Shak - 4:46 pm on Jan 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

I remember that PubCon very much, it was there that I met a lot of people who are now friends.

Funny that 1st time I met Martin, he was very rude and arrogant to me, but during those 2-3 days we got on real well which led to 3 years of very close friendship.

It's a great loss whenever anyone dies, but to die so young is even more tragic.

Martin used to love doing random stuff, at 1 PubCon, we came up with the plan to make £500 for our night out, I acted as his PR AGENT and we very nearly got some unsuspecting member to pay £500 to have lunch with Martin, in the end we scrapped the idea and went out anyway ...

Today has seen me chatting to people who I have not spoken to for a long time, people such as Oilman etc, and we all I am sure felt the same hurt and pain at this tragic news.

I am hearing that there may be a couple of gatherings in USA and Europe in honour/memory of Martin, and I am sure he would have approved of that .

My thoughts go out to his family and friends

Shak