Re: Awfully quiet in here...

In article <vglda3$391oe$1@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/8/2024 8:18 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <pan$3fd4b$507059d5$840bdc2f$43f809e6@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 23:34:04 +1100, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
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Hey!
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Is anybody else out there?
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Or has the disaster that is the USA meant that they've already started
trucking people off to the ovens???
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Only a few message from James and one from Lynn - well, apart from the
people/bots that I filter, that is.
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Cheers,
Gary B-)

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The silence is notable because of the absence of quadibloc.
He would have weighed in about events by now. But he hasn't
posted since Oct 16, after posting seven times in September.

 
I don't see an obit in the Edmonton Journal but that could just mean
nobody cared to arrange one.
 
(There is an obit for a John Savard who died 2011)

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One of the sadder parts about participating in the
dying-embers phase of Usenet is how so many people
go silent unnoticed, leaving us with no indication
whether they've passed on, or gone elsewhere.

For decades I wondered idly whatever happened to Stephen Robinette,
then had the question answered when I encountered his obit.
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