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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AF> [email protected] AF> Sent: Monday, 16 February 2009 4:19 PM AF> To: [email protected] 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> [email protected] 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
