\nHi all<\/p>\n
\tToday we say goodby to Charlie, "Sandtrap" Romano. Charlie passed away quietly in his sleep this morning. <\/p>\n
\tFor those of you that don’t know, Charlie and his wife Marylin, "The Goddess" were Golden Touch’s very first students back 21 years ago. Charlie was a guy that always had a joke and loved his glass of vodka at dinner. He was a close friend of all of us in Golden Touch and we will miss him greatly. <\/p>\n
\tI want to include a poem that Charlie wrote to me in this post – not because it has me mentioned but for those of you that didn’t know Charlie it will give you a glimpse into the kind of man he was – gentle, warm hearted and always quick with a joke. <\/p>\n
\tCharlie, my friend, I will miss you very much. Say hello to Bob, Mr Finesse and Bill Ace 10 Burton, and tell them I will see them sometime, but not in the near future. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n
\tDom<\/p>\n
\tTHANK YOU POEM TO DOM<\/p>\n
\tMy birthday is always a special day for me,
\n\tAnd you made it better than usual, times three.<\/p>\n
\tYour kindness in buying a delicious birthday cake,
\n\tWas an extension of your loving handshake.<\/p>\n
\tYou told me you loved me, which made me want to cry;
\n\tNot in a sad way, but rather made me want to fly.<\/p>\n
\tNot too many men say that to another man,
\n\tAnd I say the same back to you, like we are in a clan.<\/p>\n
\tYour thoughtfulness to me over these many years
\n\tIs better than looking at women without brassieres.<\/p>\n
\tI asked Marilyn not to mention my March 17,
\n\tAnd no one thought to wear green.<\/p>\n
\tShe told me later she already had,
\n\tAnd hoped I would enjoy it, and not get mad.<\/p>\n
\tThanks again for all you\u2019ve done,
\n\tMy best to you, you son-of-a-gun!<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Little Debbie on July 8, 2019, 12:25 am<\/p>\n \tMarilyn, my sincere condolences. Charlie was a good man, and we’ll miss him.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> DoughBoy on July 8, 2019, 12:26 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Skinny on July 8, 2019, 12:55 am<\/p>\n \tDom remembered one of his infamous poems. What came to my mind was his unassuming, gentle nature. Sandtrap told me many times that he was a horrible golfer. He felt he was not good enough to go out on a course so he would primarily only go to the driving range. One day I was finally able to talk him into going out to play golf together. What a shock it was to see him getting pars and birdies on a regular basis. The man had game.<\/p>\n \tBut you would never know it from talking to him. His modest and humble manner kept him from boasting. You will be missed Sandtrap.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> MasterBlaster on July 8, 2019, 12:58 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> HardNine on July 8, 2019, 8:44 am<\/p>\n \tCharlie, you will be missed. <\/p>\n \tDon<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Stinger on July 8, 2019, 10:37 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Wirenut on July 8, 2019, 11:31 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> JawBones on July 8, 2019, 12:15 pm<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> BucksterK on July 8, 2019, 1:10 pm<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Philham on July 8, 2019, 2:28 pm<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Loucifer on July 8, 2019, 6:14 pm<\/p>\n \tSincerely, Posted by:<\/strong> MrPiP on July 8, 2019, 10:00 pm<\/p>\n \tSo sorry to hear about your loss. You will always be blessed for standing by his side to the end and your GTC extended family will always stand by yours. His legacy will live on in our hearts and our commitment to play the game to the best of our abilities,<\/p>\n \tYours truly Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on July 8, 2019, 11:09 pm<\/p>\n \tThe thoughts and prayers of Rose and Doc are with you during this trying time. All of GTC will miss our dear friend who gave us so much joy and happiness when we would meet you two in the various casinos over the years. <\/p>\n \tIt seems only yesterday, that shortly after we took the course in Tunica, we walked up to see you, Charlie, Skinny and the Raging Baritone playing at a craps table. We had not met you yet and were very new to the GTC principles of playing the game we all love so much. We were so excited to see someone rolling as we had been taught. I bought in too soon and made some other errors. Being green as a gourd with very little knowledge of how to act at the table, Charlie called me to a spot away from the table and counseled me in a firm manner and from that we became friends. <\/p>\n \tYour GTC family will certainly miss Charlie.<\/p>\n \tRose and Doc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Finisher on July 9, 2019, 12:00 am<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> The WoW Man on July 9, 2019, 1:45 pm<\/p>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Goddess on July 14, 2019, 8:37 pm<\/p>\n \tGoddess<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> Cmcierra on July 18, 2019, 11:30 am<\/p>\n \tCmcierra<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Posted by:<\/strong> TheUsualSuspect on July 20, 2019, 4:04 pm<\/p>\n Hi all Today we say goodby to Charlie, "Sandtrap" Romano. Charlie passed away quietly in his sleep this morning. For those of you that don’t know, Charlie and his wife Marylin, "The Goddess" were Golden Touch’s very first students back…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tSo sorry to hear of Charlie\u2019s passing. I know it\u2019s been a difficult few years. I\u2019d hoped we could all shoot together again, I\u2019d had such a good time with you and him at the tables and at lunch talking. He was indeed such a gentle soul. <\/p>\n
\n\tWhat a total life-changing loss to Marilyn and his family.
\n\tCharlie would post beautiful love-poems to his bride.
\n\tThey were alot like the one he wrote to you, Dom.
\n\tUnmistakeable passion for The Goddess with a little humor thrown in.
\n\tYou rarely saw The Goddess without her Sandtrap.
\n\tLife will be vastly different for the Taylor-Romano family.
\n\tIt will be different for the GTC family too.
\n\tWe all salute our dear friend as he joins that huge craps game in heaven.
\n\tRoll On, Sandtrap, Roll On !!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\tLou<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t-Mr. PiP<\/div>\n<\/div>\n