Will Dehne......Phone Home.
 

Man, I dislike it when people drop off the radar....empty chairs at the table. Have I been missing his posts?

I've noticed his absence too. His last logon was on 11/27.

There was another fellow I've been wondering about as well. His doggone screen name is escaping me, but he was a really successful weight loss story, and pushed the idea of protein shakes as meal substitutes. He had a short, one syllable name, but I'll be darned if I can remember it! Anyone know who I'm talking about?

If you look back a year or so I'll bet the turnover rate of regulars here is like a fast food joint?

Whatever has happened to

centexwood, NOS88, Velo Dog, Raketmensch, p8rider, lhernhardt, cruzMOKS, CRUM, others ?

There was picuomaha, but that isn't a one syllable name. He was the one that weighed 400 lbs and lost a bunch.

No, this guy was Zed or something. Man I hate memory loss!

I really liked the horse, or whatever it was.

If something Serious ever happened to any of "us" who post regularly-- we might never know. Perhaps a special, small doorway to Heaven with a bike rack outside and a sign...."BFFiftyPlus Members Only. Remove Cleats. Carbon Fiber Owners Enter Last."

OK, It's back! I liked it, too.

On other forums I used to frequent, a couple of regular contributors went silent, and a few months later it was discovered that they had died. One in an accident and the other due to a long, terminal illness that he had never disclosed to us.

Yeah, I really don't like it when people don't post for a while. Yet, it's a pretty normal thing to do. But it's nice if you can see that they logged on and lurked, even if they don't have time to really read the boards closely or post.

Edit: Think about Terrierman recently, getting food poisoning from bad meat. There was a girl in MN who just got out of a 2 month coma from getting e.coli from bad hamburger.

All this happened before I started posting, but a guy named Sydney who posted a lot on either the Road Cycling or Advocacy forums (fora?) was killed while riding and his daughter started posting and discussing his death. I thought it was a very nice thing to do, and it seemed to matter to those who came to know him through his posts. I don't know any of you guys, and I suspect that none of you could pick me out of a lineup, but if one of you suddenly went to the Big Velodrome in the sky unexpectedly, it would matter. Maybe we should make a rule to put sign-on information on your Road ID in case something happens.

If you recall Will usually goes down to Florida the month of December and rides a LOT. Probably too busy riding to post. Didn't he retire from work as well??

[QUOTE=Kerlenbach; Maybe we should make a rule to put sign-on information on your Road ID in case something happens.[/QUOTE]



I know it kinda sucks when you make a forum aquaintance of someone you like, or someone you look forward to hear from, just for that person to drop off from the face of the earth, never to be heard again. In effect, really, we are the survivors of that person's memory on this forum, wondering what the hell is going on with them, not knowing if they're still alive or not.

Maybe after about a month of non postings or non lurkings maybe the forum administrators (or anyone who cares) could send a pm or something to ask how that person is doing.

just a thought

I think the guy I'm wondering about is named Ned. He may have a vastly different screen name.

Fred? Around here, that doesn't narrow it down much.

Cgallag and I got Road IDs for Christmas; maybe I'll go modify mine now, just in case. Don't want to cause concern to my online friends. :)

I thought of him the other day while on a long ride during which I was dropped. :( Hammering isn't in my training program right now.

Didn't he announce that he was taking time off? Or am I confusing him with someone else?

Misquoted again. Story of my life!

Where is jp173?

Where is Old99?

Frodo Lives!

No disrespect to the others, but I miss him the most! :(