If it's a joke then the originator suffers from assholeism. I'll stand by my first impression of Peter.
DaveP
frogeye@porterscustom.com
Porter Customs 2909 Arno NE Albuquerque, NM USA 87107 505-352-1378 1954 BN2 1959 AN5 Porter Custom Bicycles
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From: Edward Albert [mailto:ealbert01@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:27 AM To: Dave Porter Cc: Tom Sanders; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Peter Koskinen wins prestigious award as reported on IBOB
This is BS! Here is a link to the Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award site. We are talking about a very very different class of "folks." And unless I am very very wrong this is a bad joke!. And not a very funny one!
http://www.ajhs.org/
Edward Albert Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Dave Porter <frogeye@porterscustom.com> wrote:
Peter and his side kick (Sam, I think- there was the 1st meet name confusion, it gets worse with age) stopped here at the shop a couple weeks ago. Actually I wasn't here and I called him to apologize and even though he was 40 miles down the road, he turned around and came back. We'd never met before and I'd say most people would have just kept going. That says a lot about a guy and his ethic. Congratulations to Peter for being a good guy! DaveP
frogeye@porterscustom.com
Porter Customs 2909 Arno NE Albuquerque, NM USA 87107 505-352-1378 1954 BN2 1959 AN5 Porter Custom Bicycles
cars:
http://www.britishcarforum.com/
blog: http://porterbikes.com/
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sanders Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:05 AM To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR] Peter Koskinen wins prestigious qward as reported on IBOB
It has been reported on the IBOB List that our own Peter Koskinen has won
the prestigious Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award. I have no way of
confirming this, but the post goes on to say that "The Emma Lazarus Statue
of Liberty Award is given to an American who
> has made a major contribution to improving the human condition. The
> first recipient of the award was Dr. Abraham L. Sachar, founding
> president of Brandeis University. More recently the award has gone to
> Dr. Armand Hammer, Edgar M. Bronfman, Sylvia Hassenfeld, Aaron
> Feuerstein, Beverly Sills, Sanford I. Weill, 2000, Ambassador Felix G.
> Rohatyn, 2001, Elie Wiesel, 2002, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, 2003, Hon. Edward
I. Koch, 2005, Hon. George P.
> Shultz, 2007, and Sid Lapidus, 2008.
>
> Peter was nominated for his immense contribution to society and his
> recent work in conjunction with several presentations and works on
> behalf of the society. ?Please join me in offering Peter our deepest
salutations."
I can say that Peter sure has made Cirque a lot more interesting in recent years, and is a really fun guy.
Perhaps someone knows just what Peter's contribution that he was awarded this for might be? Again, I am merely passing this information on and have no other confirmation of it. I am hoping that it is not a put on of some sort.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, MI USA