Quote Originally Posted by m_c View Post
I don't really want to post this, but the resident grumpy Yorkshire man passed away this morning.

More details can be found over on the model engineer forum - http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/foru....asp?th=131147

I know I've always enjoyed his both knowledgeable and funny posts starting from the usenet days, and he's going to be badly missed.
John lived just up the road from me and I had the pleasure of chatting in his workshop a few times. A very knowledgeable fellow who, despite having short thrift for idiots (which is possibly a more polite way of saying "grumpy"), was always ready to share his knowledge and experience with this particular idiot. I suppose it helped that I always came armed with Hobnobs.

RIP John, you were a credit to the community and a great person to have met.