Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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). > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html