lovingkindness
Veteran Member
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I wish to show respect for a fellow pilgrim on the forum and humble sorrow for his departure: @falcon269.
I don’t know exactly when @falcon269 joined the forum but think it was more than ten years ago, sometime before October 2009 when I first clicked in. To me, it seemed that Falcon was often here, somewhere, welcoming newcomers, providing intelligent comment and information, occasionally stirring things up. I was in awe of his intellect but rarely had the wit to write on the same page.
When the forum began collecting and publishing data the results were astonishing. Who would have guessed that falcon269 had posted thousands upon thousands of messages, more than anyone else? How many hours a day did this fellow spend here, with us?
And for someone who loathed the ‘like’ button isn’t it ironic that falcon269 consistently gained the highest reaction score of us all? When @JohnnieWalker received a tick from Falcon it was newsworthy, considering that Falcon described “liking” as
"passionless; pap for the teen who has not learned to Love and Hate, or even complete a sentence without putting the qualifying "like" somewhere in it so he makes no commitment to the sentence's content. It would take a nuanced Scale-of-One-to-Ten to give everyone a gradient from which to choose. "Like" gives you the choice between saying nothing and a "5." It is beige; oatmeal without a topping; tepid water; non-alcoholic beer; decaf coffee. Please, please, please save us from Zuckerberg!", https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/whats-new/posts/4910532/
I sometimes wondered about falcon269, who he was, and I wasn’t the only one. Here’s what @Vicrev had to say:
“I am getting a vision of this...." Falcon"....as someone mysterious,awe inspiring,somewhat a sage,something like the Phantom in comic books of old,but,I have an imagination that sometimes runs riot,so please ignore this post............no malice,disrespect,applied or intended……..go Falc!!........ …Vicrev”
I do hope @falcon269 returns to the Forum someday.
Wishing him good health and blessings in these troubled times.
-Lovingkindness
I don’t know exactly when @falcon269 joined the forum but think it was more than ten years ago, sometime before October 2009 when I first clicked in. To me, it seemed that Falcon was often here, somewhere, welcoming newcomers, providing intelligent comment and information, occasionally stirring things up. I was in awe of his intellect but rarely had the wit to write on the same page.
When the forum began collecting and publishing data the results were astonishing. Who would have guessed that falcon269 had posted thousands upon thousands of messages, more than anyone else? How many hours a day did this fellow spend here, with us?
And for someone who loathed the ‘like’ button isn’t it ironic that falcon269 consistently gained the highest reaction score of us all? When @JohnnieWalker received a tick from Falcon it was newsworthy, considering that Falcon described “liking” as
"passionless; pap for the teen who has not learned to Love and Hate, or even complete a sentence without putting the qualifying "like" somewhere in it so he makes no commitment to the sentence's content. It would take a nuanced Scale-of-One-to-Ten to give everyone a gradient from which to choose. "Like" gives you the choice between saying nothing and a "5." It is beige; oatmeal without a topping; tepid water; non-alcoholic beer; decaf coffee. Please, please, please save us from Zuckerberg!", https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/whats-new/posts/4910532/
I sometimes wondered about falcon269, who he was, and I wasn’t the only one. Here’s what @Vicrev had to say:
“I am getting a vision of this...." Falcon"....as someone mysterious,awe inspiring,somewhat a sage,something like the Phantom in comic books of old,but,I have an imagination that sometimes runs riot,so please ignore this post............no malice,disrespect,applied or intended……..go Falc!!........ …Vicrev”
I do hope @falcon269 returns to the Forum someday.
Wishing him good health and blessings in these troubled times.
-Lovingkindness