Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Happy to see you back Herbert Don't you worry - you may have just needed some rest and will resume full operation when the light is good for an outdoors shot :-) Amities Philippe Le 18 f?vr. 14 ? 18:59, Herbert Kanner a ?crit : > Some time ago my wife and I came down with fever, a cough and a > liquid nose. independent doctors (her?s and mine) after a chest X- > rays that ?did not rule out pneumonia? were prescribed the same anti- > biotic. We were sick for about three weeks. It was quite profound: > my weight is down by six percent, and for a few days, you could say > that I was clinically depressed. > > While the ?quacks? wouldn?t commit themselves: we both had flu shots > and they said there were no statistics on people getting flu after > having the shots, I?m convinced that it had to have been flu. It was > too profound. > > The effect of the temporary depression was that I couldn?t > communicate with friends. While last Saturday, I felt that I had > recovered sufficiently to do my regular shift at the Computer > History Museum, which was participating in a 45 minute lecture > demonstration of the Babbage Difference Engine, followed a quarter > hour later by a one-hour guided tour of the Museum, the very next > day I felt as follows: > > I couldn?t bring myself to phone my geocaching buddy, a friend since > 1986. I went almost under protest to a performance of Die Fledermaus > and sat there wishing I were somewhere else. My wife had organized a > party of friends for dinner after the performance, and I just opted > out; asked to be dropped off at home. I just couldn?t talk to people. > > The next day, yesterday, I was over it. Strange. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE