What will happen when....?
(Written October 2018, updated January, 2022)
The deaths of
Bob Woeber
and
Tom
Arganbeight, brought 21+ years of cooperation on this web site to a
close. Bob, Tom and I have cooperated to bring as much news as we could
to you. Bob spearheaded the reunions and kept me up to date on everyone
while I
did the technical stuff of the web site. Tom spent countless hours
searching for information on Classmates as only a CIA Agent could. Without
them I must rely totally
on input from viewers like you. Please keep me
informed.
The 2 deaths in 2018 staggered me again when I realized that
of the 4 people that I give credit to on the Home Page only
Mary
Murrie and I are still standing.
It is still a tough
question I am still asking myself today. As a treasure trove of information that
is only interesting to a few of us survivors (As I write this update, only
110* are still alive), it will lose relevance shortly as
we all pass on:
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2 possible events: |
Probable results: |
| Some Classmates will survive
me. |
My son, Donald, will shut down web site - Loss of all data -
Loss of source for news. |
| I become last Classmate
standing. |
Easy solution - I shut down web site and
ride my bicycle into the sunset, never to be seen again - Loss of all
data. |
Realistic: Very few of your children or grandchildren will refer
to an our "old fogy's" web site - they have FaceBook, twitter and who knows what.
Loss of web site data is no big loss to humanity.
Conclusion: Eventually web site will
disappear and all history will be lost.
Plan of Action: I have asked our
son, Donald, to keep all the pages in OneDrive (Cloud storage) for 6
months after my death. The link,
MtL48, will allow anyone to access and download the complete site in
html. These pages will be the last uploads I made. After the 6 month
period, he will stop paying for
our Internet Server and the site will cease to exist. This will give you
or your kin time to download any relevant information you want. Ask your
kids / grandkids / great grandkids to covert the html to usable format via MS Word or Acrobat.
Last comment: It has been a hoot
following everyone over the years. I never thought it would be so much
work, expense, sadness and fun when
Bob and I started - The sadness and
sometimes tears came whenever I had to physically move an Active Classmate
friend to
the Deceased Classmate page. It has been quite a journey! I don't
know of another 91-year old that has been as blessed as I have been.
Bill <><
*The "alive" figure of 110 is suspect as the number
is only as accurate as the input from classmates - I must admit that not all of
your were Rhodes Scholars in keeping me posted.
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Please
send me any comments or suggestions.
Why am I not surprised that
I have received zero comments in the 4 year period this page has been
active?
(Written 1/18/2018) |
Last Revision:
January 08, 2022
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