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An old-timer contacted me about Ted, I shared my thoughts and recent experience with Ted and I asked him if he could do a deeper dive search than many of us here can. He found no obituary but did turn up this gem, "He had $40 in unclaimed stock dividends, which would make his head explode if he knew."
Given all that we know and don't know, I think Ted is still with us, just not in the way we would hope.
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I tried to call the phone number I have used for him for years and its been disconnected.
Now, that does not mean that he has passed, he could have just "cut the cord" on the phone but it sure does not help.
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I hope to God he hasn't had a stroke and ended up stuck in a hospital.
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This is for the Drunk Monkeys with dull crayons at the Bird Parts brain trust.
Hi ya all! An emissary is needed to do a paste and click affair and export this message to the Bird Parts congregation. You know how to do that don't you? This is an important job. What the man of wealth and taste wants to know is the Bird Parts congreation ready to acknowledge that TABS has told you of future tidings much like a prophet of the Old Testament? You may prostrate yourself now. That there will be a victory Triump befitting Caesar returning to Rome upon my return to the Bird Parts congreation. A return to the purple where I will here after be known as Pompous Magnumous First Citizen of the Bird Parts congreation. Now for today's message. America can no longer afford to buy a cup of Starbucks coffee yet are borrowing another 60B to fund the Ukraine on top of the 2T that they are already borrowing to fund the government Yet Congress can not cut a dime from the budget. This is psychotic on its face yet there is method to their madness for they can not cut the budget because if they do the economy will begin to implode. There is nothing left of the America that once was. |
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He's alive!... or something.
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I saw the post. He's alive and ready to regale us with tales of deceit, glory and resurgence.
And probably how he couldn't remember his password.
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Perfect.
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Great. Now somebody delete this thread before the Great Pompous sees it and it gets to his head!
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perhaps he has learned to spell in the interim
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My wife takes the title of being Biggest Skeptic, but, I will say I wasn't even close to convinced of Tab's demise.
This thread is a great model for how rumors and mis-truths gain traction and validity. Now, Mr. Tabs, please regale us with an amazing post. |
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The choich is his and his alone.
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“Life is a spiritual journey whether or not you pay attention to or disavow it, it is nevertheless true. For all the accolades, awards and material poesssions are not lasting with few achievements being long lasting through time. For who can remember the names or achievements of a Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
The idea is to create a wave of sentiment that will move through time and space. Few have figured it out where most have unknowingly accomplished that feat.” tabs |
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I told you boyz!
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Hopefully that is correct and he is still around. Wait a sec, drunk Monkeys with dull crayons?
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When he mentioned "Bird Parts congregation" I figured it was him. He still loves us.
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Tabs is a veritable Tom Sawyer.
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He has posted a few good missives on FB in the last 2 days, I just asked him to come back to OT to help bring it back to its former glory. I'll see if I can get MRM to come back too.
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