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Wheel......
JadeRose Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 05-15-2008
Posts: 19,525
Wheel's funeral was one year ago today. I miss him. All the sniping and arguments we had publicly on here were total bullshit. Privately he was the best friend I never met I ever had. I regret the hell out of not meeting him in person. He was a good man with a beautiful family.


RIP you mouthy, short, clam-digging, North Mexican SOB.


Amazing Rhythm Aces......King of the Cowboys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZgn1ts5-_g
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
Ya, he did manage to piss me off a couple times but I never missed a chance to smoke with him.. he Is missed... Mellow
chazbo Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 01-21-2007
Posts: 8,159
O my how that bald head midget is truly missed.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,301
Jade...know EXACTLY what you meant. Only difference is that I did meet him. When we used to do fun stuff like ROAK there was a variation called The Spot. I made him the Spot. Bunch of great cigars...bottle of booze, Mardi Gras beads, a custom pirate looking letter...burned at the edges with a lot of ye and ol in it all packaged in a humidor. He used to come down to Florida to visit family.

We would talk at least once a month. I valued our long distance friendship. When I saw Michael's post that he had passed I thought this was one of his gags. When I signed his guest page at the funeral home I knew this wasn't a joke. It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach.

I miss him and his humor. Being in on the joke from afar and watching people take the bait and laughing either over the phone or through pm here.

RIP....Cowboys still suck.
qmech Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 06-17-2016
Posts: 970
I did not know wheel died ( I have been away for a while). While not as close, wheel was fun to interact with on this forum.
Q
coolbreeze68 Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 02-02-2010
Posts: 3,665
I didn't realize it's been a year already. I suck at that stuff.

He did come up in thoughts & conversation yesterday. We went for beers right by his favorite hangout, where we had the wake.

Hope nurse Terrie is doing well.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,301
coolbreeze68 wrote:

Hope nurse Terrie is doing well.


I got to see them together...shes awesome...I hope she's doing well too. Bill would upset a lot here by objectifying her a lot...it was done out of love and pushing the envelope. Believe me...even if told him to tone it down offline. Did he? No.

I imagine he left a giant hole for her to fill. He was a presence.
JadeRose Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 05-15-2008
Posts: 19,525
DrMaddVibe wrote:
Jade...know EXACTLY what you meant. Only difference is that I did meet him. When we used to do fun stuff like ROAK there was a variation called The Spot. I made him the Spot. Bunch of great cigars...bottle of booze, Mardi Gras beads, a custom pirate looking letter...burned at the edges with a lot of ye and ol in it all packaged in a humidor. He used to come down to Florida to visit family.

We would talk at least once a month. I valued our long distance friendship. When I saw Michael's post that he had passed I thought this was one of his gags. When I signed his guest page at the funeral home I knew this wasn't a joke. It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach.

I miss him and his humor. Being in on the joke from afar and watching people take the bait and laughing either over the phone or through pm here.

RIP....Cowboys still suck.




Yep......regret the hell out of not going to Green Bay and meeting him up there for the Pack/Cowboys game only a couple of months before he passed. I just figured there was time. When he got hurt, I asked if he needed help with his business or anything. I get a lot of vacation at my work and was ready to go but being a dip$hit....er....uh....proud Texan, he would have none of it. I coulda helped Pedro and didn't even need a new hose to drink from! Hell....now I don't even care if the Cowboys win or not....although, you're right. They still suck.

Like you, Wheel and I would fight or he or I would bait some newb and on PM or the phone, we would laugh and laugh. Wheelrite was an obnoxious, misogynistic jackass that could get under anyone's skin. Bill Bark was a decent, hardworking man that loved and was soooo proud of his family and would give you the shirt off his back and laugh while doing it. I miss them both.
rfenst Offline
#9 Posted:
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,100
RIP
8trackdisco Offline
#10 Posted:
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Posts: 59,992
JadeRose wrote:
Yep......regret the hell out of not going to Green Bay and meeting him up there for the Pack/Cowboys game only a couple of months before he passed. I just figured there was time. When he got hurt, I asked if he needed help with his business or anything. I get a lot of vacation at my work and was ready to go but being a dip$hit....er....uh....proud Texan, he would have none of it. I coulda helped Pedro and didn't even need a new hose to drink from! Hell....now I don't even care if the Cowboys win or not....although, you're right. They still suck.

Like you, Wheel and I would fight or he or I would bait some newb and on PM or the phone, we would laugh and laugh. Wheelrite was an obnoxious, misogynistic jackass that could get under anyone's skin. Bill Bark was a decent, hardworking man that loved and was soooo proud of his family and would give you the shirt off his back and laugh while doing it. I miss them both.


Yeah, nice job missing GB, jackass.

Did you ever find out the cause of death?
JadeRose Offline
#11 Posted:
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8trackdisco wrote:
Yeah, nice job missing GB, jackass.

Did you ever find out the cause of death?





I would guess the bull$hit backed up into his brain and killed him.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#12 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,301
I'm afraid being a Cowboy fan was more than his poor heart could take.
Gene363 Offline
#13 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,669
RIP
Palama Offline
#14 Posted:
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,461
Damn, a year already?!?! I didn't have nearly the relationship some of you had with him but about a year before he passed, we had e-mailed each other about some Rolling Stones recordings that I was going to burn for him. Never got around to it and really sad that I never got off my azz to do it. I know he would have enjoyed them.

RIP Bill. Pray
fenderbendertex Offline
#15 Posted:
Joined: 08-17-2013
Posts: 1,139
So glad I got a chance to meet him. Invited me to sit down next to him and gave me an ISOM right off the bat! Told him how he nailed me on my very first post (of course he called me queer - his way of saying "welcome") and I died laughing and got him right back!
mikey1597 Offline
#16 Posted:
Joined: 05-18-2007
Posts: 14,162
Wheel was not the smart-ass he portrayed here on the boards. I've met a few people in my life that would make you feel that you were his long lost friend like Bill did. He was a genuine person and it reflected in his family. Bills daughter is more like him than his son, the Chief, but he couldn't have prouder of both.


Miss ya wheel







and he really was 5'11"
rfenst Offline
#17 Posted:
Joined: 06-23-2007
Posts: 39,100
DrMaddVibe wrote:
... When I signed his guest page at the funeral home I knew this wasn't a joke. It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach.


You went?
DrafterX Offline
#18 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
There was an online book....

Mikey is right.. the second time I met Bill was down in Durant to play golf and hang at the casino... met him at the golf course and he treated me like a long lost brother... RIP Bill. .. Sad
patrickh44231 Offline
#19 Posted:
Joined: 09-24-2009
Posts: 1,510
Because I haven't logged in in so long. I was just informed of Bill's passing.

RIP Brotha. We will keep you're angst alive here.
DrafterX Offline
#20 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
Patrick the lobster guy..?? Huh
patrickh44231 Offline
#21 Posted:
Joined: 09-24-2009
Posts: 1,510
Been here since 09 or 10. Whizzy was my vet. I've been off the forum for a few years now. Just got back on a week or so ago. But sure the lobster guy works too.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#22 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,301
rfenst wrote:
You went?



No, you could sign it online.

I was moved by how many of us here did too.

Anyone that says this place is a joke doesn't take the time to actually understand what this place is.
Abrignac Offline
#23 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2012
Posts: 17,217
I miss Bill. We talked about once a month. Regret never making it to Dallas for the annual beef.
DrafterX Offline
#24 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
Think
I musta missed the annual beefs... Think
Abrignac Offline
#25 Posted:
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Herfs. Spell check and beer. A great combination.
frankj1 Offline
#26 Posted:
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,211
I miss Wheel too. Never spoke, had several pm exchanges in which I got to meet the man behind the on-line persona.
Very sad.
DrafterX Offline
#27 Posted:
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I heard he really dug the Dave Mathews Band... Mellow
JadeRose Offline
#28 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
I heard he really dug the Dave Mathews Band... Mellow





Nope...he thought they blew goats, too
MACS Offline
#29 Posted:
Joined: 02-26-2004
Posts: 79,593
JadeRose wrote:
Nope...he thought they blew goats, too


They do. Duh.
madspackler Offline
#30 Posted:
Joined: 03-07-2000
Posts: 3,608
RIP Wheel/Bill. You are still larger than life. Miss you.

I called him out once or twice on the boards and he was always quick to PM to say it was in jest. Another time I recall in particular, he seemed really down and I PM'ed him to offer some help or if he just needed to talk. He said he was fine - like the true Texan he was, always willing to help another but slow to accept any assistance from others. They broke the mold when that made that character. One of a kind.
JadeRose Offline
#31 Posted:
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Posts: 19,525
MACS wrote:
They do. Duh.





He KNEW they blew goats, too.





Fixed it MACS
Whistlebritches Offline
#32 Posted:
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,127
RIP you crazy cowboy loving bastid................miss ya Brutha
DrMaddVibe Offline
#33 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,301
JadeRose wrote:
He KNEW they blew goats, too.





Fixed it MACS


Pretty sure he stroked out when he saw the pictures of Dave Matthews actually on his knees blowing a goat.


That's what I heard.
jackconrad Offline
#34 Posted:
Joined: 06-09-2003
Posts: 67,461
R I P BRO
robertsccr5 Offline
#35 Posted:
Joined: 09-13-2012
Posts: 2,314
Miss that guy. RIP.
Speyside Offline
#36 Posted:
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
Wonder who he's pranking in heaven.
haon Offline
#37 Posted:
Joined: 09-11-2016
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RIP wheel, a good guy. No one is above bluster on the internet, can't hild that against anyone

Haven't checked the cbid forums in eight years, and this is the first thing I see :(

Damn, I will burn one in his honor ASAP
jetblasted Offline
#38 Posted:
Joined: 08-30-2004
Posts: 42,595
Bumping this because I did not know. I guess I was off this board for a while. Learning about jack’s passing yesterday was bad enough. I’m in a low funk, now. Geez. I last talked to Bill a couple of years ago. I called and wished him a Merry Christmas. Every now and then “wheelrite” will pop-up in my phone contacts & I always wondered about him. It’s a double sad day for me. I really hate to hear of his passing. I guess we all had the Love/Hate Brother thing for him. I had a missed-connection with him in Dallas once. We talked on the phone every so often. I really liked him a lot.

R.I.P.

teedubbya Offline
#39 Posted:
Joined: 08-14-2003
Posts: 95,637
The only time I got mad at wheel is when he didn’t feel comfortable enough to tell me about him and drafter being lovers. I don’t judge and it hurt my feelings he thought I would.

Kidding aside I think about wheel every time I wear the shirt he asked nick predomo to send me. It always makes me smile.

He was a good little midget.
JadeRose Offline
#40 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
The only time I got mad at wheel is when he didn’t feel comfortable enough to tell me about him and drafter being lovers. I don’t judge and it hurt my feelings he thought I would.

Kidding aside I think about wheel every time I wear the shirt he asked nick predomo to send me. It always makes me smile.

He was a good little midget.




He was. And the sunuvabitch died owing me a bottle of hot sauce.


Prick
cacman Offline
#41 Posted:
Joined: 07-03-2010
Posts: 12,216
teedubbya wrote:
He was a good little midget.


wheelrite wrote:
5'11"

jackazz,,,

wheel,

frankj1 Offline
#42 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:


He was a little midget.


redundant
DrafterX Offline
#43 Posted:
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Posts: 98,508
He was one of a kind... He had lousy time dying tho... He had just inherited a couple million bucks I think... I wish he woulda got to enjoy it... Mellow
delta1 Offline
#44 Posted:
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hmmmm...kinda suspicious...who go the inheritance?
Mr. Jones Offline
#45 Posted:
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,359
He was a good guy...
Always funny....
And his alter egos where fun...

I really can't remember him giving me any ****?
Maybe once or twice but always in jest...I think?

He was a pretty good "mediator" between arguing members by interjecting a totally stupid and unrelated topic to a internet conflict on here that brought down tensions...

That was his best trait...
DrafterX Offline
#46 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
delta1 wrote:
hmmmm...kinda suspicious...who go the inheritance?



Wife and kids I assume.. but she loved him.. it was tough seeing her cry.. but I figured you were just kiddin.. Mellow
teedubbya Offline
#47 Posted:
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He liked clam
frankj1 Offline
#48 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
He liked clam

which required a step stool
fishinguitarman Offline
#49 Posted:
Joined: 07-29-2006
Posts: 69,148
Remembering him this Holiday Season!

May just buy a box of Juan Lopez #2.....One of his favorites in honor of him!
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#50 Posted:
Joined: 11-02-2006
Posts: 121,359
I'm gonna drink a bottle of rotgut vodka...
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