My initial impulse was to comb through any of sallie's archived posts, to compile something that might impart a glimpse into the man we are missing today. However, that is proving to be more difficult than I had envisioned. After knowing someone over the span of a few years, it's hard to distill the essence of that relationship out of a series of scattered paragraphs.
However, I will say this...sallie was an honorable man and a steadfast friend, and I for one shall sorely miss his presence and his touch here. Several of us on UHall have grown close over the years, and sallie was very excited at the prospect of finally being able to meet one of us (CaesarDOP) in person...just a few days from now. He had been planning for that meeting for weeks now, and as sad irony would have it,
sallie's last post here was happily anticipating that event. He was very family-oriented (as most of us here are), and I was looking forward to those two meeting up as much as they were...I know they would have had an incredibly good time, as kindred spirits.
As for the rest of it...here are just a few pieces that remind me of his style and spirit. Granted, they do not, in and of themselves, very accurately depict my overall impression of sallie, but they may give you a small indication of his history here:
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sallie
(Certifiable)
09/14/02 09:24 AM
roflmao this strange noobie....
I was tending my plants when i saw this verrrry slow walking char
come to my house. Being the friendly sort that i am, I said
hi..after 30 seconds he said hi back...I asked if i could be of
assistance..
he asked me where he can train and buy armor..so i proceeded to tell
him that the npc shops do the training, and he could also by armor
from the blacksmith..I then asked him if he was new to the game...he
said ya...(which i already figured. no one in thier right mind would
play on a system as slow as his). I then proceeded to tell him i had
some armor and weapons that i could give him and took him upstairs
to my locked room..I asked what his str was and he said 46..I'm
thinking OMG...I dont have much for a person that only has 46
str...So I give him a full set of leather armor. And as I'm looking
for a weapon for him he tells me "can you please hurry"
well I find a viking sword of force, a battle axe, and a kat... he
tells me he can't use the viking sword or battle axe, so I told him
to save it and put it in his bank..."where is that" he asks...well,
at this point im a little overwieght, so I said give me a sec and
i'll show you. As I'm putting some of my stuff away he just
sloooowly walks out...
I don't know what the slowest machine is out there that UO runs on,
but he must have it...and it wasn't just lag...i could move very
well, so I knew just from experience that his machine is slow.. I
never did get a TY or a goodbye...he just left... I ran to the bank
and couldnt find him,,,checked all around and still no sign of
him...
that guy is gonna have a lot of robes to get rid of....LOL
[image]/php-bin/shared/images/icons/angryfire.gif[/image] sallie of BAJA
Lord Clyde of moonglow (Baja)
Lord quade (baja)
playing UO since August 7, 1997 (and still a NEWBIE)[image]/php-bin/shared/images/icons/angryfire.gif[/image]
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
10/18/02 05:39 PM
Re: Whats your main characters... Post pics or url's [re: vwcorrado]
LAKE AUSTIN:
sallie
BAJA...
my craftsman
stats
my very first char
stats
my vendor owner
MY FIGHTER
the one im proudest of
Edited by sallie (10/19/02 07:08 AM)
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
07/11/03 05:08 AM
Re: I cant take it anymore...another man done gone.. [re: uohamster]
I really hate to see you leave. It's players like you that UO really
needs. Someday, the scripters will get bored and move on to
something else, while us true UO'ers will still be here plugging
away.
We play the game because we love it. We don't cheat and never have.
We are proud of our accomplishments!!!!!!
As for the GGS system, man ppl should have been around in the early
days when it took a day and a half to get 1.0 in mining...(they
did'nt have the 100.00 back then, just the 100 so all you got was
1.0 at a time) but you would see your skill go from 90 to 91
sallie of BAJA
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
07/01/03 10:22 AM
Re: Happy Birthday to me... [re: AesSedai]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rico....and I wish you many more....here's a six pack
of Iron City beer on me....it's only sold in the Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania area.....drink well my friend
sallie of BAJA
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
07/01/03 10:43 AM
Re: Morning all! *begins brewing the coffee* [re: tazzi523]
MORNIN errr AFTERNOON ALL.....grabs a large cup of Columbian
Supreme....ahhh good ol' fireworks...I remember as a kid back in
the 40's, '47 i think it was, we had a community park where they
always shot off fireworks..and we were allowed to sit so close to
them that i could actually feel the ground shaking. The fighting
ships were my favorite...2 ships made out of fireworks would start
simultaneously then fire "shells" at each other..../php-bin/shared/images/icons/smile.gifahhhh memories/php-bin/shared/images/icons/smile.gif
sallie of BAJA
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
06/25/03 04:45 AM
sets up the ABM, wipes down the counters
grabs a large cup of Jamaican blue mountain coffee.....
walks over to the window sill...*thinks to self*.. well, I guess i'm
getting too old for UO. Memory is failing me, making way to many
noobie mistakes. Just like my grandfathered houses that I lost. I am
glad I got a quick response fron the the E-mail I sent. As I was
filling out the info they asked for I suddenly realized what I did.
The only person to blame is me....for 5 years I never messed with
that particular accnt. But then all of a sudden I transfered a house
to a char on that accnt. That's what caused the grandfathered houses
to decay......oh well, it's not like I used them, it's just that
they felt like a part of me. *hope I don't get laughed at to
much*....
Mornin all....... hope everybody has a great day/php-bin/shared/images/icons/smile.gif
sallie of BAJA
'mornin.... ahhhhh i was up at 5:45 this morning just because i love mornings and to make sure i'm still alive.....
we have sunshine today!!!! yay!!! for a while there i thought one of the mars space probes went off track and did away with the sun /php-bin/shared/images/icons/smile.gif
*grabs a cuppa Seattle's Best and heads on over to the window sill and smiles at the sun* waits for all his friends to show up.
sallie
(Babbling Loonie)
06/06/03 05:57 AM
Re: Morning All! *Waves magic Breakfast Wand* [re: EricOfRhavyn]
crawls out of musty old bedroll, takes a bath in the dirty old
river,
grabs a large cuppa Seattles' Best. The weather here in Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh area) is great today, sun is shining, temp is about 52
degrees, but rain is expected again tomorrow.
*walks over to the window sill and joins all the strangers and a few
friends* enjoys the morning...... HI ALL!!!!!!!
sallie of BAJA
sallie (Babbling Loonie)
08/20/03 08:33 PM
Hyper, there was a time when there were plenty of regular monsters in the hedge maze (ogres, ettins, etc). Once you killed all them (if you survived) you could go to the old wizzards house and just go in the only door there. Well the wizzard was indestructable and you would die there. But if you took the secret entrance (follow the black footsteps at the bottom of the path off to the right just a little) you would go into a tunnel. there used to be artifacts in there. Then you would come out on to some teleporters and end up at the tower where you could escape with your loot...
The hedge maze was the first place that done away with monsters. For the longest time it just sat there unused until they put some more monsters back in so ppl could raise provo or taming.. It's been a long while so my memory might not be totally accurate. But it was a real cool place at one time......
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