Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I'm a kept man as well! Bless those hard working medical folk. You keep sharing your encyclopaedic historical lens knowledge and we'll explain the computer acronyms and terminology. Just ask a specific question ;-) More seriously, the thread was about specifics for that particular user. It turns out he had a generous budget well beyond what most home users might apply. I am guilty of jargon, sorry. By the way I know absolutely nothing about law, nor football of any flavour! Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 08:55 To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group' Subject: Re: [Leica] OT How many here are retired? How many are happierafter retirement than when you were working? At 05:12 PM 11/27/2006, Vick Ko wrote: >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) Snip... I was absolutely horrified by the recent discussion of computer gear necessary for Photoshop, as I simply had no idea what the guys were discussing: it was as if I was eavesdropping on a conversation of American football fans. Swap disks and so forth: it was all gibberish to me. <sigh> I was deprived of a sound mathematical training in High School, as I was always taught by Basketball Coaches whose approach when I got lost was to demand, "ask a SPECIFIC question", which, of course, I could not do. I made it to the Calculus, but only through the grace of God. I wanted to go back in my retirement and start anew at Algebra I and work my way up, but it now seems that I will have to defer this once again so that I can learn the definitions of the terms the Computer Guys are using, a process which apparently will take me some years, I fear! So, I won't be buying much Leica gear anew, I fear, but I will probably be knocking off odd lots of darkroom stuff being remaindered! Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!