Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I second Phillipe's sentiments - its getting dangerous on the roads around here. Keep off your feet , get better, and make sure you strap that leica in when you're driving around! Dave On 5/16/05, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > Sorry to hear yuo had an accident, Aaron. > Luckily you both didn't get harmed. > > > From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:06:02 -0400 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW19: Relief > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I didn't shoot much this past week, as we were in a car crash on > > Tuesday. Fortunately we are all fine, but with my wife being pregnant we > > spent some time under observation in the hospital followed by a few very > > sore days for me and much time spent talking to insurance agents, body > > shops, car rental places, etc, etc. I was a bit more tossed about than > > Allison, as I am a little too tall to fit properly in the seat of a car > > and > > had also tensed up when I saw the pickup truck in my rear-view mirror > > just > > before it smashed into us as we were stopped waiting for someone in front > > to turn left. I think it must be some kind of cosmic punishment...we had > > bought our first-ever brand new car in February (the first time I'd ever > > owned a car under 8 years old, in fact)...it hadn't even had its oil > > changed yet...still waiting to hear whether it can be repaired or is > > totalled. Oh well, we are all fine and it's only a car. > > > > On a brighter note, we also had a good occasion this past week: the first > > PhD defense of a member of my close group of friends who all met when we > > arrived here at Duke together almost 7 years ago. Afterwards, the new > > Dr. > > Stephanie was happy, relieved, tired, and slightly manic. My PAW this > > week > > is a snap of her at her defense party: > > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_19/index.html > > > > With my time at home feeling sore, I managed to put together a page of > > snaps from our recent vacation in the British Virgin Islands...it's all > > off-topic equipment (a Holga and an Olympus Sylus point-and-shoot), but > > it's there for anyone interested in sailing or the Caribbean (or both). > > http://www.duke.edu/~ahh2/2005_04_BVI/index.html > > > > Comments welcome. > > > > Best, > > Aaron > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >