• Very sad news

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 10:48:41
    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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  • From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, July 04, 2019 06:45:41
    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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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dave Drum on Thursday, July 04, 2019 09:44:47
    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.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Sean Dennis on Saturday, July 06, 2019 05:02:50
    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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