We are privileged on this board to share of ourselves, our knowledge, and our experiences and I have often felt admiration and appreciation of what I have found here.
(And sometimes revolted and disturbed, but that’s another thread for another day.)
Your contributions to the community have always been greatly appreciated and none more so than this most profound journey, the voyage to the next. We are honored by your presence here.
Thank you, bless you.
Mr. Simmons,
I feel so blessed to have known you – to have met you in person and enjoyed your company, and to have enjoyed your wit and insight on these boards for so many years. I’ve often sought out your posts, sometimes as a source of comfort that I’m not alone in an opinion, and sometimes because I know it’ll bring a huge smile to my face.
Thank you for all you’ve contributed to this community and to our nation and our world. We are all better for you having been in it.
It’s been a sincere pleasure to have interacted with you. I wish you strength and peace in these final days, weeks, months, whatever you’re fortunate enough to have. Please don’t hesitate to let Thomas and I know if there is anything we can do for you or your family. You are all in our hearts and prayers.
All the very best,
Jill
Sorry David, but I can’t buy this. I know for a fact that it was your personal efforts that saved Western civilization as we know it. I will not hear different. 
Such modesty.
Mr. Simmons, this is one of those occasions where it’s really hard to find the right words. Thanks for spending the time with us, thanks for your service, thanks for showing the world that gentlemen can still be found.
Take care.
I’d like to echo every word of this. I’ve prayed for you and your family. God go with you always, David.
You do realize that if you wanted a sweet new monitor, you could have just gone to Best Buy and gotten one, right? You didn’t have to go and get CANCER to justify it!
Men.
Seriously, David, I’m so glad you’ve been blessed with a rich, varied life full of color and experiences. I’m glad that you’re surrounded by friends and family who love you and will take care of you now. Who can complain about a well lived life when you’ve seen what you’ve seen??
Savor these last months and be sure to let us know what you’ll be wearing so we can recognize you at the Great DopeFest Reunion in the Sky.
This Bud’s for you, dude.
Lisa
You’re in my thoughts man, hang tough.
Glad to have met you a few years ago at the Surfdope, David. Thanks for being who were and who you are now. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family.
I know that we’ve never directly crossed paths before, but I’ve enjoyed reading your posts over the years. Your presence here will be sorely missed.
All my best wishes,
JC
Warm thoughts headed your way David. Please embrace the peace you’re sharing with us and know that we all wish you comfort and Godspeed. I am another here who has been grateful for your presence. You are a blessing indeed.
Any news David?
All best, David Simmons.
Notning diffenerent. I’m still here, but Ive been better.
Thumbs up for all the best of the rest.
I hear by nominate this as for the SDMB understatement of the year award.
Thanks for your presence here David. Your anecdotes and humour over the years have really enriched this place.
You remain in my thoughts.
antechinus
I’m doing my best to keep you entertained, David. How you doing?
David,
Seems like I’ve been more of a lurker instead of a poster in all the time I’ve been a SDMB member, so I’m not sure if I’ve ever actually actually written in the same threads that you have. I will say that I’ve enjoyed your posts whenever I’ve seen them.
I just wanted to wish you and your family all the best. Take care.
Your entertainment routine is greatly appreciated. I am doing ok. A little bit weaker as time goes by, but I manage. Thanks for thinking of me. I’ll be here for a while yet.
So glad to hear. A but more entertainment for you, I hope. This is the sentence I hope will win me a second title as the world’s worst writer. I’ve submitted others but I have the highest hope for this:
**You’d think I would be on antidepressants or dead at this stage of life – pushing 50 with no discernible accomplishments or even the semblance of a social life, and a job offering all the satisfaction of a prisoner at Auschwitz; yet here I am writing my autobiography, giddy with glee in the knowledge that some idiot has already agreed to publish this steamer and those of you reading it have lives more empty and pointless than my own. **