Update on Bob the Navigator
Mar 19th, 2017 | 10:30 AM
#163
Joined: Jan 2003
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To me, Bob the Navigator is one of the classics who will never go out of style. Just checking in from time to time helps the board maintain a certain classiness.
Your participation also reminds me that I have been remiss of late. Too busy with other parts of my life to check in and help others like you have helped me over the years.
Your participation also reminds me that I have been remiss of late. Too busy with other parts of my life to check in and help others like you have helped me over the years.
Mar 19th, 2017 | 11:51 AM
#164
Joined: Feb 2006
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no Bob, she is definitely gone.
Stu - wasn't she Zeppole last of all? or was that before Sandralist?
Her manner detracted from her in depth knowledge of some parts of Italy which when she deigned to impart it was very useful.
Sadly she had neither your manners nor class Bob, which I appreciated greatly when I first joined this board about 10 years ago.
Stu - wasn't she Zeppole last of all? or was that before Sandralist?
Her manner detracted from her in depth knowledge of some parts of Italy which when she deigned to impart it was very useful.
Sadly she had neither your manners nor class Bob, which I appreciated greatly when I first joined this board about 10 years ago.
Mar 19th, 2017 | 12:30 PM
#165
Joined: Nov 2004
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I forgot what her very fist name was, but she had several at the same time (which she admitted to), then Zeppole, then Sandralist. She was booted off Fodors what must have been a record number of times. Always changing her name & getting back on Fodors.
Stu Dudley
Stu Dudley
Mar 20th, 2017 | 01:38 PM
#169
Joined: Apr 2003
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Hi Bob,
I haven't been on fodors in several months, so just now finding out about your illness. You have always been such a valuable contributor to this board, and I have benefited from your good advice more than once over the years. Thank you!
Best wishes for your continued improvement!
I haven't been on fodors in several months, so just now finding out about your illness. You have always been such a valuable contributor to this board, and I have benefited from your good advice more than once over the years. Thank you!
Best wishes for your continued improvement!
Mar 20th, 2017 | 08:09 PM
#173
Joined: Oct 2003
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>>>I forgot what her very fist name was, but she had several at the same time (which she admitted to), then Zeppole, then Sandralist.<<<
Stepsbeyond? Sfinge? Primeranoche? I think those all came later though.
>>>Bob the Navigator is an institution<<<
Ultimate Fodorite award!
Stepsbeyond? Sfinge? Primeranoche? I think those all came later though.
>>>Bob the Navigator is an institution<<<
Ultimate Fodorite award!
Mar 21st, 2017 | 01:49 PM
#178
Joined: Apr 2004
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Wishing you all the best, bob. You helped us plan our honeymoon back in 2004 and generously provided guidance and suggestions for many trips after. Including our first trip to Tuscany.
That trip led to the most wonderful vacation "rut" for our family. We now spend 2 weeks at the Politian Apartments in Montepulciano every spring/summer. This coming winter, we are adding a second yearly trip there in Dec/Jan. I have a feeling this winter Tuscany trip too will become a family tradition.
Didn't mean to ramble, but just wanted to share how your unfailing generosity with your knowledge affected us. What we didn't share publicly at the time was that our oldest son was in the process of being diagnosed with autism way back when we were planning that first Tuscany trip. Almost five years of year-round, 40+ hours every week of intensive therapy would follow that diagnosis. Montepulciano and the Val d' Orcia became our respite - so desperately needed, especially for our kiddo who spent age 1.5-6 working so, so hard dawn to dusk. And now... that little boy shows very little sign that he ever faced such challenges. Mainstreamed without support in every area of life. Even learned to order his favorite foods in Italian last year
. Thankfully he doesn't remember most of the hardest parts of his childhood. Instead, he remembers Tuscany. <3.
That trip led to the most wonderful vacation "rut" for our family. We now spend 2 weeks at the Politian Apartments in Montepulciano every spring/summer. This coming winter, we are adding a second yearly trip there in Dec/Jan. I have a feeling this winter Tuscany trip too will become a family tradition.
Didn't mean to ramble, but just wanted to share how your unfailing generosity with your knowledge affected us. What we didn't share publicly at the time was that our oldest son was in the process of being diagnosed with autism way back when we were planning that first Tuscany trip. Almost five years of year-round, 40+ hours every week of intensive therapy would follow that diagnosis. Montepulciano and the Val d' Orcia became our respite - so desperately needed, especially for our kiddo who spent age 1.5-6 working so, so hard dawn to dusk. And now... that little boy shows very little sign that he ever faced such challenges. Mainstreamed without support in every area of life. Even learned to order his favorite foods in Italian last year
. Thankfully he doesn't remember most of the hardest parts of his childhood. Instead, he remembers Tuscany. <3.
