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Needless to say it's been a long, sad day for me. The outpouring on this list,
the guestbook and other places has kept me going since this morning. I have a
package here with parts ready to ship to him. It will be a while until I can
unpack it.

Larry was the "niceness standard" on any Internet group. I tried several times
to give him money for his efforts, which he always refused. I chastised him for
sell stuff too cheap, he joked that he was planning to get "up to $2/hr at some
point". When I ordered some cases with flat rails, he ∗installed them∗ for free.
To say he went out of his way to help people is a gross understatement. It would
not surprise me 1 bit if he, in reality, made no money whatsoever for helping
∗me∗, someone he had only met 1 time (at NAMM). How many of us have done the
same?

We can all learn from Larry's example: that helping people is the best reward.
He was technically customer #6, but will always be #1 in my heart.

I cannot imagine what his family is experiencing right now.

Paul S.