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Very true Geoff,
although i never met him, i have had the pleasure of speaking to him by phone & email, his knowledge of Codans and HF in general was endless, he diagnosed a fault in my Codan over the phone once, my radio had been in and out of the shop 3 times without success, 1 email and 1 phone call later, works like a treat, he was a true gentleman in every sense of the word and unfortunately a wealth of knowledge has passed with him, he will be missed.
David.

My message is down the list somewhere.

Kev how about a little Wake for Jim by those attending St.George?????

Sitting by the fire and reminiscing a little, you know, a yarn or two and a drink to Jim, in his Honour.

Just an idea mate.

I have already been thinking of this,

Great minds must think alike ............. Are you sure you aren't a QUEENSLANDER ;)

I have known jim for 20 years plus, during this time, he helped me through a vicious divorce, and offered advice on electronic projects I was doing, and bounced ideas off each other. We shared a common interest and that was meeting at the local caltex service station (that was named lezzies lounge) he was convinced that half the staff where gay, and I was there one night when one turned up with her gf, the look upon his face was golden.

He was a true friend, that listened, never judged anyone, and over the years, have spent hours and hours listening to his adventures and enjoying the endless streams of jokes and conversation.

I moved away from the Goldcoast to Cairns, we kept in touch via email, msn and the phone, and when I went back to the coast for work, the number one important thing to do was meet up and have dinner and a chat.

He will be missed by many and his passing will create a void in many peoples lives.

Condolences to Jan and his family, may Jim (known to many as DJ from his years on the CB radio) rest in peace, and tour the great highway of life.

Hi John,

Just a short piece of information for you, Jim's surname is Potts.

The jimshire email address is actually his business, Jim's Hire where he hired out Satellite phones and HF radio's.

Geoff

Geoff

My apologies to Jim and everyone else I have misled

John T

Hi John,
There's no harm done and I'm sure Footy himself would just chuckle and get on with it.

I only mentioned it as I figured you would have liked to know the whole story.

Tis' a sad EO day mate,

geoff

Geoff
I did not know that he was the one and the same person and I had spoken to Jim on occasions after being in New Zealand on the 4x4 Gold Safari Tour as the 4x4 Controller and instructor from Greymouth on the South Island was a HF man and sent radios to Jim for sale and they also talked to each other regularly.

I now feel disappointed that I did not know him as Footloose what a loss to all.

My condolences to his family

Ian

Ian,
That's Jim, aka Footy.

Quite some months back Footy had a visitor from New Zealand he took on an outback safari.

That was most likely the one and same kiwi bloke. Greymouth rings a bell with me from reading Footy's travel story.

Geoff

That would have been Malcolm Langley?
Jim and Malcolm were the moderators of the Yahoo Codan forum together.

Yep Malcolm Langley that sounds correct his partner in the Gold Tours came from the North Island and had an Earth Moving business.

Well Im please they got together in Aus.

Ian

Michael, my sentiments exactly. It is sad to lose one of the characters of EO.
I add my condolences to his family........oldbaz.

Thank you for that information David as I think that many will take the opportunity to send Jim's family a card & I will be one of them. You know, a card is such a small thing & I sometimes think that they are insignificant, but when you dealing with a time of loss, they are a comfort to know that others care. A bit like having a yarn, like footy would have done I somehow think, around a camp fire. Many thanks

Greg,
I can relate to that, that's exactly how we met him...... and then there was the hour or so when we returned the unit to him at the end of the hire.... time well spent listening to an extremely likeable fellow with a seemingly endless supply of "yarns"... each one more interesting than the one before......


Regards

Brian

Forgot to also add my condolences to jims wife and family.

cheers shane

Should Jan ever get to see this,

I spoke to Glen Knight today to tell him of Jim's passing.

Glen and Jim worked together some 40 years ago.

Glen was deeply moved at hearing the news, he got to chat with Jim a few months back and was looking to catch up with him in the next few months.

Sadly, it never happened.

Life can be too short.

Jim Best.