Posted ByMaster Roshambollah on April 25, 2001 at 00:10:06:
In Reply to: Message to Roshambolla: Apology posted bycustardchuk on April 24, 2001 at 22:29:45:
:yourself and your beautiful companion,(or was it, granddaughter, I can never tell with you)
Heh! I see my reputation for "robbing the cradle" persists. To use the vernacular, "Baby, I don't rob the cradle, I ROCK the cradle!" I am happy to inform you that my current partner is fully 4/5 my own age. Many newcomers will take my reputation as a "grizzled veteran" at face value; remember, I got an early start to my RPS career, and am still younger than many players on the pro circuit!
:and I, with my wife,Trixie,dined.
I remember the night in question. I must say the excellent quality of the Shiraz of your native land definitely affected my responses as well.
I won't repeat your account, but I will comment that the revelation about Randolph comes as a totaly surprise, though it is keeping in character for him, and does explain a thing or two. After that meeting, he presented me with several rare RPS publications, which I am now sure he "lifted" from your residence during subsequent involvements with Trixie. I will be returning them to you tomorrow. If your old airdrop location is no longer active, please let me know.
: Now I will never forgive Randolph.
Nor, I'm afraid, shall I. He was always the bad seed of our family. I do still see him from time to time, whenever he blows into town, needing a place to crash or is short on cash. He never had any interest in RPS, though the discipline would have done him good.
I am truly sorry about Trixie, and wish young Harry my best.
:I must apologise for my treatment of you over the past year.
: I hope you can see it in yourself to forgive and I hope we can begin to mend our battered but not broken friendship.
I was quite surprised to read those words, but I will accept your apology and consider the matter done. I have one regret in the matter, though. My membership papers are currently being processed by the Membership Commitee, and I was greatly looking forward to being able to officially post the notice and include your earlier statement about me "If he is in, then I am OUT", appended with some statement from me to the effect of "Put up or shut up Chucky." I will be accepting a position in the WorldRPS hierarchy, but will not reveal the title here, in order to preserve some sense of drama.
Also, losing an enemy of your caliber is somewhat sad. I am sure that our feuds in this (and other) forums will be as legendary for this time as the McKinley/Korsakov clash was in its time. As Genesis P-Orridge once said to fellow RPS enthusiast Hakim Bey, "Good enemies are hard to find these days." I am sure that even if you are no longer a thorn in my side, that you will still occasionally be a pain in the ass.
Fraternally yours,
MRSB