Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner OFFERED: Subject: Re: [Leica] Falling Apart & smoking. :-( > There need's to be a book of Ted's writings. > No pix. Just words. Hi Mark, Not sure if I posted this the other day or not. A writer has just received a publisher's contract to write a biography about me and my wild wild life that will be publish released early 2013. About a year from now. She has started the interviews and it's kind of interesting. However when this kind of thing starts you find out how much you don't remember. Fortunately lots of visuals to tweak the mind alive to remembering. cheers, ted > > -- > 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information