Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marty, Thanks for the research. I'm fairly new to LUG and have wondered about the origin of the PAW myself. You've saved me the trouble. I hope to actually start posting one day - must come up with a scanner first! Oh well. Take it light. Frank On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:53:59 -0500 freak scene <freakscene@weirdness.com> wrote: > I have spent a few moments seeking the truth > about some LuG history. Curious about the > origin of the PAW (of which Kyle is the > champion but he has also repeatedly denied > status of 'originator') I have uncovered the > following facts. > > Ted Grant suggested a photo-a-day for 1999/the > 'last year of the millennium' > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v04/msg07934.html > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v04/msg08071.html > > Kyle announced your PAW here on New Year's Eve: > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v13/msg06105.html > > Denied status as originator in 2001 here (and > in numerous other places in the archive): > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v19/msg02489.html > > And here is the first mention specifically of > the term PAW by Bob Keene or Karen Shehade (I > think it was Bob who posted): > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v13/msg05706.html > > > So, there you go. Bob Keene, it was all his > fault, um, idea, I mean. > > Thanks go to Brian for maintaining the archive > and providing a simple, efficient search > function to go with it. > > Something that means something will follow, at > some stage. > > Marty > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail > at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > -- > 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