[jyl]

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.