30-04-2023, 10:20 AM
Ok I've got to share this one
One boxing day Stevie phoned me to say he was in hospital and believed "he was on the way out" . To be fair he was having some health issues but what was making matters worse he was in the very same bed his father had died in and he feared the worst. Stevie used to phone me regular with his thoughts regarding Chess Scotland but I felt this was the end. You can imagine my surprise, three weeks later Stepps were playing Paisley and to my shock Stevie was bounding up the stairs racing to get to his board as he was slightly late. I had never known him to run that fast so I shouted at him (and I known I was being smart or in shock) "Stevie , I thought you were dying?" to which he replied " I know but they (Paisley) dragged me out of my deathbed to play this game"
That says it all, Rest in Peace Stevie
One boxing day Stevie phoned me to say he was in hospital and believed "he was on the way out" . To be fair he was having some health issues but what was making matters worse he was in the very same bed his father had died in and he feared the worst. Stevie used to phone me regular with his thoughts regarding Chess Scotland but I felt this was the end. You can imagine my surprise, three weeks later Stepps were playing Paisley and to my shock Stevie was bounding up the stairs racing to get to his board as he was slightly late. I had never known him to run that fast so I shouted at him (and I known I was being smart or in shock) "Stevie , I thought you were dying?" to which he replied " I know but they (Paisley) dragged me out of my deathbed to play this game"
That says it all, Rest in Peace Stevie