I too thought the same, especially in today’s day where computers, computer parts, sales/service is readily available. Even a personal cell phone should offer some internet connection.
By no means do I wish bad times or bad health to anyone, but like Rich said, it raises concern.
Thanks, Terry
Any info on doctorwayne? He still hasn’t made any posts.
Hope he is OK.
Every once in awhile, I check various sources. Nothing. He is a moderator on another forum, but has not made an appearance in 2024.
Not good.
Rich
Does anyone know his full name?
I think I found his full name searching on the Web. But I hesitate to post it here for privacy reasons. My search did not unveil any sad news about him.
Simon
I was going to do an obituary search for his name. Did you try that?
Yes, that is what I checked.
Simon
If there is a health or medical issue, a lot of times families keep such stuff private. That might be happening in this case, hopefully not, but you never know.
Rich
Somewhere along the line he mentioned in a post that he was considering tearing down his layout. I never saw it mentioned again or an explanation of why he said it. I would think a decision like that has some heavy reasoning behind it.
From other places and people I interact with on the WWW, Wayne is still chugging along and hosting people at his layout. I know Wayne’s last name but do not feel it is appropriate for me to divulge it here even though he has done so himself at times.
Wayne was active elsewhere online, most notably Big Blue Trains but it seems he has also stopped participating there.
With Wayne’s participation and influence in our hobby, I am sure we would hear in short order if anything were to happen to him.
Brent, if what you say is accurate, it is really some strange behavior on Wayne’s part to abandon two forums on which he was so active.
You have to wonder why he did that.
Rich
Don’t know what to say, Rich, the last time I reached out to someone who knows him, they said he had computer issues. Maybe he just had enough of the WWW. He has been hosting guests to his layout quite recently as far as I understand.
Big Blue was his main hang-out.
I have his name and address, as well as his direct Email.
It may be time to write an old fashioned letter.
I did send him an Email a while back with no response.
We had several conversations by Email before he dropped off the forums.
Sheldon
This is the last post doctorwayne made back in 12/23:
I changed the font to bold. Perhaps the computer problems that have been mentioned had nothing to do with hardware but the ability to input.
I also found the thread where he mentioned tearing down the layout. That was in 2021.