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<h1>Kicker's Retired :-)</h1>
Hi - thanks for dropping by ... and yup, I've retired.
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For friends, I'm still <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kicker">Faced</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/havcg1">Tubed</a> and, of course, <a href="mailto:hav@hav.com">email</a> still works <strong>;-)</strong>
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I mean, the last 28 years of Internet related stuff have been interesting - and a sort of fun way to close a 45+ year software career HA HA!
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Oh heck, it's all been fun ... wellll - mostly fun heh heh ... I think the MOST fun I had online over the years was the <strong><i>TennisPensacola site</i></strong> ... a LOT of fun .. sadly, I took it down when I shut down my server - so here's a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171011012850/https://www.tennispensacola.com/" target="_blank">Wayback</a>.. It was a fun 10 years or so ... <strong><i>But HEY!</i></strong> ... the second most fun site I've done is still up and going strong: <a href="https://www.backbenimble.com/" target="_blank">BackBeNimble</a> ... HA HA! Took it over @ '95 or '96 in it's first (or maybe second) incarnation - then rebuilt it - and rebuilt it again ... now on its 3rd or maybe 4th incarnation and STILL going strong HA!
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AAAaanyway, except for occasional tweaks or various odds and ends on BBN, I'm done! But HEY! If you're fighting any sort of bodily discomfort, be sure to take a look at <a href="https://www.backbenimble.com/" target="_blank" >BackBeNimble</a> - the personal <a href="https://www.backbenimble.com/medical-tens-unit.htm" target="_blank">Dual Channel TENS unit</a> helped get me through several nasty bouts of sciatica <i>heh heh</i> - and BTW, touch base with Brad over at BBN if you have any questions - he can be terrifically helpful.
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<h1>Offers for the hav.com name</h1>
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<strong></strong> <i>I get a <strong>LOT</strong> of offers to buy the hav.com name - most, apparently, from name brokers or site developers - and most around the $30K range.
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So, if you're looking to buy the hav.com name, just know that <strong>hav.com</strong> has been my online persona for the last 26 <!--<nws>html "[expr [clock format [clock seconds] -format {%Y}] - 1996]"</nws>--> years or so - well, since @ 1996 anyway - and, while I'd be willing to sell, it <strong>will</strong> take a rather astronomical offer to convince me to do so ... just sayin' ...
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<strong><i>Anyway - Thanks - it's been fun! ... I hope this side of the bridge will be as well ...<br/>... I'm thinkin' it will be HA!</i></strong>
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<center>HA HA! Found a Wayback of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141023085719/http://www.hav.com/kick-kick.htm" target="_blank">Kick-kick's old page</a>!!</center>
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<center>HA! ALSO found a Wayback of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141022055522/http://www.hav.com/bear/" target="_blank">Bear's old page</a></center>
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