Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations for this Ted! This will be a very nice book... or books, I think you can do almost an Ecncilopedy!. As you say, this is not easy at all but you have the perfect ability to synthetize and explain, I'm sure it will be a passionating book. BON COURAGE amigo! cheers Lluis El 23/10/2011, a las 0:37, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Howdy Crew, > I haven't been around much for the last bit due to family illness. > However that's behind us and all is basically well. :-) > > However the absents will continue for sometime, other than a quick > stop by for a break once in awhile. I have been asked to get my butt > in gear and write a book pertaining to my wild wild life as a > photojournalist during the past 61 years. > > Trust me it will not be an easy task as you can see in the "Opening > piece for the 1960 decade!" :-) This merely touches on a small > portion of assignments during those 61 years. > > Take care, have a look and think about this AS merely a tiny portion > within the 61 years of fun and loving it every moment! > > cheers, > ted > ============================================= > THE SIXTIES! --- Now that was a Time: > > > > Death, discovery, baby birthing, Pot Pipe - :-) -- plane crashes- > Arctic -- Europe -- Orient -- cowboys -- round-up, Stampedes -- Grey > Cup football -- Prime Minister Louise St. Laurent -- Arctic ice- > breaker -- Interpol-Madrid -- Spain -bull fighting -- Paris - > artists -- Munich-Oktoberfest -- Monaco-French Riviera -- London - > Hyde Park -- New York-Martha -- The Congo -- Zambia, Israel 6 Day > War -- Egypt -- Vietnam-war -- Hong Kong -- Tokyo -- Sweden - World > Hockey Championships -- Norway-NATO military exercises -- Japan- > Canada industrial works -- Attacked by Rabid Fox -- Thrown from high > speed boat during assignment -- shooting from inside stock car and > crash -- seal hunting with Eskimos -- eating seal meat -- helicopter > fire and crash landing-Arctic -- shot at during war -- beaten by > police -- shooting from horse back for a month during round-up -- > Vancouver Stanley Park love-in and hash! -- Mexico bull fighting -- > Olympic Bob-sled shooting from sled - Sapporo, Japan -- Kno > cked flying on sideline by football players -- Caribbean training > with USA Marines -- First ever Sushi-Japan -- World Hockey > Championships-Sweden -- Common Wealth Games-Edinburgh -- Laser > weapon research - Newcastle-UK -- Coal mining-Wales -- Dawson City > Gold Rush Festival -- Searching for oil, NWT & off shore Atlantic -- > Seattle World's Fair -- Buffalo Days-Regina -- Blue Nose Schooner > disaster-Bermuda! AND MORE! > > > > Yes it was a time! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information