[ExI] put up with me

[Stuart LaForge]

Quoting John Grigg:


> Stuart LaForge wrote:
> "I am glad you are still around, but no dice on the yacht. If I had the
> money for a yacht, then funding cardiac stem-cell research would
> probably be a better investment anyway. :-)"
>
> Stuart, what you wrote here made me think of my/our dead friend, Robert
> Bradbury. I recall how he was a scientist/entrepreneur who created a
> company to develop carbon nanotubes. But he was supposedly too ahead of his
> time, and lost his financial nest egg/fortune, despite his labor of love. I
> enjoyed the time I spent in Spike's backyard, listening to Robert talk
> about his plans. I really miss the guy, and considering how I am in
> American expat in the Philippines, and his own interest in foreign women, I
> wish he were still around for me to talk to... If he had only lived, I bet
> Robert would have accomplished alot by now. Well, at least he was
> cryonically suspended.

Indeed. I remember Robert's posts from back when I was in college.  
Timing, marketing, and luck do play huge roles in the success of a  
business venture. For example, steam engines took off like wildfire  
and were amazingly successful just a few years after James Watt's  
patent on the separate condenser expired. Such is life. But as you  
say, at least Robert was suspended.

I am glad to see you have resolved your communications issues  
involving said foreign women and are active on the list once again. :-)

Stuart LaForge