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Subject: [Leica] On retirement - Ted Nathan Geoff Lluis
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:18:30 +0100
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Yes, I vote for some rehearsals!

Amiti?s from a Sunny Barcelona!

VAMOS!
Lluis 

El 04/01/2014, a las 16:24, philippe.amard at sfr.fr escribi?:

> Great plan Ted!
> Yet I quite agree with Nathan.
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> So, what about just holding rehearsals on May 27, 2029 instead?
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> This would allow for white balance fine-tuning and Single Malt sampling, 
> having the nocti adjustment made by Leica AG and back ..., a couple of 
> pieces of advice from the Master himself. 
> It would be featured in the LUG Book 2029 edited by Geoff a grandfather of 
> 7, etc.
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> This would even allow me to try BW just for saving my own soul.
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> I'm sure Lluis would make a pause in his hard work scanning and join the 
> crew with his M typo 640.2, made in independent Cataluna. 
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> ;-) 
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> Be well all
> Amities de Mutz
> Philippe
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> Message du : 04/01/2014 15:49
> De : "Nathan Wajsman " <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
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> Sujet : Re: [Leica] On retirement
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> 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 ;-)
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