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Dominic, I looked, and Rhett's been missing for a while now. That last post was August 2013, not 2014. I hope he was off finding better things to do with his time and wasn't just ill the entire year.
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It was surprising to see that we overlapped between the Chorus and Slog, but it's not at all surprising to see him mourned so sincerely in both circles.
Though I have not met any of you, and may never, I worry all the time about regulars of the kind, patient, humorous, insightful, strategically sarcastic persuasion (any one of the above will do) who suddenly disappear.
Know that you are missed, and if circumstances allow, pop in to a Morning News thread or something to say you're taking a break. Case in point, the wonderful merry, whose last comment was in May 1st's "What Will You Be Doing for May Day?":I hope you are okay.
RIP, Fred.
I am putting merry on my cat list (under my bio in my Slog profile). I liked merry's comments.
I've been wondering where BEG has gone.
Sad to hear of his death and that the last year was so rough. He was always a delight both in person and online.
Hugs all around, guys - Love you! xx
Thank you, DaiBando, for being there.
It's easy to forget that the people posting on here are regular people in our community. And that their sudden departure from their online presence isn't always a lack of caring about posting anymore; that they can become sick, move away, or even pass away.
I make very few contributions to SLOG, but I read almost everything posted, every day, including the comments. RIP Fred. Thank you Dominic, for posting this.
Every now and then I use the Search function to look for some subject (or brilliant witticism) on Slog, and there are always several long-lost commenters to be found in the threads among the search results.
@27 - me too.
Interesting; cats yield greater dividends. But I think that's an apples and oranges comparison. 14% of Americans own stock, while 30% of households own cats. But there are more Americans than there are American households, so it's not like more than twice as many households or Americans own cats than stocks.
With these people in charge, it's no wonder the economy is a litter box.
Looks like the original source, CNN, did report that it was households vs. households; it was the Marketplace reporter who got sloppy with the language.
And the list has expanded. It is now time to play with some string.
@18, DaiBando: I'm sorry you lost your friend, too. Like Dan said, good on you for being there at the end.
There's a couple of Sloggers from my early days I miss. Kim in Portland doesn't post much anymore; I also miss Uriel-238, who I guess went lurker, or so their status said in 2010.
I also still miss Memorex. :(
He was a nice guy.
I didn't know him well at all, but I am so, so sorry that Slog, and those who knew him in real life, have lost some one of his calibre.
@33: I miss Kim too. And Canuck. Oh how I miss Canuck.
Rhett Oracle will be missed, although I never met him.