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No, not him, and not interested in playing 20 questions. Look, we all know HNers are smart enough to Google up the particulars. That would put me in the awkwa
by patio11 14y ago
No, not him, and not interested in playing 20 questions.
Look, we all know HNers are smart enough to Google up the particulars. That would put me in the awkward position of having published a private conversation by a deceased gentleman who generously paid for several dozen poor students to go to college, including me. I'd appreciate if you just wrote this one off to "I trust Patrick not to have invented this story out of whole cloth" and let it lie.
- chime 14y agoSorry, wasn't trying to trace the actual name. I knew Monier's name from some documentary I watched and was confused if it was you to met him or were you sharing someone else's century old anecdote.
- asdkl234890 14y agoThat would put me in the awkward position of having published a private conversation by a deceased gentleman who generously paid for several dozen poor students to go to college, including me. It's not like you told us he secretly punched babies to steal their toys. It was a charming anecdote. It makes him look like a great person with a sense of humor. If anything, the story is entirely flattering. This is not the stuff secrets are made of.
- omnivore 14y agoThen I won't ask if Nemesis ever made it to a CLA meeting... ;)