{"id":2934,"date":"2020-01-26T18:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ozone.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2021-01-11T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:03:15","slug":"went-to-see-my-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=2934","title":{"rendered":"Went to see my mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2935\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download.jpg 209w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was Darren Hooker&#8217;s anniversary of his passing recently (22nd January 2016) and unfortunately, another one of my work colleagues (Paul Foster) has gone to join him upstairs only a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I saw Darren we met at the Crown and Treaty for a last beer and say goodbye to each other. He was tough and kind at the same time, a very special person that I am very happy to have met and called my friend. I miss him but nothing like his family does.<\/p>\n<p>Paul loved the CAT as well and I had a few beers and parties with him over there. I knew Paul for something like 20 years of my 26 years at Xerox. The scary thing is that when I met Paul he had already done 26 years of Company !!!&#8230;.yes 46 years in Total. He was a character that everybody loved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2937\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6342-e1580064086592-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember that when I left Xerox and walked to all the desks to say goodbye to people the only desk where I got emotional was when I saw him and he said it was the wrong way round for me to go before him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Although it is very sad that he will not be able to enjoy a long retirement which he definitely deserved, Xerox was everything to him and many of us loved him very much like family.<\/p>\n<p>I like to think that Darren is showing his old mate Paul the best places up in the heavens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It was Darren Hooker&#8217;s anniversary of his passing recently (22nd January 2016) and unfortunately, another one of my work colleagues (Paul Foster) has gone to join him upstairs only a couple of weeks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=2934\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}