Subj : FidoNet total Revamp ... To : Joe Delahaye From : Ross Cassell Date : Sat Jul 12 2008 02:08 pm Hello Joe! 12 Jul 08 12:58, you wrote to me: >> Now I am off to connect a node from NET 167, Stephen Monteith whom >> just realized that Dale Ross' system is still offline.. (09/2007) >> JD> How long has he been offline? Dales system was a victim of a lightning strike from a thunderstorm late last summer of 2007, I want to say in September. The day after, he told me of this in a instant messaging session and he sounded as if he was going to go out that day to a store and buy a new setup. As a result, I have taken on most of his links, while others went to other hubs. I havent rushed him (obviously) and if it were someone else I was less familiar with, I probably would be less patient. Despite the past wars and severe fighting, I cannot overlook that which he has done for Fidonet at least before all that friction. I emailed him a month ago to get a update on his status or intentions, he sounds like he is stuck in the middle of a decision making process, trying to decide if the effort is worth his time, I dont want to get pushy in this respect, because I dont want to force him into a decision he might not make if left alone to decide. I do know he has taken up being a major booster for local high school sports, operating message boards and web sites and with his own kids being of that age. Anyway, this is why I have and am leaving him in the nodelist until I am told different. (By him) == Ross Fidonet Feeds Or Fidonet In Your Newsreader: http://www.easternstar.info E-mail: ross(at)cassell(dot)us | Blogs/Other Places: http://links.cassell.us .... Martin Luther King Jr, was a Republican! --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20060121 * Origin: The Eastern Star - Spartanburg, SC USA (1:123/456) .