Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, Nice words, Happy New Year Horatio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Happy New Year! Now We Are 75 > Congratulations Jim for this remarkable effort on behalf of a bunch of > folks most you don't know other than on the screen. > > But isn't that the greatness of the LUG? Being friends with so many people > we haven't had the warmth of a hand shake and a "Hi, I'm...." whomever > one might be? > > We laugh and cry together, we feel the loss of our pets and loved ones, as > well as the many nice things that happen within our families. It must be > an amazing collection of folks who stay and play together, not to forget > we've cried together. Yes and we've shared ticked off moments together, > but what the hell I can't think of a better bunch of folks I rather be > stranded on a desert island with! :-) > > Given the state of the world these days with all it's bigotry, death and > destruction one onto another face to face. Here we are as a group on > screen, heaven knows what mixture of humans, learning from one another, > our pictures in a book together, giving assistance to each other with no > thought of "pay back or profits in pocket!" > > It's truly an amazing thing that we in a sort of reality way are a family > of strangers helping and assisting each other as though we're brothers and > sisters! If nothing else it shows humans who wish to cooperate together > can and do. > > Too bad the rest of the world can't learn a lesson from the LUG! > > See you all next year! > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information