The only one I've met in person is Scott (SCraig). We've met up I think three times now, twice at the Hiwassee Refuge (unless I'm only imaging the second time!) near Chattanooga and once over in his neck of the woods at his favorite hangout, Radnor Lake.
E. Rose and I keep *talking* about meeting up but it's just never happened. Every time I actually make it out to Nashville lately, it's a trip that can't really accommodate a meetup. I'm headed out there again the end of this month, but again, it won't be a trip where I can get away to meet up with anyone else.
One day it'll happen though.
I talked to Ken (480sparky) on the phone a couple of times and let him take remote control of my computer once.
No, seriously, I did. He showed me how to do HDR that way. It was cool, but then sparky's pretty cool!
I got an actual real-life birthday card once from Bitter Jeweler, does that count? It did in MY book; made my day!
And I've gotten a note from Derrel (packed in with the lens on the previous LOA project) that was incredibly sweet, plus I've heard that silky smooth, sexy voice of his, so I feel like we've met. ;-)
There's actually a lot of folks here that I almost feel like I've "met" because of how much interaction I've had with them.
Who I'd LIKE to meet? Gosh there are SO many, really. I won't go so far as to say "everyone" but way more than I could probably list.
Just some of the ones I'd like to meet personally (other than those listed above, all of whom are HIGH on the list to meet in real life):
Pixmedic and his wife
Raj
Lew
Kris (coastalconn)
Matthewo
Jacaranda and Jacaranda_wifey
Hopdaddy
Ronlane
Mishelle (but only in public, in the daytime--I think I'd be scared of her at night, alone! :lmao: )
Minicoop
Paul (PGriz)
Scott (Imagemaker)
Judi (Pixelrabbit)
Ed (oldhippy)
And of course, the OP. ;-)
There are others too, I'm just tired of trying to think of all the names!! If you aren't listed on here, it's probably only because my poor old addled brain couldn't keep producing names and has now pretty much shut down until I give it some caffeine. Or chocolate. Or bacon. Or chocolate-covered bacon with a cup of coffee.
The ones from that list that seem the most likely are Pix and his wife, Matthew and oldhippy, because they are either pretty close to me geographically, or in Pix's case, I have family somewhere close so I could find a good excuse for a visit. Oh, and also Lew, because my brother and s-i-l live in DC. Except if I visited, my brother might not like the idea of my going off to meet some guy I've only met on the internet. Telling him the guy is married probably wouldn't really help matters all that much.
I have good big brothers.
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