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   From: 3cjmd@comcast.net   
      
   On 18 Apr 2004 11:54:51 -0700, hunthurst@earthlink.net (KazamaSmokers)   
   wrote:   
      
   >My Favorite Thaxton seems to have disappeared. Ford's posts dwindled   
   >in recent months, even at his favorite haunts, and in the past few   
   >weeks have stopped altogether. It seems Ford is gone. A moment of   
   >silence is perhaps appropriate. Ford was Rick James to our collective   
   >Charlie Murphy... full-bore obliviousness like his comes along once in   
   >a blue moon, and I submit to you that we are poorer for his absence.   
   >Perhaps he is simply taking a sabbatical of sorts, refueling his   
   >reserves of misplaced disdain and unintentionally hilarious attempts   
   >at derision. I can only hope he returns soon. There should always be   
   >room on Usenet for the Newmans of the world, if only for our own   
   >entertainment. Godspeed, Fordster!   
      
   I have it from a reliable source in the biz that he is taking a leave   
   of absence due to his unexpected pregnancy.   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Jaime   
      
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