KOS sez adios

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"If it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it sounds like a duck ... it is a duck." If Y2K looks like a dud, walks like a dud, and sounds like a dud ...

Yes, I know: the recent cluster of oil refinery failures, the upcoming end-of-month processing, the Feb 29 leap day -- any of these may spell Y2K related disasters. But, based on the past three weeks, my opinion is that whatever problems occur will be well manageable.

The big, looming fear that so many of us had about Y2K was that it simply would not be manageable: Too many problems, too little time, resulting in a society overwhelmed beyond any short term recovery. Although I still believe today that this was a well justified fear, and thus was prudent to prepare for, the bottom line is that it has not happened and in all likelihood will not happen.

This forum has been a wonderful place to learn, to compare notes, to debate, and to share. Sometimes it was exciting, hinging on a "late breaking news development", such as Jim Lord's expose of the Navy Report last Summer. Sometimes it was disappointing, as the prep-Y2K world paid hardly any attention at all to the looming fate (innocuous as it turned out to be) that awaited it. But it was always educational -- where else could you learn about the fractional reserve banking system, how to reduce gas from ingested kidney beans, and see a map of the U.S. power grid, all in one sitting?

It has been quite a ride. But, for me, it is time to move on. Some thank yous...

To Ed Yourdon and his daughter Jennifer, for the book that started it all. It definitely stimulated many of us to q

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 21, 2000

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KOS, I wish you wouldn't leave. I'm going to miss you as I'm sure many others will. Enjoyed reading your posts very much. Your sense of humor is wonderful. PLEASE ask me to mudwrestle once again before you go. I want to be first in line before the other ladies get here. :) Thanks!

-- Debi (LongTimeLurker@shy.com`), January 21, 2000.

KOS,

Say it isn't so. The King would leave his Court?

Best wishes to you in your future. You'll know where to find us (even if we lurk).

Secretly, I'm sure that many of us ladies would mud wrestle for you... :P

Ms. Cannot-Say

-- (cannot-say@this.time), January 21, 2000.


We will miss you. You are still the KING!

Oh, if you pass through my way, the MUD is very slick.....

Tommy

-- Tommy Rogers (Been there@Just a Thought.com), January 21, 2000.


Say it ain't so.

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 21, 2000.

'bye KoS, we'll miss you. Wish we could have mud wrestled, but now it's much to cold for mud....just frozen tundra here.

-- justme (justme@myhouse.com), January 21, 2000.


Check back from time to time? will miss your humor.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 21, 2000.

Won't@miss.you....Hey if you're going to quote the King, get it right...

It's: "Good riddance you 'pathetic moron'."

You can't leave out the word 'pathetic'. Somehow reading KOS read somebody down with "pathetic moron" was more like a real tongue lashing than such a simple phrase.

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 21, 2000.


Put a SOK in it King and stick around :o) - it's just warming up... that muddy fat lady, I mean...

Thank God it will never be a 10, but it ain't over yet!

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), January 21, 2000.


Sad to hear KOS. If you ever upgrade (heh) from that Web TV there's a couple of chatrooms you would enjoy and would enjoy you.

Good luck my friend.

-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), January 21, 2000.


Aw shucks KOS! Don't leave yet... I was going to offer you a cool jello wrestle! They're big here in the summer when it's over 105 degrees. Won't you reconsider? This fat lady hasn't sung.. But I might. The offer stands; now or later. Be well, and be back. Your intelligent posts will be missed.

-- Aunt Bee (SheriffAndy@Mayberry.com), January 21, 2000.


KOS, you leaving us mon? You have been the humor that empowered us to go forward. http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001t0K Got a great quote "Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar, where to find bread". God's Speed!

-- Princess Flicker Spirit (seeking@answers.com), January 21, 2000.

Ahhh, KOS, I always thought I detected intelligence somewhere under that "muddy" crust of yours. More than a few of your non-humorous posts have have exhibited a healthy questioning attitude, at least since the rollover. Welcome home .....reality awaits :)

Best Wishes,

-- FactFinder (FactFinder@bzn.com), January 21, 2000.


Fare thee well, Your Majesty. This forum will not be the same without you. For you, KoS, I am very glad the power stayed on so that you will always and forever be able to watch your mudwrestling videos.

-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), January 21, 2000.

-snifff-

better not say anything. The mud's getting runny......

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), January 21, 2000.


KOS, you haven't offered me a mudwrestle match yet!

-- Pauline Revere (messenger@towncrier.com), January 21, 2000.


King, I hope you'll be back. There's nothing quite like making one's way through an especially tense and heated thread, and experiencing the almost cathartic relief when encountering one of your sporting appeals. Oh, I enjoyed your other posts too. 8^)

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), January 21, 2000.

King, Its been a real pleasure reading your posts. Please do check in from time to time and keep us all updated on your mud wrestling, its not just the ladies who got amusement from the some of the responses to your question "_____ Do you like to mudwrestle?".

-- Malcolm Taylor (taylorm@es.co.nz), January 21, 2000.

We can only hope that - like the Squirrel King - your demise will turn out to be only a cruel rumor. If you really do leave, you will break the hearts of many amateur mud wrestlers.

Please don't leave. Stay and slip around for awhile.

Be well,

gene

-- gene (ekbaker@essex1.com), January 21, 2000.


Gawd King, The fun has only begun. Sorry to see you go. Will miss your humor a great deal!!

-- Bill (sticky@2sides.tape), January 21, 2000.

There once was a monarch of Spain

Who seemed just a bit short of sane

For he liked all the crud

Of wrestling in mud

With beautiful ladies or plain

Came the day for to say his goodbye

And to toast all, "Here's mud in yer eye!"

Then a touch to his crown,

And a sad little frown,

Off he went and was ne'er seen again.

Now what in the HELL am I going to do with all this dried mud and French mineral water??? And you still haven't paid the bill for the three Ronco dehydraters I wore out. I would be very much noblesse obliged if you would stop the bowing and scraping for a minute and take care of this royal pain in the arse.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), January 21, 2000.


No, no, no, no. And a thousand times, no.

-- Normally (Oxsys@aol.com), January 21, 2000.

I gots ta know, why Spain? Why not Nigeria?

Kook

-- Y2Kook (y2kook@usa.net), January 22, 2000.


YES!!!! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

-- Mabel Dodge (cynical@me.now), January 22, 2000.

Sheesh! Can't we keep this all in one place... <:)=

KOS sez adios

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 22, 2000.


KOS

How can you leave???

Please come back and visit.

Will you promise to come back when (if and as) oil hits $40 a barrel? At least for a visit?

I know that I for one will sorely miss your extraordinary wit and sense of humor. And it will be needed then more than ever.

Thanks for gracing the forum with your presence....

-- Very secret admirer (very secret.admirer@TB2000.home-away-from-home), January 22, 2000.


You've finally found someone to take you on in the mud wrestling pit? When you've showered and are bored with your current endeavor, please return to remind those of us remaining to get a life since our obsessive compulsions are holding us back from doing so. Think of us from time to time as we will you. Memories.....da da da da da

-- Feller (feller@wanna.help), January 22, 2000.

Hey Feller,

I think you've almost got it, but you've got to do it to the Rolling Stones singing Heartbreaker...

Do do do do do do, do do do do do..... <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 22, 2000.


Fare Thee Well, Ye Royal Mudness.

-- J. Henry (shotgun12@att.net), January 22, 2000.

KoS,

Loved your posts. If you gotta go, then have a great life. But really, the party IS just getting started...

Might you reconsider for a time?

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), January 22, 2000.


Good Luck!

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), January 22, 2000.


KOS,... Please lurk and drop in occasionally...

-- Mumsie (shezdremn@aol.com), January 22, 2000.

KOS You may have very bad mud withdrawal pains and I suggest a gradual approach. Abrupt changes can be heartwrenching. this has been a terrific forum and you humor won't be forgotten! Charlie

-- Charlie (cstewart@ime.net), January 22, 2000.

KOS, sure enjoyed your posts over the past many months and wish you the best!

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), January 22, 2000.


Your Royal Highness........You can't just up and abdicate your throne like this! Your subjects need your wit and intelligence. Your kingdom won't be the same without you. We'll leave the drawbridge on the moat down, so you can hurry back in.

-- Jo Ann (MaJo@Michiana.com), January 22, 2000.

Lifting wine to you oh Noble King of Spain...Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah!!!!!

Long wrestle the King, uh er, Long mudith the King, hmmm ahhh sigh.

-- (karlacalif@aol.com), January 22, 2000.


NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your post was the first one I read when I came to this forum. Your sense of humor really grew on me and I will miss you terribly. Thank you for your time and wisdom. You will be truly missed. Come back and visit and may God be with you.Good luck.

-- Curly~Q (past1@pbtcomm.net), January 22, 2000.

KOS-You know you must be special when I come out of lurker mode because I rarely post. Enjoyed reading your posts and hope you check back in once in a while!

I might be way off-but picture you with dark hair and looking a little like Antoinio Banderas.

Anyway-God bless-hold on to those preps-remember we have prepared for much more than just Y2K! ;-)

-- (I Believe (Repent@time is now.com)), January 23, 2000.


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