Dear Shaky,
I know, somewhere, somehow, you'll be readin this in about 2 hours time.
I'd like to say what a pleasure it was to have the chance to meet you in your local in Ulverston last year. You were everything you'd been made out to be off the forum, a genuinely nice bloke, a good laugh, and a true northender.
Memories last forever, mate, and your posting style has left hundreds of memories with hundreds of people. It takes a special person to have a thread such as this on an internet forum less than 24 hours after their passing. You'll be missed.
Life is the longest thing any of us will ever do, but times like this enforce the view that it is too short. I've lost interest in our managerial vacancy for the time being, I'm focused on the fact that I, along with every other poster on this forum, have lost a friend, a comrade, a brother.
Good Night Shaky, you'll be forever remembered.