ATDTDA (RIP)

[Dave Monroe]

On 7/4/07, Paul Nightingale <isreading at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 1. A third of the way into the book, almost, and the read has gone pretty
> well thus far, methinks. Hardly any flaming, much eclectic posting on-topic.
> Hosting, when done, has been good: the no-shows might or might not have been
> predictable, but we survive. I've said this before: we're busy people with
> off-list demands, so we should expect the occasional slowdown.

I'm only beginning to catch up on the last several weeks here, but,
without having been here from the beginning (in fact, having entered
at one of the most contentious moments I've ever seen here), I will
say, this is going swimmingly in comparison to most anything I've ever
seen here.  Friendly AND productive.  And more Keith doesn't hurt,
that's for sure ...

And thanks for checking in on Rob, last I heard from him (so far as I
know/recall) was offlist, a troublingly accusatory message that I
could neither quite work out, or find a provocation for.  Nor were
things clarified when I asked.  I sent him some advance pages when I
got 'em, figuring he deserved 'em at LEAST as much as anyone, but ...

Well, for all the invective we might have exchanged (even when we
seemed to be in agreement ...), I certainly have no small respect for
him, CERTAINLY wouldn't want anything to have happened to him, and
think he'd certainly be of no small help here now ...