Barbara McNay wrote to James Bradley, "'Nother One" on 07-13-05 16:13

 >>  BM> Let's hope you've made contact. :)

 >> I've done all I can, unless he initiates the call. He
 >> has my number,
 >> and the e-mail address to him you gave me didn't work.

 >  BM> Strange.  As I said before, he doesn't have your message or your
 >  BM> number.  If  you like, you could send that to me e-mail and I'll send
 >  BM> it  on to him.  Right now, he has to replace his recorders, so
 >  BM> unless he has replaced them by now, there's no point in
 >  BM> calling him again just yet because both of his recorders
 >  BM> are defective.

 > The e-mail to him, was returned "No user by that
 > name." It is wallybr{at}* right?

 BM> Yes, I checked in my sent folder, and the address there is correct.

I'll double check here, or just send him another post to see if the
same happens.

 >> The BBS # is 242 3221
 >> NOSPAM.gbbsg{at}shaw.ca (Kevin Klement)

 >> Contacts him to the sysop.

 >  BM> I can pass this information along to him.

 > What had me scratching my head, was he was using an
 > OLMR and communication program before, but maybe with
 > a new computer... I have no problems running a couple
 > of shareware programs over to him, or if his assistant
 > is good with software, maybe she can pull up some
 > slack. 

 > Anyway, I did leave him my number when we spoke. He's

 BM> OK, you did get to speak with him, then.

Yup, but he seemed a little trepidacious. Like I say, perhaps he had
his fill of newsgroups, and is now naturally cautious. I could imagine
a blind person allowing people into their homes, can often find stuff
missing. (sic.)

 > a pretty interesting fella, so I hope he gets back
 > into it. Maybe he's too jaded from newsgroup
 > nastiness, and playing it cautious. 

 BM> Who knows?  A lot of echoes just faded out around that
 BM> time, and everyone thought they were passe.

Well, you see all the time, an echo (Such as this one) is populated by
years old posts, until some wisecracker comes along (Someone like
me. ;-) and stirs up the pot. I still find fido, a more relaxed,
homogeneous place to be.

 > I'll never forget when a fido guy drove across town
 > just to drop off video drivers way back. I hadn't seen
 > that behaviour since I left my hometown of 800 people.

 BM> There are still people like that around in Fido, but fewer.

I like to think of the density. All the screwballs (OK, most of the
 screwballs. ;-) left long ago. I know for a fact, I could ask a
 fido person in Vancouver to spoon-feed soup to my sister if she needed
 it. Under their own volition, they'd likely hold a vigil until she
 was able to feed herself!

Shoot, when I didn't know DOS - how much help I found on local
echoes... When I didn't know sound cards, a fella from Singapore knew
what I needed to do. Today, I'm learning Linux, and there's an
abundance of wise guys on that topic that are thoroughly able to
confuse me. 

All we can hope, is to be able to help others, as much as we have been
helped. I think *that* spirit is still alive today. Just look at all
the posts I forwarded to this echo on Wally's behalf. I doubt our MC
wouldn't drop what he is doing to help a user out. He offered me a
cast-off computer, when mine were *all* acting peculiarly. Our NEC
would likely do the same, but for some health issues he is dealing
with. So, I'm just trying to do what I can to pull up the slack.

I *doubt* that spirit will fad as long as there are two people
participating in fido. I'm sure there will also be citizens suspicious
of that degree of kindness, as it is a foreign notion in this day and
age, that one person will offer assistance to another. 



... James
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