John I'll miss puckin the sliotar with you for hours on a pitch in LIRFC & LWRFC & miss your provocative conversations, your hilarious yet kind perspective on life. ... and most of all that regular phone call with that voice that should really have been on the radio ... farewell 'old boy' as you travel 'oe'r faery foams forlorn'.... and,as you'd say yourself, when ending a call: "May the Blessings of the Holy Spirit Be Upon You!"