In Memory of Geriatric1927 (Peter Oakley)

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Comment by Bytes on March 24, 2014 at 5:30am

@Argent - I am truly sorry for your loss. You were lucky to have known such a lovely person.

Comment by Argent009 on March 24, 2014 at 3:13am

At the risk of certain people saying things that should never be said I'll comment against my better judgement. Peter was my best friend, I've spent most of today depressed and crying a lot. Everywhere I go online someone has posted a tribute but I've not been able to get myself together enough to create anything and I don't know if I will ever be able to. I can't express how much Peter has meant to me in the 9 years I knew him. We worked together on the production of this song and he was very proud of how it turned out. I have the original first copy of this framed on my wall with a note from Peter in it on a backing of his iconic wallpaper that he sent to me in a place of honor above my desk. I was so proud of his work with both YouTube and the Zimmers and how much he inspired so many people. We have (had? I don't know if I can keep it going without his support) a charity that most people don't know about called Silver Surfer Advocates where we help elderly people both obtain and learn to get comfortable with using computers and other tech devices and it's helped a lot of older people come out of the bubbles they've lived in, keep in touch with their families, make new friends and live a richer and happier life. We did this with the support of Age Concern UK and AARP in the US. Unfortunately Peter and I never did have the chance to meet in person, we ALMOST did when he came to Washington for an AARP gathering but his health wouldn't allow for him to make the drive up to Pennsylvania and I wasn't going to push him to attempt it. We did raise money to send Zipster over to England to take our love to him for us and he's been a great supporter and friend of Peter's too. Bless Terry, he's been a good friend too.

Love you Peter, I'll miss you my dear friend. I know you're in a much better place now and you're looking down on all of us and if they ever do get Skype in Heaven I hope you'll call, if not, I hope we'll meet again some day.

Hugs to you my dear friend!

Comment by MBD - Tha Last NetBender on March 23, 2014 at 8:35pm

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Thanks for posting this.

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