Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In article <004201c15da3$56ff2a20$d3065cc3@default>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>>So does my wife (she says over my shoulder) >> >>He .. he .. still spending too much time with the QL then :-) >> >>-- >>Malcolm Cadman > >He he, how did you guess??? Well, I guess she has taken it all on board, and that 'QL-time' is still very valuable time. As long as you are not 'hogging' her computer :-) -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 at 11:05:59, wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >>He was used to his explosive Mazda with >>rock suspension. >>No ordinary car - he got it half price 'cos the person selling it >>didn't realise it was a special ZX. it did 180mph, and he had proved >>it many times. > >>Bzzz! Actually, it was a Nissan 300ZX Turbo... > >Hmmm, quite a car - Which just goes to show the kind of money Freddy made >from the QL and his other interests - I remember him saying he made quite a >good living from DP in its heyday. He made more from accountancy I reckon. The car only cost him around £17000 - it was worth a lot more. > Pity there isn't the same abundant QL >shows for us poor traders these days! I have had three very good shows this year. Considering I only sell hardware, and only for original/Aurora based machines, that is very encouraging. > Nice to recall things like this, >hopefully we can get him to the next QL show for a chat? That would be a good idea - if advertised, it might attract more people. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
"John Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "QL Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> t> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha owner-ql-users@n vg.ntnu.no 26/10/2001 10:41 Please respond to ql-users -Original Message- From: Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25 October 2001 11:29 Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha >He was used to his explosive Mazda with >rock suspension. >No ordinary car - he got it half price 'cos the person selling it >didn't realise it was a special ZX. it did 180mph, and he had proved >it many times. >Bzzz! Actually, it was a Nissan 300ZX Turbo... Hmmm, quite a car - Which just goes to show the kind of money Freddy made from the QL and his other interests - I remember him saying he made quite a good living from DP in its heyday. Pity there isn't the same abundant QL shows for us poor traders these days! Nice to recall things like this, hopefully we can get him to the next QL show for a chat? Cheers, Darren. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
-Original Message- From: Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25 October 2001 11:29 Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha >Driving at a good 95mph round the Brussels Ring, with cars passing to >the left and right of me. He was grabbing my arm and saying 'faster, >faster'. The car was pretty new, and he actually was impressed at >the quietness and smoothness at that speed - quite something for >Freddy to like a Volvo. He was used to his explosive Mazda with >rock suspension. >No ordinary car - he got it half price 'cos the person selling it >didn't realise it was a special ZX. it did 180mph, and he had proved >it many times. Bzzz! Actually, it was a Nissan 300ZX Turbo... >He did wheelies in a hotel car park after a QL show - just to show >what it could do. He said he was doing 50 in a small circle. I think you mean "doughnuts" :-) >Life is so much quieter without him. But duller? John -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 at 23:20:24, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: <004301c15da3$57ea2660$d3065cc3@default>) >Do you remember the incident at that hotel in Eindhoven where the >breakfast staff managed to put something on fire and were trying to >extinguish it, and Freddy went to show them how!?!? Not Freddy as I recall. Laurence Reeves did the trick using a wet towel. > >(For anyone who has never been to a QL show this is all part of the >fun...hilarity...tragedy (Jochen Merz doing a kamokaze dive down a >Brighton hotel steps for example)...the strip searches on Darren >Branagh's suspiciously large and heavy suitcase full of just about >everythign a terrorist could want...more food than ever now that we >don't see that much of Freddy and Stuart Honeyball - the only guy who >stood a chance of matching Freddy in that department!) yes, but somehow Stuart got rid of it - must be the cycling. > >>What have I forgotten? >> >>Life is so much quieter without him. > >Makes it sound like we hated poor Freddy. Of course we didn't, but >life isn't quite the same now he doesn't attend these shows! Oh no - I didn't mean it to sound like that. Quite the reverse - he was very entertaining, and a superb quick mind with it. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
>The pile of egg/bacon at the Eindhoven motel - a good 9 inches high. >How come he did not f**t all day (8-)# He was, err, discrete about it. I remember an incident at an Indian restaurant when he and John Norton had a 'discussion' about something. Freddy ordered a dish of chillies and managed to slip them into John's curry when he wasn't looking. John requested a fire extinguisher soon after. >Bus load of suspicious IRA looking people in a Transit on the way back >from Eindhoven. I was happily joking with quite a dishy customs lady >about the bomb making equipment in my electrical toolbox. Freddy >marches up and announces (in his humorous way that we all knew) "You >have no right to do all this to him". Nice friendly lady turns into a >'real' customs officer. Freddy could manage this quite often. It happened to me in a hotel where there was a minor dispute about a deposit payment with which I was doing quite nicely with thank you. Freddy behind me in the queue intervened (not sure if he was trying to help or just p***ed off with the holdup) and it ended up taking twice as long. Do you remember the incident at that hotel in Eindhoven where the breakfast staff managed to put something on fire and were trying to extinguish it, and Freddy went to show them how!?!? (For anyone who has never been to a QL show this is all part of the fun...hilarity...tragedy (Jochen Merz doing a kamokaze dive down a Brighton hotel steps for example)...the strip searches on Darren Branagh's suspiciously large and heavy suitcase full of just about everythign a terrorist could want...more food than ever now that we don't see that much of Freddy and Stuart Honeyball - the only guy who stood a chance of matching Freddy in that department!) >What have I forgotten? > >Life is so much quieter without him. Makes it sound like we hated poor Freddy. Of course we didn't, but life isn't quite the same now he doesn't attend these shows! -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
>>So does my wife (she says over my shoulder) > >He .. he .. still spending too much time with the QL then :-) > >-- >Malcolm Cadman He he, how did you guess??? -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In article <002401c15d25$5a4307c0$a4065cc3@default>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>Doh ! ... who dat Dilwyn fella then :-) > >I disclaim all knowledge of him > > > >So does my wife (she says over my shoulder) He .. he .. still spending too much time with the QL then :-) -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > > >Malcolm Cadman > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >o.uk> cc: > >Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy >Vachha >owner-ql-users@n > >vg.ntnu.no > > > > > >24/10/2001 22:56 > >Please respond > >to ql-users > > > > > > > > > > > > ( Also ... why does it do this weird header ... see above ? ) >>Malcolm Cadman wrote:- >>Time to get your own account then ... ? > >I already have 3 of those, and don't have time to look at any of them - >10-15 hour days often 6 and 7 days a week don't allow much time for >dialling into email accounts! The bank system works on a very quick lease >line, I have lethally quick upload and download times which is great for >huge files (I emailed a 200Mb Star Trek Enterprise episode to a friend just >now, actually the pilot for the new series!) , and its permanently >connected and available all day everyday to me. Its either this or no >Darren on the mailing list at all - Sorry! OK ... message understood ... if it available on the firms time ! > >Cheers, > >Darren. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >are addressed. If you have received this email in error please >notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail >from your system. Thank you. >It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or >accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the >communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept >any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise >through the use of this medium. >This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept > for the presence of known computer viruses. > > ... end of long email. -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 at 22:56:10, Malcolm Cadman wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >> >>Malcolm Cadman wrote:- >> >>>Shows how quickly you can get out of touch ... :-) ... wasn't Freddy one >>>of the 'leading lights' in the QL world for some time ? >> >>Yep. Most of the decent software for years was produced by either DP or a >>bloke called Dilwyn Jones of DJC (whoever he is) :-)) I remember the way >>Freddy could put away food too, 2 or 3 plates at a time! Indeed. I will _never_ forget him on foreign trips. 6:30 am at the 'Cap de Nuit' in Brussels. We arrive just in time- they _close_ at 7am. Freddy has the statutory three omelettes - and gives away the 'rabbit food' The pile of egg/bacon at the Eindhoven motel - a good 9 inches high. How come he did not f**t all day (8-)# Bus load of suspicious IRA looking people in a Transit on the way back from Eindhoven. I was happily joking with quite a dishy customs lady about the bomb making equipment in my electrical toolbox. Freddy marches up and announces (in his humorous way that we all knew) "You have no right to do all this to him". Nice friendly lady turns into a 'real' customs officer. Overnight ferry to Zeebrugge. At 4am I fall asleep watching Freddy talking (at his usual express pace to three remaining sleepy people. I wake up at 05:30 and Freddy is still talking at them - but I could swear they were asleep! Driving at a good 95mph round the Brussels Ring, with cars passing to the left and right of me. He was grabbing my arm and saying 'faster, faster'. The car was pretty new, and he actually was impressed at the quietness and smoothness at that speed - quite something for Freddy to like a Volvo. He was used to his explosive Mazda with rock suspension. No ordinary car - he got it half price 'cos the person selling it didn't realise it was a special ZX. it did 180mph, and he had proved it many times. He did wheelies in a hotel car park after a QL show - just to show what it could do. He said he was doing 50 in a small circle. He was _very_ proud of escaping from a whole batch of police cars on the M20 - where he averaged 145 into London. I escorted him back from a Paddington car park to home. Down a round parallel to the station (from Bishops Bridge Road to Praed Street), he was upset about my getting one car ahead of him. With Ben in his 'racing car' he did 80 mph round the wrong side of a keep left sign. What have I forgotten? Life is so much quieter without him. > >Doh ! ... who dat Dilwyn fella then :-) >> >>>Darren - are we stuck with your long long signature ? ... :-( >> >>Afraid So. Its preprogrammed by the bank and appended to all outgoing >>messages, sorry about that. I can get rid of the address/phone no's, and >>personal sig, but the pathetic disclaimer will have to stay... > >Time to get your own account then ... ? > -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] o.uk> cc: Sent by:Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha owner-ql-users@n vg.ntnu.no 24/10/2001 22:56 Please respond to ql-users >Malcolm Cadman wrote:- >Time to get your own account then ... ? I already have 3 of those, and don't have time to look at any of them - 10-15 hour days often 6 and 7 days a week don't allow much time for dialling into email accounts! The bank system works on a very quick lease line, I have lethally quick upload and download times which is great for huge files (I emailed a 200Mb Star Trek Enterprise episode to a friend just now, actually the pilot for the new series!) , and its permanently connected and available all day everyday to me. Its either this or no Darren on the mailing list at all - Sorry! Cheers, Darren. [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
>Doh ! ... who dat Dilwyn fella then :-) I disclaim all knowledge of him So does my wife (she says over my shoulder) -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > >Malcolm Cadman wrote:- > >>Shows how quickly you can get out of touch ... :-) ... wasn't Freddy one >>of the 'leading lights' in the QL world for some time ? > >Yep. Most of the decent software for years was produced by either DP or a >bloke called Dilwyn Jones of DJC (whoever he is) :-)) I remember the way >Freddy could put away food too, 2 or 3 plates at a time! Doh ! ... who dat Dilwyn fella then :-) > >>Darren - are we stuck with your long long signature ? ... :-( > >Afraid So. Its preprogrammed by the bank and appended to all outgoing >messages, sorry about that. I can get rid of the address/phone no's, and >personal sig, but the pathetic disclaimer will have to stay... Time to get your own account then ... ? -- Malcolm Cadman
Long Sigs [Was: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha]
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha > >Darren - are we stuck with your long long signature ? ... :-( > > Afraid So. Its preprogrammed by the bank and appended to all outgoing > messages, sorry about that. I can get rid of the address/phone no's, and > personal sig, but the pathetic disclaimer will have to stay... > At least one majordomo service that I subscribe to manages to truncate long sigs. I'm not sure if this is a part of the majordomo software or an add-on. If the list owner can truncate long sigs then that would be a blessing. -- Peter S Tillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employer.
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] o.uk> cc: Sent by:Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha owner-ql-users@n vg.ntnu.no 23/10/2001 23:29 Please respond to ql-users Malcolm Cadman wrote:- >Shows how quickly you can get out of touch ... :-) ... wasn't Freddy one >of the 'leading lights' in the QL world for some time ? Yep. Most of the decent software for years was produced by either DP or a bloke called Dilwyn Jones of DJC (whoever he is) :-)) I remember the way Freddy could put away food too, 2 or 3 plates at a time! >Darren - are we stuck with your long long signature ? ... :-( Afraid So. Its preprogrammed by the bank and appended to all outgoing messages, sorry about that. I can get rid of the address/phone no's, and personal sig, but the pathetic disclaimer will have to stay... Cheers, Darren. (See!!) This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
>Pity you didn't get a concrete address or email. Would have been nice to >see him again at a future show somewhere, and if he was up in North Wales >chances are he has moved out of london, or at least moved. No, he was only up in North Wales for a day or two, he did say he was still in or around London. As I was at work at the time, I kept getting interrupted (in fact Freddy being Freddy supplied more answers to the questions I was aksed than I did!) >Nice to hear he still has a QL and Gold Card and uses it now and again >though, thats quite encouraging. Indeed. More to the point (John Taylor: take note) he said he still uses Perfection for some tasks which he described as faster and better suited to many of his needs than many of the PC Wordprocessors he dislikes using). >Did you tell him of any of the major events of the past few years - Aurora, >SMSQ/E, Romdisq, MinisQL, Q40, QPC ?? Not all of those, but I did mention some. The conversation though was pretty disjointed because of the interruptions and not very long as he had a train to catch and he had a friend or colleague with him waiting outside. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
> Okay I now have one of these REALLY stupid questions everyone's afraid to > ask... but it bothered me > since I first learned of DP... (YEARS ago..) > > How in Heaven's name you is the pronunciation of Vachha? Is it vaKha or Va > -TSH-A > > Don't laugh :-) It's actually pronounced 'Freddy' (that's how he introduces himself to one and all). On the rare occasions he mentions his surname it is Vak-A (not Vatcha, or Vassa for example). For years I misspelt it as Vaccha until someone corrected me! -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > >Pity you didn't get a concrete address or email. Would have been nice to >see him again at a future show somewhere, and if he was up in North Wales >chances are he has moved out of london, or at least moved. > >Nice to hear he still has a QL and Gold Card and uses it now and again >though, thats quite encouraging. > >Did you tell him of any of the major events of the past few years - Aurora, >SMSQ/E, Romdisq, MinisQL, Q40, QPC ?? Shows how quickly you can get out of touch ... :-) ... wasn't Freddy one of the 'leading lights' in the QL world for some time ? Darren - are we stuck with your long long signature ? ... :-( -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
- Original Message - From: Phoebus Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha Okay I now have one of these REALLY stupid questions everyone's afraid to ask... but it bothered me since I first learned of DP... (YEARS ago..) How in Heaven's name you is the pronunciation of Vachha? Is it vaKha or Va -TSH-A Don't laugh :-) No laughing matter. Learning to spell the name was difficult enough. Learning to pronounce it is really testing our brain power! BTW the UK-info 2000 disk gives the known address. Geoff Wicks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
Pity you didn't get a concrete address or email. Would have been nice to see him again at a future show somewhere, and if he was up in North Wales chances are he has moved out of london, or at least moved. Nice to hear he still has a QL and Gold Card and uses it now and again though, thats quite encouraging. Did you tell him of any of the major events of the past few years - Aurora, SMSQ/E, Romdisq, MinisQL, Q40, QPC ?? Cheers, Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6176368 (Direct Line)Fax: 01-6176034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> net.co.uk> cc: Sent by: Subject: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha [EMAIL PROTECTED] nu.no 22/10/2001 17:47 Please respond to ql-users I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Vachha (formerly Mr Digital Precision Ltd) the other day at work. We had a brief chat while he was waiting for a train. Although he would hardly describe himself as an active QLer these days, but he did say quite plainly that he still has a QL and Gold Card, and still uses Perfection which he described as less frustrating at times than many word processors he has used. He said he was unaware of QL2000 last year, or at least if anyone had mentioned it he'd forgotten about it, and may well have attended had he known. He is open to invitations to such future events, as he still has a soft spot for the QL, despite not using his that often these days. Those who know Freddy will be glad to know that he is still his usual happy, bouncy self, happily making money (forgotten what he said he was up to and where he lived now, should have written it all down and used it all in evidence!) -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phoebus Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >At 05:47 ìì 22/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: >>I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Vachha (formerly Mr Digital >>Precision Ltd) the other day at work. We had a brief chat while he was >>waiting for a train. > >Okay I now have one of these REALLY stupid questions everyone's afraid to >ask... but it bothered me >since I first learned of DP... (YEARS ago..) > >How in Heaven's name you is the pronunciation of Vachha? Is it vaKha or Va >-TSH-A > >Don't laugh :-) I always thought of it as 'Vas ha', i.e, an 's' sound for the 'c' ... then again I never asked the man himself :-), and it could just as well be a hard 'c' sound as in 'Vac ha' ... -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
At 05:47 ìì 22/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: >I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Vachha (formerly Mr Digital >Precision Ltd) the other day at work. We had a brief chat while he was >waiting for a train. Okay I now have one of these REALLY stupid questions everyone's afraid to ask... but it bothered me since I first learned of DP... (YEARS ago..) How in Heaven's name you is the pronunciation of Vachha? Is it vaKha or Va -TSH-A Don't laugh :-) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Freddy Vachha
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 at 17:47:46, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: <001b01c15b19$84128200$0f065cc3@default>) >I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Vachha (formerly Mr Digital >Precision Ltd) the other day at work. We had a brief chat while he was >waiting for a train. > >Although he would hardly describe himself as an active QLer these >days, but he did say quite plainly that he still has a QL and Gold >Card, and still uses Perfection which he described as less frustrating >at times than many word processors he has used. > >He said he was unaware of QL2000 last year, or at least if anyone had >mentioned it he'd forgotten about it, and may well have attended had >he known. He is open to invitations to such future events, as he still >has a soft spot for the QL, despite not using his that often these >days. > >Those who know Freddy will be glad to know that he is still his usual >happy, bouncy self, happily making money (forgotten what he said he >was up to and where he lived now, should have written it all down and >used it all in evidence!) Do we have an email for him, as I suspect his old address no longer works. I sent QL 2000 snailmail to 222 The Avenue, but he didn't return the postcard. It is amazing how may 'vachha's there are on the internet (ditto 'digital precision') without one useful hit. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
[ql-users] Freddy Vachha
I had the pleasure of meeting Freddy Vachha (formerly Mr Digital Precision Ltd) the other day at work. We had a brief chat while he was waiting for a train. Although he would hardly describe himself as an active QLer these days, but he did say quite plainly that he still has a QL and Gold Card, and still uses Perfection which he described as less frustrating at times than many word processors he has used. He said he was unaware of QL2000 last year, or at least if anyone had mentioned it he'd forgotten about it, and may well have attended had he known. He is open to invitations to such future events, as he still has a soft spot for the QL, despite not using his that often these days. Those who know Freddy will be glad to know that he is still his usual happy, bouncy self, happily making money (forgotten what he said he was up to and where he lived now, should have written it all down and used it all in evidence!) -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
