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• I hope this is a joke? Chris Coad 00:51:57 10/25/00 (4)
  In Reply to: Tragic news/Bixler and Shredgebill posted by Andrew Scott on October 24, 2000 at 16:58:03:

  I'm not sure if this is a serious post or a joke. I'm afraid the 'custom crush' quip makes me hope it isn't true. If it is indeed serious, my condolences go out to the families of all concerned. I'd never met the doctor, but Kay's a familiar face from the last few New York/New Jersey jeebuses.

  You're kidding, right?
  
  

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  • I do too, but if it's not, she missed a hell of a game nathan vandergrift 16:54:43 10/25/00 (0)
    In Reply to: I hope this is a joke? posted by Chris Coad on October 25, 2000 at 00:51:57:

    Congrats! Your fellow Hawaiian did quite well. I was on the edge of my seat all night!

    cheers.
    nathan
    
    
    

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  • One can only hope that there was a miscommunication Joe Dressner 04:54:19 10/25/00 (2)
    In Reply to: I hope this is a joke? posted by Chris Coad on October 25, 2000 at 00:51:57:

    Last night there were reports of Kay and Arthur's death on several of the wine boards. This morning, these mentions have been deleted.

    We can only hope that this is yet another instance of an internet rumor -- a ghoulish one at that. One of the problems with the web as a new medium is that there is no fact-checking mechanism, as there is in traditional print publications. This brings to mind the incident this summer where another wine board had reports that I had fallen to a cardiac stroke and had been hospitalized in Mâcon. It all turned out to be a misunderstanding that unfortunately appeared on the web.

    I heard from Sue Ng in Germany this morning, who saw Mr. Scott's post and was totally shocked. Sue told me that she had spoken with Kay on Monday, Kay was house-sitting Sue's apartment, and Kay had not mentioned anything about a trip to California.

    So, let's hope this all a rumor run amok.
    
    

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    • I think someone's pulling our collective leg. Chris Coad 10:52:20 10/25/00 (0)
      In Reply to: One can only hope that there was a miscommunication posted by Joe Dressner on October 25, 2000 at 04:54:19:

      This seems to be a rather morbid attempt at humor.

      There were similar announcements on other boards that were then deleted?

      That probably speaks to the lack of evidence of any kind--there are no mentions of fatal ballooning accidents on any of the major online news sources, and you'd think that kind of thing would get a mention, wouldn't you?
      
      

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    • I just spoke to Kay Dan Yanke 05:28:06 10/25/00 (0)
      In Reply to: One can only hope that there was a miscommunication posted by Joe Dressner on October 25, 2000 at 04:54:19:

      Pardon my sudden emergence from the shadows, but I just spoke with Kay yesterday afternoon. I'm an old friend of hers from high school and a dabbler in wine and wine boards. Kay seemed quite alive as of 4:10 yesterday. She called from New York, not from California. I don't know what Andrew's up to here - whether he's passing on a morbid joke/rumor or whether he has the outcome correct (I hope not) and the circumstances wrong.

      Does anyone know Sue Ng's number? That's where she was staying in NY, apparently. I don't have the number. I called NY information and wasn't able to get the number.
      
      

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• My God! Joe Dressner 18:08:49 10/24/00 (0)
  In Reply to: Tragic news/Bixler and Shredgebill posted by Andrew Scott on October 24, 2000 at 16:58:03:

  I'm speechless.

  There is more coverage on the West Coast Wine board.
  
  

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