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Subject: Re: [Leica] Constructive Criticism
From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee8@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 08:32:49 -0500
References: <000001c2b78f$e7049a00$0f02a8c0@SMKPHOTO>

Thanks! I needed that.

- -Doug

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel M. Kennard" <sam@kennardind.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Constructive Criticism


> Perhaps it's time for something else.....nothing about Leicas...totally
> off topic....
> Criticism always welcome.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Jake, the rancher, went one day to fix a distant fence.
> The wind was cold and gusty and the clouds rolled gray and dense. 
> As he pounded the last staples in and gathered tools to go. 
> The temperature had fallen, the wind and snow began to blow.
> 
> When he finally reached his pickup, he felt a heavy heart.
> From the sound of that ignition, he knew it wouldn't start.
> So Jake did what most of us would if we'd been there in his shoes. 
> He humbly bowed his balding head and sent aloft his dues.
> 
> As he turned the key for the last time, he softly cursed his luck. 
> They found him three days later, frozen stiff in that old truck. 
> Now Jake had been around in life and done his share of roamin'. 
> But when he saw Heaven, he was shocked -- it looked just like Wyomin'.
> 
> Of all the saints in Heaven, his favorite was St. Peter.
> Now, this line ain't needed but it helps with rhyme and meter. 
> So they sat and talked a minute or two, or maybe it was three. 
> Nobody was keepin' score you see-- in Heaven, time is free.
> 
> "I've always heard," Jake said to Pete, "that God will answer prayer, 
> But that one time I asked for help, well-- He just plain wasn't there. 
> Does God answer prayers of some, and ignore the prayers of others? 
> That don't seem exactly square -- I know all men are brothers.
> 
> Or does he randomly reply, without good rhyme or reason?
> Maybe, it's the time of day, the weather or the season.
> Now I ain't trying to act smart, it's just the way I feel,
> And I was wonderin' if could you tell me -- what the heck's the deal?
> 
> Pete listened very patiently, and then, when Jake was done, 
> there were smiles of recognition, and he said, "So, you're the one!! 
> That day your truck wouldn't start, and you sent your prayer a flying,
> You gave us all a real bad time, with hundreds of us trying."
> 
> A thousand angels rushed, to check the status of your file.
> But you know, Jake-- we hadn't heard from you in quite a while. 
> And though all prayers are answered and God ain't got no quota, 
> He didn't recognize your voice-- and started a truck in North Dakota.
> 
> BETTER KEEP IN TOUCH!
> 
> 
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