Dan Dawdy 40 yrs old
Dennis Larson
two days ago. He is the one who has the WWW pages here on Internet.
I cannot verify this other than the posting, would appreciate it if
someone who knows this important person to the rail advocate community
would help out.
I was hoping this was a hox, but the TrainNet forum is moderated.
Dennis [Minnesota/BN Highline]
jche...@holonet.net
d> posted two days ago. He is the one who has the WWW pages here on
d> Internet.
d>
d> I cannot verify this other than the posting, would appreciate it if
d> someone who knows this important person to the rail advocate
d> community would help out.
The poster had the same last name. From the content of the message, he
was joking about his brother/son/uncle/cousin's 40th birthday.
- Jim
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Rich Weyand
>d> On [CompuServe's]TrainNet, the death of Dan Dawdy at 40 years of age has been
>d> posted two days ago. He is the one who has the WWW pages here on
>d> Internet.
>d>
>d> I cannot verify this other than the posting, would appreciate it if
>d> someone who knows this important person to the rail advocate
>d> community would help out.
>The poster had the same last name. From the content of the message, he
>was joking about his brother/son/uncle/cousin's 40th birthday.
finger shows Dan Dawdy was logged on until 9:50 tonight. While this
does not mean Dan is still alive, some relative could have been logged
in, an ls -al on his account shows he accessed his mail, read netnews,
and performed maintenance on his web site today. Unusual activities
for a relative closing down the account of a departed netter.
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Dennis Larson
#: 151105 S2/Railfans
0 14-Dec-94 05:48:17
Sb: Dan Dawdy's Demise
Fm: Richard S. Dawdy 74447,3522
To: all
A frequent contributor of both train travel adventures and photos, Dan Dawdy
will have died as of today (12/14/94), on his 40th birthday. His many
accomplishments include the following:
Survivors of his 39 years now past include his family, and a great multitude of
friends, all of whom are listed below.
If you are so inclined, condolences can be sent to 70661,2422.
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Note: Internet address is 70661...@compuserve.com
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Tim Bourne
My impression is that this was a hoax, from the way it was
worded and the fact that it referred to a 40th birthday.
Tim.
Dennis Larson
: >
: I don't believe the TrainNet Forum is actually moderated.
: My impression is that this was a hoax, from the way it was
: worded and the fact that it referred to a 40th birthday.
All CompuServe forums are moderated usually with many Sysops. TrainNet has
about 6 of them.
I am one of the moderators (section leaders) on the Travel Forum, rail
travel section.
Dennis [Minnesota/BN Highline]
Daniel S. Dawdy
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>Newsgroups: rec.railroad
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>Reply-To: tbo...@siam.win-uk.net (Tim Bourne)
>From: tbo...@siam.win-uk.net (Tim Bourne)
>Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 12:11:48 GMT
>Subject: Re: Dan Dawdy 40 yrs old
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>In article <dlarsonD...@netcom.com>, Dennis Larson (dla...@netcom.com) writes:
>>On TrainNet, the death of Dan Dawdy at 40 years of age has been posted
>>two days ago. He is the one who has the WWW pages here on Internet.
>>I cannot verify this other than the posting, would appreciate it if
>>someone who knows this important person to the rail advocate community
>>would help out.
" important person to the rail advocate community"??? Stop already, your
making me blush!!! This was a joke started by my "much older" brother on the
TrainNet forum for my 40th birthday. It was clear from the orginal post,
that he was joking, or so I thought. Dorr, the head of TrainNet, recieved
over 30 E-mails asking if it were true. It was at that point, he pulled the
message from view. Thanks for asking and sorry to cause such a "stir" here on
the group.
Dan
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Evan Werkema
>" important person to the rail advocate community"??? Stop already, your
>making me blush!!! This was a joke started by my "much older" brother on the
>TrainNet forum for my 40th birthday. It was clear from the orginal post,
>that he was joking, or so I thought. Dorr, the head of TrainNet, recieved
>over 30 E-mails asking if it were true. It was at that point, he pulled the
>message from view. Thanks for asking and sorry to cause such a "stir" here on
>the group.
*Sheesh*
Well, happy birthday anyway Dan. And just remember, Santa Fe is still
operating locomotives that are older than you are...
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John Reay
D>On TrainNet, the death of Dan Dawdy at 40 years of age has been posted
D>two days ago. He is the one who has the WWW pages here on Internet.
D>I cannot verify this other than the posting, would appreciate it if
D>someone who knows this important person to the rail advocate community
D>would help out.
D>I was hoping this was a hox, but the TrainNet forum is moderated.
D>Dennis [Minnesota/BN Highline]
Hoax! The message announcing Dan's demise was posted by his brother
Richard - on the occasion of his 40th birthday. He is not - repeat not -
dead, just somewhat over the hill ;-)
TrainNet is indeed moderated but messages are checked only after being
posted - this one caused Dan (who is still sprightly and lucid despite
his advancing years :-) ) to be swamped with e-mail from his doting
followers.
Regards...John Reay, TrainNet asst sysop Canada & Europe
74071...@compuserve.com
john...@canrem.com
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Dennis Larson
: It was clear from the orginal post,
: that he was joking, or so I thought. Dorr, the head of TrainNet, recieved
: over 30 E-mails asking if it were true. It was at that point, he pulled the
: message from view. Thanks for asking and sorry to cause such a "stir" here on
: the group.
I waited a couple days before posting this, you never showed and the
message stayed on TrainNet.
Glad you are in good health, my bother-in-law was too at your age and
died suddenly, this about 8 hears ago.
Dennis [Minnesota/BN Highline]
don kutter
: making me blush!!! This was a joke started by my "much older" brother on the
Oh, just great, I soiled my armor!
I hope you post the birthday of this 'Richard'. He ruined my whole weekend.
I have a few posts for him <G>.
Don
Daniel S. Dawdy
>BEFORE being posted. Maybe that's not the usual sense of
>the word, but it seemed to fit the context. Anyway, I'm
>reasonably sure that messages I post to TrainNet go
>straight in, and I think that's true of most forums on
>CIS. Sure a sysop can remove them, but that's too late to
>avoid this sort of confusion.
>
You are right. I am an assistant sysop on TrainNet. The messages
do go right up. Dorr or any of us can pull them from view, but only
after they go public. In this case, it was pulled within two hours
of being posted by my "much older" brother. Ya know, by the time
this thread dies, I will be dead :-)
Have a safe holiday to all.
Dan
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| ________|_|______ |_| _________________| |_________________ |_|
|__| (*) (*) (*) )_____-_____( (*) (*) (*) |-| |-| (*) (*) (*) )_____-___
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On The Cyberspace World Railroad: http://www.mcs.net/~dsdawdy/cyberoad.html
Tim Bourne
BEFORE being posted. Maybe that's not the usual sense of
the word, but it seemed to fit the context. Anyway, I'm
reasonably sure that messages I post to TrainNet go
straight in, and I think that's true of most forums on
CIS. Sure a sysop can remove them, but that's too late to
avoid this sort of confusion.
I wasn't suggesting that being moderated was either good
or bad; simply that I thought there was no way this hoax
posting could reasonably have been prevented, by my good
friend Dorr or any of the others.
Tim.
Tobias Benjamin Koehler
: On TrainNet, the death of Dan Dawdy at 40 years of age has been posted
Dan just told me that he is alive and well at 40 years. It was
a joke of his older brother.. the railfan community did NOT lose
him :-)
toby
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>
> You are right. I am an assistant sysop on TrainNet. The messages
> do go right up. Dorr or any of us can pull them from view, but only
> after they go public. In this case, it was pulled within two hours
> of being posted by my "much older" brother. Ya know, by the time
> this thread dies, I will be dead :-)
>
> Have a safe holiday to all.
>
> Dan
This thread shows how much you WOULD be missed, Dan. Have a safe holiday
yourself, so we don't have to go through all this again! <grin>
* Al *