4 Apr
2024
4 Apr
'24
12:48 a.m.
Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
veteran.
If anyone has any information at all on the whereabouts of Joe Rigdon, and
for that matter John Lawson, please either reply here or to me privately as
appropriate.
Thank you.
Sellam
4 Apr
4 Apr
4:49 a.m.
On 4/3/24 17:48, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
[snip]
If anyone has any information at all on the
whereabouts of Joe Rigdon, and
for that matter John Lawson, please either reply here or to me privately as
appropriate.
Last contact info I have for John is:
738 Monico Dr.
Dayton, NV 89403
775 230 8242
775 241 0546
john(a)nnevllc.com
Note that the domain appears to be semi-parked, so I don't know if the
address is still good.
Cheers,
Chris
--
Christian Kennedy, Ph.D.
chris(a)mainecoon.com AF6AP | DB00000692 | PG00029419
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration…"
7:18 p.m.
Hi Chris.
It's been quite a while.
Those are the numbers I have for John last as well. He stopped responding
to me over 10 years ago but I'm not sure if that was because he was tired
of me or just tired (I was going through a phase myself and pissed off some
friends inadvertently). But around that time for a couple years I would
periodically reach out via text and maybe a phone call but he never
responded. So I'm not sure if he passed or not because he wasn't in the
greatest health but he lost a bunch of weight the last time I saw him and
was looking pretty good. But that was 10 years ago and he wasn't that
young then. However, I find no obituaries, but then there's no guarantee
he didn't move somewhere else in the meantime.
Anyway, I hope you've been well.
Sellam
On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM Christian Kennedy via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 4/3/24 17:48, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
[snip]
If anyone has any information at all on the
whereabouts of Joe Rigdon,
and
for that matter John Lawson, please either reply
here or to me privately
as
appropriate.
Last contact info I have for John is:
738 Monico Dr.
Dayton, NV 89403
775 230 8242
775 241 0546
john(a)nnevllc.com
Note that the domain appears to be semi-parked, so I don't know if the
address is still good.
Cheers,
Chris
--
Christian Kennedy, Ph.D.
chris(a)mainecoon.com AF6AP | DB00000692 | PG00029419
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration…"
7:52 p.m.
Hi Sellam,
On 4/4/24 12:18, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
It's been quite a while.
Too long. Life happened.
So I'm not sure if he passed or not because he
wasn't in the
greatest health but he lost a bunch of weight the last time I saw him and
was looking pretty good. But that was 10 years ago and he wasn't that
young then. However, I find no obituaries, but then there's no guarantee
he didn't move somewhere else in the meantime.
I visited him in Dayton sometime in the first half of 2017, and he
seemed quite alive and kicking then. He seemed to be moving back into
radio as his time-and-resource sink at the time.
I have a couple of other leads to chase up. I'll let the list know if I
learn anything.
Cheers,
Chris
--
Christian Kennedy, Ph.D.
chris(a)mainecoon.com AF6AP | DB00000692 | PG00029419
http://www.mainecoon.com PGP KeyID 108DAB97
PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97
"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration…"
7:39 p.m.
On Apr 3, 2024, at 5:48 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
veteran.
If anyone has any information at all on the whereabouts of Joe Rigdon, and
for that matter John Lawson, please either reply here or to me privately as
appropriate.
Thank you.
Sellam
According to the archives I have on my computer, John Lawson announced here on June 15th,
2005 that he was leaving the hobby.
It looks like Joe was last on the list in November 2006, at that time he was still using
the rr.com email address.
Sadly I don’t know how to reach either of them. Eric Smith apparently had Joe’s phone
number in 2011, I don’t know if he spoke to him at that time.
Zane
7:46 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM Zane Healy <healyzh(a)avanthar.com> wrote:
On Apr 3, 2024, at 5:48 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk
<
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
The mystery deepens.
I was in touch with John Lawson up until around 2013-2014 when he stopped
responding to my calls/texts/emails (which could have been for several
reasons).
I only thought of Joe recently out of the blue and thought I'd see if he
was still around. Jay West (in the ClassicCmp Discord server) said he was
friends with Joe and hosted his website and used to communicate with him
regularly but then stopped hearing from him at some point, and as of 5
years ago he and others made a concerted effort to locate him to no avail.
So this is a last ditch effort on my own part to find them before I figure
it's time for eulogies.
Sellam
Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
veteran.
If anyone has any information at all on the whereabouts of Joe Rigdon,
and
for that matter John Lawson, please either reply
here or to me privately
as
appropriate.
Thank you.
Sellam
According to the archives I have on my computer, John Lawson announced
here on June 15th, 2005 that he was leaving the hobby.
It looks like Joe was last on the list in November 2006, at that time he
was still using the rr.com email address.
Sadly I don’t know how to reach either of them. Eric Smith apparently had
Joe’s phone number in 2011, I don’t know if he spoke to him at that time.
Zane
7:58 p.m.
On Apr 4, 2024, at 12:46 PM, Sellam Abraham
<sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The mystery deepens.
I was in touch with John Lawson up until around 2013-2014 when he stopped responding to
my calls/texts/emails (which could have been for several reasons).
I only thought of Joe recently out of the blue and thought I'd see if he was still
around. Jay West (in the ClassicCmp Discord server) said he was friends with Joe and
hosted his website and used to communicate with him regularly but then stopped hearing
from him at some point, and as of 5 years ago he and others made a concerted effort to
locate him to no avail.
So this is a last ditch effort on my own part to find them before I figure it's time
for eulogies.
Sellam
Have you checked with Eric Smith or Dave McGuire? I want to say that Dave was in the same
general area as Joe when he lived in Florida.
Other people I’d love to know how their doing would be James Willing, Allison Parent, and
Megan Gentry.
Zane
5 Apr
5 Apr
12:33 p.m.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Have you checked with Eric Smith or Dave McGuire? I
want to say that Dave was in the same general area as Joe when he lived in Florida.
I've asked Wlodek Mier-J of the British HPCC calculator club if he has
any contact details.
-tony
2:58 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:33 PM Tony Duell <ard.p850ug1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Unfortunately Wlodek has been unable to contact Joe Rigdon as well.
-tony
Have you checked with Eric Smith or Dave McGuire?
I want to say that Dave was in the same general area as Joe when he lived in Florida.
I've asked Wlodek Mier-J of the British HPCC calculator club if he has
any contact details.
8 Apr
8 Apr
3:41 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 1:48 AM Sellam Abraham via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
[Sent privately]
Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
veteran.
I have just heard that he attended the HP Handhelds conference last
year so is alive and well and still, presumably, interested in such
machines. But no way to contact him
-tony
3:54 a.m.
Hi Tony.
Thank you for the note.
Is there any way to confirm this? Many people have been seeking out Joe
and when I tell them I'm told he was spotted alive last year there are
going to be many questions, and many people wanting to attempt to reach
him. More than a few people are very concerned about him as they enjoyed
varying relationships with him but none have heard from him for 5+ years.
Thank you.
Sellam
On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 8:42 PM Tony Duell via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 1:48 AM Sellam Abraham via
cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
[Sent privately]
Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
veteran.
I have just heard that he attended the HP Handhelds conference last
year so is alive and well and still, presumably, interested in such
machines. But no way to contact him
-tony
4:28 p.m.
If it's the conference with many videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/@hpcalc/videos
Then you could ask Eric as I see him giving a presentation.
Or watch all the videos and see if you can spot anyone.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi Tony.
Thank you for the note.
Is there any way to confirm this? Many people have been seeking out Joe
and when I tell them I'm told he was spotted alive last year there are
going to be many questions, and many people wanting to attempt to reach
him. More than a few people are very concerned about him as they enjoyed
varying relationships with him but none have heard from him for 5+ years.
Thank you.
Sellam
On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 8:42 PM Tony Duell via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 1:48 AM Sellam Abraham via cctalk
> <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> [Sent privately]
>
> >
> > Has anyone communicated with or know a way to communicate with Joe Rigdon
> > out of Florida? Most here should know him as an old-school ClassicCmp
> > veteran.
>
> I have just heard that he attended the HP Handhelds conference last
> year so is alive and well and still, presumably, interested in such
> machines. But no way to contact him
>
> -tony
>
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