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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:29 pm

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:11 pm

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hey chaps! I had my knee reconstructed, so not much running now....older age and all that.

Hope you're knee's doing well, Al? My MiL had one of those done, as well as a shoulder. Did they give you bionic vision too?

benjoshua wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:My wife and I recently returned from a trip to the Galapagos Islands! As a biology major, I'd always wanted to visit there, and the reality beat my expectations. 97% of the islands are undeveloped, and it was like traveling back in time. Many of the creatures, like the marine iguanas, rays, sharks and giant tortoises, had a prehistoric look to them. My favorite activity was snorkeling, which we did almost every day. I was fortunate enough to swim just a few feet away from a eight foot long hammerhead, a truly awe inspiring site. Trips like these give me an appreciation for different and unusual worlds. The experience will be helpful when I run adventures like Isle of Dread, for example.

Were you there during the volcanic eruption, Chris?: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/scie ... ticleShare

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:23 pm

Wow! Great to see some familiar names still floating around. Nice!

I just got a message from bill to peruse his collection on one of the threads. Looking forward to that!

Guys...am i right in saying rob kuntz passed away? If so am flippin gutted. I had wanted to speak to him

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:20 pm

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Wow! Great to see some familiar names still floating around. Nice!

I just got a message from bill to peruse his collection on one of the threads. Looking forward to that!

Guys...am i right in saying rob kuntz passed away? If so am flippin gutted. I had wanted to speak to him

Welcome back, Al. How did the bookshop thing go? How are you making your living these days?
Last I heard RJK was living in Spain, although something on another forum suggested he may have returned to the US. Someone here is in contact because they re-released RJK’s Living Room last summer.
I sold my collection back in 2015 and had a bit of a hiatus myself, so I mostly just loiter around looking at all the money I left on the table by selling up when I did, and hunting down the odd missing thing that I want to read.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 4:34 pm

Hey mate

Oh nice so hes still with us. Overjoyed to hear that!!!

Shop. Closed in 2018....had a huge flood, so took advantage of circumstances as wife not well etc. I still dabble in books of course.

I still have some things....will prb sell at some point...but we shall see. I always enjoyed the company of people on here, rather than the items.
Sitting in the gencon auction outbidding each other is still, to this day, one of the most hilarious things ever.

Good too see you are well matey.

Al

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:57 pm

mbassoc2003 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:... I mostly just loiter around....

That's just not true, Ian. You are the resident, verbal wrecking ball around here.

-SKA

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:20 am

Isn't that what 'loitering' is?
That why countries have laws against loitering in public?

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:41 pm

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Guys...am i right in saying rob kuntz passed away? If so am flippin gutted. I had wanted to speak to him

So far as I know, Rob’s alive and well in Corsica, Al. He’s happily married, and mostly-shifted over to work on fiction, screenplays, and non-fiction. But he’s still not left gaming completely, yet.

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:49 pm

grodog wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
So far as I know, Rob’s alive and well in Corsica, Al. He’s happily married, and mostly-shifted over to work on fiction, screenplays, and non-fiction. But he’s still not left gaming completely, yet.

Allan.

Thanks Al! Does anyone have his e-mail?

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:14 pm

some GenCon 2007 pics for those who can remember that far back lol

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:17 pm

and some more

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:54 pm

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hey chaps!

I had my knee reconstructed, so not much running now....older age and all that.

Life is diddling along as it does. Dont collect anymore but have very fond memories of the fun at gencon and mike n dougs gig down in texas. Great memories forever.

So whats new these days? Havent paid attention for years haha

Who TF are you again?

Just replied to you on PMs dude. Great to hear from you!!!

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:57 pm

Badmike wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Who TF are you again?

Just replied to you on PMs dude. Great to hear from you!!!

Mike B.

Already replied buddy har har

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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:00 am

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Thanks Al! Does anyone have his e-mail?

Here you go, Al: rjk.estate@orange.fr. (he said it was fine to share publicly).

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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:27 am

grodog wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Here you go, Al: rjk.estate@orange.fr. (he said it was fine to share publicly).

Allan.

Many thanks Al. I will drop him an email later buddy

Al

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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:52 am

grodog wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Were you there during the volcanic eruption, Chris?: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/science/volcano-lava-eruption-pictures.html?referringSource=articleShare

Allan.

We were there February 5-12, so we were there after the eruption happened. We didn't see any significant smoke or volcanic activity. In fact, we didn't visit that island, Isabella, at all, even though we were all around it. Our cruise focused more on hiking and snorkeling, but volcanic rock was everywhere, and I personally found the geology fascinating.

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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:28 pm

killjoy32 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:and some more

SPAM carving is just...wrong...

I bet those creatures still exist today and are probably edible to boot.

-SKA

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:01 am

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
SPAM carving is just...wrong...

I bet those creatures still exist today and are probably edible to boot.

-SKA

... or sentient.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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