MilesBuzz! - Who's Doc?

Who's "Doc", and where does he find the time to keep all of us so marvelously well-infored?

Everyone knows "DOC" was one of the seven dwarfs! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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0524 - Doc has an e-mail address listed in his profile. Your question will be better addressed if you direct it to Doc directly, and not on this Board. Just my $.02 worth...

You deserve a refund of your 2 cents

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Hi 0524 .. Doc provides an enormous resource to users and readers of FlyerTalk.

As far as I am aware he does it for no fee, but just enjoys assisting others here with posting all kinds of airline and travel related information. There are few if any boards on FlyerTalk where Doc has not added news pieces, often very regularly.

There is not much happens in the airline related world that is not posted on these boards by DOC. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif



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~ Glen ~

doc should go to the millionaire show, or did he already?
please mention us to regis, doc! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I posed this question publicly before (being quite positive about Doc's contributions) and asked if he got paid by FlyerTalk. He said "Of course" but he was leaving the job to spend more time with family.

That hasn't happened (to all our benefit). One of the replies in the other thread suggested Doc was really several people. So let's come clean here Doc: did your flight home get cancelled, do you have 10 coworkers named Doc, are you Randy Peterson in disguise?

Doc was Alexander Graham Bell's assistant.

...Also Sherlock Holmes'. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

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FT's better half http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

which is appropriate as at least 50% of the reason I frequent FT are Doc's excellent contributions. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Good Doctors work hard, in the best interests of the community they live in.

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~ Glen ~

I thought he was Elmer Fudd (you know...What's up, Doc?)

Thanks again for making this a great website
Doc http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

How come doc is just a member and not an FT Evangelist? How do you get that honor??

Doc IS an FT Evangelist (see his post above). You get that great honor by posting 250 times. No charge!

Bruce

I thought doc worked on The Love Boat with Julie, Gopher, and Isaac?


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And from what I can tell from one of Doc's posts in the trip report forum, Doc is a she, not a he.

What a truly bizzare thread. I love it!

yeah.... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif

Reminds me of an old knock knock (or was it Doc Doc)joke.

Doc is not a she, so don't be reading anything into his post. I consider him one of the brighest people we have on the board and he has been an amazing keeper of past, present and future threads. I look forward to seeing more of Doc on FlyerTalk.....my 2¢.

Hear, Hear! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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~ Glen ~

doc,
I know we differ of the subject of NW, but, I really appreciate your contributions to the boards! (appreciate, but not always agree!!)

-RKG

Are you enjoying this yet Doc? Would you like somebody to rub your feet?

doc has been to several user meets so he's definitely a he and not just a computer http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif I'd like to add my appreciation for his posts.... excess is better!


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I've got to chime in too. Thanks for the wealth of information that you share here Doc, and for looking up old threads that I and others are just too lazy to try to find with the arcane search engine. Maybe you don't use that--do you have all the threads memorized? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif

Sincere thanks to Doc for adding so much value to these boards.

Originally posted by bdschobel:
Doc IS an FT Evangelist (see his post above). You get that great honor by posting 250 times. No charge!

Bruce



But his profile says he is a member though his posts say he is an Evangelist. I guess the doc is yet to earn the Profile software's respect.

And that gets me wondering http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/confused.gif.
How can people be so sure that doc is not a computer; the person others met could have been a humanoid, or another person bribed to impersonate doc by the ever powerful computer (perhaps a junior member being comped to an FT Evangelist in return) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif. After all, the profile software knows something that we do not know; that is why it still lists doc as "just a member".

(no offense meant to doc.. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif).


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Add me to the grateful list.

I wonder if DOC is concerned about the 10 millenium issue at flyertalk. The bulletin board can only count posts up to 9999. When you post number 10,000 all your frequent flyer points expire.

Jay http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

doc has taken since May 1999 to accumulate slightly over 8,000 posts, while ozstamps has totaled over 2,000 since June 2000, who will reach 10,000 first?

WHO CARES! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif

Ah yes, more wisdom and useful advice for us all, and intelligent travel input from someone called SNAKE who tells us he lives under a rock, lists interests as "rodents, and other low life" and hides behind not posting an email address.

More Docsand less snakes please.



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~ Glen ~

Thanks everyone! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Vacation time! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

As Randy has suggested, let's "talk travel"! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

OH MY GAWD, doc is in the clinker.

http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/08/24/pa_west/WDOC24.htm

Hey Doc

Isn't this thread nice for a change? Usually, you are getting blasted by someone for too many postings.

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newself:
I was just thinking the same thing!

I was afraid that after being forced to fly TWA last night that I landed in an alternate universe or something.


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"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."

I have always been appreciative of doc's postings, and I hope he keeps up the good work, regardless of what some may say.

Hey Doc, when are you coming to London so I can get that beer you owe me? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

In days gone past he would have ridden a horse, worn a mask, left silver bullets behind and people he just helped would have remarked as he rode off into the sunset "Who was that masked man?"

Today we can reply, "That was Doc."

Doc was Dick Turpin??

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif The Essex highwayman, I think not.

I think beetee was referring to the Lone Ranger for those outside the US (one of the benefits of having an American wife is that she can translate for you http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif ).


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Don't know how he does it, keeping us all up on the latest happening in the world of flying. He must have 15 computers and 10 newswires going simultaneously, but however he manages to accomplish the fine information gathering and postings that he does for FT, he does it extremely well, often with a touch of humor, frequently with much needed patience and tact. May I also offer my thanks and support for a job well done.
Many thanks DOC, (Mark).
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I think this is on topic: http://www.cerbslair.com/ltcc/Whatsup.wav

If Doc's the Lone Ranger, which contributor is Tonto?

ozphilatelist.

Be careful essxjay .. they are stil looking for the horse!

http://www.toymania.com/334archives/lone/tonto.shtml

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~ Glen ~

I imagine doc in a setup like in Sliver -- dozens of TV monitors all around, monitoring all frequent flyer information as it comes in.

Or he's a robot, what the heck do I know?

<grin>

dg1 .. get serious. If you had 20 secret TV monitors trained on Sharon Stone in all sorts of .... ummm "interesting" private situations like in Sliver, would YOU mess around with FlyerTalk!? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif

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~ Glen ~

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I must say...when I come to this great site, the first one I look for on good advise is of course "The Good Doctor" thanks Doc for all you have done.

"...and finished in beautiful burled walnut trim..." Now there's first hand advice. At least we know the control key and the letters C and V work.

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And to think Doc is on vacation and missing all of this!

I suspect he'll be back.

Just curious, is doc a medical doctor, a PhD., or something else?

i suspect arturo is also Doc.... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Arturo predates Doc and is a member of the Ozstamps-termed "Old Boys Network". http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

in that case, who is arturo? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Originally posted by belle3388:
in that case, who is arturo? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif


Only arturo, Punki and Old Gold know. And they ain't tellin'.

Hey geo -- I don't think even Punki and Old Gold know -- more like they have better defined suspicions.

We all have our theories on arturo...

Only arturo knows arturo...

I thought Arturo was snake... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/confused.gif

"Mommy, when I grow up (and am no longer a newbie) I want to be a Doc-tor !!" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

"Shares of generic drug firm Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. tumbled on Wednesday after the company warned of sharply-lower-than-expected earnings for the rest of the year related to its recent acquisition of Schein Pharmaceutical Inc."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-watsonpharma.html

Oops! There goes the family fortune! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif


BTW- "Nice" one, MisterNice! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Believe it or not, I've been through Darby too! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

James - I was waiting for "ya'all" to join the ECU so as to take advantage of the US dollar exchange versus the comparatively weaker currency - but it seems that, alas, the exchange rate (for we US folks) has already improved. So I'll certainly be off to London soon, so I can finally get you that beer! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif Are you planning to come into the city or do I need to go out to the "burb"s? With the price increases, I may well be avoiding "those" hotels I'd selected too! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif


Thanks again everyone! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

"A Mastic Beach man who was staying at a Ronkonkoma hotel to catch an early morning flight to Arizona from MacArthur Airport was found shot to death in a deserted area of the hotel parking lot Monday night, Suffolk police said.

Mark Watson, 27, of 111 Alder Dr. checked into the Holiday Inn on Veterans Highway Monday evening with his girlfriend for a one-night stay before his flight to Phoenix, said Det. Lt. John Gierasch, commander of Suffolk's Homicide Squad."
http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/news/wednesday/nd3914.htm

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Some will be happy and some will be sad - but I'm still alive and kickin'! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif


Condolences to the Watson family for their loss.

As another thread is titled "DOC ROCKS" http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif