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Subject: Re: A Monument for Bob Hyatt, Memories from Rolf

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 06:40:18 02/07/04

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On February 07, 2004 at 04:08:10, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On February 06, 2004 at 23:59:24, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>From my perspective -- Bob is about the same as he was 5-7 years ago.
>>
>>You have mellowed - you seem to be a nicer fellow now.
>>
>>Some things really do get better with age.
>
>My real age didn't change much but of course many people took my performance of
>a 23 y. old punk on usenet for real, what a pity. Later in a German forum they
>were personally offended, because for almost one year and a half, people
>believed I were a woman called Sonja Neumann. Do you really think that this
>affected my real being as a nice fellow? How could you know?
>
>I think that it is by far not yet researched to what extent different
>personalities are affected by virtual realities. Satires, usenet, all that can
>be really threatening to some people who confuse the being with its appearance.
>
>Rolf

I must say that Bob Hyatt's appearance blew my mind.  I thought he would be like
one of those Karate masters you see on television sometimes.

How much of a shock would Rolf's picture be?  I see the Einstein hairdo whenever
I think of Rolf.  In my imagination, he wears a flea-bitten old sweater and is
anything but sexy.  : )

Bob D.



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