My fellow U. de Las Americas alum and long time friend, Nigel Rickards, has left the planet. Ensenada, Punta Banda and Bufadora folk may remember him
from his Spanish lessons etc. His widow, Maria, is currently attending affairs in Oceano, CA. Nigel was an organ donor so he is currently in a sort
of medical salvage yard. What's left will be cremated and Maria will plan a party, rather than a wake, to celebrate his life. I'll post further
details when I have them.
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[Edited on 6-17-2007 by Oso]CaboMagic - 6-16-2007 at 08:39 PM
Please receive our condolences Oso .. and extend them to Maria and family .. T&L
[Edited on 6-17-2007 by CaboMagic]Paula - 6-16-2007 at 08:49 PM
And our condolences too, Oso.
Paula and Don
[Edited on 6-17-2007 by Paula]Oso - 6-17-2007 at 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by lencho
Sorry I never met the man-- sounds unusually special.
--Larry
He was indeed. American mother, British dad, he grew up in England and never lost the accent. For a time he partnered with the Magliozzi brothers
(Click and Clack on NPR's Car Talk) in an unusual sort of garage in Boston where you could rent a stall and work on your own car with their tools and
advice. Unlike dropout me, Nigel actually graduated from U of A in Mexico City. Got his diploma and then proceeded to never do a damn thing with it.
He'd had enough of working for other people in the corporate world before school. He had a generous heart and many, many friends but was a notorious
penny-P-ncher. Didn't smoke or drink and absolutely refused to ever buy ice- "Pay money for frozen water?". He inherited a few bucks from his mom,
was very careful with investments and occupied himself as a shade-tree mechanic. Sometime, I think in the 80's, he bought a house on top of a back
hill in Ensenada that had been built by the Mexican general who gave the order to shoot down the students at Tlatelolco in '68. He divided his time
between Ensenada and Oceano, CA. I'll definitely miss him.
