Such a tragedy, John was taken out way too early. As it's been said earlier, John was as keen as anybody I ever met in those early HEAVEN days. I can well remember going to BBQ/film nights at his old place in Blacktown and sitting with him and Mark Cotteril listening to their plans for HEAVEN, it was a buzz to be around guys so enthusiastic. Under his and Marks wing HEAVEN got rolling at a quite impressive pace and even though I didn't always agree with Johns ideas and methods of achieving them, there was never any animosity, in fact I think we became better mates because of our philosophical differences (
if that makes sense) 
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. He reminded me a lot of Magoo in many respects.
Despite carrying the burden of his brain tumor he was still hatching plans right up to only a few months ago when he called me to ask about the feasibility of importing a flat tracker that'd appeared on vft.org. Even though my own illness paled into insignificance when compared to his, he phoned and emailed me numerous times throughout the duration to check on my progress. Considering how sick he himself must have been, that really impressed me. I'll miss his crazy plans, miss his phonecalls, and miss his friendship. He fought the cancer for much longer than his doctors gave him so we can all take a lesson from his stubbornness on not wanting to get involved in the dying thing. Sadly, it finally beat him..........Thanks for everything John.
John was vmxmad on this forum.
