Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zaghadka Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: I miss Gerry Quinn Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:21:42 -0500 Organization: E. Nygma & Sons, LLC Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: zaghadka@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:21:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f82ea687ab6bc5d0856e2d5e0cc48ede"; logging-data="334308"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18XOK0Iz6yzsaGksbpDiTFBnxiLH5FyV9s=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:mKtOQ82Y3iNg5DOABMu3oiuJhZU= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 2443 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 >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 No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten