I did, but only because I started a private dialogue with him after we met at the first RustyQ.
And yes, you left out a few other things, too. The guy was a frickin' genius. Dan --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] bye bye Marshall > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 1:10 AM > he was a very shy man, but he lived > several lives in one. USMC in Korea. > worked on night of the living dead with romero. > circus clown (literally!). > anatomy professor. and i probably even left a few > out. > > people who know me can tell you that i rarely court anyone, > but i respected > marshall so much that i courted him. when sexton > wanted to start the > mbz.org lists, i told him flat out it was a non starter > with me unless we > could get dr booth to join. when we rolled out the > red carpet and invited > him to atlanta for rustyQ, he got the jitters (man, was he > ever shy!) and i > jumped through ever hoop he presented to get out of it a > number of times > when normally i'd have just told anyone else where they > could go. > > and unlike the rest of us blowhards, he never said a word > in self praise. > learning anything about him was like pulling teeth. > how many of you even > know the little bit I put forward above? > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Wonko the Sane <don.b...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Marshall definitely had his shit in one sock -- one of > the highest possible > > naval service compliments. (It is actually on Wiki.) > > > > I am sure Wilton has a USAF counterpart, such as > "number of take-offs > > equals > > number of landings." > > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > marshall is historically the only reason this > list exists. the whole > > > mbz.org list system (apart from banned) was > contingent upon marshall's > > > agreed participation. had marhall said > "no", the plan was to never start > > > the diesel list. > > > > > > just a bit of old school trivia for those of you > who might still care > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The young officer thought it very odd that his captain > seemed to trust and > > confide in his chiefs more than his wardroom, but > mustang officers had > > their > > own ways. > > -- Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090812/5f3070aa/attachment.html > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090813/69f6ac06/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
