Car Wash Mike's Friends Speak Out

Spring Chicken · July 2010

By my count there have been 18,563 hits on the various threads regarding Car Wash Mike’s death and it keeps growing in number. I’ve read them all and it appears that at least half are from Eggheads who rarely if ever post on the Forum and most had never met him in person. Yet they came forward to say a few words about a man who affected their lives by his contributions to the Forum. Whether it be a “welcome to the Forum” to a Newbie, or explaining for the millionth time how to cook ribs, he always did so with the same enthusiasm as he did with all of his thousands of posts. He wanted everyone to enjoy Egg’n as much as he did.

But the numbers also reflect what kind of people make up our group of Eggheads. The replies, comments and condolences were very genuine and heavily laced with emotion. We all feel the loss and will continue to do so for a very long time. No wonder he was so pleased to be an Egghead.

Even in death he brought out the best in each of us. We will miss him.

Spring “Time Heals Wounds But Never Erases Memories” Chicken
Spring Texas USA

BigDaddy - OCT · July 2010

Very well stated, sir!

deepsouth · July 2010

well said.

lowercasebill · July 2010

rtd even posted!

Mainegg · July 2010

You hit the nail on the head Leroy.

Frank from Houma · July 2010

Amen

BENTE · July 2010

you know you are right he was always laughing, joking, and being serious about food. as i was reading some of the things many people wrote about mike the one that i actually heard was your when you told us his words "Well just how tall do you want me to be?" i actually got a really good chuckle out of it... thanks leroy!!!

i along with countless others will miss my friend terribly

Chef Charles · July 2010

You are absolutely right Leroy. According to my count, the views have increased to almost 30,000 on the various threads that are on the go.

Tom

Rusty Rooster · July 2010

Very well stated Leroy. Old, new & in between we will all miss him. I will never forget AlaskanC being envious when I got one of his ribs at my first Eggtoberfest & she had not. I had no idea I was getting something considered that special but I soon learned.

Desert Filly · July 2010

nicely put, LeRoy.

bbqbeth · July 2010

well said..
i will miss him greatly....
always & forever....
bbqbeth

cookn biker · July 2010

Amen Leroy.

CVDSmokeShack · July 2010

SC;
That says it all...

Chris

Misippi Egger · July 2010

Thanks for stating this, Leroy.

This will certainly create a void of great rib help on this Forum. His selfless contributions will be sorely missed!

RIP, CWM !

loco_engr · July 2010

Very well stated Leroy!

Mickey · July 2010

Leroy very well said.
Thank you

EggTurner · July 2010

For those of us who were new to Egging, CWM was a great source of helpful and kindly rendered advice. Peace.

Carolina Q · July 2010

This is really quite amazing. I didn't know Mike. In fact, I'm not even sure we ever posted in the same thread. (I don't do ribs much. :blush: ) But the outpouring of heartfelt sentiment I have seen here is truly remarkable! It certainly makes me wish I HAD known him. It takes a helluva guy to garner this much respect!

Cecil · July 2010

Agreed and Amen, Leroy.

Walt

UKMatt · July 2010

Spring Chicken wrote:

Yet they came forward to say a few words about a man who affected their lives by his contributions to the Forum.

Don't forget those of us who are so very sad about this news but have difficulty finding the right words to express how we feel...

Count 1 for me on that list.

UKMatt

Ross in Ventura · July 2010

You are O so right Le Roy

Ross

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