ED209[Purist]
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A toast to Dr. Mao for ThePuristS site
A toast and huge 'Thank You' to Dr. Mao for ThePuristS.com site, and wishing continued success in the new AP forum on PuristSPro.
For me, the past few years have been an amazing journey with the PuristS. I started out in late 2007 as a lurker, then luckily met Dr. Mao and a few local SoCal PuristS moderators at a PuristS event, and then accepted the honor of being one of the PuristS AP moderators, and about 2 years ago joined the PuristSPro team as a moderator.
I've had so many fond memories over the past few years like celebrating a career achievement:
A fun trip with the PuristS gang in the United Arab Emirates:
an incredible visit to AP to celebrate my birthday:
Some of the times were sharing wonderful meals with fellow PuristS Moderators:
And of course the IGOTT2 PuristS 10th Anniversary in Las Vegas:
Here's to Dr. Mao and the wonderful thing he created called ThePuristS and wishing the best with the evolution to PuristSPro.
Cheers,
ED-209
Like many others, here, I started there, on the old site, which makes me feel sad, today.
By: amanico : July 1st, 2012-07:07
To kinow that ThePuristS is close is not good news. This place was a strange place, at firstsight, with connoisseurs only, a bit intriguing, a lot impressive, and sometimes frightening. But what a place! A place where I learnt a lot, due to the contributi...
An important chapter closes!
By: Gary G : July 1st, 2012-08:21
And a very important one for me and my appreciation of watches and photography. I hadn't posted much on the Photography site over the past few years, but what a place! Great images and wonderful advice from people with deep experience and both technical a...
Clarification
By: AndrewD : July 1st, 2012-14:58
ThePuristS AP, Automotive, WFED, Travel and Pen Forums are now closed and read only. ThePuristS Photography Forum continues (with login required to post) as does Belles Lettres (with login required to both read and post). Andrew
Ms. Pumpkin...
By: ThomasM : July 3rd, 2012-09:45
is still around. In fact, some of us were graced by her lovely presence just recently at the PuristSPro Harry Winston dinner at Le Bernardin in New York. :-) Belles Lettres can be lively (and will always be smart :-) ) once again... Cheers, Robert, glad t...
Thank you....
By: KIH : July 1st, 2012-21:38
.. I am relatively new, but went back and forth to see how it was and archives. Sad. But like many said, the end of one is the start of another. Live goes on and we are still here, and we are still all friends and family. Ken
Sad Day :-(
By: SALMANPK : July 2nd, 2012-01:25
I will miss the old place, it was unique, it was special and there will be no place like it ever again. At least I have the memories and the great friendships I made. Thank You Dr. T, Dr. MTF, Lord Arran, Dr. B, DRMW, ED209, JerryW, AV and all my friends ...
The King is dead ...
By: AndrewD : July 2nd, 2012-03:08
... long live the King! ThePuristS is the patriarch of all we have here today. There was nothing really like it in 2001. It wasn't the only horology site on the Internet, but it approached collecting, and drilled down to the intrinsic value of watches, li...
A very special place...
By: Tim Jackson : July 3rd, 2012-12:26
I came across thePurists web site late one evening many years ago, not even sure when it was, regarding wine, and stumbled onto the WFED forum. From here I contacted Thomas in regards to a particular wine and the rest as the saying goes is history. I fair...
Thankyou...
By: hans_jorgen_1968 : August 13th, 2012-09:51
... Came a little late, but better late than .. Anyway, I started here on watchprosite. The place I enjoy the most... Due to: -you guys around here -good and proper posts (most times :-)) -I learn something. Might only be a twist. -good discussions, with ...