Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Sorry about the health problem. It seems we all encounter those as we grow older, but the alternative is not so pleasant, either. Great shot of the Bristol, especially when viewed LARGE. The owner looks as if he thinks you might touch it. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:51 PM Subject: [Leica] Heartattack and Mine (photo) >A picture posted (see below), seeing as I can't watch television. Had a >scare last Tuesday with pain in my chest and arm & had to go to hospital. >Lots of tests - both static & active, & nothing showed up. So went to have >an angiogram today. Seem to have a mildish problem, so it's pills, walks >and diet for me. Anyway after the angiogram, my wife had to collect me & >was handed my bag as "he mustn't lift anything" saith the nurse "as the >incision might reopen". I said I'd spend the night on the computer, but >wife and nurse tut-tutted and I was told to relax and watch tv. > > When we got home, it turned out it was wall to wall Michael Jackson. I > watched desultorily until Brooke Shields sacchar-cringingly averred > "Michael was one of a kind!" Silently thinking he certainly was - I'd > never heard of any other dyed white paedophiles, I switched off & yelled > at my son to deliver me one of his dvds to lighten my spirits. He put > "Borat" in the slot and retreated. > > And the reason I'm back on the computer and not watching television? I > laughed so loud at one part of "Borat" I slapped my hand on the table in > front of me, and yes, of course, it was the one with the incision and the > very one I was told to mind carefully for 24 hours "Don't even wash it!!". > So using the pc is easier and safer than tv.... > > Anyway, a Bristol 406 - these cars were built originally by the Bristol > aeroplane company who made the famous Bristol Fighter of WW1. That's its > owner beside it - seems a bit of a Bristol Fighter himself... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/bristol406.jpg.html > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >