20 Jul
2023
20 Jul
'23
7:59 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 3:34 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Survivors of John Draper, and Grumpy Ol' Fred
Not sure if that is a bona fide example of the Oxford Comma at work, but
nonetheless I hope it clarifies the matter.
I should make a shirt:
I GOT INVITED TO
"SHARE MASSAGES"
WITH JOHN DRAPER
BUT FORTUNATELY
ALL I GOT WAS THIS
T-SHIRT.
Sellam
So, I was an
acquaintance of John Draper, rather than a survivor, because
> I never work out.
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Very well then:
Survivors of John Draper and Grumpy Ol' Fred
That implies that there are survivors of Grumpy Ol' Fred!
Have you been talking to my former students?
To be fair to
him, he seems to have mellowed out in his later years.
And I
hate to imagine the abuse he suffered as a child
that made him who he
became. He's definitely a special individual, very talented and
intellectually gifted, but most likely misunderstood as a boy, and
probably
didn't come from a very loving home
environment.
Well, I'm not cute enough for him not to accept a simple "no, thank you".
He has always had some issues with social interactions. I'm guessing
Aspergers. But, other than the tantrum at my office about thinking he
smelled a cigarette, he's always treated me OK. Sorry for those who
weren't.