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RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012)

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  RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) MerseyMal <spampit@merseymal.com> - 2012-11-28 15:32 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-28 15:36 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-11-28 22:04 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Andrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk> - 2012-11-28 23:55 +0000
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) MerseyMal <spampit@merseymal.com> - 2012-11-29 09:11 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2012-11-29 00:10 +0000
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Robert de Vincy <rXdXv@talk21.com> - 2012-11-29 03:38 -0600
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Craig Coope <coope1999@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-29 12:07 +0000
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) korax1214 <korax1214@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 13:24 -0800
        Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) CCA <sphira9343@aol.com> - 2012-12-24 11:36 -0800
          Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Larry Moore <sshirleyallan1935@gmail.com> - 2012-12-28 05:59 -0600
            Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Daibhid Ceanaideach <daibhidchenedelh@aol.com> - 2012-12-30 14:39 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) big-go@bluewin.ch (biggo) - 2012-12-05 23:54 +0100
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) "Llama-Wax Len" <alan@spamthis.spamthat.spam> - 2012-12-09 02:30 +0000
    Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Lee Prince <10000spoons@gmail.com> - 2013-02-22 04:28 -0800
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2013-02-28 20:26 +0000
        Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) Lee Prince <10000spoons@gmail.com> - 2013-03-08 05:40 -0800
          Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2013-03-10 03:54 +0000
            Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-03-10 11:00 +0100
              Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2013-03-10 15:09 +0000
      Re: RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012) "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2013-03-03 11:23 +0000

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#1624 — RIP Lister aka Fergus Hyslop (1981-2012)

Apparently he passed away last month

https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts

http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948

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#1625

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, MerseyMal wrote:

>
>
> Apparently he passed away last month
>
> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>
> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948

I think we all knew this day was to come sooner for him than for most, but 
still utterly gutted.

Poor chap. Hope his final months were full of the happy nonsensical 
delerium we knew him for and not the terrible headaches and pain we 
didn't.

Sleep well, Ferg.

deKay
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#1626

Well, I had no idea, I guess its not the sort of thing you shout about is 
it. I've had many exchanges of a rather daft nature over the years, wondered 
where he was.


 Sad now, but well, maybe if it could not be cured this is a good outcome 
for him.
 Brian

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"MerseyMal" <spampit@merseymal.com> wrote in message 
news:MPG.2b203ed0a353ec70989f55@news.individual.net...
>
>
> Apparently he passed away last month
>
> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>
> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948 

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#1627

Very sad to hear this news. I lost track of him when he did the mass 
unfriend on Facebook. He may have been utterly clueless about the 
speccy, but he never harmed a soul. And from my perspective, 31 seems so 
terribly young. CSS has lost another character. Rest in peace old specchum.

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#1629

Thorin sat down and started to sing about gold. aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk 
entered the room and said... 
> 
> Very sad to hear this news. I lost track of him when he did the mass 
> unfriend on Facebook. He may have been utterly clueless about the 
> speccy, but he never harmed a soul. And from my perspective, 31 seems so 
> terribly young. CSS has lost another character. Rest in peace old specchum.

By the looks of it his old facebook account was deleted and a new one was 
set up in July. Suspect a family member had taken control of it due to his 
declining health.

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#1628

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:32:02 -0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC MerseyMal:

> Apparently he passed away last month
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
> 
> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948

I saw this on Twitter (as you know).  Of course, we used to just take
the piss out of him, and as good-natured as it was, I think it might
have been different if we'd known (well, I didn't know, perhaps others
here did)

As much as he wound me up in the past, I was saddened to hear this
news, especially so as he was younger than me.

Chris

[I've added The ADS to this because IIRC he used to post there too.  I
haven't been in for ages so the place might be deserted bar
tumbleweed, but there's a chance that others who knew him will still
be looking in there]


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#1630

Chris Young did write:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:32:02 -0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were
> rappin' to MC MerseyMal:
> 
>> Apparently he passed away last month
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>> 
>> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948
> 
> I saw this on Twitter (as you know).  Of course, we used to just take
> the piss out of him, and as good-natured as it was, I think it might
> have been different if we'd known (well, I didn't know, perhaps others
> here did)
> 
> As much as he wound me up in the past, I was saddened to hear this
> news, especially so as he was younger than me.
> 
> Chris
> 
> [I've added The ADS to this because IIRC he used to post there too.
> I haven't been in for ages so the place might be deserted bar
> tumbleweed, but there's a chance that others who knew him will still
> be looking in there]

Totally stunned.

Not sure if "thanks for posting this to the ADS" is quite the most
appropriate thing to say considering the nature of what you're
saying, but... yeah... thanks.

-- 
BdeV
"Oh, and the ADS *is* a load of wank" -- Chris Young,
 <487F889F.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk>

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#1631

On 29 Nov 2012 00:10:59 +0000, "Chris Young"
<chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:32:02 -0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
>to MC MerseyMal:
>
>> Apparently he passed away last month
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>> 
>> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948
>
>I saw this on Twitter (as you know).  Of course, we used to just take
>the piss out of him, and as good-natured as it was, I think it might
>have been different if we'd known (well, I didn't know, perhaps others
>here did)
>
>As much as he wound me up in the past, I was saddened to hear this
>news, especially so as he was younger than me.
>
>Chris
>
>[I've added The ADS to this because IIRC he used to post there too.  I
>haven't been in for ages so the place might be deserted bar
>tumbleweed, but there's a chance that others who knew him will still
>be looking in there]

I befriended him on Facebook a couple of years ago and his messages
got steadily worse as he was unable to type without shaking. He had to
have someone do it for him later on and unfortunatey I haven't heard
from him in a few months. Bad times. Bless him. He was always trying
to get laid via his FB statuses....I hope he's getting it all where he
is now!

Night Ferg.

--
The Zero ST

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#1639

On Thursday, 29 November 2012 00:10:59 UTC, Chris Young  wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:32:02 -0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
>
> to MC MerseyMal:
>
> > Apparently he passed away last month
>
> > https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>
> > http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948
>
> I saw this on Twitter (as you know).  Of course, we used to just take
> the piss out of him, and as good-natured as it was, I think it might
> have been different if we'd known (well, I didn't know, perhaps others
> here did)
>
> As much as he wound me up in the past, I was saddened to hear this
> news, especially so as he was younger than me.
>
> Chris
>
> [I've added The ADS to this because IIRC he used to post there too.  I
> haven't been in for ages so the place might be deserted bar
> tumbleweed, but there's a chance that others who knew him will still
> be looking in there]

He used to post on alt.fan.pratchett as well, so I've added them to
this reply.  I remember that he first appeared on c.s.s. and on a.f.p.
(simultaneously) while there was some kind of interaction going on
between the two groups, and at first there were at least a few on each
group who assumed that he'd crossed over from the other one.

(I don't know if he ever posted to such Red Dwarf NGs as there are,
but given that his chosen nick is known to have been taken from that
show's protagonist Dave Lister, this is very likely; sadly I don't
know the names of whatever groups he may have frequented.)

So sad when this happens.  I remember hearing somewhere that Lister
had some kind of physical health problem, but I never knew it was this
bad.

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#1708

On 4 Dec, 21:24, korax1214 <korax1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> He used to post on alt.fan.pratchett as well, so I've added them to
> this reply.  I remember that he first appeared on c.s.s. and on a.f.p.
> (simultaneously) while there was some kind of interaction going on
> between the two groups, and at first there were at least a few on each
> group who assumed that he'd crossed over from the other one.

> So sad when this happens.  I remember hearing somewhere that Lister
> had some kind of physical health problem, but I never knew it was this
> bad.

I remember seeing Lister at the 2008 Discworld Convention.  He wasn't
really in any fit state to interact with anyone, unfortunately.  I had
had no idea how severely disabled he was until then.

RIP Lister, hope you're walking and talking and playing the drums up
there!

CCA

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#1720

On 2012-12-24, CCA <sphira9343@aol.com> wrote:
> On 4 Dec, 21:24, korax1214 <korax1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> He used to post on alt.fan.pratchett as well, so I've added them to
>> this reply.  I remember that he first appeared on c.s.s. and on a.f.p.
>> (simultaneously) while there was some kind of interaction going on
>> between the two groups, and at first there were at least a few on each
>> group who assumed that he'd crossed over from the other one.
>
>> So sad when this happens.  I remember hearing somewhere that Lister
>> had some kind of physical health problem, but I never knew it was this
>> bad.
>
> I remember seeing Lister at the 2008 Discworld Convention.  He wasn't
> really in any fit state to interact with anyone, unfortunately.  I had
> had no idea how severely disabled he was until then.
>
> RIP Lister, hope you're walking and talking and playing the drums up
> there!
>
> CCA

Farewell. May whatever comes next be more kind.

-- 
"There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays,
"And every single one of them is right!"
"In the Neolithic Age,"  R Kipling

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#1737

On 28 Dec 2012, Larry Moore <sshirleyallan1935@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2012-12-24, CCA <sphira9343@aol.com> wrote:
>> RIP Lister, hope you're walking and talking and playing the drums up
>> there!
>>
>> CCA
> 
> Farewell. May whatever comes next be more kind.

Sad news. Never met him in person, but always enjoyed talking to him
here. 


-- 
Dave
The problems in this world are not caused by those who love.
They're caused by those who hate.
--Arthur, King of Time and Space.

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#1641

MerseyMal <spampit@merseymal.com> wrote:

> Apparently he passed away last month
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts

Ow. Sad, sad news. So young...

Hey Lister, BTW, nice shirt, as usual .-)

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#1664

"MerseyMal" <spampit@merseymal.com> wrote in message 
news:MPG.2b203ed0a353ec70989f55@news.individual.net...
>
>
> Apparently he passed away last month
>
> https://www.facebook.com/fergus.hyslop.79?ref=ts&fref=ts
>
> http://announce.jpress.co.uk/20525948



I can't really think of anything to add that hasn't been said already. I 
have fond memories of our inane banter, our almost-meeting and his awful 
shirts. This is a terribly sad thing indeed and wherever he is, I hope he's 
at peace.

RIP Lister.

Alan 

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#1962

On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 3:32:02 PM UTC, MerseyMal wrote:

> Apparently he passed away last month

Bast :-(

Awful news... I remember having some daft conversations with him on #speccy years and years ago - despite the fact he never owned one. He was the butt of a few c.s.s. jokes for a while (due to that shirt) but always seemed to take it with good humour.

Lee

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#2009

And verily, didst Lee Prince <10000spoons@gmail.com> hastily babble thusly:
> On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 3:32:02 PM UTC, MerseyMal wrote:
> 
>> Apparently he passed away last month
> 
> Bast :-(
> 
> Awful news... I remember having some daft conversations with him on
> #speccy years and years ago - despite the fact he never owned one.  He was
> the butt of a few c.s.s.  jokes for a while (due to that shirt) but always
> seemed to take it with good humour.

#speccy does still exist y'know...
ok, we moved due to the old astrolink network imploding, but we're still
out there...

usual key, new network, astrolink is no more, now we're on irc.coldfront.net
(you know the key...  screen ram on a speccy) 

 
> Lee

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#2056

On Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:26:11 PM UTC, spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:

> #speccy does still exist y'know...
> 
> ok, we moved due to the old astrolink network imploding, but we're still
> out there...

> usual key, new network, astrolink is no more, now we're on irc.coldfront.net
> (you know the key...  screen ram on a speccy) 

'Ello Spike. Yes must pop back to #speccy one day... I feel a "whatever happened to" thread coming on (anyone remember "Mikey!"?)

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#2057

And verily, didst Lee Prince <10000spoons@gmail.com> hastily babble thusly:
> On Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:26:11 PM UTC, spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> 
>> #speccy does still exist y'know...
>> 
>> ok, we moved due to the old astrolink network imploding, but we're still
>> out there...
> 
>> usual key, new network, astrolink is no more, now we're on irc.coldfront.net
>> (you know the key...  screen ram on a speccy) 
> 
> 'Ello Spike. Yes must pop back to #speccy one day... I feel a "whatever
> happened to" thread coming on (anyone remember "Mikey!"?)
> 
The name rang a bell and quizbot's sirclive complementing !logseen function
remembers him...  

(quizbot's a bot wot I rote... originally for quizzes but
got sidetracked into doing lots of other random things, like remember things
for sirclive, cos he can't)
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|                          |can't move, with no hope of rescue.             |
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|           in             |good to you so far...                           |
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#2059

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:54:48 +0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC :

> (quizbot's a bot wot I rote... originally for quizzes but
> got sidetracked into doing lots of other random things, like remember things
> for sirclive, cos he can't)

Ah, like sirclive's PA?

Chris



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#2060

And verily, didst Chris Young <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> hastily babble thusly:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:54:48 +0000 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
> to MC :
> 
>> (quizbot's a bot wot I rote... originally for quizzes but
>> got sidetracked into doing lots of other random things, like remember things
>> for sirclive, cos he can't)
> 
> Ah, like sirclive's PA?

Something like that :)
Doesn't get the phone thrown at him quite so much though.
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|  spike1@freenet.co.uk    |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you|
|                          |can't move, with no hope of rescue.             |
|  Andrew Halliwell BSc    |Consider how lucky you are that life has been   |
|           in             |good to you so far...                           |
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