Since we don't have a bar to adjorn to, we'll have to hold the wake right here (as Ray would have wanted).
So the rules are simple; tell us something about your relationship with Ray and then have a sip of the cold one of your choice in rememberance.
Who's going to go first? What? OK just one story...
Ray had to come to Kansas City for a conference and I met him for a steak. I didn't exactly know what Ray did for a living, but I had a couple of clues. His .sig in those days was from llnl.gov, that clue escaped me for awhile until I remembered where Ray lived and I figured it was the Lawerence-Livermore National Labs (hot stuff). So why's he coming to KC? Opps, Allied Signal built the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons in KC. Hmmmm.... Then one day on the list someone was talking about airbags and Ray responded with a long technical answer regarding the 'squib' explosive charge that actuates the bag. Double hmmmmm... Seems like Ray knew an awful lot about what it takes to get to get a 'fire' started. I believe that if you needed something blown up (like a large city ;-), Ray was your man.
Thanks Ray, for being my friend!!
