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RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:59 pm
by flintknapper
I have seen several posts in the past 6-8 months jokingly accusing one member or another of being “Frankie the Yankee” ( a past member here).
I have even done this myself on at least one occasion. I have in recent months checked a couple of other forums that I knew Frankie belonged to and found his last “activity” there to be June of this year.
Unfortunately, I just found this one….and I am certain this is “our” Frankie.
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Although Frankie and I often found ourselves in disagreement, I did admire his tenacity…and never doubted his sincerity concerning gun rights and the RKBA.
RIP….Frankie!
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:10 pm
by NcongruNt
I'm sad to see him go. He was a great guy.
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:19 pm
by flb_78
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:22 pm
by seamusTX
R.I.P. indeed, and let us pray for comfort for his family.
He probably was never in line to be appointed a diplomat, but he told the truth. As often as he could for some who couldn't understand it. I hope that is how he would want to be remembered.
- Jim
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:28 pm
by jbirds1210
Wow...the little girl in the video obviously lost someone that was crazy about her. RIP Frankie.
Jason
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:42 pm
by LarryH
Looks like Frankie loved many of the same things I do . . . guitars, guns, motorcycles, and grand-daughters.
RIP, indeed. See you on the other side.
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:57 am
by KBCraig
Wow, that's unfortunate. From time to time I would wonder if he "went away mad" and I missed it, but I always expected that he would pop back in one of these days.
Let's hope they have MP5 vending machines in Heaven.
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:26 am
by anygunanywhere
I hope and pray that his family and friends find comfort in their loss.
Anygunanywhere
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:22 am
by longtooth
Thank you for posting this after finding it.
LT
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:08 am
by Liberty
He will be missed, He was a passionate man who made his portion of the world richer and better.
God bless you Frankie
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:43 am
by longhorn_92
Praying for his family! This will be a very difficult Christmas for them...
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:51 am
by lrb111
Thanks Flint. In one of his last posts he mentioned that he was ill. I was wondering myself. He had a lot more in common than the RKBA with all of us.
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:04 am
by thankGod
RIP Frankie. God Bless!
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:06 am
by Venus Pax
Prayer sent for Frankie's family; thanks for posting this, Flint.
Re: RIP Frankie the Yankee....
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:44 am
by flintknapper
lrb111 wrote:Thanks Flint. In one of his last posts he mentioned that he was ill. I was wondering myself. He had a lot more in common than the RKBA with all of us.
I thought he had said something about it here. He PM'd me once stating that he was "not well", but did not say just how bad it was.
Had I known his condition...I would have viewed some of his posts differently. I am sure some of us (me included) sometimes felt he was a little too "eager" to argue any small point.
In reflection, I think he may have have felt an urgency to speak his mind "while he could". A last attempt to "leave a mark"...and champion a cause he believed in.
In any case, he is at peace now.