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Post by wisejester7 on Jun 5, 2007 7:20:41 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D When I saw Jim's birthday listed today I thought of Jim and his many forum friends and family. I never had the chance to 'discuss' anything with Jim, but his posts on the forum are filled with a quirky sense of uniqueness that is so very appealing and intriguing. In Honor of Jim
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Post by ps11932 on Jun 5, 2007 15:09:37 GMT -5
Indeed we will do well to always remember those who have gone before us; just as surely (probably more so) than famed people, our personal heroines and heroes can inspire and encourage us daily. Thanks to everyone here who is keeping Jim's memory alive.
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Post by Dave on Jun 5, 2007 20:52:10 GMT -5
I, like Tim, still have his e-mail address in our address books. When I scan through and see "James Hutchison", it's like he never left us. And as long as we remember him, he will never really leave us. But I know that if he had the chance to leave me a message, it would be something like this: "Guess what? The universe isn't as complicated as it seems, it's really simple."
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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 5, 2007 21:07:33 GMT -5
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Post by enigma on Jun 6, 2007 8:26:50 GMT -5
Happy to have briefly known Jim on this forum wish I knew him better but am glad I got to have some nice forum discussions with him when he was alive. He will always live in the hearts of everyone who knew him and even those like me who did not know him as well. Jim was a good person whom I will never forget. Thanks wisejester for allowing me to fondly remember this man funnny just thinking of the memory of Jim brings me such joy a testiment to the special person he was.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 6, 2007 9:09:49 GMT -5
I stand amazed every day at the awe around us, and the Divine Timing in all that we do. On Sunday past, I was recording in my studio. I decided to move some things around, and some of those things were the magnets of Carpenters Album Covers (small versions) that Santa Jim had sent me several years ago now. As if that wasn't reminder enough, I faced the Carpenters poster announcing "A Kind of Hush" that Jim sent in another mailing, as well as the transfer of the classic Carpenters logo, which also just hangs on my wall in the music studio, in rememberance of Jim.
He was a good man....a funny man....and he so very much loved the music of Carpenters. Yes, Enigma - just thinking of Jim puts a smile on my face too - truly a testimate to the sort of individual Jim was. And as Dave said, as I go through my address books, whether electronic or written in my Franklin, I run across Jim's name, as I can not delete it. He remains with me in many ways.
We honor your memory today, Santa Jim. You made us think...you made us laugh....and you taught us along the way.
"... and when my life is over, remember when we were together... We were alone, and I was singing this song for you....."
We remember.
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Post by beaner on Jun 6, 2007 9:24:10 GMT -5
How nice everyone! Rest in peace, Jim. You are remembered with special thoughts.
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Jun 6, 2007 20:23:05 GMT -5
I stand amazed every day at the awe around us, and the Divine Timing in all that we do. On Sunday past, I was recording in my studio. I decided to move some things around, and some of those things were the magnets of Carpenters Album Covers (small versions) that Santa Jim had sent me several years ago now. As if that wasn't reminder enough, I faced the Carpenters poster announcing "A Kind of Hush" that Jim sent in another mailing, as well as the transfer of the classic Carpenters logo, which also just hangs on my wall in the music studio, in rememberance of Jim.
He was a good man....a funny man....and he so very much loved the music of Carpenters. Yes, Enigma - just thinking of Jim puts a smile on my face too - truly a testimate to the sort of individual Jim was. And as Dave said, as I go through my address books, whether electronic or written in my Franklin, I run across Jim's name, as I can not delete it. He remains with me in many ways.
We honor your memory today, Santa Jim. You made us think...you made us laugh....and you taught us along the way.
"... and when my life is over, remember when we were together... We were alone, and I was singing this song for you....."
We remember. Beautiful tributes to Jim here on this discussion thread. Tim, I believe that last year you mentioned that you might find and post a photo of Jim. If so, it would be great to be able to associate a face with his name and now-legendary status on this forum, especially for those of us who did not have the great fortune to know him well.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 6, 2007 22:26:33 GMT -5
I stand amazed every day at the awe around us, and the Divine Timing in all that we do. On Sunday past, I was recording in my studio. I decided to move some things around, and some of those things were the magnets of Carpenters Album Covers (small versions) that Santa Jim had sent me several years ago now. As if that wasn't reminder enough, I faced the Carpenters poster announcing "A Kind of Hush" that Jim sent in another mailing, as well as the transfer of the classic Carpenters logo, which also just hangs on my wall in the music studio, in rememberance of Jim.
He was a good man....a funny man....and he so very much loved the music of Carpenters. Yes, Enigma - just thinking of Jim puts a smile on my face too - truly a testimate to the sort of individual Jim was. And as Dave said, as I go through my address books, whether electronic or written in my Franklin, I run across Jim's name, as I can not delete it. He remains with me in many ways.
We honor your memory today, Santa Jim. You made us think...you made us laugh....and you taught us along the way.
"... and when my life is over, remember when we were together... We were alone, and I was singing this song for you....."
We remember. Beautiful tributes to Jim here on this discussion thread. Tim, I believe that last year you mentioned that you might find and post a photo of Jim. If so, it would be great to be able to associate a face with his name and now-legendary status on this forum, especially for those of us who did not have the great fortune to know him well. Yes, Dreams - I found the photo. It's such a great shot of Jim - a publicity shot. It's got some writing on it, which is not a big deal. If it will work for you I would like to scan it, and send it to you to post, perhaps in this thread....what do you think? I do want you to know, however, that I've now got a photobucket account, and am learning slowly how to post my own pics! YES! Bout time, eh Rick/Dreams? I'll be taking care of my own soon - but for now, if that will work for you, Dreams, I'll scan and send Jimbo's photo. Let me know. Tim
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Jun 7, 2007 1:34:30 GMT -5
Beautiful tributes to Jim here on this discussion thread. Tim, I believe that last year you mentioned that you might find and post a photo of Jim. If so, it would be great to be able to associate a face with his name and now-legendary status on this forum, especially for those of us who did not have the great fortune to know him well. Yes, Dreams - I found the photo. It's such a great shot of Jim - a publicity shot. It's got some writing on it, which is not a big deal. If it will work for you I would like to scan it, and send it to you to post, perhaps in this thread....what do you think? I do want you to know, however, that I've now got a photobucket account, and am learning slowly how to post my own pics! YES! Bout time, eh Rick/Dreams? I'll be taking care of my own soon - but for now, if that will work for you, Dreams, I'll scan and send Jimbo's photo. Let me know. Tim Yes, please. I'll be glad to post it for you.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 14, 2007 9:32:30 GMT -5
Yes, Dreams - I found the photo. It's such a great shot of Jim - a publicity shot. It's got some writing on it, which is not a big deal. If it will work for you I would like to scan it, and send it to you to post, perhaps in this thread....what do you think? I do want you to know, however, that I've now got a photobucket account, and am learning slowly how to post my own pics! YES! Bout time, eh Rick/Dreams? I'll be taking care of my own soon - but for now, if that will work for you, Dreams, I'll scan and send Jimbo's photo. Let me know. Tim Yes, please. I'll be glad to post it for you. Thanks, Dreams. FYI everyone, I have scanned and sent Jim's photo to DReams. It should be posted within the next few days or so. Thanks again, Dreams. I appreciate you taking care of this. Jim is probably smiling, too! Tim
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Jun 14, 2007 10:41:45 GMT -5
Drum roll please...Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the long-awaited photo of our Honorary Member Jim Hutchinson. This is a great publicity shot of him, looking like a hulking football player, actor or model. (He had some written some humorous, self-effacing and partially illegible inscriptions on the picture, but Tim and I thought it might be better to clean these up.) Tim, thanks for forwarding the photo to me. Maybe you can fill us in on Jim's biography especially around this time in his life...
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 14, 2007 11:41:38 GMT -5
Drum roll please...Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the long-awaited photo of our Honorary Member Jim Hutchinson. This is a great publicity shot of him, looking like a hulking football player, actor or model. (He had some written some humorous, self-effacing and partially illegible inscriptions on the picture, but Tim and I thought it might be better to clean these up.) Tim, thanks for forwarding the photo to me. Maybe you can fill us in on Jim's biography especially around this time in his life... Yes, Dreams, I certainly can, a bit.....Jim began a career as an airline steward. He told me many stories of "frightening" flights. He loved to do that especially if he knew I was getting ready to get on a plane, bound for some destination. He was a big tease in that regard. I was doing a lot of flying in those days working for a global company - and Jim never let a chance go by to relate a story or two to me. I'll have to look through my saved emails in Jim's folder - I should have them, and I can share then, some of those funny stories. Apparently he'd had some rather close calls. One time a door in the back flew open as they were getting ready to land - that one I do remember. He said it really caused a lot of anxiety, especially to him. Apparently, he was a steward who smoked back in the day when one could smoke on a plane, and from what I understand, he was quite the chain smoker, especially in the air. Hmm.....I recall when Jim discovered I was going to Europe, he really laid it on me, telling me how long the journey would be, and what to "watch for" so I would know if the plane was in trouble.....then he would laugh (via email) and send me a smile. He began working in the television medium at some point around 2000. He was asked with those hulking good looks depicted in the photo to do television commercials, which he did. I believe this was still going on when Jim left us. He was doing more of the television than he was anything else. I never saw any of his commercials, but he told me about several. He thought they were "hokey." I know that he also played sax. He LOVED playing sax. His better half, Robert, was a solo sax player, though, and Jim felt somewhat inadequate when "compared" to Robert. It would thrill him each time Robert asked him to "play" with his (Robert's) group. Seems Robert and his band made several recordings, and had several promo photos taken. Jim called Robert a real "egomaniac." He would tell me "it's a good thing I don't really have too big of an ego, cause there wouldn't be room in this relationship for it. Robert's got a big enough ego for more than 2 people." I have a couple of those promo shots of Robert and his band. He loved his parents a lot. He often discussed his father's illness with me when his dad was still alive. Jim and I had common bonds with neurological illnesses in our lives to deal with. He would worry so about his father's Hunntington's disease, and we would often compare that and Multiple Sclerosis and try to see if we could come up with anything useful to help one another. We discussed the drugs used to manage the disease, and we discussed anything new on the horizon. He LOVED to discuss these in detail. He so loved his folks, and he lost his father shortly before his own passing. Jim was a self-proclaimed "bi-polar" sufferer, and there would be times I would not hear from him for a while. It would be because he had found himself terribly "depressed" and just couldn't function. But, he would always bounce back, perhaps a bit better than before. He didn't hide his depression, but he didn't make a big deal of it either. He knew it was part of who he was, and he accepted it. He didn't actually tell me for a long time that he was a gay man, and when he did, and he found that it didn't make a whit of difference to me, it really made him happy and he seemed to open up even more. He wanted very much to meet, but alas, it was not to be. We did talk on the phone, and he was more humorous on the phone than in writing. As I've mentioned, he was an EXTREMELY generous soul, and such a kind man. I miss him a lot. He was so fond of everyone on the forum.....he was especially fond of Dave, Enigma and Rick. Rick made him a moderator, and I recall Jim actually writing to me and telling me he'd been "researching" things to put onto the forum...he SO wanted to be a good moderator. He didn't post for a while after he was made a moderator because his depression had kicked in, and he wasn't functioning up to par, but he wrote to me and asked me if his first two threads as a moderator were "good enough." I told him of course they were, and to relax - no one expected him to come up with anything except what he wanted to discuss. He didn't have the chance to post much after that. He left us much too soon. Thanks, Dreams, for posting Jim's photo. He was a good man, and I will always fondly remember him. Tim
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Post by enigma on Jun 14, 2007 13:36:11 GMT -5
wow Tim I never knew how Jim felt about me and the fondness as you can see was mutual this is the first time I saw A picture of Jim nice to now put the name to a face. I understand and relate to his desire to be a better moderator I do not put quite that pressure on myself but still share a desire to be a good moderator and try to improve. I still have much to learn of this man the more I learn the more I like and respect Jim if thats possible. Thanks Dreams for the picture to put to the name and yes oh yes he left us too soon I hope to see him someday.
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Post by Rick Henry on Jun 14, 2007 21:31:16 GMT -5
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 15, 2007 8:34:16 GMT -5
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Post by wisejester7 on Jun 15, 2007 14:19:17 GMT -5
Jim looked to be quite a character. How very fitting to his posts. Thanks Tim and Dreams for getting his picture 'out there' for us all to see.
Rick, I'm looking forward to Jim's bio and any light you can shed on your memories of our Honorary.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jun 15, 2007 20:16:34 GMT -5
Rick, now that you mention it, I DO recall when you posted, and then reposted Jim's Favorites list, and you posted his photo. The interesting thing, to me about that is....I MISSED that the first time around, so had no idea what Jim looked like, etc. Then, by the time you'd reposted it due to Jim's new Honorary status, I had this photo already. So, I guess that's why I'd forgotten you'd posted it already. Again, I will say...I think it was an outstanding gesture for you to create a new category of Honorary Member, and to give Jim that honor. Tim
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