Re: //e

[dsf@globalcrossing.net (Dan Foster)]

In article <20021007031848.02276.00011701@mb-mu.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>On an incompletely unrelated note, I'd like to give a shout here to David
>>Empson.  Not to exclude anybody else, certainly, but I think David
>>deserves a little recognition here...
>>
>>I've been using Apple ]['s since ca. 1981, and I've been an
>>irregular reader of this newsgroup since ca. 1994.  Irregularly mostly
>>because I just don't have time for all the traffic here as well as over on
>>rec.roller-coaster where I normally hang out.  Anyway, for all of that
>>time, David Empson has been patiently sharing his *encyclopaedic*
>>knowledge of all things Apple ][, in spite of the recurring fits of
>>nastiness that keep chasing people away from comp.sys.apple2.  Through all
>>the arguments, noise, and flameage, David continues to share with us, and
>>I swear, while I know a whole lot about Apples, every time he posts a
>>message it seems he manages to teach me something new.  David, I'm very
>>happy to see you're still here...and if ever anyone seemed to embody the
>>spirit of USENET, you may well be the one.
>
>Amen to that--and thank you, David, from me, too.

Likewise! Too bad we can't take all that knowledge and convert it to
a thick e-volume of PDF documents :-)

There are many knowledgeable people in this world; but very few are
there that are *both* knowledgeable _and_ patient.

-Dan