Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Should the nameless stay nameless
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:03:25 -0800
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOCECACNAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net>

Ah, the intimacies one experiences on this list!
Slobodan Dimitrov


"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
> B. D. stands for Bernard Daniel. I am B. D. to everyone I have known since I
> first began writing professionally, about 35 years ago. My wife calls me B.
> D. My children tell people my name is B. D. Colen. My dogs call me B. D. My
> cat calls me B. D. I use B. D. on my bank accounts, my credit cards,
> everything I write for publication. In other words, like numerous people -
> most of them, admittedly, from the South - which I am not - I use my
> initials as a first name.
> 
> I do not use B. D. to hide my identity, unlike people such as Arthur W.
> Gottschalk, who hides between ArthurWG, and was only identified by a LUG
> member as Arthur W. Gottschalk in the past 24 hours.
> 
> Bernard Daniel Colen
> (Who is virtually unknown by that name)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Brian Reid
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:25 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Should the nameless stay nameless
> 
> > If I was Brian, I would require real names.  The price of admission
> > in my mind.
> 
> Utterly unenforceable. I know one case in which a person has participated in
> the LUG under at least 5 names, and I don't think that any of those is
> actually his real name.
> 
> Anybody know what "B.D." stands for?
> (Anybody care? I don't).
> 
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Replies: Reply from "John R. Fulton Jr." <JRFjr@compuserve.com> (Re: [Leica] Should the nameless stay nameless)
In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] Should the nameless stay nameless)