Help Me Congratulate @Retro Reefer for Receiving the Excellence Award

Retro Reefer · Mar 6, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Congrats !!

KJ said:
Congratulations @Retro Reefer!!!

Geebs19 said:
CONGRATS!!

dantimdad said:
Congrats!

WWIII said:
I already thought! Congratulations @Retro Reefer !!!

Thank you all !!!

d2mini · Mar 6, 2019

SPEECH! SPEECH!

Dsnakes · Mar 6, 2019

About time!

Congratulations @Retro Reefer !!

sfin52 · Mar 6, 2019

Congratulations

Captain Quint · Mar 6, 2019

Congrats my 'Old School' buddy!

Raege · Mar 6, 2019

Congrats

Retro Reefer · Mar 6, 2019

Lowell Lemon said:
Anyone that remembers John and Patty Burleson is excellent already! Didn't they have a young man named Julian Sprung that worked for them...yup!

Thank you !!! This made me smile and feel really old all at the same time

These days when I mention John to fellow Reefers they look at me like I’m from Mars

Your are correct I met Julian there when we where just kids in our 20’s long hair and all

That was a special time in reefing history.

Retro Reefer · Mar 6, 2019

d2mini said:
SPEECH! SPEECH!

I’m working on one

;Hilarious

Dsnakes said:
About time! Congratulations @Retro Reefer !!

I’m a little slow but I’m steady

Thanks guys!

Retro Reefer · Mar 6, 2019

sfin52 said:
Congratulations

Captain Quint said:
Congrats my 'Old School' buddy!

Raege said:
Congrats

Thanks!

reef lover · Mar 6, 2019

Congratulations !!

Lowell Lemon · Mar 6, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
Thank you !!! This made me smile and feel really old all at the same time These days when I mention John to fellow Reefers they look at me like I’m from Mars Your are correct I met Julian there when we where just kids in our 20’s long hair and all That was a special time in reefing history.

It was a special time and I was in my twenties as well. Spoke with Julian, John, and Patty lots of times on the phone and even bought a few things from them. I often wonder what they are up to? We were a small circle of distributors trying to carve out a niche in the aquarium market with Wet/Dry filters and all the associated equipment. I am sure Julian has no memory of me and my company Tricon Technology Inc. Still running the company just in a different industry.

Again you are EXCELLENT and don't let the youngsters tell you otherwise!

Retro Reefer · Mar 6, 2019

Lowell Lemon said:
It was a special time and I was in my twenties as well. Spoke with Julian, John, and Patty lots of times on the phone and even bought a few things from them. I often wonder what they are up to? We were a small circle of distributors trying to carve out a niche in the aquarium market with Wet/Dry filters and all the associated equipment. I am sure Julian has no memory of me and my company Tricon Technology Inc. Still running the company just in a different industry.

Again you are EXCELLENT and don't let the youngsters tell you otherwise!

I believe John passed but I lost touch years ago, we ended up moving out to the Va suburbs and ultimately life got in the way with work and raising kids so Reefing got pushed to the back burner. The Elegance in my avatar was in one of my original Reef tanks back in the late 80’s it came from John