Re: I miss Gerry Quinn

On Sat, 05 Oct 2024 11:20:05 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:21:42 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:23:27 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:21:29 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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If you're lurking, guy, I still think of you.
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You taught me the word "putative," and was always an intelligent and
engaging correspondant. I think I even played a demo roguelike of yours.
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I hope life finds you well (and sick of Usenet) and nothing more.

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I gotta say, I've no recollection of who that is. ;-)
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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.
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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 ;-)
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I'll raise a glass to most, but not to "Mr. September."

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I don't remember that person either. Probably for the best ;-)
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"Mr. September" is my general name for anyone who barreled in here like
it was September, insulted everyone immediately or made a general,
ignorant pita out of themselves, and then either hung on or scarpered
immediately leaving a generally aura of WTAF in their wake, or not
because they never left.

There are just those people.

Steamkiller falls into the pita category and is a candidate for "Mr.
September."

He's also a calendar model. Yum.

--
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten