Robert Lear
05-01 2021 19:07
wrote:
How to sum up a friendship and history in just a few lines? Peter and I met 35 years ago when we were both seconded to the Perry dealer group as Business Managers, by UDT the finance house. Within 30 mins of meeting we were sharing observations and jokes, something that has happened on a near daily, certainly weekly basis ever since. We used to meet for a meal/catch up when possible and spend the evening/lunch in tears laughing at a whole range of aspects of life and work. Peter left UDT and we met again, workwise, in 1997 when I joined Forthright Finance (thanks largely to him), part of the Bank of Scotland where Peter had already started to forge a career. Peter was unique amongst my friends and family in that I could and did happily spend hours with him in conversation. We had different views on many things but proved that intelligent (?) debate means you can differ in opinions while remaining firm friends. His humour ranged from the subtle to the infantile as did his observations and I was with him all the way. Some themes remained with us and were repeated from day one. I've lost count of the times we would see something on the TV or in a newspaper and (nowadays) text each other with some form of observation. At one point (years ago) we thought of writing scripts together......The other morning I heard something on TV and immediately thought of texting Peter but sadly, was once again reminded of the fact that I'd never be able to share a laugh with Peter again.
Tomorrow, on his 60th birthday I'd have phoned him for another session, now I shall simply look at his last text to me on the Dec 28th look through some old letters/emails/texts etc. to remind me of our loss.
Of course, my grief is nothing like the sadness his family are going through and I send my thoughts to them. He was a wonderful friend, so positive in adversity and will never be replaced in my thoughts. Laugh in Peace, Peter.
Robert Lear
05-01 2021 19:07
wrote:
How to sum up a friendship and history in just a few lines? Peter and I met 35 years ago when we were both seconded to the Perry dealer group as Business Managers, by UDT the finance house. Within 30 mins of meeting we were sharing observations and jokes, something that has happened on a near daily, certainly weekly basis ever since. We used to meet for a meal/catch up when possible and spend the evening/lunch in tears laughing at a whole range of aspects of life and work. Peter left UDT and we met again, workwise, in 1997 when I joined Forthright Finance (thanks largely to him), part of the Bank of Scotland where Peter had already started to forge a career. Peter was unique amongst my friends and family in that I could and did happily spend hours with him in conversation. We had different views on many things but proved that intelligent (?) debate means you can differ in opinions while remaining firm friends. His humour ranged from the subtle to the infantile as did his observations and I was with him all the way. Some themes remained with us and were repeated from day one. I've lost count of the times we would see something on the TV or in a newspaper and (nowadays) text each other with some form of observation. At one point (years ago) we thought of writing scripts together......The other morning I heard something on TV and immediately thought of texting Peter but sadly, was once again reminded of the fact that I'd never be able to share a laugh with Peter again.
Tomorrow, on his 60th birthday I'd have phoned him for another session, now I shall simply look at his last text to me on the Dec 28th look through some old letters/emails/texts etc. to remind me of our loss.
Of course, my grief is nothing like the sadness his family are going through and I send my thoughts to them. He was a wonderful friend, so positive in adversity and will never be replaced in my thoughts. Laugh in Peace, Peter.