One of our longest-serving community members, mdg, has passed the 3000 post . . .
. . . mark. Please join me in congratulating him on the milestone. I don't believe I've ever met him in real life. (If we did meet, mdg, my apologies for not remembering!) He's been with us since the earliest days of this site when it was The Purists; if ...
Congratulations mdg ...
It’s great to have you with us in this community and giving us your thoughts and experiences over the many years. I look forward to seeing many more posts in the future. Best regards The Captain
Thanks, Doc...
...I guess slow and steady really does work. I have been around forever in various forums over the years...long enough to know the meaning of IANWO : ) Back in the day I would attend the various lunch get-togethers (those were so much fun) and marvel at t...
Perhaps we've met in the distant past, then, as I attended an event in Carmel . . .
. . . about fifteen years ago. A restaurant in the middle of town, almost directly opposite a vintage watch store. Thomas was there; one of the hosts is named Steve. Attended a few others up north as well, one at a winery and the other at a conference roo...
If I remember correctly...
...the Carmel lunch was sponsored by Harry Winston. One of the attendees had a RW Smith rectangular watch that I've lusted over ever since. I also remember a lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto (Blancpain hosted) where I gave the speaker (JCB?) gri...
Right-o! And I was at the Blancpain event when they introduced the FF that came . . .
. . . in a whiskey bottle. As for a pool game: it would be . . . . . . a pleasure! We can play for the bar tab. Winner pays.
Beautiful story, grats with the ms
I recognize the graphic background. I am schooled graphic technician. More i like graphic design. Create things is so fine, i luv it. To speak Cali, i design with Apple and i like to work old school with pencils and paper. Design and watches, fits well. 3...
I started out pre-Macintosh and learned the...
...layout programs when they were new. Did a lot of corporate ID and packaging design along the way, and ended up designing apps...it was a fun time. Paper and pencil (I like fine-tip ink pens) are still the way to go. And Apple has some of the best graph...
Honestly
I neglected my draw time. Meaning i draw not much now. Designing i neglect also. They have a word for it, but than related to writers. Famous writers who have on a certain time of their life a problem to get words on a sheet of paper. It’s not i am withou...
Our record-keeping goes back to '06 . . .
. . . but I recall seeing mdg's posts well before then. Ed Tonkin's, too. My first post was in November '04. Marcus Hanke was here at the outset, but I don't believe he's posted in the last year or so. Art [Correction: Marcus has posted once in the last m...
I cannot recall...
Exactly when I joined The Purists. I think I remember Marcus being there.
Big Congrats mdg on your 3K milestone!!
So nice to have you in our Community. Keep many more K posts coming! Cheers! Abel
