What ever happened to ...

[Indoor66]

We have had posters come and go over the years. Some I miss and some I don't remember, but I am sure others to. Maybe a thread about those missing friends might be fun. The comments about Jarhead kind of piqued my interest.

I was thinking of Devil Alumna, BillyBreen and Jumbo as three that I really miss. Some may now be lurkers, but I would love to hear what is going on with them - and with others that posters may point to.

[Son of Jarhead]

The system won't let me give sporks for this, so I'll have to say "Excellent idea! " the old fashioned way.

[Newton_14]

Roy White. I miss him for one. I too miss Jumbo and his commentary...

[left_hook_lacey]

I was wondering about Jarhead as well. We often saw eye to eye on things. I think he was/is still active duty, reach really made me worry when he suddenly stopped posting.

Actually, I take that back. I think I'm confusing him with Airforcedukie.

[Indoor66]

I seem to recall that the server for Chat sat in Billy Breen's living room for a time. Not sure if that is accurate and I have no idea about it today. Maybe jk will weigh in.

[mattman91]

I was wondering about Jarhead as well. We often saw eye to eye on things. I think he was/is still active duty, reach really made me worry when he suddenly stopped posting.

Actually, I take that back. I think I'm confusing him with Airforcedukie.

AFD is at an undisclosed location drinking Zima.

[devildeac]

I seem to recall that the server for Chat sat in Billy Breen's living room for a time. Not sure if that is accurate and I have no idea about it today. Maybe jk will weigh in.

BillyBreen was the server for DBR chat and, for that matter, all of DBR for a while, given his prodigious posting skills.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Who was the poster taking a lengthy time off from the webbernets?

[Billy Dat]

greybeard - he was wild but I appreciate his wildness

DesEsseintes - another acerbic dude, but I liked his perspective

tommy - he was prolific for a while

[Indoor66]

Who remembers the "joy" of earljam?

[NSDukeFan]

I also enjoyed Jumbo, Olympic Fan, RoyWhite, desesseintes, tommy, greybeard and Duvall’s posts. Allenmurray still posts every once in awhile and often has a good perspective.

[YmoBeThere]

DA now has two small kids (okay they are probably 4-7 years old) and also works full time.

[Indoor66]

DA now has two small kids (okay they are probably 4-7 years old) and also works full time.

I remember when the first one came along - we heard from her about that. 😀

[Son of Jarhead]

I was wondering about Jarhead as well. We often saw eye to eye on things. I think he was/is still active duty, reach really made me worry when he suddenly stopped posting.

Actually, I take that back. I think I'm confusing him with Airforcedukie.

Jarhead is 89. He retired from the Marines back in '72 after serving 26 years active duty and reserves from post-war Japan to Korea to Vietnam and points in between. There is a thread a few below this one with an update on him. Link below:

http://forums.dukebasketballreport.c...f-Housing-quot

[Wander]

Jumbo is fine. Jon Scheyer would have told us if something had happened to one of his parents.

[aimo]

Who remembers the "joy" of earljam?

Earljam was hilarious. Too bad he's banned for life.

[rasputin]

Where's McGrupp in this conversation?

[Indoor66]

Earljam was hilarious. Too bad he's banned for life.

Earljam was a confused stream of consciousness having a wreck. 😜

[left_hook_lacey]

Earljam was a confused stream of consciousness having a wreck. 😜

So now I'm curious. What caused Earljam to get banned? I went back to look at his posts, but couldn't find any more recent than 2009 and I didn't see anything particularly damning in them. Has it really been that long since he/she has been banned?

[elvis14]

Earljam was a confused stream of consciousness having a wreck. 😜

Yeah, but when you pass by a wreck on the side of the road, you can't help but look! I kinda miss Earljam.

Of the names I've seen listed (and I recognize all of them), Jumbo is probably the one who added the most great content to DBR.