Len Davies (my uncle) for never finding the Leica he thought he had in the loft, but finding a Leitz Valoy enlarger instead.
Everyone who ever sold a teenager gear for much less than it was really worth, because they knew it would be used they way they wanted it to be.
Prof. E. J. 'Loony' Harris, Eric Plows, Dick Gee, John Sanders, Winston Halstead, Jack Schofield, Terry Griffiths, Kelvin Brodie, Ronnie Samson, Geoff Poskitt, Steve & Tanya (and Pete), Dick Bryant, Rick Kutani, Michael Green, Roger Saunders, Colin Buck, Richard Bradbury, Eva Beagan, Malcolm Whittle, Ron Taylor, John Henshall and everyone else who opened doors or shut windows at the right times.
All of those hundreds, or maybe thousands, of readers who've been around since the first features in Photo Technique and still come up to say hello at trade shows.
All those contributors who stick around despite the lousy page-rates, worse conversation and no coffee.
Shirley, for putting up with a Web site being created at one end of the office while she's trying to work out something far more complicated and much less exciting at the other...