Gasman has left the building

[prototoast]

When I was a poor grad student, I bought a pair of wheels from him. He was offering then at a great price, but when I showed up at his house to pick them up, he asked for even less than his listing price without any attempt by me to haggle. A small act of kindness, but enough that I remember it more than a decade later.

[SpeedyChix]

Thanks for posting his obit.

[dcama5]

I didn't know him well or correspond a lot with him, but over the past few years I was lucky to talk with him some through Paceline. I was pretty sure that he was an anesthesiologist due to his handle: gasman. I retired as clinical manager of respiratory care and pulmonary diagnostics at Winchester Med. Ctr. at 70 years old in 9/2022, so gasman made perfect sense as a handle for an anesthesiologist. From my interaction with him, he seemed like a great guy and I wish his family well.

Dave

[redir]

He definitely seemed like quite a guy, what a journey he had.

[fiamme red]

I only knew him as a poster and moderator here and I remember exchanging a few PMs with him. As others have mentioned, he was always a voice of calm and reason when tempers would flare up here.

Thank you for posting his inspiring obituary. I knew that he was an anesthesiologist, but I had no idea how full and many-sided his life was, and how much he loved the great outdoors. Despite being retired from his regular job, he had so much left to offer the world. RIP.

[oldpotatoe]

How sad..I just saw this. He helped me immensely when I was going thru some heart issues. Very sad, I hope his rest is peaceful.

My sincere condolences to his wife and family.

[merlinmurph]

Ugh. Same age as me, born in '54, I turned 70 in March.

Remember when 70 seemed old? I'm sorry, but I don't consider myself old, and gasman definitely showed everybody that 70ish is not old. Sure, you're oldER, but not old.

RIP, gasman.