Hi Eric,
Thanks for remembering me. Have been very busy for the last 6 years or
so with more responsibilities. Cannot keep up with Goan forums any
more. WhatsApp groups have also taken over.
Cheers,
Santosh
On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 1:20 AM eric pinto wrote:
>
> It is quite regrettable to see today's indifference to both what should
> endear us and many unfortunate facts of Goa
> life. There is a case to be made for the element of 'information overload'
> that can overwhelm, I know I endure it.
> Time and the Great Reaper have taken a toll, it pained to be reminded
> today that Alfredo is not with us to inform
> and entertain : he was a specially painful loss.
> Our late friend out of the Bahamas served as an entertainer of a
> variety some of us may not have savoured. He
> will be remembered, nevertheless. He was responsible for hounding our voice
> out of Lisbon, along with a few more.
> May both rest, together and afar in the yonder.
> Santosh Helekar is specially missed : his was a voice of reason and
> compassion. I would include him in the invitation to
> Merwyn, both of whom now take in the the joys of Texas sunshine.
> Franky's 'Flash Gordon' now thrives in a new repository where soliciting
> for the good things in life may be more lucrative
> and find and an even more gullible audience. His hideous assaults on
> correspondents matched the diagnosis : I recall
> in suffering the mindless venom directed at the Panjim 'gentry'
> Bosco D'Mello used to be a reassuring voice out of Toronto ,one to be
> missed.
> Thank you, Roland, but remember the Alamo and, yes the Titanic is back.
>
>
>
> From: Roland Francis
>
> Goanet Readers over the years have become a fairly lethargic lot.
>
> Years ago there were active, though sometimes aggressive to the point of
> obnoxious, responses to what posters wrote.
>
> Nowadays the aggression has completely receded but replies to the posts have
> also become comparatively rare even accounting for the direct replies from
> responder to writer. It?s like posters writing to nobody, nowhere.
>
>
>
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