Hello, my friend

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 15 November 2009, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Saturday 14 November 2009, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 21:13 -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Bruce MacArthur
>>>> <bmacasuru at fastmail.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         On Friday 13 November 2009 10:49:50 pm Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>         > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 02:51 +0000, TONY MYNARD wrote:
>>>>         > > Hello, friend, Recommend you for a store.
>>>>         >
>>>>         > Whatta maroon... I just gave your URL to the CCC. <evil
>>>>
>>>>         cackles> Ric
>>>>
>>>>         Yes, Ric.  And "Whatta blue."  And "Whatta pink."  Etc.!!!  Or
>>>>         do you
>>>>         mean "moron"???  Hey, friend, I agree with you -- and
>>>>         (personally) I
>>>>         hope that he gets removed for spamming the list.
>>>>
>>>> I very rarely post to this list, especially to OT threads like this,
>>>> but I just have to say: I got it, Ric. You're not alone.
>>>
>>> Thanks, I needed the reality check. I turned 60 last week and got cold
>>> shivers thinking that one would have to be so aged as to know what I was
>>> referring to. My Anti-Peril Sunglasses darkened up completely. We'll see
>>> who knows what I'm talking about now!
>>>
>>> Hint: "Thanks for all the fish!"  :) Ric
>>
>> And that would have been Douglas Adams in the Hitch-hikers Guide to the
>> Galaxy.  And I never read the book myself.  Oh, and the answer is 42.
>
>Does it make you guys better if I tell you that I am 32 and I get the
>Bugs, what a maroon, quote? OTOH, I watched way too many looney
>tunes...good thing electricity was (and still is in Freetown today) hard
>to come by in Sierra Leone.

Not really, it just emphasis that I am indeed an old fart in this group, or 
in most for that matter, having turned 75 in early October.  But hey, when 
folks ask how I am, the std answer is that "I'm above ground and out of jail, 
what more can I ask".  :)

How did I get here?  I was one of those nerds/geeks almost before that label 
was known, I quit school after the 8th grade & started fixing tv's for a 
living back in about '48, switched to broadcast engineering in '62, and 
finished out my working life as the Chief Engineer at a tv station here in WV 
from '84 till I retired in 2002.  And my phone still ring$ occasionally.

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