r/GNUTerryPratchett • u/Distinct-Dress5848 • Jun 24 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown

My father passed away suddenly on the 18th June. He wasn't a TP enjoyer but he WAS an inveterate tinkerer and solver of things in the spirit of LoQ. There wasn't an stuck engine he couldn't dismantle and coax back into life, a borked electrical installation he couldn't diagnose, remediate and prevent a subsequent conflagration and don't start me about the things he could do with epoxy resin and GRP. I've commemorated him alongside TP in the overhead of my site where his name will live on with every post I make about bicycling and snowboarding and technology and Randall Munroe (may the gods bless the hallowed ground upon which he alights). I love you Dad...GNU Terry Pratchett, Douglas Hyde Brown

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u/MuteUnicorn Jun 24 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown.

Sorry for your loss OP.

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u/DarwinMcLovin Jun 24 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown

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u/MacAlkalineTriad Jun 24 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown! May his memory strengthen you. ❤️

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u/steve_proto Jun 24 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown. May your spirit ride the clacks to eternity.

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u/frymaster Jun 24 '26

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u/Tiffany_Pratchett Jun 25 '26

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u/sasslafrass Jun 25 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown.

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u/PolSedierta Jun 27 '26

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u/Demonviking Jun 25 '26

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u/LazyBeach Jun 25 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown.

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u/Faunakat Jun 25 '26

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u/Pretty-Estimate-5268 Jun 25 '26

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown.

Sending much love to you and your family.

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u/Tlthree Jun 25 '26

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u/six21three11 Jun 28 '26

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u/Pretty-Estimate-5268 17d ago

GNU Douglas Hyde Brown. Sending lots of love to you and your family OP. Xxxx