Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ats my boy! ric On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > You may remember that back in late August I posted these two pictures of a > man who had been living in a broken down car on the sidewalk by the beach > since May: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635831932_RD2BE > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635832032_ctrwP > > I cycle past this spot several times a week, and during the months since I > took these pictures I have occasionally stopped by to chat with him, give > him some money, lights for his bicycle etc. Last week we had some bad > weather with cold nights (not freezing, but cold) and lots of rain, and I > had been concerned about him. When I cycled by on Monday afternoon, he was > not there but otherwise the place looked normal. Today I came by and saw > that his things were gone and some garbage men were loading the remaining > junk onto a truck to take it away. I stopped to talk to them and they told > me that he now, finally, had got a place to live. After 6 months! I guess > the latest round of publicity (national TV came to do a story on him in > November, for a popular programme called Espa?a Directo) helped the local > authorities get off their collective butt. > > I feel very happy with the outcome and about the fact that I was able to > provide him some small measure of comfort during the ordeal. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information