[Leica] How many are retired

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Morning Vic,
I retired July 1 this year after working thirty plus years in China  
trade and I confess that I have never been busier or happier - doing,  
at my pace, what I want to do when I want to do it. September was  
always a busy month when I was working. This September I went to  
Photokina and was part of the LHSA tour to Wetzlar and Solms. I could  
never do that when I was working. While in Germany I visited my  
brother's grave at the Commonwealth War cemetery at Durnbach - he was  
a bomber pilot with RCAF 405 squadron - the pathfinders leading the  
other bombers to targets - and was shot down in Jan 1945 at the age  
of 21. There was one survivor and I am now on his trail to get a  
first hand account of those days. I would never have the time to do  
that if I were still working. The internet BTW has been a wonderful  
source for war time history and many people have been very helpful. I  
now have time to cycle through the camera stores of Hong Kong on a  
regular basis and to visit with friends - some old, some new.
Like many retired people I marvel that I ever found the time to work!
Cheers
Howard (in HK)

> Sent: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 08:13
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: [Leica] OT How many here are retired? How many are happier  
> afterretirement than when you were working?
>
> How many here are retired?
>
> How many are happier after retirement than when you were working?
>
> Regardless whether you are retired or not, what do you do to make  
> funds for
> those additional Leica purchases?
>
> ...Vick, dreaming of retirement (or minimally not working at  
> present job)
>