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I just received an email that Flander one of our elder members has passed away. He battled an illness that was very painful and the one consolation is that his pain is now gone.

He was to have met me in February and was also planning to return in May, but his heath wouldn’t allow it.

It was my privilege to have met Flander in May of last year. HungLo and King Costa were there as well. Flander and I met up with Vegas Bob and made a date to go to Princess Marana for dinner with some ladies we had met. Having made friends at breakfast at the Presidente we continued to correspond. He enjoyed the time spent with Vegas Bob playing black jack as well as the others that he had met. Thanks to CRT I was able to make his acquaintance. He bought Lands End shirts and had CRT and Costa Rica Ticas embroidered on them so people would recognize him. He enjoyed CRT and the people he met from the board. We shared a lot of stories and laughs over that week we met and the time in between trips.

Then in October King Costa, Philly Rookie, Flander and I spent time together in Tamarendo. This was a fantastic time away from the gulch and an opportunity to get to know one another. We stayed at a house that King Costa has there. During that time we listened to Flander tell jokes and stories from his past.

He would bring us flavored condoms of the day at breakfast which he had brought from home. He would pass out a different flavor each day.

If you didn’t have the honor to have met Flander you missed something. Flander enjoyed life and lived it to its fullest.

I will miss my friend very much.

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Sorry to hear about Flander, and also that I did not get to meet him. PhillyRookie spoke highly of him and of what a character he was.
I actually just missed meeting him by a couple days in CR last year. I know he had some good friends here and will be missed by them.

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My condolences to those that knew him.

Also sorry to hear about Flander and would like to send my condolences.I never had the priviledge of meeting him but like Paco heard great things about him from Philly Rookie.I do wish I could have meet him as he sounded like one who lived life to the fullest.rbc100

So sorry to hear that one of our Brothers will not be making the trip south again..
Heck he might already be there...

My deepest condolences to everyone that had to fortune to meet such a fine man...
Just Nucknfuts

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Throughout the history of mankind there has never been one shred of evidence that supports that life is serious..........
Don't believe everything you think ............

Under the whisperings
of tropic nights
there is a darker whispering
that death invents especially
for northern men
whom the tropics
have come to hold.

---William Carlos Williams

Pelo, that was Post of the Month. Beautiful and profound.

Sorry I never got to meet him. I am sure he is happier now than when he was suffering & hope he finds the Chica up there of his dreams that he was looking for down here! At least GOD granted him a taste of something different in life by Creating a place on Earth as Great as Costa Rica with it's beautiful friendly people!!


My condolences to those that knew him.

Buzz

RIP

I met Flander on 2 occasions. Last time was back in October just before I made a trip to Panama. Praise God the pain is gone. I'm sure he is in a happier place.

dapanz1

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DaPanz1 writes:

I met Flander on 2 occasions. Last time was back in October just before I made a trip to Panama. Praise God the pain is gone. I'm sure he is in a happier place.






Although I never had the pleasure to meet the man himself, From several posts I have read he was a hell of a guy....very sorry to hear of his passing....and Yes he is in a better place....Been there myself as I buried my wife a few years back........

My deepest condolences to those of you who were close to him.....

Peace and Love

CG

Vaya con Dios mi hermano

I also met him in Oct.- went to La Princesa Marina and a couple of HH's. Quite honestly, I can say that I will never forget him as long as I live. He was a special kind of guy.

Happy Trails Flander or should I say Happy Tails

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Why Chicas Come to CostaRica:

"Predators gather where prey abounds"

I met Flander several times. He was a good guy, and since he was Irish:

Here's to the wine we love to drink, and the food we love to eat.
Here's to our wives and sweethearts, let's pray they never meet.
Here's champagne for our real friends, and real pain for our sham friends.
And when this life is over, may all of us find some peace.

Amen and Salute.

I had the privilege of meeting Flander and what a great and sincere gentleman he was. Godspeed to him and his family. He will be missed and remembered.

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These girls are all virgins once you get past the used part.

IF HEAVEN IS ANYTHING LIKE COSTA RICA...THEN FLANDER IS IN A BETTER PLACE. GODSPEED FLANDER.

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My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming...." MAN....WHAT A RIDE!!!!"