Remembering Mike Dellamaria (@Retired UPS Driver)

Wow, I am honestly in shock right now and didn’t need to hear this news. Just found out this morning one of my brothers from the Hall that I started doing hvac with got hit by a drunk driver and killed on new years.

Mike was one of the brightest and most kind human beings on this forum. I loved seeing him posting and chatting with him. You will be missed Mike. 😔
 
We've never chatted, but he always loved my pics & I loved his. I now wish I could have gotten to know him. He seemed like a great guy. Rest in Peace, Mike. My sincere condolences go out to his family & close friends. Smoke & prayers going up from the east coast.
 
Hearing about this has me thinking about what I remember of him. My interactions involving him were solely here, meaning in the CPK subforum, and sort of indirect, meaning he was likely commenting on something I was posting. The noteworthy thing which I’m only realizing now, in retrospect, is that he was engaging with me when he commented. It wasn’t usually making an offhand, open-ended comment. He was commenting, usually to a point, on something I had said. An actual dialogue, if you will, rather than what the usual forum format of ‘someone posting something so I post something so someone else posts something’.

He was interacting. An actual interaction. He demonstrated interest. More importantly, he was positive in that engagement.

I feel ashamed that I’m only realizing this now, with his passing. It has me considering how I post.


My uncle once said to me that he ‘doesn’t maintain casual relationships’. What he meant was that he doesn’t have time to waste with small talk, and that what we should be doing is engaging with one another meaningfully. I think Mike was doing just that.
 
my condolences to all of you who knew and interacted with Mike.

I didn't know him personally, but having lost many friends myself over the past 10 years or so, I'm of the mind that it's important to convey words of support, even if they seem inadequate or come from acquaintances.

Just knowing that other people know what the loss is like can help a lot. Grief is universal and none of us are immune to its effect.

☮️&❤️
 
This... is not what I was looking for when tuning in here today. Such a tragedy and a huge loss to our little slice of the internet over here.

Mike was one of those fellows that I could always be encouraged by with his positivity and selfless engagement here. He will be missed very much; the light dims just a wee bit more.
 
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