Messages of Condolence for Bandecoot's Family

[Little Shepherd]

Hello.

I've been a member of Tweb and I've visited Paltalk almost every weekend for more than a year now. Bande was almost always there. I'm not sure how close we were exactly, but I remember he was always there to answer my questions about tea and cooking and stuff. If it wasn't for his constantly asking me about my progress, I might never have gotten around to baking bread for the first time. It was good bread, by the way. I'm also another of the guys he invited to play Battlefield 1942 with him, but I didn't have the game so couldn't. I had the chance to get it once, but I didn't, and now I wish I had.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this anymore. I guess it's that now that I've had some time to really think about it, he was more important to me than I realized. But like it sometimes is with people who are always there, it's so easy to just take them for granted. I was kind of numb when I heard the news last Thursday, but the reality of the situation didn't really start to hit me until Monday. Rambling again, right. I guess I'll wrap things up. I'm really sorry for your loss, and like everyone's said, he will be missed. A lot.

Derek (Little Shepherd) Warner Robins, GA

[Gideon Brown]

Hi, I used to talk to Andrew fairly regularly on the internet... I really liked him and I had plans to get to know him better. I'm very sorry for your loss.

-Matt, Canada

[Ice Angel]

Hello,

I was lucky enough to interact with Andrew while I've been here at TWeb and on Pal Talk.

The first time I ever went into the Pal Talk room, Andrew greeted me as "Ice Ice Baby". Every time I entered the room, that is how he'd greet me. I'll miss his special greetings.

Andrew liked to pick on me for some reason. The last time he picked on me, he teased me about arranging my marriage to a single guy here on TWeb.

He didn't know it but, if I ever get married, I was going to invite him and Kara.

My heart will never be complete again because I've lost a dear friend. I've never met Andrew in real life but I am so glad to have had the chance to know him.

The world is missing one of the most loving and beautiful men that God could have put here on Earth.

My heart and thoughts are with you always.


My deepest sympathy,

Jennifer
Michigan, USA

[{Tim}]

I don't feel as if there's much I can add to what's already been said. I didn't have as much to do with Andrew as some here, but I interacted with him enough on TWeb and Paltalk to appreciate his quick wit and good-natured humour. I regret not having had the chance to meet him in person, but I was glad to have known him even online. He was a top bloke.

Tim
fellow Queenslander

[One Bad Pig]

Hello Kara,

Thank you so much for sharing Andrew with us. Many times we'd hear you in the background on Paltalk, conquering the world with the help of Garth Brooks while Andrew spoke on the mic about this or that. He and I shared a common bond through our military experience, and we shared a passion for history and cats as well. In fact, my current avatar on Tweb is a picture of a kitten he forwarded on from you just a couple weeks ago. I'm gonna keep it up a while to remember him by.

Luke, Washington DC, USA

[Dracula Girl]

Dear Bandecoot/Andrew's Family

I am sorry for your loss. I don't know how anyone who knew him in anyway could help but miss him. He was one of my favorite people on Paltalk and on Theologyweb, wish I could have gotten to know him better. I have a number of memories of Andrew (he was encouraging the night before I was to take a foodhandler's test, discussing a dislike of Mesoamerican history, discussing education in Australia, he came up with the screen name Molly Millions for me, I joined a somewhat more rabid theology board that was why he found a way to post there again, etc.). He was a good man. He will be missed and remembered with love.

God bless you

Anastasia (aka Molly Millions, aka Joan of Arc, aka Kira)

[Patroclus]

Whenever we forget that there are real people out there in cyberspace...

God be with you.


Rob
Portland, Oregon

[RumTumTugger]

Kara,

Like Luke I thank you for sharing Andrew with us. I shall miss his tenor singing "Won't you stay a little bit longer," when I tried to sign off on my self imposed curfew, and our mutual love of cats. I never believed him when he said he was not a nice man. There were times when I was feeling down and he knew it he'd give me a zen hug to cheer me up. And knowing I loved looking at natural beauty he found a beatiful picture of a solar eclipse which is now my desktop wallpaper, every time I look at it I shall treasure the memory of a man who's sometimes caustic wit hid a beautiful soul.

My prayers are with you in this loss.

Michele,
Northern CA, USA

[Seasanctuary]

When I started reading the thread about shutting the forums down for a day in memory of Bande I laughed because it's just the sort of extended humor I'd expect the Tweb staff to engage in with a very much alive and playfully acerbic Bandecoot.

Then I realized it was serious and yeah...I'm shocked. Tweb Paltalk was improved two or three times over by his presence in the room. Thanks Tweb staff for handling this in such a respectful manner.

Sincerely,
Sea

[HRG_new]

I am deeply shocked to hear the sad news. Although I never met Andrew in person, I regarded him as a friend, and I think he returned the feeling. The world is a sadder place without him and we all feel a loss.

My heartfelt condolences go to his family.

HRG.

[Storico]

A hello and a warm hug to Andrew/Bandecoot's family.

Because I'm newer here, I never had the opportunity to talk to Andrew. But I can tell you from the bottom of my heart that every day I see the messages from people who knew Andrew, I'm touched deeply. He was incredibly, incredibly loved and looked up to here, and I know you yourself have so many precious memories of him. My thoughts are with you and your family. Thank you for sharing Bande with my fellow posters. He enriched more people's lives than I could ever know.

[Roy]

Many condolences.

I never met Andrew, but he still had a beneficial impact, as I know he did on others.

He will be missed.

Roy

[familyof6]

Hello Kara and family,

I did not interact a great deal with your beloved, being a fellow atheist we usually agreed and did not debate much. I did enjoy reading what he had to say. He was intelligent, honest, and kind. He will be missed at Theology Web and I wish I could've met him in person. I cannot imagine the pain you are experiencing at this time, and my thoughts are with you.

My Condolences,

Heather (Illinois, USA)

[Steadfastlove]

Sadly I was unable to take the opportunity to contribute to this thread before Tweb shut for the day at the end of Thursday, but Kara, and Andrew's family were in my thoughts yesterday. I too shall miss Bande very much when we are on Paltalk, for his kindness and fun and humour. My first visit to the Tweb Paltalk room coincided with him talking on the mike, and he immediately welcomed me, before carrying on, and the same happened the second time I visited, drawing me into the Paltalk group, for which kindness I was always grateful. There is going to be a feeling that the group just isn't complete from now on, we shall miss Andrew very much. He had been looking forward to coming back to the UK and I am sure that at some point we would have been able to meet up, and shared a cup of Yorkshire tea. Kara, I do hope that knowing how much Andrew meant to us all here is a comfort to you, and I pray that you might know the Lord's comfort too.
God bless you,

Wendy UK

[Annie]

Kara - I am so very sorry.

I have just heard the news a few minutes ago.

I used to talk to Andrew. I used the name RaggedyAnnie1 in chat. Like Andrew, I usually disagreed with what was discussed in the chat room.

He would recommend some good Australian wines to me. I liked his perspectives.

I haven't been online much. When I'd peek in, and he wasn't online, I wasn't so interested to pop into the chatroom. I am so terribly sorry to realize why that was now.

God bless you Kara, in your grief and in your memories.

Annie