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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 12:37:53 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by J trainloco on Thu Apr 12 10:11:49 2007. 'I don't think that he would take someone away to cause all that hurt and pain. 'not wanting to start a religious discussion either, but perhaps he was taken away in order to bring us closer together..... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 12:39:33 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 12:37:53 2007. Well nice idea, but I think we would all rather be further apart and still have Dante around....but the truth is, I really am a believe in "there's a reason for everything", and there is a reason for this...we just may not know what it is, and his family may not know what it is, but there is a reason. |
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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 12:42:08 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 12:39:33 2007. ' but I think we would all rather be further apart and still have Dante around...'can't have it both ways, at least that's what I've been told....... |
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Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante) |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 12:43:45 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 11:31:30 2007. Not to mention, it's un-aligned in teh back cover, too. |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 12:44:04 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 10:58:51 2007. He was there. |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Apr 12 12:45:38 2007, in response to A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 09:23:37 2007. Reading the program brought tears to my eyes. |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 12:49:18 2007, in response to A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 09:23:37 2007. Thanks for all efforts, Brian. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:01:31 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 12:39:33 2007. I really am a believer in "there's a reason for everything", and there is a reason for this...we just may not know what it is, and his family may not know what it is, but there is a reason.IAWTP! |
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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:02:28 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by QM18Express on Thu Apr 12 09:38:53 2007. a banned subchatter notified me that he wanted to go to the cemetery. I was interested as well but due to the weather, I thought it better not to. Also I have found it difficult waking early and staying awake following breakfast |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:03:33 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Apr 12 12:45:38 2007. I know what you mean. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:04:05 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 12:49:18 2007. You're welcome. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:05:12 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 12:43:45 2007. Ah, I see what you mean. So it was Thursday the 5th. The "6th" is a misprint. |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 13:11:43 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:05:12 2007. Yes, unless some traditions count the date of passing as the sunset "after" the incident of passing. i.e. Thursday's "sunset" would lead to Friday the 6th. Hence, it could be stated his last "sunset" was on the 5th and his first day in transition to the new life would be the 6th. It could depend on the background and traditions in practice. |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:13:32 2007, in response to A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 09:23:37 2007. Thank you for scanning the program. I meant to bring one home, but accidentally left it on a table in the church basement. This way everyone else in the house can see it.It was very touching that someone thought to put clippings of Subchat posts mourning Dante in the program. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 13:18:43 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:03:33 2007. Me too, but actually, in my case it was the Broadway Junction photos. I am just so surprised at myself over the last week how this has really effected me. I never thought I would feel so bad for someone passing that I only met a few times, and through the rest of the "knowing" through an internet board. |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:20:00 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by J trainloco on Thu Apr 12 09:16:12 2007. Someone quite astutely had posted that for many of the younger Subchatters, it was the first time they had to deal with the death of a contemporary- as opposed to a parent or grandparent. Last night it was very apparent that some were taking Dante's passing quite hard.The concept of aging really hit home when, during the post-service meal a bunch of "old guys"- Doug, Bob, Fred, monorail, myself- posed for a photo. |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:27:53 2007, in response to A Touching Service for Dante, posted by BMT Guy on Wed Apr 11 22:11:38 2007. This was the first service of this type that I ever attended. Prior to this I always typecast funerals as a half-hour of Hebrew (or 45 minutes of English with a little Latin) followed by going to someone's house for Entenmann's.The energy of the chorus, the clergy and the singers was remarkable. The various eulogies were a nice mix of sadness and humor- especially Dante's teacher recalling his nonconformity during gym class. All of the participants went out of their way to make us feel welcome. Tragic as this occasion is, the huge turnout of Subchatters must have been a huge comfort to friends, family and each other. The suitably bizarre pilgrimage of Broadway Junction afterwards was in keeping with the strength of the railfan community. As usual, there were plenty of puzzled looks from innocent bystanders on the bus, the J train, the platform and especially the bodega. Green Hawaiian Punch, anyone? |
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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:30:40 2007, in response to A Touching Service for Dante, posted by BMT Guy on Wed Apr 11 22:11:38 2007. The service was wonderful, as well as the tributes by all.Learned a bit more about Dante, given insight by his family and teacher Was a pleasure to meet up with Dante's mother, just sorry it took her son's death for it to happen. Also had the pleasure of meeting and shaking hands with: chuchubob, fredg, G1Ravage, BMTman, howard feinman,Terrapin Station Next time we see each other will hopefully be for a much more pleasant reason. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:35:50 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 13:11:43 2007. Could be, re: the front cover. But in the inside rear cover where it says "Thursday, April 6", that has to be a typo. Obviously not a big deal, but I just wanted to clarify. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:38:51 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 13:18:43 2007. And that's in light of the fact that you're an old fogey without AOL IM and the rest of us young'ns do have it and we used to talk to Dante every night in the SubChat transit chatroom. So after talking to him almost daily for YEARS, you can imagine how bad I (we) feel. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:39:46 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:20:00 2007. Someone quite astutely had posted that for many of the younger Subchatters, it was the first time they had to deal with the death of a contemporary- as opposed to a parent or grandparent. Last night it was very apparent that some were taking Dante's passing quite hard.Count me in that category. |
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Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Apr 12 13:40:03 2007, in response to PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Apr 11 23:48:18 2007. Thank you for listing all the threads so everyone could go through them. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:41:37 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:30:40 2007. Next time we see each other will hopefully be for a much more pleasant reason.Yes, only for simchas (joyous events). |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Thu Apr 12 13:42:02 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:38:51 2007. I recalled that Dante had like DOZENS of AIM handles. One night, he used about 15 of them, mostly car models and numbers like R17 6685, R1 181, etc. |
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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:45:15 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:20:00 2007. 'during the post-service meal a bunch of "old guys"- Doug, Bob, Fred, monorail, myself-'whaddya mean-"old guys", we're recycled teenagers! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Apr 12 13:46:10 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:38:51 2007. Haha, well, I spend WAY too much time on SubChat as it is, I probably wouldn't get anything done if I began that too!!No, I understand what you are saying though, and believe me, I really took this bad too, so yes. And if I FEEL like this only knowing him from the few times I talked with and met him, and of course from SubChat....I can only imagine the loss from people that knew him even better. |
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Posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:47:32 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:41:37 2007. and then I will hopefully spell everyone's name correctly--Howard Fein-not Feinman |
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Re: Dante's School |
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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Apr 12 13:49:47 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:13:32 2007. East NY Transit TechAn excellent school with a high graduation rate and one of the ways a New Yorker can make something of himself/herself. Dante set an example for others in this school. There are graduates who have followed his example and are making their special contributions to the world. |
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Posted by joe c on Thu Apr 12 14:43:42 2007, in response to Re: Dante's School, posted by RonInBayside on Thu Apr 12 13:49:47 2007. I graduated from that school,it's a great school.also a good schoolif ya want to get started with the MTA. til next time |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Thu Apr 12 14:45:43 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:39:46 2007. Same here. |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Thu Apr 12 14:50:13 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 13:39:46 2007. Aye!I was holding Dante's mother, and started to cry. It was so hard to deal with someone so young. |
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Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante) |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 14:51:17 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 11:31:30 2007. Hehe, you engineers are all the same :P They probably saw it after it was printed, said 'oh shit' and ran with it. It would be the height of bad manners to bring it up IMO.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by R4 Bryn Mawr LCL/R5 Paoli EXP on Thu Apr 12 14:53:08 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 11:31:30 2007. while ultimately the date is somewhat important - for the family and in particular myself it was not possible for me to proofread and even if seen would not have been able to change it in time for them to have been ready for the service....i only have one pair of eyes.... |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 14:53:48 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:47:32 2007. No prob, you got teh G ok in my name.your pal, Fred |
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Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 14:55:57 2007, in response to PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Apr 11 23:48:18 2007. Thanks, Brian! Although rushed, it was really good to see you again.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Scrabbleship on Thu Apr 12 15:09:04 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante, posted by JohnL on Thu Apr 12 00:04:40 2007. At the rate things are going, the Facebook group honoring Dante (currently at 76 members) will have more people than Dante had on his friends list (he has/had 90 friends). If that happens, that will be amazing in itself. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 15:13:36 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 14:51:17 2007. Dunno, I wouldn't see anything wrong with putting a small sign noting the correction next to the pile of Tribute pamphlets or even making a quick mention of it at the beginning of the service. But of course you don't HAVE to. It is totally up to the family. I just wanted to have the correct date for purposes of, say, adding it to my website. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 15:15:18 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by R4 Bryn Mawr LCL/R5 Paoli EXP on Thu Apr 12 14:53:08 2007. I totally understand. I'm not faulting you or anyone for that. I was just looking for the final word on the correct date. The document was very nicely done. Thank you. |
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Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 15:16:59 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 14:55:57 2007. Same here. But hopefully only for good times in the future. |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 15:17:39 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 15:13:36 2007. In agreeance with Brian.Suppose you printed up wedding invites.... and teh date came wrong??? |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 15:23:44 2007, in response to A Touching Service for Dante, posted by BMT Guy on Wed Apr 11 22:11:38 2007. Yo Doug, they sure pulled all the stops giving our bud a proper sendoff. The speaking and singing talent in their church is phenomenal and it was awesome meeting not only Dante's family but his community as well.Good to see ya and thanks for the lift! your pal, Fred |
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Posted by P-rad M on Thu Apr 12 15:23:53 2007, in response to A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 09:23:37 2007. Thank you so much for that. I feel so bad that I couldn't make the services, I wish I wasn't so sick in bed these last few days. But my prayers goes out to Dante's family.RIP Dante, you would be solely missed. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 16:13:00 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by P-rad M on Thu Apr 12 15:23:53 2007. You're welcome. |
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Posted by BMT Guy on Thu Apr 12 16:20:53 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by monorail on Thu Apr 12 13:45:15 2007. Thanks for that reclarification, John.;-D |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 16:25:19 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Thu Apr 12 14:50:13 2007. teh fix for yuo-- It was so hard to deal with *LOSING* someone so young. |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 16:27:51 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:20:00 2007. The concept of aging really hit home when, during the post-service meal a bunch of "old guys"- Doug, Bob, Fred, monorail, myself- posed for a photo.I dont think of it that way-- U guys were more accepting towards having a group picture taken that moment... Some days, I even think you guys are teh 1s we young buffoons look up to. |
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Posted by BMT Guy on Thu Apr 12 16:28:09 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Howard Fein on Thu Apr 12 13:27:53 2007. Howard, good to see some 'old timers' from SubChat were able to partake in the pilgrimage to Broadway Junction. Thanks for 'represent'n. ;-D |
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Posted by BcuzOfDante on Thu Apr 12 16:32:24 2007, in response to Re: A Touching Service for Dante, posted by South Ferry on Thu Apr 12 00:01:54 2007. I thank you all for coming and making the celebration what it was. |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 12 16:33:59 2007, in response to Re: A Celebration of Life - Download Scan (Was: A Touching Service for Dante), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 12 15:13:36 2007. Point taken, we just part company on that, although I do agree with the accuracy part of it.your pal, Fred |
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WE CAN DREAM....Re: PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante |
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Posted by SOUTH FERRY on Thu Apr 12 16:41:56 2007, in response to PHOTOS -- A Touching Service for Dante, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Apr 11 23:48:18 2007. we can dream.... (aka I've been watching too much WWE) if the white-hooded fellow on the right were to remove his hood & turn out to be DANTE at Broadway Junction... |
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