in particular was young lady from England. We hit off on the forum. Especially with literature. She was way well read & was into intense college studies.
Anyway she visited a friend in Phoenix and stayed for two weeks.
I met her twice, Took out for a grand tour of Phoenix the first day. Later we came back to my place and cranked the stereo. Drinking Well the dusk was coming on and I told this young lady I got get you home before this gets out of control ha ha
I mean she was like 25 years young. I was well into my forties. She A foreign butte far far from home. W/ m hs ,
got her home that night,
Then on her last night here I took out for a fine dine, and evening run All over Tempe Scottsdale to Camelback Mountain. ecta;; gniess !
Dropped her off and off she went. We stayed in close email contact for about 10 years. As the time went by she finished her college degree, got a career & had bought a home in England. Altho she had a boyfriend -she never married,
Anyway about 7 years ago now she wrote me kind of stunning message. She was quitting her corporate career, selling her home to go tramping around Europe. Footloose< G iving it all up without any real direction known She was somewhat determine in her decision but there was also some hesitation,
Anyway I figured this was our last communications so all I wrote her was
Follow Your Bliss Dear
Haven’t communicated with her since, I'm Sure she’s fine, Bright intelligent lady, She knohs where to find mohs if needed.
just Saturday evening musing Thought you may enjoy Keep on….
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 16, 2023 20:22:00 GMT -5
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Post by Rockoonz on Jun 16, 2023 23:40:24 GMT -5
khara I get the anger. I feel it too and it's really hard to express the flood of feelings. I went to AZ in 2016 to see my mom immediately after she had her bladder removed due to cancer, and to help her. I posted a short message, basically that I would be around Phoenix and did anyone want to hang out, Ed sent a pm saying he would like to. One day when I had all day free from the appointments and work on her house I drove down, met him, and got a Phoenix/Superstitions tour and history lesson up to Tortilla Flats and a fine Mexican dinner at one of his favorite places. He messaged at least daily checking in on me until I was safely home, and we continued our conversations by PM. We messaged and emailed pretty regularly and when it was time to move to AZ he offered his help. We spent a day exploring Papago Park and learning about Whataburger while we were in the house buying process, then he and beefjello Brian put together a welcome to AZ party for us. Once we had purchased the house he came out several times to help us unpack and have rocking heart tutorials, he brought us a little charcoal grill and would stay a couple nights at a time in the vintage trailer that was hooked up on the property. Since our property has a manufactured "main house" and a small casita on it, and knowing his living situation at Toms, Elizabeth and I were thinking about offering him the casita as a rental to get away from it. I brought it up with him and he was receptive but reticent, so since at the time we were about 90% without electricity we just let it be until that was finished. Then came ED and Lee's road trip... He returned to WA with me in the big box van to empty the storage. We took the scenic drive up US 95 and down the Columbia gorge, places he had never been, so I could be tour guide this time. Unfortunately Covid was still a thing so the places I would have loved to show him were closed. He met my kids of course, and then we were headed south. I could blame covid, but it seems like the trip back was a little less fun, and conflict brewed a bit. After we got back and accepted the thanks from both of us, he left immediately, and never came out again. The friendly responses on the board and occasional pictorial email continued, but my invitations to visit weren't accepted. When I started the PT job that takes me to the airport I rolled by a few times, his window/door was closed and car not there. And now this... yeah, lots of regrets.
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