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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Reason enough to be a proud dad
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:25:39 +0100
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I know what you mean, Douglas. When I was 11 in 1972, my parents and I came 
to Denmark from Poland as political refugees. In November 1989 I watched the 
Berlin Wall come down, live on CNN, in my house in Tampa with my 5-month old 
son in my lap. I had tears in my eyes.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA







On Nov 22, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Thank you Alastair,
> 
> indeed a sentiment that we can all endorse.
> 
> My father wrote me a wonderful letter (which I still treasure) in the same 
> vein  when I decided to move to Germany in the early seventies.
> 
> How my immediate world has changed is quite amazing when I look back on 
> the last 35 years or so: the fall of the wall, reunification, the collapse 
> of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, the Schengen agreement, the euro 
> - and now our son is loving life at a base that used to be a part of the 
> East German Navy close to the Polish border.
> 
> Cheers
> Douglas
> 
> On 22.11.2010 03:37, afirkin at afirkin.com wrote:
>> I was thinking about what to say to this post, but Ted has put it
>> perfectly, so I'll just add my endorsement.
>> 
>> Congratulations
>> 
>> Alastair
>>>> Last Thursday was the day 544 navy recruits swore their
>>>> oath to the flag in Stralsund - and our son (second to
>>>> the right of the flagstaff) was selected to be one of
>>>> the six members of the "Flaggenabordnung" (flag commando?).
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Stralsund/Stralsund-1639.jpg.html
>>>> - Taking the oath
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Stralsund/Stralsund-0033.jpg.html
>>>> - "Chatting" to the PM of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
>>> Hi Douglas,
>>> A great big CONGRATULATIONS to FLORIAN! I wish him well, may he never
>>> experience war, only peaceful sailings on the high seas of the world!
>>> 
>>> And to his proud parents? I wish you the comfort and honour of having a
>>> son
>>> serving his country and it's people.
>>> 
>>> congratulations,
>>> ted
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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In reply to: Message from afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com) ([Leica] IMG: Reason enough to be a proud dad)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] IMG: Reason enough to be a proud dad)