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    Hi all,
    Ive been reading alot of old posts lately.Posts that go back to 2002,2003.... Doing so really does help me figure out directions today.Its weird though as they seem like posts made yesterday. If youve been a member any length of time you have seen members come and go.They move on.Some leave the hobby,some take a break, some literally pass away.I have seen many many like this.Some of these leave a mark. They leave memories and you still think of them from time to time. Id like a thread where we call them out.Some probably still visit here... they stop by once in a while.If you have any of these memorable friends shout out to them. As the forums owner and admin my list is long..and it will get longer the more I re-read old threads. I will start out though with a few...
    Kaceyo
    Tony S
    Bikhu
    Dark Discus
    cary strong(he is back in the hobby but face booker now)
    wahter
    carol_Roberts
    Paul Butler
    Dan Espinoza(Elite Aquaria)
    RandalB
    henryD
    Sly
    Aloha_Discus
    Barb Newell(Rest in Peace Barb)
    Roclement
    Condor
    Tad
    oodi
    Grillmaster
    alpine
    Jim_shedden
    AAdiscus
    hexed
    Bainbridge Mike
    karinS
    Ralph
    Steve_warner
    fcdiscus (rest in peace)
    Rich_long
    Ashay
    patrick
    fred_22
    Don_Lee
    Tyler
    Pat_in_NC
    gary1218
    mench
    Jeff
    Paul_Burney
    discusgeo
    darcy
    Goldfish_in_a_bowl


    I could go on... and will I am sure.Far too many memories here.Many good friends and good discussions. I remember you all and always will.

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    Very interesting 'remembrance' topic, Al.
    I often think along these lines as well, even though my forum tenure has only been just over 7 years.

    One member that immediately came to mind to me upon reading this was "Toni" (Strawberry Blonde) - I always enjoyed her straightforward & interesting posts.
    She came to mind because I couldn't recall her having posted on the forum for around the past year or more. (Although her profile shows her last post here was in May of this year.)
    Are you still with us Toni ?

    At any rate, I for one would like to see more names placed here - it's good to reminisce.

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    KorbiDoc, Dottie Miller founding member of NADA
    Mat with one t, Larry Matencheck, my favorite bad boy
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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    KorbiDoc, Dottie Miller founding member of NADA
    Mat with one t, Larry Matencheck, my favorite bad boy
    Ah yes, Shin Shin. He was such a bad boy he got himself banned. Too bad, he was a wealth of no nonsense information.
    Met him at NADA in Irving, Texas a few years ago. He was very nice in person.

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    I miss him more that anyone who no longer posts. At the last NADA he judged he sat down at an an empty table toward the back. He was a judge. I don't know why he was not sitting at the "important people's" table. I walked in, spotted him and sat down next to him. He said, "I wondered who would choose to sit with me". He and I have always had respect for one other. He knows that I have a good eye and I know that he as an excellent and fair judge.

    He was banned for the last time after having been banned and forgiven 3 times(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) after he went off on some moron who is no longer here. She wanted to decorate her Discus tank with Barbie dolls. Just think of all the knowledge we have missed out on because he's no longer here.
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    I remember:
    SmokeyS (lived somewhere in the north country Alaska/Cananda/NorthWestUSA? an older hobbyist who was always adding tanks and fish)
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    There are some members I miss, TURQ64, NanDiscus, Eddie, Chad Hughes to name a few.
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    Pat I miss Eddie too , as well as other like Vera.
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    I could rattle off a long list of names too after all these years but a few that come to mind are Bob tools, John Nicholson, David Rose, and Apistomaster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    He was banned for the last time after having been banned and forgiven 3 times(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) after he went off on some moron who is no longer here. She wanted to decorate her Discus tank with Barbie dolls. Just think of all the knowledge we have missed out on because he's no longer here.
    wow that is too funny...thanks for the laugh with my morning coffee

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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    There are some members I miss, TURQ64, NanDiscus, Eddie, Chad Hughes to name a few.
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    Yes Pat, I also miss Eddie, Chad Hughes, and TURQ64 too (First name Gary wasn't it ?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by discuspaul View Post
    Yes Pat, I also miss Eddie, Chad Hughes, and TURQ64 too (First name Gary wasn't it ?)
    Yes Paul, it is Gary. He is still active on FB but is totally out of fish now.
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    I remember guys like Tom Barr and George Booth. They weren't huge contributors here on Simply, but they were huge 'sharers of knowledge' regarding all things planted aquarium back in the day... (cerca 1992 - to the millennium). Before the WWW explosion, we find there contributions in the Aquatic Plants Digest email lists, some usenet groups that I've long forgotten. Eventually Erik Olson compiled all of their stuff on theKrib.com (originally theKrib.net) and it's all still there.


    Fun to remember them. If guys like Kasper Horst and Horst E Kipper (authors of the Optimum Aquarium) were still around, imagine how much fun it would be to talk about planted aquariums now with the technology available to us.


    Back to Simply members. I remember a guy named David C or Dave C back on DAAH (Discus as a Hobby... Chad Hughes's 'the other discus site' which was begun by Jim Quarles). Eventually he participated here on SimplyDiscus as well. Sometimes he was a bit direct on DAAH to say the least, but I miss his contributions.
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    Last time I talked to Dave C he was no longer involved in Discus. He was playing with making money on the stock market which held no allure to me at all. Dave C was a smart guy and DaaH was like the wild west. I enjoyed my time there.
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    Dave C was a smart guy.. sometimes a bit of a wise guy too but I like him alot. He knew the art of arguing a point with intelligence not just personal attacks. Its a rare gift. Members like him made for great discussions...not always friendly ones but thoughtful ones.

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