Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Happy retirement. 5 years for me. the first two were hell. Every time I saw a school bus, I thought I was late. Missed the kids terribly. Did NOT miss the administration, but usually I could keep them at bay and just enjoy teaching. Don't miss them much now and love traveling and shooting pictures unencumbered by a schedule. Aram -------------------------------------------------- From: "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:21 AM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] Memories of Technologies Past > When I moved into my office, it must have been twenty-five years ago now, > this cable was hanging from the ceiling. I think it was a cable to a > VT-100 terminal, part of a technology all ready on the way out. > > It was still there last week when I moved out of the office (I've > retired--finally), despite multiple installations of succeeding > generations of networking cables. It was unused, uncommented upon, and > forgotten all those years. > > I came to think of it as an "installation," like you would see in an art > museum, a monument to old technology. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/misc/DSCF0242_DNG.jpg.html > > I will miss it. > > Shot with my Leica-ish X Pro-1 & 18 mm lens. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > >