A very good friend of mine and a long time poster on this board passed away in the USA. Firecat traveled with me to several continents and I have never met someone kinder to the boys he met. He is going to be greatly missed!

Are you talking about firecat69?  What happened?  How did you find out?

Yes, Firecat69.  They found him yesterday.  His adopted son in Thailand had not heard from him since Saturday so he called me today to help. I called the USA and they found him yesterday. I don't know much more.

His last post was on Saturday morning board time , which means Friday afternoon at where he lived  so it looks it was sudden. 

He was always an advocate for fair treatment of boys and basher of cheap Charlies.

Rest in peace 

17 minutes ago, Michael said:

Yes, Firecat69.  They found him yesterday.  His adopted son in Thailand had not heard from him since Saturday so he called me today to help. I called the USA and they found him yesterday. I don't know much more.

I am truly upset about this news.  He was an important contributor on my board too.

It is always a shock to read of the passing of a board member. RIP Firecat. I recall meeting him just once, many years ago, at a dinner with Michael, but did read his interpretative posts.

Rest well Firecat. Good man, met him twice once in Montreal and once in Pattaya along with Michael and a nice French dinner.

I'm sorry to hear the loss of your friend, and a member of the community. Rest in peace Firecat.

2 hours ago, PeterP said:

I hope that the bf is ok and doing well. I know they were together for many years. 

We spoke yesterday and he is very heartbroken and sad. They were together for 20 years.

His posts were always those of a man with a gentle and generous spirit.

Another former Pattaya farang also died at around the same time.  He was known as Hubba Bubba Jim and died

in Atlanta, Georgia of Covid. Jim didn’t post but was a well known raconteur.

12 hours ago, williewillie said:

Another former Pattaya farang also died at around the same time.  He was known as Hubba Bubba Jim and died

in Atlanta, Georgia of Covid. Jim didn’t post but was a well known raconteur.

I met Hubba Bubba on several occasions and enjoyed conversation with him. He led a fascinating life. He will be missed.

Just the phrase -"His adopted Thai son" speaks volumes about him.

Sounds like an incredible person that knew the value of sharing.

 

Scrolling down to the bottom of the list of forums are the top contributors.  firecat was in 5th place and vinapu held number 1 spot.

3 hours ago, PeterP said:

....enjoyed debating with others. 

They must be 'others' who will say the same

Some of them.

12 hours ago, PeterP said:

Firecat was proud of his posting and enjoyed debating with others. It is of no surprise that he is in 5th place. (personal info removed by Moderator PeterP Banned)

one has to juxtapose whether quantity of posts trumps quality of posts.  

6 hours ago, williewillie said:

one has to juxtapose whether quantity of posts trumps quality of posts.  

Yes. However, he is number 3 in the terms of most liked content.

 

Firecat69 offered to take me around bangkok on my first visit and we met for drinks and then out to bars. He was enjoyable to chat and knowledgeable about the boys and rates and mama sans. This was during the time he owned this site and he found me a great hotel near Silom 4 area. We only met that once but he leaves an impression. 

2 hours ago, jonnycome said:

Firecat69 offered to take me around bangkok on my first visit and we met for drinks and then out to bars. He was enjoyable to chat and knowledgeable about the boys and rates and mama sans. This was during the time he owned this site and he found me a great hotel near Silom 4 area. We only met that once but he leaves an impression. 

To be clear, he never owned gayguides.com   He did own the gaythailand website for almost 9 years. He ran the site and the board. He had help from his long time companion in the beginning and then he did it on his own. He got tired of the constant updates code requirements (remember, it was a profile site and not just a forum). He was going to close it down completely and I asked him to let the forum continue. The profile section of the site was just too old to update easily. However, I have always loved the forum. He kept the name and forwarded it over to gayguides.com with the full forum in tack. I did remove posts earlier in this thread regarding this as I was unaware he shared that information with anyone other than a few close friends but there is another thread on another site about this so I wanted to clear things up.

He encouraged me to take my first trip to Thailand many years ago and met me there and showed me around Pattaya. He was a good host. We traveled together over 4 continents. He had no tolerance for anyone who treated the boys in an unkind way. I have never met one lad that he went with that did not say how kind he was to them. He was kind to them and to me, and that is what matters to me. 

1 hour ago, Michael said:

He encouraged me to take my first trip to Thailand many years ago and met me there and showed me around Pattaya. He was a good host. We traveled together over 4 continents. He had no tolerance for anyone who treated the boys in an unkind way. I have never met one lad that he went with that did not say how kind he was to them. He was kind to them and to me, and that is what matters to me. 

We should be very thankful that he took on all the tasks of keeping gaythailand going and ensuring it was the most active and varied of the various Thai chat rooms. It is inevitably part of the job that the owner of a site will occasionally receive some flak from time to time. With his passing, our gratitude along with Michael's comments is surely all that needs be said.