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Post by sschaula » Sun May 28, 2006 1:40 am

Sometimes I look back into the archives and I'm reminded of the people who used to post here. Tharan...Anna...Paul...Matheus...

Have these people moved on in their lives? Or do they still visit the forum?

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Post by Shardrol » Sun May 28, 2006 2:07 am

I saw Tharan (as Tharan) posting here recently.

The one I'm curious about is Lobster but I don't imagine he's coming back.

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Post by David Quinn » Sun May 28, 2006 12:22 pm

That's certainly a blast from the past! Lobster was an interesting character for sure, but he left after the first six or eight months, didn't he? He could be dead, for all we know.

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Post by Shardrol » Mon May 29, 2006 11:02 am

Odd - I find it not unlikely that Lobster could be dead. I wonder why.

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Post by Tharan » Mon May 29, 2006 7:13 pm

It is me. Is it me? Still here.

I wonder how is the birdofhermes.

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Post by sschaula » Tue May 30, 2006 12:58 am

There you are.

I wonder how Anna is as well. I think I offended her one too many times.

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Post by Dan Rowden » Tue May 30, 2006 8:58 am

Wherever Anna is I don't think it as her treatment here that would have caused her to stay away; she copped a harder time from the guys at The Ponderer's Guild, frankly.


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Post by David Quinn » Tue May 30, 2006 9:02 am

Shardrol,
Odd - I find it not unlikely that Lobster could be dead. I wonder why.
Because they like to serve them in restaurants?

The thought of his death was probably triggered in me because to my mind there was always something deathly about him. Even though he was a trickster with a lot of wisdom, intelligence and imagination, there was a tone to his overall behaviour which suggested that he wasn't really a part of our world. He was like a denizen from the hereafter.

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Post by MKFaizi » Tue May 30, 2006 11:45 am

I think it is likely that Anna is simply going about her life -- being a nurse, being a married woman, having a good time.

I recall Lobster but not that plainly.

I wonder about Al Young. Bob Willis. Joe Dees. Thom.

Those are the only ones that come readily to mind. That woman in Canada who had a crush on Kevin.

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Post by Dan Rowden » Tue May 30, 2006 12:04 pm

I'm sure Al is still round about. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Bob and Thom are dead. And Joe is no doubt out there somewhere busily growing a fourth testicle.

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Post by Rairun » Tue May 30, 2006 12:11 pm

Hey, Scott. I still check this board, but not nearly as often as I did before.

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Post by Shardrol » Tue May 30, 2006 1:02 pm

I'm curious about Claudia Grinnell. And who was that Jane Austen-type character who gave the impression of wearing high-necked dresses with many buttons & was always talking about her brother?

It looked to me as if birdofhermes was genuinely wounded by not being taken seriously as a thinker &, even more particularly, as a person on a meaningful spiritual journey. I don't think she understood why people got frustrated with her.

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The thought of [Lobster's] death was probably triggered in me because to my mind there was always something deathly about him. Even though he was a trickster with a lot of wisdom, intelligence and imagination, there was a tone to his overall behaviour which suggested that he wasn't really a part of our world. He was like a denizen from the hereafter.
Yes I know exactly what you mean here. He was like one of those unnaturally wise children whose light shines very brightly & who then die young, after having amazed everyone with their precocity.

He & I had some discussions about things that were important to me, but through all of it there was never even a whiff of any kind of personal relationship, not even the kind of internet acquaintanceship I have with you, for example. He was like a phantom - as you say, not really a part of our world. Something about him intrigued me, but it's hard to imagine him continuing to exist for a long time in that state.
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Post by MKFaizi » Tue May 30, 2006 1:28 pm

Dan Rowden wrote:
I'm sure Al is still round about. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Bob and Thom are dead. And Joe is no doubt out there somewhere busily growing a fourth testicle.
Al was pretty robust. Out there reading Popular Mechanics, no doubt.

I can believe that Joe Dees is growing a fourth or fifth testicle by now. Also a robust character. He was thick as a brick.

My guess is that Bob and Thom are both still alive. I would bet on Bob quicker than Thom. Bob was homosexual and had some political hang-ups. Thom had some deeper issues. He was a would-be Jesuit who had problems reconciling his secular life -- including his wife and kids. I think he had a lot of guilt about not becoming a Jesuit. He was proud of his chemistry degree but not proud of his job.

The irony, of course, is that he would do as good as a chemical salesman as a Jesuit. Kind of sad faulting oneself for not becoming what one has become.

Selling is selling.

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Post by Cory Duchesne » Wed May 31, 2006 12:00 am

David, Shardrol, or anyone who knows

Can you post a link to some of Lobster's posts?

your description of lobster has been appetizing.

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Post by Shardrol » Wed May 31, 2006 1:12 am

Cory

Lobster was around back in the days of Genius-L, when the forum was an e-list rather than a website. Maybe one of the founders has saved archives from that era, but I haven't got anything.
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Post by MKFaizi » Wed May 31, 2006 9:53 am

Claudia Grinnell is still out there. If you do a google search, a lot of stuff pops up -- mostly poetry.

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