Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking as the one who was occasionally confused with "Leica_Bob" (I
had to user-name myself OK_Bob to differentiate but there still may
have been occasional confusion, which is hard to believe because no
one could ever suspect me of being wittily insulting) I can only add
to the communal sense of dismay and sadness.
No photos here, just memories of great online conversations in years gone by.
--Bob Baron / Oklahoma City
==On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu>
wrote:
> It is with great sadness and disbelief that I have learned of the passing
> of Lugger Martin Howard who died suddenly while on a business trip to Sau
> Paulo, Brazil. There are no further details on the circumstances at this
> time.
>
>
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> I remember specifically Martin writing a "bot" (short for roBOT) for the
> Leica IRC chat channel where he was a frequent participant
> (lugirc.availabledari.com #leica) His bot, dubbed "Leica Bob" pretended to
> be a very obnoxious Leica owner. It would react to words that people
> posted ("Noctilux" and "Tilly" being two that come to mind) and retort
> with ... fabulous hilarity and witty insults -- leaving many an
> unsuspecting Leica Owner baffled as to just who "Leica Bob" was and why he
> hated Nikon's so much. I actually remember laughing so hard it was
> difficult to breathe sometimes when Leica Bob would pipe up from nowhere
> and join a conversation.
>
>
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