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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1957.0. ""All Good Things..."" by CADSYS::COOPER (Topher Cooper) Tue May 31 1994 17:33

    Well folks, after 18 years at DEC and 9 years in this notes file, I'm
    going to be moving on.  My feelings about this are distinctly mixed and
    this notes file is definitely part of that ambivalence.  I will leave
    it up to my co-moderators whether they wish to elect a new moderator.

    I will be at this address through the end of the week, after which
    I can be reached at:

	topherc@kurz-ai.com

    Don't hesitate to keep in touch, ask questions etc.

    I'll miss you guys.  Thanks for the help and the conversation.

				    Topher
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1957.1AKOCOA::RAMSAYTue May 31 1994 18:335
    Topher, you will be greatly missed.  Thank you for sharing your wisdom
    for all these years.  Hopefully our paths will cross.
    
    All the best to you!
    
1957.2VITAL::KEEFEBill KeefeTue May 31 1994 18:484
    Topher, the DEC you and I joined is dead and has been for some time
    now. Live long and prosper.
    
    	- Bill
1957.3The Dejavu World is shakingREGENT::NIKOLOFFImagine:Tue May 31 1994 19:4013
	Topher - 

	thank you for your wisdom and all the insight over the
	years.

	WE will MISS you terrible


	Mikki Nikoloff



1957.4WMOIS::CONNELLI will do thee mischief in the wood.Tue May 31 1994 19:4912
    Topher, you will certainly be missed in here and elsewhere. Much
    success in all you do.
    
    I spoke to Ro Reinke (Flaherty) today and she sends her and Don's Love
    and Prayers to you and to all who have left and all still here.
    
    She also said to stop by if you're ever out Athol way. To her bookstore
    that is. (I said what a mercenary gal. :-)  )
    
    Stay safe.
    
    PJ
1957.5this is so strange and unreal...TNPUBS::PAINTERPlanet CrayonWed Jun 01 1994 05:529
    
    Topher,
    
    Though this isn't goodbye, I'm definitely going to miss you in 
    the file...
    
    Best wishes on what comes next.
    
    Cindy
1957.6PERLE::glantzMike, Paris Research Lab, 776-2836Wed Jun 01 1994 06:508
Topher,

I generally don't use notesfile space to wish well to those moving on,
but I think it's worth saying that DEJAVU will lose more than you will
in your leaving. My sincere congratulations and best wishes on this
particular "transition" (all puns intended :-).

Mike
1957.7HOO78C::ANDERSONCat's eyes on the Info Highway.Wed Jun 01 1994 07:469
    Sigh. 
    
    Another one. 
    
    Good luck in life-after-Digital.

    I'm getting depressed by all this.

    Jamie.
1957.8MKOTS3::JOLLIMOREHeavy clouds: no rainWed Jun 01 1994 11:0115
	Bye Topher.
	Best of luck to ya.
	I've always enjoyed reading your notes.
	
			The Road goes ever on and on
		  Down from the door where it began
		Now far ahead the Road has gone
		  And I must follow, if I can
		Pursuing it with eager feet
		  Until it joins some larger way
		Where many paths and errands meet
		  And whither then? I cannot say
	
	peace,
	Jay
1957.9Good LuckBRAT::MCCLELLAN_WWed Jun 01 1994 12:526
    Best wishes, Topher.  Your contribution is appreciated, and has 
    enriched my life.
    
    Peace.
    
    Bill
1957.10REGENT::BROOMHEADDon't panic -- yet.Wed Jun 01 1994 15:553
    See ya around, Topher!
    
    							Ann B.
1957.11good luckMOEUR7::GRAYReserved for future useThu Jun 02 1994 07:4611
Topher,

	Good luck, it's been a pleasure learning from/with you.

	Many thanks also, to everyone else in this conference,
	as my travels will take me away (yet again) tommorrow.

	May you all find what you're looking for.

Best wishes,
Pete.
1957.12I HATE goodbyesSWAM1::MILLS_MATo Thine own self be TrueThu Jun 02 1994 18:4010
    Topher,
    
    I've learned a lot from you over the years. Thank-you.
    Good luck in whatever you choose to do in the future; the rest it
    takes to make it, you already have.
    
    We'll miss you.
    
    
    Marilyn 
1957.13What a welcome-back greeting.DWOVAX::STARKQuasi-note-oMon Jun 06 1994 14:009
    Sigh.  I just got back from being away from Digital, teaching a course in 
    another state and discovered that the place has been ransacked yet again 
    in my absence.  Productive, creative, sometimes even brilliant people who 
    I've worked with for ten years here, all gone. 
    
    I think Topher will be one of the people I miss most of all, even
    though we had never met in person.
    
    							todd
1957.14CSC32::D_ROYERThe Queen is dead, Camelot is closed!Mon Jun 06 1994 19:124
    So long Topher, see you in the ether.
    
    
    Dave
1957.15Not to worry...DWOVAX::STARKQuasi-note-oMon Jun 06 1994 21:135
    I called Topher this morning to see how things were going.
    His prospects seem very good.  I hope to be able to say the same
    about myself when the time comes soon.
    
    							todd
1957.16we'll regroupPOWDML::RAMSAYTue Jun 07 1994 12:574
    Todd -- thanks for the update on Topher.  You will be missed, too,
    when/if the time comes.
    
    I'm sure all of us will regroup somewhere, sometime!
1957.17Nostalgic feelingsDWOVAX::STARKQuasi-note-oTue Jun 07 1994 14:1120
    re: .16,
    I know when the time comes that I'll also miss one particular 'thing.'  
    VaxNotes.  
    
    Notes is such a perfect kind of medium for people like me who
    feel extremely awkward speaking with others and especially in groups but 
    who are very comfortable composing their thoughts at a keyboard.  It's a 
    chance to almost approximate a relaxed conversation where I can think before
    speaking - instead of my mind racing ahead of my mouth.  That's in
    addition to the unique opportunity to talk with hundreds even 
    thousands of people with whom I'd otherwise never have _any_ contact.
    
    I don't get the impression that very many companies incorporate Notes
    to the degree that Digital traditionally has, and certainly not the EIN 
    support we've enjoyed, or that Digital is likely to support it even
    minimally much longer.
    
    							kind regards,
    
    							todd
1957.19ALLVAX::GELINEAUfear, surprise, and an almost fanatical devotionMon Jul 17 1995 16:4010
    there was also a Law & Order epiode about a woman admitted to an
    emergency room who was cut open and the fumes caused people to
    pass out (the woman did).  A toxicology workup said there were 
    traces of cyanide which were eventually traced back to some 
    peach/almond extract she was taking to cure her cancer.  (The
    doctor that prescribed this medicine was put on trial for 
    telling people that this would actually cure them when the 
    doctor wasn't sure/didn't have the data to back up the claim.)
    
    --angela