# Anybody heard from ralph124c? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275 "2015-02-10T02:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/1 "2015-02-10T02:50:39Z")
**ralph124c** ’s particular posting style always tended to engage my attention (and emotions), but it was only today while perusing a zombie thread with a post from him in it that I’d noted I hadn’t seen any posts from him for a while. Indeed, a little sleuthing turned up the fact that he hasn’t posted or been on the board since January 2014! 😕 A further cursory search on my part didn’t turn up any enlightening mention of him recently. I figure I’d query here before sending an email. Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/2 "2015-02-10T03:29:38Z")
I think I criticized his typing one too many times… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/3 "2015-02-10T04:27:22Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I think I criticized his typing one too many times… And so say we all, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/4 "2015-02-10T04:31:58Z")
I heard he got the contract to build the ski lift up Everest. That would surely keep him busy. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/5 "2015-02-10T04:42:31Z")
I’ll note that there is an e-mail address in **ralph124c** ’s profile, in case you want to try that route. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/6 "2015-02-10T05:14:52Z")
I was wondering the same thing. Hope he’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/7 "2015-02-10T18:06:02Z")
I met him at a Boston Dopefest, oh, maybe 7 or 8 years ago. He was a pretty old guy even then. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/8 "2015-02-10T18:08:08Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I met him at a Boston Dopefest, oh, maybe 7 or 8 years ago. He was a pretty old guy even then. Well, the user name comes from what is probably Hugo Gernsback’s most famous (and absolutely wretchedly unreadable) story. Not something any young sprog would pick. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/9 "2015-02-10T18:19:47Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I met him at a Boston Dopefest, oh, maybe 7 or 8 years ago. He was a pretty old guy even then. How pretty, Randolph Scott pretty? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/10 "2015-02-10T18:35:54Z")
If that’s the sort of thing you dream about, you’re welcome to do so. If he’s gone IRL too, he deserves a moment of respect. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/11 "2015-02-10T18:51:02Z")
I’m sure we all have fond memories of his idiosyncratic posting style. Cool your jets and let **Qagdop** ’s thread run it’s course. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/12 "2015-02-10T19:17:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I met him at a Boston Dopefest, oh, maybe 7 or 8 years ago. He was a pretty old guy even then. I met him back then too, or maybe a different Dopefest. Was that the one at Durgin Park? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/13 "2015-02-10T19:19:33Z")
Yes - but I can’t picture _you_. Sorry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/14 "2015-02-10T19:26:42Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I’ll note that there is an e-mail address in **ralph124c** ’s profile, in case you want to try that route. The direct email icon returns that he doesn’t wish to receive emails. I did try sending one to the address listed but it came back as undeliverable. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/15 "2015-02-11T00:41:28Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > The direct email icon returns that he doesn’t wish to receive emails. I did try sending one to the address listed but it came back as undeliverable. Was it something we said? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/16 "2015-02-11T01:06:16Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Was it something we said? That, or death are the most likely possibilities, in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/17 "2015-02-11T01:47:16Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I was wondering the same thing. Hope he’s okay. I hope he’s OK too… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/18 "2015-02-11T15:01:27Z")
It seems hard to believe that it has been a year since he posted… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/19 "2015-02-11T16:59:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > That, or death are the most likely possibilities, in my mind. You underestimate the demonic power of **ralph124c**. E-mails or incantations are liable to stimulate **ralph124c** to rip free of his moorings and prowl the streets in search of fresh prey. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275/20 "2015-02-11T17:09:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > You underestimate the demonic power of **ralph124c**. **[Truly.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_124C_41%2B)** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-heard-from-ralph124c/712275.md?page=2)