I met Winebeavis and Mrs Winebeavis only once - it was a lovely evening of food and good wine and terrific company. I would love to have met Billy and I am very sorry it was not to be.

For both Winebeavis and Billy Bunter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNxCs7g8_vs

I'm missing Winebeavis a bunch right now.

I'm digging through the darkest depths of the classic movies forum, and am running across a bunch of his posts.

That is making me remember, and miss, his warm and friendly spirit that he always had here.

Got a story to share with you all about WB.

Long ago I was just a wee-little senior member here. I was probably about 50 or so 'thanks' away from the upgrade in rank. I had been a senior member for a looong time.

It was the middle of the night and I was here, as usual. I needed to report a thread for something stupid, that required immediate attention. The report button wouldn't do. So I looked at the mod list to see who was active at the moment to send a PM. Of course Winebeavis was here late at night too, as usual.

I sent WB the message and the issue was dealt with. A little bit later I looked at my user control panel. WB was going through my posts and thanking each one until I got the upgrade in rank. He didn't have to do that. But he did. Yeah, it's just a user-rank on a forum and not some earth shaking event. But it still goes to show just how warm and thoughtful of a person he was.

-Chip.

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