I thought you said he passed away. Glad I found out contrary! Often drive past his old neighborhood.
Stephen ------------------- On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM, John Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Don Helyer is still alive and well in Texas. I'll raise a cup of coffee to > Tom. That stuff at Devcon tasted as bad as the potato whiskey those Swedes > brought with them one year. You needed to be drunk, to drink it. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:11 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: 15 Years > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: >> 15 years ago today Tom Rettig died. I'm amazed that that much time > has passed, as I remember the events and feelings they created very clearly > still. >> >> One of the things I miss most about not having DevCon to go to was > the ritual of raising a glass of The Macallan and toasting Tom. I was > fortunate and honored to be the one to give the toast many years, and I > think I'll have to do it tonight in his memory. >> >> If you didn't know Tom, you missed a chance to know a great > developer, a warm person and a good friend. >> >> Thanks to Ted Roche for reminding me of this date. > ----------------- > > Cheers! > > Met him at my first Dev Con. Great guy. i remember him making the first > Foxpro framework and being a part of the buy in group of 4 and testing of it > here with the Memphis FPUG. John Harvey and myself are probably the only > living of that group today. > > I will toast to all of those guys and gals lost over the years. > > > -- > Stephen Russell > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > CIMSgts > > 901.246-0159 cell > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
