Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Aram. I've been warned not to make any major changes in my life for at least year and I plan not to. Your experience bears that out. Glad to hear you are enjoying your retirement. Dick On Jun 30, 2012, at 15:29, "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Happy retirement. 5 years for me. the first two were hell. Every time I > saw a school bus, I thought I was late. Missed the kids terribly. Did > NOT miss the administration, but usually I could keep them at bay and just > enjoy teaching. > > Don't miss them much now and love traveling and shooting pictures > unencumbered by a schedule. > > Aram > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:21 AM > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Memories of Technologies Past > >> When I moved into my office, it must have been twenty-five years ago now, >> this cable was hanging from the ceiling. I think it was a cable to a >> VT-100 terminal, part of a technology all ready on the way out. >> >> It was still there last week when I moved out of the office (I've >> retired--finally), despite multiple installations of succeeding >> generations of networking cables. It was unused, uncommented upon, and >> forgotten all those years. >> >> I came to think of it as an "installation," like you would see in an art >> museum, a monument to old technology. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/misc/DSCF0242_DNG.jpg.html >> >> I will miss it. >> >> Shot with my Leica-ish X Pro-1 & 18 mm lens. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information