He took allota szxhit, too. I know ‘cuz I gave him tons of it.

Webby had already began to take things less seriously around here awhile back. Once I got closer to figuring out his game he became MUCH more palatable.

Smart guy, for sure.

IMO, it’s completely plausible that he’s pwning us. Well not us pacifically but everyone. His ducks may have finally aligned to his liking and he went dark according to plan.

What terrible news. I hope that whatever took him, he did not suffer. 67 is just far too young.

I hope Randy has found his peace. He seemed very troubled. Most of us join, and remain active on forums such as this, to meet people, share information, maybe debate some of our politics and beliefs, but mostly to make friends. A very few people seem to delight in antagonizing others, for whatever reasons they may have. No interest in even trying to make any friends, with virtually every post being some kind of a snide, snarky attack on someone. I'll never understand why someone would participate in a community like this if that is all they want out of it. Doing everything imaginable to alienate others, lose their respect, insult them, and so forth. Unfortunately, Randy seemed to delight in acting that way. I'll never understand that. Hanging out in a relatively tightly knit community just to insult, berate, and belittle many of its members. Most of its members, actually. I just don't get it.

Does anyone know if he had a family? He never mentioned a wife, children, or anything at all about anything personal like that. Even the obituary doesn't mention anything. It would be nice to be able to send flowers, or a card, or some form of condolences.

Well, as the Irish would say, "his troubles are over". May he rest in peace.

The antagonizing part is certainly accurate. He was convinced my screen name was a homosexual term via Urban Dictionary which he used as a source for defining many words/things.

What scientist in his right mind would ever use Urban Dictionary?? Of course most science these days is highly politicized “science” having nothing to do with the original word.

When disagreeing with a guys response that they must’ve, “saw it on a white supremacy” website also got a little tedious...

If it truly was Webby... RIP from the "crabmango"

As well from, “Seasquirt”, etc.

Interesting thread.

Political crap aside (weboth see some thing differently). He seems to be ok with good head on his shoulders when not talking about politics. I am still wondering if that's really him? Hope he's doing well, laughing at this thread. If not, RIP, Randy.

I had noticed Rwebb and Thor66 stopped posting exactly at the same time on Aug. 28th., and I 99.9% knew they were the same person. RIP Randy, and your unhinged alter ego.

J. P. died a long time ago.

Rant on.

If someone knows the guy and the details, post an obituary if you would like to.

These speculative posts and commenting on someone who may or may not be still around isn't cool.

Rant off.

Randy would love it tho ;)...

I stand by everything I've posted... (edited to remove a comment I regret making public)

RIP (again) Randy... you will be missed.

Like the abbreviated obituary in the very first post of this thread?

Hmmm... So you never talk about deceased relatives? Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, etc.? We are very much a "family" here, of sorts, even if largely dysfunctional and bickering much of the time. It doesn't mean we don't care about one another. I think most of us would drop everything and rush to one another's aid at a moment's notice, in spite of our differences expressed on this forum. I would hope you guys would remember me, and even talk about me, after I'm gone. Of course I would deny everything, but feel free to talk...

^^^ This is a call out thread not an obituary !

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/189620-forum-rules-guidelines.html

Let the family and friends mourn in peace, if that's what happened.
RIP

I’m not going to RIP rwebb or conclude that he has indeed passed. There is more than one Randy Webb in the Eugene-Springfield area and more with first names for which Randy could be a familiar.

That said, I like rwebb very much. He and I occasionally PM’d about biotechnology topics, including Covid drugs, and he seemed to have a significant scientific background in the field. I had the impression he had some connection with the U of O but never asked. We also talked about Vanagons. He gave up on PPOT - just like the blathering drove off other actual scientists who found themselves being outshouted by people who got their virology degrees from U of Facebook. If he is still with us, I doubt he’s lurking and chortling over the reports of his demise. And if he’s not, then I imagine he’s in Heaven looking for a Vanagon mechanic. And we know all of them are in Hell.

If Randy was still alive IMO he would have chimed in by now.

- He could never stay away from this place for long.

Very well said Jeff. There are some people here that I would talk crap to online but wouldn't hesitate to buy a beer or beverage when meeting in person. It's a forum for chrissakes, people need to ease up. We all need to remember we are all human and love Porsches.

But the "gun play" and tussling is fun at times.Just don't take it so serious.

Pardon the skeptical sauce but what kind of scientist is “run off” by blather?

Or uses the Urban Dictionary?

One with a sense of humour maybe.

Yeah that's for sure. Fast-a-shell was even PM-ing people. After the permananet ban he would still text me with some snide remarks from time to time. had to put my foot down. Haven't heard from him in a while.