RIP Mike Farence AKA Mikey AKA Type1Kirk

[Goblin19]

Very well said.

[drquest]

Truly sad to hear this. Always loved seeing his posts and comments.

[Megotastrophe]

I cant say he started the Belly post but he was definitely one of the first 5 contributors. His Priority Mail Captain's Chairs will always be famous here. We should post pics of them here as a reunion

[palitoy]

Yeah, I came here to post about the Belly threads, they were weird but delightful.

[sprytel]

It was meme culture before that was even a thing.

I will remember his love of Mego and his shipping box bridge furniture. But take all that away, the man was just such a singular presence here at the Museum. He would post silly things like the Belly threads. He would throw out random questions. He would grumble about how he missed Netscape Navigator... He was like that fun uncle that you never know what he is going to say. And I was charmed by all of it.

Mikey, you will be missed.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I'm so sad to hear this. Mikey was a good dude and a fixture on the forums. I have a bunch of DVD's from him too. RIP my friend

[Krypt0nite]

Rest in peace, Mikey—you will be missed.

[Makernaut]

Definitely one of the people that I felt like gave this place a pulse when I first started coming here. Never met the man or had that many interactions with him on the board, but I enjoyed his posts and his interactions with others. I definitely noticed when he would go a spell without posting and I suppose that's because in my mind, Mikey was one of the things that made this place recognizable as "this place". I just remember when he would come back after being away, people were always excited to hear from him again on the boards and that's a good way to be.

[PNGwynne]

That's well-said, and true for me, too. He was definitely part of what made the forum special, and I only knew of him as MIkey. I regret not seeing more of Type1Kirk & his Priority1 customs.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I remember when I first joined I made a joke about shelly winters in a bikini and Mikes response was he was feeling "randy", lol. i will truly miss him. this place hasn't been the same since he stopped posting a while back.