From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-ID: <3e1162e6050718145821d888a8@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:58:48 -0700
From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] "Absent friends" of Boyd list so far ...
In-Reply-To: <02172709c98163e9366242a3b01219d3@anvil.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
References: <5f44c14d8e9f10e26d52e60fdae1f911@lsub.org>
	<7bdb16ede412d99a5d56f2777851b7c4@anvil.com>
	<3e1162e605071718542fc0f66a@mail.gmail.com>
	<42DB16CF.7030802@online.de>
	<20050718033800.26917.qmail@g.galapagos.bx.psu.edu>
	<42DBF0B5.5090907@village.com>
	<6e35c0620507181143af84ac@mail.gmail.com>
	<02172709c98163e9366242a3b01219d3@anvil.com>
Cc: 
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a925ab6-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

On 7/18/05, Dave Lukes <davel@anvil.com> wrote:
> > I hope seeing our names on the absent friends list lets his friends
> > and family know that in some way he made an impression on us.
>=20
> That's exactly why I'm doing it.


Yeah, my Dad was found in about the same way as Boyd back in 2000.  I
had the unhappy job of calling all his friends up in his address book
and telling them the news.  It was hard, I had to take a lot of breaks
and such.

However when the time came for the funeral I was very honestly touched
by the number of people who travelled to come out and pay respects to
my dad and our family.  Some of these people I knew from a very young
age and had almost forgotten.  Many of them I never knew at all.=20
Still for a guy who felt so lonely, and he did, he really wasn't that
alone at all.

It's a good reminder for the rest of us I suppose.

Dave