[Leica] My Yearbooks Arrived Today

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Ted,

I can't wait to see my copy, from the descriptions you and othes have made 
the past couple of days.  Unfortunately mine will not arrive until monday 
and i'm leaving monday for Wash. DC, and will not see mine until I return 
wed. or thurs.  Bummer!

Gene


-------------- Original message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>: 
-------------- 


> Jim Shulman offered: 
> Subject: [Leica] My Yearbooks Arrived Today 
> 
> 
> > Seems like the chef's the last one to eat . 
> > 
> > While the images looked nice on screen, I was amazed at how well they 
> > reproduced. For all the issues with blurb.com's shipping and 
> > communications, at least the finished product is well worth placement on 
> > the 
> > coffee table.<<<< 
> 
> Jim mon ami, "IT'S LIKE WOW !!!!!!!!! 
> 
> Good wife just brought mine to my room, obviously after opening the 
> package 
> and examining the beautiful piece of work you've put to-gether! 
> 
> She was all smiles and excited .... "I bet there's a lot of LUG machine 
> people who'll be sorry they didn't send a couple of photographs when they 
> see this! It's a wonderful book of fine photographs and a compliment to 
> the 
> people on the LUG who submitted." Then I scoured it cover to cover, 
> several 
> times! WONDERFUL! Beat's the heck out of seeing them on screen! :-) 
> 
> A compliment to all.... "we're a damn fine bunch of photographers!!" 
> 
> Those who didn't submit, "eat your heart out!!" As you missed a great 
> opportunity to have a picture or two in a very fine collection of 
> photographs by the people who you know as "screen friends and colleagues." 
> Pity! 
> 
> However, Jim this is a great tribute to yourself and "Brian the saloon 
> Keeper" for maintaining the LUG allowing a great number of people about 
> the 
> world to share our passion for photography and the equipment we use! 
> 
> If the subject hasn't been put forward may I offer a suggestion a copy be 
> sent to the new CEO of Leica, I'm sure he'll find it very interesting 
> indeed. WHY? 
> 
> Well gee whiz eh, the LUG just handed the Leica corporation a major piece 
> of 
> free advertising the likes they haven't done in centuries! well OK in many 
> many years! 
> 
> The closest book they did to this, not one whit better, was "75 Years of 
> Leica Photography." If you have a copy look through our LUG, then 75 years 
> and the LUG holds it's own without question, even better than some of the 
> so 
> called greats of the long long time ago photo world! 
> 
> Our's is modern, today, up to the minute and it's a damn fine photography 
> book tribute. 
> 
> So Jim a great big thank you for putting this together and making it 
> happen. 
> I'd bet a $100.00 you've given a bunch of shooters something to feel good 
> about their work and smile! Good on you lad! 
> 
> Now onto 2007! :-) 
> 
> ted 
> 
> 
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