[Leica] On retirement

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Brian Reid OFFERED:
Subject: Re: [Leica] On retirement
>This is one of the best things I've read on the LUG in quite a while. Thank 
>you, Larry. I'm 64 and a number of my peers are retiring. I hadn't been 
>able to put my finger on why I didn't want to retire, but this nails it. A 
>week after I no longer have anything to do, I know I will drop dead.<<<<<<

Hi Brian,
No you can't do that with a little planning as in: HERE'S THE PLAN! :-) I'm 
serious! ;-)

My plan with everything ready for number TWO SON to make it work! ;-O

PLAN "A:"
DROP DEAD DAY EVENT PLAN: DAY of the 100th birthday? 27 May 2029.

1/ UNDERTAKER IS ORDERED FOR THE FINAL DAY!
2/ small but great little band is hired! Guests can boogie all night!
3/ An excellent caterer with all wonderful food arranged!
4/A Bar-Master, assistant and all the bottled liquids required ready. 
Taxis's ordered to
   drive folks home or to their hotel upon retiring.
5/ A clean-up crew to set the house, back deck and gardens back to cleaned 
space.

Now you'll ask.... " How the heck do you know that's going to be the day and 
have everything in place?" Easy!

Because during my life and the many near death events I've survived and 
absolutely sure I wouldn't survive past 40 due to Stock car crashes as a 
driver along with a couple of years driving Sprint cars on dirt and paved 
tracks. First  day out in a brand new Sprint coming out of number 4 corner 
for the staightaway and flipped it off the track and landed up-side down cut 
me up a little? Survived covering two wars, 1967 Mid-East "6 Day War" And 
the next year a spot of time in Viet Nam.

Now the simplicty of this plan hinges on the TV weather gal in Vancouver as 
she does every evening before her forecast. She names a bunch of "elders 
who've reached high end birthdays that day the youngest being 100." Then she 
carries on with the weather.

Now on 27 May 2029 and she announces.... "Over there in Victoria Ted Grant 
hit's the big 100!"

And with that? It's the signal for action! Yer going to love this part! :-)

1/ I drop dead!
2/ The undertakers jump to action. Get rid of body! That's me with a Leica 
in hand!
3/ The band get's rockin' and rollin'
4/ Bar keep opens bar!
5 Caterar opens tables laden with food!
 And evryone is going to have a wonderful party while remembering the "Old 
photog a bit crazy" who just hit the silk as not a bad ass old guy afterall! 
:-)

So is it a plan or not?

Oh yeah! All you LUGGERS and LUGGITTES are on the guest list! So nobody goes 
before 27 May 2029! Be there as it's going to be a wild and crazy "WAKE!"

Now didn't I say you'd love the plan! :-)

cheers everybody and come early! ;-) As it's going to be one of the all time 
GREAT photographer parties. Cameras are allowed..MUST BE A LEICA OF SOME 
KIND!:-)
BUT NO FLASH!

Cheers CREW,
ted :-)

AKA ... Dr. Ted ;-)