Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a helluva great tale! Bob Adler On Sep 16, 2012, at 12:48 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hi CREW! :-) a two holer story... and no I left the Leica's behind! :-) > > You guys want to be on a cattle round-up out in the back country with a 2 > holer about 2 a.m. on a pitch black night and you are "somewhat under the > influence of the toxic liquid known as alcohol! :-) !" > > Then in the dark step in a hole in the ground, fall, get the wind knocked > out of you to the extent you can't get up because the toxic liquid isn't > allowing any sense of body, legs, balance to function and about an hour > later in the cold of the fall night. The cowboys came out looking for me > with a candle lamp for fear I'd fallen in one of the holes? Or I had > fallen in the rather large creek flowing by the round-up camp. > > They did a semi-carry dragged me back to the bunk house where they just > threw me on my bunk along with a blanket where it seems I immediately peed > myself and wasn't aware until I was awakened at 4.30 a.m. to get up to > feed my horse I would ride later in the morning at sunrise. Or that I may, > "hopefully die before if only!" > > Cowboys thought the whole episode hilarious for a city-slicker and I never > heard the end of it for the following ten days during the completion of > the round-up! > > Aaahhh!! Another one of those fun assignment moments never to be > forgotten! And followed with the usual forgotten promise of..... "OH my > God I will never drink again in my whole life!" :-) Then immediately > forgetting it the next evening at days end! :-) Oh well it was a time! :-) > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at me.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 11:25 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sheep Farm #20 - The two-hole outhouse! > > >> The story makes the image Chris, although the look of isolation begs the >> question of who the hell shared it, maybe one of the sheep. >> >> Gerry >> > On 16 Sep 2012, at 03:40, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > wrote: >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1504&category=44 >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information