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Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW19: Relief
From: masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)
Date: Mon May 16 13:49:31 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20050516155130.03106648@imap.duke.edu> <BEAECCD7.296D%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

I second Phillipe's sentiments  - its getting dangerous on the roads
around here. Keep off your feet , get better, and make sure you strap
that leica in when you're driving around!


Dave

On 5/16/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
> Sorry to hear yuo had an accident, Aaron.
> Luckily you both didn't get harmed.
> 
> > From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:06:02 -0400
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW19: Relief
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I didn't shoot much this past week, as we were in a car crash on
> > Tuesday.  Fortunately we are all fine, but with my wife being pregnant we
> > spent some time under observation in the hospital followed by a few very
> > sore days for me and much time spent talking to insurance agents, body
> > shops, car rental places, etc, etc.  I was a bit more tossed about than
> > Allison, as I am a little too tall to fit properly in the seat of a car 
> > and
> > had also tensed up when I saw the pickup truck in my rear-view mirror 
> > just
> > before it smashed into us as we were stopped waiting for someone in front
> > to turn left.  I think it must be some kind of cosmic punishment...we had
> > bought our first-ever brand new car in February (the first time I'd ever
> > owned a car under 8 years old, in fact)...it hadn't even had its oil
> > changed yet...still waiting to hear whether it can be repaired or is
> > totalled.  Oh well, we are all fine and it's only a car.
> >
> > On a brighter note, we also had a good occasion this past week: the first
> > PhD defense of a member of my close group of friends who all met when we
> > arrived here at Duke together almost 7 years ago.  Afterwards, the new 
> > Dr.
> > Stephanie was happy, relieved, tired, and slightly manic.  My PAW this 
> > week
> > is a snap of her at her defense party:
> > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_19/index.html
> >
> > With my time at home feeling sore, I managed to put together a page of
> > snaps from our recent vacation in the British Virgin Islands...it's all
> > off-topic equipment (a Holga and an Olympus Sylus point-and-shoot), but
> > it's there for anyone interested in sailing or the Caribbean (or both).
> > http://www.duke.edu/~ahh2/2005_04_BVI/index.html
> >
> > Comments welcome.
> >
> > Best,
> > Aaron
> >
> >
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