Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1! Tina On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I will buy into the party bit but would not mind a postponement of the > main event. > > On 4 Jan 2014, at 08:29, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > > > Brian Reid OFFERED: > > Subject: Re: [Leica] On retirement > >> This is one of the best things I've read on the LUG in quite a while. > Thank you, Larry. I'm 64 and a number of my peers are retiring. I hadn't > been able to put my finger on why I didn't want to retire, but this nails > it. A week after I no longer have anything to do, I know I will drop > dead.<<<<<< > > > > Hi Brian, > > No you can't do that with a little planning as in: HERE'S THE PLAN! :-) > I'm serious! ;-) > > > > My plan with everything ready for number TWO SON to make it work! ;-O > > > > PLAN "A:" > > DROP DEAD DAY EVENT PLAN: DAY of the 100th birthday? 27 May 2029. > > > > 1/ UNDERTAKER IS ORDERED FOR THE FINAL DAY! > > 2/ small but great little band is hired! Guests can boogie all night! > > 3/ An excellent caterer with all wonderful food arranged! > > 4/A Bar-Master, assistant and all the bottled liquids required ready. > Taxis's ordered to > > drive folks home or to their hotel upon retiring. > > 5/ A clean-up crew to set the house, back deck and gardens back to > cleaned space. > > > > Now you'll ask.... " How the heck do you know that's going to be the day > and have everything in place?" Easy! > > > > Because during my life and the many near death events I've survived and > absolutely sure I wouldn't survive past 40 due to Stock car crashes as a > driver along with a couple of years driving Sprint cars on dirt and paved > tracks. First day out in a brand new Sprint coming out of number 4 corner > for the staightaway and flipped it off the track and landed up-side down > cut me up a little? Survived covering two wars, 1967 Mid-East "6 Day War" > And the next year a spot of time in Viet Nam. > > > > Now the simplicty of this plan hinges on the TV weather gal in Vancouver > as she does every evening before her forecast. She names a bunch of "elders > who've reached high end birthdays that day the youngest being 100." Then > she carries on with the weather. > > > > Now on 27 May 2029 and she announces.... "Over there in Victoria Ted > Grant hit's the big 100!" > > > > And with that? It's the signal for action! Yer going to love this part! > :-) > > > > 1/ I drop dead! > > 2/ The undertakers jump to action. Get rid of body! That's me with a > Leica in hand! > > 3/ The band get's rockin' and rollin' > > 4/ Bar keep opens bar! > > 5 Caterar opens tables laden with food! > > And evryone is going to have a wonderful party while remembering the > "Old photog a bit crazy" who just hit the silk as not a bad ass old guy > afterall! :-) > > > > So is it a plan or not? > > > > Oh yeah! All you LUGGERS and LUGGITTES are on the guest list! So nobody > goes before 27 May 2029! Be there as it's going to be a wild and crazy > "WAKE!" > > > > Now didn't I say you'd love the plan! :-) > > > > cheers everybody and come early! ;-) As it's going to be one of the all > time GREAT photographer parties. Cameras are allowed..MUST BE A LEICA OF > SOME KIND!:-) > > BUT NO FLASH! > > > > Cheers CREW, > > ted :-) > > > > AKA ... Dr. Ted ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com