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*******Patrick McGoohan*******

cooby Apr 29 2006 08:53 PM

Is anybody here Patrick McGoohan from the old ezboard? Does anybody here remember him and know how to get ahold of him?

Nymr83 Apr 29 2006 09:13 PM

There used to be a "who is who" thread but i can't find it

Edgy DC Apr 29 2006 09:28 PM

I can e-mail him through the old forum. I actual e-mail address is hidden. Shall I send an epistle and let him know you seek him?

cooby Apr 29 2006 09:55 PM

That'd be great Edgy, he has a book of mine and I know I forgot about it, so I'll bet he did too. I remembered because the Aflac trivia question was about the Mets and Cubs in 1969, and that is what the book is about

Edgy DC Apr 29 2006 10:02 PM

Done. Hopefully the address is still current.

cooby Apr 29 2006 10:04 PM

Thanks! Even if it isn't current, it's still worth a try.

Frayed Knot Apr 29 2006 11:06 PM

I remember that he disappeared right before the EZ board crash. He was slated to do the (then) upcoming KTE and he was talking about how he was getting it ready ... and then he never posted it or anything else again. It seemed like he was one of those lost in the crash but he had already been missing for a week or so at that point.

Rockin' Doc Apr 30 2006 12:09 AM

Nymr, the "Incomplete Guide to Who's Who on the CPF" is now located in the Permanent Links Forum. Probably the best place for it, but I didn't realize that it had been moved there. I updated it a little bit and added a new sections for the regulars that have joined us since the CPF moved here from EZBoard on June of last year.

Willets Point Apr 30 2006 12:36 AM

Sorry, I moved it there. I remember asking if folks thought it was a good idea to move it there and no one responded so I just used my best judgement.

Rockin' Doc Apr 30 2006 08:40 AM

No apology necessary. I think it is an appropriate place for it to be. The Permanent Links Forum is the perfect place for all the reference sites that members may frequently use. It actually makes it easier to find if someone desired to reference it.

cooby May 04 2006 07:40 AM

So far no luck, so I'll bump for the weekday crowd....

Edgy DC May 04 2006 08:18 AM

These mystery things would all be avoided if we all just put a clause in our wills to alert the Crane Pool upon our passing. Actually, your faithful admins should take note of the disappearance of regular posters and write them.

cooby May 04 2006 08:44 AM

Edgy DC wrote: These mystery things would all be avoided if we all just put a clause in our wills to alert the Crane Pool upon our passing As if our families don't think we're weird enough now. "Honey, if I die, log in as 'cooby' and tell everyone I'm dead"

Edgy DC May 04 2006 08:48 AM

Well, it would be an awkward moment for Mr. Coo to read that maybe, but you'll be dead and therefore off the hook, and it'd be so considerate to us. People go into mourning around here when you take a long lunch, Cooby.

cooby May 04 2006 08:50 AM

Edgy DC wrote: Well, it would be an awkward moment for Mr. Coo to read that maybe, but you'll be dead and therefore off the hook, and it'd be so considerate to us. People go into mourning around here when you take a long lunch, Cooby. lol...apparantly Patrick McGoohan doesn't care... :)

Yancy Street Gang May 04 2006 09:55 AM

cooby wrote: "Honey, if I die, log in as 'cooby' and tell everyone I'm dead" That's the funniest thing I've read this morning. I almost LOL'ed.

Rockin' Doc May 04 2006 01:16 PM

I know it sounds strange, but I know we have had long time members disappear and everyone wonder what happened to them. As a result I spoke with my son last year and he has agreed to post a brief report on the CPF in the event something were to suddenly happen to me. Of course, I hope that will not be necessary, but as strange as it sounds, it seemed like an appropriate thing to do.

cooby May 04 2006 01:23 PM

Wow. God love him.

Yancy Street Gang May 04 2006 02:06 PM

Let me say right now, if I were to suddenly drop dead you guys would never know about it.

Edgy DC May 04 2006 02:10 PM

"Gee, no updates at the UMDB recently."

sharpie May 04 2006 02:10 PM

Lenny can clue you guys in for me. Peeps better stop challenging the Doors if I die.

cooby May 04 2006 02:14 PM

I really hope Patrick McGoohan is okay, you know...

Yancy Street Gang May 04 2006 02:16 PM

Edgy DC wrote: "Gee, no updates at the UMDB recently." "That orange lumpy guy must be dead."

Yancy Street Gang May 04 2006 02:16 PM

cooby wrote: I really hope Patrick McGoohan is okay, you know... I'm sure he's okay. He probably just went out and got a life.

cooby May 04 2006 02:20 PM

Maybe he's still reading my book

Frayed Knot May 04 2006 03:11 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Let me say right now, if I were to suddenly drop dead you guys would never know about it. I always had the feeling that if I were to drop dead Edgy would start a search party for me long before the members of my family would.

silverdsl May 04 2006 03:11 PM

We've had that kind of situation at NYYFans. Okay, actually we were informed a user had passed away and it turned out it was an elaborate scheme to fake his own death online and see what the reaction would be. It was bizarre because up until that point he had been a long-time member in good standing and he put a lot of effort into tricking everyone. We joke now about the dead rising, but it wasn't really that funny at the time because of how upset everyone was. We have someone else who disappeared for two years at least and we thought something had happened to him, but he suddenly started posting again one day. On another forum that I'm on, we did have a user who actually did pass away (I saw the obituary and everything). Her daughter came on to let us know what had happened. It was creepy to see her ID on the forum afterwards when the daughter came back to check PMs.

cooby May 04 2006 03:19 PM

Somebody PM'd them?

Frayed Knot May 04 2006 03:23 PM

There was actually a NYTimes story a few years back about how internet chat-rooms form an odd sort of community. Seems there was this guy who posted regularly (it was an opera forum IIRC) from his office high up in the North tower of the WTC. His last post was at 8:45 AM that morning. Later on his widow contacted the board (or they contacted her, I forget) to confirm what had happened since maybe only a handful knew where he worked or maybe even knew anything about him aside from his handle. I remember us (at the old place) taking a head-count in that week that followed.

Herb Gardner May 04 2006 04:43 PM

Johnny Dickshot May 04 2006 04:49 PM

Hello.

Willets Point May 04 2006 04:49 PM

And here I thought Herb Gardner was going to solve the McGoohan mystery for us...

cooby May 04 2006 04:55 PM

Maybe he's Patrick McGoohan and he's trying to tell us

silverdsl May 04 2006 06:36 PM

cooby wrote: Somebody PM'd them? Sent PMs to the mother's account that were presumably messages of sympathy for the daughter.

cooby May 04 2006 06:42 PM

That makes sense. I thought of that later, actually. Silver, I remember a poster on, I believe, Mets.com (when it was actually run by the Mets and had a nice forum) that passed away. I wasn't posting there then, just lurking (2000? 2001?) but it was pretty sad and people were very upset when this lady died.