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F I D O N E W S Volume 17, Number 39 24 Sep 2000
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-714-639-0377 1:103/401 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: Warren Bonner, 1:1/23 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | editor@fidonews.org |
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| |__U__| / \// | via 1:103/301 |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Table of Contents
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1. HEADLINES ................................................ 1
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The passing of Doug Myers ................................ 1
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Masthead .................................................. 5
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* NOTE: This is a special issue. Please resubmit all articles
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intended for this issue.
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FIDONEWS 17-39 Page 1 24 Sep 2000
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HEADLINES
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In this issue...
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It is with great sadness I learned from Carol and Brenda late
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Tuesday night, that Doug Myers, Editor of FidoNews passed away last
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week. This is a "Shortie" to fill in for that missing Fido News
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Letter. I am sure many more would like to have their personal
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eulogies included, but time is of the essence. Any eulogies for
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Doug will be included in the next Fidonews letter. I felt a great
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loss for Fidonet, and wanted all to know we have lost a very bright
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light in Fido; a light that always tried to illuminate the positive
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and draw peoples of the whole earth, all zones, together in warm
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fun and friendship.
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Doug was deeper than he pretended to be in his humor, and his
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intelligence showed through, "in every pixel on the monitor
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screen!", (courtesy Brenda in a phone conversation early this am).
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I could not have said it better. I will miss that wonderful sense
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of humor he lavishly inserted in his "one liner" replies. Doug was
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a fair minded editor, about all matters brought to his attention.
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He analyzed everything in a logical light, prepared his comments in
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a way that pulled our hearts and minds above the thorns of
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complaint and conflict, to smell the sweetness of the roses,
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which are our friendships on this FidoNet world wide web.
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Goodbye to a dear, dear friend.
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Ol'WDB
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~~~~~~~~~~
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Add me to the above sentiments! I'm sure the position of Fidonews
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Editor will be filled, but the shoes of Doug Myers will not. Words
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that come to mind are, friend to all, compassion, caring,
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understanding and a million more such.... all totally inadequate in
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their description of Doug.
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Best regards to all,
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Frank Vest - N124C
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~~~~~~~~~~
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Beautiful tribute. Thank you so much for sharing this with us here.
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Walter Bowen
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Origin: The Mezzanine * Denton, TX * 940.565.9165 * USR 33K6
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(1:393/11.0)
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Certainly not off-topic, Warren, and a fine tribute to a friend.
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Thank you..
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<snif>
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Jack Yates
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FIDONEWS 17-39 Page 2 24 Sep 2000
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I didn't know Doug well but we corresponded intermittently during
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the past few years and I enjoyed our exchanges. He was always
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polite, pleasant, and insightful. FidoNet is poorer for his
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passing.
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Cheers, Dallas
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From: "Dallas Hinton" <dehinton@home.com>
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~~~~~~~~
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Hello All!
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I hate to have to pass this on but I was worried when Doug didn't
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respond to John Souvestre's message about the FidoNews this Monday.
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:( Here is the message as posted in FN_SYSOP. Me and Doug had
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gotten close since he selected me to take over the FidoNews in his
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absence back in April and then he ended up not having to have
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surgery but had a balloon angioplasty instead. I just hate the
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news that another of our dear FidoNet friends has died. :(
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By: BOBBY QUEEN
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~~~~~~~~~~
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In writing this letter seems to be one of the hardest things I have
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to do. This is let you know that Doug Myers passed away on
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September. 17, 2000 Sunday at approximately 8 P.M. in his sleep. I
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know this is a great loss to our Fidonet Community.
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His funeral will be at Fort Indiantown Gap just outside of
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Harrisburg, Pa. The Funeral will be on Thursday Sept 28, 2000 at
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12:30 P.M. If anyone is interested in attending you must be at
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Fort Indiantown Gap by 12:15P.M.
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Doug will be buried with Military Honors. Any questions please feel
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free to netmail me at 1:270/911 or email me at john@9-1-1.org
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John
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Harrisburg, Pa.
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~~~~~~~~~
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I still don't know what to say other than I am heart broken and
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confused at the suddeness of it all. The good part is he
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apparently passed away quietly in his sleep. I must assume no pain
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as I have no other information.
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I may well be unavailable 28 SEP. I am trying to rapid-fix a
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schedule so I can get up to PA from here for his funeral. No
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promises that I can, but I will *try*.
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The Navy flag presentation, is done this way:
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With extreme care and full precision, the American Flag is carried
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to the one who is to receive it. (Wife, son etc). Come to a snappy
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halt 1/2 pace from them and render a salute, looking them directly
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FIDONEWS 17-39 Page 3 24 Sep 2000
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in the eyes. (count of 5 at slow pace) then drop salute and
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gracefully drop to one knee while bringing the flag to the fore on
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2 outstretched hands.
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" Ms/Mr/David/{insert name of person recieving flag}, On behalf of
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a grateful nation, The {insert branch served in}, and the President
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of the United States, we present to you this flag in honor of
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{insert name/rank} faithful service"
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Rise slowly and salute.
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The 21 gun salute (3 sets from 7 people) follows during the salute
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which is dropped after the 3rd volley.
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Other branches have other traditions.... God rest your soul
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Doug..... xxcarol
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~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Doug Myers dougM@paonline.com
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To: WARREN BONNER <wdbonner@pacbell.net>
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Subject: Talk to me
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Date: Saturday, March 18, 2000 5:55 PM
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As you got up this morning,
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I watched you,
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and hoped you would talk to me,
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even if it was just a few words,
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asking my opinion or thanking me
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for something good that happened
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in your life yesterday.
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But I noticed you were too busy,
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trying to find the right outfit to wear.
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When you ran around the house getting ready,
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I knew there would be a few minutes
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for you to stop and say hello
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but you were to busy
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At one point you had to wait
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fifteen minutes with nothing to do
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except sit in a chair.
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Then I saw you spring to your feet.
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I thought you wanted to talk to me
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but you ran to the phone and called a friend
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to get the latest gossip instead.
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I watched patiently all day long.
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With all your activities
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I guess you were too busy to say
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anything to me
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I noticed that before lunch you looked around,
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maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me,
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that is why you didn't bow your head.
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You glanced three or four tables over
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and you noticed some of your friends
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FIDONEWS 17-39 Page 4 24 Sep 2000
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talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't.
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That's okay.
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There is still more time left
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and I hope that you will talk to me yet.
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You went home and it seems as if
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you had lots of things to do.
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After a few of them were done,
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you turned on the TV.
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I don't know if you like TV or not,
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just about anything goes there
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and you spend a lot of time
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each day in front of it
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not thinking about anything,
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just enjoying the show.
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I waited patiently again
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as you watched the TV and ate your meal,
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but again you didn't talk to me.
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Bedtime I guess you felt too tired.
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After you said goodnight to your family
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you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time.
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That's okay because you may not realize
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that I am always there for you.
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I've got patience,
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more than you will ever know.
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I even want to teach you how
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to be patient with others as well.
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I love you so much that I wait
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everyday for a nod, prayer or thought
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or a thankful part of your heart.
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It is hard to have a one-sided conversation.
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Well, you are getting up once again.
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And once again I will wait,
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with nothing but love for you.
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Hoping that today you will give me some time.
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Have a nice day!
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Your friend,
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GOD
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[Unable to display image]
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P.S. - Do you have enough time to send this to another
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person?
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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Doug is in God's hands now, no more pain. We had talked about
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the angioplasty we both have endured, and the pain of the weight of
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a locomotive sitting on our chests. God bless you Doug.
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FIDONEWS 17-39 Page 5 24 Sep 2000
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FIDONEWS INFO
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Masthead
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+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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| Editor: Warren D. Bonner, 1:1/23, editor@fidonews.org |
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| Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, jb@fidonews.org |
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| Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, joejared@osirusoft.com |
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| (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) |
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| Columnist: Ol' WDB, 1:103/401, wdbonner@pacbell.net |
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| Humor: Roy Reed, rcreed@juno.com |
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| Features: Frank Vest, 1:124/6308.1 |
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+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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| Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince |
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| Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, |
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| Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink, |
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| Doug Myers* |
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* deceased
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA
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94141, and are used with permission.
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Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet.
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Fidonews is Copyright (C) 2000 by Warren Bonner, though authors
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retain rights to their contributed articles. Opinion expressed by
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the authors is strictly their own. Noncommercial duplication and
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distribution within Fidonet is encouraged. Authors are encouraged
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to send their articles in ASCII text to Warren Bonner at one of his
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addresses above.
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