Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum To : Spectre From : Commodore Clifford Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 09:03:02 On 14 Jul 22 09:48:00 Spectre wrote... SS> CC> Sadly, when the BBS resurgence started taking off again here SS> CC> (for me, it was around 2013 when I put SFHQ back up) I came to SS> CC> find that most of the local SysOps from back in the day from my SS> CC> area had passed away. SS> SS> Not sure about the sysops, they seem to generally be made of sterner SS> stuff here, but any number of the user side of life have left the SS> mortal coil. All sorts of things, degenerative brain conditions, SS> cancer, heart attack, one recently had a stroke... SS> SS> Spec SS> SS> *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware] --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval) * SS> Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101) To which Commodore Clifford replies... It does seem that when you speak enough about the "retro greats" it sadly ends up as a memorial. But all the better that we remember them. --- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01] * Origin: STar Fleet HQ - Real Atari! bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (21:3/171.0) .