HI Dot,
 Sorry to hear about your dear friends loss... My prayers are with you as you 
go through these days ahead.
  As far as your bbs leaving you... I know you have an internet service 
provider that you use... you can get all the fido echos via the internet...  
via Neverending BBS.  so you would not even have to spend any additional $$$. 
I use Neverending BBS when my Fido links are down... right now my Fido has 
been pretty good here lately but if/when I loose this uplink I will go back 
to using Neverending BBS routinly...  Hope this helps you some
Julia
--- He Lives! 
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