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After reading the birthday greetings to MarioD (and I think he's fine at 80), it occurs to me how many long-term fine musicians and good souls are no longer here on these forums. The current forum software dates to summer 2000, and there was an earlier forum going back to 1995. That's over thirty years ago that some of us have interacted with each other. The user list shows many whom I know are no longer with us. These people were our friends, supporters, collaborators, and/or sources of inspiration. Many made substantial contributions to the PG Music family.
We can search profiles individually to examine the date of the last post, and that's a reasonably good clue, but there are exceptions. Russell Demussel for example simply announced his interests went in another direction (model planes, I think; some may remember him in connection to the infamous Ivan experiment here) but we cannot conclude anything about whether he is still around.
What would you think about creating some way to mark a profile that someone is no longer with us? Perhaps a reporting system that requires a confirmation from another user before a marking was placed? Nominate a candidate and create a poll to confirm or refute?
Thanks for listening.
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The post title naturally got my attention.
The idea is great. It would be good to know that forum members are OK but busy elsewhere, or to pay respect for those who might have passed on. I'm not sure what mechanism would work to ascertain the status. One thing that might be helpful is if the user list had an indicator to show those forum members who are known to be no longer with us. Mac obviously comes to mind as his brother Marshall recently conveyed that information.
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Hello,
So true! Thanks for the suggestion. I will check on options for this and report back.
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Catherine
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Not sure I like this .. ![[Linked Image from media1.tenor.com]](https://media1.tenor.com/m/9gf94nD8qkEAAAAC/bring-out-your-dead.gif)
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Not sure I like this .. Ha! Just rewatched that last month. Hard to believe it's over 50 years old. I took a long city bus ride to watch it in a theater on initial release...
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Ha. Rharv, are you suggesting we don’t bring back dead movie JPG clips (+1) or we don’t pursue my idea (also fine with me). Or were you joking?
Ron, what is that clip? Who?
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It's Monty Python .. you must be a young one <grin> And I was joking, which I hope the above explains I have every season on DVD and the early movies (Holy Grail, Life of Brian, etc) .. signed, nerd / Also have a copy of Song of the South, try and find that one! // And various mixes of MC Breeds unreleased final track (precious) /// I should shut up now, someone's at the door 
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There must have been four Monty Python references in there that I regret not recognizing. Thanks for clearing that up. May I have another? I’m older than I look.
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It's Monty Python .. you must be a young one <grin> And I was joking, which I hope the above explains I have every season on DVD and the early movies (Holy Grail, Life of Brian, etc) .. signed, nerd / Also have a copy of Song of the South, try and find that one! // And various mixes of MC Breeds unreleased final track (precious) /// I should shut up now, someone's at the door Thought I was the only one left . . . Life of Brian and Meaning of Life are works of art lol On the original post - This is a sad topic but I would want people to know if I was gone I guess. This thread did give me a great idea for a song I'm going to try and get finished this weekend though!
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