[Leica] Falling Apart & smoking. :-(

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

There need's to be a book of Ted's writings.
No pix. Just words.

-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:15 -0800
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Falling Apart & smoking. :-(
> 
> Tina Manley OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Falling Apart
> 
> 
>> That's me alright!  But I didn't quit smoking because I never started.  At
>> least that's one thing I don't have to worry about.
>> 
>> Tuesday is a better day ;-) <<<<<
> 
> Hi Tina,
> Well I was going to comment about the aches and pains of supposedly 
> growing,
> I was going to say  "OLD!" But that's a word for "OLD PEOPLE!" Usually 
> those
> who have no young thoughts, nor young of heart! Hell many of them were old
> at age 14 and never got over it! :-(
> 
> However we, as you and I and yes many of the crew, are young of heart and
> thought. Still get the aches and pains, WHY? Well in many cases derived 
> from
> our youthful travelling through time capturing magical moments of the folks
> of the world. Or some other youthful, but crazy things we did because we
> were young enjoying every moment... sometimes in a bit of a, shall we say?
> Reckless dare devil fashion led not by brain power. But "Why not lets do 
> it!
> :-)  What the hell?" :-) A wonderful attitude! Although it can.... get you
> killed! :-)
> 
> And there's nothing these days worse than a Monday when you wake up and you
> think it's Saturday and the weekend to do nothing like the old days of
> supposedly "working!" :-) As for photographers "working?" That word isn't 
> in
> our vocabulary! Work is moving concrete blocks, what we did and do, 
> although
> in a somewhat slow motion kind of way these days was/is "making happy 
> snaps"
> people were only to pleased to pay for our youthful efforts!!" :-)
> 
> But when I'm in a state of aches, pains, Tylenol and pain killers of sorts 
> I
> don't think bad and say... "Damn you were stupid and not careful and you
> shouldn't have done:
> 
> Driven Stock cars and had those crashes!
> Driven Sprint cars and had those crashes!
> Had those two icy road crashes and roll over's in the winter!
> The helicopter ride dropping like a fast falling brick to the arctic ice
> cabin filled with smoke!
> Thrown out of the speed boat as the last image of the assignment finished.
> Being hit by three football defensemen on the sideline at the same time 
> with
> the ball carrier!
> The two ski equipped airplane crash landings on the arctic ice in two days.
> Hit by a flying wheel off a stock car while shooting from the infield.
> The not perfect landing on my first and only solo parachute jump.
> 
> And there's probably a couple more things in there all in the name of being
> a photojournalist! :-)
> 
> But you know what? I wouldn't change any of it for one second! Other than
> trying to be home when my children had birthdays or special school events 
> or
> "other them growing-up when I should have been there."
> 
> And Tina apart from us both being photographers we have one other thing in
> common. I never smoked! My tiny mother gave me an option I never
> challenged.... "If you smoke like your father I will kill you!" Seemed a
> reasonable reason not to smoke. :-) So I never did. :-)
> 
> Some days it... "the body" some place or other hurts and aches like the
> devil. Then I think about my incredible life and say to myself about the
> aches and pains! "GET OVER IT!" They're just the trophies of a great life!
> :-)
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
> 
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