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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
OK......where did the 'Simon' thread go? Don't piss me off on this one......he was my friend. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14653 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
It went off-topic and got locked - not your fault. Maybe everyone will learn some netiquette - some day! |
Keith T. Send message Joined: 23 Aug 99 Posts: 962 Credit: 537,293 RAC: 9 |
The first one got locked (allegedly at the request of the OP), the second one got hidden by a mod. If you look in some peoples posting history, the posts are still visible although the thread is not. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
The first one got locked (allegedly at the request of the OP), the second one got hidden by a mod. I had posted a link to his past posting hisory.. I will post it again, hoping that it was not the cause of the thread crash......... His master's voice.....LOL... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Keith T. Send message Joined: 23 Aug 99 Posts: 962 Credit: 537,293 RAC: 9 |
I miss Simon too, one of the mysteries of the internet. His last post here seems to have been 12 Aug 2007. On the Lunatics boards, he was around for a few more days or weeks. Someone must know the answer! (The truth is out there!) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Unless he rally wants to be hidden, or has demised. Neither of which I wish to be the truth. But either could be. Do not derail this thread, please,....... Just leave it open for him to contact us. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65771 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Unless he rally wants to be hidden, or has demised. Come on Simon, Simply call Home, If U can that is... Please... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
I miss Simon too, one of the mysteries of the internet. Simon knows the answer. If he wants us to know, he'll tell us. Seriously folks. There is no trilateral commission, it isn't some great conspiracy, there were no black helicopters. He didn't just disappear, he sent a quick "goodbye" and while it's all mysterious, trying to track him down against his wishes is a little creepy. ... and calling attention to his absence does not help if he simply wishes to be left alone. |
52 Aces Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67 |
a fine line between genuine concern and stalking. Well then, we're all stalking ET (and rather badly at it, so it seems). Perhaps to put this "Where's Waldo" to closure, at minimum, the trail no longer ends with the last S@H postings of 2007. Simon had moved and was fine as of January 2009 (and that's all I'll offer on that to anyone), and in all likelyhood is doing quiet well today. Cheers [subtle edit to please the powers that be]. |
52 Aces Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67 |
Yes I have. You have his wrong name, wrong address, and wrong phone number ;-) Cheers |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Yes I have. You have his wrong name, wrong address, and wrong phone number ;-) No, I don't. I was one of the few who had contact with him in the days before his departure.. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
52 Aces Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67 |
Fine then, continue with your eulogy and tribute. I shared with all a correct answer that the guy is fine (at least as of 2009), and somehow that amplified your anxiety about it, and so I apologize to all for that orthogonal outcome. I again emphasize I'm not going to provide anyone the puzzle pieces either publicly or in PM to achieve what I did (and honestly, it wasn't much, I simply began with no assumptions). That right of privacy belongs to that individual. Cheers |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Fine then, continue with your eulogy and tribute. I shared with all a correct answer that the guy is fine (at least as of 2009), and somehow that amplified your anxiety about it, and so I apologize to all for that orthogonal outcome. Nice try..... If he would reveal himself to a relative Seti newcomer like yourself, he would have come back to me........ Nice try, though. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
Suppose it's time I spoke up...I know what has happened to Simon--least I knew at the time period of several months back. We were told when I was a mod exactly what was up with Simon (you were not a mod at the time Sattler). We were also told explicitly not to say on the forums what the situation was. Pappa was the person who said we were not to post the reason on the forums. Let's please stop speculation and respect Simon's privacy. If he wants to return he shall. |
Phil J Taylor Send message Joined: 26 Dec 09 Posts: 96 Credit: 603,521 RAC: 0 |
Let's please stop speculation and respect Simon's privacy. If he wants to return he shall. Here, here ... and 3-cheers! I'll crunch to that! btw .. happy belated birthday Mark ... and everyone else I'd missed. I'm busy working on my 20-year plan ... so I'll have an idea of where I want to be when I turn 82! I enjoyed reading Simon's past posts ... seems like quite a good fellow. |
52 Aces Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67 |
Blurf said: Pappa was the person who said we were not to post the reason on the forums. Are you sure about that? Pappa chastised me publicly just before I put the puzzle together (for which Sattler said was impossible for me to do anyhow as 8 years makes me a relative newbie, not that participation time has ever mapped to capabilities). Pappa said (and is not hidden): You have now ruined a perfectly good thread, which someone might have knowledge as to what happened to Simon. Could have posted. I guess no one would have been allowed to post knowledge in the first place, and the original question was flawed as inappropriate to begin with. All is well of course, and the crowd moves along now as there is nothing here to see ;-) |
Keith T. Send message Joined: 23 Aug 99 Posts: 962 Credit: 537,293 RAC: 9 |
Suppose it's time I spoke up...I know what has happened to Simon--least I knew at the time period of several months back. Thank You Blurf for shedding a little light on the mystery. At least we know that Simon is alive. Having been involved in a previous hunt into someones past, I appreciate that we don't have a right to know about some things, however much we would like to know. I suppose it is because many of us are trying to solve one of the biggest questions that humanity has, we are all very inquisitive people. Keith |
Pappa Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 2562 Credit: 12,301,681 RAC: 0 |
Searching the Lunatics Developer threads, I do not find the exact conversation which lead to something that Blurf states, I then posted into the Seti Moderators list. I do recall I offered to pay the hosting fees (Lunatics) for the next year, while things were sorted out. KWSN came to the rescue. I will say it was something that was decided on jointly to respect what Simon decided to do. Life Happens. Simon was so involved in Lunatics, it could mean that his family was starting suffer(no, I do not have the answer). Family First! YOU have to decide, Seti or Family... While I miss a missing friend, and would like to know he is safe. "We" should respect his right to privacy, as you would like to have your personal life private. So maybe it is time for Google to catalog this and then fade into history once again. Thank You, all for your concern and Best Wishes for Simon.. Good Night Simon, Rest Well wherever You are. Regards Please consider a Donation to the Seti Project. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I only wish to know that he is alive and well. As I stated before, his reasons for walking away from it all can remain his own. His legend will live forever here. Miss you, my friend.....I just miss you. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
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