The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs
Sometimes posted as Zazz in Fidonet
RIP

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Re: RIP
By: LEE GREEN to ALL on Sun Feb 02 2025 03:23 pm

The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs
Sometimes posted as Zazz in Fidonet
RIP

Wow, shame to hear. I called Prison Board Wildcat! a lot when I started getting back into BBSing.

RIP.

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Re: RIP
By: LEE GREEN to ALL on Sun Feb 02 2025 03:23 pm

The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs
Sometimes posted as Zazz in Fidonet
RIP

RIP Ruben. :-(

Hola Lee!

02 Feb 25 15:23, LEE GREEN dijo a ALL:

The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs
Sometimes posted as Zazz in Fidonet
RIP

:(. R.I.P.

Un saludo,
Angel Ripoll
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On |1503 Feb 2025|08, |15Angel Ripoll |08said the following...

02 Feb 25 15:23, LEE GREEN dijo a ALL:

The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs
Sometimes posted as Zazz in Fidonet
RIP

Damn! Sorry to hear this. Ruben was one of three (myself included) sysops who still ran Spitfire! BBS up until its kill switch brought the fun to an end on Jan 1 2025. RIP my friend!

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The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs

Fidonet sysop? ??

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On 03 Feb 2025, Michael Batts said the following...

Damn! Sorry to hear this. Ruben was one of three (myself included) sysops who still ran Spitfire! BBS up until its kill switch brought the fun to an end on Jan 1 2025. RIP my friend!

kill switch?

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The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs

Fidonet sysop? ??

Yes he ran like 9 different Prison Board BBS software bbs's all with Fidonet, sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his handle as opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

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Hello Ward!

04 Feb 25 17:46, you wrote to LEE GREEN:

The longtime sysop of Prison Board BBS out of Mesquite,TX has
passed away

Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs

Fidonet sysop? ??

Ruben was a member and the Host for Net 124.

Andrew

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On |1504 Feb 2025|08, |15Alexander Grotewohl |08said the following...

kill switch?

Yeah, software stopped working on 1 Jan 2025

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Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs

Fidonet sysop? ??

Yes he ran like 9 different Prison Board BBS software bbs's all with Fidonet,
sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his handle as opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

The name sounded familiar. So I went searching for him in the nodelist lookup facility and for whatever reason (probably my own doing) I failed to locate his name. hence the question.

Today it works and I see several entries. Mesquite TX.

I never wined about his handle.

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Ruben Figueroa, 73yrs

Fidonet sysop? ??

Yes he ran like 9 different Prison Board BBS software bbs's all with ->LG> Fidonet,
sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his handle as ->LG> opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

The name sounded familiar. So I went searching for him in the nodelist lookup ->facility and for whatever reason (probably my own doing) I failed to locate ->his
name. hence the question.

Today it works and I see several entries. Mesquite TX.

I never wined about his handle.

Why would I say it if it wasn't true here's the message to Zazz from Ward Dossche 10/11/24

... 24 hours in a day and 24 beers in a case. Hmmmm...

Is it really so difficult to use your real name?

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and he replied:
No, its not..Ruben Figueroa





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LEE GREEN wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

The name sounded familiar. So I went searching for him in the nodelist lookup
facility and for whatever reason (probably my own doing) I failed to locate
his
name. hence the question.

Today it works and I see several entries. Mesquite TX.

I never wined about his handle.

Why would I say it if it wasn't true here's the message to Zazz from
Ward Dossche 10/11/24

Is it really so difficult to use your real name?

and he replied:
No, its not..Ruben Figueroa

Oh, man.

Ward hates it when facts get in the way of what he says he said (or
didn't say).

BAM!!! ;-)




... She kept saying I didn't listen to her, or something like that.
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Lee,

sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his
handle as opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

...

I never wined about his handle.

...

Why would I say it if it wasn't true here's the message to Zazz from Ward Dossche 10/11/24

...

That's "whining" ... not "wining"... I hope you understand the difference?

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Dan,

Ward hates it when facts get in the way of what he says he said (or
didn't say).

You must be American ... look op "whining" as opposed to "wining" ...

BAM!!! ;-)

Really ... good thing you're not a fish because you wouldn't live long:

* Baited in the morning
* Caught at noon
* Eaten by evening..

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Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

Ward hates it when facts get in the way of what he says he said (or
didn't say).

You must be American ... look op "whining" as opposed to "wining" ...

You're a very petty little man.




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Lee,

sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his ->LG> ->LG> handle as opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

...

I never wined about his handle.

...

Why would I say it if it wasn't true here's the message to Zazz from Ward ->LG> Dossche 10/11/24

...

That's "whining" ... not "wining"... I hope you understand the difference?

Sorry no spellchecker on this program, but you know what I meant.






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LEE GREEN wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

sometimes he posted as ZaZZ in fact you wined when he used his
handle as opposed to using Ruben Figueroa.

...

I never wined about his handle.

...

Why would I say it if it wasn't true here's the message to Zazz from Ward
Dossche 10/11/24

...

That's "whining" ... not "wining"... I hope you understand the difference?

Sorry no spellchecker on this program, but you know what I meant.

Yes, he knows perfectly well what you meant, and you were 100% correct.

Ward (and his swedish-meatball buddy) seem to take pride in being petty,
and playing word games with people. Shady and deceitful is what it is.
They think it's hilarious when others make spelling/grammar mistakes,
and try to make themselves look wise and important from it.

Best to either ignore them, or laugh at their pitiful and petty
existance. They have no other form of entertainment, apparently.




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Lee,

That's "whining" ... not "wining"... I hope you understand the difference?

Sorry no spellchecker on this program, but you know what I meant.

I know what you meant, I also know what you wrote and a spell checker would not have made a difference ... "wining" would not have been flagged.

Aw c'mon, Lee, this was just a humorous interjection ... not the end of the world.

Just enjoy the word play ... There are times I also goof.

Enjoy the week-end,

\%/@rd

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Ward Dossche wrote to LEE GREEN <=-

That's "whining" ... not "wining"... I hope you understand the difference?

Sorry no spellchecker on this program, but you know what I meant.

I know what you meant, I also know what you wrote and a spell checker would not have made a difference ... "wining" would not have been
flagged.

Aw c'mon, Lee, this was just a humorous interjection ... not the end of the world.

Only you and the Swedish meat-head find that humorous.

Just enjoy the word play ...

It wasn't "word play". It was you being petty and mean, for no reason
other than you seem to enjoy doing that.



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Dan,

Only you and the Swedish meat-head find that humorous.

You should try shopping at IKEA one day ... they have a great food selection, contrary to popular belief I don't think their meatballs are that great, but I do love their selection of different kinds of herring in jars.

Other than that, maybe this summer I am going to Sweden to visit the swedish meat-head ... over the years we talked about it, sharing a meal and some alcohol would be interesting, as long as he shuts up about Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid.

In the past I have visited several Fidonet-sysops who thought they had a problem with me ... every time I found an interesting person and it was the end of the hardship.

Just enjoy the word play ...

It wasn't "word play". It was you being petty and mean, for no reason other than you seem to enjoy doing that.

You're just pissed you took the bait even more vigourously than anyone else would have and got caught. I'm sure the Swedish meat-head caught it in a split-second. And he doesn't need that many words to make himself clear, that's a sign of intelligence.

There's no reason for me to be mean towards Lee, we have even never been formally introduced.

Take care,

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On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 13:11:29 +0200
"Ward Dossche" (2:292/854) <Ward.Dossche@f854.n292.z2.fidonet> wrote:

Dan,

Ward hates it when facts get in the way of what he says he said
(or didn't say).

You must be American ... look op "whining" as opposed to "wining" ...

BAM!!! ;-)

Really ... good thing you're not a fish because you wouldn't live
long:
* Baited in the morning
* Caught at noon
* Eaten by evening..

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Let the man lie in peace for fucks sake.
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