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Archer Opteryx
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04-27-2014 4:08 PM


I just saw the (now closed) thread about Buzsaw. This is sad news.
As so often with memorial gatherings, that discussion also gave me the opportunity to encounter a number of old friends again. It's great to see everyone. I trust you are doing well.
When I wanted to add something, Percy said the best thing was just to launch a new thread. Maybe we can expand things a bit here and make this a thread for anything that qualifies as reminiscence.
If I may now, I must remove my hat.
Farewell, Buz. I will miss you.
My favourite thing about your posts, I confess, was your confidence that creation paleontologists exist: that these serious professionals are out there as we speak, digging up fossils and naming species, publishing research and making discoveries. If only anything of the sort were true. Still, I found it oddly touching that you really did seem to believe it.
More seriously, I note from Phat's remarks that you served your country as an airman. I never take it for granted that as we go about our business each day and rest on our beds each night, others are watching radar screens, making patrol flights, and undertaking dangerous sea voyages to make it possible. This really happens, and it happens because of lionhearted people like you. Many thanks, sir.
A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting;
for this is the end of everyone,
and the living will lay it to heart.
Ecclesiastes 7.1-2
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Edited by Archer Opteryx, : Typo repair.
Edited by Archer Opteryx, : Typo repair.

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Omnivorous
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Message 2 of 6 (725482)
04-27-2014 4:24 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Archer Opteryx
04-27-2014 4:08 PM


Hi, Archer. It's great to see here again. Buz is a landmark in my EvC journey, as is Robin.
I recall that not long before you left, you seemed sadly disappointed in something I wrote--something vengeful, I think. I'm not much different these days, but I rarely wreak vengeance...well, seldom.
Sometimes
It's truly a pleasure to hear from you. I trust you are well.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3597 days)
Posts: 1811
From: East Asia
Joined: 08-16-2006


Message 3 of 6 (725532)
04-28-2014 7:06 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by Omnivorous
04-27-2014 4:24 PM


HI, Omni! Thanks for saying hello.
I have no memory at all of that post you're talking about, and that's OK. What I remember about you is a lot of cogent observations, telling perspectives, and welcome insights into the behaviour of tarsiers.
I'm fine. My schedule heated up, in good ways. I learned a lot here and wanted to drop in again as soon as I got a chance. It came as a pleasant surprise to see so many of the old regulars still populating the bar here.
You good?

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RAZD
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Message 4 of 6 (725534)
04-28-2014 7:16 AM
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04-28-2014 7:06 AM


glad to have you back wit us
always enjoyed your wit

we are limited in our ability to understand
by our ability to understand
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to share.


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Archer Opteryx
Member (Idle past 3597 days)
Posts: 1811
From: East Asia
Joined: 08-16-2006


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05-02-2014 4:05 AM
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04-28-2014 7:16 AM


Thanks for the welcome, Razd. I've learned a lot from you. and had a lot of fun doing it. That 'enjoy' advice you put at the end of so many posts... you really do live it. It's great to see you!

Archer O
All species are transitional.

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Omnivorous
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05-02-2014 9:20 PM
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04-28-2014 7:06 AM


AO writes:
What I remember about you is a lot of cogent observations, telling perspectives, and welcome insights into the behaviour of tarsiers.
You silver-tongued devil
You good?
I'm good.
The only thing I cannot abide is boredom, and I've been blessed with an interesting life.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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