Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A 3 kg cat has kept me ... feeling. Sorry, Larry. Life is life. It's always valuable and the loss is very, very tangible. Daniel On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:13 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > Not trivial to those who knew her. Our condolences on your family's loss. > > Alastair and Helen > > > This is indeed trivial after hearing about Gerry's wife Pat. I have > > lived long enough to lose parents, relatives, siblings, and most of my > > friends so I know how devastating an unexpected death can be. Again, > > Gerry, you have my sincere condolences. > > > > My niece's one eyed race horse, Ruby, died over the weekend of equine > > encephalitis. Ruby was the granddaughter of Seattle Slew but because > > she had lost an eye as a colt none of the large stables wanted to buy > > her. She was destined for a can of Alpo until my niece put in a low bid > > to claim her. Ruby showed real promise as a race horse. Not too good in > > the middle of the pack because of her poor depth perception but once > > she got in front, no other horse could catch her. She won her sixth > > race of the year on August 27 and was prepping for the next race to be > > run Saturday, Sept. 21 when she sickened and died. My niece told me she > > cried almost as much for the death of her horse as she did for her > > mother. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Ruby.JPG.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Ruby+racing.JPG.html > > Larry Z > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >