Sad News - RIP Uncle Muncle

[villages07]

It is with great sadness that I must let the members of TOTV know about the passing of longtime poster Muncle. As many of you know, he has been battling lung cancer for well over a year. He lost his battle on Saturday, Nov 7 at 5:30am. His sister, who lives in the Villages, notified a former TOTV member with the news. He will be transported back to his native Kansas City for burial.

His humor, intellect, and heart will be missed. May he rest in Peace.

[dillywho]

Thank you for your post informing us of this sad news. His wit and wisdom will truly be missed by many.

[chuckinca]

That's a real shocker!

RIP Muncle (with an "L") stay clear of the stocks.

[beady]

Sad indeed......although I never met him I feel the loss. His humor and insight were always a special part of TOTV.

[Bettiboop]

Will miss you MuncLe. RIP

Betty "Boop"

[ejp52]

RIP Muncle.
I enjoyed his posts,and he will be sadly missed.
He always told it like it is.

[KathieI]

How sad. I will miss his humor and his intellectual posts (that I never understood) on TOTV.. I wrote to him last month, to ask him to please come to the luncheon but didn't get a response, now I know why. He did attend one lunch, last year, I believe, and it was a pleasure to meet him.

RIP, Muncle, you were the greatest!! I'll personally miss you. Kath

[Talk Host]

I am so sorry to hear this. It's almost like losing a family member. That's how close we feel to you members of Talk of The Villages.

[chelsea24]

My heart is heavy. Muncle liked to poke at me and I poked back, calling him Uncle Muncle. I loved his humor. I did meet him at that luncheon and the first thing he said was "I'm only coming in if Chelsea isn't carrying a gun." LOL He sure could be a nut.

My prayers are with his family. Well... there's one more bright star in Heaven.
Rest in peace, dear friend.

[Julie]

This is truly upsetting news. As others have stated already, his wit was a welcome read for TOTV. I loved it when he would chastise posters who called him "Muncie" instead of "Muncle."

RIP Muncle, you will be missed by many. :sad:

[schotzyb]

So sad. RIP; You will be missed.

[Barefoot]

I am so sad, but relieved Muncle is now in a pain-free place. I know that we will all miss him. Rest In Peace Muncle.

[JeanneBeannie]

How very sad, rest in peace Muncle, we will all miss you. I was just thinking the other day that he hadnt posted in awhile as I knew he was battling cancer. Prayers to the friends and family of Uncle Muncle.

[uujudy]

Oh, I am so sad.

[islandgal]

This is truly sad.

I remember when he joined in 2007.
He was always a delight and he shall be missed but he will be a shining star.

Does anyone know to whom and where to write a sympathy note?

[MSNPA]

This is so sad. I recall his most recent posts regarding "The Shack". I met Muncle at one of the first luncheons at Crispers. We both retired from the Federal Government and knew some of the same agencies and a few of the same people. He will be missed. I always read his posts.

[barb1191]

RIP Muncle....barb1191

[Donna]

Rest in Peace dear Muncle!!! You will be missed...

[Becky]

So sorry to hear this. I never got to meet him but loved his posts. Prayers for his family.

Becky

[sschuler1]

I always looked forward to a post from Muncle...he always made me smile. He will be missed!

[graciegirl]

I am so sad to hear this news. His great wit,honesty, and skill with words touched my heart time and time again. I was hoping he could stay with us longer.

Damned cancer!

[Russ_Boston]

I already miss your wit Uncle Muncle.

RIP!

[swrinfla]

I am so sad. I always looked forward to Muncle's postings on TOTV, because he not only toldit like it is or was, he did it with wry wit and humor not seen in many folks. He will, indeed, be missed.

SWR
:sad:

[Freeda]

Very sorry to hear this; I enjoyed reading his posts. Makes you realize how connected you feel on here, even if you have never met in person.

[tpop1]

Rip Muncle...Our prayers for you and your family!

[chuckster]

You're in our thoughts and prayers muncle...God Bless.

[another Linda]

Very sad news. Although many of us have never met in person, I feel like I "know" so many TOTVers through their posts. Muncle especially. RIP Munc. You will be missed by all.

[Boomer]

Muncle and I joined TOTV at very close to the same time, two years ago. A couple of baby boomers from the beginning of that big boom, sharing that common history, just a couple of old boomers connecting through cyberspace.

Munc and I had some good times bouncing posts back and forth for fun, off and on, for two years. I always loved it when Munc came out to play. .

When I joined TOTV, I was completely new to this world of forums. I did not know what a forum was. And now, here I sit, a woman at a laptop, trying to type, with tears in my eyes for a man I never met but somehow felt like I knew. A brilliant man, with a fine wit. A big teddy bear, with a little touch of grizzly bear – just enough. Our Muncle.

And I just have to tell all of you that I know that you are a really good bunch of people and fun to talk to.

But................

Munc was always my favorite.

Goodbye, my cyberfriend, Munc. It won’t be the same around here without you. But I know you are at peace.

Boomer

[schotzyb]

That was beautiful Boomer and I am sure Muncle felt the same about you.

[katezbox]

Muncle and I joined TOTV at very close to the same time, two years ago. A couple of baby boomers from the beginning of that big boom, sharing that common history, just a couple of old boomers connecting through cyberspace.

Munc and I had some good times bouncing posts back and forth for fun, off and on, for two years. I always loved it when Munc came out to play. .

When I joined TOTV, I was completely new to this world of forums. I did not know what a forum was. And now, here I sit, a woman at a laptop, trying to type, with tears in my eyes for a man I never met but somehow felt like I knew. A brilliant man, with a fine wit. A big teddy bear, with a little touch of grizzly bear – just enough. Our Muncle.

And I just have to tell all of you that I know that you are a really good bunch of people and fun to talk to.

But................

Munc was always my favorite.

Goodbye, my cyberfriend, Munc. It won’t be the same around here without you. But I know you are at peace.

Boomer

As I was reading all these posts, I wondered what I could say that would show my respect and caring for a man that I feel I knew (byt never met). Boomer - you said it all.

k

PS - I was thinking of how he siad his alliances would outlive him - I hoped he was wrong, but, as usual Uncle Muncle had it right..

Kate (with tears)

[The Great Fumar]

So long Uncle MUNCLE ,..Its been a real pleasure....


fumar

[golfnut]

I'll miss u muncie (you'll find a way to get me for that)...GN

[SteveFromNY]

RIP Muncle. I'll miss you.

[zcaveman]

Muncle - I will miss your posts. RIP. Very sorry to hear this.

Z

[champion6]

I'm so sad to read of Muncle's passing. I didn't know he was fighting cancer. I will miss his humor and his insight. I know he is in a better place. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family and friends.

[sandybill2]

He will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

[nONIE]

We were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Muncle's passing.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family. He will be sorely missed.

[Yoda]

I'll miss you.

Yoda

[bestmickey]

Very sad indeed. RIP MuncLe.

[Army Guy]

His family is in our prayers......

Army Guy

[tony]

Here's how I remember Muncle. Fumar drew him out in a thread about "Nude picture alert," as only Fumar could.

Muncle made me laugh a lot, even when he was being cantankerous. He was a retired old fed with a clear outlook and a complete
lack of understanding how anybody could blame The Developer for everything. I seem to remember Muncle inviting some posters
to take the highway out of town, and with Muncle you knew, even if he didn't say it, that he meant to add "and be on that highway
by midnight."

Who would have ever thought a stranger on an internet forum could worm his way into our hearts like Muncle did?

Safe passage, old friend.


Fumar, have I git a diet got you. But first a Boomer-like aside:

Many years ago, before it was the Adkins diet and was just the carbo-cal diet (mid 70's), I determined that my daily limit was about 55 carbo-cals. I soon discovered that Miller Lite (a fairly new invention at the time) had 28 carbo-cals per bottle. At the time I was a bartender/cook in a BBQ and had full access to the kitchen. So I figured I could eat all the meat I wanted (no C-Cs) and drink 20 bears a day. I was only able to follow this rugged regimen for a month, but lost 19 lbs.

But I digress. Fumar, I've lost a ton of weight (okay, .0375 of a ton), but the chemo and radiation ain't worth it, though I feel great now and am lighter than I've been since Basic Training.

Now, I've not been asked to participate in "The Men of TOTV" calendar nor would I expect to be. However, recently I drove my latest toy to LSL on a Tuesday evening and had a couple ladies stop me to take my picture. Hey, I'm humble enough to think maybe it was the cart, but who knows. Below is a shot of my self-indulgence.

PS, since the pic, I've shaved my beard. Never did before because I had more chins than a Chinese phone book. Now it's down to just a wattle. But Jan, Tony, & Co., if you do need me, I don't do nudes.


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii253/billfl/Picture006.jpg


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[graciegirl]

Here's how I remember Muncle. Fumar drew him out in a thread about "Nude picture alert," as only Fumar could.

Muncle made me laugh a lot, even when he was being cantankerous. He was a retired old fed with a clear outlook and a complete
lack of understanding how anybody could blame The Developer for everything. I seem to remember Muncle inviting some posters
to take the highway out of town, and with Muncle you knew, even if he didn't say it, that he meant to add "and be on that highway by midnight."

Who would have ever thought a stranger on an internet forum could worm his way into our hearts like Muncle did?

Safe passage, old friend.

Tony.

Thank you for posting the picture. I wondered a lot how Muncle looked. I understand that Muncle was a nickname given to him by his nieces. Someone told me that he never married and had no children.

I have thought of him dozens of times since I heard of his passing. I can't recall ever hearing his real name and looked in todays obituaries and none fit him. It is wonderful and good that we can know and care about a person that we have never physically met. Dear Bill, You have been such an influence on us and such a part of our life here on Talk of the Villages. You are so missed.

Thank you again Tony.

GG

[nONIE]

Tony,

Thankyou for [posting this wonderful picture of Muncle. Its plain to see the pride and happiness he had when driving his new toy! Thats how i would like to remember him.

[jtdraig]

Requiescat in Pacem, Muncle! We will miss you!

[katezbox]

Tony,

I think you are a mind reader. Last night, during a bout of insomnia, I thought of Muncle and remembered this picture that he posted. I planned to search for it this morning.

That is one of my favorite Muncle posts. I will also say how flattered I was that he (a well-read man in the W.F. Buckley mold) noted a few times that what I (a confirmed moderate) wrote made sense. But the big winner was his post where he talked of stealing Boomer away from Mr. Boomer.

k

[tony]

Here is how Muncle explained his name in a thread asking about members' screen name.


My TOTV name is one I used to use on NTN trivia and is courtesy of one of my nieces and her friends. About 20 -25 years ago, I used to return to KC periodically to visit family. At a pub one evening, one of my nieces introduced me to her friends as "This is my uncle Bill." (She said it rather rapidly, running the words together.) Well, one of the rather cute young girls started calling me Muncle Bill. Hey, when you're a 40 year old bachelor and some good looking 25 year old girl calls you anything, you respond. Unfortunately, the name stuck among some of the girls. I was back recently for a funeral and a rather fashionable middle-aged woman walked up, hugged me, and said "Hey Muncle!"

About the avatar/picture: I can't see it from here so I don't know which one it is. Probably has no significance whatsoever, and will likely be changed in a short while.

It's unfortunate that the avatars do change in old posts whenever you update your profile. Kinda makes posts like Red's earlier one seem a bit strange. Here's the picture of the blushing bride and her comment that her pic shows her with her daughter. :yikes:

[billethkid]

only know on TOTV.

The post with his picture in his cart is priceless. Adds the missing link to a fond memory.

btk

[tony]

Muncle did seem to joust a bit with Boomer.

Kate, This post is from the Rosetta stone thread. Is this the one you referred to?


Boomer, I find your writing to be boring in the morning. I find your writing to be boring in the evening. :mornincoffee:
Boomer, I find your writing to be boring before midnight. I find your writing to be boring after midnight. :faint:

Boomer, I find your writing to be boring in English. So I will likely find your writing to be boring in the Italian, unless you can arrange for Lesley Ann to come over and read it to me. :22yikes:

As if it were not already PO (to the) mco, I am kidding about the boring part -- you're always interesting if sometimes a tad removed from the vertical room support and if I were feeling a bit better and didn't have an innate fear of Mr. Boomer, you'd have to check every time you threw the dish water out the back door for fear of hitting me. I was not, of course, kidding about Lesley Ann. :pepper2:

Now let's talk Italian. Cop out! Cop out! Cop out! Just an attempt to avoid the more difficult Eastern European languages to take one of those easy Romance things. This ain't German, Russian, or Polish. Just say it in English, wave your hands a bit, move the sentence structure around however you like it, and yell occasionally. They'll think you're a native.

Buona fortuna.





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[uujudy]

Tony, thank you so much for posting that picture of Muncle. I missed it the first time around, so I was glad to see it here. I clicked on the link and was able to read the entire series of posts, and Muncle had me laughing yet again.
Thank you, Tony.

[mgm4444]

Very sad. I felt like I knew him. On a happier note -- I'm happy for him that his last days of his life were spent in The Villages....

[Skip]

Very sorry to hear Muncie has passed on. Thanks for posting his photo too.

Skip

[katezbox]

Muncle did seem to joust a bit with Boomer.

Kate, This post is from the Rosetta stone thread. Is this the one you referred to?


Boomer, I find your writing to be boring in the morning. I find your writing to be boring in the evening. :mornincoffee:
Boomer, I find your writing to be boring before midnight. I find your writing to be boring after midnight. :faint:

Boomer, I find your writing to be boring in English. So I will likely find your writing to be boring in the Italian, unless you can arrange for Lesley Ann to come over and read it to me. :22yikes:

As if it were not already PO (to the) mco, I am kidding about the boring part -- you're always interesting if sometimes a tad removed from the vertical room support and if I were feeling a bit better and didn't have an innate fear of Mr. Boomer, you'd have to check every time you threw the dish water out the back door for fear of hitting me. I was not, of course, kidding about Lesley Ann. :pepper2:

Now let's talk Italian. Cop out! Cop out! Cop out! Just an attempt to avoid the more difficult Eastern European languages to take one of those easy Romance things. This ain't German, Russian, or Polish. Just say it in English, wave your hands a bit, move the sentence structure around however you like it, and yell occasionally. They'll think you're a native.

Buona fortuna.





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Tony,

That is the one! I feel that these memories are our eulogy to a man I liked, respected and never met in person. I know he is in a better place - and hope that, in that place, he is reading this and laughing, scowling and preparing acerbic remarks...

k

[Barefoot]

I woke up today with a heavy heart, knowing Muncle is no longer with us. I just wish there were some way to tell him how much he will be missed. Well, who knows, perhaps he is reading our comments!

[Taltarzac]

How sad. I will miss his humor and his intellectual posts (that I never understood) on TOTV.. I wrote to him last month, to ask him to please come to the luncheon but didn't get a response, now I know why. He did attend one lunch, last year, I believe, and it was a pleasure to meet him.

RIP, Muncle, you were the greatest!! I'll personally miss you. Kath


Sure will miss Muncle. He was at the very first TOTV Crispers luncheon I attended and he was just as witty while also difficult to comprehend as his TOTV posts were.

Hope he can get TOTV in heaven.

[snitzel]

I like many was very saddened to hear of the passing of Muncle. I do not post much on the forum, but I fervently read most of the posts on a daily basis. He will truly be missed. My heartfelt sympathies go out to his family and to those who loved him.

[Tamma49]

That cart was on Muncle's bucket list and he bought it after being diagnosed with cancer.

[redwitch]

I am truly going to miss my favorite curmudgeon. Muncle always had the ability to make me smile, even when we were discussing politics. I, too, remember meeting him at Crisper's and getting a very warm, wonderful hug. He will always be a special part of TOTV and the memories we all have.

[scottke]

Deepest sympathies to his family and I will have fond memories of his posts on TOTV.

[katezbox]

TOTVers,

Many of us make charitable contributions in the name of friends/loved ones who have passed. It is harder to do with a cyber friend such as Muncle. As I was reading your many accolades and memories, it brought to mind a post Muncle made a few weeks back...

"Sometime before the end of the year, I'm going to get a few hundred bucks in tens and drive around TV handing them out to those hard-working guys and gals (maybe legal, probably not) who work their butts off for minimum wages keeping this place looking so great. No speech, just give them the money with a quiet "Gracias" or whatever the proper word is. No big woof."

Not sure if her ever got to do this - but if a few of us did, I think it would be a fitting tribute,

k

[KayakerNC]

Thanks Tony, for posting the picture.
Via con Dios, Muncle.

[JUREK]

RIP MUNCLE

We will miss you

[downeaster]

Muncle will be sorely missed as evidenced by these posts. A fitting tribute would be to see this thread break all records for the number of replies. So, keep 'em coming.

[fraurauch]

I, too, am one of the older members, but do not post often. Muncle was a gem. He will be missed.

[nkrifats]

RIP MUNCLE,
I am fairly new to the TOTV but always enjoyed his post.
Muncle, you will be missed.

[Bettiboop]

Thanks for posting that picture, Tony! Now I have a face to go with my memories of his posts that I enjoyed so.

[barb1191]

The picture of Muncle in his red flaming cart is now added to "Quick Links" and then "All Albums." In this way it doesn't get lost in the postings.

RIP Muncle

[obxgal]

Rip Muncle
Our prayers for you and your family

[oatmealgirls]

I too am sad to read about Muncle as I felt as if I knew him - From his early picture for his avatar to his recent picture in his cart -What a strong spirit - he was posting almost to the end. His words always made me smile or laugh or think:). Muncle, you are missed.

[Peazoup]

I always looked for Muncle's posts. So sad to think there will be no more. And, Boomer said it all.

[keywest]

I too am going to miss what Muncle had to say. I felt that I knew him without ever meeting him. Thanks for posting his picture. R.I.P.

[Dirigo]

Wow! What a shock!

He was one of my favorite posters and always told us where the "bear sh*t in the buckwheat".

Muncle is really going to be missed on TOTV.

Dirigo

[barb1191]

In today's Sun you will find the obituary of William Eugene (Bill) Flavin aka Muncle.

Yes, it is so amazing that we can become so very fond of TV Members, having never met them, and not even know their real names.

barb

[graciegirl]

Thank you Barb. It says that we can make contributions in his memory to Operation Shoebox, and that he had a sister who lives in the Villages.

[BethS]

That is so sad, thanks for letting everyone know, prayers to him and his family.

[interested]

He will be missed. Prayers and sympathy to his family.