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alan2525
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Did you manage to give Reid a call Nick?
Hope all is ok! Maybe he just got sick of us? :O |
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Left a message on his answering machine but did not get to speak to anybody.
Maybe he will post here.
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Nick
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| johnreid wrote: | Left a message on his answering machine but did not get to speak to anybody.
Maybe he will post here. |
John, since I have his address, I think I'll send a letter. It should arrive in a couple of days.
I hope he's just busy working on the Wilesco.  |
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I will try to call again in the afternoon
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... I'll write him a letter, too. Gosh, hope he's just on vacation. 
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I do remember in one or 2 of his threads he said he might just disappear one day
Seems he has- great shame, you could tell his relative was an inventor.
Hope he is OK though |
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johnreid
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It is possible that he has just lost interest.
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| Atticman wrote: | | I do remember in one or 2 of his threads he said he might just disappear one day |
Did he give a reason why? 
I've been searching his name on google and found several writing/poet forums he belonged to,
but hadn't posted on them in over a year. |
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I am now looking through his posts and have come across this:
| Reid wrote: | I hate disappearing acts, though, and this is key: one day I will disappear from this forum, myself.
I never hang around one place indefinitely. In time I change interests and focus, and move off in a new direction.
I am not a collector anymore. I am instead a communicator
and a bit of a nut, I suppose, for airing all this this way.
But that's the facts, Jacks. |
I hope if he moved to a new forum I can find his name through google searches.
I just can't figure out why he wouldn't respond to e-mails. |
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johnreid
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Maybe he just doesnt want to be bothered, not meaning to be negative with that remark.
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| johnreid wrote: | | Maybe he just doesnt want to be bothered, not meaning to be negative with that remark. |
I think you could be right there John.
Everyone has a right to their privacy.
If Reid wants to contact us I believe he will.
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Several regulars have not posted for a while now.
Guess they`ll all have their reasons........
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| johnreid wrote: | | I will try to call again in the afternoon |
Well done John,
Does anyone have his actual email address? This, I've just realized, is a rhetorical question. He must have supplied it to join this Forum.
Would one of the Mods/Admin be willing to write him a quick note?
I too have seen the, (quite large) list of other forums he subscribes to.
Leaving a PM is no use, however, if he doesn't log on and pick it up.
I know we can see when someone last posted but have we any way of knowing when they last logged on?
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alan2525
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I was working on a joint project one time and spending a few hours modelling content in 3d studio max alongside a group of developers. One day the guy I was working alongside just didn't show. No response to emails, PM's. I guess he just lost interest and enough was enough. It was a real shame though, I liked the guy and the previous day was in good humour and still had lots of content that was in progress. I'd seen him post on other forums afterwards too. Just no content to the informal emails I sent asking if he was ok and what was up.
It's a real shame when that kind of thing happens. People have their own reasons for doing things. It's awkward when there's no mention why they left or if everything is ok though.
I liked Reids prescence on here. And his lyrical wit! Added a certain something extra to the forum! Hope he's ok.
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I am of the thought that he wants his privacy. Some people come and then leave as quickly as they came. Give him time and if the spirit moves him, he will come back and say Hi.
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