Andy Hall - tribute comments

What a lovely idea Dave.

My sentiments exactly Sam, thank you for expressing so much better than I ever could. Thanks Andrew.

And mine. sheila at viemeister dot co dot uk

"Most blinkered support for an Aga"?

"Recommendation for a really expensive tool"?

"Frequent Flyer Trophy Cup"?

If its in a PDF then its probably not a problem using it straight...

If its going in HTML then a bit of numeric character encoding will throw the vast majority of havesters.

I now double-bag [ahem] on usenet and mung an address which doesn't work even if demunged.

Does anyone with a reliable news server know what Andy's last few posts were?

Owain

The last of his posts I saw via Giganews on 7th August were

"Wooden bosses for handrails - who sells 'em ?" msgid:

"Domestic windmills put to bed." msgid:

Thirded. Thanks for taking the time and trouble.

Andy C

Best power tool released over a year might be an idea. Although getting a consensus would be the problem.

"Poster of the Year" - biggest and best contribution to uk.d-i-y in the year?

Combine number *and* quality of posts (-100 for every 'Please eff off as you are a total plantpot.' :-) ). Maybe extras to be gained from other activities (e.g. doing wiki articles, arranging meets)?

If I should go before the rest of you Break not a flower Nor inscribe a stone Nor when I am gone Speak in a Sunday voice But be the usual selves That I have known

Weep if you must Parting is hell But life goes on So .... sing as well

Joyce Grenfell

They have scrolled off my system, but google seems to identify a few on the 7th.

I was wondering if it was worth doing an announcement on some of the other groups he frequented. None had the sort of posting history as here, but a couple had a reasonable amount of posts?

Hear Hear.

I signed mine AJH, because that's how I sign notes, but later wished I had used my name, Andrew Heggie.

Aldi Wall Chaser

Hmm, I can see the problem. OTOH if the criteria becomes "What would Andy have done?" it becomes a bit easier, doesn't it?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember snipped-for-privacy@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) saying something like:

few contributors drop off the perch, but I've never seen such a collection of genuinely sad comments at the passing of a group member. It's a measure of how he affected us all, some of us without realising it.

In alt.support.thyroid one person was the most prolific and helpful poster of the lot. He died some time ago - and it took a while for the story to become apparent. Clearly he was very much missed - certainly by us.

And he only manged 753 posts! Andy Hall's total is nothing short of astonishing.

Well done. And thank you.

It's extremely good of you to do this Andrew: it's very much appreciated.

Thanks John Law