I herfed with RICKAMAVEN (RIP) when I was assigned to get him to affix his autograph to a get well card when it was discovered we lived within thirty minutes. By then, he rarely posted...
He finally returned my calls, after several weeks. He was quite the character. He reminded me of a leprechaun, with a mischievous glint in his eyes...
He admitted to me that he enjoyed posting some crap on CBid, just knowing he was gonna rile some guys up. His favorite memories of Cbid were from the Las Vegas herf to honor MACS and his service at which he met many CBid brothers...he thought I'd like to meet those guys...in his estimation they were a good and fun bunch...
Secret: peeps thought he posted in all-caps because he was outraged or angry or passionate...in truth, he had extreme myopia that was not satisfactorily corrected by glasses...his passion was music, many genres...the man had an infinite collection of vinyl, tapes and CD's in his cluttered office...five minutes turned into several hours...
we departed with the intention to get together again; on me as he didn't drive much due to his vision issues...sadly, he passed shortly thereafter.