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Subject: [Leica] On retirement
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 15:49:06 +0100
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I will buy into the party bit but would not mind a postponement of the main 
event.

On 4 Jan 2014, at 08:29, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> 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 ;-)
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
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