I did not post nor read blogs this weekend. A mini-break as it were. It is with great sadness I discover this morning that Denny Wilson, The Grouchy Old Cripple, has passed on. GOC was the first blog I ever read, I don’t remember how I ended there or from what search. I started reading him every day. A year or so later when I started my blog he was very kind. He sent me a crippleanche early on, boosting my readership. I will miss reading his blog. The world is a little less enjoyable today. RIP.
I remember him back when I blogged.. James Old Guy
ReplyDeleteBlogging was the best. Keep up the good work HB.
ReplyDeleteOne of my fave reads. He will be missed.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a crippleanche?
ReplyDeleteIn the old days a big blogger link would send a huge amount of visitors — an avalanche— to your site. GOC called this a crippleanche.
ReplyDeleteDenny sent hundreds of visits my way at a time when I averaged maybe a dozen hits. Many of those fine folks kept coming back.
That was back before Facebook and Twitter when blogging was big.
Thanks to the GOC kickstart I averaged close to 1,000 visits a day for a time.
I had better content back then.
So very sad. He was a character among characters.
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