On 14 Jun 2003 at 11:30, Dan C wrote: > http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story150854.html A bit of expansion here, on behalf of poor Bob too: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@a1.nl> To: eos@a1.nl Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:46:27 +0200 Subject: EOS Re: Author Bob Shell / Ed Romney / Steve Grimes Cc: infrared@a1.nl, panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au, simonwide <simonwide@earthlink.net>, rpn1@cornell.edu [originally posted to EOS list, CC to IR & Pan list] On 15 Jun 2003 at 15:26, bob@bawbee.co.uk wrote: > For those of you that own, or are thinking of buying, one of this > author's books, the click and read: > > Befor you do, the story contains some indecent allegations and may be > disturbing to some. > > www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story150854.html The most indecent thing is that, even though he might not be guilty, this kind of publicity means he has already been tried, convicted and hanged. And I was not even a friend of Bob. And therefor this article is also a must, about how his friends have come to his assistance: http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story150953.html And some significant details from that article: "E-mail found on Shell's computer suggests the two had engaged in that practice before, the affidavit says." "But she began abusing drugs in North Carolina, and moved to Radford to get away from her habits, Piazza said." Just as sad is the fact that the very reason I didn't like him (even though we did conversate by email a few times), being his Usenet discussions with Ed Romney and Bob Neuman/David Ruether many many moons ago (both of whom I had and have more respect for), is now also a thing of the past, as I also learned today that Ed Romney died on May 23rd 2003, age 71 (or was that April 23, 2002??....his own site even suggests he still writes books!....http://www.edromney.com/links.html) http://herron.50megs.com/related_links.htm <http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Ed+Romney+passed+away&hl=en&lr=&ie= UTF-8&oe=UTF- 8&safe=off&selm=d6f1698c.0305290514.5800d9a8%40posting.google.com&rnum =1> (or http://makeashorterlink.com/?X14B31EE4 for the copy&paste challenged....;)) Same sad thing for another monument of the camera (repair/custom) industry, Steve Grimes (from SKGrimes), having passed away on 16 April this year. http://www.peterkrogh.com/Pages/Links/links.html Last melancholic/cynical note, about where it all ends, and how, by Ed Romney himself: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Ed+Romney+died&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF- 8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=3BFA86DF.B1E63763%40zianet.com&rnum=2 Or http://makeashorterlink.com/?X59B16EE4 Ed and I shared a deep aversion of Ebay btw (in particular the posting of each and every auction on Usenet & mailinglists)....and seeing recent threads on the EOS list about Ebay scams, one can only conclude that Ed was way ahead of his time....;)) -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <w.j.markerink@a1.nl> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
