R.I.P Paul Allen

[Bad Wolf]

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died.

 

Remember when he was going to buy us?

[trousers]

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-1609480/Microsoft-man-to-bid-for-Southampton-FC.html

[alpine_saint]

R.I.P.

 

Whether he was really interested in buying us or not (and I still think there is no smoke without a fire, even if he only looked at us briefly), he still had a major impact on our lives through IT innovation.

[Saint Billy]

Someone better tell the guy strapped to the buoy doing the Solent yacht watch that it’s all over.

 

R.I.P fella.

[benjii]

He's finally hit the Start button.

[ladysaint]

Was he the one who we thought posted under the pseudonym of Tommac or Help me Rhonda. RIP Mr Allen.

[benjii]

Was he the one who we thought posted under the pseudonym of Tommac or Help me Rhonda. RIP Mr Allen.

 

No. Tommac was one of the numpty middlemen in the fictitious deal.

[Dusic]

Was he the one who we thought posted under the pseudonym of Tommac or Help me Rhonda. RIP Mr Allen.

All IMHO of course,

 

Morph

[SuperSAINT]

Was he the one who we thought posted under the pseudonym of Tommac or Help me Rhonda. RIP Mr Allen.

 

- Tommac was Tom McLoughlin.

- Help me Rhonda worked for some American bloke (Dan Williams?) who wanted to buy us.

[Heisenberg]

R.I.P.

 

Whether he was really interested in buying us or not (and I still think there is no smoke without a fire, even if he only looked at us briefly), he still had a major impact on our lives through IT innovation.

 

True that!

 

RIP

[Cabbage_Face]

RIP Sweet Prince

[Pamplemousse]

So this means we’re stuck with Gao forever then?

[warsash saint]

Golden days of this forum ... back when it was an interesting place to be!

[hypochondriac]

I miss Saint David. I spoke to him once on the phone. He was slightly insane.

[saint lard]

RIP Mr Allen

 

The good old days of the forum.

Barry the briefcase. and getting up extra early to listen to a radio talk show in the states discussing Mr Allens’ alleged involvement in a takeover at SFC.

 

The conspiracy theories were rife.

Some really intriguing ITKs.......and many pretending to be.

 

 

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[Verbal]

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-1609480/Microsoft-man-to-bid-for-Southampton-FC.html

 

You know as well as I do who the 'source' close to Allen was.

 

Funny that Alpine still believes a single shred of it was ever true.

[verlaine1979]

But, but - he saw the value in taking our unique 'family club' brand global! Who will do it now??

[simo]

I guess he's not buying Chelsea either then !?

[jasonb]

Halcyon days of the forum as has been said already.

 

Was his yacht ever moored up in Southampton?? I have a vague memory of a photo of it.

 

Haha, the hours we've all invested.

[Saint Billy]

I’m sure I remember back in the good old days that Paul Allen stated that he was never interested in purchasing Saints.

 

I'm sure Franks Cousin will verify.

[Pamplemousse]

But, but - he saw the value in taking our unique 'family club' brand global! Who will do it now??

 

Apparently he's giving most of his fortune to 'charitable causes' so you never know, we might get lucky after all.

 

Or maybe he's put in a good word for us and Bill Gates will come calling.

[Bad Wolf]

I guess he's not buying Chelsea either then !?

 

Wasn't he also to want to buy Sheff Wed too?

[Micky]

The whole thing was myth.

 

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[verlaine1979]

The whole thing was myth.

 

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I don't even think it was a myth. I think it was a very successful wind-up playing on the vanity of some of our fanbase.

[percy windham]

Had the pleasure of meeting Paul Allen at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

[eelpie]

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died.

 

Remember when he was going to buy us?

 

RIP Paul Allen

Sorry we missed your boat.