Capt Tom

[Ole gits rule]

RIP Sir Tom - shown true fighting spirit

 

[Nictrix]

Just posted in the vaccine thread. Shame someone took it to him.

 

[Chippie]

Such a shame to hear that R.I.P Sir Tom

 

[Jollyjoiner]

R.I.P Captain

 

[jabber]

RIP Sir Capt Tom

 

[Ole gits rule]

Just posted in the vaccine thread. Shame someone took it to him.

The new variant is so transmissible it was probably inevitable, he has had a tremendous year and shown what this country should be about, not the spoilt masses we seem to have these days

 

[buzyg]

Mrs G and I were just discussing his passing and what he had achieved. I gather he had been abroad, perhaps not related.

Thanks for helping the rest of us through Captain Tom. Wish you could have won this battle, but that was not to be. RIP Sir.

 

[Ole gits rule]

he went to the Bahamas this year, it was on his bucket list if I remember correctly, may not have been related but 10 hours on a plane may not have helped.

 

[M1k3yC]

Very sad news

 

[john-e89]

Bless him....he was genuinely shocked at how much he raised wasn’t he. A hell of a feat for a 100 yr old...!

 

[Mr Tidy]

Sorry to hear about his passing.

RIP Sir Tom.

 

[blunderthumbs]

The world would be a better place with more Captain Toms in it. Hero to the end Rip what a life . :happyclap:

 

[Nanu]

Apparently he had pneumonia so they could not give him the vaccine until it cleared which it didn't. Such a shame. If it wasn't for the pneumonia he would have had the vaccine and possibly lived. RIP a true gentleman

 

[Z4mal]

RIP a true hero.

 

[goreden]

RIP Sir Tom

 

[mr.tourette]

What a gent he was, won't be forgotten

 

[enuff_zed]

Fall out Captain, time to serve a higher boss. RIP and thank you.

Someone put a crap reply on LinkedIn saying Greta Thunberg had achieve 10 times as much in an eighth of the time!
My reply was "Without men like Sir Tom, Thunberg would not be free to say a word. I wonder if she or her ilk will ever appreciate that?"

 

[GAZA62]

RIP Sir Tom

According to reports he had a negative test result after his trip but there were still people who slated him for going :thumbsdown: some really ungrateful pricks out there

 

[enuff_zed]

According to reports he had a negative test result after his trip but there were still people who slated him for going :thumbsdown: some really ungrateful pricks out there

If I were 100 I'd think, well I've not got long regardless, and when I get back home I'll hardly be spreading it to many people anyway, so sod it, it's a freeby and I've earned it!
Allegedly Barbados or wherever he went had no real cases at the time anyway.
Plus, to be callous, he may well have died from the pneumonia not the covid. We'll never know, but it makes a better story.

All the time that we remember Tom and his generation with grateful thanks, the ungrateful pricks will never win!

 

[buzyg]

According to reports he had a negative test result after his trip but there were still people who slated him for going :thumbsdown: some really ungrateful pricks out there

If I were 100 I'd think, well I've not got long regardless, and when I get back home I'll hardly be spreading it to many people anyway, so sod it, it's a freeby and I've earned it!
Allegedly Barbados or wherever he went had no real cases at the time anyway.
Plus, to be callous, he may well have died from the pneumonia not the covid. We'll never know, but it makes a better story.

All the time that we remember Tom and his generation with grateful thanks, the ungrateful pricks will never win!

At 100 years old, his time with us was always going to be precious and limited. Likely would never have had that life time opportunity again. Good on him for taking it.