Monman12

[monman12]

HI Guys,

I'm not sure how much John has been recently posting on this site, but I will make this brief.

John (monman12) passed away this morning at approx 3am from a rare illness, that he had been keeping a secret.

I hope you loved him, or better still loved to hate him (he much preferred that).

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[channys_mum]

RIP John but give them heaps.

My condolences Ads

I remember you from way back then. Thanks for letting us know.

[jubee5]

So sad to hear this news.  Monman and Phil both in the same place...brings a smile to my face

[bluecat*dancing]

RIP John

[channys_mum]

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@jubee5 wrote:

So sad to hear this news.  Monman and Phil both in the same place...brings a smile to my face

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Yes it does.

[monman12]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@monman12 wrote:

The origin of his username was from back in the day when CRT monitors were what people used with their PC's (back in the 386/486/Pentium era). John was an electrical engineer and could modify very large monitors (which he bought cheaply) to work with IBM and Apple computers. I am still finding all the frequency counters, and older oscilliscopes around the place.

Hence the name "monitor" "man". I'm not entirley sure where the 12 came from, I think it was the default after trying to register 11 times I'd guess.

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ah, i didn't know how his name came about

to add to janes post..

he introduced me to automotive twin charger technology [i was still stuck in the single turbo era.. where i thought they still must cut in at a certain rpm range

speaking of that, what will happen to the old man's mini, adam? [he was talking about upgrading, one stage] 

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Oh in answer to Joz Re the R50 JCW mini. I bought that for the same price as the trade in that BMW were going to give him 🙂

immediately afterwards, the centre exhaust mount fractured. Easy MIG fix though

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[mloreason]

This is very late but I haven't visited here for a long time. Anyway, I am truly saddened to hear about John. I have often thought about him and it won't be the same without him here. I am sorry for your loss Adam. I know you were very close.

[dave000fishing]

Same for Me, Its been years since I posted here and I was sad to see that John had passed even though we posted against each other many times !