OFF: More list history trivia...

[Craig Shipley]

'Nother ol fart remembers the good ol' daze...
>
> Paul Mather writes:
> >
> > Jill wrote:
> >
> > [The "two moderators" gambit deleted.]
> >
> > > One problem nags me though - I'm sure I remember the name of Bob
> > > Netherton in connection with this - tho' I could be wrong.
> >
> > I think my memory is going, too.  I have the distinct recollection that
> > Steve handed over the list to "the two Bens"---though I don't remember
> > the surname of the "other" Ben (the one who lost his job abruptly and
> > thereby precipitated the entire fracas).
>
> Actually, I think Jill's right.  It wasn't Billy and Ben, it was
> Bob'n'Ben.
>
Has to be Bob, this Billy dude is totally unknown to me (but then, I'm hittin'
the big 4-0 in four days, so maybe I forgot his presence, NOT!). Steve was the
first, Bob took over when he was at Ericsson and the list entered deep space
when Mr. Netherton changed employers (no malice was intended by Bob, I think
he was shown the door immediatly upon announcing his change of employers. I
still talk to Bob on occasion, he's well). Ben has been the man since then...

> Erk.  Memory is, what, the second thing to go?  :-}
>
Third or fourth for me, after hair, eyes and me boyish figure...

> Hmmmm.  Now it's bugging me.  How did Billy fit into the picture?
> Maybe he was the guy who told me what had happened to the list...
> (only one person actually knew the story, everyone else was just
> confused about where the list had gone.)

Gotta be the guy that briefed you...
>
> I don't suppose anybody actually archived any posts from this era? :-)
>
> Steve
> swann at panix.com
>
Actually, I think I have a bunch of them from my first few posts on, buried
away on one of these systems (is it the one in Atlanta, or DC or San Jose,
which one????)

I can try an dig up a few if anyone is _really_ interested...


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