I finally remembered where I’ve met Roger Dean before. He used to be on IRC using a female nickname. I recall he turned up at an IRC social gathering around 1996. We were all supposed to rendezvous on Sydney Town Hall steps and was shocked that the “girl” who turned up and wanted to meet me was actually a bloke. And no Roger Dean wasn’t transsexual, he used the female nick to get to talk to people – he claimed no-one would otherwise talk to him. He came across as very lonely and isolated. It was quite a while ago but I never forgot their face. The news coverage jogged my memory.
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