Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I vote for some rehearsals! Amiti?s from a Sunny Barcelona! VAMOS! Lluis El 04/01/2014, a las 16:24, philippe.amard at sfr.fr escribi?: > Great plan Ted! > Yet I quite agree with Nathan. > > > So, what about just holding rehearsals on May 27, 2029 instead? > > > This would allow for white balance fine-tuning and Single Malt sampling, > having the nocti adjustment made by Leica AG and back ..., a couple of > pieces of advice from the Master himself. > It would be featured in the LUG Book 2029 edited by Geoff a grandfather of > 7, etc. > > > This would even allow me to try BW just for saving my own soul. > > > I'm sure Lluis would make a pause in his hard work scanning and join the > crew with his M typo 640.2, made in independent Cataluna. > > > ;-) > > > Be well all > Amities de Mutz > Philippe > > > > > > > > > Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et > Android - En savoir plus. > > > ======================================== > > Message du : 04/01/2014 15:49 > De : "Nathan Wajsman " <photo at frozenlight.eu> > A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Copie ? : > Sujet : Re: [Leica] On retirement > > > 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 ;-) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information