# Important News for Friends of norinew \[RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727 "2011-05-30T02:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/221 "2011-05-31T18:30:18Z")
\ I’m so sorry to hear this, and so very sorry for the family. Her love for you all shone in every post she made about you. This truly, truly sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/222 "2011-05-31T18:49:44Z")
No, god damn it, no! It’s not fair. I’d like to say some nice things about Norine, but I need to go cry right now. I just saw this. I hope she knew how we all felt about her. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/223 "2011-05-31T18:50:51Z")
How horrible. I’m so sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/224 "2011-05-31T18:54:17Z")
Oh my god. She has touched my heart in many ways- I was just telling my fiance about something she’d said… I hope you are holding up… ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/225 "2011-05-31T18:55:45Z")
I’m so sorry. I don’t believe I’ve ever interacted with Norine, but we frequented the same threads and she always seemed like such a nice and genuine person. My condolences to her family. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/226 "2011-05-31T19:06:01Z")
I was looking through some of her old posts and it seems like **norinew** was always there with a kind word whenever someone else was going through a hard time. She once mentioned getting letters from the Chordoma Foundation, and I presume that means she made a donation to them after reading about what my brother went through. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/227 "2011-05-31T19:06:20Z")
Holy cats. This is just awful, so awful. My deepest sympathies. You’re all in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/228 "2011-05-31T19:07:05Z")
So sorry to hear about this. We never interacted, but I always liked what she wrote. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/229 "2011-05-31T19:08:57Z")
I’m so sorry ☹ This is just so wrong. **norinew** will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/230 "2011-05-31T19:30:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > No, god damn it, no! It’s not fair. > I’d like to say some nice things about Norine, but I need to go cry right now. I just saw this. I hope she knew how we all felt about her. You said it for me. Good bye, **norinew**. I’m going to miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/231 "2011-05-31T19:32:44Z")
Please accept my condolences as well. I am so sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/232 "2011-05-31T19:39:40Z")
So very very sad - Norine was high on the list of Dopers I hoped to meet. She always came across as such a genuinely nice person. We will be that much poorer for losing her. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/233 "2011-05-31T19:40:54Z")
Oh my. ☹ So very sorry. I haven’t been around here long enough to have known **norinew** as well as many, but I liked her as well. These comments about _Norine_ are odd reading for me, because as I told her on what looks to have been her last day here on the board, that is also my daughter’s name. **norinew** said she had “never encountered another with my spelling. Cool.” It means “woman of honor” or “woman of light.” ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/234 "2011-05-31T19:40:57Z")
I’m so sorry to see this. **norinew** was one of my favourite posters and a regular in the Christmas cards for Doper kids. My deepest sympathies to all of her family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/235 "2011-05-31T19:56:48Z")
Oh man. This is just too much. I’m one of **norinew’s** many fans on the board - I’ve always thought she was the kindest person. **TPR, badman, ray, mudgirl** , I’m so terribly sorry. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/236 "2011-05-31T20:05:31Z")
**norinew** will be deeply missed. I know she was a member of the Baha’i faith, and I found this quotation by Baha’u’llah: “The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. When the soul attaineth the Presence of God, it will assume the form that best befitteth its immortality and is worthy of its celestial habitation.” Norine’s soul was already so beautiful in Life, I can’t imagine how more worthy she could be of heaven then as exactly as she was. My thoughts are with her family- heartfelt condolences on your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/237 "2011-05-31T20:21:59Z")
☹ I am so sorry. Norine will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/238 "2011-05-31T20:30:18Z")
Although we only ever really engaged in food threads, I loved reading Norine’s posts about her family and kids. She always had the best advice and/or a kind word for someone who needed it. She was a true class act! Wishing your family peace during this storm. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/239 "2011-05-31T20:39:07Z")
Oh, gosh, I am so, so sorry! Sincerest condolences to her loved ones. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727/240 "2011-05-31T21:02:55Z")
I felt sick when I read this this morning, but I didn’t know what to say. I still don’t. She was always one with a wise word. We’ll miss that. Peace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-news-for-friends-of-norinew-rip/583727.md?page=13)