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 <ericpin...@yahoo.com> 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. > > > -- ***************************************************************** No offense meant. But let the chips fall where they may. *****************************************************************
