RIP AUSWOODY
With a heavy heart I must covey some bad news. Auswoody an active member of the Achat community has passed away. He dropped out of sight in early April of this year. As he had told me in March that he was in the process of moving into a new home, I was not concerned at 1st. But as the months passed both my spouse Stone and myself grew more concerned as it was not like him to absent for so long. Earlier this month we decided to send him a card to his home address in Australia. Today Stone received an email from his ex-wife saying
“Sadly he passed away peacefully in hospital on 7 April 2018 with his loved daughter Katrina Lorraine present.”
“I am sorry to convey this bad news.”
“I knew how much his online life meant to him.”
“Best wishes”
“Teresa” (ex-wife and long-term friend with ups and downs)
I met Woody ( as we called him ) at the Achat Town Square, a 2nd party chat room Woody had helped to set up. This was before Achat had meeting places and was a great place to chat with fellow Achatters in a group situation. I liked him for the get go and really enjoyed his company. We are the same age and shared many interests Books, Music, Movies, etc.
Woody was active on this forum during the glory days of this place. He ran the very fun Formula one pool events for several years.
Woody could be ruff and gruff at times and had zero tolerance for bullshit drama and bully behavior and moderated the Square chatroom diligently and with fairness. I have spent more hours than I would like to count visiting with him and talking about everything under the sun.
Woody was an 80s biker who had led a wild life but had settled down, retired and spent his days tinkering with motorcycles and cars and spending quality time with the real love of his life, his 2 grandsons.
Woody was a one of a kind, one of God’s prototypes not meant for mass production and I will miss him.
