* Forwarded from C_ECHO by Roger Scudder (1:273/404@fidonet).
* Originally by: Roger Scudder (1:273/404@fidonet), 28 Mar 98 01:56.
* Originally to: All (0/0).
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Hello All.
 For years Jerry Coffin was a powerful force in this echo.  He always
 had time to help the novice, yet he had the skills to discuss deep C
 with the best of em'.  It really bothered me when I heard that he
 was leaving FidoNet.  I knew that the C and C++ Echoes were losing
 one of their finest members and that most of us were losing a great
 teacher.
 I was recently in touch with Jerry by e-mail and I'm very glad to
 report that he is planning to come back, possibly as soon as July.
 By Jerry's permission here is what he had to say when I asked him
 "Hey Jerry, What's up?" ...
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>Hi Jerry,
>
> I think you probably remember me from the fidonet C and C++ echoes.
I certainly do - it's good to hear from you again.  
>I hope you don't mind me writing to you like this.
Not at all.
> You were always a great help to me and I'm interested
>in what you are doing since leaving fidonet.
Mostly working too much... :-|
> Have you been involved in any other public networks such as the Internet
>news groups?
Yes - I've been hanging out in comp.lang.asm.x86,
comp.lang.c.moderated, comp.lang.c++.moderated,
comp.std.c,comp.std.c++, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc 
andcomp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Unfortunately, I've been busy enough that I haven't been able to participate 
in them as heavily as I'd like.
>I would like to know if you might consider returning to fidonet? Is it
>something that you don't want to do anymore, or do you have an up link
>problem?
It was a link problem that caused to me to leave to start with. I'vebeen 
planning on getting linked back up, but a few other things have gotten in the 
way - I had operations done on my right knee in November and January, and 
physical therapy has taken up a fair amount of my "spare" time.
>If you just don't want to do it anymore, then there is nothing
>I can say except to tell you that you are missed very much. On the
>other hand, if you would be willing to return, I would like to discuss
>some possible ways to get you "reconnected".
My guess (right now) is that I'll probably be getting interested in getting 
reconnected around July or so -- that's when they tell me I should be more or 
less done with physical therapy. 
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 It sounds like Jerry has been doing some struggling lately.  I think
 he would like to hear from anyone here who knew him.  If you would
 like to get in touch with Jerry but don't know his address, send me
 e-mail at rscudder@usa.net
 -Roger
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