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it's begun.....
« on: January 17, 2014, 11:07:07 AM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024345731

Oh my.

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JanMichael (21,535 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 06:47 AM

So, if the Lounge has been renamed for MFM, can LBN be named after Khephra?

The man is legend on DU. I have only seen Skinner post a "tribute" to one DUer:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2384853

<<<always thought it odd, how my fellow alum honored Khephra, but remained mum on the late red round one, and more so on Chief S itting Bull, the Greatest Primitive Ever.

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Cooley Hurd (22,711 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 06:54 AM

1. Seconded!

I miss Khephra...

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JanMichael (21,535 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 06:57 AM

2. I do too.

Like Skinner wrote, "he WAS LBN."

I learned about 911 from him: "Turn on your TV NOW!" he was amazing. We had some great late night chats in an old chat room-

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quinnox (18,802 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 07:03 AM

3. Apparently the lounge renaming is only temporary

For only one to a few days (I'm not exactly sure), just something to clarify.

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MADem (96,285 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 07:18 AM

4. LBN used to be a MACHINE when Kephra was putting up the news.

He was so good at choosing stories, he should have been paid!

I liked his little avatar and his sig pic. You always knew you were getting quality when you saw that.

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OKNancy (30,476 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:11 AM

5. I was a moderator then

He got as many locked as people do now. He was great, but not infallible.

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JanMichael (21,535 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:27 AM

8. Of course he did

Frankly, I had MFM on ignore.

No DUer is "infallible."

May I remind you that one of "DU's Greats" has posted at least 4 times over the past decade "I am leaving."
 
Another DU Lounge Great is banned.*

*must be in reference to the Taverner primitive; I have no idea who the beforementioned primitive is, or was.

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PeaceNikki (20,318 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:16 AM

6. a lot of amazing DUers have passed

Many have shaped and help build this place. Kephra is among them.

Two others who I loved personally were Dookus/Monkeyfunk and OldLefyLawyer (?... Annette).

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Tuesday Afternoon (49,446 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:27 AM

9. also, Redstone and Khashka. and Tucker/AlienGirl and the woman with the cowboot in her sigline

I hate that her name escapes me now because I really liked her and iirc she fought a hard battle, too.

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PeaceNikki (20,318 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:29 AM

10. Oh, right. Lone... something? LoneStar?

Yeah, she was from Texas.

yeah.

RIP to all.

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Tuesday Afternoon (49,446 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:46 AM

16. yes, May they all Rest In Peace -

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greatauntoftriplets (135,521 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:52 AM

19. That was Longhorn.

^^^a semi-prominent Andyite during the Scamdal nine years ago; a neighbor of Fat Che's until Fat Che had to move because his house was foreclosed; an associate of the hypochondrial primitive "mopinko" and has met the globe-trotting Skippy, the "NYC_SKP" primitive.

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PeaceNikki (20,318 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:55 AM

20. yes!

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greatauntoftriplets (135,521 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:07 AM

23. She came to Chicago for treatment and I talked to her on the phone.

She was as nice IRL as she was on DU. I still miss her.

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Tuesday Afternoon (49,446 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:01 AM

22. thank you. yes. Longhorn. Loved her.

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Puglover (15,042 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:33 AM

11. Annette Apollo.

I miss her.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Home-Annette-Appollo/dp/0061097217/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389965528&sr=8-2&keywords=annette+Apollo

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PeaceNikki (20,318 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:34 AM

12. I knew her real name, just struggled with her DU name(s)

I have that book.

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Puglover (15,042 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:39 AM

13. Tangerine LaBamba was another.

The fact that she was TSed was.......well, never mind. Too early for negative bullshit.

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PeaceNikki (20,318 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:43 AM

15. of course! i miss her very much.

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Tuesday Afternoon (49,446 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:49 AM

18. I still have Tangerine LaBamba's emails that we exhchanged also I have kept her PMs.

I miss that cat sliding me a beer all the way down the bar

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Puglover (15,042 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:00 AM

21. Yeah me too.

They are my little DU treasures.

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TBF (21,510 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:17 AM

7. I didn't know him - [in reference to the squalid fat greasy Khephra primitive]

but that is a lovely tribute.

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hlthe2b (49,264 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:43 AM

14. 'Can't believe it's been 9 years since we lost Khephra. My my....

I definitely would support that move.

Miss you, Kheph

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JanMichael (21,535 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 08:47 AM

17. :(

Almost a decade. I can't believe it either. There are so many DUers I miss.

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Omaha Steve (38,152 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:26 AM

24. I agree

^^^a collector's item, like a rare coin or stamp or something; the big guy from Bellevue making a comment on another primitive's thread.

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SharonAnn (9,958 posts)   Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:37 AM

25. I got credit for forwarding interesting articles, but they were nearly all from Kephra.

He was totally awesome and the quality of his postings really helped build Democratic Underground and its credibility.*
 
I totally miss him and could hardly believe it when we lost him.

* :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

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meegbear (24,889 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:48 AM

26. Hear! Hear!

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JNelson6563 (25,613 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 10:50 AM

27. That was my first thought.

He was so awesome. i still miss him and a few others as well. We've lost a lot of good ones.

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JanMichael (21,535 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:08 AM

28. We have

It's odd how many people on DU are gone now, and how often I think about folks I never knew in "real life."
 
Do you remember "Playahata1?" All we knew about her was that her name was Robin, and she was an English prof. at a Florida university- and then we ran into one of her coworkers in the department at a gas station in a small town in Illinois. He filled us in (Cancer, how old she was, how much everyone liked her) on details we could never have known. Amazing.

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JNelson6563 (25,613 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:25 AM

30. Wow! Talk about a "small world" moment, eh?

I do remember the screen name now that you mention it. Yes, we've lost so many.

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City Lights (22,657 posts)    Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:09 AM

29. I think this is a great idea!

^^^me too, but as suggested by someone here (Chris_, I think), my fellow alum Skins should put up for bid or sale the naming rights to a forum.  He could even have a fund-raising contest among the primitives.

Say, for example, some primitives want it named for the late Khephra, while other primitives want it named for the still-living kpete primitive; they all could make donations in the name of one or the other, and the name garnering the most dough gets attached to the forum. 
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2014, 11:45:27 AM »
Most of the current crop of DUmmies wouldn't even remember Khephra.  I think it is stupid to re-name forums after members.  But the DUmmies can do whatever the hell they want.
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2014, 12:00:16 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on January 17, 2014, 11:07:07 AM
^^^me too, but as suggested by someone here (Chris_, I think), my fellow alum Skins should put up for bid or sale the naming rights to a forum.  He could even have a fund-raising contest among the primitives.

Say, for example, some primitives want it named for the late Khephra, while other primitives want it named for the still-living kpete primitive; they all could make donations in the name of one or the other, and the name garnering the most dough gets attached to the forum. 
Frank, it would make far more money that Wishado. Demcrats giving to charity are few, but when supporting a cause (no matter how silly), they are many.
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2014, 12:09:59 PM »
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May I remind you that one of "DU's Greats" has posted at least 4 times over the past decade "I am leaving."
That might be the drunken Pitt.

I thought of DUmpangelnumbers, but DUmpangel isn't a great, and she's announced her departure at least a dozen times.
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2014, 12:16:27 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on January 17, 2014, 12:09:59 PM
That might be the drunken Pitt.

I thought of DUmpangelnumbers, but DUmpangel isn't a great, and she's announced her departure at least a dozen times.

That could be a reference to the Bostonian Drunkard, but I recall only one time that he said that, not four.

I'm also thinking Walt Starr, who said that more than once.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2014, 12:48:18 PM »
What about a forum named for the late deadbeat wileynumbers, killed by the CalPig's cold indifference?

Or DUmmy ThomWV with his necklace of human teeth?
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2014, 01:40:24 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on January 17, 2014, 12:48:18 PM
What about a forum named for the late deadbeat wileynumbers, killed by the CalPig's cold indifference?

Or DUmmy ThomWV with his necklace of human teeth?
His own or some other person? In either case,  :mental:
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2014, 02:17:16 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on January 17, 2014, 01:40:24 PM
His own or some other person? In either case,  :mental:

His.

Really.
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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 02:57:02 PM »
WaterClosetGreen is also testing the water of the dead pool.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024344859
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 A Christopher Green update from his wife Laurie:
As it have been four days since my last post, this one summarizes the past few days. Chris has not yet awakened, so they ordered a CT scan and an MRI. They were both negative. Chris' nurse asked him to squeeze his hand and wiggle his toes. Chris did, just not consistently. This was reflected in his EEG - he is going in and out of semi-consciousness. Today, the doctor thought Chris will eventually clear. His lungs are doing well and he is starting to breathe on his own. There are stilll major problems and he is still considered critical. I am just so grateful for the baby steps. They are bringing me joy whenever I get the news. I am also heartened with all the support, prayers and good thoughts that are being directed towards Chris and I. Thank you so much. 
Calpig seems to running around with dead or soon to be dead for some reason.
She better not visit the Sandhills, or she's next.

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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2014, 03:59:45 PM »
I think they should rename the Mental Health forum after DeadStone.

Kind of fits in more ways than one, actually...

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Re: it's begun.....
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2014, 04:50:26 PM »
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Democratic Underground is going to send some flowers to Mama Kheph. If anyone would like to make a modest contribution to help out, just click here to go to our donate page. In the space where it says "Forum Username," type "Khephra" so we know the donation is for him. After we purchase the flowers, any additional funds will be donated in Kef's name to an appropriate charity. I would appreciate it if some of his close friends would give me suggestions of any causes or charities that Kef supported.


They will spend $20 on flowers and the charity of choice will be DU.   
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2014, 04:58:18 PM »
Quote from: Gern on January 17, 2014, 03:59:45 PM
I think they should rename the Mental Health forum after DeadStone.

Kind of fits in more ways than one, actually...

Hell no.

Chief S itting Bull was the Greatest Primitive Ever; he deserves better.

They should name the biggest and most popular forum after him, the Redstone General Discussion Forum.

Anything less would be an insult to his memory, ingratitude for all that he contributed to Skins's island.
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