I donated as well.
~VOW
Y’all are so so nice to add to the fund.
These girls are in need.
Mary says they are ok-ish.
She is just so overwhelmed and hurting. I just feel terrible for her and her Sisters.
Mikey would be so happy and humbled that some of his longtime friends on the Dope are helping them.
Thanks
Likewise.
Thanks for sharing the link, Becks. My bit’s in.
Thank you for sharing the GoFundMe, @Beckdawrek. I hope that the donations can help his daughters.
Thanks! Could a mod maybe tweak the title of the thread to make clear that the GoFundMe is now available for donating? Some of us may not have been regularly checking the thread after first getting the bad news.
Good idea! To get a mod’s attention, flag your post and choose “other,” then make your suggestion.
I just kicked in, too. RIP, dropzone.
Thanks for setting this GFM up!
Donation made. @dropzone was a highly valued Doper and will be missed. Thanks @Beckdawrek.
People wondered early on how I knew Mikey.
My youngest sister is an author of romance(near porn) novels geared for women. She uses scenarios that she has no knowledge of.
She often hires researchers to get her the exact facts of these scenarios. They are terrible books but she sells the heck out of them.
She hired Mikey to do some research for her.
Apparently he and her talked about the Dope.
She knew I had read the books and told me about it.
I talked to him from them on. He said I should join and I did. I lurked and asked him questions about what I’d read.
I then started posting maybe a year later.
When I got in trouble he told me where I went wrong. He never ever came in when I got modded. He just told me I went too far and to deal with it.
When his health went crazy he told me about it. I tried to help him.
Then from the hospital bed he saved my life.
Since then I tried to help him and be his friend.
I’m not sure I did help him, but I tried.
I’ll never forget all he did for me. He’s my hero.
B.
hugs the Beck Ohhh, wow, I hadn’t realized all of that.
He preferred I didn’t tell it.
I’m not sure why.
Throughout life most people can count their close friends on one hand.
Mike and Beck had a memorable friendship.
Yes we did.
He was truly a remarkable man.
Got an update that the fund is over $1,000 (of a $100 goal). Keep 'em coming, folks!
I’m so happy to hear it!
Mikey would have been humbled and slightly embarrassed that the Dope peeps would do this…
And I’m proud his daughters can get some help.
I just looked the girls have left a sweet message on the GoFundMe page.
I donated a few days ago, but I still really don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been covered. I’m going to miss him. I offer my condolences to his family am thinking good thoughts. I hoping this helps in some small way.
You’ve said it great.
I thank you. I’m trying my best to think of happy chats me and him had over the months. It helps me and I hope he knows how fellow Dopers felt about him.
I’m a lurker, but appreciated all he offered. Donated.
I’ve added my shekels to the pile. Mike was a good man doing the right thing to the limits of his abilities and I’ll miss him for the rest of my life. Good luck to your daughter old buddy; may she thrive as best she can.