'Potential'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
What were the confusing results, out of curiousity?
James (Last Name Unavailable)
CAMERON WI 54822 (202) 420-9979
OK, "James"? It didn't come up with an address. And that's not the # I gave them. Area code 202 is Washington DC.
Phone Company Information:
Name and Location: CHIBARDUN TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC., WI
Rate Center: CAMERON
Phone Switch Name:
Phone Switch Type: Stromberg Carlson DCO Digital
My life is so googlable that there\'s no way anyone could doubt my realitude. Seriously, try googling \"theremin actuary disc jockey\". It\'s kinda scary, but has its benefits -- FAQ Wife told me she never would have agreed to meet me for our first date if she hadn\'t known \"who I was\".
I hope you are able to get an answer from a call at lunch Tom. The accent would be a plus, but not really required since it isn't private information. We would appoint you an honorary Mars for the effort. (googling is one thing, but phones are tough for me, eep)
In the need to know camp. My emotions are vulnerable either way.
I'm grateful that I have met so many of you. For many reasons.
We would appoint you an honorary Mars for the effort.
"I'm the tin dog!"
Hee.
For a modest consideration, I'll swear I've seen any of you in the real world. For just a bit more, I'll say it was during the day and you were standing in full sunlight.
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Just caught up here.
When I heard the news, I was mourning Gus' death. I always enjoyed his posts.
Now, having read all this, I'm glad this was brought up because I never even considered it wasn't true. I'm usually more cynical about things I read on the internet, but the Buffistas have always made me let my guard down (which is a good thing.)
At this point, it's becoming incredibly likely there was some deception going on here. In the end, that doesn't matter so much because we were all entertained by Gus' stories, and while a couple people were inconvinienced, no one was actually hurt by his behavior.
What does matter to me is whether or not the real person behind the poster we knew as Gus is dead. There's deception and there's manipulation, and faking one's death falls firmly in the latter category for me. I'd hate for that to be the case, because as many others, I liked Gus. I wish we could take things at face value and mourn the loss of a witty and charming person we all knew instead of trying to pick apart every little detail and questioning the word of someone apparently deeply hurting from the loss of her loved one.
But considering the details he's shared with us about his life don't seem to be adding up despite people's best efforts to determine the truth, it seems to be pretty imperative we learn the answer to the big question at least. So I'm all for the continued detective work, and hope Gus and his family will forgive us our current skepticism if it all turns out to be true.
You know, Connie, you're one of the few Buffistas I've never met.