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Subject: Re: I miss Gerry Quinn
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On 04/10/2024 16:23, 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 ;-)
> 

There's some names from the past!