Hello everyone, I know my father frequented this message board and got to googling around last night during an ice storm here in Maryland and found his profile here. It was pretty funny reading up on some of his posts... his angry letter at Jimmy Buffet (if you knew him, you knew this was more of a joke as he was excited to make a play on the infamous "Cheeseburger in Paradise" rather than close down an establishment) http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...-Jimmy-Buffett ... or his search for the "best potty in Negril" http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...otty-in-Negril
Nick passed away on May 10th.. just two days after his last post here. I know he had friends on here and thought they would like to know that he very much enjoyed your chats here. I have never been to Jamaica though he asked me several times. I guess I just thought when life slowed down a bit, I'd have the time. I think I will make that trip soon... with some ashes (some will go on the tomato patch here at the farm). He loved his mators
Nick is survived by two children, myself (Erin) and my brother, Chad as well as 4 grandchildren who he very much enjoyed sharing his sense of humor with.
Here are some pics of dad enjoying better days....
Have a cold one for Nick next time to hit Negril!
I think him and a friend hitch hiked from Glassport, PA to Miami only to have his buddy mistaken for a terrorist as they were boarding the plane for Mexico. Kicked off the plane and desperate, some dude said, Dudes! you gotta check out Jamaica. Well, they did and two pivotal things happened to him during that vaca. #1 he was offered to buy oceanfront land in Negril for a mere $1,000 per acre by going in on it with a Jamaican. He laughed and turned it down and thought... why would I do that when I could buy land in Glassport for that? Another, maybe not as awesome thing... he ventured into a random hole in the wall bar countryside and there were 2 people sitting at the bar. One of the guys said, "dude.. you just missed it. Mick Jaggar JUST left" both of these things, he strongly believed, foreshadowed the rest of his life. 
