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  • Whatever Happened to Arthur?

    From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 03:30:09 2025
    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.



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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 03:50:36 2025
    On 8/17/25 10:30 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.

    He sometimes disappears during Summers. I assume vacations and cons, and whatnot. He often turns back up by the time the fall premieres start up.

    But, realistically, this group is down to just a few regulars, so it's reasonable to expect that people will drift away from usenet for good.

    Personally, I'm sticking around, but am not watching much TV right now
    and am otherwise distracted, so I'm not posting here much either these days.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 03:52:25 2025
    On Aug 17, 2025 at 10:50:36 AM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 8/17/25 10:30 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or >> did
    something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.

    He sometimes disappears during Summers. I assume vacations and cons, and whatnot. He often turns back up by the time the fall premieres start up.

    But, realistically, this group is down to just a few regulars, so it's reasonable to expect that people will drift away from usenet for good.

    Personally, I'm sticking around, but am not watching much TV right now
    and am otherwise distracted, so I'm not posting here much either these days.

    Thanks, I guess I never noticed his summer breaks before.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 04:22:39 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did >something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.

    I hope he travelling to a show. I love his reports.

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  • From shawn@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 05:52:59 2025
    On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:22:39 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did >>something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.

    I hope he travelling to a show. I love his reports.

    Hopefully that's the case. I know DragonCon is coming up but it's a
    bit early to be traveling for that.

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  • From super70s@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 10:09:10 2025
    On 2025-08-17 21:06:12 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did
    something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.


    His Facebook and messenger accounts are still there, but I haven’t heard from him in at least a month. I sent him a are you OK? Query but haven’t heard anything back yet.

    I also sent a query to his cousin, but she doesn’t seem to have posted in more than a year herself.

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 12:52:13 2025
    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    . . .

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.

    He's pissed at me amd left Usenet.

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  • From Robin Miller@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 13:54:33 2025
    super70s wrote:
    On 2025-08-17 21:06:12 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to
    leave or did
    something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.


    His Facebook and messenger accounts are still there, but I haven’t heard >> from him in at least a month. I sent him a are you OK? Query but haven’t >> heard anything back yet.

    I also sent a query to his cousin, but she doesn’t seem to have posted in >> more than a year herself.

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.



    FWIW, Arthur's last post to this NG appears to have been on July 16. He
    was posting regularly and just stopped.

    A Friend's last post to this NG was Feb. 16 of last year.

    --Robin

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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 14:03:35 2025
    On 8/17/25 7:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    . . .

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.

    He's pissed at me and left Usenet.

    Isn't everyone pissed at you?!



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  • From super70s@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 14:26:02 2025
    On 2025-08-18 03:54:33 +0000, Robin Miller said:

    super70s wrote:
    On 2025-08-17 21:06:12 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to leave or did
    something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.


    His Facebook and messenger accounts are still there, but I haven’t heard >>> from him in at least a month. I sent him a are you OK? Query but haven’t >>> heard anything back yet.

    I also sent a query to his cousin, but she doesn’t seem to have posted in >>> more than a year herself.

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.



    FWIW, Arthur's last post to this NG appears to have been on July 16. He
    was posting regularly and just stopped.

    A Friend's last post to this NG was Feb. 16 of last year.

    --Robin

    That's longer than I would have guessed.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 16:25:17 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/17/25 7:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    . . .

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.

    He's pissed at me and left Usenet.

    Isn't everyone pissed at you?!

    Pretty much, yeah.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 18 22:58:12 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/17/25 7:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    . . .

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.

    He's pissed at me and left Usenet.

    Isn't everyone pissed at you?!

    I wasn’t, but I haven’t seen any of his posts since he blocked me.



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  • From super70s@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Aug 19 02:43:17 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 8/17/25 7:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    . . .

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.

    He's pissed at me and left Usenet.

    Isn't everyone pissed at you?!

    lol


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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Aug 25 14:06:26 2025
    On 8/17/2025 8:54 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
    super70s wrote:
    On 2025-08-17 21:06:12 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Arthur Lipscomb seems to have disappeared. Did he just choose to
    leave or did
    something happen to him? I miss his contributions to the group.


    His Facebook and messenger accounts are still there, but I haven’t heard >>> from him in at least a month. I sent him a are you OK? Query but haven’t >>> heard anything back yet.

    I also sent a query to his cousin, but she doesn’t seem to have
    posted in
    more than a year herself.

    On the same subject wonder whatever happened to "A Friend"? He was a
    nice guy and seemed to know a lot about the industry.



    FWIW, Arthur's last post to this NG appears to have been on July 16. He
    was posting regularly and just stopped.

    A Friend's last post to this NG was Feb. 16 of last year.

    --Robin


    I'm back. I posted the other day that I got annoyed with all the
    negativity I was seeing the group. It wasn't a thought out plan to
    leave, it just sort of evolved that way after a few days of not coming
    back. Then I did on vacation and that kept me away for another couple
    of weeks.

    I actually was still reading some of the posts in the Facebook group.
    But I didn't see someone reached out on messenger until several days
    went by. Even this post I didn't see until just now.

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