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Dan you are forever missed but never forgotten

As I look back over the years, it’s difficult to pick a moment that stands out over all the rest because there are so many good memories to choose from. We met 36 years ago and we had something in common….fishing. So six of the now ten, formed our club that many years ago. In that amount of time, every trip had a few moments to reflect back on. So to this day they still bring a smile and some laughter to me. One that comes to mind is one night at dinner, our steak night, one of our members, was sick, too much beer, and his cooked steak sat on the table in front of Dan & I. We finished ours’, and looked at that lonely steak sitting before us waiting to be claimed. Simultaneously we both stabbed it with our forks, looked at each other for a moment wondering which one of us was going to prevail. Finally, Dan said ‘OK”, we’ll split it. We each finished our half chuckling at Mark’s loss. That story has been told several times over the years and I will always remember how much laughter that brought to both of us. God bless you Dan, I miss you brother, and your memory will forever be with me.

Dave

Spring, 1992 - I had attended 2 trips as a guest then was invited to "apply" for a Club membership. While anxiously waiting outside Sully's garage for the Club to vote, the door opened and I was told to enter. Danny was the first member to extend his hand to me and welcome me to the club - the start of our brotherhood. As we all know Danny was very musical.  Over the years, I enjoyed partying and breaking balls with Dan, always with a kickoff song:  "Daniel my brother, you are older than me do you still feel the pain..." My favorite picture of him was with his good friend Terry, cleaning up the kitchen after supper singing "Let’s all go to the movies, let’s all go to the movies...". Guy turns 60 - his wife plans a surprise party - you go to the party in the dead of winter miles away bearing gifts Next trip to the River you see the thoughtful ‘gift’ you presented to him on the table: a re-damn-gift What do you do with a guy like that - don’t get hurt, get even -drink drank drunk - that’ll teach him.Danny Abaied, report to the Capsule…    Steve

I have a picture of Dan and me playing in my back yard. Lynn and Joann are in it. We were probably 7 or 8 back then. I remember one day when Dan and I were 12 or 13. His family was going home that day and his parents told him to be back at my house at 2:00 pm. Well, in town there was an old mill that was abandoned. We went to that old mill and threw rocks to break windows. We didn’t get home till 5:30. Boy! did Dan’s’ father get mad.My brother was old enough to drive. Dan and I went riding with him and he gave us beer. We got quite drunk. We had to pee and my brother stopped the car and we fell out into a ditch and had a lot of trouble getting out. One day we were in Eddie’s cabin and it was a day before the rest of the club arrived. It was about 3:00 am and we had the Beach Boys going full crank. Suddenly the neighbor lady comes over and told us to lower the volume because she had to work in the morning.  To my brother Dan, who I will love forever, I don’t know what I will do without you.  

Terry

Danny, tell me again why you threw the fish basket over the boat, with my big bass in it and didn’t tie the rope off to the cleat….. I love you so much man !

                                        Wayne

The first time that Dan and I went out fishing together on my Skeeter Bass boat, we had my boat cooler fully stocked with Buds and Genny Lights.  We pulled up to our first fishing spot and Dan grabbed his fishing rod and a Genny Light and moved up on the back platform and "eased" onto the pedestal fishing seat in the back of the Skeeter.  Dan, being ever so resourceful, noticed that the top of the "big ol' Johnson" outboard was just about the perfect height and reach. along with being flat enough to work as awesome spot to keep his beer very handy.  Well I was not all that happy about a beer resting on top of my motor cover, but being a relatively new member, I did not want to say anything about it to Dan, but when we moved from that fishing spot to the next one, before Dan could get into his seat and get his beer up there, I tilted the moter up to such an angle, that the beer would not sit flat there and Dan was forced to move his beer.  It took several fishing spots for Dan to say something and we both had a laugh about it, but needless to say he figured it out.  We'll toast to the memories my friend. RIP    Mark