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  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    His Sublimeness seems to have slipped off the radar. I know he's been in poor health, just wondered what's new.
    On a related note, absolutely no signs of Kai anywhere online.
     
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    Half Track Well-Known Member

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    Last thing I saw was a post from him on the other forum. That was about two months ago.
     
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  3. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Otto appears now and then like a spectral Being. I last saw him lurking not that long ago. In and out only to be glimpsed. I believe he not only maintains this site but is also raising a family and apparently has a Day job.
     
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  4. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    All of that.
     
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  5. CAC

    CAC Ace of Spades

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    He’s like Charlie…I suppose that makes us his…Angels?
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I think Hell would be more interesting. But then I'd be in with my cousins.
     
  7. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    More likely........ Otto's Goblins !
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I talked to him a couple of weeks ago. All of the above apply, as well some significant health issues with others in his family.

    As you may have surmised, he has a great numbers of plates spinning in the air right now.

    Actual video of him right now.

    Eric Brenn "Plate Spinning" on The Ed Sullivan Show (youtube.com

    I am in a similar position, though with not as many serving pieces involved.
     
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  9. CAC

    CAC Ace of Spades

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    Give him our best.
     
  10. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    Ditto
     
  11. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Good to hear, chaps.
     
  12. ColHessler

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    Please give him our regards.
     
  13. Otto

    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Thanks all for the positivity. Truly appreciated on my side.

    The general nickname for WW2 Forumites has traditionally been rogues, but I do like Otto's Goblins an awful lot. :otto::troll2:

    Multiple plates very much still spinning, but a few less of late. I've made multiple of trips over the past year from Texas to Canada in support of the family. Still much to do, but things are slowly improving.

    I very much appreciate the work of Slipdigit, LRusso, Biak, & Opana who were keeping things as tidy as possible in a heavy anti-spammer warfare environment.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Ooh, Otto's Goblins. Has a nice ring to it.

    Spammers stick in my craw. I'll continue banning them. It's almost like a game
     
  15. Carronade

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    Whack-a-mole!
     
  16. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    I refuse to be anything but a roh-gew.
    Unless it's a Bocan, which is Gaelic for goblin. Could just about learn to live with that.
     
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  17. CAC

    CAC Ace of Spades

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    More like - Finsceal...
     
  18. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Or Uirsgeul Beo in Scots Gaelic. :p:D
    I know, I know...modesty becomes me etc.
     
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    Otto GröFaZ Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Rogue is probably the most accurate and descriptive term for a member the crew here. I appreciate your adherence to the historical term.

    I'll see if i can track down it's first use here...
     
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    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Training-CATP-1-Saluting-without-arms-1942.jpg
     
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