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Yes you read that right. Bill Dog is alive and well. We have been in touch and he asked that I pass along his best wishes to GoPam and the rest of the Cannonballers. Fun travels and adventures to you all!

Cheers,

Bill Dog
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You never know what to think when one of the pillars of MV goes radio silent. I’m very pleased to know Billdog is among us and paying attention to the heroics. He is one of the overachievers among us.

It’s like if Chuck Yeager ran the fastest 100m at the Olympics.
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I was half dead for months but his presence has been missed. Even though I am not a cannonballer.
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Tor2ga wrote:
You never know what to think when one of the pillars of MV goes radio silent. I’m very pleased to know Billdog is among us and paying attention to the heroics. He is one of the overachievers among us.

It’s like if Chuck Yeager ran the fastest 100m at the Olympics.
He was banned from modern Vespa not sure why :?
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super-fly wrote:
He was banned from modern Vespa not sure why :?
He had a way of picking on topics. Like, way overboard.
Though there are some times I miss his banter.
He has an interesting way with words.
Glad to hear he's doing OK.
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Bill Dog battle with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia continues and the medication may well have impaired his judgement which is probably why he was removed from the forum as it has a tendency to create a mental fog. This resulted in him not being very good at listening to warnings about his conduct or anyone else come to that.
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Without doubt Bill is a very nice man. His battle and the drugs he has to take do mess with your mind and I'm quite sure his behaviour was considerably affected by them. Regrettably it didn't stop me from having to block his email address. But I did and still do wish him well for the future. I have other friends that suffer the same illness Bill has and they suffer mental fog, paranoia and depression. But the good news is they all seem to be ticking along ok and have done so for many years.

Best wishes to Bill.
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Well to be fair I was never depressed or paranoid but without question the medication had some bearing on my physiology.

The thin veneer of reserve that I used to retain disappeared, mainly because I had nothing to fear anymore which manifest itself as brutal and unwarranted honestly.

I'll challenge anyone to go through that and not fear anything you say post treatment because nothing scares you anymore.

This was often interpreted as provocation but for me I was just speaking my mind.

A lesson learned.

As for the conversation with Stromrider - the details of a private conversation via email found itself on the pages of MV and that wasn't very gracious.

Bill x

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