tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post3318276079267034354..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Farewell @CaptainRantyDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79942254114737982482015-03-22T21:17:13.957+00:002015-03-22T21:17:13.957+00:00Someone I knew from the Internet, capable of makin...Someone I knew from the Internet, capable of making me think, question and laugh. An internet warrior and shining light; part of a community of kindred souls aghast at the things being done to us by those abusing both power and privilege. A certain turmoil in his wake of late. So sad to hear this news. Not just 'someone' of course but Captain Ranty. RIP. Condolences to the family.tinksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-72844599028845362692015-03-21T06:27:06.284+00:002015-03-21T06:27:06.284+00:00Just to add, Lynne and I are now in contact.Just to add, Lynne and I are now in contact.Lysistrata Eleftherianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-58932046277016145162015-03-20T15:53:45.938+00:002015-03-20T15:53:45.938+00:00Lynne I had no idea you were his brother. My priva...Lynne I had no idea you were his brother. My private email address is daveatherton20@hotmail.com What a great man.DaveAtherton20noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-48768323374212690022015-03-19T21:53:30.104+00:002015-03-19T21:53:30.104+00:00Lynne, very sorry indeed to hear of Colin's de...Lynne, very sorry indeed to hear of Colin's death, and<br />we are thinking of you and his family. I'm the Committee Secretary of Freedom2Choose, and we would like to send<br />either a floral tribute or a donation to an organisation of the family's choosing in honour of and with deep affection for Colin. <br /><br />Could you email me privately at carol@freedom2choose.info to discuss what would be preferred and where we would send something? Once again, we are deeply saddened, but remember Colin with great joy.Lysistrata Eleftherianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-20885334588502887902015-03-19T14:50:20.832+00:002015-03-19T14:50:20.832+00:00Oh no! One of my regular reads. RIP Captain Ranty...Oh no! One of my regular reads. RIP Captain Ranty. You will be missed.Chalcedonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70301625955628593432015-03-18T20:32:14.251+00:002015-03-18T20:32:14.251+00:00a long time friend of the cyber variety...shared m...a long time friend of the cyber variety...shared many a comment thread since he started his blog...never knew his name...names don't matter to true friends...see you in the other side..."now go and poke some guests"Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-12095380298415526052015-03-18T11:56:39.333+00:002015-03-18T11:56:39.333+00:00He will appreciate that thank you x He will appreciate that thank you x Lynne Allcocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-10420819610370966462015-03-18T11:49:45.977+00:002015-03-18T11:49:45.977+00:00Thank you, I have now read them all some good some...Thank you, I have now read them all some good some funny and some god dam awful !!!! Lynne Allcocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43562038298200565232015-03-18T11:44:55.383+00:002015-03-18T11:44:55.383+00:00Ha ha that was my brother all over x Ha ha that was my brother all over x Lynne Allcocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-58541721078928141962015-03-18T11:24:35.145+00:002015-03-18T11:24:35.145+00:00Although we didn't know each other in the Roya...Although we didn't know each other in the Royal Corps Signals, I consider him one of the best men I never met in real life. Just wish I had. RIP Cap, will miss you and never forget you.RichardMittonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-73341195129175630882015-03-18T10:35:39.720+00:002015-03-18T10:35:39.720+00:00I had no inside knowledge either, Jay. It was when...I had no inside knowledge either, Jay. It was when I first started reading the Captain Ranty blog, that I began to notice the familarity in writing style.<br /><br />The final clincher was when CR put down a troll with a line that I had seen a few times before on F2C. He said "Why don't you fuck off? And when you get there, fuck off again!"<br /><br />Hard, yet funny: Classic Colin Grainger!BrianBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11579562013538587682015-03-18T09:45:54.119+00:002015-03-18T09:45:54.119+00:00My condolences to the family.
Captain Ranty was ...My condolences to the family. <br /><br />Captain Ranty was particularly <br />kind in that when I pestered him for pictures of lizards and traveller's<br /> tales from exotic places, he always trotted out with his camera to <br />satisfy my curiousity and to bring me a slice of a far-away world. <br /><br />I<br /> also found his determined challenging of constitutional law to be <br />refreshing and plausible. Part of the joy was seeing conventional <br />lawyers go in to a tizzy when their conceptual underpinnings were <br />challenged. It was practical political philosophy done with a flair and rare energy.<br /><br />The world was a richer place for him being in it and I will miss his writing dreadfully.Mrs Raftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-33812961880621892272015-03-18T08:29:56.650+00:002015-03-18T08:29:56.650+00:00Sincerest condolences Lynne, I always loved readin...Sincerest condolences Lynne, I always loved reading his blog posts. Sad times :-(ScottWichallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-33864691403226460712015-03-18T07:56:31.134+00:002015-03-18T07:56:31.134+00:00Condolences to family. He will be missed by all wh...Condolences to family. He will be missed by all who enjoyed his glorious writing style; angry, ranty and genuinely funny, reflecting a mile wide generosity of spirit.Twisted Rootnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-40171865766781591342015-03-18T07:52:41.300+00:002015-03-18T07:52:41.300+00:00I hadn't realised that Cap'n Ranty was Col...I hadn't realised that Cap'n Ranty was Colin, for whom I'd immense respect as Chair of F2C (and often wondered why he'd just seemed to disappear from our online community). He was someone I would've expected to thoroughly like if I'd ever met him.<br /><br /><br />I'm very sorry to hear of his death.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29607237120138575212015-03-18T07:07:53.994+00:002015-03-18T07:07:53.994+00:00CR had a major influence on my life. And many othe...CR had a major influence on my life. And many others', clearly. A real inspiration. I'll mourn very briefly, and then celebrate him.<br />Bravo, Captain.Zaphodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-78036629725757512532015-03-18T02:50:06.772+00:002015-03-18T02:50:06.772+00:00Sad to hear the news. I was a late comer to his bl...Sad to hear the news. I was a late comer to his blog but always enjoyed his mixture, good humour and humanity. At last he has found peace- he seemed to have precious little in this life.Flaxen Saxonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-51023939928216581772015-03-18T01:33:09.662+00:002015-03-18T01:33:09.662+00:00Wow. What a shocker. I’m slightly surprised at q...Wow. What a shocker. I’m slightly surprised at quite how deeply saddened I am to hear this; after all, I never met the Captain or even – until now – knew his real name. But, as for many others, I suspect, he was a bright light in a dull, often (for smokers) hostile world. It’s perhaps a reflection of a society that, for smokers, has become increasingly unfriendly over the past couple of decades, that the loss of a smoker-member of the blogosphere, particularly one who writes so well and voices many of our own thoughts and feelings more articulately than we ourselves can, touches us as deeply as, in earlier years, the loss of one of our well-known pub-regular friends would have done. Sad news indeed. RIP Cap’n.Jaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70714472524449137662015-03-18T00:52:20.975+00:002015-03-18T00:52:20.975+00:00Just raising a glass of red wine and enjoying a ci...Just raising a glass of red wine and enjoying a cigarette in memory of Colin. I loved his writing and we got on well off blog, he sent a good picture and I will save that to remember him.emma2000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-48772921255067561312015-03-17T23:55:55.510+00:002015-03-17T23:55:55.510+00:00I best remember Colin from his days as Chair of Fr...I best remember Colin from his days as Chair of Freedom2Choose (no secret now, I presume). His musings were a regular, and welcome feature on the home page of the F2C website.<br /><br />He wrote with passion, and authority, and never felt restrained by the need to avoid offending those who deserved to be offended. No rhetorical somersaults in the cause of political correctness for Colin. Oh no, any anti-smoking body that crossed his path could expect the verbal equivalent of a sledgehammer in the face! He gave a lot of hope, to the folks at F2C, and raised their spirits when there was much going on to make them feel very low. His metamorphosis into Captain Ranty was F2C's loss.<br /><br />I communicated with him many times, via phone and email, but I never got to meet him. I am saddened that I will never now get the chance to have that oft-promised overnight session of beer and fags - and howling at the moon.<br /><br />A genuinely lovely bloke, gone too soon, and will be sorely missed.<br /><br />RIP friend.BrianBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-73278242285911175632015-03-17T23:40:19.136+00:002015-03-17T23:40:19.136+00:00Ranty's going to be someone I will miss every ...Ranty's going to be someone I will miss every day for the rest of my life. :*(Katabasishttp://i-squared.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-85918547685805526082015-03-17T22:55:04.343+00:002015-03-17T22:55:04.343+00:00Thanks for that. Sympathies obviously to the famil...Thanks for that. Sympathies obviously to the family. I shall write a suitable personal tribute to the man which I shall publish over at mine in the morning.<br /><br /><br />I am genuinely upset.Dioclesehttp://dioclese.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57484258979579398482015-03-17T22:34:08.153+00:002015-03-17T22:34:08.153+00:00Unknown, but the family have confirmed on social m...Unknown, but the family have confirmed on social media. IMO admirable that Twitter followers have not delved further, it's a family matter. :)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-3190252853957833372015-03-17T22:14:59.278+00:002015-03-17T22:14:59.278+00:00Shit! I didn't know. Colin was alright. We exc...Shit! I didn't know. Colin was alright. We exchanged several emails off blogs and got along just fine. Read his stuff regularly as he did mine. Bit of a kindred spirit.<br /><br />What the hell happened to him?!?Dioclesehttp://dioclese.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57034938222086973112015-03-17T22:10:04.062+00:002015-03-17T22:10:04.062+00:00Yes, I too remember that post of his. It was typic...Yes, I too remember that post of his. It was typical of his irreverent and crystal clear view of life around him. What a bloody shame. He was one of the good guys, and they are few and far between. I for one will miss him and his singularly perspicacious rants. I raise a glass to your memory, CR.nisakimannoreply@blogger.com