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    From Oliver@ofspam@blackyonder.co.uk to uk.people.silversurfers on Fri Jan 2 12:18:58 2026
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    Happy New Year to everyone.

    Whatever happened to FN? I used to pop in here fairly regularly - for a
    long time FN seemed to be keeping the group going singlehandedly. I
    enjoyed reading about Marvin's visits - and then Mollie arrived and I
    think was showing some signs of dementia or similar. And then nothing!
    I tried checking through previous posts but nothing to explain FN's disappearance.

    Can anyone put me right?
    --
    Oliver
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  • From Peter Hawkins@phawkins@totalise.co.uk to uk.people.silversurfers on Fri Jan 2 13:48:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    On 02/01/2026 12:18, Oliver wrote:
    Happy New Year to everyone.

    Whatever happened to FN?-a I used to pop in here fairly regularly - for a long time FN seemed to be keeping the group going singlehandedly.-a I enjoyed reading about Marvin's visits - and then Mollie arrived and I
    think was showing some signs of dementia or similar.-a And then nothing!
    I tried checking through previous posts but nothing to explain FN's disappearance.

    Can anyone put me right?

    I can't put you right, but I too have noticed his absence.
    A few months ago I noticed a similar thing, and posted like you have.
    That time FN popped back saying that real life had got in the way, and
    that he was fine. I am not sure about how long he had been absent then.
    Let's hope that he is fine. I know he posts on other groups, or systems,
    but I don't know any details.
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  • From Abandoned Trolley@that.bloke@microsoft.com to uk.people.silversurfers on Fri Jan 2 18:30:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    On 02/01/2026 13:48, Peter Hawkins wrote:
    On 02/01/2026 12:18, Oliver wrote:
    Happy New Year to everyone.

    Whatever happened to FN?-a I used to pop in here fairly regularly - for
    a long time FN seemed to be keeping the group going singlehandedly.-a I
    enjoyed reading about Marvin's visits - and then Mollie arrived and I
    think was showing some signs of dementia or similar.-a And then
    nothing! I tried checking through previous posts but nothing to
    explain FN's disappearance.

    Can anyone put me right?

    I can't put you right, but I too have noticed his absence.
    A few months ago I noticed a similar thing, and posted like you have.
    That time FN popped back saying that real life had got in the way, and
    that he was fine. I am not sure about how long he had been absent then.
    Let's hope that he is fine. I know he posts on other groups, or systems,
    but I don't know any details.



    He used to be the only person keeping alt.happy.valley going, but that
    group seems completely dead since 15th Juky
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  • From Oliver@ofspam@blackyonder.co.uk to uk.people.silversurfers on Sat Jan 3 12:16:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    On 02/01/2026 13:48, Peter Hawkins wrote:
    I can't put you right, but I too have noticed his absence.
    A few months ago I noticed a similar thing, and posted like you have.
    That time FN popped back saying that real life had got in the way, and
    that he was fine. I am not sure about how long he had been absent then.
    Let's hope that he is fine. I know he posts on other groups, or systems,
    but I don't know any details.

    Thanks, Peter. I noticed the above. That was in August. I even
    downloaded older messages on AstraWeb so that I could trawl through them.
    --
    Oliver

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