Hi all. I tell you I'm getting quite depressed when I think of all my friends I had to let go over the passed couple of years. And today the unfortunate news reached me that yet another passed away. When I first met Mr van Bemmel he came into our shop as a customer looking for programs for his beloved Commodore 64. We are talking 1994 here and at that time the C64 was more or less as out of date as it is now. We were having some in the shop because we've always been trading in second hand stuff on new stuff and those computers were traded in every now and then. At first we tried to get him going again but he wanted to do some more and the main thing he was missing was a program he could use to make postcards and menu's and things like that. Nowadays we'd call that a publisher kind of program. We couldn't get him that on his C64 but for PC we had Presentations, a program from the people behind Word Perfect, that could do all these things. So he then made the big step to the new world of PC. Naturally this wasn't a easy step so he needed some assistance to get him on his way. And this is how we got from shopkeeper/customer to good friends. In the beginning I was at their place (Mrs. van Bemmel was still with us then) at least once a week, sometimes more. I really liked the spirit and enthusiasm he put into getting to know this new PC thing. Over time we got really close and for me, having lost my originals grand dads at young age (both them and I sadly), he became the missing grand dad and much more to me. He would call me and ask if I had something to do that night and we end up talking the entire night, not getting to the PC at all. I'm going to miss you mister, big time, and even though I don't believe in things like a afterlife I do hope that you and Mrs. van Bemmel will meet up and look down every now and then. The one you see looking up will nine out of ten times be me. Say hi from me if you see any of the others. Take care buddy.