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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: I miss Gerry Quinn
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:21:42 -0500
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:23:27 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:21:29 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
>>
>>You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and
>>engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
>>
>>I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.
>
>I gotta say, I've no recollection of who that is. ;-)
>
>But I was dredging through my Usenet archives the other day, and it
>was a delight to see a bunch of names I hadn't thought of in _years_;
>people like Schrodinger, riku, Werner Spahl, Trimble, Mr Rob *, TimO,
>Shawk, Nostromo and more who used to be regulars but over the years
>drifted away, replaced by new faces. You can't help but wonder, "What
>happened to them?" They all added to the interesting melange that is
>Usenet.
>
>So let's all raise a cup to all those who drifted away from Usenet;
>thanks for giving us something to read all those years ago! And
>another glass for the newcomers who've taken their places since then.
>It'd be a boring place if it was just me scribbling my thoughts into
>the void ;-)
>
I'll raise a glass to most, but not to "Mr. September."

-- 
Zag

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