Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I always wondered where Cagliostro had got to. Douglas Marc James Small wrote: > Ted > > In all honesty, Happy Birthday. There are few alive today who have seen > the sights you have viewed, from C?sar's crossing the Rubincon to Wolfe's > somewhat inept victory outside of Quebec, not to mention your presence at > the defeat of the Armada and your presence besides Nelson at Copenhagen > when he drew his spyglass to his blind eye. You are a true gem and are to > be cherished for your virtues. (I have not touched on the negatives in > your career, though my private investigator keeps suggesting that I metnion > the occasion when you spent a dalliance with ... well, we shan't go there, > or the time when you and Bismark almost got yourselves tossed in jail over > that Peruvian mine scheme, and what about that 1903 problem with the > Rafflex Hotel in Singapore? And I don't find your debauching the Princess > Eulalie of much import, especially as this occurred long before your > marriage and, at this long remove ... A speckled past you do have.) > > You are also one of the finest aucteurs of the optical art I have ever > encountered, and I especially respect you for continuing in this into your > late middle age, when many would have retired. You are a Canadian national > treasure, if you will allow this guy from "South of the Border" to so > opine. > > Now, tell us the true tale of yourself and the Duchess of Waverley in 1893, > please! We all realize that you were driven a-gley by love and lust, but, > still, history demands that you tell the full tale and, after all, > Enquiring Minds Want To Know! And whatever did happen to the Naval Treaty > she was carrying? > > Happy Birthday, and many more to follow! > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >