I am touched by how many people have mentioned on this forum that they are missing Garrett. And of course I am feeling the same way myself. And while we can't replace him in person, or on the forum, we can lessen the blow. How? By overcoming our reluctance to put up posts ourselves. We all have posts in us that we let die because of three reasons I think: 1) We're not sure if anyone wants to listen to us 2) There is that old code of silence where no one is supposed to talk because it would just run us right out of business if some other troller caught an extra fish 3) We have all been shouted down by some jackass in the past, and don't want it to happen again.
But, once and for all, Garrett has proven that the sharing attitude raises the value of all our lives collectively. Look how many people miss him! How many people will miss the "trolls" (internet variety) when they die"? Compare Garrett's attitude to that of the jerks that laughed down the young deckhand looking for work in 2012. Garrett is a higher life form, I don't care what anybody says. As a young man, he was more right about some fundamental things than some much older men with their code of silence who we have considered leaders in the past.
OUR LIVES ARE SO SHORT. I hope Garrett read my New Year's Toast last year, and I repeat it now: "A cup o' kindness to you all!"