The Gipper Rest in Peace

mjp28

@londonbrown said:

Awesome. Good work whoever set it up

That whoever would be the great Zombo who does a lot of the seen and unseen work here.

Thanks Z !

Dutch Oven

@canton-mike said:

Sent mine via PayPal...no problem.

Mike

Yeah, I've never used PayPal before and just did it as "Guest" and it was super easy.

gumby73

Always blessed ? to share with this classy Board of Browns Fans....?

Prayers to the Gipson Family & Friends ?

Thanks! to all the members whom posted the great photos..the great post... and to all that kept us updated ... #Bless'em

Bob806

Sent. RIP Gipper.

Tour2ma

@dutch-oven said:

Yeah, I've never used PayPal before and just did it as "Guest" and it was super easy.

If you have a Discover Card, sign up...

The next three months (July - Sept.) all PayPal transactions earn 5% cashback.

Plus the last three months of the year Amazon is part of the 5% deal.

And if you don't have a Discover Card.... get one.

Minimum of 1.5% cashback an all transactions with 5% deal every quarter, and at end of first year they credit you double the cashback total you earned that year.

Dutch Oven

@tour2ma said:

If you have a Discover Card, sign up...

The next three months (July - Sept.) all PayPal transactions earn 5% cashback.

Plus the last three months of the year Amazon is part of the 5% deal.

And if you don't have a Discover Card.... get one.

Minimum of 1.5% cashback an all transactions with 5% deal every quarter, and at end of first year they credit you double the cashback total you earned that year.

I'm Italian.

Straight cash, homey. ?

Westside Steve

Westside Steve

@westside-steve said:

Bump

BB on left

hoorta

Sorry I couldn't make it- out of the loop on vacation...

TexasAg1969

Zombo said:

It should work, other people are using it, does your browser block it?

I guess you could Zelle me: [email protected]

Z

I would have to open another account to do that. I tried every way possible to get it to accept my paypal to no avail. So instead I will just donate to the BB. Where do I find that link on the BB? Thanks, Bill

Tour2ma

@dutch-oven said:

Straight cash, homey. ?

I leave home without it...

... and write about two checks a year.

Riffer X

Bummer man.

RIP Gipper

Tour2ma

@westside-steve said:

Bump

BB on left

Not to get morbid, but was a cause of death determined?

Westside Steve

@tour2ma said:

Not to get morbid, but was a cause of death determined?

Tommy was an insolent dependent diabetic, which I'm sure exaggerated his ill health. I'm not aware of an autopsy but:

Four of us, fellow Norton high 70 grads, would go out once in a while and have a beer or three though the Gipper, who rarely had more than a pint of Guinness He regularly complained about his acid reflux. One of our group is an outspoken RN often badgered Tommy about getting an ECG and not listening to his gastroenterologist but to find a cardiologist, since he had seen so many examples of people confusing heart pain for stomach problems. He was having pains that night and the RN made him promise to call for an Electrocardiogram the next day. He said he would though he had told us that before. That morning his wife called me saying that she found him dead. (They had separate bedrooms) No doubt it was a heart attack.

A few of us would watch every Brown's game at somebody's house and he would often leave at halftime because he was so worked up.

WSS

ballpeen

That's sad. I had another friend some years back who complained to his wife about a upset stomach and told her he was going to lay in bed for a while. She went to get him for something about 40 minutes later and he was dead in bed. He was even younger than Tom, maybe 55.

I think a lot of us guys tend to ignore, or write off some health things we probably need not ignore. I am not saying Tom did that in this case, sometimes it is what it is, but I think we all know it is easy to do.

Vagitron

Holy shit. I know he and I beefed but this really, really sucks. He was the joker to my batman. I've had his goofy ass on ignore for a while and I feel bad now. Rest in peace gipper. ?

Vagitron

@ballpeen said:

That's sad. I had another friend some years back who complained to his wife about a upset stomach and told her he was going to lay in bed for a while. She went to get him for something about 40 minutes later and he was dead in bed. He was even younger than Tom, maybe 55.

I think a lot of us guys tend to ignore, or write off some health things we probably need not ignore. I am not saying Tom did that in this case, sometimes it is what it is, but I think we all know it is easy to do.

1000%

I lost my dad in 2014. He was 63. He died of colo-rectal cancer and his gastro doctor was livid. If he had just gone for his routine colonoscopy they would have caught it and he would still be alive. The doctor said he could have had it brewing for 10 years. They are absolutely painless and completely routine. I think a lot of this also stems from our absolutely piss poor health care system. Great doctors, horrid system. People forgo care because they don't want to bankrupt themselves and then they die and no one seems to bat an eye for the actual reason why.

I still can't believe gipper is gone.

Tour2ma

@vagitron said:

I've had his goofy ass on ignore for a while and I feel bad now.

On the other hand...

Had you done so earlier he might still be alive... 🥷

Tour2ma

@vagitron said:

I lost my dad in 2014. He was 63. He died of colo-rectal cancer...

Same thing that took my Dad...

... but insurance was a non-issue as he was older and under Medicare.

Vagitron

@tour2ma said:

Same thing that took my Dad...

... but insurance was a non-issue as he was older and under Medicare.

My dad had great insurance. He was just being stubborn and then got to the point I assume that he was afraid of what it may be and then just never went. However A LOT of people bypass care because they don't want to be underwater. It's easier to die. Our country is broken. Frankly I believe we live in a failed state now. We have a massssssssssive empathy problem.