Bruce, Agreed on Malfud=Kirkland Ramsey III and Bruce R. trolling for Nikon. I too miss Roberto Burgos. Shortly before he dropped out, he announced the 5th anniversary of his cancer survivorship. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Bruce Dayton <bkday...@daytonphoto.com> wrote: > Boy, all these characters bring me back. We were all thinking that > Mafud and Kirkland Ramsey III were the same guy. There were some > real roller coaster postings in those days. I still see Rubenstein > on Photo.net once in a while - he was doing wedding work in NY > shooting Nikon if I remember correctly. > > I remember Roberto Burgos who seemed like a great guy. Sorry to see > him leave. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Sunday, February 15, 2009, 10:15:59 PM, you wrote: > > AF> The crazy young guy was probably Brad Dobo, but could also have been > AF> Kirkland Ramsey III. At about the same time there was also a person, > whose > AF> name I forget, who was enough of a script kiddy and troublemaker to send > AF> inflammatory spoofed emails posing as legitimate members. I got into deep > AF> shit over a message from me that I never sent, it took me some time to > sort > AF> out that trouble, and had some convinced that I was The Who. Eventually > he > AF> left when he set up a rival Pentax forum and tried to poach our > membership. > AF> I wonder if that forum is still online. > > AF> And then there was Bruce Rubenstein who seemed like a decent guy, but > turned > AF> out to be a fanboy for Another Brand who was trolling us for our indignant > AF> responses. Are you still lurking out there, Bruce? > > AF> Regards, Anthony > > AF> -----Original Message----- > AF> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > AF> eactiv...@aol.com > AF> Sent: Monday, 16 February 2009 4:19 PM > AF> To: pdml@pdml.net > AF> Subject: Re: 11 years (was: 4 years) > > AF> Checking the PUG -- I submitted my first photo in December 2002 (film, > AF> K1000). That probably means I joined the list a month or two before. > Mafud > AF> wasn't > AF> around, but soon a crazy young guy was. Everyone tried to help him with > AF> photography advice and initially he seemed very grateful. But eventually > he > > AF> started raving at several members (WW in particular) and finally left. I > AF> totally > AF> forget his name, it is better left in the misty past. > > AF> However, that's not what I really remember. I remember asking lots of > AF> newbie > AF> questions; labeling them newbie questions. WW was very helpful, graywolf > AF> too, and lots and lots of others. I must have asked about ten or more > AF> newbie > AF> questions over a period of months. I was totally impressed with the > AF> willingness > AF> to share experience and knowledge, so I stayed -- dropping off list now > and > > AF> then. Mainly when I got too busy to keep my mailbox cleared out. Or > simply > AF> when it got so full that I was kicked off list. ;-) > > AF> I also remember appreciating frank well before a lot of others did. But > AF> that > AF> may be self-flattering hindsight. > > AF> Heh. > > AF> Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > > AF> -- > AF> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > AF> PDML@pdml.net > AF> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > AF> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
