... for a half hour since reading this news, completely at a loss for words.

Bruce was a friend when I was new to the club and he hardly knew me ... and a great friend during the most difficult year after my wife died in 1999. I particularly appreciated his kindness and several hours of conversation during his visit for the NorCal meeting at Lake Tahoe in 2000.

He was also often a quiet mentor, privately providing insight and words of wisdom and encouragement regarding the sometimes contentious chipping issues with which I have been involved the last few years.

I can't even adequately express my sadness at the moment. My sincerest condolences to Eileen and the rest of the Landau family.

And to the longtime chippers who were his best friends, I hope that memories of his friendship and many contributions will help ease the pain of his death. Our hobby will go on, but it will not be the same.

----- jim o\-S