Roberto is still going strong, by the look of his contributions to the PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/home#section=ARTIST&subSection=3307340&subSubSection=0&language=EN
Jostein 2009/2/16 Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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: [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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
