That "Paul Flint" is somebody else, not yet aged 40 (born Nov 1955, died Feb 2005. Not 'our' Paul Flint, who is quite alive and well. Steve Ramm spoke to Paul just about one year ago, as posted on Phonolist March 22 2008.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Wilenzick" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono forum problem >I don't think it is the same Paul Flint. Maybe his father? > Couldn't someone from New York, that knows Paul of Phonolist, tell us if > Phonolist > Paul is dead or alive? > This thread is ridiculous. > > Ray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Horenstein" <[email protected]> > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:31 PM > Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Phono forum problem > > > Wicked witch of the East. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:51 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono forum problem > > Yes, I just went into that website, did you mean Paul R. Flint age 72 of New > York?? is that the fellow? How do we know for sure it is the same Paul Flint > from > the Phonolist. The reason I asked is that discussion came up before, and some > one > pointed out his passing and than it was contradicted by someone else, so it > was > never resolved. What was it that Mark Twain once said? "The reports of my > death > have been greatly exaggerated". Can we confirm this one way or another > absolutely > positively, just like the coroner in Munchkin City did with the Wicked Witch > of > the West?? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Fraser" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:51:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono forum problem > > Nope, he's been dead since 2005. You can verify it on the Social > Security Death Index (google "SSDI" to find it), plus he hasn't posted > on the list (or board or listserv or whatever), or responded to any > requests since that time. The cat part isn't as easy to verify but > every time I've been told of his death that's been part of the story. > Happens a lot when lonely people with pets die and nobody finds them > for a while. > > > On Mar 12, 2009, at 5:55 AM, "Ron L" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think he's talking about phonolist which is a mailing list >> and not a >> message board. Phonolist was and is Paul's list. He made the rules >> and >> worked hard to keep the list spam/spammer free. Yes it was a PITA >> to get on >> the list. Then he got busy with work. He is still alive and it is >> still >> HIS list. However, someone else is helping him check out new >> applicants, so >> there is little wait time to get on the list, and it is still spam >> free. >> >> Ron L
