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> but no information was proffered What more would you like to know? I'm bad at telling stories, but I can do Q&A.

by acuozzo 4y ago

mlyle 4y ago
:D I'm just guessing at questions, since I don't have much context. You found him-- did you get to really talk to him? Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming? What scared him away?
- acuozzo 4y ago
  > You found him-- did you get to really talk to him? Yes. Here's the e-mail exchange: http://acuozzo.sdf.org/Mel.pdf http://acuozzo.sdf.org/Mel.pdf (I moved all of my e-mails to Gmail via Thunderbird years ago which is why the sender address is different.) I found him after Bill Bryner mentioned in an e-mail that Mel "was trying to become an expert (Master?) at Bridge and also played flute with the UCLA pep band for basketball games". I figured he hadn't moved far from where he was working in LA at the time and I was right! His e-mail address was listed among the members of the Thousand Oaks, CA ACBL Unit 532 Bridge club/league. > Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming? I couldn't find any of this out because I scared him away. My guess is that he just wasn't the nostalgic type. > What scared him away? My guess is that he was spooked because I contacted his son a few days prior. … and the webmaster responsible for running his son's business' website. … and several other people. I must have seemed like a genuine creeper.
  - mlyle 4y ago
    Oh. Thank you for sharing the e-mail exchange. That's too bad he wasn't interested in talking about it all. I can imagine if he was aware of it, having random people pop-up wanting to discuss could become annoying. Thank you for the info!
  - jl6 4y ago
    I guess Mel could have been in the region of 80 years old at the time, and the few 80 year olds I’ve known have been very private individuals.

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> but no information was proffered What more would you like to know? I'm bad at telling stories, but I can do Q&A.

by acuozzo 4y ago

> but no information was proffered What more would you like to know? I'm bad at telling stories, but I can do Q&A.

mlyle 4y ago
:D I'm just guessing at questions, since I don't have much context. You found him-- did you get to really talk to him? Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming? What scared him away?
- acuozzo 4y ago
  > You found him-- did you get to really talk to him? Yes. Here's the e-mail exchange: http://acuozzo.sdf.org/Mel.pdf http://acuozzo.sdf.org/Mel.pdf (I moved all of my e-mails to Gmail via Thunderbird years ago which is why the sender address is different.) I found him after Bill Bryner mentioned in an e-mail that Mel "was trying to become an expert (Master?) at Bridge and also played flute with the UCLA pep band for basketball games". I figured he hadn't moved far from where he was working in LA at the time and I was right! His e-mail address was listed among the members of the Thousand Oaks, CA ACBL Unit 532 Bridge club/league. > Find out how he looks back on that era? Did he keep programming? I couldn't find any of this out because I scared him away. My guess is that he just wasn't the nostalgic type. > What scared him away? My guess is that he was spooked because I contacted his son a few days prior. … and the webmaster responsible for running his son's business' website. … and several other people. I must have seemed like a genuine creeper.
  - mlyle 4y ago
    Oh. Thank you for sharing the e-mail exchange. That's too bad he wasn't interested in talking about it all. I can imagine if he was aware of it, having random people pop-up wanting to discuss could become annoying. Thank you for the info!
  - jl6 4y ago
    I guess Mel could have been in the region of 80 years old at the time, and the few 80 year olds I’ve known have been very private individuals.