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Anyone hear from Mac lately?

I miss the guy.

I hope he is happy and healthy and doesn't have a negative reason for making himself so scarce around here.

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Ray said he talked with him recently.
Mac's brother assured me he was OK before the holidays.

Can't tell you much more than that.


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"Hi Everyone. Just talked at length with Mac. All is well and good. Mac is deep in the woodshed, building an amp and designing a speaker box. He just wanted to take a break from BIAB and concentrate on his projects. He appreciates all your concerns for him. He will be back at some point. Later, Ray"

I posted this last May. He was doing just fine at that time. I thought he would be back by now. Later, Ray


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Are any of the beta testers able (allowed??) to tell us if Mac was involved in testing BIAB2015?


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Mac wasn't involved in 2015 beta testing. Ray


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Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
Anyone hear from Mac lately?

I miss the guy.

I hope he is happy and healthy and doesn't have a negative reason for making himself so scarce around here.

Notes


Me too!

Among other things, his listening favorites (suggestions) have struck a chord here.

(As have yours, Notes!)

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That's two now that have retired from the biab forums.

Dani last week (who actually posted 37 songs in 2014 on user showcase) and Mac from a good few months ago.

I suppose some people cop on that there is more to life than biab and biab forums.

Mac was always a great help to everyone and am sure met some people on here that would try the patience of a saint.

Good luck to both of them.

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I'm glad he's happy and healthy. That's all that really counts.

Thanks for the update.

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YEP

Thanks for update. I really miss him turns out we had a lot in common (well beyond music)

But I STILL think I might have killed him with the NM green chiles I sent him about this time last year (about the time he quit posting grin ) Oops I seem to remember he hated emoticons wink grin

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Yeah, must have been you smile

Hopefully it's no longer 'my faul't around here..
(Mac started that whole 'rharv's fault' thing shortly before his absence, as a joke)


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My best to Mac too if he sees this.

There are so many good people on this forum, even the ones I disagree with wink

My wife disagrees with me but I still love her...

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People can disagree with me. They have the right to be wrong wink

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Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
People can disagree with me. They have the right to be wrong wink

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Well if they happen to say your music sounds good, they must be right surely!

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Notes:

I'm going to "borrow" your line for my "Cute sayings..." thread.

Thanks!
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I'm off this forum (all its branches) more than on, but when on I've been entertained and educated by Mac more times than I can think.
I had noticed a lack of recent posts by him and am very happy to hear things are OK with him.
So gidday, Mac,(if and) when you're back.
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Put me down as a person who has benefited from Mac's knowledge. What a legacy he has on this forum. Another person who I miss is Gary Curran. I hope he is doing well. Dennis


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I really miss Mac. We date back a long way. We met during the development of N-Track Studio with Flavio Antoniolli. We had great fun on FA Soft forums.

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Mac is a class act, I would dearly love to speak with him but I lost his phone number when I changed phones about 6-7 months ago.

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