rasberrywatergirl
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Yes, my thoughts and prayers go out to Bill and all who knew him...
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Rest In Peace Bill (thanks to all bluelighters for their support)
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Wiretrippa
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Tonight, walking home, I looked up at the stars for a while. Since mum died (back in '95), I've found it far more comforting to associate her with those points of light than with a headstone in a cemetary.
From tonight, there will be one more person in my thoughts when I look to the stars.
Travel well Bill. You're in our thoughts.
Wire.
From tonight, there will be one more person in my thoughts when I look to the stars.
Travel well Bill. You're in our thoughts.
Wire.
Raving Loony
Bluelighter
OMG, how awful.
I have never been introduced to BIll, but his face is so familar.
Tragic, just gut wrenchingly tragic.
I can only pass on my most sincere regrets to the family, loved ones and friends who knew Bill.
So sad.
R.I.P. Bill.
I have never been introduced to BIll, but his face is so familar.
Tragic, just gut wrenchingly tragic.
I can only pass on my most sincere regrets to the family, loved ones and friends who knew Bill.
So sad.
R.I.P. Bill.
Kandeman
Bluelighter
It shows how many lives were touched by Bill, he has that ability to leave an impression on everyone he meets, it was rare to see him without a smile and would always share a joke, delivered in a way that only Bill could. I am a poorer person for never getting to know Bill better then I did, but when I think of him now I picture him looking down on us all with a grin from ear to ear.
Rest in Peace Bill .
Rest in Peace Bill .
Zarathustra
Bluelighter
I had the pleasure of meeting Bill last August, while I was visiting from Canada. For those of you who never met him, you would have known within one minute of being introduced to him that he was an intelligent and passionate man who loved life and tackled work and play with equal gusto. I know it's a cliche, but in this case it applies, so I don't mind saying it: he packed more into those few years he had than most people do in a lifetime. Those of you who know him will surely agree.
I hung out with him a couple of times over the course of two weeks. But the thing that sticks in my mind is what happened when I was considering coming to visit again this summer, and I desperately needed a place to stay. I asked a friend if she could ask him if I could stay at his place; she wrote back, saying "Well, I haven't asked him yet, but it's BILL, so yes."
Goodbye Bill.
[ 24 March 2002: Message edited by: Zarathustra ]
I hung out with him a couple of times over the course of two weeks. But the thing that sticks in my mind is what happened when I was considering coming to visit again this summer, and I desperately needed a place to stay. I asked a friend if she could ask him if I could stay at his place; she wrote back, saying "Well, I haven't asked him yet, but it's BILL, so yes."
Goodbye Bill.
[ 24 March 2002: Message edited by: Zarathustra ]
spaceb0y
Bluelighter
like many before me, i can't say i was a close friend of bill's but he has left me with many enduring memories and thoughts. he was a paean to life itself... RIP Bill
VooDoo Gurl
Bluelighter
I've just returned from a meeting at the Melbourne Boating Club. Bill was a competitive rower for about 10 years and there is a large group of people from that community who are also close to Bill.
A final decision has not yet been made as to funeral arrangements. But please watch this list for updates.
Below, I include a url for a tribute to Bill by an old workmate.
http://frosties.nixta.com/IMHO/bill_peden.htm
[ 24 March 2002: Message edited by: VooDoo Gurl ]
A final decision has not yet been made as to funeral arrangements. But please watch this list for updates.
Below, I include a url for a tribute to Bill by an old workmate.
http://frosties.nixta.com/IMHO/bill_peden.htm
[ 24 March 2002: Message edited by: VooDoo Gurl ]
PhreeX
Bluelight Crew
I didn't know him but it's tragic to lose one of our own... may he look down upon us and know he is missed!
-PhreeX, on behalf of Team Other Drugs!
-PhreeX, on behalf of Team Other Drugs!
superbabydoc
Bluelighter
My condolences to Bill's friends and family
having only heard about this on friday and not being near a computer all weekend, its all just kind of sunk in reading all these replies.
I'm speechless... its like losing one of the family.
bill was a nutta... and we loved him. RIP.
I'm speechless... its like losing one of the family.
bill was a nutta... and we loved him. RIP.
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how weird this all seems. the last time i saw you were rokn at sunny,.. and now you are no longer.
your wit, laugh and presence will be sadly missed.
thoughts go out.
R.I.P. ~bill aka DSF
p.s.
i envied your dancing, you certainly could move!
take-care now.
how weird this all seems. the last time i saw you were rokn at sunny,.. and now you are no longer.
your wit, laugh and presence will be sadly missed.
thoughts go out.
R.I.P. ~bill aka DSF
p.s.
i envied your dancing, you certainly could move!
take-care now.
Smile Police
Bluelighter
Respect goes out to the man that put smiles on peoples dials.
I always go thru life and say am I doing the right thing. One will never know. One thing I always try and do is learn from other peoples lessons in life. Bill is no longer with us now and it was only last week that we were having a dancing together at Arcaida and sharging a smile. I know that having that wonderful memeory in my mind will stay with me forever until its my time. Even thought I never said goodbye I dont have any bitterness in my body just wonderful mememories.
From a party point of view Bill use to always give me advise on what I could do to make things better. The one that sticks in my mind the most was the Water fountain at @mopshere. Yes it was Bill's Advise that lead me to getting a water fountain in Cage.
Many people loved the idea and thanked me for it when it was Bill good nature to share his ideas and views.
So remember sharing your ideas with other keep you memeory flowing long after your gone.
Till we meet again Bill take care and I will remember the words you spoke and make sure I do my best to past on what you have tought me.
Peace to a man that cared about us.
I always go thru life and say am I doing the right thing. One will never know. One thing I always try and do is learn from other peoples lessons in life. Bill is no longer with us now and it was only last week that we were having a dancing together at Arcaida and sharging a smile. I know that having that wonderful memeory in my mind will stay with me forever until its my time. Even thought I never said goodbye I dont have any bitterness in my body just wonderful mememories.
From a party point of view Bill use to always give me advise on what I could do to make things better. The one that sticks in my mind the most was the Water fountain at @mopshere. Yes it was Bill's Advise that lead me to getting a water fountain in Cage.
Many people loved the idea and thanked me for it when it was Bill good nature to share his ideas and views.
So remember sharing your ideas with other keep you memeory flowing long after your gone.
Till we meet again Bill take care and I will remember the words you spoke and make sure I do my best to past on what you have tought me.
Peace to a man that cared about us.
nezo
Bluelight Crew
damn..it's been 4 days but this thread still hits me hard...
I don't know what to say...I'd seen Bill at parties...I knew the face, even been introduced once. But it wasn't until Sunny last month that I really had a chance to sit and chat with him. Waxing lyrical about the people we knew in common, mainly bluelighters. We chatted for about 30 minutes. Much longer than I thought we would have initally. But we seemed to have a lot in common. He was cool. Nice. Funny. I came away really happy that we had that chat. That's why this hurts so much I guess - I only just started to get to know him..and now he's gone.
Amazing how things can change so quickly - this still doesn't seem real. I'm still half expecting him to be at the next Sunny..smiling and dancing with that tea cosy
Crazy.
Anyways Bill...we'll chat again later okay. I know we both will have lots of stories to tell.
See ya soon mate.
nez
I don't know what to say...I'd seen Bill at parties...I knew the face, even been introduced once. But it wasn't until Sunny last month that I really had a chance to sit and chat with him. Waxing lyrical about the people we knew in common, mainly bluelighters. We chatted for about 30 minutes. Much longer than I thought we would have initally. But we seemed to have a lot in common. He was cool. Nice. Funny. I came away really happy that we had that chat. That's why this hurts so much I guess - I only just started to get to know him..and now he's gone.
Amazing how things can change so quickly - this still doesn't seem real. I'm still half expecting him to be at the next Sunny..smiling and dancing with that tea cosy
Crazy.Anyways Bill...we'll chat again later okay. I know we both will have lots of stories to tell.
See ya soon mate.
nez
Pleonastic
Bluelighter
Fuck.
Not the news you want to come back to after being away for a week.
I feel privelaged to be one of the people that actually spent a decent amount of time with Bill. Around the start of last year at his house on Napier St where a group of friends gathered on a "comedown sunday" and talked about religion, poitics, and general shit. It's a shame that more people now won't have the chance to experience this amazing person in the way many of us have.
Goodbye Bill, please don't just rest in peace - keep bopping away with eyes closed and that wonderful grin on your face...
Not the news you want to come back to after being away for a week.
I feel privelaged to be one of the people that actually spent a decent amount of time with Bill. Around the start of last year at his house on Napier St where a group of friends gathered on a "comedown sunday" and talked about religion, poitics, and general shit. It's a shame that more people now won't have the chance to experience this amazing person in the way many of us have.
Goodbye Bill, please don't just rest in peace - keep bopping away with eyes closed and that wonderful grin on your face...
MOTOMAN
Bluelighter
Sorry to hear about this guys, I hope all of you are coping ok. I never knew him either, but I'm sure if he was a bluelighter he was a great person.
superbass
Bluelighter
Like many others in here I didn't have the priveladge of knowing Bill that well. But I know one time that stuck in my head was when a few of us were sitting out the back of Tarsy's place.. Bill comes out and starts organising all the pegs on the clothes line into colours, and then proceeds to pick little flowers off the creeper next to it and stick them in the pegs... just to 'brighten up the clothes line'.
Its something simple, maybe insignificant, but it stuck in my head and is typical of his good nature and general happy character.
Remember the good times.
Its something simple, maybe insignificant, but it stuck in my head and is typical of his good nature and general happy character.
Remember the good times.