I spent ten years on MM and Vital arguing with g. In my view he was to music what Kempo is to medicine and that with a little more talent he might have made a half decent busker. That said, I miss the old rogue and there's no doubt he was a major influence in the early success of MM. I hope he is OK and if he still owns a computer it would be great to have him on here.
No Gino was/is a little gem, a bit of a scamp at times and a Grade A wind-up merchant but as my Gran would say, "There's no harm in him".
I don't think he posts on MillersMad any longer, or at least when I've dipped into MM on odd occasions over the last 12 - 18 months I haven't spotted any posts from him.
I believe we'd all welcome him both on this and MillersMad - he was rarely dull...unlike his singing. (Sorry G, couldn't resist).
If anyone reading this knows him, or is ever in contact, please pass on my regards to the old lad.
Yes, I hope Gino returns at some point, preferably soon. It would be a boost for either of the main Millers' fans' forums to have him posting once more.
As for Mandy, when I was away or couldn't attend games I found his comments, together with those of DavidR, on games and players very useful guides, as were Deano's match summaries.
Meeting up with CTMiller recently for a swift drink whilst he was over visiting from SoCal, I was amazed to discover the truth about Mandy (or should I say "Mandies" plural?).
CTM has a hobby of tracking down all the people behind the user names on MillersMad, often from working on an ac***ulation of clues dropped over the years, sometimes from just straight forward computer internet searches, occasionally from information gleaned off people he meets on his visits who post on MillersMad.
I'd long suspected the truth as revealed by him about Kempo and why he had his need to display his wealth and medical knowledge, but his news about Mandy's posters was truly shocking!
My lips are, of course, sealed but might be prised open by a couple of pints in TheCutlers next home game.
Heman - if you do have Gino's email, do email the old lad and give him my best.
Kempo: if the truth about you, the disappearance of the Hargreaves Heap trophy from RGS, the weird goings-on in your Boston Park commune (what do you do with all that woad, by the way?), plus your dodgy Betaware gear ever came out, people would cross the road to avoid you.
Oh, I see, they already do....
Nevertheless, your secret is safe with me, at least until I become formally "Boss of the World", when it will be spelt out in large illuminated letters in the sign running around Harrods currently.
(I loved the stunt the disgruntled former Harrods' Father Christmas pulled the other day, locking himself in the control room and spelling out words on the moving sign which, the Evening Standard reported, quite shocked some American visitors. Do Google the story if you don't know it - it's a winner.)
