I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

Rest in peace, Ben.

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Sean Dennis wrote to All <=-

I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code
to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue
concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

Rest in peace, Ben.

Bummer .... none of us get out of here alive. But, we're seldom ready
when the journey is over. I only knew Ben from his sporadic appearances
in the Cooking Echo - but, 65 is young (says the 77 year old).

All we can do is live it by a bit of philosophy I picked up from a Datsun/Nissan ad on the glass teat ... "Life's a journey. Enjoy the
ride."

It's worked for me - so far.
... "Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one." - O. W. Holmes
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Hello Dave,

04 Jul 19 06:45 at you wrote to me:

Bummer .... none of us get out of here alive. But, we're seldom ready
when the journey is over. I only knew Ben from his sporadic
appearances in the Cooking Echo - but, 65 is young (says the 77 year
old).

I don't know the cause of death but it was sudden.

All we can do is live it by a bit of philosophy I picked up from a Datsun/Nissan ad on the glass teat ... "Life's a journey. Enjoy the
ride."

Indeed. Even if sometimes we can't see past our own noses.

It's worked for me - so far.

It's all you can do.

Later,
Sean

... This place is so weird that the cockroaches have moved next door.
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Re: Very sad news
By: Sean Dennis to All on Wed Jul 03 2019 10:48 am

I regret to inform you that one of our own, Ben Ritchey, passed away on June 27 at the age of 65.

I will miss him a lot. He helped me for decades with FTN technology questions and provided me with many things, including his source code to the current Elist bot. We were working together on an issue concerning MOD RUL updates not working.

Time marches on and waits for no man, sadly.

Rest in peace, Ben.

Sorry for your loss... :(
Regards,
KrUpTiOn
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