GJC rememberance

[GJC]

Thank you for all your kind words. This site and the people he talked to on here enriched my Grandfather's life the last few years. He had been married 50 years when my Nan died and we could tell he was lonely and at a bit of a loose end. So my father bought him a computer to give him an interest and my job was to teach him how to use it. As you probably discovered he wasn't a natural lol. Btw he made me write down things like lol and what it meant. My aunt had to teach him how to cook so I guess I got off light.
I also looked around for things that might interest him and joined him to this site. He absolutely loved it right from the start. It fascinated him that he could talk to people across the world and that a 70 year old could mix with 20 year olds, "you wouldn't see that in a pub would you?"
He loved the fact he could wake up at 4AM and talk to people on here.
He was also a demon at online poker, "tops the pension up a bit"
Reading this thread I am happy that his personality came across on the site he would have been embarassed by the thread of course. "I just wanted you to explain why I wasn't replying to people not to cause a fuss" he will be thinking no doubt.
He was a very courteous man and liked to exchange views but would hate to offend anyone, except rude people and racists of course!
He was very touched by the help he received on the site, I had to patiently let him explain to me how to cut and paste. "It will be handy for you to know this"
Since he has died so many people have been in touch with their memories of him and I've learnt a lot about him I didn't know.
He had quite a poor upbringing and worked on the docks for years. He hadn't had much education but pretty much educated himself by reading. He was very proud that 3 of his children went to university. He would have been pleased to have been called classy as boxers who carried themselves with class always were favourites of his
Whenever I visited him I'd notice boxing books piled up by the computer with notes in them and the magnifying glass he used to read the screen. He could never find his glasses and I long ago gave up showing him how to zoom in.
He had a lot of health issues over the last year and I think over the last few months he realised that he wasn't going to last much longer and he made a point out of visiting all the family and saying what I now realise was his goodbyes.
He would be pleased that I have said his goodbyes to his friends on here.
A number of you have sent private messages which has been lovely and I will reply to you in the coming days.

John

[BattlingNelson]

John, thanks for coming in here sharing this story regarding your grandfather.

My condolences for your loss.

[IronDanHamza]

Beautiful message, John.

I'm sorry for your loss, the time we got to know your Grandfather we all enjoyed.

Your Grandfather was not only a great poster here but a great friend, to all of us.

[Roman Moreno]

Oh man, I came into this thread late. I'm in shock right now. This is sad news for me. GJC was one of my favorite posters on here. I would always try to read every post he made. I learned a lot from his posts. RIP George.

[bojangles1987]

R.I.P.

Great poster.

[The Surgeon]

Damn. Tragic stuff indeed, GJC was genuinely a FIRST CLASS poster - among the finest i have encountered in my time here and thats been years now even before the join date on this account. He never talked down to someone even when he was by far their superior on boxing knowledge and his thoughtful and informed posts usually came with a dash of comedy! Great poster and id wager a top man too.

R.I.P buddy, i'll miss u......


My thoughts are with u and yours John

[rorymac]

Thank you for all your kind words. This site and the people he talked to on here enriched my Grandfather's life the last few years. He had been married 50 years when my Nan died and we could tell he was lonely and at a bit of a loose end. So my father bought him a computer to give him an interest and my job was to teach him how to use it. As you probably discovered he wasn't a natural lol. Btw he made me write down things like lol and what it meant. My aunt had to teach him how to cook so I guess I got off light.
I also looked around for things that might interest him and joined him to this site. He absolutely loved it right from the start. It fascinated him that he could talk to people across the world and that a 70 year old could mix with 20 year olds, "you wouldn't see that in a pub would you?"
He loved the fact he could wake up at 4AM and talk to people on here.
He was also a demon at online poker, "tops the pension up a bit"
Reading this thread I am happy that his personality came across on the site he would have been embarassed by the thread of course. "I just wanted you to explain why I wasn't replying to people not to cause a fuss" he will be thinking no doubt.
He was a very courteous man and liked to exchange views but would hate to offend anyone, except rude people and racists of course!
He was very touched by the help he received on the site, I had to patiently let him explain to me how to cut and paste. "It will be handy for you to know this"
Since he has died so many people have been in touch with their memories of him and I've learnt a lot about him I didn't know.
He had quite a poor upbringing and worked on the docks for years. He hadn't had much education but pretty much educated himself by reading. He was very proud that 3 of his children went to university. He would have been pleased to have been called classy as boxers who carried themselves with class always were favourites of his
Whenever I visited him I'd notice boxing books piled up by the computer with notes in them and the magnifying glass he used to read the screen. He could never find his glasses and I long ago gave up showing him how to zoom in.
He had a lot of health issues over the last year and I think over the last few months he realised that he wasn't going to last much longer and he made a point out of visiting all the family and saying what I now realise was his goodbyes.
He would be pleased that I have said his goodbyes to his friends on here.
A number of you have sent private messages which has been lovely and I will reply to you in the coming days.

John

I didn't realise this had happened until I read Barnburner's sig. I never really spoke to GJC but I read some of his posts and I knew he was a great source of knowledge and a good guy. Thanks for sharing the stories, I hope you and your family are getting along OK.

[GJC]

John

Thank you so much for the posts and messages it is so nice to see the warmth people had for my Grandfather.
To try and reply to a few comments

I'm going to miss him reminding me that Moore beat Johnson all those times.

That must have been Archie Moore I am guessing? He had a lot of favourites but Archie Moore and Willie Pep I remember were huge favourites of his. Marciano too, I recall him mentioning that he always winced a bit at some of the stick Rocky got in here. "We knew he was clumsy 50 years ago they ain't discovered it recently" Ring a bell?

It was a pleasure to have an older fan here who didn't act like a pompous know-it-all.

He always was interested in hearing everyone’s view. “Don’t learn unless you stop talking”
He was very quotable my Grandfather.

He always seemed to have a wise word when things got out hand between posters. He was a true peacemaker and a noble guy.

Some of us .... well most of us... sometimes gets carried away and post stuff that you wouldnt say to a guys face. GJC was never like that. He was always respectfull. I have a feeling he was lke that in real life too. Always respectful and balanced.

He wasn’t a great fan of arguments especially over something like an opinion. His view was if you got to shout or insult you can’t think your opinion holds much water.

The messages I keep getting in Pms and on here was a classy guy. To attempt to guess a GJC quote “I’ll settle for that get them to chip that into the granite”

To reassure everyone he didn't suffer. We are burying him on Thursday so maybe raise a glass for him then.

Thank you all again

[Barn]

John

Thank you so much for the posts and messages it is so nice to see the warmth people had for my Grandfather.
To try and reply to a few comments

That must have been Archie Moore I am guessing? He had a lot of favourites but Archie Moore and Willie Pep I remember were huge favourites of his. Marciano too, I recall him mentioning that he always winced a bit at some of the stick Rocky got in here. "We knew he was clumsy 50 years ago they ain't discovered it recently" Ring a bell?


He always was interested in hearing everyone’s view. “Don’t learn unless you stop talking”
He was very quotable my Grandfather.



He wasn’t a great fan of arguments especially over something like an opinion. His view was if you got to shout or insult you can’t think your opinion holds much water.

The messages I keep getting in Pms and on here was a classy guy. To attempt to guess a GJC quote “I’ll settle for that get them to chip that into the granite”

To reassure everyone he didn't suffer. We are burying him on Thursday so maybe raise a glass for him then.

Thank you all again

Yeah, some of us (including me) don't rate Marciano as highly as maybe your Grandad and the majority of others do.

Best wishes for Thursday, hope everything goes well.

[GJC]

Yeah, some of us (including me) don't rate Marciano as highly as maybe your Grandad and the majority of others do.

Best wishes for Thursday, hope everything goes well.

You can't tell me he didn't try and convert you lol.
Good job there isn't a chat option he'd have worn you down over hours trust me. You were lucky his eyes probably got tired typing.
Thx re Thursday, he's getting a hell of a turn out which is nice