Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-20 Thread frank theriault
On 6/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HeyFrank. > > Sorry you had to lose a friend and co-worker this way. > > Nice photo and story. Thanks, Dave. Most of us think he he'd have maybe wanted to go that way - on the job, as it were. I appreciate your thoughts. cheers, frank

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-20 Thread brooksdj
HeyFrank. Sorry you had to lose a friend and co-worker this way. Nice photo and story. Dave > On Thursday, the elder statesman of the Toronto bike messenger > community passed away. He was known to all simply as Biker Bob, and > he's been a courier fo

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-19 Thread frank theriault
On 6/19/05, Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Desjardins wrote: > > > We talk a lot about the art and process and digital and film, etc. I > > still think the greatest impact of photography is that it can > > extend a moment in time for us fragile and mortal beings. > > Nice shot

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-19 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/05, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At first it seems a very sad story. But then you realize the guy had a lot of > friends. Go by any Senior Center to see what he missed. May his memory live > long. > > Does that leave you the eldest now? You're right, I think, Tom. As we talked

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-19 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/05, Albano Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Frank, please don't think I was talkin bad about > your job. I was thinking of it in the context of a > third world country as mine (wich is almost > world-first in traffic-accident deaths), and not in > the context of one of the most deve

RE: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Desjardins wrote: > We talk a lot about the art and process and digital and film, etc. I > still think the greatest impact of photography is that it can > extend a moment in time for us fragile and mortal beings. > Nice shot and story. I very strongly agree with that; it's the images w

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-19 Thread Steve Desjardins
We talk a lot about the art and process and digital and film, etc. I still think the greatest impact of photography is that it can extend a moment in time for us fragile and mortal beings. Nice shot and story. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, V

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! You may comment if you wish. No comment, just sadness. Age of 58 is not large enough a number to go... :-( Boris

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Sad story. At least he was well remembered. frank theriault wrote: On Thursday, the elder statesman of the Toronto bike messenger community passed away. He was known to all simply as Biker Bob, and he's been a courier for longer than anyone cares to remember. Most thought that he was one of

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good shot, Frank, very good, and a fascinating story to boot. May he rest in peace. Paul On Jun 18, 2005, at 3:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thursday, the elder statesman of the Toronto bike messenger community passed away. He was known to all simply as Biker Bob, and he's been a courier fo

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Albano Garcia
Hey, Frank, please don't think I was talkin bad about your job. I was thinking of it in the context of a third world country as mine (wich is almost world-first in traffic-accident deaths), and not in the context of one of the most developed ones, such as yours. All the best Albano --- frank the

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/6/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >On Thursday, the elder statesman of the Toronto bike messenger >community passed away. He was known to all simply as Biker Bob, and >he's been a courier for longer than anyone cares to remember. Most >thought that he was one of Toronto's

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Graywolf
At first it seems a very sad story. But then you realize the guy had a lot of friends. Go by any Senior Center to see what he missed. May his memory live long. Does that leave you the eldest now? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread frank theriault
On 6/18/05, Albano Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sad history, Frank. I used to be a huge bike fan years > ago, and thought a lot about being a bike courier when > I worked as a pedestrian messenger. But being a bike > messenger in Buenos Aires traffic for a 150 usd > payment and no health

Re: PAW: Biker Bob, R.I.P.

2005-06-18 Thread Albano Garcia
Sad history, Frank. I used to be a huge bike fan years ago, and thought a lot about being a bike courier when I worked as a pedestrian messenger. But being a bike messenger in Buenos Aires traffic for a 150 usd payment and no health insurance persuaded me. I'm trying to go back cycling, I'm too s