Re: Remember the Good Old Days

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 10:05:14 AM UTC-4, Robert Campbell wrote=
:
> On Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 7:38:23 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > I still recall Robert Bass calling me up to brag endlessly and complain=
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> > about Mike Sabodish only to have Mike call me a little later to carry o=
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> > about Robert Bass.  Don't worry, machinists and tackle makers have the =
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> > kinds of guys and more of them.  I'm not missing out.  LOL.
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> I too spent many years on this newsgroup before it more of less died off.=
 During those many years, I had a lot of interface with Robert Bass, and un=
like everyone else, I never had a single problem with him. We disagreed oft=
en on things, but always managed to work it out (and he usually ended up be=
ing correct since I still had a lot to learn about our industry in those da=
ys). Now I don't condone his negative behaviour in the least. But respect b=
egets respect, and he and I always treated each other that way. I took a lo=
t of "heat" for even dealing with him, but I refused to stoop to negative b=
ehaviour then and still do now. I also got to know him personally when I wa=
s spending time in Florida back then, and he was much like I knew him on th=
e internet. He was devoted to his parents, and well known and loved in the =
Brazilian community down there, and I met many of his friends at that time =
from that community. He was very welcoming to me and shared his beautiful h=
ome with me on one occasion. I don't doubt he had a negative side as we all=
 do, and which  he often exhibited on this newsgroup. But he was very smart=
 technically and often able to correct technical things said on the group.P=
erhaps those who where corrected didn't like it and instead of learning fro=
m it, took it personally- who knows. I do know he died in almost abject pov=
erty, so I cannot comment on the worth of his business accumen either. But =
for me, he provided a lot of assistance, and on several occasions, I was ab=
le to help him out in return. And that is what a technical newsgroup should=
 be all about.=20
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> This newsgroup was of great assistance to me for over a decade so for me,=
 it was a total success. But like most newsgroups of the time, it was fille=
d with people and opinions that went from hate, up through nonsense, all th=
e way to brilliant. It was left for the reader to sift through the informat=
ion to get that rare nugget or jewel to be discovered.
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> I fully expect even this post to solicit all sorts of hateful responses t=
o which I can only say it was what it was to each person. I can only hope h=
e has gone to a better place as will all of us eventually. I certainly don'=
t wish ill of the dead


Hello Robert,
Good to know you're still looking at the grass from the top,

I think that too much time has passed for you to get any kind of "hateful r=
esponse" anymore. 99.9% of the time .... civility reigns here now.

However, Though I can't comment on your personal experience with Bass, I on=
ly know what he was and did in this forum and Usenet. So I guess I can agre=
e with you on his capabilities but as for the last part, if there really is=
 a "place" to go, I hope it wasn't a good one. He was a deceitful, vile and=
 vengeful person who in my opinion, for all of the years and years of perso=
nal pain and aggravation he caused people in Usenet .... he should have nev=
er been born and I can't express the relief I felt what he died. I never fe=
lt that way about another person in my life ..... but him.=20

Can't say I hated him ....... just despised his total self-centered lack of=
 respect for others.